LAHORE, PAKISTAN (TIP): Even as Pakistan celebrated 68th Independence Day, the political storm brewing in India’s neighboring country, threatens to engulf the Islamic nation in a civil war. Thousands of Pakistani opposition supporters on August […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Rahul Gandhi shied away from the debate on communal violence that he forced by leading a protest in Lok Sabha, defying enormous pressure from within that he speak on the party’s top […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government has again made it clear that absence of a Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha would not impact its functioning. Asked whether the government would follow a similar formula […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15 launched ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’ to help the poor open bank accounts which will come with the facility of a debit card and an […]
Known and revered worldwide as Mahatma Gandhi, he advocated nonviolence (ahimsa) as the only path to victory. India as we know it today would not have been, but for the efforts of selfless and courageous […]
By Nitin Vora “At the stroke of midnight hour when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom…are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of […]
HONOLULU(TIP): Improving US cooperation with China is critical to maintaining stability and security in the Asia-Pacific as well as combating the effects climate change, US secretary of state John Kerry said. Wrapping up an eight-day, […]
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for killing six people after discovering that his wife had extramarital affairs with two different men. Shao Zonggi (38) had shot nine people using a […]
SEOUL (TIP): As Francis became the first pope in 25 years to visit South Korea on August 13, Seoul’s never-timid rival, North Korea, made its presence felt by firing three short-range projectiles less than an […]
INDIA’S JOURNEY TO DEVELOPMENT AND CHALLENGES The economy of India is the tenthlargest in the world by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).The country is one of the G-20 major economies, […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): An Indianborn American researcher plans to introduce her pioneering range of speedy wound-healing products in the country to benefit the poor. Molecular biologist Chanda Zaveri ran away from Kolkata 30 years ago […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Vijay Jolly, BJP Global Convener, Overseas Affairs is on US Tour from August 18 to 30. During this period he will be crisscrossing the US, visiting Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, New […]
Robin Williams, the versatile actor whose madcap comic style made him one of television and film’s biggest stars, was found dead on Monday from an apparent suicide at his home in Northern California. He was […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian territories: Israeli jets bombed targets across Gaza on Thursday, retaliating to Palestinian rocket attacks in spiraling violence that left a truce extension teetering on the brink of collapse. The resumption of hostilities […]
MUMBAI (TIP): While the plane they were flying plunged 5,000 feet, a Jet Airways pilot was asleep and the co-pilot was busy on an iPad checking out flight information. Both have been suspended by aviation […]
KOLHAPUR (TIP): Two Kolhapur women, who were sentenced to death in 2001 for kidnapping 13 children and killing nine of them, may become the first women ever to be hanged in India. President Pranab Mukherjee […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court today refused to stop the release of Aamir Khan’s film “PK”, rejecting a petition that said some scenes hurt religious sentiment. The Chief Justice of India, RM Lodha, said, […]
SURAT (TIP): This Independence Day, regional passport office (RPO) is set to win the hearts of tens of thousands of people in south Gujarat region who were waiting for the printing and dispatch of their […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Union home minister Rajnath Singh on August 14 underwent tests at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was admitted with complaints of abdominal pain. Doctors performed colonoscopy on […]
WASHINGTON DC (TIP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be addressing the US Congress when he visits Washington DC in September for a summit with President Barack Obama. The Republican Speaker of the US […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Two months after coming to power, the Narendra Modi government seems ready to restructure the Planning Commission, the term of which is coterminus with that of the government. Sources in the government […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Bombay High Court ordered today that the chief of Children’s Aid Society, which hit the headlines after allegations of forcing special children to watch performances by bar dancers, be suspended immediately. Navnath […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The CBI on Wednesday registered a formal case to investigate the death of Bollywood actress Jiah Khan, five weeks after a Bombay High Court order, an official said. The development came after the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government will not reduce subsidy on food items, fertilisers and development schemes in the current financial year starting April from what was paid in 2013-14, Minister of State for Finance Nirmala […]
New Delhi (TIP): The CBI conducted searches at 28 locations, including the residence of a former minister, in connection with Rs.10,000-crore Saradha chit fund scam, an official said on August 14. “In the multi-crore-rupee chit […]
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