Middle East
Month: October 2015
United States
US set to get first marijuana resort
FLANDREAU (SOUTH DAKOTA) (TIP): The Santee Sioux is opening the nation’s first marijuana resort on its reservation in South Dakota. The experiment could offer a new money-making model for tribes nationwide seeking economic opportunities beyond […]
United States
Pope meets with family who drove 13,000 miles to see him
PHILADELPHIA (TIP): Pope Francis met Sunday with a family who made a 13,000-mile trip over 194 days from Argentina to Philadelphia in an old Volkswagen van. Francis spent time with fellow Argentinians Catire Walker and […]
United States
Titanic’s last lunch menu sells for $88,000 at auction
NEW YORK (TIP): A menu for the last luncheon served to the first-class passengers aboard the ill-fated Titanic has sold for $88,000 at an online auction. The menu, which was saved by a first-class passenger, […]
Middle East
India
Black money: Government collects Rs 3,770 crore
New Delhi (TIP): The disclosure of a meagre Rs 3,770 crore in black money held abroad by 638 declarants has raised serious doubts about the efficacy of government’s compliance scheme. The Finance Ministry today said […]
India
INS Kochi: Largest India-made warship commissioned in Mumbai
MUMBAI (TIP): Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar commissioned, September 30th, the guided-missile destroyer INS Kochi in Mumbai. The INS Kochi is packed with weapons and sensors as well as advanced stealth features, it is the […]
India
Jaitley releases ‘Vision Document’ for Bihar poll
PATNA (TIP): Taking a potshot at the ‘Grand Alliance’ of the RJD, JD(U) and Congress in Bihar, BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said they were running a “three-legged race” that cannot be won even as […]
India
Dadri: Mob kills man over rumours that he ate beef
NEW DELHI (TIP): A 50-year-old man, Mohammad Akhlaq, was beaten to death and his 22-year-old son severely injured earlier this week in UP’s Dadri, allegedly by residents of Bisara village, after rumours spread in the […]
India
3 INFANTS SEEK BAN ON FIRECRACKERS: PIL FILED IN SUPREME COURT
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a first of its kind in the history of Indian judicial system, a petition in the Supreme Court has been moved on behalf of three infants aged between 6 and 14 […]
India
NOW, MIDDAY MEAL IS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ RIGHT
NEW DELHI (TIP): Midday meal has become a right of students in elementary schools, run by the government or aided by it, with the Centre notifying rules for implementation of the scheme, including payment of […]
India
India
Coal scam: Ex-Coal Secy kept then PM in dark, says court
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was kept in the “dark” by then Coal Secretary H C Gupta who had prima facie violated the law and the trust imposed on him on the […]
India
Perform or take VRS, Gadkari tells officials
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a stern warning to lethargic bureaucrats, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday asked them not to become obstacles in developing infrastructure by sitting on files. Sources said as the […]
Europe
A British Teenager is on the List of the World’s Most Wanted Terrorists
LONDON (TIP): A teenager from Cardiff, Wales has been added to a UN banned list of the world’s most wanted terrorists at the request of Prime Minister David Cameron. Aseel Muthana, who was 17 when […]
Europe
Israel PM calls for peace talks with Palestinians
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): Israel‘s prime minister went to the United Nations on Oct 1 to call for an immediate resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians and to savage the international community’s nuclear deal with […]
Europe
UK to lift curbs on turbans at work
LONDON (TIP): A landmark rule will come into effect from Sept 30 to lift all restrictions on wearing turbans to work across the UK. Turban-wearing Sikhs will now have the right to choose not to […]
Europe
Refugees face new diversion as Hungary prepares to seal Croatia border
ZAKANY, HUNGARY (TIP): A small gap in coils of newly laid razor wire is all that remains of the Zakany-Botovo border crossing between Hungary and fellow European Union member Croatia, as Budapest prepares to close […]
COUNTER TERRORISM
Europe
50 KNIFED TO DEATH IN CHINA COAL MINE, UIGHURS SUSPECTED
BEIJING (TIP): At least 50 people were knifed to death last month inside a coal mine in the restive Xinjiang province, reported US-based Radio Free Asia on Thursday – an attack suspected to have been […]
Business & Economics
Business & Economics
FORD AND VOLVO AMONG MORE CARMAKERS ACCUSED OVER EMISSIONS
Massive levels of pollution are being emitted by diesel vehicles built by a wide range of carmakers, according to tests carried out by one of the world’s biggest independent motoring organizations. The findings are a further […]
Business & Economics
India
United States
LEGAL IMPRESSION : The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000
A lot of Indians running Gurudwaras/temples/mosques or being in detention centers, either owing to deportation or based on criminal convictions, are not aware of a big federal relief provided to them. And that is Religious Land Use […]