NEW DELHI (TIP): The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has booked three sitting and three former Rajya Sabha MPs in connection what is being called the Leave Travel Concession or the LTC scam. The […]
PANAJI (TIP): Football fever is running high and the BJP government in Goa has scripted a controversy by sanctioning a Rs. 90 lakh junket for six MLAs, including the sports minister, to Brazil, where the […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Mrs. Ranjana Kumar, former Chairperson and CEO of Indian Bank, and Ambassador Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay, Consul General of India, participated in an interactive discussion, June 12, on – “What Should India […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Russia introduced a UN Security Council resolution on June 12 that strongly urges an immediate end to all violence in Ukraine and the launching of a national dialogue involving all political forces […]
KINSHASA (TIP): Rwandan and Congolese troops traded heavy weapons fire on June 12 in a second day of fighting on the border between the two neighbours which have been locked in a decades-long dispute. After […]
LONDON (TIP): Veteran actor Harrison Ford was airlifted to hospital on June 12 after suffering an ankle injury on the set of the new “Star Wars” movie in Britain. The 71-year-old was hurt when a […]
“The new majority government in power in New Delhi, freed from debilitating coalition politics and attaching priority to economic development, has aroused external interest”, says the author. In foreign policy, Prime Minister Modi has hit […]
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): Malaysia is hunting for a group of machete-wielding pirates who hijacked a tanker off its eastern coast, stealing a million litres of oil, in the latest in a spate of attacks in […]
BOGOTA (TIP): Colombia’s government and the country’s second largest guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army, announced Tuesday they have opened peace talks, with a tense presidential election just days away. In a joint statement released […]
The Aam Aadmi Party made too many promises to be kept in too little a time and fell flat. From a rising star it turned in to a fallen star. One hopes, other political parties […]
BEIJING (TIP): Three people were killed and four others were injured in a blast in an apartment in southwest China’s Yunnan province on June 13. The blast, which occurred at around 2:30 am, ripped through […]
TOKYO (TIP): Japan on June 13 summoned the Chinese ambassador to complain about fighter jets flying “dangerously” close to two of its military planes over the East China Sea, officials said. In the latest up-close […]
By Zahid Hussain “The Karachi airport attack once again exposed the vulnerability of our security system. The sense of urgency in Islamabad was not commensurate with the scale of the crisis”, says the author. The […]
BAGHDAD/ARBIL (TIP): Iraqi Kurds took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on June 12 after government forces abandoned their posts in the face of a sweeping Sunni Islamist rebel push towards Baghdad that […]
Story: A soldier’s holiday turns into a full-time mission to save Mumbai from terror attacks, while only taking time out for his bride-hunt. Review: Gagged men tumble out of his closet. Tied up terrorists and […]
It seems Deepika Padukone is not yet over her former boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor. After seeing Ranbir Kapoor-Katrina Kaif’s public display of affection, Deepika was seen taking a romantic walk with her beau Ranveer Singh. A […]
Pakistan condemns US drone strikes in Waziristan ISLAMABAD (TIP): A missile strike from a suspected US drone has targeted a compound in a northwestern tribal district in Pakistan near the Afghan border, killing at least […]
Sonakshi Sinha has signed a contract with Fox Star Studios, stating that she will not shoot for any other film until she finishes their film, to be directed by A R Murgadoss. The film will […]
Actress Nargis Fakhri looked no less than a style icon in a bright pink crochet short skirt with a top and well-fitted floral jacket when she came to launch a fashion store in the capital. […]
KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Flash floods have killed around 60 people in northern Afghanistan, washing away hundreds of homes and forcing thousands to flee, officials said on Saturday warning that the death toll was expected to […]
KABUL: Nato says five service members have been killed in attack in southern Afghanistan. A statement from the international alliance on Tuesday says that all five soldiers died on Monday. It did not give further […]
British actress-model Elizabeth Hurley is giving up the country life by selling off her farm. The 48-year-old bought the rural property in England’s picturesque Cotswolds region more than a decade ago, and she kept cows, […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Floods caused by days of torrential rain have displaced over 100,000 people in Sri Lanka, latest government data showed on Friday. The Disaster Management Centre said that 26,688 families comprising 109,075 people have […]
KABUL (AFGHANISTAN (TIP)): Afghan police and soldiers are manning checkpoints at almost every intersection, searching vehicles and banning trucks from the streets, tightening security ahead of a weekend presidential election. Insurgents have intensified attacks ahead […]
QUEENS (TIP): After New York Hotel Trades Council, UFCW Local 1500, and New York City Coalition of Operating Engineers, it is CWA Local 1180 which has strongly supported John Liu for State Senate. Citing Democrat […]
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