THE RISE OF ARVIND KEJRIWAL Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal launchedhis party ‘Aam Aadmi Party’ this December. AAP‘sdeclared manifesto to provide – for the first time in 65years of independence – a totally graft-free government.Crucially, none of […]
Indian sports received a huge setback and a major embarrassment when the International Olympic Association decided to suspend the Indian Olympic Association due to Government interference. This decision was on the cards after IOA decided […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): The Congress went hammer and tongs about the issue of uneven development in Gujarat, handling of the draught situation in the state, malnutrition and water problems. They hoped to come back to power […]
SHIMLA (TIP): The verdict is out and theCongress under the leadership of VirbhadraSingh on December 20 wrested power inHimachal Pradesh by getting an absolutemajority in the state Assembly.The Congress has won 36 out of the […]
It is a fantastic achievement that he has won the third election in a row with an increased majority and higher vote share. Does this mean that he is the next prime ministerial candidate? I […]
After Modi’s massive victory in Gujarat, some party leaders have said Modi should now be projected as the BJP‘s prime ministerial candidate NEW DELHI (TIP): Narendra Modi‘s third successive victory in the Gujarat assembly polls […]
On December 6, Asadullah Khalid, Head of Afghanistan‘s intelligence set-up, the National Directorate of Security, was seriously injured in a bomb attack by a Taliban suicide bomber posing as a peace envoy. President Karzai announced […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Farmers and farming policy makers in Andhra Pradesh will benefit from the expertise of American researchers and educators in near future. K. Lakshminarayana, AP’s Minister of Agriculture, recently signed memos of understanding […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A majority of Pakistani parliamentarians and politicians, including President Asif Ali Zardari, are tax dodgers, a report on rampant tax evasion among the country’s political elite has revealed. The Centre for Investigative Reporting […]
LOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA (TIP): South African President Jacob Zuma on Dec 13 honoured anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized since the weekend and who the president said is recovering from a lung infection. […]
PATIALA (TIP): The Civil Lines police arrested the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) sarpanch of Rathiya village late on December 12 night for allegedly slapping the superintendent of panchayat and rural development department posted in Sanaur […]
In over 40 years since he plunged into social life, there was never an occasion for which Hindu Hriday Samrat (the King of Hindu Hearts) Bal Thackeray lacked an opinion. Whether it was on national […]
LAHORE (TIP): Pakistan’s next general election will be held in May, information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Tuesday, offering for the first time a specific timeframe for the polls. “The general election will be […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on November 9 formally put the party in a battle preparedness mode, while Rahul Gandhi – widely expected to lead the campaign for the next Lok Sabha elections […]
New Delhi (TIP): BJP president Nitin Gadkari, confronting corruption charges, will remain in office for now despite corruption charges. He left for Himachal Pradesh today after the party allowed him to proceed with his scheduled […]
Shimla (TIP): Contrary to expectations, corruption charges being levelled against Himachal PCC president Virbhadra Singh, instead of being an embarrassment for the party, have started winning him sympathy in his constituency. Curiously in his constituency […]
New Delhi (TIP): Delhi Lokayukta Manmohan Sarin on October 26 issued notices to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and PWD Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan on a complaint by former Delhi Minister Harsh Vardhan that there was […]
CHICAGO (TIP): Inaugurating the 17th biennial convention of the National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA), Consul General of India, Ms. Mukta Dutta Tomar, on Friday October 12, 2012 welcomed the delegates from all over […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Almost every year since her induction into the Indian Central Government, Mrs. Preneet Kaur, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs has been paying an October visit to New York in […]
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