Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka military to return jewellery to Tamil civilians
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan military has identified 2,377 “legitimate claimants” to handback a considerable stock of gold and jewellery it seized in the final battle against the LTTE more than five years ago. Rejecting accusations levelled […]
WORLD CELEBRATES DIWALI with prayers, bright lights and fireworks
WASHINGTON (TIP): The five-day Indian festival – Diwali – symbolic of victory of good over evil was celebrated , from October 22 , the world over with great enthusiasm Amid chanting of Vedic mantras and […]
New Zealand official’s ‘Indian radio’ remark stirs race row
MELBOURNE (TIP): A New Zealand immigration official sparked a race row after rejecting a woman’s visa application for a job, saying New Zealanders are unlikely to hear Indian radio. The case came to light after […]
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa appoints Tamil leader as deputy minister
COLOMBO(TIP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today on October 10 appointed senior Tamil parliamentarian V S Radhakrishnan as a Deputy Minister, a move aimed at wining the support of the community ahead of his third […]
Featured: He CAME, he SPOKE, he CONQUERED
NEW YORK (TIP): Yes, it is Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. All Indian Americans are familiar with that name, for good or for bad, mostly for good, though. Modi was in New York from […]
A Benevolent Law Abused
Racketeers use SIJS to make big money By I.S. Saluja & The Indian Panorama Investigative Team Number of Undocumented Children Who Cross U.S. Border Alone Has Tripled (The Pew Charitable Trusts: May 9, 2013) Each […]
Sri Lanka rape doctor to be executed
COLOMBO (TIP): A Sri Lankan doctor has been sentenced to death for raping and murdering a patient at a hospital near Colombo. Dr Indika Sudharsana Balage was found guilty of killing the young woman, a […]
ONAM- the biggest festival of Kerala
Onam is celebrated in the beginning of the month of Chingam, the first month of Malayalam Calendar (Kollavarsham). There are actually four days of Onam. The most important day of Onam (known as Thiru Onam) […]
Sri Lanka disappearances probe panel term extended
COLOMBO (TIP): The term of a Sri Lankan government-appointed panel probing the cases of missing persons during the three-decade war with the LTTE has been extended by nearly seven months.President Mahinda Rajapaksa extended the term […]
Sri Lanka disappearances probe panel term extended
COLOMBO: The term of a Sri Lankan government-appointed panel probing the cases of missing persons during the three-decade war with the LTTE has been extended by nearly seven months. President Mahinda Rajapaksa extended the term […]
Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag warns Pakistan on beheading-like incident
Dalbir Singh Suhag takes over as new Army chief Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag has taken over as the head of the 1.3 million strong Indian Army, succeeding General Bikram Singh. Suhag, whose appointment had […]