Charismatic, Tough Leader Chavez Did Much, Had Many Detractors
SON of schoolteacher parents, Hugo Chavez was the man who became the President of Venezuela for a record four terms.…
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Former Italian PM Berlusconi sentenced to 1 year in prison over leaks
ROME (TIP): An Italian court on March 7 sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to a year in prison over…
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Bin Laden’s son-in-law captured, charged in US with conspiring to kill Americans
NEW YORK (TIP): A top Al Qaeda spokesman who is the son-in-law of Osama bin Laden has been captured overseas…
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Raja Bhaiya faces arrest
CBI LODGES FIR AGAINST HIM IN DSP MURDER CASE LUCKNOW (TIP): The Central Bureau of Investigation on March 7 lodged…
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Ambassador Nirupama Rao And Congressman Ted Poe Discuss Positive Developments In India-U.S. Relations
WASHINGTON (TIP): Ambassador Nirupama Rao met Congressman Ted Poe from Texas on February 28, 2013 at Capitol Hill in Washington…
Read MoreComment : Sequester Goes In To Effect
While sequester that goes in to effect Friday, March 1 night, will not immediately hurt the Americans at large, it…
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As I See It : Emerging US Policies
One of the key policy initiatives during President Obama's first term was what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described in…
Read MorePlea For Restoration Of Ferozepur-Amritsar Rail Line
Prior to 1947, Ferozepore in Punjab was a thriving transportation town with great rail and road connectivity with the provincial…
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President Signs Order For “Sequester” Budget Cuts
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama on Friday, March 1, signed an order that starts putting into effect across-the-board budget cuts…
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Finance Minister P Chidambaram Boldly Votes For Growth Over Politics
NEW DELHI (TIP): Never before has a finance minister rejected populist giveaways so decisively in an election year. Never before…
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Ambassador Hardeep S. Puri And Consul General Prabhu Dayal Retire
NEW YORK (TIP): Two senior Indian diplomats posted in New York retired on February 28. Ambassador Hardeep S. Puri, India's…
Read MoreBritain’s Hat-Tip Towards Honest History
PM Cameron's admission of colonialshame, while short of an apology orreparations to the heirs of thoseslaughtered, is welcome by all…
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As I See It : The Origin Of Wars
Just as Herodotus is the father ofhistory, Thucydides is the father ofrealism. To understand thegeopolitical conflict zones of the 21stcentury,…
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Terror Revisits Hyderabad
HYDERABAD (TIP): At least 18people were killed and more than 60injured in two powerful bomb blastswithin a gap of less…
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Japan’s New PM Arrives In US For Obama Meeting
WASHINGTON (TIP): Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe has arrived in the United States for a WhiteHouse meeting with President Barack Obama.Abe,…
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Car Bomb Hits Heart Of Damascus, 53 Killed
BEIRUT (TIP): A car bomb killed 53people and wounded 200 in centralDamascus on Thursday when it blewup on a busy…
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Navigating The Tricky Passage To India
NEW DELHI (TIP):Underscoring India'simportance in Britain'sevolving foreign policypriorities, British PrimeMinister David Cameron wasin India this week for asecond time since…
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As I See It : Hindu Terrorism
Is there such a thing as 'Hinduterrorism', as Home MinisterShinde is heavily hinting at?Well, I am one of that rare…
Read MoreNarendra Modi is an Icon of Resurgent India
After playing a hat trick in Gujarat elections,Narendra Modi's stock has considerably gone upand he has emerged as the most…
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Antony Took No Action On Bribery Charges
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Rs 3,546-crore contract for 12 AW-101helicopters, inked in February 2010,has emerged as a test case for…
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Mukerji To Succeed Puri As India’s Ambassador To UN
NEW DELHI / NEWYORK (TIP): Asoke KumarMukerji has been appointedas the next PermanentRepresentative of India tothe United Nations at NewYork.…
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Anand Jon Admits To Molesting Would-Be Model In NYC
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian-American celebrity fashiondesigner Anand Jon Alexander pleaded guilty in a NewYork City court Thursday, February 15 to…
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Obama State Of The Union Speech Demands Vote On Gun Control Bills
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama on February 12 called for Congress to vote on a variety of gun control proposals…
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As I See It : When The Us Fails, Others Suffer
Nuclear' Iran is getting to be a bigger botherfor the US and the rest of the world thanmany had assumed…
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Modi ‘A State Leader’ For Congress
RSS drops hints of backing him NEW DELHI (TIP): Despite a section ofthe BJP seeing him as the PM candidate,the…
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India’s Economic Growth Seen At 5%: Is The Worst Over?
New Delhi (TIP): In an unpleasant shock,India’s economy is projected to grow 5% inthe current fiscal year, the lowest in…
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U.S. Reps. Maloney And Meng, Leaders Of South Asian Communities Rally Support
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): CongresswomanCarolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan andQueens) joined Congresswoman GraceMeng (D-Queens) and South Asiancommunity leaders led by Ranju Batra,President…
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Moily Inaugurates Karnataka Chapter Of Inoc (I)
NEW YORK (TIP): India will be selfsufficient in Petroleum Production by2030. This was stated by VeerappanMoily, Union Minister of Petroleumon…
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Ambassador Rao Inaugurates Apparel Export Promotion Buyer Seller Meet
NEW YORK, NY (TIP):Nirupama Rao,Ambassador of India to theUnited States, inauguratedhere January 28 an ApparelTrade show organized bythe Apparel ExportPromotion…
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Arvind Kejriwal Targets Delhi CM On Power Tariffs
NEW DELHI (TIP): Ahead of Delhi assembly elections inNovember, Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwalhas trained his guns on chief…
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