NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has wasted no time in establishing ground rules and work processes for his government, has reportedly told his ministers that there will be no renaming of projects […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Grandniece of eminent freedom fighter Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, Najma Heptullah is the lone Muslim face in the Narendra Modi Cabinet. Once a prominent Congress member in the Rajya Sabha, she left […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): J Jayalalithaa, Tamil Nadu chief minister, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on June 3, amid the buzz that she is in talks with the ruling BJP to join the […]
NIRMALA SITHARAMAN, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Commerce and Industry, Finance, Corporate Affairs. She graduated from the prestigious Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirapalli in 1980.Nirmala completed her M. Phil in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Fugitive selfproclaimed spy Edward Snowden admitted May 27 he wants to return home, as he defended his massive leak of intelligence secrets, saying the abuse of the US Constitution left him no choice. […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan’s prime minister on May 29 ordered provincial officials to take “immediate action” over the brutal murder of a pregnant woman bludgeoned to death outside a top court. Farzana Parveen was attacked on […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): Just days after a 22-year-old killed six college students and himself near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, state lawmakers are championing legislation that would permit law enforcement officials […]
HAVANA (TIP): The head of the US chamber of commerce said on May 20 the time had come to start a new chapter in relations between Cuba and the United States. “For too long, the […]
KABUL (TIP): In their latest disconnect, Afghan President Hamid Karzai declined an offer to meet Barack Obama when the US President landed at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul on an unannounced visit, American media reported […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): A three-year-old boy in the US has shot and killed his 18-month-old brother with a handgun, adding to the spate of such tragic incidents in the country in the past two months. […]
Snapchat’s chief executive and co-founder, Evan Spiegel, has apologised for his “idiotic” behaviour after a series of misogynistic university e-mails with references to oral sex, drug use and peeing on women were leaked online. In […]
KABUL (TIP): Twelve people, including 10 militants, were killed in separate incidents of violence in Afghanistan on May 29, authorities said. In one attack, a district intelligence chief was killed while three intelligence officials were […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A powerful American Senator has proposed “100 days action plan” for the Modi government and the Obama administration to “refresh” the India-US relations. Senator Mark Warner, who is the Democratic co-chair of the […]
KATMANDU (TIP): Hundreds of people in Nepal’s capital have held separate rallies to mark the 61st anniversary of the first conquest of Mount Everest and to remember the 16 Sherpa guides who died in an […]
Ten things to remember about poet and writer Maya Angelou, who died Wednesday at age 86: 1. How she got her name “Maya” was a childhood nickname bestowed upon her by her brother. “Angelou” was […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s aviation authority released on Tuesday satellite data used to determine that flight MH370 went down in the southern Indian Ocean following demands from sceptical relatives of those on board. The Department of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): OFBJP Global Convener Vijay Jolly stated, May 28, that the visiting SAARC Presidents & Prime Ministers at the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oath taking ceremony, were separately welcomed & greeted with […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Vijay Jolly Global Convener OFBJP, May 29, met and welcomed the two visiting Kenya Parliamentarians at BJP central headquarters in New Delhi.Ms. Sunjeev Kaur Birdi & Irshad Sumra, Members of Kenya parliament […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States warned China on Thursday against risking tensions in international airspace after Japan accused Beijing of “dangerous maneuvers” above disputed areas of the East China Sea. State department spokeswoman Jen Psaki […]
Indrajit S Saluja NEW DELHI (TIP): Narendra Modi has taken over as Prime Minister of India, with tons of good wishes of the people of India and people of Indian origin all across the world. […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US secretary of State John Kerry, May 29, connected with his Indian counterpart, the new external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, after the two were reportedly finding it hard to zero in on a […]
Pakistan Peace after Meeting Modi NEW DELHI (TIP): Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hailed his meeting with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi as a “historic opportunity” and said he was ready for talks on all topics […]
ITALY (TIP) : A judge suspended a murder trial in an Italian court, after she realised that two members of staff were having sex in an attached office. It is believed that the two staff […]
Anandiben Patel, the new Chief Minister of Gujarat, is a long-time confidante of her predecessor Narendra Modi, and is often described as Gujarat’s “Iron Lady”. The stern-faced Anandiben, regularly seen wearing colorful saris and a […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Thailand’s military summoned the deposed cabinet and rulingparty leaders to report May 23 to a new junta that seized power a day earlier in a coup which has triggered US-led international censure. Claiming […]
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