New York City Comptroller John C. Liu offered the following statement on the Congressional agreement to avoid the so-called Fiscal Cliff and its effect on New York City taxpayers: “We will have to wait and […]
My thoughts, perforce, turn to India. It is not that there is not much here in USA to engage my attention. In fact, USA is probably going through one of the worst times in history. […]
Adam Lanza, clad in ‘black battle fatigues and a military vest’ picked up the deadliest arms as if to wage a battle against his enemies and thus become a ‘martyr’ to the memory of his […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian- American Srikanth Srinivasan is among the 33 federal judges renominated by the US President Barack Obama for the US Court of Appeals, January 4, 2013. Srinivasan is the only Indian American re-nominated […]
Pakistan’s relations with two of its neighbors-India and Afghanistan – are strained, and a third border, with Iran, marks the Sunni-Shia divide within Islam. Domestic social services are in decline. Governance is widely conceded to […]
KANSAS CITY (TIP): A Kansas man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple so they could have a child said on Wednesday he is shocked the state is now trying to make him pay child […]
HOUSTON (TIP): Utpala Dubey, an Indian American engineer settled in Houston has been honored with the “Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman 2012” medal by the government of India and the Non-Resident Indians (NRI) Welfare Society of […]
MONROE (TIP): Classes resumed on January 3, for the students of the Connecticut school where gunman Adam Lanza last month killed 20 children and six adults before killing himself. It was the second largest school […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan has stated that it is willing to declare ceasefire if the Pakistan government withdraws from the US-led war on terror and forms a new foreign policy in accordance to […]
NEW YORK (TIP): An Interfaith meeting was organized in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy Sunday, December 16th at the Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing. Prayers were offered for […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The US Department of State has weighed in favor of CM Badal in the pending human rights violation lawsuit before the Federal Court of Wisconsin. The Special agents from the Diplomatic Security […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): The annual general body meeting of the Federation of Indian Associations (Tri-State) was held on Saturday, December 22nd 2012 at TV Asia Auditorium, Edison, NJ, says a Press Release issued by FIA. […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Dozens of tortured bodies have been found in a flashpoint district of Damascus, a watchdog reported on Monday, in one of the worst atrocities in Syria’s 21-month conflict. The report from the Syrian […]
CAIRO (TIP): Egypt on December 30 dropped treason charges against top opposition leaders including ex-IAEA chief Mohammed ElBaradei, extending an olive branch to the leaders who had accused President Mohamed Morsi of trying to muzzle […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Hindus have applauded Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu recently elected to 113th United States (US) Congress, for taking the Oath of Office on ancient Hindu scripture Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord), who […]
LONDON (TIP): Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been discharged from hospital after she underwent a bladder surgery early last week, a media report said on December 30. The 87-year-old baroness had spent Christmas […]
DUBAI (TIP): The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida has offered a bounty for anyone who kills the US ambassador to Yemen or an American soldier in the impoverished Arab state, a group that monitors Islamist websites […]
NEW DELHI (tip): The sixth accused — alleged to be the most brutal of the lot — has been left out of the chargesheet. According to some reports, he will attain majority in five months. […]
NEW DELHI (tip): The government and main Opposition BJP — backed by ally Shiv Sena — sparred over the Union home ministry’s decision to grant visa to former Pakistani cricket captain Javed Miandad, who has […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Expressing shock at the death of Sunande Sen, an Indian man, who was shoved to his death in front of an oncoming subway train in New York last week, Indian Americans have asked […]
JALANDHAR/ CHANDIGARH (TIP): Honey Singh and Jazzy B are not the only singers drawing flak for vulgar, misogynist songs, but there are several other Punjabi singers, who have been doing the same without any subtlety […]
LONDON (TIP): Indian doctors wanting to work in Britain will face a more rigorous assessment in future. This was decided by the United Kingdom’s health authorities after figures showed a high proportion of doctors who […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The benchmark has been set higher for the UPA’s overdue National Food Security Bill, with Opposition-ruled states expanding the coverage of cheap food grains and improvising services under the public distribution system. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): As the global centre of economic growth moves to Asia, India has captured the attention of developed economies looking for new investment and trade opportunities, says a new report. Noting that recent […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Reacting to the remarks made by DMK chief M Karunanidhi that he is a potential prime ministerial candidate, finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday said he knows his limitations. “If you are […]
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