Worst Natural Disasters Of 2012
2012 saw many natural disasters strike across the globe, killing thousands and inflicting billions of dollars in property and infrastructural…
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(Update 12 minutes ago)Sc Blow To Govt In High-Profile Cases, Death To Ajmal Kasab
NEW DELHI (TIP): Judgements giving a body blow to the government in the highprofile Vodafone tax case and scrapping of…
Read MoreDelhi Gang Rape Case The Beginning Of A Change In The Mindset— A Revolution
A female physiotherapy intern was beaten and gang raped in Delhi on 16 December 2012, and died thirteen days later…
Read MoreWalking The Aisle; To The Altar!
When it comes to big-fat weddings - both in India and abroad, 2012 had quite a few to boast of.…
Read MoreTop 10 Item Songs Of 2012
AA RE PRITAM PYAARE Aa Re Pritam Pyaare is one of the most well choreographed, well executed and enthusiastic item…
Read MoreKingfisher – Not The King Of Good Times Any More
"The King of Good Times' was hit by one crisis after another in 2012. A series of events that led…
Read MoreCap On Lpg Subsidy
With a view to check burgeoning subsidy, the government decided to cap supply of subsidized LPG cylinders to six cylinders…
Read MoreIntroduction Of Gaar (General Anti Avoidance Rules)
Erstwhile finance minster Pranab Mukherjee introduced the highly controversial law against tax avoidance through foreign investments in his Union Budget…
Read MoreMARKET/BULLION ROUND UP
The Sensex has surged 24.90% in calendar 2012 so far (till 17 December 2012). From a 52-week low of 15,135.86…
Read MoreBack from the Brink
What a cliff-hangar it was! Even Hollywood could not have provided this sort of dramatic script. First, it was Senate…
Read MoreWhat the Cliff Compromise Means for New York City
New York City Comptroller John C. Liu offered the following statement on the Congressional agreement to avoid the so-called Fiscal…
Read MoreLegislate now to give women their due dignity
My thoughts, perforce, turn to India. It is not that there is not much here in USA to engage my…
Read MoreAS I See It:Restricting Guns: Now It Is Between Lawmakers And National Rifle Association
Adam Lanza, clad in 'black battle fatigues and a military vest' picked up the deadliest arms as if to wage…
Read MoreObama Renominates Indian American As Federal Judge
WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian- American Srikanth Srinivasan is among the 33 federal judges renominated by the US President Barack Obama for…
Read MorePak Strategy: Deny India Nuclear Victory
Pakistan's relations with two of its neighbors-India and Afghanistan - are strained, and a third border, with Iran, marks the…
Read MoreUS State Asks Sperm Donor To Pay Child Support
KANSAS CITY (TIP): A Kansas man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple so they could have a child said…
Read MoreIndian American Honored With Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Gold Medal
HOUSTON (TIP): Utpala Dubey, an Indian American engineer settled in Houston has been honored with the "Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman…
Read MoreNewtown Schoolkids Back In Class
MONROE (TIP): Classes resumed on January 3, for the students of the Connecticut school where gunman Adam Lanza last month…
Read MorePakistan Taliban Renews Ceasefire Offer
ISLAMABAD (TIP): The Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan has stated that it is willing to declare ceasefire if the Pakistan government withdraws…
Read MoreInterfaith Meeting for Sandy Victims
NEW YORK (TIP): An Interfaith meeting was organized in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy Sunday, December…
Read MoreUS Department of State Intervenes to Save Badal in US Lawsuit
NEW YORK (TIP): The US Department of State has weighed in favor of CM Badal in the pending human rights…
Read MoreFIA Executive Committee For 2013 Announced
EDISON, NJ (TIP): The annual general body meeting of the Federation of Indian Associations (Tri-State) was held on Saturday, December…
Read MoreDozens of tortured bodies found in Damascus in Syria’s 21-month conflict
BEIRUT (TIP): Dozens of tortured bodies have been found in a flashpoint district of Damascus, a watchdog reported on Monday,…
Read MoreEgypt Drops Treason Charges Against Opposition
CAIRO (TIP): Egypt on December 30 dropped treason charges against top opposition leaders including ex-IAEA chief Mohammed ElBaradei, extending an…
Read MoreHindus Laud US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard For Oath Of Office On Bhagavad-Gita
NEW YORK (TIP): Hindus have applauded Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu recently elected to 113th United States (US) Congress, for…
Read MoreFormer British PM Margaret Thatcher discharged from hospital after surgery
LONDON (TIP): Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been discharged from hospital after she underwent a bladder surgery early…
Read MoreAl-Qaida in Yemen offers bounty for US ambassador
DUBAI (TIP): The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida has offered a bounty for anyone who kills the US ambassador to Yemen…
Read MoreDelhi Gang-Rape Case: Juvenile May Go Free In Months
NEW DELHI (tip): The sixth accused — alleged to be the most brutal of the lot — has been left…
Read MoreGovt, BJP Spar Over Grant Of Visa To Miandad
NEW DELHI (tip): The government and main Opposition BJP — backed by ally Shiv Sena — sparred over the Union…
Read MoreFbi Must Track Religious Hate Crimes: Hindus In Us
WASHINGTON (TIP): Expressing shock at the death of Sunande Sen, an Indian man, who was shoved to his death in…
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