WASHINGTON (TIP): Boeing has announced to have completed certification testing for new battery on its 787 plane. “Today’s flight marks the final certification test for the new battery system, completing the testing required by the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has right to launch a pre-emptive military strike against North Korea if there was “solid evidence” that Pyongyang planned to attack the US or South Korea, an influential lawmaker said […]
She is brilliant and she is dedicated and she is tough, and she is exactly what you’d want in anybody who is administering the law, and making sure that everybody is getting a fair shake,” […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): At a time when US is facing economic strain and automatic budgetary cuts is in place, US President Barack Obama will return 5% of his salary amounting to $20,000 to the department of […]
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, author of 19 novels and short-story collections who wrote the screenplays for “Howards End,” “Mr. and Mrs. Bridge” and “The Remains of the Day,” died Wednesday, April 3 at her home in […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Charles Douglas-Hamilton could feel the goosebumps as the Jetstream 41 aircraft approached the world’s tallest mountain. Exactly 80 years ago, his grandfather, Douglas Douglas- Hamilton had created history when he flew over Mt […]
TOKYO (TIP): Japan and the United States have agreed on a plan that will see some land occupied by the US military returned to the islands in a bid to break the deadlock in a […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): An official says a bomb attached to a donkey has exploded, killing a policeman and wounded three civilians. Local government spokesman Sarhadi Zwak says the donkey blew up in front a police […]
COLOMBO (TIP): A group of unidentified men attacked the office of a Tamil newspaper in Sri Lanka’s former war zone on Wednesday, injuring several staffers and damaging equipment at the publication known for its government […]
GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): Gunfire from a helicopter operated by NATO forces killed four Afghan police officers in the eastern province of Ghazni, a district police chief said on Thursday. Civilian casualties are a source of […]
HERAT (TIP): Taliban militants stormed an Afghan court on Wednesday, killing at least 44 people in a bid to free insurgents standing trial, officials said, in the deadliest attack for more than a year. It […]
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK (TIP): The Indian American Forum gave away Outstanding Women’s Achievements Award to four women in celebration of Women’s History Month. The IAF Second Annual gala to honor the four was held […]
Dr. Devyani Khobragade is the current acting Consul General at the Indian Consulate in New York. Between the Finance Minister’s impending visit, the arrival of the next Consul General and many other obligations, she graciously […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American hotelier Vikram Chatwal was arrested earlier this week at an airport in Florida for allegedly carrying a large stash of drugs, including cocaine and heroine, a celebrity website reported. A spokeswoman […]
GUNTUR (TIP): An NRI software engineer from Guntur, P Sarath Kumar, who settled down in the United States, went missing since Sunday after his visit to the Niagara Falls. The 33-year-old went to the Niagara […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Amid speculation over a 2016 presidential bid by Louisiana’s Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal, his approval rating has dropped to a low 38 per cent. According to a latest poll released on Tuesday, Jindal […]
GATINEAU (TIP): A man has shot dead another man at a day care centre in Quebec then killed himself, and the 53 children present were evacuated unharmed. Police said some may have watched the killings. […]
JAYAPURA (TIP): A 7.2 earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian province of Papua, the US Geological Survey said, sending panicked crowds running into the streets. There were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The recently constituted Richmond Hill Merchants Association held its maiden meeting last week at Royal Indian Palace Restaurant. Speaking at the meeting, the Association Chairman, Jaswinder Johal of Apna Bazar described creation […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The Punjab government on April 5 said under the proposed industrial investment and the real-estate policy, 10 per cent quota will be reserved for NRIs. The industrial investment policy and the real-estate policy […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A federal grand jury in Seattle has indicted a man in Washington state on a federal hate crime charge relating to a racially motivated assault of a 50-year-old Sikh man. Jamie W Larson […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Jackson Heights Merchants Association (JHMA) announced the names of the new committee members including the President, Vice Presidents and Chairman. The new Executive was announced at a dinner held at Jackson […]
NEW YORK (TIP): For the first time in more than four decades of surveys in the United States on marijuana use, a majority of Americans have lent support to legalizing the drug that has been […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 31 announced its new Parliamentary Board and as speculated, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was reinducted into the panel after a gap of six years. […]
Death toll climbs to 62 THANE (TIP): The death toll in the sevenstorey building collapse has mounted to 62 even as rescuers continued to scour the site for more bodies and survivors, the disaster control […]
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