BRUSSELS (TIP): Late to the rescue, European leaders came through on April 23 with pledges of big ships, aircraft and a tripling in funds to save lives in the Mediterranean after the deaths at sea […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain which has called the recent rapes in India an outrage, has now recorded the highest number of sexual crimes in the past decade, with incidents of rape soaring. India’s Daughter – a […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese regulator said on April 23 it has fined Mercedes Benz 350 million yuan ($57 million) on price-fixing charges in a wide-ranging probe of the auto industry that has prompted complaints foreign […]
BEIJING (TIP): Search teams have recovered the bodies of 21 Chinese coal miners who died when the shaft where they were working filled with water, an official said April 23. After days of frantic rescue […]
LONDON (TIP): First the good news – a rural project in the heart of Uttar Pradesh that plans to use abundantly and cheaply available agricultural waste as feedstock to co-produce reliable and affordable electricity and […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese authorities on Thursday bared the details of their latest anti-vice sweep: a campaign to halt the hiring of strippers at funerals In a statement posted on its website, China’s ministry of culture […]
JERUSALEM (TIP): Militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at Israel as it celebrated its independence day on April 23, the first such attack this year, causing no injuries or damage, Israeli authorities said. […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Mr. R. S. Setia, Bank of Baroda’s Chief General Manager-International Operations visited New York office and held meetings with the senior members of the staff on the functioning of the branch. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Speaking for the first time about the death of farmer Gajaendra Singh during AAP’s kisan rally at Jantar Mantar, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said on April 24 that “he made a mistake”. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is taken aback by events following the suicide of a farmer at the Aam Admi Party (AAP) rally. The Opposition in Parliament squarely blamed the “anti-farmer” policy of the Narendra […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress is likely to probe the government on how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to buy 36 Rafale fighters reconciles with his “Make in India” objective, seeking to get back at the […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): The Jammu & Kashmir government on April 23 ordered separatist Masarat Alam’s preventive detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted him from the Valley to a Jammu jail. Alam was […]
CHARLOTTE, NC (TIP): Former US military commander and CIA director David Petraeus was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a$100,000 fine but was spared prison time on April 23 after pleading […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Tom Emmer (R-MN), members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee have introduced legislation that would direct the State Department to speed-up the visa approval process for international […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 21 described Pakistan as China’s “dependable” friend and firmly backed its territorial integrity, as he announced long-term support for the cash-strapped country’s economic development. Addressing a joint sitting […]
DHAKA (TIP): Shots were fired at a car carrying Bangladeshi opposition leader Khaleda Zia when it stopped at a market in Dhaka, her secretary said on april 22, with television footage showing scores of people […]
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Insurgents armed with guns and explosives attacked a police station in Afghanistan’s southern city of Lashkar Gar, wounding two officers and a civilian as gunmen elsewhere kidnapped at least a dozen mine […]
COLOMBO (TIP): A protest staged by lawmakers backing former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa ran into a second day after the country’s bribery commission summoned the ex-leader and his brothers to explain their actions while […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least 20 militants, including three suicide bombers, were killed on April 23 in a series of air strikes by Pakistani jets in the troubled Khyber Agency. Army said that “20 terrorists including […]
There was so much commotion made of Rahul Gandhi’s absence from the political scene in India for the last two months. BJP which regularly made him an object of sarcasm and sharp criticism appeared to have […]
It is unfortunate that the government seems determined to introduce legal provisions to ensure that children between the ages of 16 and 18 are tried as adults if they commit heinous offences such as murder and […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday, April 22, unveiled an ambitious revision to PlaNYC, the sweeping sustainability and resiliency blueprint for New York City first introduced by the Bloomberg administration. Rebranded […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Mr. R. A. Sankara Narayanan, Chief General Manager -International Division of Bank of India met with Indian American community at the Indian Consulate, April 10. For good two hours that he […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American software engineer Palani Kumanan of the Wall Street Journal won (shared) this year’s Pulitzer Prize for graphics team of investigative journalism, in growing recognition of the importance of using IT tools […]
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): Over 3000 people from various Indian Communities gathered , Sunday April 19, at the SUNY College in Old Westbury to celebrate Rajasthan Mahotsav -Festivals of Festivals. The colorful and musical scene […]
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