Washington: A US judge on Monday dismissed criminal charges against the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani after the Justice Department said it had decided to abandon the fraud and bribery case. The Brooklyn-based district judge Nicholas Garaufis’s decision to grant federal prosecutors’ rare attempt to toss the case came after he inquired into their reasons for doing…
The reported Iranian plot to assassinate US President Donald Trump is not merely another episode in the increasingly dangerous confrontation between Washington and Tehran. It is a chilling reminder of how far state-sponsored hostility can go—and why threats against elected national leaders must never be normalised, justified or politically romanticised. According to reports based on…
Belfast: Afghanistan secured a direct qualification for the 2027 ODI World Cup after beating Ireland by three wickets in the third ODI here on Monday. After producing a fine bowling performance to bowl Ireland out for a mere 206 in 46.3 overs, Afghanistan slipped from 97 for two to 176 for seven at one stage…
Washington: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to address members of the Indian-American community during his US visit later this month as part of the organisation’s global outreach during its centenary year. Bhagwat will address an event titled ‘Universal Oneness Celebrations’ at Madison Square Garden in New York on August 29, organised by American Hindus…
Ranchi: Police will analyse CCTV footage to identify miscreants who disrupted “peaceful” students’ protests here on Monday over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment examinations, officials said. A senior police officer also said 14 personnel were injured during the protesting job aspirants’ march to the assembly during the day. The agitation entered the 17th day on…
Dehradun: The Kanwar Yatra witnessed a record turnout this year, with around 4.43 crore devotees returning home with Ganga water from Haridwar by Monday evening, police said. Around 63.60 lakh pilgrims reached Haridwar on Monday alone and collected Ganga water, police officials said. The Kanwar Yatra began on July 30, coinciding with the beginning of…
New Delhi: Parliament on Monday passed the Taxation and other Laws (Amendment) Bill, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman making clear that the legislation does not impose any tax on UPI and the digital payment system will remain free for consumers. The Bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha last week, was returned by the…
Lucknow: Temples across Uttar Pradesh reverberated with chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and ‘Bam Bam Bhole’ as large numbers of devotees and kanwariyas thronged Shiva shrines on the second Monday of the holy month of Sawan, officials said. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performed Rudrabhishek and a ‘havan’ at the Gorakhnath temple on Monday afternoon to…
MS Shanker There is a growing need to distinguish between a genuine democratic protest and a politically engineered confrontation masquerading as a student movement. The distinction is not difficult to make if the entire evidence available in the public domain—including live television footage, CCTV recordings, police video, social-media posts and investigative findings—is examined objectively. A…
The Lok Sabha’s passage of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2026, on August 7 should have triggered a serious parliamentary debate. Instead, it passed amid Opposition protests and disruption, leaving a reform with potentially enormous consequences for Bharat’s small businesses inadequately discussed in the very institution meant to scrutinise it. This…
