Bhopal: The Congress is weighing a plan to shift its Madhya Pradesh MLAs to a Congress-ruled state, likely Karnataka or Telangana, amid fears of cross-voting after the BJP sprang a surprise by fielding a third candidate for the June 18 Rajya Sabha elections, sources said on Monday. The move is aimed at keeping the party’s legislators…
Three courts. Three rulings. One institution that still hasn’t answered for any of it. Vinay Rao Three courts. Three rulings against HCA’s Ombudsman or orders flowing from his office. A CB-CID Special Investigation Team now constituted to probe years of financial rot. Contempt notices against sitting office bearers. An Acting President who was present for…
The question is no longer whether Donald Trump can survive controversy. The question is how many political, legal, diplomatic, and economic setbacks the Trump administration can absorb before even his most loyal supporters begin asking uncomfortable questions. The latest blows have come not from political opponents, but from America’s own institutions. In a significant setback,…
MS Shanker The political landscape of West Bengal is witnessing tremors that few would have imagined even a couple of years ago. The latest signs of unease within the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) emerged after reports that nearly 20 of the party’s 29 Lok Sabha MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and sought separate…
Boston: A federal judge on Monday struck down a $100,000 fee U.S. President Donald Trump imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, concluding that it constituted an unlawful tax Congress never authorized. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued the ruling, which opens a new tab in a lawsuit filed by…
Visakhapatnam: A sudden, “severe” explosion in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (Vizag Steel Plant) here killed eight workers and injured six more on Monday. According to a Press Information Bureau press release, the explosion occurred around 4:15 pm in the steel plant’s Steel Melt Shop-1. An ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF (Prime Minister…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday conferred seven Kirti Chakras, including two posthumously, to personnel of the armed forces displaying raw courage, unparalleled bravery, and total disregard for personal safety in the line of duty. Air Commodore Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, an IAF pilot and a Gaganyatri, is also among the recipients of the Kirti…
United Nations: India on Monday hit out at Pakistan at the UN, slamming Islamabad’s decision to refer to groups inside its own borders as ‘Fitna al-Hindustan’ as nothing but “officially sponsored misinformation and disinformation dressed in religious terminology.” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, delivered a strong statement against Pakistan here during…
MS Sparsha In the mid-19th century, beneath the dense canopy of Kerala’s Western Ghats, a humble physician ventured into the monsoon-soaked forests armed not with modern instruments but with a deep knowledge of nature’s remedies. At a time when colonial authorities were establishing Western medical institutions and often dismissing indigenous systems as outdated, this man…
For decades, Bharat proudly carried the title of the world’s pharmacy. It supplied affordable generic medicines to millions across continents, earning global goodwill and commercial success. Yet there was always an uncomfortable truth beneath that achievement. Bharat manufactured medicines discovered elsewhere. The laboratories that created the original molecules, owned the patents and reaped the biggest…
