NEW DELHI: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday indirectly rapped External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for calling Narendra Modi ‘impotent’, saying he doesn’t appreciate the use of such language. Khurshid at a rally on February […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Maintaining its attack against Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Industries, the AAP Thursday alleged that the UPA government had ignored a probe request against them three years ago despite an appeal made by […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on February 27 stressed on the importance of using technology to boost commercial activities in the country, and to overcome the fear of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on February 26 stayed the release of four convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, ordering status quo on a plea by the Centre challenging the Tamil Nadu government’s […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday announced its first list of 54 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections and fielded former party president Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur. The list was announced after […]
DALLAS, TX (TIP): A nine-member task force on the future of Fair Park has been meeting privately for several months and is expected to issue recommendations to Mayor Mike Rawlings by May, according to a […]
NORTH TEXAS (TIP): Drastic times call for drastic measures. But what would it take for you to drink tap water that had been recycled straight from the sewer? The concept sounds crazy but it could […]
LONDON (TIP): In a landmark vote, the European parliament has voted in favor of a resolution to criminalize the purchase of sex. On February 26, 343 members of the European Parliament backed a proposal placed […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): Nato has registered a first in its long history, with five women among the defense ministers who turned up on Wednesday to attend a policy—making meeting at the alliance’s headquarters. The latest woman […]
LONDON: A large number of men in Britain are now becoming victims of domestic violence. Each year, at least 1.2 million women become victims of domestic violence. Around 784,000 men have now been found to […]
BEIJING (TIP): A man in a smog- ridden northern city has become the first person in China to sue the government for failing to curb air pollution, a state-run newspaper reported on February 26. China’s […]
BANGKOK (TIP): Thailand’s anticorruption agency is to bring charges of negligence against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday as antigovernment protesters demand her ouster in a violence-pocked standoff that is slipping out of control. Intermittent […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US secretary of state John Kerry on February 26 compared tough new anti—gay laws enacted in Uganda to anti—Semitic legislation in Nazi Germany or apartheid in South Africa. “You could change the focus […]
AMMAN: Jordan warned on Wednesday that it might review a 1994 peace treaty with Israel after Israeli MPs began a debate on allowing Jewish prayers at Jerusalem’s sensitive Al—Aqsa mosque compound. “If Israel wants to […]
NEW DELHI/KOCHI (TIP): Even as the Navy recovered the bodies of Lt. Commander Kapish Muwal and Lt. Commander Manoranjan Kumar, the two officers killed in February 26 explosion on board the submarine INS Sindhuratna, fresh […]
KOLKATA (TIP): India and Israel have signed a number of agreements on cooperation in legal assistance and public and homeland security. The pacts are part of the ongoing efforts by both countries in the war […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Election Commission on February 27 issued a set of draft guidelines on funding of political parties, asking them to provide election expenses to their candidates, not exceeding the prescribed ceiling, only […]
VRINDAVAN/MATHURA (TIP): A 210-metrehigh temple is soon going to change the skyline of Vrindavan in Mathura district. The project, whose foundation stone will be laid on March 16, has been conceived by Madhu Pandit Dasa, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Toughening its stand against the US, Indian government has decided not to meet the officials of the USITC, a federal American agency which has initiated a probe against domestic trade and investment […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): An Army soldier on February 27 shot five colleagues dead at point blank range when they were sleeping before committing suicide in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. “A soldier of a Rashtriya Rifles […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The U.S.-India Business Council concluded a highprofile mission comprised of top tax executives from global multinationals who engaged in a dialogue with senior officials from the Government of India as well as […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on February 27 busted a massive ponzi scam of Rs 45,000 crore by two Delhi-based private companies of a group, raising money from over five crore […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has decided to block investigations by the United States into its trade policies and patent laws, and prepare for a battle at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a move that could […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The FBI placed a source in direct contact with Osama bin Laden in 1993 and ascertained that the al-Qaida leader was looking to finance terror attacks in the US, according to a media […]
LOS ANGELES (TIP): A California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mintcondition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree. Nearly all […]
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