SALT LAKE CITY (TIP): A federal appeals court has granted Utah’s request to delay the implementation of a ruling ordering state officials to recognize more than 1,000 gay marriages that were allowed immediately after the […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): President Barack Obama vehemently refused to apologize on Thursday for doing a prisoner trade with the Taliban to free a US soldier, despite a fierce political storm over the deal in Washington. Critics, […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A senior state department official will represent the United States at Sunday’s inauguration of the new Egyptian president, but in a sign of US unease, no cabinet-level ministers will attend. The US delegation […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): China underestimated its growing defence budget by nearly 20% with its spending likely nearing $145 billion last year, the Pentagon has said. In an annual report required by Congress, the Pentagon said yesterday […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Another mega synthetic drug racket, believed to be part of Rs 6,000 crore ring run by kingpin Jagdish Bhola, was busted on June 5 after the arrest of two masterminds, including an Abohar-based […]
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian-American architect has been ordered to pay thousands of dollars in compensation and penalty to settle a civil rights lawsuit, which alleged that a rental building designed by him and his […]
LOS ANGELES: Five members of a “dangerous” street gang who allegedly targeted Indian families across US states of California and Nevada to steal gold and other valuables from them have been arrested. The gang members […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan court on June 05 ordered police to lodge an FIR against former CIA station chief for killing civilians in US drone strikes in the volatile northwestern tribal regions stretching along the border […]
LAHORE (TIP): Iranian authorities refused to fuel the aircraft of Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Tehran last month to make the state-run PIA clear its dues amounting to just over $5,000. “The […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka on Thursday reacted strongly against the genocide remarks made by Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa against the country over the Tamil issue and said it will make formal objections to […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): At least 18 Indian pilgrims were killed and 53 others injured when an overloaded bus carrying them veered off a mountain road and rolled about 100m before plunging into a river in Nepal, […]
KABUL (TIP): The Taliban on June 4 released a video showing the handover of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl to US forces in eastern Afghanistan, touting the swap of the American soldier for five Taliban detainees from […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Tibetan government in exile will relaunch their Middle Way Approach campaign — a global drive to create an international environment for autonomy in the next few years. Dalai Lama is expected […]
An inner cry of a Dalit from the heartland of India Why I am asked about my caste when I go to the police? Am I not a citizen of India?” The father of one […]
Situated on the banks of the river Cauvery,Tiruchirappalli, the forth largest city in the state was a citadel of the early Cholas which later fell to the Pallavas. But the Pallavas never really managed to […]
Egyptians seek better lives, more security Egypt’s new President is now firmly ensconced as the leader of the mostpopulated Arab nation in the world. He won the elections with a percentage of votes that would […]
For adversaries, habituated to passive and defensive responses to deliberate provocations, the likelihood of a less tolerant Indian response under a Modi-led government might induce rethinking on their part about the price they may have […]
BEIJING (TIP): The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are urging China to focus on controlling risks from rapidly rising debt due to its reliance on credit-fuelled growth. The comments add to warnings by […]
MUMBAI (TIP)The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), decided to limit access to export credit refinance while compensating fully with a commensurate expansion of the market’s access to liquidity through a special term repo facility from […]
LONDON (TIP): The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday cut interest rates and took a raft of unconventional steps to prevent the 18-country eurozone from sliding into a bout of deflation that could kill off […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): An innovative and inexpensive way to fight air pollution has been developed — a roof tile coating that removes up to 97% of smog-causing nitrogen oxides. A team of University of California, Riverside’s […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US space agency Nasa has been warned that its mission to send humans to Mars will fail unless its revamps its methods and draws up a clear, wellplanned strategy to conquer the red […]
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano and Nassau County Clerk Maureen O’Connell honored Louis Palermo as Nassau County’s Senior Man of the Year for 2014. Mr. Louis Palermo was presented with the […]
Xoom’s revolutionary technology expands its instant deposit network to one of the largest banks in India NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO, CA (TIP): Xoom Corporation (NASDAQ: XOOM), a leading digital money transfer provider, is offering instant […]
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