WASHINGTON (TIP): The Food and Drug Administration, November 7, took a step toward potentially eliminating trans fats from the food supply with a preliminary determination they are no longer “generally recognized as safe.” Trans fats […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked as many as 200,000 classified US documents to the media, according to little-noticed public remarks by the eavesdropping agency’s chief late last month. In […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama’s popularity has slumped to an all-time low, with a majority of Americans for the first time believing him to be dishonest and untrustworthy, a new survey showed. The respected […]
HONOLULU (TIP): The Hawaii Senate gave final legislative approval on November 12 to a bill extending marriage rights to same-sex couples in a state popular as a wedding and honeymoon destination and regarded as a […]
US President Barack Obama’s elder daughter Malia and Pakistani girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai have been named among the 16 most influential teens of 2013 by Time magazine. The magazine said Malia, 15, and her […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): About 106,000 people signed up for insurance coverage nationally under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law during October, the government said on Wednesday, a tiny fraction of the millions of people that had been […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): November 13 The Centre today informed the Supreme Court that there was no question of giving additional powers to the CBI Director. It said and allowing him to report directly to the […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The Punjab and Haryana high court, on November 14, stayed the arrest of Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in connection with an FIR lodged against them […]
PATIALA (TIP): Revelations by wrestler-turned-drug lord Jagdish Singh alias Bhola are apparently spelling trouble for ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Sources said that interrogation of Bhola has revealed involvement of two Akali leaders of Majha […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A month after the operations ended in the Keran sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has made it clear that it was not ready to […]
BANGALORE (TIP): Seven people were charred and 43, including two African nationals, injured when a Mumbai-Bangalore Volvo bus operated by National Travels caught fire after an accident near Kunimullalli village in Haveri district, about 350 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court has set up a committee of three judges headed by Justice RM Lodha to verify a law student’s allegation that she was sexually harassed in a hotel room on […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Saffron rebel and former Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa has offered to merge his Karnataka Janata Paksha unconditionally with the BJP, tempting the party leadership with the promise to deliver bulk of […]
Long years ago, at a cultural event in a European country, the then Indian Ambassador (let him not be named) introduced the modernist Hindi novelist and poet, Agyeya (who also carried the name Vatsyayan) as […]
Modis’ gaffes on historical facts inspired Akash Deep Ashok of New Delhi to come up with the following dramatization. We hope the satire will amuse our readers. SCENE Agroup of impish-looking students are sitting in […]
Some 106,185 people signed up for Obamacare in its first month of operation, a period marred by major technological problems with both the federal and state enrollment websites. Troubled HealthCare.gov is unlikely to work fully […]
As the Sikhs across the world get ready to celebrate the 544th birth anniversary of their First Master Guru Nanak Dev Ji, it is pertinent to ask if the Great Master’s message is kept in […]
V K Singh does a volte-face on his claim that ministers and MLAs in Kashmir get payments, saying no such thing happens NEW DELHI (TIP): Under intense attack and criticism, former Army Chief Gen V […]
HICKSVILLW, NY (TIP): “I’m 110 percent supportive of assessment going to them (cities) and would like to get everyone involved in a conversation about it,” Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano said. “We would have to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has been the world’s largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) since 2006. Every day, foreign companies establish new operations in the United States or provide additional capital to established […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Economic crisis? Financial slowdown? What are you talking about? Demonstrating that the rich are seldom constrained by crises faced by the plebs, the auction house Christie’s racked up a record $691.5 million on […]
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ (TIP): The Bhagavad Gita has become compulsory for every student joining Seton Hall University in New Jersey. This is a catholic university founded in 1856. The translation of Bhagavad Gita by Stephen […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US Secretary of State John Kerry urged lawmakers to “calm down” on Wednesday over proposed new sanctions on Iran, warning they could scuttle diplomatic efforts to rein in Tehran’s nuclear drive. “The risk […]
NEWYORK (TIP): India’s leading rapper and musician, Yo Yo Honey Singh, released his newest single, “Blue Eyes,” at a packed media event in New York Nov 8. The Flatiron Hotel in Manhattan was abuzz with […]
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