NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on September 18 questioned Centre on lack of transparency in the appointment of chief vigilance commissioner and vigilance commissioner. The top court was hearing a petition challenging the method […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): After remaining closed for 11 days due to massive floods, Jammu and Kashmir’s Civil Secretariat reopened on September 18. However, less than 10 per cent employees reported for work at the scheduled opening […]
SHIMLA (TIP): The recent tragedy in Kashmir valley is being increasingly looked at as a manmade disaster, aggravated by reckless “developmental” activities with no regard for nature conservation. Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) India’s studies […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Assam director general of police Shankar Baruah, who was interrogated by the CBI in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, committed suicide on September 17. According to the police, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said Wednesday that setting up ‘Nirbhaya centers’ for women in distress, and women helpline will together solve half of the problems of women in the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): It’s incredibly unlikely that Ebola would mutate to spread through the air, and the best way to make sure it doesn’t is to stop the epidemic, a top government scientist told concerned lawmakers […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Mission Creep, a term that has come to describe a gradual shift in objectives during the course of a military campaign, often resulting in unplanned long-term commitment, came into the American lexicon during […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has decried the US-led international coalition against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) describing this as “ridiculous,” move and alleged that some of the 40-member of this group […]
Those who could not get one of the 18,000 free tickets, will be able to watch Modi in Times Square or live streaming at watch parties around the country NEW YORK (TIP): A community reception […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday, September 17, afternoon to approve President Obama’s controversial proposal to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels in effort to defeat the terrorist group known as the […]
The folly of polarization boomerangs Normally no great importance is attached to by-elections in this country which should explain why no Prime Minister has ever canvassed during them. Interestingly, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her […]
How far are we from sending our soldiers in to the battlefield in Iraq again? It is a question which comes to the mind of every American. First, we admitted we had no business to […]
“Expectations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States later this month need to be modulated with stiff doses of reality. Structural weakness in the United States means that it cannot offer much; […]
KARACHI (TIP): In an unprecedented incident on Monday, September 15, a Pakistani politician Rehman Malik who has been Interior Minister of Pakistan, was virtually chased away by airline passengers furious at being forced to wait […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A murder case has been registered against Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his brother and Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, three federal ministers and top police officials over the alleged killing of two […]
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sept 17 commuted the death sentence of Delwar Hossain Sayedee, a top Islamist preacher whose sentencing last year triggered the deadliest political violence in the country’s history, , to […]
KABUL (TIP): A police official in Kabul said that a suicide car bomber has targeted a foreign convoy just a couple hundred yards (meters) from the US embassy. According to reports, at least one person […]
COLOMBO: Chinese President Xi Jinping won Sri Lanka’s support on Tuesday for a proposed maritime “Silk Road” linking China with Europe, and helped launch billion-dollar power plant and port city projects funded by his government. […]
Extraordinary footage has emerged of a Ukrainian MP being chucked in to a bin by protesters. Vitaliy Zhuravskiy can be seen wearing a suit and holding his briefcase as he’s ushered to the large refuse […]
BEIJING (TIP): China on Septt 15 made it clear that it will “not support” the India-Vietnam agreement to enable ONGC to explore two more oil wells if they fall within the waters of the disputed […]
SHANGAHAI (TIP): A Chinese woman who sued a man for “violating her right to virginity” after he wooed her with false promises has been awarded nearly $5,000 by a court, reports said on Sept 17. […]
SYDNEY (TIP): Counterterrorism raids in Sydney on Sept 17 were sparked by security intelligence that the Islamic State movement was planning a public killing as a demonstration of its reach, the prime minister said on […]
BEIJING (TIP): A 3000-year-old bronze sword has been discovered in a local river by an 11-year-old child in east China’s Jiangsu Province. Yang Junxi discovered the rusty sword on July 2 when he was playing […]
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE How can one’s pre-ordained destiny be erased? It is written in accordance with the Lord’s Will. Without the Name of the Lord, no one can be saved. Through the Guru’s Teachings, […]
continued from previous issue Coldly spake the Queen Kaikeyi: “If thy royal heart repent, Break thy word and plighted promise, let thy royal faith be rent, Ever known for truth and virtue, speak to peers […]
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