Vibrant parades and colorful programs highlighting the culture and achievements of states marked Republic Day celebrations across the country, which passed off peacefully amid tight security. The governors hoisted the Tricolour in the state capitals, and […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai, actor Rajinikanth, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar and tennis player Sania Mirza are on the list of 112 Padma awardees whose names were […]
A 30-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to 82 years in jail by a US court for killing a compatriot and wounding another during a festival at a Sikh sports complex in Sacramento in 2008. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Energy companies were pummeled as the price of crude oil sank 7 percent hit new lows of less than$27 a barrel, threatening more damage to an industry that has already been stricken […]
Masood Azhar, the stodgy, 5ft 3-inch Maulana, under detention for the audacious attack on Pathankot’s air base has had his eyes firmly set on India for two decades now. Most remember he was flown to […]
WASHINGTON: An Indian-origin convenience store owner in the US has become a celebrity overnight after he sold one of the three Powerball winning lotteries with a record jackpot of $1.6 billion. Lottery officials confirmed one jackpot-winning […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The dreaded Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack on a Pakistani media house that had injured one person. Unidentified assailants riding a motorbike lobbed a hand grenade on ARY […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan on Wednesday set up a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) comprising security and military officials to probe whether any Pakistani individual or organization was involved in the Pathankot terror attack in India. The […]
Lt Gen (Retd) J F R Jacob, who played a key role in the 1971 war which liberated Bangladesh from Pakistan, died here today at the age of 92 due to “old age complications”. Jacob, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India on Jan 7 made it clear to Pakistan that the proposed foreign secretary-level talks could be held only if Islamabad acts promptly against plotters of the Pathankot airbase attack. New Delhi […]
Security personnel including an Israel-trained SWAT team spilled into the fields and byways of Punjab’s Pandher village on Thursday to flush out two suspected terrorists, with the authorities fearing an attack on a key military […]
The US expects Pakistan will take actions against the perpetrators of the terror attack on IAF base in Pathankot, a top American official said, hours after Islamabad said it is working on the “leads” provided […]
Two terrorists have been killed, reports suggest 4-5 terrorists stormed base in Indian army fatigues. Fierce gun battle underway between security forces and terrorists. This story has been updated : Pathankot Terror Attack: All 5 Terrorists […]
Shah Noor, a recent transplant to California from Maryland, was driving through a nearby community one evening with his wife and stopped at a 7-Eleven to get some milk. A police car pulled up with […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): All cellphone coverage was blocked by the government for three hours one recent afternoon in the Pakistani capital, and it did not take people long to discover why: Maulana Abdul Aziz, the radical […]
TORONTO: A 30-year-old Punjabi singer, who visited Canada for a music performance, has gone missing, prompting authorities to seek the public’s help in locating him. Lehmber Singh missed his return flight to India on November 5 […]
LAHORE:With ties between extremists and Islamabad on the decline, militants are now faced with a more resolved and committed effort to eliminate them. The recent revelations that the San Bernardino shooters had extremist ties to Pakistan might appear […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after chief minister Arvind Kejriwal batted for carpooling as a solution to deal with the odd-even car number scheme, sources close to Uber said the cab aggregator is testing a new ride-sharing service in […]
Punjabi is officially the third language of the Canadian Parliament. The first and second official languages of the country and its parliament are English and French. Four years back Punjabi was recognised as Canada’s third most […]
LAHORE (TIP): A petition has been filed in a Pakistani court asking the government to bring back Kohinoor diamond, the world famous precious stone which India has been trying to get from the UK. Barrister […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A soft-spoken but tough judge, Justice Tirath Singh Thakur on December 3 assumed office as Chief Justice of India after being sworn in by President Pranab Mukherjee. Justice Thakur’s term as 43 […]
CHENNAI (TIP): After days of chaos, there was finally some relief for the flood-battered people of Chennai, as a break in rain overnight helped reduce water levels of the Adyar and Kumbh rivers, thus easing […]
NEWYORK (TIP): At a standing room crowd only gathering at the LibertyPalace in Richmond Hill, New York, hundreds of Congress loyalists cheered and distributed sweets to congratulate Captain Amarinder Singh as the Punjab Pradesh Congress […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Haryana minister Anil Vij on Nov 27 asked superintendent of police (SP) Sangeeta Kalia to “get out” of a meeting in Fatehabad. But the IPS officer refused to leave, forcing a fuming Vij […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The Congress picked former chief minister Amarinder Singh on Nov 27 to lead the party in Punjab, a move aimed at ending a prolonged leadership logjam and seal deep divisions in the ranks […]
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