Month: July 2013
Helen Marshall Signs The Steel Beam To Mark The Topping Off Of New Boys And Girls Club Of Metro Queens
Steel beam (top) is raised to mark the topping off of new Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens on Atlantic Avenue in Richmond Hill, Friday, July 12th. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall signed the […]
Queens Borough President Celebrates Completion Of The Renovation Of Flushing Town Hall’s Garden And Portico
On Thursday, July 11, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall helped celebrate the completion of the renovation of Flushing Town Hall’s garden and portico. The $2 million renovation project was funded by her office and by […]
Sikhs Observe The Death Anniversary Of Sant Baba Prem Singh
Sikhs of the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut organized in Queens, a day long memorial function for Sant Baba Prem Singh, a saintly figure who was a great social reformer. Sikhs […]
‘Thinking Through Gandhi’ Released
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA organized a well attended function at the Indian Consulate on July 17 to release the book “Thinking through Gandhi” by Krishna A. Chokshi. Consul General Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay who released the […]
President Nominates Indian-American To Key Judiciary Post In California
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian-American legal luminary Vince Girdhari Chhabria has been nominated by US President Barack Obama to a key judiciary post in California. Chhabria, nominated to be US district judge for the Northern District of […]
Nassau County In Highest Debt Ever: Tom Suozzi
HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): A former Nassau County Commissioner Jim Reeds writes on his Facebook wall: “A war of words — and websites — between County Executive Ed Mangano and Democratic nominee Tom Suozzi’s campaigns heated […]
Royal Baby Boy Born In London
Royal Baby Boy Born In London LONDON (AP) — It’s a boy! Prince William’s wife, Kate, has given birth to a boy, a child now third in line to the British throne. The child was […]
Meet Himalayan Yogi Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath
An Illumined Being with direct experiences of Mahavatar Babaji Gorakshanath, Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath spent his early years in the Himalayas with the great Nath Yogis in whose presence he was transformed, realizing the unity of […]
Shikshayatan Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Blessings From Yogiraj Siddhanath
Her credo: “Duty with sincerity and honesty” takes in to account the importance of hard work. She is a staunch believer in “Work is Worship” and “God helps those who help themselves”. Shikshayatan and Purnima […]
New Discovery Could Help Explain Earth’s Origin
WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists still have doubts over the theory that Earth arose from the collision of asteroids, as its composition doesn’t resemble that of meteoroids — the small particles that break off from asteroids. The […]
Soon, Rocket To Space In 15 Minutes
LONDON (TIP): Skylon, a revolutionary spacecraft that can take adventurers to Earth’s stratosphere in just 15 minutes will soon be a reality. It will travel at a speed of 30,577.5km (19,000 miles) per hour — […]
Man Spots Lost Pyramids Via Satellite
WASHINGTON (TIP): Mysterious, pyramid-like structures spotted in the Egyptian desert by an amateur satellite archaeologist may indeed be long-lost pyramids, a new investigation has found. Angela Micol, from North Carolina, made the discovery of the […]
MAHABALESHWAR – Small Station With A Big Secret
The sweating Mumbaikar has a choice of hill stations, but Mahabaleshwar, eight hours away, tops the list for its cheap lodging, bustling marketplace and strawberry fields. Yet, not many know that this evergreen ‘honeymoon’ spot […]
Dreamliner Fire Probe Focuses On Beacon, Boeing Shares Rise
LONDON (TIP): British aviation investigators identified an emergency beacon made by Honeywell International Inc as a likely source of last week’s blaze on a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner and called for it to be turned […]
TCS Outshines Infosys Again
BANGALORE (TIP): Bangalore based IT services firm Infosys may have set the tone for the better story for the IT industry, but thes country’s largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have taken the […]
G20 Seeks To Chart Recovery Course Amid Choppy Markets
MOSCOW (TIP): The world’s economic crisis response team will grapple with the prospect of more market volatility as finance ministers and central bankers gather in Moscow to chart a course towards recovery. The Group of […]