DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia was on February 4 charged by the police with ‘instigation’ of the fire-bombing of a bus that left 7 people dead amid escalating political crisis in the country that […]
DHAKA (TIP): Opposition activists in Bangladesh trying to enforce a transport boycott threw petrol bombs at a bus early on february 3 setting off a fire that engulfed the vehicle killing seven people, a fire […]
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (TIP): An Afghan official has confirmed that an attack on a police checkpoint in the southern province of Kandahar has killed five policemen. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack. Zia Durani, […]
Even if BJP wins the Delhi there are some reminders/lessons to Narendra Modi and BJP leaders that they cannot afford to ignore. Lesson 1: Local corruption: While BJP under leadership of Narendra Modi […]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj‘s visit to China has created a positive atmosphere. President Xi Jinping met her in an unusual departure from protocol. China joined Russia in recommending India‘s membership to the Asia-Pacific Economic […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Mrs. Raji Kuncham takes over as the 30th President of Telugu Literary Cultural Association (TLCA), one of the oldest Indian American organizations in the country. On January 31st, at the Telugu Sankranti […]
HUNTINGTON, NY (TIP): Chapel Hill: Huntington, New York, a community of 200,000 on Long Island, has won this month’sNoisy Dozen award from Noise Free America for tolerating excessive noise, especially from gas-powered leaf blowers. Life […]
Council Member Mark S. Weprin Expresses Concern about Recently Published Property Tax Assessments For Co-Ops and Condos NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The New York City Department of Finance (DOF) recently published tentative property tax assessments for […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Lawyers for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks say they have new evidence that agents of Saudi Arabia “directly and knowingly” helped the hijackers, including sworn testimony from the so-called 20th hijacker […]
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Photo Editor of SnapsIndia Mohammed Jaffer, a proud Hyderabadi of Jersey City, traveled with US President Barack Obama as a member of the 100-plus White House Press Corps that included White House […]
BAYSIDE, NY (TIP): State Senator Tony Avella, on February 5, announced the hire of a new South Asian representative. Fulfilling a campaign promise, Senator Avella joined South Asian community leaders to announce that his office […]
KIEV (TIP): US secretary of state John Kerry is in Ukraine to show support for the embattled government as the Obama administration weighs sending arms to Kiev to help it fight Russian-backed separatists. Amid […]
CAMBRIDGE (TIP): Harvard University has instituted a total ban on professors having sex with undergraduate students, strengthening language it said didn’t reflect its expectations on appropriate relationships between faculty members and students. Harvard said […]
FREDERICK (TIP): Two students were shot outside a public high school in Maryland on February 4 night while a basketball game was being played inside, sending game watchers running for cover as frantic parents rushed […]
WASHINGTON: Declaring the internet critical for the nation, a top US regulator on february 4 proposed an unprecedented expansion of federal power to ensure providers don’t block or slow web traffic for America’s countless users. […]
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS (TIP): A three-time convicted robber who helped engineer the biggest prison break in Texas history was executed February 4 evening for killing a suburban Dallas police officer while the notorious gang was on […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A still-classified section of the investigation by congressional intelligence committees into the September 11, 2001, attacks has taken on an almost mythic quality over the past 13 years — 28 pages that examine […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Barack Obama on February 5 called the Dalai Lama a “good friend” and an inspiration for freedom. The president, speaking at a closely watched prayer event in Washington with the […]
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