NEW YORK (TIP): Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced the thirdannual Big Apple Awards: Recognizing Teacher Excellence in New York City, overseen by the Department of Education in partnership with the Fund for Public Schools. The […]
Acclaimed as a Melting Pot with Great Restaurants, Art, Beaches NEW YORK (TIP): Next stop…Queens! The world’s most diverse county was selected as the best tourism destination in the United States for 2015 by Lonely […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): LinkNYC’s proposal to put high speed WiFi kiosks throughout the City will not by itself eliminate the digital divide, but marks an important step toward bridging that gap. Just as the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx),Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans applauded December 11, the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Richard Verma as […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted on December 11, by acclamation draft Resolution A/69/L.17 with a record number of 175 countries cosponsoring it. The Resolution establishes the International […]
NEW JERSEY (TIP): Indian-American residents of Middlesex County, New Jersey, are frightened and frustrated after a spate of home invasion robberies targeting their community has cast a pall on Diwali, a week-long Hindu celebration full […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano along with Eldia Gonzalez Director of Nassau County’s Coordinated Agency for Spanish Americans (CASA) presented a citation to representatives of Long Island Cares, Inc. for the […]
There is urgent need to restrain those making provocative and poisonous statements, says the author. All through his campaign that brought him spectacular victory in the parliamentary poll, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had concentrated on […]
“The American invasion of Iraq cost the lives of millions of children. Whatever the changing definitions of terror, it is children that are so often the forgotten victims of conflict – regardless of the perpetrator”, […]
KARACHI (TIP): Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaaf (PTI) has called for a complete shutdown of the port city on December 12 as part of its countrywide protests against the Nawaz Sharif government. Senior PTI […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): A teenage suicide bomber attacked a French-run high school in Kabul on December 11, walking into a packed auditorium during a theater performance and killing a German citizen, Afghan officials said. The […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bhutan and not India was the first to to recognize Bangladesh as an independent nation, foreign office has said, putting an end to the decades-old speculation on the issue. “Bhutan was the first […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistani Taliban on December 11 criticized Nobel laureate Malala Yoususzai, saying the teenage activist has entered into an agreement with “satanic forces” to promote western culture and destroy Pakistan. In its first reaction […]
COLOMBO (TIP): A Sri Lankan military transport aircraft crashed near the capital Colombo on Decmeber 12 killing four people on board and injuring another crew member, police said. The Antonov AN-32 aircraft slammed into a […]
KATMANDU, Nepal: Police say an overcrowded bus has plunged off a mountain road in Nepal, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50 more. Police official Kesh Bahadur Shahi said Monday that the bus veered […]
WARR ACRES, OK (TIP): An Indian American Dr. Nareshkumar G. Patel, 62, was arrested Tuesday, December 9, at his Warr Acres clinic. The arrest was the result of an undercover operation involving three female investigators […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Senate on Wednesday, December 10, unanimously confirmed Richard Rahul Verma as the next US ambassador to India. Verma becomes the first-ever Indian-American to hold the post. Verma’s nomination was approved by the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): CIA director John Brennan threaded a rhetorical needle in an unprecedented televised news conference at CIA headquarters on December 11 acknowledging that agency officers did “abhorrent” things to detainees but defending the overall […]
MOBILE, AL (TIP): An Indian American, who has admitted to being involved in the distribution of spice, was sentenced Dec. 8 to 48 months in prison. Harshadbhai Patel of Mobile was also ordered to serve […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): A major storm pummeled California and the Pacific northwest on december 11 with heavy rain and high winds, killing one man, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, disrupting flights […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US House of Representatives passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill late on December 11 to fund most federal agencies through September 30, the end of the current fiscal year. By a vote […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): The tense email exchanges between Oscar-winning producer Scott Rudin and Sony cochairman Amy Pascal have been leaked on internet by the hackers. In the exchange, Rudin and Pascal discuss Angelina Jolie, who […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Closing out a TV career that has spanned more than three decades and influenced a generation of comedians, David Letterman will end his record-setting run as a late-night star on May 20, CBS […]
ALIGARH (TIP): Dharam Jagran Samiti, an RSS offshoot, has distributed pamphlets in Aligarh seeking donations for converting Christians and Muslims to Hinduism. The pamphlet says it costs Rs 2 lakh to convert a Christian and […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A heated debate in the Lok Sabha on the alleged conversion of 200 Muslims to Hinduism in Agra saw a united opposition accusing the government of engineering “religious polarisation” for political gains. […]
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