ALBANY, NY (TIP): New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced October 3, a new reduction in management fees for the state’s 529 College Savings Program’s Direct Plan. It is the fourth fee reduction since […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Too many New York City subway stations are in disrepair and New York City Transit’s repair program is progressing too slowly, according to a report issued by New York State Comptroller Thomas […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Drawing on research reports published by the Sikh Coalition, 30 members of the United States Congress signed letters early October urging the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education to […]
“If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable; we may ignore him at our own risk.”- Martin Luther King, a great follower of Gandhian method of non-violence . There has never been an age when […]
By meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has recognized how important Tel Aviv is to New Delhi. Modi and Netanyahu met in New York on the sidelines of […]
KABUL (TIP): Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron on October 3 pledged support for Afghanistan’s newly sworn-in president and the country’s new unity government, saying during a surprise visit to Kabul that Britain is committed to […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, who was diagnosed with first stage lung cancer and underwent radiotherapy sessions in the US, has fully recovered from the disease, his close aide said on October 02. […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh on Monday 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 1996-2001 […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least 15 militants were killed on October 3 in air strikes by Pakistani military in the restive northwestern tribal region, where the security forces have launched a major offensive to wipe out […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least 17 people have died in the last four days after consuming toxic liquor in Pakistan’s Sindh province, media report said on friday. Around 150 people have been arrested in connection with […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US military expects to increase the number of troops deployed to Liberia to fight the Ebola outbreak to nearly 4,000, up from a planned 3,000-strong force, the Pentagon said on October 3. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland was at the grocery store the other day when he ran into an elderly black woman who expressed growing concern about President Obama’s safety. Why, she asked, wasn’t […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Arun Kumar owns three apartments in New Delhi, where he has carved out a comfortable life as part of India’s rapidly expanding middle class. Not long ago, he also became a global landlord, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A US Marine who went into the sea from a V-22 Osprey during a flight mishap over the northern Gulf this week was the first American killed in US military operations against the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States is to partially lift a four-decade-old arms embargo against its former foe Vietnam, the state department said on October 2, after secretary of state John Kerry met his counterpart Pham […]
Hundreds at US’s iconic Harvard University receive email shooting threats: Report CAMBRIDGE (TI): Hundreds of students and staff at Harvard University received emails on October 2 from a sender who threatened to come to the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama strongly condemned on October 2 the killing of British citizen Alan Henning by Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria and said the United States would seek to […]
WASHINGTON: Impressed by the “energy and vigour” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent visit to the US despite being on fast, President Barack Obama has expressed his interest in yoga, officials have said. […]
CLEVELAND: An Ohio woman has sued a sperm bank after she became pregnant with sperm donated by a black man instead of a white man as she and her partner had intended. The woman is […]
CM announces Rs 3 lakh compensation each to kin of dead PATNA (TIP): At least 33 people, including 20 women and 10 children, were killed and 26 others injured in a stampede that broke out […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a new initiative to reach out to the maximum populace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 3 connected with people over radio with his ‘mann ki baat’, giving a pep talk […]
Excerpt: Call it the PM effect. A police station in the heart of the capital was meticulously cleaned by a team from Sulabh International after a surprise inspection by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Oct […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): With Dussehra over, BJP will get into campaign mode for the Haryana and Maharashtra assembly polls on a war footing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his senior ministers will have little time […]
BEIJING (TIP): Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters cancelled planned talks with the government on electoral reforms on October 3 after violent scuffles broke out in the city’s Mong Kok district after a large group of people […]
STOCKHOLM (TIP): Sweden’s new centre-left government will recognize the state of Palestine in a move that will make it the first major European country to take the step, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Friday. […]
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