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 […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Ambassador Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay, Consul General of India, New York inaugurated the launch of www.NRITVFILMCLUB.com website in the presence of many prominent people from the Indian community, media and entertainment, in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Enforcement Directorate, in its money laundering probe in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland scam, has identified properties of about Rs 3 crore belonging to cousins of former Indian Air Force chief […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Delhi High Court on April 23 denied permission to environmentalist RK Pachauri, accused in a sexual harassment case, to travel abroad to attend the Global Water Summit. Pachauri had moved the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): China may allow India access to the Western Pacific Ocean, while India may countenance Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to China in a couple of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi completed his trek up to the Kedarnath shrine on April 23 and said that he did so to pay his respects to the victims of the massive 2013 […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Joining the long list of Indian American associations, some claiming to be “umbrella organization” of a number of associations, yet another association by the name NRI Federation was launched, April 17. A […]
India has a long history of its ruler’s fascination with farm land. Whether it was ancient Kings or Moghuls or British invaders turned rulers as well as the current rulers after independence; every one has […]
LONG ISLAND, NY (TIP): “Stay in school” was the clear sentiment from Eduardo Porter’s keynote speech at SUNY Old Westbury’s 11th Annual Faculty Conference, hosted by the Teaching and Learning Resources Committee on Friday, April […]
A Hindu Temple in Lake Highlands is looking at increasing after vandals covered it in graffiti this week. The number 666 and an upside down cross now appear on the door of the North Texas Hindu […]
WASHINGTON: A high-frequency trader of Indian origin was arrested in the United Kingdom over charges he manipulated the futures market and played a role in sparking the May 2010 “flash crash”, the US Justice Department said […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Maura Moynihan’s admiration and love for India oozed out in her statement: ‘I would like to be born an Indian life after life”. She was speaking at the Indian Consulate here […]
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