A black suspect was recently shot by a white police officer in Berkeley, Missouri, USA. The incident sparked off a fresh round of protests in the US and further exposed the uneasy relationship between the […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Ethnic retail chains Fabindia and Manyavar have emerged as the country’s most profitable apparel companies by avoiding discounts, staying away from prime real estate and making products in-house in a market where most […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States may well have subscribed to Pakistan’s policy of “bad terrorists” (from its Afghan front, who mostly attack Pakistan and US) versus “good terrorists” (from West Punjab, who mostly attack India). […]
By conferring the highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, on former Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, who was president of the Indian National Congress more than once before Independence but was […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Indian Embassy in Washington issued December 23 an advisory to public regarding re-issuance of passports. The advisory says ” Indian citizens living in India and abroad are advised to apply for […]
MOSCOW (TIP): Russia has said it will from February apply a duty of at least 35 euros ($43) per tonne of wheat sent for export as it tries to lower prices on its domestic market, […]
BERKELEY (TIP): Between six and eight protesters were arrested in Berkeley, Missouri, following the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white officer, Berkeley Police Chief Frank McCall said on December 25. A television […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): After months of discussion, the government is set to allow developers of special economic zones (SEZs) to throw open apartments, schools and hospitals to those who live outside the enclaves, a move […]
LONDON (TIP): Your smartphone touchscreen can actually change the way your thumb and brain work together, a new study has found. More touchscreen use in the recent past translates directly into greater brain activity when […]
MANCHESTER (TIP): Wayne Rooney scored twice as Manchester United rewarded manager Louis van Gaal’s decision to grant his players Christmas Day off by beating Newcastle United 3-1 on December 26. Rooney, relishing the deeper midfield […]
KANEOHE BAY (TIP): US President Barack Obama says Afghanistan has a chance to rebuild thanks to the extraordinary service of US troops. Obama is honoring troops on Christmas at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. It’s an […]
SEOUL (TIP): North Korea accused the United States on December 27 of being responsible for Internet outages it experienced in recent days amid a confrontation between them over the hacking of the film studio Sony […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The online gaming networks for Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox consoles —hot gifts this Christmas — have gone dark in what hackers said was a coordinated attack. The outage started Christmas Day and […]
NEVADA (TIP): Hindus have welcomed reports of New York Governor’s signing the bill allowing school holiday on Diwali, most popular of their festivals. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada , December 25, […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): Famous Dal Lake and other water bodies froze partially as Srinagar city, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, witnessed the coldest night of this winter with mercury plunging to minus 5.6 degrees […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): For years now, the Obama administration has warned of the risks of a “cyber-Pearl Harbor”, a nightmare attack that takes out America’s power grids and cellphone networks and looks like the opening battle […]
DALLAS (TIP): One of the three men who died last week in a construction fire in downtown Dallas had worked as a welder for only three months and had no training in the field, his […]
DALLAS (TIP): The shale oil boom has been a blessing to Texas, making the state an economic standout during the past few years of ho-hum U.S. growth. But oil’s dramatic plunge below $55 a barrel […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate has at long last confirmed Vivek Murthy, M.D., M.B.A., to be the 19th surgeon general of the United States. An educator and practicing internal medicine physician, Murthy has been an […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Ten people have been arrested in what prosecutors call a commercial travel scam in which the suspects used stolen credit cards to purchase airline tickets for customers of online travel agencies. Manhattan […]
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK (TIP): At the Annual General Body Meeting of India Association of Long Island (IALI) on December 14, 2014, the association President Satnam Parhar laid down his vision of buying a small […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): At a Dec. 11 roundtable with ethnic, community and independent journalists, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced the launch of an initiative to strengthen the Council’s outreach efforts to diverse media across New […]
Discovery of naked murder victim in Brooklyn leads cops to crack love-triangle double homicide, arrest cuckolded husband NEW YORK (TIP): The stabbing death of a man whose naked body was found outside of a Brooklyn […]
“The school was targeted because it was a symbol of everything the Taliban are opposed to: enlightenment and freedom.” By Reem Wasay – The pestilence of extremism must be purged,we must say this freely now, […]
Bipartisan security policy is of paramount importance The Indian government’s seasoned response to the horrific killing of students in Pakistan has been commendable; it’s not the time to score points or point fingers. Expressing deeply-felt […]
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