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TIPS FOR GUARANTEED WEIGHT LOSS
With fad diets and fitness routines round every corner, it is quite difficult to keep a tab on which weight loss tips really do work and which don’t. Should you join that bhangra aerobics class, […]
Month: July 2014
Europe
Ukrainian prime minister tenders his resignation in parliament
KIEV (TIP): Ukraine’s prime minister tendered his resignation on July 24, berating parliament for failing to pass legislation to take control over the country’s increasingly precarious energy situation and to increase army financing. Earlier on […]
Europe
Europe
OVERNIGHT CLASHES IN LIBYA KILL AT LEAST NINE, TOLL CROSSES 50
BENGHAZI (TIP): At least nine people were killed and 19 wounded, mostly civilians, in heavy clashes overnight in Benghazi as government forces tried to oust Islamist militants holed up in Libya’s eastern port city, medical […]
India
MITHUN CHAKRABORTY QUESTIONED ON SARADHA LINKS
KOLKATA (TIP): Enforcement Directorate officials on Thursday questioned actor-turned-Trinamool MP Mithun Chakraborty in Mumbai in the Saradha probe even as CBI summoned East Bengal Club secretary Debabrata aka Nitu Sarkar for his alleged involvement in […]
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 […]
India
India
NEIGHBOURHOOD OUTREACH: NARENDRA MODI TO VISIT NEPAL IN AUGUST
NEW DELHI (TIP): PM Narendra Modi‘s neighbourhood outreach will continues with a visit to Nepal next month, official sources here confirmed. Modi will be in Kathmandu on August 3-4, his second visit to a neighbouring […]
India
Army chief Bikram Singh pays tribute to Kargil martyrs
NEW DELHI (TIP): Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh on July 25 paid tribute to the martyrs of 1999 Kargil war in J&K’s Ladakh region on the occasion of 15th Vijay Diwas. Singh, who is […]
India
India
MPPEB scam: Most wanted Sudhir Sharma surrenders in court
BHOPAL (TIP): Sudhir Sharma, a mining baron most wanted in Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam turned himself in at Bhopal court on July 25 morning. He reached the court with his family members […]
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 […]
United States
Indian Americans
Indian American caterer Falguni Shah killed in a road accident in CA
SACRAMENTO (TIP): In a two-car crash in Rancho Cucamonga, California, where a car driving the wrong way crashed into another car on a freeway, three people died, and two others were severely injured. The wrong-way […]
United States
US hospital to pay $190 million for rogue doctor filming patients
WASHINGTON: Beware of the doctor who has anything more than a stethoscope around his neck. Perhaps even that — or a pen peeping prominently out of his shirt or jacket pocket. Illustrative of the growing […]
United States
Obama, Netherlands’ Rutte agree more sanctions needed on Russia
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte on July 24 and the White House said both agreed on the need to impose more sanctions on Russia for […]
United States
Crash kills US teenager pilot seeking world record
INDIANAPOLIS (TIP): A US teenager who was attempting to set a record for an around-the-world flight was killed when his plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean, and crews were searching on July 23 for his […]
United States
US execution takes 2 hours, stirs row
PHOENIZ: An Arizona inmate took almost two hours to die by lethal injection on July 22 and his lawyers said he “gasped and snorted” before succumbing in the latest botched execution to raise questions about […]
United States
Minnesota man asked to leave Southwest flight after critical tweet
A Minnesota man and his two sons were asked to leave a Southwest Airlines flight after the man sent a tweet complaining about being treated rudely by a gate agent. Duff Watson said he was […]
Europe
MH17 black boxes to be sent to UK lab: Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (TIP): The black boxes recovered from the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine will be sent to British aviation investigators for analysis, Malaysia has said. The decision by the Dutch-led […]
Asia
Europe
SHARIF FELT BELITTLED IN INDIA, CLAIMS PAKISTANI MEDIA
NEW DELHI (TIP): Even as Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif reached out to his counterpart Narendra Modi by dispatching gifts for the Indian PM’s mother, Pakistani media reported that he was “not too happy” with the […]
Europe
Eight killed in Afghanistan market blast
KABUL (TIP): At least eight civilians died and 28 were injured on July 24 when a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in a market in northern Afghanistan, an official said. The bomb, activated by […]
Europe
Pakistani held with Indian currency in Bangladesh
DHAKA (TIP): A Pakistani national was detained at the Shahjalal International Airport on July 20 for carrying a large sum of Indian currency. The airport officials said Abdur Rahim,35, came to Bangladesh on a Qatar […]
Europe
5 infants die after oxygen supply stops in Pakistan hospital
KARACHI (TIP): Five infants died in a hospital in Pakistan’s largest city allegedly due to medical negligence after a power cut stopped the oxygen supply to the incubators. According to sources, the five children were […]