ISLAMABAD (TIP): Russia will sell Mi-35 helicopters to Pakistan to strengthen its counter-terrorism efforts, media reported November 14. Russia’s Ambassador Alexey Dedov said the deal between Pakistan and Russia would help combat terrorism, The Nation […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh police said on Monday they have arrested a hardline Muslim preacher for allegedly inciting the murder of a popular television host. Sheikh Nurul Islam Faruqi, the 60-year-old chief cleric of a Dhaka […]
COLOMBO (TIP): A Sri Lankan minister on November 12 accused the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) of raping Tamil women during the LTTE war. The 48-year-old Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna, who was a former LTTE […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A splinter group of Pakistani Taliban on November 13 released pictures of a suicide bomber, who had killed nearly 60 people at Wagah border. Jamaat ul Ahrar has claimed responsibility for the attack […]
NAYPYITAW, MYANMAR (TIP): President Barack Obama received a hero’s welcome two years ago during his historic visit to Myanmar, whose rapid rebirth after decades of repression was a source of hope for the region and […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Two iconic Andy Warhol paintings of Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando sold for more than $151 million at auction in New York on Thursday, shattering pre-sale estimates by several million dollars. Pop-art […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): An intruder was able to scale the White House fence and enter the executive mansion in September because of major secret service failures including an agent who was distracted by a personal cellphone […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The uncensored contents of a letter sent from the FBI to Martin Luther King in which he is called an “evil, abnormal beast” and apparently encouraged to kill himself have been made public […]
CHARLESTON (TIP): Gay marriage advocates won another two victories on November 12 as the US Supreme Court allowed Kansas to become the 33rd US state where same-sex couples can wed and a federal judge struck […]
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (TIP): Tens of thousands of nurses across the United States staged protest rallies and strikes on Wednesday over what they say is insufficient protection for health workers dealing with patients possibly stricken with […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Republican lawmakers re-elected Mitch McConnell as their leader in the US Senate on November 12, ensuring him the powerful role of majority leader in the new Congress that begins in January. Meanwhile, President […]
BRISBANE (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 14 arrived in Australia on the second leg of his three-nation tour during which he will attend the annual G20 summit and hold bilateral talks with his […]
NAY PYI TAW (TIP): Asserting that there are “no irritants” in the India- ASEAN relationship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told ASEAN leaders that a new era of economic development, industrialisation and trade has […]
NAY PYI TAW (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 13 told world leaders that his government accorded high priority to turn India’s erstwhile “Look East” policy into an “Act East” policy. “Since entering office […]
NAY PYI TAW (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 12 met Nobel laureate and Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who described India as her “second home”, recalling the years she spent in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Sunanda Pushkar probe has taken a new twist with Delhi Police reportedly seeking the list of passengers who travelled from Dubai and Pakistan to Delhi, and vice versa, on January 17 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress- BJP fight over Nehru intensified on Thursday when Sonia Gandhi chose the birthday of the first prime minister to accuse BJP of seeking to destroy his “secular” legacy while son […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has repeated the line-up for the December 2013 Assembly polls while declaring nominees for 22 seats on November 13. Four former cabinet ministers, Somnath Bharti (Malviya Nagar), […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): Seven Army personnel, including a colonel and a captain, have been sentenced to life for killing three civilians in a fake encounter on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir more […]
KOLKATA (TIP): Suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, former CEO of Saradha Media Group, attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills in his prison cell. Kunal Ghosh, in his suicide note, claimed consuming 58 pills. He […]
BHUBANESWAR (TIP): India on November 14 successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable surface-tosurface Prithvi-II missile from a military base in Odisha, a senior defence official said. The indigenously-developed ballistic missile with a maximum range of 350 km […]
HONG KONG (TIP): Hong Kong students plan to occupy roads surrounding the city’s British consulate in anger at a lack of support from London for their pro-democracy movement, as authorities ramp up pressure on protesters […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Iraq will need about 80,000 effective military troops to retake the terrain it lost to Islamic State militants and restore its border with Syria, the top US general said on November 13. “We’re […]
LONDON (TIP): A British woman who tried to send 20,000 euros ($25,000) to her husband fighting with Islamic State (IS) group in Syria was on November 13 jailed for 28 months and seven days. Amal […]
GENEVA (TIP): A rare step-cut Kashmir sapphire in rich velvety blue has sold for a world record at a Sotheby’s auction in Geneva, where it fetched $ 6 million. “A rare 27.54 carat step-cut Kashmir […]
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