Month: February 2013
Myanmar Protest: Probe Alleges Police Used White Phosphorus
YANGON (TIP): Anindependent investigationsays white phosphoruscaused the severe burnsmonks and other protesterssuffered when Myanmarpolice broke up theirprotest at a mine inNovember.Lawyer Aung Thein saida laboratory found traces ofthe chemical on canistersleft by police and recoveredafterward.He […]
Nine Killed In Terror Attacks In Northwest Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least ninepeople, including six militants, werekilled and ten others injured in twoseparate terror attacks in Pakistan’srestive northwest today.The militants attacked Maryanpolice station in Bannu area ofKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa province at 6.30am, triggering a fierce […]
Backpacker Sam Woodhead Found In Australian Outback
QUEENSLAND (TIP): A Britishbackpacker who went missing aftersetting out on a run in the Australianoutback has been found.Sam Woodhead had failed to returnto a cattle station in centralQueensland on Tuesday afternoon.Queensland Police said MrWoodhead was […]
Dog Attack Plans ‘Woefully Inadequate’ Say Mps
LONDON (TIP): The law should be “urgently”amended to protect the public, the Environment,Food and Rural Affairs Committee said.In a report, the MPs said they were not convincedministers were giving “sufficient priority” to dogcontrol.The government said […]
Coronation Street’s Michael Le Vell Charged With Child Rape
MANCHESTER (TIP):Coronation Street actor Michael LeVell has been charged with astring of sex offences, includingraping a child.Greater Manchester Police saidhe is also accused of indecentlyassaulting a child and sexualactivity with a child.The actor, 48, who […]
Indian-American Lawmaker Welcomes Obama Plan
WASHINGTON (TIP): Ami Bera, the only Indian-American member of the US Congress, has welcomedPresident Barack Obama‘s plan “to restore an economythat works for middle class families by investing ininfrastructure, innovation, and education.””America is at its […]
Darjeeling walking along the memory lane
Travelling in Darjeeling is like walking along the memory lanes during the time of the British Raj. Located in the cozy and inviting lap of the Kanchan Junga, Darjeeling the dramatic land is amazingly blessed […]
Indian-American Lottery Winner’s Death: Brother Raised Suspicion Over Death
CHICAGO (TIP): The brother of aChicago man poisoned with cyanideshortly after winning the lotterysaid on Monday he is the familymember who asked authorities toreconsider the initial finding thathis sibling had died of naturalcauses.Imtiaz Khan said […]
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 […]
Vidya Willing To Lose It For Farhan
The actress is working hard on sculpting herself back to shape for her next with the athletic actor. There was a particularly heart wrenching scene in The Dirty Picture, in which Silk, who has abused […]
Obama Says Public Deserves To Know More On Drones
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama saidon Thursday that Americans needed more than just hisword to be assured he was not misusing his powers inwaging a secret drone war overseas.The president was asked about the debate […]
Deepika to don a new look in Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani
After playing the hot Veronica in Cocktail and steaming the screen with her hotness in Race 2 Deepika plays a complete new avatar. Now she will be seen in a girl next door avatar in […]
Italian PM Assures ‘Correct Governance’ Of Finmeccanica
ROME (TIP): Italian PrimeMinister Mario Monti hassaid that his governmentwould guarantee the “correctgovernance” of statecontrolleddefence firmFinmeccanica followingarrest of its chief executiveon corruption charges in theRs 3,600 crore VVIP helicopterdeal with India.”The government was ableto intervene […]
Sunny Leone Files Fir Against Krk
Actress Sunny Leone is “emotionally and mentally disturbed” after Kamaal R. Khan (KRK) claimed that she had made the controversial statement – “Rape is not a crime, it’s just a surprise”. The actress has now […]
Telecom Firms With Cancelled Permit To Stop Operations Immediately: SC
The bench also directed to immediately put on fresh auctionthe entire 2G spectrum for the licences cancelled by it NEW DELHI (TIP): The SupremeCourt held that telecom companieswhich were unsuccessful in availingfresh 2G spectrum and […]
26/11 Accused Lakhvi Enjoys Vvip Treatment In Pak Jail
NEW DELHI (TIP): It’s not only theLashker-e-Taiba (LeT) top boss Hafiz Saeedwho roams freely in Pakistan, but even hisnext-in-command Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi,imprisoned at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail for hisrole in the 26/11 attacks,moves out of theprison from […]
Movie Review-Murder 3
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sara Loren Direction: Vishesh Bhatt Genre: Thriller Duration: 2 hours 1 minute STORY: A wildlife photographer’s girl mysteriously goes missing. He’s quick to move his new love into his […]
President Pranab Mukherjee May Turn Down 5 More Mercy Pleas
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Union homeministry is learnt to have recommendedrejection of mercy petitions in five morecases as it seeks to speedily dispose of allthe cases of death row convicts pendingwith it.Seeking to have a […]
Vayalar Ravi Apologises As Activists Fume At Comment
NEW DELHI (TIP): OverseasIndian Affairs Minister VayalarRavi apologised after hiscomment with sexist innuendoagainst a woman journalist fromKerala landed him in troublewith women activists and the BJPdemanding his resignation.“I’m sorry for the comment. Ihave already conveyed […]
Explicit Keira Knightley’s Chanel Ad Banned
British actress Keira Knightley’s Chanel advert has been discontinued during children’s programming and termed as unsuitable for viewing by younger viewers. Keira, 27, who shot to fame in the hit 2002 film Bend It Like […]