DALLAS (TIP): Thomas Eric Duncan left Liberia for the United States, by official accounts, a healthy man. Just over two weeks later, he passed away at a Dallas, Texas, hospital with Ebola. Duncan was admitted […]
ASSOCIATION OF INDIANS IN AMERICA CELEBRATES 27TH DIWALI AT SOUTH STREET SEAPORT NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Association of Indians in America, NY Chapter (AIA-NY) organized the 27th Annual Deepavali Festival at the South Street […]
‘Time to Deliver Begins Now’: Raghuram Rajan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Consulate General of India, New York, in collaboration with the India-America Chamber of Commerce, held an […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A series of provocative anti-Islam advertisements has embroiled New York City’s transportation authority in a free speech legal battle this week after a pro-Israel political group filed a federal lawsuit to force […]
Republican Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano Backs Democratic Cuomo for Governor ALBANY (TIP): Shell shocking Rob Astorino, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, the Republican Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano has decided to back Democratic Gov. Andrew […]
WELLS FARGO LIGHTS UP DIWALI BY HELPING GIVE CHILDREN A LIFETIME OF SMILES SAN FRANCISCO/ NEW YORK (TIP): Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is lighting up Diwali with community celebrations and partnerships throughout the […]
At the end of the day, India and the US have to find common ground that protects their respective interests. The US as a global power should not force India to support it in its […]
New Delhi cannot remain sanguine. A priority of the Obama Administration will be to smoothly take out its military equipment from Afghanistan, through Pakistan. The Taliban will then be viewed more benignly By G Parthasarathy […]
One reason for widespread political and bureaucratic corruption is that the punishment for such offences is light and, therefore, it does not serve as a deterrent. Punishment for corruption must include confiscation of all illicit […]
NEW DELHI: At a time when Indo-Pak tensions are running high, Pakistan’s man in Delhi, Abdul Basit, is not a favourite with the Modi government. Basit’s stock with this government plummeted in August when he […]
COLOMBO(TIP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today on October 10 appointed senior Tamil parliamentarian V S Radhakrishnan as a Deputy Minister, a move aimed at wining the support of the community ahead of his third […]
KABUL (TIP): Five Afghan men were hanged on Wednesday for the gang rape of four women despite the United Nations and human rights groups criticising the trial and calling for new president Ashraf Ghani to […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh on October 7 appointed veteran diplomat and former foreign secretary Syed Muazzem Ali as its new high commissioner to India. Ali served as the foreign secretary during the ruling Awami League’s previous […]
Indian American Doctor pleads guilty to Medicare fraud, illegal prescriptions CHICAGO (TIP): An Indian American physician, Sathish Narayanappa Babu, of Bolingbrook, Illinois, has pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulently billing Medicare and prescribing drugs to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Thomas Kailath, a Pune-educated Indian American engineering professor at Stanford University, is one of the recipients of the U.S. National Medal of Science, announced by President Barack Obama Oct. 3. Kailath is also […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A joint US-Turkish military team will meet next week in Ankara to discuss the fight against Islamic militants after Washington October 9 pressed Turkey to join a US-led coalition. Two top US envoys […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The UN management chief says member states owe the world body about USD 3.5 billion for its regular operating budget and far-flung peacekeeping operations. Yukio Takasu told reporters after briefing the General […]
USIBC Reaffirms $41 Billion Investment in India WASHINGTON DC (TIP): The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC), on October 9, hosted its 39th Anniversary Leadership Summit in the wake of Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s historic visit to […]
ST LOUIS (TIP): A white off-duty policeman shot and killed a black teenager in St Louis on October 8, officers said, triggering a night of protests just miles from the site of another police shooting […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pakistani spy agency ISI having close ties with terror groups is an open secret and this was the reason why the US did not share the intelligence about the raid on Osama bin […]
Cyclone Hudhud likely to hit Odisha, Andhra on Oct 12 NEW DELHI (TIP): The MeT department has announced that cyclonic storm Hudhud is expected to get severe in the next 12 hours and will be […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The medical team probing the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of former Union minister Shashi Tharoor, has concluded that she died of poisoning. The team comprised three doctors from the All India […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress on October 9 accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of putting politics over national duty, pointing to his absence from Delhi as tensions mount on the border with Pakistan. AICC spokesman […]
Urges apex court to grant urgent hearing after High Court had refused her earlier bail plea NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha, denied bail by Karnataka High Court following her conviction […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on October 9 if it proposed to examine former finance minister P. Chidambaram on the clearance given to the Aircel-Maxis deal over […]
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