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Month: October 2014
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Indian Consulate & Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan celebrate Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti
Indian Americans take a cleanliness pledge to keep Bharat Swachh NEW YORK, NY (TIP): 145th birth anniversary of the Father of the Indian Nation, Mahatma Gandhi was celebrated, as in the past, by the Consulate […]
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DiNapoli announces lowered fees for New York State’s 529 College Savings Direct Plan
ALBANY, NY (TIP): New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced October 3, a new reduction in management fees for the state’s 529 College Savings Program’s Direct Plan. It is the fourth fee reduction since […]
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Only 51 of City’s 468 Subway stations are in Good Repair, says DiNapoli
NEW YORK (TIP): Too many New York City subway stations are in disrepair and New York City Transit’s repair program is progressing too slowly, according to a report issued by New York State Comptroller Thomas […]
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30 Members of the U.S. Congress Stand Up for Sikh Children
NEW YORK (TIP): Drawing on research reports published by the Sikh Coalition, 30 members of the United States Congress signed letters early October urging the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education to […]
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MAHATMA GANDHI’S IDEALS ARE MORE RELEVANT TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE
“If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable; we may ignore him at our own risk.”- Martin Luther King, a great follower of Gandhian method of non-violence . There has never been an age when […]
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Significance of Modi-Netanyahu Meeting in New York
By meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has recognized how important Tel Aviv is to New Delhi. Modi and Netanyahu met in New York on the sidelines of […]
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BRITAIN’S PRIME MINISTER ON SURPRISE VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
KABUL (TIP): Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron on October 3 pledged support for Afghanistan‘s newly sworn-in president and the country’s new unity government, saying during a surprise visit to Kabul that Britain is committed to […]
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Bangladesh appoints Syed Muazzem Ali as new envoy to India
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh on Monday appointed veteran diplomat and former foreign secretary Syed Muazzem Ali as its new high commissioner to India. Ali served as the foreign secretary during the ruling Awami League’s previous 1996-2001 […]
Europe
Pak air strikes kill 15 militants
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least 15 militants were killed on October 3 in air strikes by Pakistani military in the restive northwestern tribal region, where the security forces have launched a major offensive to wipe out […]
Europe
TOXIC LIQUOR KILLS 17 IN PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD (TIP): At least 17 people have died in the last four days after consuming toxic liquor in Pakistan’s Sindh province, media report said on friday. Around 150 people have been arrested in connection with […]
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US readies 4,000 troops for Ebola mission
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US military expects to increase the number of troops deployed to Liberia to fight the Ebola outbreak to nearly 4,000, up from a planned 3,000-strong force, the Pentagon said on October 3. […]
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Murmurs in US: Secret Service lapses deliberate
WASHINGTON (TIP): Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland was at the grocery store the other day when he ran into an elderly black woman who expressed growing concern about President Obama’s safety. Why, she asked, wasn’t […]
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MARINE IS FIRST US DEATH IN OPERATIONS AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE
WASHINGTON (TIP): A US Marine who went into the sea from a V-22 Osprey during a flight mishap over the northern Gulf this week was the first American killed in US military operations against the […]
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US to partially lift 40-year-old ban on arms sale to Vietnam
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States is to partially lift a four-decade-old arms embargo against its former foe Vietnam, the state department said on October 2, after secretary of state John Kerry met his counterpart Pham […]
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Shooting threats: Report
Hundreds at US’s iconic Harvard University receive email shooting threats: Report CAMBRIDGE (TI): Hundreds of students and staff at Harvard University received emails on October 2 from a sender who threatened to come to the […]
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Obama ‘strongly condemns’ killing of Alan Henning
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama strongly condemned on October 2 the killing of British citizen Alan Henning by Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria and said the United States would seek to […]
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Barack Obama expresses interest in yoga
WASHINGTON: Impressed by the “energy and vigour” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent visit to the US despite being on fast, President Barack Obama has expressed his interest in yoga, officials have said. […]
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Woman sues sperm bank over black donor error
CLEVELAND: An Ohio woman has sued a sperm bank after she became pregnant with sperm donated by a black man instead of a white man as she and her partner had intended. The woman is […]
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Patna stampede: 33 killed after Dussehra event
CM announces Rs 3 lakh compensation each to kin of dead PATNA (TIP): At least 33 people, including 20 women and 10 children, were killed and 26 others injured in a stampede that broke out […]
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PM CONNECTS WITH PEOPLE OVER RADIO WITH HIS ‘MANN KI BAAT’
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a new initiative to reach out to the maximum populace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 3 connected with people over radio with his ‘mann ki baat’, giving a pep talk […]
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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Clean India is responsibility of all , says Modi
Excerpt: Call it the PM effect. A police station in the heart of the capital was meticulously cleaned by a team from Sulabh International after a surprise inspection by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Oct […]
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BJP TO ROLL OUT BIG GUNS FOR ASSEMBLY POLLS
NEW DELHI (TIP): With Dussehra over, BJP will get into campaign mode for the Haryana and Maharashtra assembly polls on a war footing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his senior ministers will have little time […]