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Southwest Airlines And AirTran Airways Connect Networks
DALLAS, Texas (TIP): Southwest Airlines announced today that it has successfully completed the connection between the Southwest and AirTran networks. Customers are now able to purchase itineraries to the airlines’ combined 97 destinations, including international, […]
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US House votes to prevent March 27 federal shutdown; Obama reaches out to Senate
WASHINGTON (TIP): Legislation easily passed the US House of Representatives on March 06 to avert another partisan budget battle and a possible government shutdown, and a dinner meeting between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans […]
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Ambassador Nirupama Rao And Congressman Ted Poe Discuss Positive Developments In India-U.S. Relations
WASHINGTON (TIP): Ambassador Nirupama Rao met Congressman Ted Poe from Texas on February 28, 2013 at Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Congressman Ted Poe is serving his 5th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, […]
Europe
Crippled Carnival Triumph Cruise Ship Reaches US Coast
ALABAMA (TIP): More than 4,000people are disembarking from acrippled cruise ship that reached landfour days after an engine fire knockedout its power.Unloading all 3,200 passengers isexpected to take hours. Food, blanketsand mobile phones await them […]
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Anand Jon Admits To Molesting Would-Be Model In NYC
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American celebrity fashiondesigner Anand Jon Alexander pleaded guilty in a NewYork City court Thursday, February 15 to one count of acriminal sexual act. He admitted to molesting a woman hebaited with the […]
United States
Indian-American Receives Business Award
DALLAS (TIP): AnIndian-Americanbusinessman, AshokMago, has been selectedfor a corporate awardgiven by a US journal.Based out of Dallasin Texas, Ashok Mago,the chairman ofUSINDIA Forum, wasfelicitated with the’Minority BusinessLeader Award’ by theDallas Business JournalFebruary 7 for hisaccomplishments […]
United States
President Obama Presents National Science & Technology Awards
WASHINGTON (TIP): PresidentBarack Obama, presented theprestigious National Medal ofTechnology and Innovation to eminentIndian American RangaswamySrinivasan for his groundbreakingwork with laser.Rangaswamy received the awardalong with Samuel Blum and JamesWynne, for the pioneering discovery ofexcimer laser ablativephotodecomposition […]
United States
Texas Town Allows Guns For Teachers
HARROLD (TEXAS) (TIP): In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don’t give much thought to safety at the community’s lone school – mostly because some of the teachers are carrying concealed weapons. In […]
Indian Americans
Woman Arrested for Threatening Indian American Governor Haley
NEW YORK (TIP): Jennifer Phillips, a parent volunteer at Liberty Elementary School in Texas was arrested on Tuesday, December 4 for making threats against Indian American Governor Nikki Haley. The Governor was scheduled to visit […]
Europe
British Petroleum agrees to record criminal penalties for US oil spill
NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (TIP): BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster,which caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill ever. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder […]
United States
4 Dead, 17 Injured As Train Hits Texas Parade
WASHINGTON (TIP): A train crashed into a parade float carrying veterans in the US state of Texas on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 17 others, local media reported. The float was carrying veterans and […]
Europe
Republicans Reconsider Immigration Laws Rethinking in GOP Camp after Hispanic Voters ensured Obama’s Win
WASHINGTON (TIP): House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans in Congress said Thursday, November 8 that they want to consider broad changes to immigration laws next year, after an election in which Hispanic voters turned […]
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Europe
Walmart workers threaten to go on nationwide strike
WASHINGTON (TIP): Hundreds of Walmart workers rallied across dozen cities in the US, protesting against low wages and alleged unjust labour practices and have threatened to go on a nationwide strike on November 23, the […]
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Lance Armstrong: Downfall of a sporting icon
PARIS (TIP): Once a symbol of perseverance in the face of the most incredible odds, Lance Armstrong now seems destined to go down in history as one of the most brazen dope cheats that sport […]
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Allstate Appoints Sanjay Gupta Chief Marketing Officer
Sanjay Gupta has taken over as Allstate Chief Marketing Officer NEW YORK (TIP): Northbrook, Ill.-based insurance company Allstate Corp. has named Sanjay Gupta, a veteran of Ally Financial and Bank of America Corp., chief marketing […]
United States
Fiery speeches – DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
Earlier, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, brought the gala into session with a stroke of the gavel Shortly after the convention opened, delegates cheered their backing for the party’s new […]
United States
Democratic convention calls for Obama re-election
CHARLOTTE, NC (TIP): The US Democratic Party launched its National Convention September 4 as it seeks to convince voters that President Barack Obama deserves a second term. The chair of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie […]