Rahul Sharma had finally started to breathe easier. After eight years on an H-1B visa, the 34-year-old software engineer from Bangalore had received his green card interview date for January. …
TN Ashok
TN Ashok
TN Ashok is a veteran journalist with over five decades of experience. He served as Editor (Economics) at the Press Trust of India (PTI) and has traveled to more than 20 countries on assignments with Indian prime ministers and vice presidents.
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A Nation on Edge: White House Ambush Intensifies Debate Over Trump’s Expanding National Guard Deployments
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readThe gunfire came just after daybreak, echoing across the quiet federal enclave near the White House on the eve of Thanksgiving. Two members of the West Virginia National Guard, standing …
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An Unexpected Détente: Trump and Mamdani’s White House Rapprochement
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 9 minutes readThe handshake lasted just a moment, but it crystallized one of the more improbable political reconciliations in recent memory. President Donald Trump, seated behind the Resolute Desk, clasped hands with …
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Voters Blame White House as Costs Climb, With Discontent Deepening Among Trump’s Own Base
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 6 minutes readA year into President Donald Trump’s second term, a growing share of the voters who helped return him to the White House now say his economic agenda is doing more …
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WASHINGTON D.C. — The recent $93 million approval by the U.S. State Department for the sale of Javelin missiles and Excalibur precision projectiles to India, while seemingly a straightforward defense …
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President Donald Trump is confronting the most serious political setback of his second presidency, a reversal that unfolded with unusual speed and left him newly exposed on an issue that …
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India made its sharpest attack ever on Pakistan for fueling cross border terrorism in the wake of the Pahalgham and Red Fort blasts in what diplomatic circles considered the starkest …
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U.N. Backs Trump’s Gaza Plan, Marking an Unusual Convergence After Years of Mutual Distrust
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readAfter years of open hostility, mutual suspicion, and sharp public criticism, President Donald J. Trump won a rare and emphatic victory at the United Nations on November 17, 2025. The …
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Federal Judge Rebukes DOJ as Comey Case Revives Long-Running Feud with Trump
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readThe Department of Justice (DOJ) has been singled out for a stinging attack by a federal judge who has accused it of displaying a “disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps” …
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A Test Balloon in Delhi: Why Shashi Tharoor Spoke on Sheikh Hasina’s Death Sentence When No One Else Did
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 7 minutes readWhen Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia this week by a special tribunal in Dhaka, the shock rippled across the region. Yet the most …