HUNTSVILLE (TIP) A Mexican national was executed January 22 night in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department to halt the […]
AUSTIN (TIP): Gov. Rick Perry signed an emergency declaration late Wednesday, January 22, easing licensing restrictions that will allow other states facing a propane shortage to tap into Texas’ abundant supply of the home-heating fuel. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): India and the US firm ties again after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) returned three stolen sculptures at the Indian Consulate in New York City on Tuesday, January 14, during a repatriation ceremony. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): India and the US firm ties again after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) returned three stolen sculptures at the Indian Consulate in New York City on Tuesday, January 14, during a repatriation ceremony. […]
“Trafficking” this is not, but “Amnesty” for an illegal alien it is, including, paid-for family reunification It is a fact that passports come in three “colors”: Red-for diplomatic; White for official; and Blue for everyday […]
DHAKA (TIP): Sheikh Hasina was sworn in on Sunday for her second straight term as Bangladesh’s prime minister and third overall, following one of the most violent elections in the country’s history. Hasina took the […]
COLOMBO (TIP): The US on Sunday pressed Sri Lanka to probe alleged rights abuses by its army through independent and credible investigations after a top American diplomat recorded eyewitness accounts of serious “abuses” during the […]
Twenty states plus the District of Columbia have enacted laws that allow people to use medical marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation. Two of those states – Colorado and Washington – have legalized marijuana for recreational […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has sent a handful of military advisers to Somalia in recent months to help bolster an African Union force fighting Islamist militants there, officials said on January 10. The deployment […]
NEW YORK (TIP): A full scale diplomatic war seems to have erupted between India and USA over the arrest and strip-search of a senior Indian Diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York on December 12, 2013 […]
The author finds fault with cultural organizations who dabble in politics. In fact, US administration will do well to screen these organizations who, if allowed to have their own way, may pose a threat to […]
The tenure of Hillary Clinton, wife of former US President Bill Clinton, as the US Secretary of State came to an end on February 1. She was succeeded by John Kerry. Clinton, sources said, is […]
I.S. Saluja NEW YORK (TIP): Soon after she got full diplomatic immunity Wednesday, January 8, Devyani Khobragade left for New Delhi, January 9. External Affairs Ministry in New Delhi issued her transfer orders earlier in […]
Kajol Bishnoi EDISON, NJ (TIP): South Asian Community Outreach (SACO) has a tradition of forging strong relations between the growing South Asian community and the community at large. And the organization’s recent interfaith holiday celebration […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Meera, a brilliant Pakistani film actress associated with Bollywood for sometimes now, was on short visit in New York in connection with a charitable hospital that she is setting up in Pakistan. […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Christmas Eve was marked by festivities and preparations around the world today. The faithful prepared for midnight services in places both traditional and unusual. At the Vatican, worshipers filled Saint Peter’s Basilica […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): December 23, 2013: ‘Big Ideas for a Better India’ event has brought together key influencers from the NRI community from all across the United States. More than 100 Indian community leaders from 25 […]
NEW YORK (TIP): CNN Reporter Stephen Joel Trachtenberg has put a question mark on the evaluation of performance of students at the iconic Harvard University in an article published December 6. The article reads as […]
The author who is an eminent attorney pleads for a graceful resolution, with no lasting after-taste of excessive legalities in the tangled case of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragde. “Nuremberg Laws taught us that law alone […]
Ignorance of law is no excuse. And ignoring the law is also no excuse. What has now come to the fore in the case of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade is that she had full immunity […]
DELRAY BEACH, FL (TIP): Pacific Coast Khalsa Diwan Society, Stockton travelled to Delray Beach, Florida on December 13 – 15, to honor its commitment to recognize scholarly studies on Sikh Pioneers in America, their pluralistic […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A US court dismissed on December 23, an alleged human rights violation case against Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, saying the New York-based Sikh group never physically served the summons on him. […]
NEW JERSEY (TIP): Telugu Association of North America (TANA) will be hosting a one day conference to celebrate the achievements of Telugu women and youth on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Royal Albert Hall in […]
S. Saluja SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (TIP): A federal judge, on December 20, struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying the law “conflicts with the United States Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and […]
DALLAS (TIP): American Association of Cardiologists of Indian Origin (AACIO), at its Fall meeting December 4, honored Greg Behar, President and CEO of Boehringer lngelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Dr. Joseph M. Chalil, Associate Director, Health Science […]
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