Aftershocks Stall Aid Efforts In Tsunami-Hit Solomons
HONIARA (TIP): Strong aftershocks hampered effortsto reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon IslandsFriday, as the death toll after an 8.0-magnitude…
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Chinese New Year 2013
Chinese Spring Festival, also called Lunar New Year,has more than 4,000 years of history. Being one ofthe traditional Chinese festivals,…
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Hare Krishna Priest Gets 3-Year Term In Visa Fraud Case
MILWAUKEE (TIP): AnIndian spiritual guru hasbeen found guilty by a federaljury of selling religiousworker visas to Indians forover USD 30,000…
Read More2014 strategy: BJP sticks to politics, dumps Hindutava
NEW DELHI (TIP): Defining the battlelines for 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Sangh Parivar has decided that the BJP will…
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Indian Americans Show Their Class Ten Named Intel Science Contest Finalists
NEW YORK (TIP): Ten IndianAmerican high school students areamong the 40 finalists in the 2013Intel Science Talent Search.Students will compete…
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Suicide Bomber Attacks Market In Pakistan; 21 Killed & 33 Wounded
PESHAWAR (TIP): An explosion in amarket in northwestern Pakistan on Friday,February 1, killed at least 21 people andwounded 33 in…
Read MoreNepal Maoists Lock Up School For Including Indian Syllabus
KATHMANDU (TIP): Teachers backed by the breakaway CPNMaoistfaction in Nepal have forcibly shut down a local schoolallegedly for including Indian…
Read MoreStrike Over War Crimes Trials Hits Bangladesh, 6 Killed
DHAKA (TIP): Violence grippedBangladesh on Thrusday asactivists of the fundamentalistJamaat-e-Islami clashed withpolice, leaving six people,including a constable, dead andseveral others…
Read MoreTwitter Hacked, Data Of 250,000 Users Exposed
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Twitter said Friday thathackers, in the latest online attack, may have gainedaccess to information on a quarter…
Read MoreWant to resolve all issues with India: Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Amidst strain inbilateral ties arising out of ceasefireviolations, Pakistan today said it wantsto resolve all issues with India,including…
Read MoreNarasimha Rao had asked Kalam to be ready for nuclear test
NEW DELHI (TIP): Just two days before announcement of results of the 1996 general election, then prime minister P V…
Read MoreYouth unemployment in South Asia as high as 9.6%
MUMBAI (TIP): A report released by the Inernational Labour Organization onTuesday signalled distress in labour markets around the world. Global…
Read MoreTaliban suicide squad attacks Kabul police HQ
KABUL (TIP): Nato troops joined a fight against a Taliban suicide squad that stormed a Kabul police headquarters at dawn…
Read MoreTelevangelist sentenced to death for Bangladesh war crimes
DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh's controversial war crimes court on Monday sentenced a top Islamic televangelist to death by hanging for genocide…
Read MoreAll Nippon Airways cancels 141 more flights with 787 jet grounded
TOKYO (TIP): All Nippon Airways will cancel 123 domestic and 18 international flights between Wednesday and Sunday after Boeing Co's…
Read MoreJapanese PM holds out olive branch to China
TOKYO (TIP): Hawkish Japanese premier Shinzo Abe held out an olive branch to China on Tuesday, sending a letter to…
Read MoreDreamliner probe: No battery voltage surge
TOKYO (TIP): Officials probing the emergency landing of a Boeing Dreamliner said on Thursday that they will dismantle its battery…
Read MoreIslands row: Japan fires water cannon at Taiwanese boat
TAIPEI (TIP): A boat with Taiwanese activists headed for disputed Japanesecontrolled islands turned back Thursday after coast guard vessels from…
Read MorePakistan bars mobile phone service in 58 cities
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan suspended mobile phone services for a day Friday in 58 cities, including Lahore and Karachi, as a…
Read More‘Pakistan’s nukes face threat from army insiders’
LONDON (TIP): The threat to Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is from within the Pakistani army and there's no way external powers…
Read MoreArmy Chief Visits Slain Jawan’s Home, Denies Pak Charges
SHERNAGAR (TIP): ARMY Chief General Bikram Singh January 16 met the family of slain Lance Naik Hemraj Singh at his…
Read More‘New Chapter’ In China’s Ties With India, Says CPC
BEIJING (TIP): Describing the last year as among the least problematic in the history of India-China relations, the Communist Party…
Read MoreIndian American Entrepreneur To Pay $2.5 Million Fine For Concealed Income
WATCHUNG, NJ (TIP): Sanjay Sethi, 52, of Watchung in Somerset County, New Jersey and who owns SanVision Technology Inc., Jan.…
Read MoreSuu Kyi’s Party Gets Funds From Cronies Of Ex-Junta
YANGON (TIP): Cronies of Myanmar's military junta which kept democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for nearly…
Read MoreRed Cross Head Peter Maurer Makes First-Ever Visit To Myanmar
GENEVA (TIP): The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived in Myanmar to meet with President…
Read MoreThirty Hostages Reported Killed In Algeria Assault
ALGIERS (TIP)- Thirty hostages and at least 11 Islamist militants were killed on Thursday when Algerian forces stormed a desert…
Read MoreKhar Ready To Hold Talks With Khurshid To Resolve LoC Crisis
ISLAMABAD/NEW YORK (TIP): Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, who had earlier accused India of engaging in warmongering, has offered…
Read MoreSydney Bakes In Hottest Day On Record As Bushfires Rage
Sydney (TIP): The Australian city of Sydney is experiencing its hottest day on record, with temperatures reaching nearly 46C. A…
Read MoreMassacre Of Over 100 Reported In Syria’s Homs
BEIRUT (TIP): More than 100 people were shot, stabbed or possibly burned to death by government forces in the Syrian…
Read MoreInvestigating Officer Probing Pakistan Pm Raja Pervez Ashraf Found Dead
ISLAMABAD (TIP): A case officer investigating a corruption scandal involving Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was found dead on Friday…
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