COLOMBO (TIP): The Maldives parliament said on July 23 it has sacked the country’s vice-president and accused him of treason, as international concern mounts over the state of democracy on the honeymoon islands. Lawmakers voted […]
MALE (TIP): A former Maldivian defence minister has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of detaining a senior judge, the same case in which ex-president Mohamed Nasheed has also been jailed under […]
After Richard Rahul Verma, who is the US ambassador to India, yet another Indian American has been named the country’s envoy by President Barack Obama nominating Indian-American Atul Keshap, a career foreign service official formerly, an official […]
COLOMBO (TIP): A lawyer says Maldives’ jailed ex-president Mohamed Nasheed will not appeal his 13-year sentence because the court has not released all documents from the first hearing to prepare a case. Hassan Latheef said […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi braces to firm up New Delhi’s bid to countervail Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “One Belt One Road” initiative, Beijing has now suggested that India’s own efforts to […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): The 18th SAARC Summit concluded on November 27 in this scenic Nepalese capital with the eight South Asian nations signing a pact on energy cooperation and adoption of the Kathmandu Declaration that called […]
“The new majority government in power in New Delhi, freed from debilitating coalition politics and attaching priority to economic development, has aroused external interest”, says the author. In foreign policy, Prime Minister Modi has hit […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): OFBJP Global Convener Vijay Jolly stated, May 28, that the visiting SAARC Presidents & Prime Ministers at the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s oath taking ceremony, were separately welcomed & greeted with […]
MALE (TIP)s: The Maldives returns to the polls on October 19 for another attempt to choose a president after judges annulled last month’s election results, deepening concern about political stability in the fledgling democracy. Regional […]
MALE (TIP): The Maldives will hold a new presidential election on October 19, the election commission announced on October 09, after the Supreme Court annulled a September 7 poll citing voter fraud. International election observers, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): With Maldives Supreme Court admitting a plea seeking annulment of the first round of elections in the Indian Ocean archipelago, in which former president Mohamed Nasheed has emerged as the front runner […]
Abrilliant career diplomat, a much honored multilingual prolific writer and a celebrity in his own right, Mr. Dnyaneshwar Mulay aroused a lot of expectations in USA even as his name surfaced as the Consul General […]
NEW YORK (TIP): In collaboration with several Indian-American organizations, groups and media, GOPIO is planning a community welcome reception and dinner for the incoming Indian Consul General in New York, Ambassador Dnyaneshwar Mulay, to be […]
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