It’s Obama for Now
America is just 39 days away from Presidential election. The many surveys , including the Republican leaning Fox News survey…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)As I see it:Judgment call
By Kalyan Mitra It can hardly be disputed that judicial activism is now a central feature of every system that…
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Society of Indo American Engineers and Architects (SIAEA), the representative body of engineers and architects of Indian origin, will celebrate…
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LONDON (TIP): JK Rowling's first foray into adult fiction was bound to be compared to her wildly successful Harry Potter…
Read MorePM fails UK ‘citizenship test’ on US TV show
LONDON (TIP): It is a test that all Indian and other non-EU citizens have to pass before becoming UK citizens,…
Read MoreSecret royal veto powers kick up a storm in UK
LONDON (TIP): The British government will go to court against confidential letters written by Prince Charles to government ministers being…
Read MoreCalifornia man behind ‘Innocence of Muslims jailed
LOS ANGELES (TIP): An Egyptian-American man behind an anti-Islam film that has stoked violent protests across the Muslim world was…
Read MoreSikh woman laughs off facial hair taunt
LONDON (TIP): A Sikh US student's dignified response to a tasteless post making fun of her facial hair has earned…
Read MoreMaharashtra irrigation scam: Whistleblower names Gadkari
MUMBAI (TIP): In a new twist to the political crisis in Maharashtra that has risen from an irrigation scam, one…
Read MoreAmit Shah free to campaign for Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI (TIP): Former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah, who in facing the charge of abetting killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh…
Read MoreKashmir grievances need speedy resolution: President
SRINAGAR (TIP): President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday that people of Jammu and Kashmir did have grievances, and these needed…
Read MoreOsama was blind in one eye: Zawahiri
LONDON (TIP): Slain al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden was blind in one eye after an accident during his youth and…
Read More300 killed in single day in Syria, says rights group
BEIRUT (TIP): Over 300 people were killed in Syria on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, in one…
Read MoreWe won’t allow FDI in multi-brand retail, says Gadkari
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Read MoreUp to 700,000 Syrian refugees by year-end: UN agency
GENEVA (TIP): The UN refugee agency warned on Thursday there could be as many as 700,000 Syrian refugees in countries…
Read MoreSharad Pawar pulls down curtains on Ajit’s resignation drama
Mumbai (TIP): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on September distanced himself from the controversial issue of deputy CM…
Read MoreCabinet reshuffle put off till mid-Oct
NEW DELHI (TIP): The much talked about reshuffle-cum-expansion of the Union Council of Ministers, expected this week, appears to have…
Read MoreHafiz Saeed accuses Obama of starting religious war on Muslims
ISLAMABAD (tip): One of Pakistan's most feared Islamists accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of starting a religious war against…
Read MoreCongress takes offense to Mamata mimicking PM
KOLKATA (TIP): Congress has criticised Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee on September 28 for her "personal attack" on Prime Minister Manmohan…
Read More19 people killed as private aircraft crashes in Nepal
KATHMANDU (TIP): All 19 people, mostly foreigners, aboard a Dornier aircraft of a private airline were killed today as the…
Read MorePakistan is developing non-strategic nuclear arms: US experts
WASHINGTON (TIP): To enhance its nuclear capability, Pakistan is developing non-strategic nuclear weapons, and thus joining the ranks of countries…
Read MoreBo scandal: Doubts over UK businessman’s death arise
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese forensic scientist has cast doubt on the official version of the death of a Briton, which…
Read MoreAfghan burqa opponent wins ‘alternative Nobel’
STOCKHOLM (TIP): Afghan human rights activist, ex-minister and burqa opponent Sima Samar on Thursday won the Swedish Right Livelihood Award…
Read MoreUn General Assembly Opens With Packed Agenda
New York (TIP): The 67th UN General Assembly Session opened at the headquarters of the world body in New York…
Read MoreChinese media mogul put on mat over graft
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese newspaper baron, acclaimed in the west for trying to make a difference in the highly controlled…
Read MoreZardari rakes up Kashmir in UN, calls it a symbol of UN system’s failure
UNITED NATIONS (tip): Pakistan once again resorted to its old tactics of raking up Kashmir in the United Nations when…
Read MoreObama in new warning to Iran over nuclear ambitions
NEW YORK (TIP): US President Barack Obama has told the United Nations General Assembly that America will do what it…
Read MoreKatrina’s sartorial crisis
Famously, it was poet-thinker Harindanath Chattopadhyay who said, "It's very difficult to be simple". By his reckoning , Katrina's most…
Read MoreU.N. chief duped by prank call from fake Canadian PM
UNITED NATIONS (TIP) - A pair of Canadian radio comedians said on September 28 it took them less then an…
Read MoreChitrangada open to do item numbers
Before turning to the silver screen, Chitrangada Singh never walked the ramp despite being a model as she was not…
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