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 […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In the wake of the gang-rape of an Indian woman, the United States has offered to help India strengthen public and private organizations working to combat violence against women. “Our goal is, whether […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The horrific attack on Nirbhaya has led to a spurt in requests for gun licenses from women. Since December 18, the day the news of the brutal gang rape appeared in newspapers, […]
LONDON (TIP): Several international students, including some from India have been stranded in the UK without passports and are unable to get home for Christmas after the UK Border Agency asked them to reapply for […]
GUWAHATI (TIP): A Congress leader in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) was taken into custody by police on January 3 after he allegedly attempted to rape a woman and was beaten up by villagers. […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Punjab government announced a slew of measures, including lodging of gender-related cases at the complainants’ residences instead of police stations, to effectively combat crimes against women and children. It was decided that no […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A Pakistan commission has submitted a report on probe into how Osama bin Laden lived in the country undetected for years until his killing by US special forces, but the report might never […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Two days after the death of the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has sent letters to all political parties inviting suggestions on the issue of amending laws pertaining […]
KAWIT (TIP): A gunman armed with a semi-automatic pistol killed at least five people and wounded 11 others as he rampaged through a slum on the outskirts of the Philippine capital on January 4, authorities […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Amid outrage and condemnation against the brutal Delhi gang-rape, more cases of alleged sexual assault were reported from Punjab and Haryana on Monday. However, the demand for immediate action against the perpetrators seems […]
CARACAS (TIP) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still suffering a “severe” respiratory infection that has hindered his breathing as he struggles to recover from cancer surgery in Cuba, the government said on January 3 . […]
AMRITSAR (TIP): Land grabbers in Pakistan have completely brought down the front portion of the haveli of “Sher-e-Punjab” Maharaja Ranjit Singh situated in Gujranwala, historian Surinder Kochhar said. Earlier, Pakistan government had converted a portion […]
GUWAHATI (TIP): A Congress leader in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD) was taken into custody by police on January 3 after he allegedly attempted to rape a woman and was beaten up by villagers. […]
LONDON (TIP): ‘Midnight’s Children’, a film based on the 1981 Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie is scheduled to release in India on February 1, 2013, and could be heading for an unimpressive box […]
LONDON (TIP): The head of the Church of England is leaving office after a decade as the spiritual leader of the world’s 80 million-strong Anglican Communion. Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, will be […]
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