WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States rolled out a sweeping set of measures on January 15 to significantly ease the half-century-old embargo against Cuba, opening up the country to expanded travel, trade and financial activities. Defying […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Two American climbers have become the first men in history to free-climb the south-eastern face of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite National Park, considered the world’s toughest rock climb. Tommy Caldwell, 36, and […]
WASHINGTON (TIP) : A new breed of self-professed kidnappers in New York is not actually kidnapping anyone, says the FBI. Receiving a phone call from an unknown number and hearing a foreign voice saying a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The national capital will go to the polls on February 7 with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) hoping to beat its stunning debut performance a year ago, while the Bharatiya Janata Party […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Amidst reports that controversial film “Messenger of God” featuring Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in lead role has been cleared by Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), Censor Board chief […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Disregarding New Delhi’s sensitivity, United States Secretary of State John Kerry has bragged about Washington’s support to Islamabad in mobilising funds to construct a hydroelectric and irrigation project in Pakistan occupied Kashmir […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Eighteen Army personnel were arrested and remanded in magisterial custody on January 15 in connection with two incidents of violence in the cantonment town of Deolali in Nashik district. However, they were later […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Security was stepped up at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on January 16 after another terror message was discovered by cleaning staff in a washroom in Terminal 1A. The message warned of an […]
New Delhi/Nagrota (TIP): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said India is well prepared to thwart any possible terror attack in the backdrop of intelligence inputs that strikes could be carried out on soft targets in […]
KOLKATA (TIP): In a major blow to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal, minister Manjul Krishna Thakur quit the Cabinet on January 15 and joined the BJP. Thakur, the Minister for Refugee, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government has refuted environmentalists’ allegations that key green laws in the country would be “diluted”. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar says his aim is to improve and smoothen environmental clearance processes by […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After the removal of Avinash Chander as Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief, the Defence Ministry plans to overhaul the military research establishment by creating two separate posts of Secretary, Department […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Taking forward its ongoing probe into the Sunanda Pushkar death case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Delhi Police is reported to have questioned the crew of Air India flight on which […]
Alone, featuring Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover, is a horror love story that revolves around conjoined sisters. When one sister dies, she returns to seek revenge on the other. One can say that Bipasha […]
Jessica Alba has sued a company that claimed the actress’ billions worth lifestyle company was too similar to theirs. Cosmedicine had fired off a cease and desist letter to Alba’s flourishing The Honest Company, however, […]
Huma Qureshi went on a shopping spree in Dubai. After spending a busy 2014, the actress took some time off. She flew to Dubai to bring in the new year and then extended her stay. […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): Belgian police killed two terror suspects in a shootout in the eastern city of Verviers on January 15 and arrested another, foiling a major attack, authorities said. The suspects immediately opened fire on […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese artist has caused a huge controversy by using his daughter as a nude model for a collection of his paintings titled ‘Oriental Goddess and Mountain spirit’. This has sparked an intense […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain and Ireland have been battered by 100mph (160kph) winds and heavy snow, stranding some motorists after a major road was closed. The environment agency said on January 15 that 149 flood alerts […]
BEIJING: China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency is reporting that more than 20 people, including several foreigners, are missing after a tugboat sank on the Yangtze River. The January 15 morning report says the boat sank […]
NIAMEY (TIP): Niger on January 15banned distribution of Charlie Hebdo in the mainly Muslim country, with the government “vehemently” condemning the cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in the latest issue of the French satirical weekly. […]
ANKARA (TIP): Turkey will not allow Mohammed to be insulted, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said January 15, describing the publication of cartoons of the prophet as an open provocation. “Freedom of the press does not […]
DONETSK, UKRAINE (TIP): Russian-backed separatists announced on January 15that they had captured the shattered remains of the Donetsk airport terminal in eastern Ukraine and plan to claw back more territory, further dashing hopes for a […]
PARIS (TIP): French President Francois Hollande insisted January 15 that any anti-Muslim or anti-Semitic acts must be “severely punished,” as he sought to calm rising religious tensions after his country’s bloodiest terrorist attacks in decades. […]
A hero of mine is no more. Veteran Indian journalist B.G. Verghese passed away on December 30, 2014, at the age of 87. Indians will always be indebted to him for the stupendous contribution he […]
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