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Indian American Chess Whiz Akshat Chandra from NJ wins the US Junior Chess championship
New York Aug 13 (TIP): Indian American Chess whiz Akshat Chandra, a 15-year-old International Master, from New Jersey, won the United States Junior Chess Championship (an invitation-only event reserved for the highest ranked juniors under 20 in the […]
Europe
WORLD HOROSCOPE
Ganesha says my devotee Bejan Daruwalla is cut to the bone. He is truly devastated. He is shattered. The blowing to smithereens of innocent lives, specially children, religious intolerance, violence, are the main causes for it. […]
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Time running out for Viswanathan Anand
World Chess Championship: Magnus Carlsen had to eschew his pride and taste the ‘draw medicine’ forced by Viswanathan Anand. But if the latter doesn’t find enough inspiration in the next two of the remaining three […]
Europe
Tiger on loose spotted near Disneyland Paris
PARIS (TIP): French authorities say a young tiger is on the loose near Disneyland Paris, one of Europe’s top tourist destinations, and have urged residents in three towns to stay indoors. The town of Montevrain […]
Europe
Pregnant Duchess Kate makes first public appearance
LONDON (TIP): Prince William’s wife Kate attended her first official royal engagement here on October 22 to greet the president of Singapore since it was announced that she is pregnant with her and the Duke […]
Europe
Pot clubs: Is Barcelona the new Amsterdam?
BARCELONA (TIP): On a recent evening, two vacationing German college students, armed with addresses they had gotten off the internet, were trying to get into one of Barcelona’s new marijuana clubs. They were not members. […]
United States
NYS’ largest Grocery Workers’ Union endorses John Liu for State Senate
Following IUOE and HTC, The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 Endorses Surging Liu Campaign QUEENS, NY (TIP): Citing Liu’s effective leadership as a true progressive Democrat, the United Food and Commercial Workers […]
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Homeland Security announces arrest of 71 child porn consumers, including Rockland County Boy Scout leader
NEW YORK (TIP): A senior official from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced Wednesday, May 21, the arrest of 71 individuals for crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children in […]
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Computers can now nail people faking pain
WASHINGTON (TIP): In the ever-expanding contest between artificial intelligence and the ordinary human mind, you can chalk up another one for the computer. Scientists have developed a computer system with sophisticated pattern recognition abilities that […]
Europe
Entertainment
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
PLOT: Katniss finds herself battling anxiety issues a year after winning the 74th Hunger Games. Her nightmares come true, when she is once again targeted by the Capitol, in an attempt to crush an oncoming […]
Europe
New Zealand’s Eleanor Catton wins Man Booker Prize
LONDON (TIP): Eleanor Catton has become the youngest writer to ever win a Man Booker prize. The 28-year-old New Zealander’s book The Luminaries – an 832-page murder mystery based on the gold rush in the […]
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United States
SIAEA Organizes A Fun Filled Cruise
NEW YORK (TIP): The annual cruise of Society of Indo American Engineers and Architects has always been pure fun. It is an occasion for members, officials and politicians to come together for a little fun […]
Europe
India Wary As Haqqanis May Join Peace Process
A prospective Afghan political deal crafted by US secretary of state John Kerry and Pakistan army chief Ashfaq Kayani threatens to sink Afghan president Hamid Karzai. As the Taliban set up an office in Doha […]
United States
Chidambaram, Aamir In Time’s 100 Most Influential Global List
NEW YORK (TIP): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and actor Aamir Khan have been named by Time magazine among the 100 most influential people in the world in its annual list of global achievers that also […]
Business & Economics
Movie Review-Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
Cast: Jimmy Sheirgill, Mahie Gill, Irrfan, Soha Ali Khan Direction: Tigmanshu Dhulia Genre: Drama Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes STORY: A royal saheb grapples with disability and betrayal, his estranged biwi dabbles with daaru and […]
Europe
Indian Nurse Blames Australian RJs For Suicide
LONDON (TIP): The Indian-origin nurse, who committed suicide after a prank phone call to the hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, left a suicide note telling the two Russ behind the prank that they […]
Entertainment
Emma Stone crowned Best Dressed Woman of 2012
Emma Stone has pipped Kristen Stewart and Tom Cruise’s daughter Suri, to be named as the best dressed woman of 2012 by InStyle magazine. Stone was closely followed by Diane Kruger, while Kristen Stewart took […]
Europe
Entertainment
Gwyneth Paltrow named best dressed celeb
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has been named the best dressed celebrity by People magazine. She tops the magazine’s list of “best dressed of 2012”. Earlier this year, Paltrow was crowned the ‘best dressed’ at the 2012 […]
Business & Economics
Middle East: United States Strategic Chessboard in Disorder
By Dr Subhash Kapila Introductory Observations United States unipolar moment in the Middle East seems to have passed away and is being replaced by a power tussle between regional actors, erstwhile staunch military allies of […]
United States
Jury Exonerates Shaver Maker in Fire, Death of Ishan Bose-Pyne
Ishan Bose-Pyne, 16, died Sept. 13, 2010, from burn injuries suffered 11 days earlier after shaving with an electric shaver made by the Wahl Clipper Corp. (Photo courtesy of the Bose-Pyne family) LOS ANGELES, CA […]