India
No new VIP security duties for NSG
NEW DELHI (TIP): VIPs may no more enjoy the cover of coveted ‘Black Cat’ commandos. Government is learnt to have decided that VIPs would no longer get the cover of NSG commandos and the force […]
Uttar Pradesh
India
GIRLS NOT SAFE ON UP ROADS AFTER SUNSET, SAYS GOA CM
PANAJI (TIP): In potentially controversial remarks, Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said girls would “disappear” if they walk on the roads in Uttar Pradesh in the evening and invoked the legendary Bhagat Singh […]
India
BJP A ‘CHALU’ PARTY, SAYS AKHILESH
LUCKNOW (TIP): Lok Sabha poll debacle still not out of his mind, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday called Bharatiya Janata Party a “chalu” (fast) party for its anti-Samajwadi Party campaign. He also chided opposition […]
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Govt on overdrive to rescue Indians trapped in Iraq
NEW DELHI (TIP): The new government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, June 19 scrambled to secure the release of 40 Indians being held in war-torn Iraq but asserted it was doing its […]
India
Terror threat: Security to be stepped up at Ayodhya, Varanasi and Mathura
NEW DELHI (TIP): Security at religious places in Ayodhya, Varanasi and Mathura will be enhanced following intelligence inputs which suggested that terror outfits may try to attack them. This decision was taken at a meeting […]
Europe
18 Indian pilgrims killed in Nepal
KATHMANDU (TIP): At least 18 Indian pilgrims were killed and 53 others injured when an overloaded bus carrying them veered off a mountain road and rolled about 100m before plunging into a river in Nepal, […]
Business & Economics
‘Am I not a citizen of India?’
An inner cry of a Dalit from the heartland of India Why I am asked about my caste when I go to the police? Am I not a citizen of India?” The father of one […]
India
Meet the new Chief Minister of Gujarat
Anandiben Patel, the new Chief Minister of Gujarat, is a long-time confidante of her predecessor Narendra Modi, and is often described as Gujarat’s “Iron Lady”. The stern-faced Anandiben, regularly seen wearing colorful saris and a […]
India
SP dissolves all state units, Akhilesh spared
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday dissolved his party’s state unit. But his son and chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav, got way with it and would continue to be SP state […]
India
BJP MAKES INROADS INTO NEW AREAS
The party has increased vote shares in states that are not its strongholds NEW DELHI (TIP): Announcing the BJP’s historic victory, party president Rajanth Singh quoted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s famous lines, “Andhera […]
India
MAYAWATI LOSES UP, BSP DRAWS ZERO IN LOK SABHA ELECTIONS
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Modi blitzkrieg May 16 destroyed the BSP, leaving Mayawati, who once harboured hopes of becoming India’s first Dalit prime minister, without a single Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. In a […]
India
BJP crushes rivals in UP
LUCKNOW (TIP): The manner in which the ruling Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress have been swept aside in Uttar Pradesh clearly indicates that the “BJP versus the rest” in the Lok […]
Business & Economics
From Rahul to Akhilesh, from Ajit Pawar to media: why Modi needs to thank them
By Rajdeep Sardesai Barring a miracle, at some stage on Friday, Narendra Modi will be poised to fulfill his long-cherished ambition of being the next prime minister. Yes, exit polls have a spotty record in […]
India
LOK SABHA POLLS: PHASE 7 SEES 66% VOTER TURNOUT
NEW DELHI (TIP): Nearly 66% of the electorate exercised its franchise on Wednesday in the seventh phase of the 16th general election, in line with the heavy turnout that marked the earlier rounds of voting. […]
India
EC ACTING LIKE GOD, SAYS AZAM
LUCKNOW (TIP): Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, who has been banned by the Election Commission from campaigning in Uttar Pradesh for his allegedly controversial speeches made at the start of the elections, on Thursday said […]
India
Mayawati is like my aunt, says Akhilesh
LUCKNOW (TIP): Samajwadi Party state president and UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav tried to dilute the ongoing war of words between his party and the BSP on May 1 by referring to Mayawati as his […]
India
Phase 5: Voter turnouts higher than 2009 poll figures
NEW DELHI (TIP): Voter turnouts higher than the 2009 poll figures marked the fifth and biggest round of Lok Sabha elections covering 121 seats across 12 states amidst largely peaceful balloting on April 17. A […]
India
SP backs Mulayam’s rapist remarks, faces criticism from Congress, BJP
NEW DELHI (TIP): Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav got himself embroiled in yet another controversy as he defended rapists saying sometimes boys make mistakes but don’t deserve the death penalty which was strongly criticised […]
India
High voter turnout in 91 seats in LS polls, crosses the 2009 mark
NEW DELHI (TIP): Marking a considerably high voter turnout as compared to the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, India voted for 91 constituencies in 14 states and Union Territories which went to polls in the third […]
Business & Economics
BJP and the great communal divide
Unless the leaders of India, especially from the secular parties show some courage to stand up to fundamentalism that may emanate from any quarters whether it is Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian and stop exploiting […]
Incredible India
LUCKNOW: THE CITY OF NAWABS
Lucknow the capital of Uttar Pradesh, extends along the banks of the river Gomti.The creator of Lucknow as it is today was Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula.The city became known as a centre for Urdu poetry and courtly […]
Business & Economics
SREI TO ROLL OUT WHITE LABEL ATMS
KOLKATA (TIP): Srei Infrastructure Finance, engaged in infrastructure financing, is planning to start roll-out of its while label ATMs (WLAs) between July and September starting with a pilot of 200 Tier- III towns in Uttar […]
India
BSP MOVES EC FOR JUMBO PAY-BACK
LUCKNOW (TIP): The BSP will petition the Election Commission to direct the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh to drop the word ‘Samajwadi’ from its various welfare programmes. Two years ago, a similar petition by […]
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Nine days, five weeks
India votes between April 7 and May 12 NEW DELHI, MARCH 5: The process of constituting the 16th Lok Sabha got underway on March 5 with the Election Commission announcing the poll schedule. Polling to […]
India
Six from Muzaffarnagar arrested with 11 pistols near Pakistan border
ATTARI (TIP): Six people including two women were arrested and eleven pistols seized from their possession on their return from Pakistan on the Samjhauta Express at the Attari Railway station on March 6. During customs […]