Ambassador Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay, Consul General of India in New York celebrated Diwali on November 17, 2013 with Ranju Batra, chair of the Diwali Stamp Project and president of Association of Indians in America-NY 2011 […]
Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for justice around the world. Imprisoned for nearly three […]
World Leaders pay Tribute to the Anti-apartheid Icon and Father of Modern South Africa JOHANNESBURG (TIP): Nelson Mandela, the revered South African anti-apartheid icon who spent 27 years in prison, led his country to democracy […]
Texas, the second most populous (after California) and the second -largest state (after Alaska) in the United States of America, has had a checkered history which all residents need to know. A state of immigrants, […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Kashmir is a flashpoint that can trigger a fourth war between Pakistan and India anytime, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said, seeking an early settlement of the issue. He also said he had […]
KARACHI (TIP): Violence rocked Pakistan’s biggest city as 13 people were killed in targeted shootings including five suspected Taliban activists, a Shia scholar and two Moroccan students at a religious seminary. Police said the spate […]
Darjeeling conjures visions of snow peaks, serenity of vibrant green hills steeped in splendour, a land of breathtaking beauty crowned by the majestic Himalayas. Darjeeling is one of the most magnificent hill resorts in the […]
BRUSSELS (TIP): Nato’s chief says any Afghan government representative, not only President Hamid Karzai, could sign a security pact with the United States so that thousands of coalition troops could stay in Afghanistan after 2014. […]
MIRANSHAH, PAKISTAN (TIP): The new head of the Pakistani Taliban has returned to the country’s tribal areas, a spokesman for the militants said on December 2, after several years based in Afghanistan. Hardline cleric Maulana […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India called for free and fair elections in Bangladesh, stressing that stability of the neighbouring country had implications for the entire region. “We hope that the forthcoming elections will respond to the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Most exit polls are predicting a hung assembly in Delhi. So, what happens next? If the predictions prove to be true, there are two possible scenarios. First, the single largest party, which […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): An employee, sacked following disciplinary proceedings, cannot seek reinstatement as a “matter of right” after a criminal court acquits him in the case based on the charges similar to the departmental inquiry, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Narendra Modi will remain the BJP‘s prime ministerial candidate, irrespective of how many seats the party gets in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, BJP president Rajnath Singh said on December 4. “It […]
AYODHYA (TIP): This December 6 will mark 21 years of Babri mosque demolition. In past two decades, several governments have changed in Uttar Pradesh but 16 farmers of Ayodhya are still awaiting full payment of […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): Questioning the timing of bringing the Communal Violence Bill, Narendra Modi on December 5 wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, describing the proposed legislation as “illconceived, poorly drafted and a recipe for disaster”. […]
VIENNA/MEXICO CITY (TIP): Mexican police have found dangerous radioactive medical material stolen by thieves that the United Nations said could provide an ingredient for a “dirty bomb,” the country’s national nuclear safety commission CNSNS said […]
The Gita is a doctrine of universal truth. Its message is universal, sublime, and nonsectarian although it is a part of the scriptural trinity of Sanaatan Dharm, commonly known as Hinduism. The Gita is very […]
LONDON (TIP): The UK high court here began a three-day hearing of a compensation claim case by a British man paralysed during the Mumbai terror attacks five years ago.Wheelchair-bound Will Pike is suing the owners […]
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