NEW YORK (TIP): Sri Sankat Mochan Hanuman Mandir at 256-11 Hillside Avenue in Floral Park in Queens celebrated the auspicious Maha Shivratri festival which commenced on Tuesday, February 17 and concluded on Wednesday, February 18. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Cutting across color and political lines, political and community leaders have in one voice condemned the brutal assault by a police officer on an old man on a visit from India . […]
PATNA (TIP): Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi tendered his resignation ahead of floor test in assembly Friday, February 20. In a good news for the embattled CM, BJP announced yesterday, February 19 that it will support […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress party has been asked by the Central government to vacate four government bungalows in the heart of the Capital including a sprawling building at 24 Akbar Road which serves as its […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Global Convener BJP Overseas Affairs Vijay Jolly today condemned US police brutal assault on Sureshbhai Patel Gujarati Indian national on a short visit to US in the state of Alabama. BJP […]
MONTGOMERY (TIP): Alabama’s governor apologized to the government of India for the police officer who assaulted and injured an Indian grandfather on Feb. 6. Governor Robert Bentley has also ordered his state to investigate exactly what happened, […]
This week, two terrible acts of violence took place in the US. First, three young Muslim-American students were killed in cold blood in North Carolina by a neighbor. The cause, it was said, was an argument […]
Among the vast global expanse of the Indian Diaspora, non-resident Indians (NRIs) and persons of Indian origin (PIOs) in the United States of America constitute the largest national community of NRIs and PIOs. The NRIs and […]
The Obama visit and the Delhi verdict seem to have had some pleasant side-effects. President Obama’s sermons on religious tolerance have not been dismissed as unwarranted or treated as interference by the Modi government. These have, […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered authorities to take stern action against madrasas involved in extremism and militancy in the country, in the wake of a series of deadly attacks on mosques. […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal ordered the execution of a senior Islamist leader Wednesday after convicting him of atrocities during the country’s 1971 independence war, triggering violence outside the court. Three Molotov cocktails thrown […]
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Taliban representatives are to meet US officials in Qatar for possible peace talks on Afghanistan, sources from the militant group told AFP on february 19. There have been several fruitless attempts at […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Police said lighting struck a mountain village in northeast Nepal killing at least three people while a snow storm on a popular trekking route struck a group of hikers. Police said february 19 […]
YANGON (TIP): Heavy fighting between Myanmar’s army and rebels has killed 47 soldiers, state media said on February 20, sending a flood of people across the border with China and overshadowing hopes for a national […]
ATHENS (TIP): Greece sent its European creditors a last-moment proposal on february 19 meant to unfreeze talks on its bailout program and end uncertainty over its future in the euro. But hopes of a deal […]
LONDON (TIP): A British teenager who rapidly became radicalized after converting to Islam was convicted on Feb 20 of planning to behead a soldier. A jury at London’s Central Criminal Court found 19-year-old Brusthom Ziamani […]
SYDNEY (TIP): Two powerful cyclones smashed into northern Australia on February 20, with authorities ordering coastal residents to flee their homes amid warnings the storms’ violent winds and drenching rains could prove deadly. The twin […]
CAIRO (TIP): Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State have seized the university in the central Libyan city of Sirte, residents said on February 19, days after a video showed them staging a convoy parade. Islamist […]
LONDON (TIP): British defence secretary Michael Fallon on February 19 said the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia could be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s next targets. He feared Russia would use covert tactics like […]
ISTANBUL (TIP): Turkey and the United States signed an agreement february 19 to train and arm Syrian rebels fighting the Islamic State group, said the US embassy in Ankara. The two countries have been in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has withdrawn his candidature for a second term as Nalanda University Chancellor, saying the Narendra Modi government does not want him to continue in the chair. Sen, who […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Reliance Group is ready to set foot in the defense land scape, and in a big way, said chairman Anil Ambani. “My presence here today demonstrates our commitment to the development […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Feb 19 countered the criticism over “growing impatience” in the corporate sector and instead said that the Narendra Modi government has been criticized for moving “too fast”. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): As negotiations between BJP and PDP continue on the contentious issues of Article 370 and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) before the two agree to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir, […]
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