Month: July 2014
Only 22% Americans know a Hindu
NEVADA (TIP): Only 22 percent Americans know someone who is Hindu, according to a Pew Research Center survey published on July 17. This number is lowest than any other religion/denomination surveyed. Catholics rank highest with […]
The Falcon is the new Captain America
He will be a character thats hard to root for, accorting to Axel Alonso, Marvel’s editor-in-chief. Marvel is set to introduce a black Captain America by replacing Steve Rogers with Sam Wilson, better known as […]
American who hijacked jet to Cuba in the 1980s gets 20 years in prison
MIAMI(TIP): An American who returned from Cuba decades after hijacking a jetliner to the communist island was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in US prison but will be eligible for early release on parole, […]
Militants kill eight Pakistani paramilitary members
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (TIP): Militants killed eight members of a government paramilitary force in a midnight attack on a security checkpoint in Pakistan’s restive northwest, security officials said Friday. The militants bombarded the checkpoint with rocket-propelled […]
Pakistani police lay siege to ‘militant hideout’ near PM’s house
LAHORE (TIP): Pakistani security forces laid siege on Thursday to a suspected militant hideout just a few kilometres from the family home of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said. […]
US DRONE STRIKE KILLS AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST PAKISTAN
BANNU: A US drone strike hit a suspected militant compound in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, officials said. The attack came in North Waziristan, where the Pakistani military is […]
MILITANTS KILLED AFTER AUDACIOUS ATTACK ON KABUL AIRPORT
KABUL (TIP): Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital on July 17 in one of the most audacious assaults on the facility, used by both civilians and the military, […]
Nepal ex-prince arrested for drugs in Thailand
BANGKOK (TIP): Former Nepalese crown prince Paras Shah has been arrested on drugs charges in Thailand for a second time and could face up to five years in prison, police said on July 16. Shah […]
PM MODI DEPLOYS DEFT DIPLOMACY
NEW DELHI (TIP): “Had a telephonic conversation with Chancellor Merkel. Wished her on her birthday and congratulated her on Germany‘s win at the FIFA World Cup,” tweeted prime minister Narendra Modi. For a prime minister […]
BRICS for a New Bank
What might have been dismissed as an impossibility just five years ago is now a reality. Defying skeptics and critics, five countries that between them account for 40 per cent of the world’s population and […]
Society of Indian American Engineers and Architects Hudson River Cruise is a big draw
I.S. Saluja: NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Society of Indian American Engineers and Architects (SIAEA) organized their annual Hudson River Cruise July 12. The cruise is a much waited for event for the SIAEA members and […]
Modi divides Indian Americans
I.S. Saluja; EDISON, NJ (TIP): Modi is coming to USA. He is coming to the United Nations. He is coming to New York and New Jersey. He is coming to the Gujaratis. That’s what it […]
EDISON VISIONARY LIONS CLUB ORGANIZES FUNDRAISING FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED GIRLS FROM INDIA
Kajol Bishnoi: EDISON, NJ (TIP): Edison Visionary Lions Club organized a cultural event at TV Asia auditorium on July 16th to raise funds to support Deepa Academy; a voluntary organization helping visually impaired children in […]
DEEPIKA PLAYS DIFFERENT CHARACTERS WITH EASE
If we thought that Deepika Padukone’s versatility was limited to the varied roles that we saw her playing in her back to back hits last year in Race 2, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewaani, Ram Leela […]
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
Cast: Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Shukla, Ashutosh Rana Direction: Shashank Khaitan Genre: Romantic Comedy Duration: 2 hours 13 minutes Story: A bride-to-be on a wedding shopping trip finds just what she was not looking […]
PRIYANKA TO PROMOTE INDIAN HANDLOOMS, BANARASI SARIS
Actress Priyanka Chopra will soon be promoting the Indian sari on international platforms, officials said Thursday. A proposal to this effect was being given final touches and the National Film Award winner has given her […]
GISELE BUNDCHEN MAKES 74K POUNDS A DAY
Mother of two, Gisele Bundchen has bagged the whopping amount of 27 million pounds last year, earning approximately 74,000 pounds a day. Brazilian fashion model, who will turn 30 this month, has held this position […]
KATE MOSS CROWNED BRITAIN’S NEW FASHION ICON
Kate Moss has been voted as Britain’s new ‘Fashion Icon,’ which is equivalent to 1960’s fashion face, Twiggy. In the poll conducted on 2,000 people to celebrate Ascot’s King George Weekend, the 40-year-old supermodel beat […]