YANGON (TIP): The Buddhist extremist movement in Myanmar, known as 969, portrays itself as a grassroots creed. Its chief proponent, a monk named Wirathu, was once jailed by the former military junta for anti-Muslim violence […]
ORLANDO (TIP: South Africa’s ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is showing “great improvement”, his former wife said on June 28 as his countrymen continued to pray for the speedy recovery of the 94-year-old former president. […]
TOKYO (TIP): Japan is expected to pull missile units deployed around its capital off of alert status because it believes the threat of a launch from North Korea has subsided. Media reports said the units […]
BEIJING (TIP): An attractive Chinese female student’s graduation pictures have proved so popular that they caused her university website to crash after being uploaded onto the homepage. The website of one of China’s top universities […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Disappointed over Pakistan’s slow pace of trial in Mumbai terror attack case, a top US lawmaker has demanded that the seven suspects, including LeT operational commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, be handed over to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A group of 14 lawmakers has requested the State of California to induct Dalip Singh Saund, the first Indian to be elected to Congress, into the California Hall of Fame. The group led […]
WASHINGTON (TIP) US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel expressed regret to an Indian-American college professor on Friday, June 21 after jokingly asking him if he was Taliban during a question-answer session following an event at the […]
An insightful note on the potential adverse effects of current policies on gold trade in India. India is one of the largest buyers of gold in the world. More than 90 per cent of this […]
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman makes the case for shining a light on the “dark money” in state politics, proposing new regulations for nonprofits to disclose their political spending The scandal embroiling the Internal Revenue Service […]
Real estate prices crucial for economy “As land prices are generally a significant component of house prices, reforms in this sector help in safety and stability of the financial system. After all, housing accounted for […]
As the world observed U.N. Public Service Day on June 23, it was hard to miss the perfect storm brewing across the globe. Disenchantment with public service delivery has engulfed Brazil, Greece, Turkey and South […]
SACRAMENTO, CA (TIP): 28-yearold Indian-American Gurpreet Singh Gosal has been convicted of murder of another person from the community outside a gurdwara in Sacramento. Gurpreet Singh Gosal was convicted of killing Parmjit Pamma Singh, 26, […]
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): “Should Society Accept Homosexuality?” A global Pew Research Centre survey was released June 4, finding a wide variety of regional opinion on the question. Pew found that generally more positive attitudes were […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Embassy of India in the USA has awarded the new contract to the BLS International Services Limited for providing Visa/OCI/PIO/Renunciation of Indian Citizenship Certificate application support services, to be operational from July […]
NEW YORK, NY(TIP): New York City Comptroller John Liu took exception to Mayor Bloomberg’s June 28 statement on stop and frisk. Mayor Bloomberg said it could be argued that the Police Department stops white people […]
Obama applauds Congressman Garamendi Urges Swift Action in House John Liu, Saujani welcome passage of the Bill WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): The U.S. Senate passed a sweeping immigration bill Thursday, June 27 that would allow the […]
JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY (TIP): An Indian American contractor has pleaded guilty to the charges of bribing government officials for bagging a contract, the Department of Justice has said. 42-year-old Hitesh Desai, a resident of […]
MILWAUKEE (TIP): Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal is expected to visit Wisconsin next week, and a Sikh group accusing him of human-rights violations is offering $10,000 to anyone who serves him with a federal […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar was inspired to devote his life in service to emancipation for the Untouchables of India after discovering black liberation struggles in the USA, say organizers of a centenary […]
Consul General of India in New York Ambassador Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay hosted a reception for the visiting Indian Parliamentary delegation at the Indian Consulate General in New York on June 27, 2013. The delegation was […]
JERSEY CITY, NJ (TIP): A local businessman and community leader Atma Singh who is also the President of Indian Congress Party, USA, has appealed to Indian American organizations and individuals to generously donate for relief […]
DEHRADUN (TIP): Rescue operations in Uttarakhand have reached final stages and the government hopes to complete all evacuations by June 30. But the challenge remains. There are still 2000 people who are stranded in the […]
QUITO (TIP): Ecuador’s president said on June 27 he had yet to consider letting US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden enter his country as tensions with the United States rose, with Washington warning Quito against granting […]
BIRMIMGHAM (TIP): With the latest Champions Trophy win India has the rare distinction of a hat trick of all ICC World cups- T20, 50-Over and the Champions Trophy. India defeated England by five runs in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved unrestricted sales of the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill, lifting all age limits on the emergency contraceptive. The move came a week after the […]
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