Florida (TIP): Indian American Danny Gaekwad has been appointed by Governor Rick Scott to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees. Gaekwad has been appointed for a five-year term starting February 2, 2018, through […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): KP Sharma Oli was on Feb 15 sworn in as Nepal’s prime minister for the second time, weeks after his Left alliance with former Maoist rebels swept the historic parliamentary polls, kindling hopes for much-needed political stability in […]
4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond concluded that it ‘second-guesses our nation’s dedication to religious freedom and tolerance’ RICHMOND (TIP): President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban on travelers from six largely Muslim countries […]
Cambridge, US (TIP) : Rajiv J Shah, the Indian American president of the Rockefeller Foundation, will visit India on February 12th as part of the US-based philanthropic organization’s efforts to help the government electrify villages […]
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle already have big plans for that week. Kensington Palace announced the couple will visit Edinburgh Feb. 13 for their first official joint visit to Scotland. It […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): Senior EU figures have told Reuters Britain will not be ready to make a full break from the European Union by the end of 2020 as Brexit transition plans foresee and the bloc is bracing for a […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Donald Trump Jr, Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization, is expected to visit India in late February to officially launch Trump Towers in Gurugram and Kolkata. Trump Jr is scheduled to visit four Indian […]
ATNA (TIP): Union Minister Giriraj Singh has been booked for grabbing land belonging to a Dalit in his native Bihar, the police said today. The FIR against Singh and 32 others was lodged on February 2 on the orders of a special SC&ST court […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on Feb 5 released a video of a purported sting operation of former Congress MP Jagdish Tytler wherein he has allgedly admitted to killing 100 Sikhs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. […]
Government of India keeps its promise to honor “Unsung heroes”. NEW YORK (TIP): Sixteen persons under the category of foreigners, NRI, PIO and OCI were among 85 individuals announced the winners of the Padma awards. […]
Son, tried in absentia, and 4 others jailed for 10 years DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was, on February8, sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for corruption, a body blow for the […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A controversial Republican memo that accuses the FBI of political bias has primarily been written by Indian American lawyer Kashyap “Kash” Patel is ruling the news as according to a media report. The […]
The author was District Magistrate of Chandigarh when Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan was incarcerated at PGI during Emergency. Over a time, he became an admirer of Lok Nayak and the two exchanged views quite […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): All Indian Americans in Congress, much like their Democratic congressional colleagues, strongly criticized Trump’s State of the Union address. Reiterating his position on immigration and young Dreamers, Trump said the $25 billion border […]
LONDON (TIP): Nus Ghani, an Indian origin parliamentarian in the UK, today became the first female Muslim minister to speak from the British Parliament dispatch box. Ms Ghani, born in Birmingham to parents who migrated […]
LONDON (TIP): British MPs gave the green light, on January 18, to a landmark Brexit Bill, after weeks of debate and a damaging government defeat, but the legislation now faces a battle in the House […]
The 38-year-old daughter of Canada’s first turbaned MP Gurbax Singh Malhi was sworn in as Minister of the Status of Women on Thursday, January 18. TORONTO (TIP): Harinder Malhi, the Indo-Canadian member of the Ontario […]
The Shadow Cabinet is the team of senior parliamentarians chosen by the Leader of the Opposition to mirror the Cabinet in Government LONDON (TIP): Preet Kaur Gill, Britain’s first woman Sikh Member of Parliament (MP) […]
Almost half a century ago Martin Luther King, Jr. shook the conscious of the United States of America by launching his movement to empower the poor, the discriminated and marginalized people. The nation was deeply […]
Vinod Tawade: A failed Education Minister or an Amateurish Experimenter in Education System? By Kishor Satwick Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawade has again bowled a bad delivery. Under his initiative, the HSC Board has […]
“Since in office, Trump has given a very favorable treatment to many Indian Americans by appointing them in key Federal positions in his administration. He has also given India whatever it asked for. Additionally, Trump […]
As the new year begins, here are the smartest predictions of what’s coming in politics, tech and business in 2018. By Erica Pandey The Big picture: In many ways 2018 will mirror 2017. The […]
The dawn of November 9, 2016, was one of great disbelief for the world’s oldest democracy as the news was just beginning to sink in among Americans of Donald Trump’s astounding victory in the presidential […]
“After more than three decades, Congress under President Trump, finally passed much-needed and long-overdue tax relief for millions of individuals, families and businesses. While the new tax bill is still not perfect, but it will […]
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