NEW DELHI (TIP): The Gujarat Assembly election, scheduled for 9 and 14 December, is significant for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. While the former is eager to retain home turf, the latter is trying to […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Donald Trump nominated Jerome Powell to succeed Janet Yellen as Fed Chair. Yellen’s term expires in February 2018. Trump made the announcement during a Thursday, November 2 afternoon ceremony in the Rose […]
Trump demands death penalty for the attacker Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET […]
By Mabel Pais “From the day you are brought in from the nursing home (hospital in India) where you are born, you really are inducted (into music) You don’t have a choice.” ~Ustad Zakir Hussain~ […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): House Republicans unveiled their long-awaited tax cut legislation on Thursday, November 2, after having delayed it by one day, kicking off a fight that many in the GOP believe they must win to […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Indian American financial executive Samip ‘Sam’ Joshi is among the six candidates running for the three, four-year terms available for the Edison Township Council in New Jersey in the upcoming election. Joshi, […]
National Model of Campus-Community Partnership STONEY BROOK, NJ (TIP): “We need more Centers like this to train the new generation of Indian American leaders to swell the “Samosa Caucus” in the Congress,” said Representative Raja […]
By Mabel Pais “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before,” Leonard Bernstein “The significance of this concert is that people of all religions […]
“Though Pakistan has not enunciated a formal nuclear doctrine, its then head of strategic planning division of its nuclear command authority, Lt-Gen Khalid Kidwai, had averred that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons were “aimed solely at India”. […]
“The Congress’s de-option of Patel was an error, Hindutva’s co-option of Patel is an execration”, says the author. Vallabhbhai Patel (1875-1950), whose birth anniversary was observed on 31st October, is sorely missed. He has been, […]
Dear Sir, In reference the mischief-laden comment by the author Audrey Truschke, Beef Eating and Horse sacrifice in Vedas is a deliberate abuse of Vedic religion. The fact however, is the Vedic Yagnas were pure […]
The worst terrorist attack in New York after the 9/11 tragedy came on Tuesday. Eight persons were killed and 12 injured when a rented pickup truck ran them down in a bicycle lane, in Lower […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer hosted Diwali celebrations on October 25 when 3 leading community service organizations were honored for their services. The honored organizations included Chhaya Community Development Corporation […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): This evening in Washington, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard delivered a keynote address at the Indian American Friendship Council’s (IFAC) 20th Annual Legislative Conference. The congresswoman, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Asia-Pacific Subcommittee […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Dina Wadia, daughter of Pakistan’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away peacefully at her home in New York on Thursday, November 2, family sources said in Mumbai. She was 98. Further details […]
LONDON (TIP): The University of Cambridge has begun discussions to make its curriculum more inclusive by incorporating black and minority ethnic (BME) writers. The move has been branded as “decolonising” the curriculum after Lola Olufemi, the Cambridge University Students’ […]
LONDON (TIP): British Prime Minister Theresa May greeted the Hindu commnity on the occasion of Diwali, saying the festival is the celebration of the way of life, showing Hindu culture at its very best. In a message read out at […]
Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett, who essays the fantastical character of Hela in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’, says she “really enjoyed” beating people up as the female villain of the film. “I think so (whether Hela is the most physical role she has […]
Actress Kate Hudson exercises to improve her mood and although she comes across as being positive and happy all the time, she said she isn’t and she would be ‘crazy’ if she was. Hudson, 38, has admitted she not […]
Actor Vanessa Hudgens is set to star along side Jennifer Lopez in romantic comedy ‘Second Act’. Peter Segal will direct the movie, which was developed by STXfilms with Lopez from an idea conceived by Elaine Goldsmith- Thomas and Justin Zackham. […]
Bollywood’s ‘monkey couple’ Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover were recently seen together in a condom ad. Soon after the ad surfaced online, internet trollers targetted the celebrity couple for endorsing it. Bipasha who is known for her boldness said,”The […]
Shooting with veteran actor Dharmendra for ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se’ was an exhilarating moment for Kriti Kharbanda. ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se’ is the third film in the ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’ franchise which features 81-year-old Dharmendra along with his sons […]
AGRA (TIP): Terming the Taj Mahal as “India’s gem”, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Oct 26 that the Mughal-era monument is “an integral part of our culture” and the government is committed to its conservation. […]
PM Narendra Modi hailed GST as consumer-friendly, whereas Cong vice-president Rahul Gandhi blamed it for unleashing ‘a tsunami of tax terrorism’ NEW DELHI (TIP): The government and the main opposition squared off over the Goods and Services Tax […]
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