Year: 2016
Glen Rock attorney sworn in as Bergen County prosecutor
TRENTON, NJ (TIP): A Glen Rock attorney and former federal prosecutor became the county’s top law enforcement official on Monday, January 4, the first change in leadership in Bergen County in 14 years, says a […]
Pakistani Husband and Wife ‘Jailed for Life’ for Planning London Bomb Attack
LONDON – A potential suicide bomber and his wife have been found guilty of planning a massive terror attack in London designed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings in the capital. The couple […]
Modi Declines Singapore Offer to Name Orchid variety After Him
The Singapore government wanted to name a variety of orchid, the island city-state’s national flower, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his November visit but the Indian leader declined. In the past, Singapore has accorded […]
Padmasree Warrior is the New U.S. CEO of ‘NextEV’
Indian American Padmasree Warrior, one of Silicon Valley’s high-profile women executives, has been appointed as the U.S. based chief executive officer of a Chinese firm ‘NextEV’ which is building an electric car to compete with American […]
Indian American Foundation Pledges $1 Million for Studio at Indiana University’s Jacobs School
An Indian American foundation, The Georgina Joshi Foundation Inc., has given a $1 million gift to Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music for a state-of-the-art audio recording studio. The new facility, to be named the Georgina Joshi […]
Elderly Sikh Stabbed To Death In California
SAN FRANSISCO: A 68-year-old Sikh man was stabbed to death in California‘s Fresno city on January 1, prompting police to launch a hate crime probe into the city’s first homicide. Gurcharan Singh Gill, an employee […]
‘Militia’ continues siege of Oregon government building
A group of self-described militiamen continue to occupy a federal building in the remote high desert of the US state of Oregon in protest against a prison sentence for local ranchers accused of burning government […]
FINES AND FORFEITURES BILL SIGNED INTO LAW
New York, NY (TIP): Earlier today, January 4, State Senator Tony Avella and Assembly Member Michael G. DenDekker held a press conference celebrating the passage of their Fines and Forfeitures bill, S.5046A/A7230A, into law. When […]
Pathankot terror attack: NSG LT COL AMONG SEVEN CASUALTIES
A Lieutenant Colonel heading the National Security Guards’ (NSG) bomb disposal squad was among the seven fatalities in the terrorist attack on the Pathankot Air Force station. Five NSG commandos were among the 20 who sustained […]
NEW OBAMA ACTION COULD INCREASE PERMANENT WORK PERMITS
President Obama issued a new executive action that would grant work permits to foreign workers who are in the country on temporary work visas and have applied for employment-based green cards if implemented. The action […]
Bomb scare on Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi | Hoax Alert
A bomb scare on the Lucknow-bound Shatabdi Express turned out to be a hoax following a thorough search conducted by GRP and local police. The train was evacuated and searched at Ghaziabad Sunday, January 3, following […]
UNT student dies after being shot in the head in suspected road rage incident
DALLAS (TIP): A 20-year-old University of North Texas junior died Friday, January 1 night after she was shot in what police suspect was a road rage incident. Denton officers found Sara Mutschlechner about 2 a.m. […]
Trump Muslim remark used in jihadist recruitment video
Republican White House frontrunner Donald Trump‘s call for a ban on Muslims entering the US have been used by Somalia’s Shebab in a jihadist recruitment video, a US monitoring group said today. The Al Qaeda-affiliated […]
Pathankot terror attack: Calls between terrorists and handlers accessed
Details of the calls made between the terrorists and their handlers in Pakistan have been reported by TIMES NOW. Four calls took place between the attackers and the handlers between 12-30 AM and 2-30 AM […]
Pathankot terror attack: All 5 terrorists neutralized | Jaish-e-Mohammed Blamed
Sunday January 3 (TIP): Five attackers and three members of the security forces were killed in an attack on an Indian air force base near the Pakistani border, officials confirmed. Security personnel secured Pathankot base on Saturday, January […]
Indian American Sikh Gurbir Singh Grewal appointed Bergen County prosecutor by Gov Christie
Indian American U. S. attorney Gurbir Singh Grewal will be the new acting County prosecutor from Jan 4, 2016 and will take over for John L. Molinelli, who ended his 14-year tenure as the county’s top […]