World
Month: August 2017
World
UK SEES DIP IN WORK VISA APPLICATIONS FROM INDIA
LONDON (TIP): The number of skilled work visa applications from Indian nationals to live and work in the UK has dropped by 4% this year, Home Office said today, amid the government’s tightening of the visa regime. The UK […]
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THAI SC ISSUES ARREST WARRANT AGAINST EX-PM
BANGKOK (TIP): The Supreme Court of Thailand on Friday issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to appear for the verdict in her trial over a rice subsidies scheme. The court scheduled the hearing for September 27 and issued […]
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WORLD’S LARGEST SAMOSA RECORD SMASHED IN LONDON
LONDON (TIP): The world record for the largest samosa was smashed in London on Tuesday by a whopping version of the popular Asian snack weighing in at 153.1 (337.5 pounds) kilogrammes. A dozen volunteers from the Muslim Aid […]
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41 DEAD IN TWO BRAZIL BOAT WRECKS: OFFICIALS
RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): The death toll from two separate ferry wrecks in Brazil surged on Thursday, with 41 people killed overall, according to authorities. The public safety department in north-central Para state said 19 people were confirmed dead so far […]
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US-South joint drills begin amid North Korea tensions
SEOUL (TIP): South Korea and the United States began annual war games on Monday, US Forces Korea said, amid heated warnings by Pyongyang that the exercises will worsen tensions in the region. Tens of thousands of troops are taking part in the “Ulchi Freedom […]
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CIVILIANS AMONG 30 DEAD IN YEMEN AIR RAIDS
SANAA (TIP):Air raids on Yemen s rebel-held capital on Wednesday killed more than 30 people, including civilians, local and international aid organisations said. Hussein al-Tawil, head of the Sanaa branch of Yemen Red Crescent, said at least […]
Entertainment
MOVIE REVIEW THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD
CAST: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Salma Hayek, Élodie Yung, Joaquim de Almeida, Kirsty Mitchell, Richard E. Grant DIRECTION: Patrick Hughes GENRE: Action DURATION: 1 hour 58 minutes STORY A hitman who is scheduled to […]
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Entertainment
KRISTEN STEWART THREATENS TO SUE OVER LEAKED NUDE PICS
After her nude pictures got leaked, ‘Twilight’ actress Kristen Stewart got her lawyers involved. The 27-year-old has demanded the websites to take down nude photos of them that were illegally hacked. The ‘Personal Shopper’ star’s lawyer, Scott Whitehead, fired off a […]
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MOVIE REVIEW : BAREILLY KI BARFI
CAST: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Seema Pahwa DIRECTION: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari GENRE: Romantic Comedy DURATION: 2 hours 2 minutes STORY Bitti Mishra (Kriti) is a bohemian Bareilly girl who falls deeply in love […]
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United States
Hillary Clinton calls Trump a “creep” in her new book
Clinton says What Happened is full of “moments from the campaign that I wish I could go back and do over,” like the time a 70-year-old man who’d bragged about sexually assaulting women insisted on shadowing her onstage despite the […]
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Trump attacks Republican leaders over debt ceiling ‘mess’
WASHINGTON (TIP): Fanning the flames of GOP discord, President Donald Trump accused Republican congressional leaders Thursday of botching efforts to avoid an unprecedented default on the national debt. “Could have been so easynow a mess!” Trump tweeted. The president’s sharp words underscored […]
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India
IN POLL MODE, AMIT SHAH SENDS EIGHT TOP MINISTERS TO THREE STATES
NEW DELHI (TIP): BJP chief Amit Shah today appointed eight top-ranking ministers looking after more than 15 key departments in the Narendra Modi government as in charge of three states – Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, due for elections this year and […]
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CBI GRILLS PC’S SON KARTI IN GRAFT CASE
NEW DELHI (TIP): The CBI grilled Karti Chidambaram for about eight hours in connection with an alleged irregularity in Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance given to a media group, INX Media, for receiving funds from Mauritius when his father P Chidambaram was the […]
India
Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati to skip RJD rally on August 27
Video clips of chief minister Nitish Kumar’s statements against PM Narendra Modi before the 2015 assembly elections and Modi’s DNA comment and other remarks against Kumar will be played at the rally. PATNA (TIP): RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s proposed ‘BJP Bhagao, Desh Bachao’ rally at […]
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Supreme Court declares triple talaq ‘void’, ‘invalid’
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court by a majority verdict Aug 22 (Tuesday) set aside the practice of divorce through triple talaq among Muslims, saying the practice was void, illegal and unconstitutional. The apex court held that the triple talaq was […]