SHRADDHA KEEN TO MOVE BEYOND ROMANCE IN FILMS
Actress Shraddha Kapoor, recently seen in successful love saga 'Aashiqui 2', says she wants to go beyond the genre of…
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Washington becomes the biggest risk to the US economy
WASHINGTON: Consensus may be hard to find in Washington these days, but many corporate executives and economists seem to agree…
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Presidential polls in Maldives on October 19
MALE (TIP)s: The Maldives returns to the polls on October 19 for another attempt to choose a president after judges…
Read MoreContemplate over degrading environment issues of Kashmir too: Pakistan thinktanks
ATTARI (TIP): While candidly admitting that the media was more or less towing the line of security establishments and their…
Read More86 stranded tourists rescued near Mt Everest
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese rescuers have safely evacuated 86 tourists, including 13 foreigners, who were trapped in heavy snow at the…
Read MoreMusharraf denies any role in Lal Masjid operation
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan's former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf has denied having ordered the Lal Masjid operation in 2007, even…
Read MoreSuicide bomber kills Pak minister, 7 others
PESHAWAR (TIP): A suicide bomb attack in northwestern Pakistan killed at least eight people, including a provincial law minister, and…
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RAGING AUSTRALIAN WILDFIRES DESTROY HOMES, KILL 1
SYDNEY (TIP): Nearly 100 wildfires raged across Australia's most populous state on Friday, killing one person, destroying dozens of houses…
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Arvind Kejriwal to hold hangouts with US and Canadian supporters
WASHINGTON (TIP): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal plans to hold hangouts with his supporters in the US and…
Read MoreFirst US Sikh soldier gets corporal rank
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Twenty-nineyear- old Delhi-born Simranpreet Lamba, the US army's only enlisted Sikh soldier, has also now become the first…
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Indian-American arrested in high school friend’s killing
WASHINGTON (TIP): Rahul Gupta, 24, is being held on $2 million bond after a night of drinking and birthday celebrating…
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Senate confirms Indian American to key arts position
WASHINGTON: An exponent of Bharatanatayam, Ranee Ramaswamy was confirmed on October 17, as a member of the prestigious National Council…
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Edward Snowden says he took no secret documents to Russia
WASHINGTON (TIP): US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden says he did not bring any secret documents with him to Russia when…
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US Senate confirms Nisha Desai Biswal as assistant secretary of state
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate has confirmed Indian- American woman administrator Nisha Desai Biswal as the assistant secretary of state…
Read MoreFooled by forged files, jailers release 2 US killers
HOUSTON (TIP): Authorities in the US state of Florida have launched a massive manhunt for two murderers who were mistakenly…
Read MoreeBay founder to bankroll project for journalists
NEW YORK (TIP): For years, the tech billionaire Pierre M Omidyar has been experimenting with ways to promote serious journalism,…
Read MoreUS-India Relations Hit a Rough Patch
The author feels that there are a number of vital issues which are unlikely to be settled within the tenures…
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Defense Trade to be the Driving Engine Contrary to the forecasts of doom and gloom and the skepticism surrounding his…
Read MoreBack from the Brink
The financial markets worldwide felt relieved after the US Congress reached an agreement shortly before the deadline was to expire…
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Indian-American Woman is Running for Seattle City Council
SEATTLE (TIP): Kshama Sawant, trained as a computer engineer in her native India and now a professor of economics, is…
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Hillary Clinton gets a parking ticket from London traffic warden
LONDON (TIP): Hillary Clinton may be tipped as a future US president, but that did not impress a London traffic…
Read MoreBritain opens its nuclear industry to Chinese investors
BEIJING (TIP): Britain opened the door to Chinese investors taking majority stakes in future nuclear plants on Thursday as finance…
Read MoreNew Zealand’s Eleanor Catton wins Man Booker Prize
LONDON (TIP): Eleanor Catton has become the youngest writer to ever win a Man Booker prize. The 28-year-old New Zealander's…
Read MoreDisabled girl held captive in UK, raped for years in cellar
Apensioner who trafficked a 10-year-old deaf and mute girl into Britain, keeping her in his cellar to claim benefits, was…
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Indian American introduces US government reform agenda
WASHINGTON (TIP): Amidst widespread frustration surrounding the US shutdown and reckless brinkmanship over the debt limit, an Indian-American leader, seeking…
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Indian-American Couple Establishes Scholarship in Houston University
HOUSTON (TIP): An Indian-American couple has established a tier one scholarship worth more than USD 100,000 in the prestigious University…
Read MoreBobby Jindal forms group to win ‘war of ideas’
WASHINGTON (TIP): Louisiana's Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, plans to create a policy-focused nonprofit group…
Read MoreSikh student in US not allowed on bus for wearing kirpan
NEW YORK (TIP): A Sikh student in the US was not allowed to board a bus because he was wearing…
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Cory Booker wins New Jersey Senate race
NEWARK, NJ (TIP): A rising national Democratic star, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, was elected to the U.S. Senate October 16…
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