Why China’s military shouldn’t scare the United States. On March 5, at the opening of the National People’s Congress, Beijing announced its official 2013 defense budget: roughly $114.3 billion, a 10.7 percent increase over the […]
Treating women as equal requires a cultural shift, not laws. Very often this shift filters down from the top, but women do not have a presence there. As the world observes Women’s Day today, a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Robert Vadra’s land deals in Haryana have turned murkier with new evidence suggesting hard cash transactions were made in the guise of a property purchase. A Headlines Today investigation has unearthed documents […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Cabinet has approved a Bill that promises time-bound delivery of services such as passports, tax refunds, pensions and birth and death certificates to the citizens, and stipulates a penalty of 250 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress on March 5 effected a generational shift in its Punjab unit. Capt Amarinder Singh, 71, was removed from the post of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president and replaced by […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Gulzar Singh Ranike, who had resigned on moral grounds in September last year following allegations of misappropriation of public funds in Attari constituency in Amritsar, was re-inducted into the […]
Amarinder Singh, who was removed as Congress Punjab unit chief, said he would have suggested a different name to replace him had he been consulted. Amarinder, a former Chief Minister of Punjab, was replaced by […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): In a massive drug haul, the police recovered heroin worth Rs 130 crore from a flat in Zirakpur, Mohali. The police has alleged that boxer Vijender Singh’s wife’s car was found outside the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): CBI sources said they would be filing an FIR in the VVIP helicopter scandal next week, even as they suggested that former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Shashi P Tyagi was evasive […]
Over 3,000 Delegates to Attend Convention from May 23rd – May 27th 2013 NEW YORK (TIP): Over 3,000 talented and dedicated physicians of Indian origin are expected to gather and deliberate on ways to enhance […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on March 7 donned an unusually aggressive mantle in the Lok Sabha as he tore into the Opposition BJP’s recent tirade against the Congress and dared it at […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): For women in the region, Women’s Day could be just another day, with safety being their prime concern. Seven cases of rape and gang rape were reported from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi, including […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Delhi High Court on March 7 allowed the plea of a Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape accused to use as evidence a CD of the TV interview of the victim’s friend, the […]
GHAZIABAD (TIP): When she flagged down a share auto-rickshaw, little did she know that she would be gagged, beaten, gang-raped, robbed and then dumped by three men near the busy Shipra Mall, an important landmark […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A beautiful bronze statue of Dreamer of World-Peace Sri Chinmoy was dedicated inside the grounds of the Parliament of Timor-Leste (East Timor) by President Taur Matan Ruak, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão and […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on March 7 said the Punjab Police thrashing a girl in Tarn Taran on March 4 had “shocked the conscience of the entire nation” and decided to go into […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Differences of opinion over the draft Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill – seeking to reintroduce the word ‘rape’ instead of ‘sexual assault’ in the anti-rape law and lower the age of consensual sex […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Against the backdrop of demands by Tamil parties that India should vote against Sri Lanka at the UN on human rights, government on Wednesday, March 6 remained evasive on the stand it […]
A musical celebration of women worldwide / Artists from 20 countries participate UNITED NATIONS (TIP): “One Woman: A song for UN Women” will launch on International Women’s Day. The track will be globally available for […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): India is the sixth most favourable nation for Americans, while at least eight out of 10 do not like Pakistan, making it the third most unfavourable nation after Iran and Korea, according to […]
NAME: Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías OCCUPATION: World Leader BIRTH DATE: July 28, 1954 DEATH DATE: March 05, 2013 EDUCATION: Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences CARACAS (TIP): Venezuela president Hugo Chavez died on 6th March, 2013. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): An Indian American company based in Texas has been indicted by federal authorities on charges of fraud and misusing the H-1B visa to create a low-cost workforce for third party clients in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A winter storm marched into the Mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday, dumping nearly two feet of snow in some places and knocking out power to about 250,000 homes and businesses. It largely spared the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Super-rich Indians account for more than 20% of the wealth of ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals in Britain, a new list showed on Tuesday, March 5. As a national group, they are […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The 2016 US election might be a full three and a half years away, but that is not stopping pollsters from asking voters who has the early presidential edge. And the advantage goes […]
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