UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Some 519 people have been killed and nearly 1,700 injured in two weeks of fighting in Yemen, the UN aid chief has said, raising alarm over the fate of civilians. Valerie Amos […]
KANO (Nigeria): An explosion near a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe killed at least five and injured 15 others, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram. “We had […]
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS (TIP): Indiana’s governor said Tuesday that he wants legislation on his desk by the end of the week to clarify that a new religious-freedom law does not allow discrimination against gays and […]
ECHO LAKE, CALIFORNIA (TIP): California governor Jerry Brown ordered officials April 1 to impose statewide mandatory water restrictions for the first time in history as surveyors found the lowest snow level in the Sierra Nevada snowpack […]
President John F. Kennedy said during his inaugural speech “The greatest obstacle to truth is not the lie, but the myth which is persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” Let us look at some eye care facts and myths […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP on Thursday took a dig at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi wondering when he will return but Congress chief Sonia Gandhi asserted that he will soon be back among the […]
CHANDIGARH(TIP): Rohan Arora and Pulin Aggarwal, the students of Electronics and communication Engineering department of UIET ( University Institute of Engineering and Technology ) of world renowned Panjab University, Chandigarh have devised a cheap video […]
In demand for Hindu Holidays in NYC schools, multiple Hindu groups in NYC will hold a ‘Grand Rally’ in front of City Hall on Friday, 10th April 2015 at 12 noon. The organizers are mostly Bangladeshi […]
NEW DELHI: (TIP): Compelled by electoral politics, the BJP-led NDA government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court pleading for its nod to extend reservation to Jats in education and jobs under the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A complaint was filed against Union Minister Giriraj Singh in a district court on April 2 by a Congress worker for his racist remarks against Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Sanjay Kumar Singh […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Centre is mulling filling vacancies of Governors in nine states — five of them ruled by the Congress— soon as one Governor is holding the charge of four states while five […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Apple chief Tim Cook slammed what he called a wave of “dangerous” laws in several US states that he said promote discrimination and erode equality, in an editorial published on Sunday. Cook – […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was indicted on corruption charges, allegations that the high-ranking lawmaker said he would address at a news conference on Wednesday night. Menendez was indicted by […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is planning to launch his daughter into politics, a move indicative of strained ties with his son Bilawal. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari formally stepped into […]
KABUL (TIP): An Afghan police officer who shot and killed a veteran Associated Press photographer during the country’s 2014 presidential election has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, a Supreme Court official told mediapersons […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): A wild rhino charged into a city in southern Nepal on March 30, killing a woman, injuring several others and chasing panicked people through the main market and a hospital, an official said. […]
DHAKA (TIP): A blogger was hacked to death in the Bangladesh capital on Monday, in the latest brutal attack on the country’s independent writers, a senior officer said. Police have arrested two men over the […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan police have arrested three navy personnel over an ethnic Tamil lawmaker’s assassination that had been blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said April 1 that the three men […]
BEIJING (TIP): Pakistan is close to signing a $4 to $5 billion deal to buy eight submarines from China, the Financial Times said on April 2, in what it added would likely be China’s largest […]
Mr. Julio Ribeiro, Retired IPS officer, former DGP of Mumbai and Gujarat recently said: ‘As a Christian, suddenly, I am a stranger in my own country’. He was merely reflecting on the recent dilemma of the Christian community […]
International parental child abduction (IPCA) and the illegal retention of children abroad are criminal offences according to both US federal law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). 194 countries of […]
The Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill 2015 carries disturbing echoes of draconian anti-terror laws such as the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) and the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA). Both […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Eminent ophthalmologist Dr. V.K. Raju was on a visit to New York on March 27 to 29. He was in the City to give a presentation at Columbia University. Prof. Indrajit S […]
JAMAICA, NY (TIP): Air India, New York invited Media Partners to “Air India’s New Summer 2015 Inflight Menu Presentation” on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Flying Food inflight caterers, at JFK International Airport in New […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hindus will become the world’s third largest population by 2050, while India will overtake Indonesia as the country with the largest Muslim population according to a new study. According to the Pew Research […]
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