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STAY FIT AT 40
Forget sweating it out in a gym, it’s possible to lose extra flab in a smarter way If you have a sedentary life style and have just hit the big F, don’t frown every time […]
India
CAN’T ARRANGE RS 5,000 CRORE FOR BAIL: SUBRATA ROY TO SC
NEW DELHI (TIP): Faced with an unprecedented bail precondition of paying upfront Rs 5,000 crore in cash and another Rs 5,000 crore in bank guarantees for release from jail, Sahara group chief Subrata Roy told […]
India
CBI may appeal against UK court’s rejection of war leak accused’s extradition
NEW DELHI (TIP): Two days after a British court rejected extradition of Ravi Shankaran, key accused in the naval war room leak case, CBI’s lawyers in United Kingdom have advised against appeal as “it wouldn’t […]
India
India ranks 102 out of 132 nations on social development index
NEW DELHI (TIP): India ranks 102nd among the 132 countries on the Social Progress Index, a measure of human wellbeing that goes beyond traditional economic measures such as GDP or per capita income. Of the […]
United States
International Regional Hindi Conference in New York on April 25-27, 2014
NEW YORK (TIP): A three-day International Regional Conference on Hindi is being organized by the Consulate General of India in New York is on April 25-27, 2014. Making this announcement at a press Conference held […]
India
U.S. gives Mumbai police equipment to fight against terrorism
NEW DELHI (TIP): Mumbai Police has received counter-terror equipment from the United States. Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to India Nancy Powell handed over the explosive incident counter-measure equipment worth USD 300,000 to Mumbai Police to aid […]
India
Suresh Arora is new Punjab DGP
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The Election Commission of India on April 3 appointed Suresh Arora the Director General of Police, Punjab. He was selected from among three officers whose names were forwarded to the ECI by the […]
Europe
Missing Malaysian Flight MH370: What do we know? What will we ever know?
BANGKOK (TIP): At the time – the evening of March 24 – it seemed like the breakthrough the world was waiting for. In a hastily called speech, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that an […]
Africa
WORLD T20: India out to spook South Africa with spin
DHAKA (TIP): India will look to capitalize on South Africa’s two perennial problems — a weakness against spin and inability to win knockout matches in ICC events — as they go head to head in […]
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Tiger Woods to miss Masters after back surgery
LOS ANGELES (TIP):World number one Tiger Woods said Tuesday he will miss the Masters after undergoing back surgery earlier this week to treat a pinched nerve that has been troubling him for several months. “Sad […]
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Bouchard holds off Venus in Charleston
CHARLESTON (TIP): Canadian starlet Eugenie Bouchard held off former world number one Venus Williams 7-6 (8/6), 2-6, 6-4 on April 3 to reach the Family Circle Cup quarterfinals. Bouchard, an Australian Open semi-finalist who is […]
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Fort Hood Shooting leaves 3 dead, 16 injured
Psychiatric issues behind shooter’s behavior WASHINGTON (TIP): Specialist Ivan Lopez has been identified by authorities as the man who opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas on Wednesday, April 2, killing three people before committing […]
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CHAITRA NAVARATRI – SPRING FESTIVAL OF THE GODDESS
Chaitra Navaratri (March 31st to April 7th 2014), or the nine (nava-) nights (- ratri) of Durga, are celebrated in the first nine days of the bright half of the month of Chaitra (starting from […]
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Babri demolition planned
Advani, P V Narasimha Rao knew of plot: Cobrapost sting NEW DELHI (TIP): An elaborate sting operation, conducted on 23 key people of the Ram Janambhoomi movement, claims that the demolition of the Babri Masjid […]
Europe
Hunt for Malaysian plane heads underwater to find black box
PERTH (TIP): The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in remote seas off Australia headed underwater on Friday, April 4, with a U.S. Navy high tech “black box” locator deployed for the first time […]
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Arvind Kejriwal punched in Delhi, attacker beaten by AAP men
NEW DELHI (TIP): Arvind Kejriwal, the top man of the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP, has been hit in Delhi while campaigning. Kejriwal was punched in the back in the Dakshinpuri area of South Delhi […]
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NJ governor’s internal investigation clears him in ‘Bridgegate’
NEW YORK (TIP): A law firm hired by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to investigate the “Bridgegate” scandal exonerated the potential Republican presidential contender on Thursday, March 27, in a report quickly dismissed by critics […]
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CENTER’S PLEA WINS LIFE FOR BHULLAR
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on March 27 told the Supreme Court that it has “no problem” with commutation of death sentence of Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar to life term and the petition in […]
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Srinivasan removed as BCCI chief: Gavaskar is the interim President
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court of India, on March 28, removed N. Srinivasan as BCCI chief and asked Sunil Gavaskar to take charge as an interim president for the duration of IPL 7. The […]
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NYC Mayor Proposes Taxi Surcharge to Fund Accessible Cabs
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The de Blasio administration is proposing a 30-cent surcharge on all yellow and street-hail livery taxi rides as part of a plan to make half of New York City’s taxi fleet […]
India
Indian Mujahideen’s next leadership ready to take over reins: Police
NEW DELHI (TIP): Even though the entire known leadership of Indian Mujahideen in India is in police net with the recent arrest of Tehsin Akhtar and Waqas, intelligence agencies are not patting their back as […]
India
Haryana governor’s plane crashes at Chandigarh, no casualties
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The Haryana governor, Jagan Nath Pahadia had a miraculous escape on March 27 morning, when state government’s plane with governor on board caught fire while taking-off on the runaway at the Chandigarh airport. […]
India
TDP, BJP resolve seat-sharing row
HYDERABAD (TIP): The BJP-TDPLoksatta- Jana Sena electoral alliance in the state has been formalized and an announcement on it is likely to be made on soon. As per the seat sharing arrangement finalized by BJP […]
India
Azam Khan invites Jaswant to join SP
LUCKNOW (TIP): Senior SP leader Mohammed Azam Khan has invited rebel BJP veteran Jaswant Singh to join his party. Talking to the media persons in Rampur on Thursday, Azam said: “It was disheartening to know […]
India
India tests Prithvi-II missile
BHUBANESWAR (TIP): India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missile from a military base in Odisha on March 28, a senior official said. The indigenouslydeveloped ballistic missile with a maximum range of 350 km was […]