Month: July 2023
Daniel Radcliffe will be part of HBO’s Harry Potter reboot series
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has dashed fans’ hopes of seeing him again in the recently-announced series reboot on HBO Max. In a recent interview, Daniel said that the new show does not ‘need’ him. […]
ICCR SPONSORED SANKALP ODISHI DANCE GROUP CAPTIVATES AUDIENCES IN GUATEMALA, HONDURAS AND EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA CITY (TIP): The Odishi Dance troupe ‘SANKALP’ sponsored by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and led by Mrs. Kasturi Pattanaik, pioneering Odissi dance exponent; embarked on a captivating journey across Central America, […]
Man strips naked to sexually assault burqa-clad woman in broad daylight in Karachi
Karachi (TIP): Footage emerged on social media on July 5, showing a man on a bike attempting to sexually assault a woman in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar, according to media reports. The CCTV footage shows the man […]
50 killed in rain-related incidents across Pakistan in last few days
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Torrential rains in Pakistan have killed at least 50 people and injured 87 others while damaging scores of residential properties in the past few days, the country’s disaster management agency said on July […]
Fire in Italy retirement home kills six
MILAN (TIP): A fire at a retirement home in the early hours of July 7 in Milan killed six people, firefighters said, with “numerous” residents hospitalised. “Six people killed, numerous (others) suffering from smoke inhalation […]
Keeping up pressure, China sends warships and fighter jets near Taiwan during Yellen’s Beijing visit
BEIJING (tip): China’s People’s Liberation Army sent 13 aircraft and 6 vessels into airspace and waters around Taiwan over the past 24 hours as of early on July 8, overlapping with United States Treasury Secretary […]
‘Negligible’ impact of Fukushima water release on South Korea: Seoul
SEOUL (TIP): Japan‘s plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant would have “negligible consequences” for South Korea, Seoul said on July 7 as it tries to assuage rising public concern. The International […]
Blast at a Russian explosives plant kills six, injures two
MOSCOW (TIP): A blast at a Russian explosives plant on July 7 killed six people and injured two more, emergency officials said. The explosion occurred as workers were dismantling equipment at one of the workshops […]
US lawmakers, Indian-Americans condemn attack on Indian consulate in San Francisco, seek action against perpetrators
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): US lawmakers and influential Indian-Americans have condemned the attempted arson at the Indian consulate in San Francisco and called for expeditious action against those behind this “criminal act”. They also slammed the […]
Biden admin urges court to deny Tahawwur Rana’s petition against extradition to India
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The Biden administration has urged a court in California to deny the writ of habeas corpus filed by Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana and reiterated that he be extradited to India where […]
Indian American store clerk Mandeep Singh shot dead in Georgia by teens
AUGUSTA, GA (TIP): An Indian American convenience store clerk died on the spot after being shot by two 15-year-old boys in what appeared to be a case of armed robbery according to police. Two teenagers […]
Indian American attorney indicted for defrauding clients
BOSTON (TIP): An Indian American attorney who once ran for a seat in the US House of Representatives has been indicted by a federal jury in Boston for defrauding clients of more than $5 million […]
Indian American gynecologist and oncologist Dr. Uma Mysorekar gets Interfaith Center of New York’s 2023 award
NEW YORK (TIP): Dr. Uma V. Mysorekar, an Indian American gynecologist and oncologist hailing from Bengaluru, Karnataka has received the Interfaith Center of New York’s 2023 James Parks Morton Interfaith Award. Named in tribute of The […]
Broadway Deity André De Shields and Other Luminaries Honored at Flushing Town Hall’s Gala on June 15
De Shields was honored alongside Wayne Ho, President & CEO of the Chinese-American Planning Council, and Mukund Padmanabhan, Founder of the Guru Krupa Foundation FLUSHING, NY (TIP): Flushing Town Hall, on June 15, held its […]