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Deja vu in Pakistan
The run-up to the 2018 election bears an eerie similarity to the events preceding the 2013 poll. The actors seeking to destroy Nawaz Sharif’s political future are the same, with the addition of the SC […]
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Primary task at Cong plenary: Rescuing the polity from the creeping authoritarianism
It is already a matter of considerable dismay that otherwise decent officials, educated aides and learned advisers have acquiesced in the organized worship of a man who grandiloquently pretends to know profoundly about everything, from […]
United States
President’s longest-serving and closest aide Hope Hicks quits as WH communications chief
Hope Hicks’s first association with the Trump family was working with President Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, on her personal apparel and licensing brand about six years ago. Hicks had no political experience when she joined […]
India
Kamal Haasan launches political party
CHENNAI (TIP): Kamal Haasan’s telegenic charm was on full display on Feb 21 night when he told a rapturous crowd of supporters in Madurai that his new party would be called the Makkal Needhi Maiam. The Tamil words roughly translate into People’s […]
India
Congress will not name CM candidate before Rajasthan polls
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Congress will not declare its chief ministerial face ahead of the Rajasthan Assembly polls, party general secretary in-charge for the state Avinash Pande said on Thursday, stressing that it has been the party’s “tradition”. He […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Vandana Jhingan removed from Illinois Republican primary ballot in Illinois
Illinois (TIP): Indian American Vandana Jhingan, the Republican Hindu Coalition-backed candidate , has been removed from the official list of Republican primary ballot in Illinois’ 8th Congressional District. Jhingan was one of the two Indian […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Himesh Gandhi is seeking a fourth and final term
Gandhi, a longtime community leader, promised to continue his focus on improving the lives of residents in the thriving community. Sugar Land TX (TIP): Indian American Himesh Gandhi has filed for re-election to a city […]
Indian Americans
Indian American first Sikh mayor of New Jersey reminds all to take security seriously post receiving death threats
HOUSTON, US (TIP) : Indian American Ravinder Bhalla, who became the first Sikh mayor of New Jersey’s Hoboken city, agrees to receiving death threats against him and his family recently. In a statement issued February 16th afternoon […]
Indian Americans
Indian Origin Former Met Officer May Take Charge As Britain’s Anti-Terrorism Chief
LONDON (TIP): A senior Indian origin metropolitan police officer is running for the charge of Britain’s anti-terrorism chief .The Scotland Yard’s National Lead for Counter Terrorism resigns next month. Neil Basu, currently Metropolitan police deputy assistant […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Danny Gaekwad appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to University of Central Florida Board of Trustees
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 […]
Asia
KP Sharma Oli sworn in as Nepal PM for second time
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 […]
United States
Appeals court declares Trump travel ban unconstitutional
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 […]
Indian Americans
Indian American Rockefeller Foundation president to visit India to help the government electrify villages across the country
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 […]
Entertainment
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Pre-Valentine’s Day Plans Revealed
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 […]
Europe
EU doubts 2020 Brexit vision, sees longer goodbye
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 […]
India
Donald Trump Jr to visit India later this month
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 […]
India
UNION MINISTER GIRIRAJ BOOKED FOR LAND GRAB
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 […]
India
1984 riots: Delhi Sikh body releases Jagdish Tytler’s ‘confessional’ video
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. […]
Misc
Indian Civilian Padma awards for 16 foreigners
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. […]
World
Bangladesh ex-PM Zia gets 5-year RI in graft case
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 […]
Indian Americans
Indian American lawyer is the primary author of Republican memo
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 […]
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Emergency and Now
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 […]
Indian Americans
Indian American lawmakers strongly criticize Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric
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 […]
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Indian Origin MP is First Female Muslim Minister to Address British Parliament
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 […]