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Month: December 2014
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ISL kicked off a revolution in India: Nita Ambani
As the 70-day long Indian Super League gets ready for its biggest match yet, TOI speaks to Nita Ambani, the inspiration behind the initiative. She promises that the league will only become bigger and better […]
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BOLLA CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF ENTERPRISE
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): 25 years, since 1989, and Bolla has grown from just five employees to almost 500. Bolla has grown from just one gas station in Brooklyn to many locations throughout the region: […]
United States
Dallas land development would fill an empty corner of downtown
DALLAS (TIP): A development that’s planned for a sleepy corner of downtown Dallas could be getting some traction soon. The 12-acre Spire project that’s in the works for the northeast edge of downtown will contain […]
United States
Texas Capital Bank Ranks 11th in Dallas Morning News Top 100 Places to Work
DALLAS (TIP): Texas Capital Bank has announced that it ranked eleventh in the large company category on The Dallas Morning News’ 2014 Top 100 Places to Work in Dallas-Fort Worth list. The bank was also […]
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Crucial spy in Cuba paid a heavy Cold War price
WASHINGTON (TIP): He was, in many ways, a perfect spy — a man so important to Cuba’s intelligence apparatus that the information he gave to the Central Intelligence Agency paid dividends long after Cuban authorities […]
United States
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Sant Chatwal escapes Jail Term; Praises Justice System
NEW YORK (TIP): It may appear to be a miracle that a man who only seven months ago, in April, 2014, to be precise, was said to be getting “up to 25 years in prison”, […]
United States
US Secret Service too insular, needs outside leader, more agents: REVIEW
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Secret Service needs an outsider to overhaul the insular agency, beef up staffing and improve training — after building a higher fence around the White House, an independent review concluded on […]
Europe
Pope Benedict helped free American from Cuba
VATICAN CITY (TIP): Pope Francis rightly got credit for helping bring the US and Cuba together and free US government subcontractor Alan Gross. But it was actually Francis’ predecessor, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who made […]
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SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
ONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE || 15 || The Master Himself bestows honor. He creates and bestows body and soul. He Himself preserves the honor of His servants; He places both His Hands upon their foreheads. […]
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The University of Texas at Austin Introduces Online Business Courses for Professionals Worldwide
New Learning Platform Delivers Practical Business Knowledge Taught by Top-Ranking Teachers AUSTIN, TX (TIP): McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, one of the top ten undergraduate business programs in the […]
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United States
Queens Top U.S. Tourism Destination: Lonely Planet’s Annual Survey
Acclaimed as a Melting Pot with Great Restaurants, Art, Beaches NEW YORK (TIP): Next stop…Queens! The world’s most diverse county was selected as the best tourism destination in the United States for 2015 by Lonely […]
United States
Free WiFi across the five Boroughs
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): LinkNYC’s proposal to put high speed WiFi kiosks throughout the City will not by itself eliminate the digital divide, but marks an important step toward bridging that gap. Just as the […]
United States
Congressman Crowley applauds Confirmation of Richard Verma as U.S. Ambassador to India
WASHINGTON (TIP): Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx),Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans applauded December 11, the U.S. Senate‘s confirmation of Richard Verma as […]
United States
UN DECLARES JUNE 21 AS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted on December 11, by acclamation draft Resolution A/69/L.17 with a record number of 175 countries cosponsoring it. The Resolution establishes the International […]
Indian Americans
Indian Americans Targeted in Spate of Home Invasions
NEW JERSEY (TIP): Indian-American residents of Middlesex County, New Jersey, are frightened and frustrated after a spate of home invasion robberies targeting their community has cast a pall on Diwali, a week-long Hindu celebration full […]
United States
Nassau County Executive Mangano Commends Long Island Cares
MINEOLA, NY (TIP): Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano along with Eldia Gonzalez Director of Nassau County’s Coordinated Agency for Spanish Americans (CASA) presented a citation to representatives of Long Island Cares, Inc. for the […]
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Excesses of Hindutva hotheads
There is urgent need to restrain those making provocative and poisonous statements, says the author. All through his campaign that brought him spectacular victory in the parliamentary poll, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had concentrated on […]
Business & Economics
Europe
Imran calls for shutdown in Karachi today
KARACHI (TIP): Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaaf (PTI) has called for a complete shutdown of the port city on December 12 as part of its countrywide protests against the Nawaz Sharif government. Senior PTI […]
Europe
German citizen killed in Kabul school bombing
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): A teenage suicide bomber attacked a French-run high school in Kabul on December 11, walking into a packed auditorium during a theater performance and killing a German citizen, Afghan officials said. The […]
Europe
Bhutan, not India, was first to recognize Bangladesh
DHAKA (TIP): Bhutan and not India was the first to to recognize Bangladesh as an independent nation, foreign office has said, putting an end to the decades-old speculation on the issue. “Bhutan was the first […]