At least 98 people lost their lives and 310 others were injured in the ethnic violence in Manipur that broke out a month ago, the government said in a statement on Friday, June 2. A total of 37,450 people are in 272 relief camps at present, said the statement, issued by the Chief Minister’s Office … 98 killed, 310 injured in Manipur ethnic violence: Government
Leaders of different Khaps from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh who held a meeting at Kurukshetra in Haryana on Friday, June 2, in support of the top wrestlers’ protest, gave an ultimatum to government to arrest wrestling federation of India’s (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh by June 9 elsethey would launch a fresh agitation at … Arrest WFI chief by June 9, Khap Mahapanchayat gives ultimatum to Centre
New Delhi (TIP)- India’s 1983 World Cup-winning squad extended its support to top wrestlers protesting against sexual harassment on Friday, June 2, the loudest endorsement of the ongoing stir and one that added to mounting pressure for action against six-time parliamentarian and former wrestling federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh after grisly allegations against the … 1983 cricket World Cup heroes back wrestlers
Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia arrived at his residence from the Tihar jail on Saturday, June 3, after getting interim relief to meet his ailing wife. The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed the AAP leader, arrested in cases related to alleged irregularities in the city government’s excise policy, to meet his wife. … After HC grants interim relief, Sisodia reaches home to meet ailing wife
Apart from calling off buying Macquarie’s road assets, the Adani group has withdrawn from a series of acquisition opportunities, including of power plants, a retail firm, a power trader and road projects since January this year, say bankers. The focus of the group is to conserve cash and prepay debt rather than acquiring new assets. … Adani group pulls out of M&As; plans to focus on debt prepayments
Balasore (TIP)- At least 238 people were killed and around 900 were injured in a horrific three-train collision in Odisha’s Balasore, officials said on May 3, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said a high-level committee will be set up to investigate the train crash. The crash … 238 dead in triple train collision in Odisha
The operation was considered to be a controversial one as it had severe ramifications for many sections. In the long term, the Sikh community became more assertive about their identity and their place in Indian society. However, there was a series of violence across the country against Sikh people immediately after the incident. In 1985, … The Aftermath of Operation Blue Star
The military action at the Golden Temple in 1984 has left a lasting impact on generations of Sikhs, leaving many to try and piece together fragments of painful pasts. It’s been 39 years since the Indian Army conducted an operation to flush out militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar, in June, 1984. Operation Bluestar … 39 years on : Wounds that never heal: Remembering Operation Blue Star
Indian wrestlers have been protesting since January after they accused the wrestling federation chief, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, of sexual harassment. Singh is a member of parliament from the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has denied the allegations. They should be practising for the Olympics scheduled for next year. But India’s ace wrestlers, led … Wrestlers’ protest: Spotlight on rampant sexual abuse in sports
KYIV (TIP): U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on June 2 that there can be no cease-fire in the war in Ukraine unless it is part of a “just and lasting” peace deal that includes Russia’s military withdrawal. Blinken said that “a cease-fire that simply freezes current lines in place” and allows Russian President … Blinken says no Ukraine cease-fire without a peace deal that includes Russia’s withdrawal
LONDON (TIP): Boris Johnson, who was the British prime minister during the height of COVID, on June 2 offered to hand over all his unredacted WhatsApp messages to the public inquiry set up to investigate the government’s handling of the pandemic. The latest move further complicates matters as it bypasses the Rishi Sunak-led government’s decision … Boris Johnson offers unredacted WhatsApp messages to UK Covid inquiry
HONG KONG (TIP): As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches on June 4, many in Hong Kong are trying to mark the day in private ways in the shadow of a law that prosecuted leading activists in the city’s pro-democracy movement. For decades, Hong Kong was the only place in China where … Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately
BEIJING (TIP): China on June 1 said Beijing views the BRICS as an “open and inclusive” platform and it backs moves to expand the five-member grouping with “like-minded partners.” Asked at a media briefing here about reports saying that India wants an agreement to be reached on the process of expanding BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, … China backs expansion of BRICS grouping with ‘likeminded partners’
CANBERRA (TIP): Australia’s most decorated living war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith quit his corporate job on June 2 after a civil court blamed him for unlawfully killing four Afghans, escalating calls for the tarnished national hero to be stripped of his revered Victoria Cross medal. Roberts-Smith, who retired from Australia’s elite Special Air Service Regiment a … Australian decorated hero resigned from Seven West Media after Afghanistan war crime revelations
ANKARA (TIP): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a populist with increasingly authoritarian tendencies, is scheduled to take the oath of office and start his third presidential term on June 3 following his latest election win. Erdogan, who has led Turkiye as prime minister or president for 20 years, prevailed in a runoff race last weekend … How Turkiye’s President Erdogan has maintained a tight grip on power in the country
By Sardul Singh, Ph.D. Ek Shaam, Dallas ke Roshan Charaghon ke Naam. That was the evening of May 12, 2023 – filled with joy and excitement when over 200 guests gathered to honor Dr. Harbans Lal and eleven other luminaries (Roshan Charag), persons who act as beacons of light to the society around. These luminaries … Dr. Harbans Lal honored by Al-Noor International Texas
ILLINOIS (TIP): Nikhil Bhatia, an Indian American math teacher from Illinois, has announced his run for the US Congress from the state 7th District challenging Democrat Representative Danny Davis who intends to seek a 15th term. “I’m excited to share a big new step in my life: I am officially a candidate for Congress in … Indian American math teacher Nikhil Bhatia to run for US Congress from Illinois
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Indian-American public policy expert Neera Tanden has said her experience as a daughter of immigrants is akin to many immigrants in the US and she will work on the issue of immigration in her new role as the White House Domestic Policy Advisor. Tanden, 52, on Saturday, May 27 replaces former US … ‘Will work on issue of immigration says Neera Tanden ahead of taking over as new White House Domestic Policy Advisor
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): In the last nine years, the country has “polarized” and a very small percentage of people have really concentrated power and wealth, senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda has alleged. Pitroda is the chairperson of the Indian Overseas Congress and he is accompanying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his six-day US tour. “I … Society has ‘polarized’ during last nine years: Congress leader Sam Pitroda
Rahul Gandhi in US I.S. Saluja NEW YORK (TIP): On his first visit abroad after being disqualified from the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi spoke candidly on a number of national and international issues at a number of events which included a National Press Club appearance in Washington, D.C. , meetings with students at universities, and … Rahul Gandhi speaks his mind on his visit to the US
Rahul Gandhi in US WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Asserting that Indian democracy is a “global public good”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that its “collapse” will have an impact on the world and is not in America’s national interest. At the same time, Gandhi, who is currently on a six-day tour of the United States, … Indian democracy is a ‘global public good’; its ‘collapse’ will have an impact on world says Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi in US SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asserted that India cannot be pushed around by China as he underlined that the relationship between the two neighbors is going to be “tough” and not an easy one. Gandhi, who is in the US for a three-city US tour, made the remarks … India, China relationship is going to be ‘tough’, says Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi in US SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that he did not imagine his disqualification from Lok Sabha was possible when he joined politics but asserted that it has given him a “huge opportunity” to serve the people. Gandhi, who is in the US for a three-city US tour, made … Rahul Gandhi says his disqualification from Lok Sabha has given him huge opportunity
Rahul Gandhi in US SANTA CLARA, CA (TIP): There are people in India who think they know more than God and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “one such specimen”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said. Speaking at the ‘Mohabbat Ki Dukaan’ event organized by Indian Overseas Congress USA in Santa Clara in the US state … Rahul Gandhi says PM Modi thinks he knows more than God, calls him ‘specimen’
Rahul Gandhi in US SANTA CLARA, CA (TIP): The ruling BJP can be defeated if the Opposition is “aligned properly” and the Congress party is working towards it and it is “coming along very nicely”, Rahul Gandhi has told Indian Americans here, citing his party’s emphatic victory in the recent assembly elections in Karnataka. Responding … BJP can be defeated if Opposition is ‘aligned properly’: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi in US I.S. Saluja NEW YORK (TIP): On his first visit abroad after being disqualified from the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi spoke candidly on a number of national and international issues at a number of events which included a National Press Club appearance in Washington, D.C. , meetings with students at universities, and … Rahul Gandhi speaks his mind on his visit to the US
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Asserting that Indian democracy is a “global public good”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that its “collapse” will have an impact on the world and is not in America’s national interest. At the same time, Gandhi, who is currently on a six-day tour of the United States, said in multiple settings … Indian democracy is a ‘global public good’; its ‘collapse’ will have an impact on world, says Rahul Gandhi
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress on June 22, during his state visit to the U.S. The leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from both parties invited Mr. Modi to share his vision of India’s future and … PM Modi invited to address joint session of U.S. Congress on June 22
PM Modi to visit train accident site, hospital in Odisha NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday, June 3 visit the site of the train accident in Odisha and also the Cuttack hospital where the injured are being treated. At least 238 people were killed and around 900 were injured in a … 238 people killed and more than 900 injured in a train crash in India
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The U.S. Senate on Thursday, June 1 passed bipartisan legislation backed by President Joe Biden that lifts the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a first-ever default, reports Reuter. The Senate voted 63-36 to approve the bill that had been passed on Wednesday, May 31 by the House … US Congress averts historic default, approves debt-limit suspension