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A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF INDEPENDENT INDIA

Aug 16, 2013 - 11:05 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

A chronology of key events India has been home to several ancient civilisations and empires, some dating back to more than 2,000 BC. Culture and religions have flourished over the millennia, and foreign influence has […]

Europe

One Protester Killed In Shooting By Sri Lankan Military

Aug 2, 2013 - 3:08 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): One person was killed and about 15 were wounded when Sri Lanka‘s military shot at a protest demanding clean drinking water. At least 4,000 protesters had gathered on Thursday in Weliweriya, some 12 […]

Indian-American Nominated For Key Post In Obama Administration

Jul 19, 2013 - 3:14 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): US state department’s heavy hitter for India will be an Indian origin bureaucrat, Nisha Desai Biswal, a first for both the community and the administration. President Barack Obama on Thursday, July 18, sent […]

A Harassed Indian Student’s Tale of Woe

Jul 19, 2013 - 2:54 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

The Open Doors report, which is published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, says that the number of international […]

DHONI WINS TRI-SERIES FOR INDIA

Jul 12, 2013 - 8:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

PORT-OF-SPAIN (TIP): Leave it to me, he says. I want to take this to the last over. Me against one man. One on one. I know I am better than the last man the other […]

India Enter Final With Crushing Win

Jun 22, 2013 - 4:39 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CARDIFF (TIP): The only glitches in India‘s march into the final were two sets of pitch invaders running on to the field on two separate occasions. On a Cardiff surface with a lot of moisture, […]

Moneygram Gives U.S. Consumers Chance To Watch ICC Champion’s Trophy Final

Jun 21, 2013 - 4:38 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Promotion lets MoneyGram users enter for a chance to win all-expense-paid trip to Birmingham, UK, for the final NEW YORK (TIP): It was an easy, nostrings- attached deal: U.S. consumers who sent money to India, […]

Shed Illusions On China

Jun 7, 2013 - 12:47 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

India‘s appeasement policy won’t help It is high time the PMO and the MEA gathered courage to speak on the South China Sea and the issues having a bearing on national security, particularly in forums […]

Europe

Waiver Augurs Well For Indo-US Ties, Say Officials

Jun 7, 2013 - 9:42 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): New Delhi is happy that Washington has granted another sixmonth waiver to India on Iran-related sanctions just ahead of the fourth Indo-US strategic dialogue. Along with India, China, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, […]

Other News

ICC WITHDRAWS UMPIRE ASAD RAUF FROM CHAMPIONS TROPHY

May 24, 2013 - 1:35 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The raging spot-fixing saga in the IPL turned murkier with controversial Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf being withdrawn by the ICC from next month’s Champions Trophy in UK for his alleged role in […]

India urges Lanka to honour transfer of power to provinces

May 18, 2013 - 8:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Ahead of the crucial Northern Provincial Council elections in neighbouring Sri Lanka, India has explicitly warned the government there not to take any step which undermines its own commitment to the 13th […]

Business & Economics

Mini Melts Ties Up With Honeybee Amusements For Its India Foray

May 11, 2013 - 3:39 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BANGALORE (TIP): US-headquartered Mini Melts the $200 million INC 500 company has tied up with Bangalore-based HoneyBee Amusements for a foray in to India‘s Rs 2,500 crore organized ice-cream market. The domestic ice-cream sales, growing […]

India

More Than 6,500 Indians Languish In Foreign Jails

May 7, 2013 - 6:45 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHENNAI (TIP): More than 6,500 Indians are living an uncertain life in prisons in 80 foreign countries, half of them in three Gulf countries. The Gulf countries have the largest number of Indian prisoners, with […]

Europe

Attacks on Sri Lankan monks were isolated incidents: INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER

Apr 26, 2013 - 8:17 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): India has said that the recent attacks on Sri Lankan Buddhist monks in Tamil Nadu were isolated incidents and did not reflect the strong people-to-people bonds. “These were isolated incidents and did not […]

Europe

Mend your ways please, US envoy tells Sri Lanka

Apr 12, 2013 - 9:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka needs to get serious about post-war reconciliation and account for war crimes if it needs to avoid grief, US Ambassador Michele J. Sison has said. Painting a grim picture of the […]

Hero MotoCorp starts ops in Africa, LatAm

Apr 6, 2013 - 9:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The country’s largest twowheeler maker, Hero MotoCorp, said it had commenced operations in Africa, Latin and Central America. Pawan Munjal, managing director & chief executive officer, Hero MotoCorp, said: “We have started […]

Europe

Attack on Tamil paper office in Sri Lanka

Apr 6, 2013 - 8:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

COLOMBO (TIP): A group of unidentified men attacked the office of a Tamil newspaper in Sri Lanka‘s former war zone on Wednesday, injuring several staffers and damaging equipment at the publication known for its government […]

Diplomats celebrate the festival of Spring, Holi

Mar 29, 2013 - 7:55 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations celebrated Holi at the permanent mission here on Wednesday, March 27, in style and with great enthusiasm. Colors and flower petals expressed the […]

India votes against Sri Lanka at UN

Mar 22, 2013 - 8:58 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): India today voted in favour of the USsponsored resolution for promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. It however failed to get its […]

Europe

Us Resolution Calls For ‘Credible’ Investigation By Sri Lanka

Mar 22, 2013 - 8:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The US-sponsored draft resolution before the ongoing session of the UN Human Rights Council in ( UNHRC) “calls” the Sri Lankan government to conduct an “independent and credible” investigation into allegations of human […]

Europe

Sri Lanka slams war crimes resolution

Mar 22, 2013 - 8:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

GENEVA/COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lanka on Wednesday slammed the US-sponsored resolution at the UNHRC which it says seeks to “discredit” and “single out” the country over alleged human rights violations, terming it as “biased and politicised”. […]

Featured

Dragon’s Feet In Land Of Cold Blooded Murders

Mar 15, 2013 - 9:15 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

When the chilling new photographs of LTTE supremo Velupillai Pirapaharan’s 12-year-old son Balachandran captured and held in a sandbag bunker of the Sri Lankan Army and executed in cold blood and photographed again were published […]

Commonwealth Day Celebrated

Mar 15, 2013 - 7:13 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): A reception to celebrate the Commonwealth Day was organized at Sri Lanka mission here on 11th March. Sri Lanka, UK and Australia cohosted the event. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon was among […]

NACSAA’s ‘Thomas Jefferson’s Eternal Vigilance’ Awards Presented

Mar 15, 2013 - 6:43 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): National Advisory Council on South Asian Affairs’ (NACSAA’s) “Thomas Jefferson’s Eternal Vigilance” Awards were presented to Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon and Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri on March 8, 2013, at the Roosevelt […]

India

Engage’ US on rights issue in UN: India To Lanka

Mar 8, 2013 - 6:38 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Against the backdrop of demands by Tamil parties that India should vote against Sri Lanka at the UN on human rights, government on Wednesday, March 6 remained evasive on the stand it […]

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