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BERLIN: Tug-of-war is an innocent sport but in world politics, it’s a dangerous game, especially if played like some of the Vikings did – across a fiery pit awaiting the losers.

Floods in Bihar do not only bring thousands of cusecs of rain water from the catchment areas of Nepal.. Instead it brings billions of institutional finance and government fund for the vested interests and particularly for the contractors and bureaucrats. The officers prefer postings in the flood prone areas of the north Bihar.

The passage of National Medical Commission (NMC) bill in the Lok Sabha on July 29, 2019 will always be a black day in the India’s healthcare history. No doubt the Medical Council of India (MCI) had lost its credibility, more so after the exposure of corrupt practices by it’s the then president Dr Ketan Desai. There were several reports of connivance of some higher-ups in the medical council with the private medical colleges.

BHOPAL: There is no end to the cold war between the Congress and the BJP. Kailash Vijayvargiya, general secretary of BJP and a powerful leader of Madhya Pradesh said that his party would soon initiate mission Madhya Pradesh but the mission will be launched only after the party wins the confidence vote in Karnataka Vidhan Sabha and normalcy is restored there. After Karnataka his party will launch another mission targeting Congress government in Madhya Pradesh. Talking to newsmen in Jaipur he said “It is not our wish to make a government fall. But the Congress MLAs have uncertainty in themselves.

Finally, B.S. Yediyurappa of the BJP became the chief minister of Karnataka for the fourth time. Since the formation of the Congress-JD(S) coalition government led by H.D. Kumaraswamy of JD(S) last year after the assembly polls failed to give a clear verdict to any party, Yediyurappa has been anxiously waiting to occupy the post of the chief minister. And, eventually, Yediyurappa, party's tallest leader coming from the powerful Lingayat community, succeeded and saffronised Karnataka — the only south Indian state in BJP’s kitty.

The plight of Congress is worse than that of a coward who the Bard says dies a thousand deaths before he actually dies. The grand old party of Nehru and Gandhi seems to be suffering from a strange death wish, a death that has larger than life proportions.

Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments

On 27thJuly, 2019, a retired army captain, Amanullah, was beaten to death in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, for no reason, except that he had a small skirmish with his alleged assaulters few hours back. This is the 55th case of mob lynching/violence in the country, after Modi 2.0 government has come to power, i.e., any case of violence almost every day in the last two months. It has become an epidemic throughout the country, where the mobs egged on by the political dispensation is out to assault/lynch anyone, who looks or seems, even remotely, Muslim in the name of ‘Jai Shri Ram’. As the recent letter written by 49 intellectuals to the Prime Minister NarendraModi stated, ‘Jai Shri Ram” has been reduced to a “provocative war cry that leads to law and order problems, and many lynchings take place in its name”. Even as I am writing this article.

BHOPAL: If reports published in the local newspapers provide any indication, there is a panic like situation in the state BJP. Blame game has started in the party. Among all local leaders the accusing finger is being raised against leader of opposition Gopal Bhargava. There is every possibility that a demand may be made for the removal of Bhargava. Bhargava was never considered to be a astute leader. Many in the BJP are still of the view that Bhargava is not a proper choice for the opposition leader at this crucial period. He is known for provocative utterances. Years back a woman Congress legislator hurled Chappal at him when he made some objectionable remark during the Vidhan Sabha proceedings.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A confrontation between the CPI(M) and the CPI over police excesses has been averted thanks to the mature handling of the issue by both the parties, especially the CPI.