Vikram Misri has vital experience on the entire triad of security challenges — China, Pakistan, and Kashmir. It must be put to full use. As a relatively junior diplomat, with only a little more than a decade’s experience, Vikram Misri held the fort as India’s ranking envoy in Pakistan when the high commissioner and deputy […]
On December 9 and 10, 2021, two events took place. The first event was “Summit for Democracy 2021”, hosted by the US State Department. The summit was attended by more than 100 countries, including Taiwan. The notable absence from the Summit was Russia, China and Pakistan. The second event was organised in Pakistan by the […]
ACT I: October 31, 1999 The 95 km drive from Bhubaneswar to Ersama couldn’t have taken more than two-and-a-half hours—even if one tallies in the slow pace of life in this coastal Odisha district of palm-fronded villages, simple fisher-folk out to sea in the morning and bringing in their catch before sundown, or farmers and […]
LUCKNOW: Union Defence minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone for Defence Technology & Test Centre and BRAHMOS Manufacturing Centre, established by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) in Lucknow on Sunday. The ceremony was also attended by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. During his address, Singh lauded the ‘efforts and readiness’ of the Adityanath […]
NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday in his address to nation announced that youngsters of 15-18 age group will be vaccinated and frontline healthcare workers and senior citizens will be given precaution doses. 15 साल से 18 साल की आयु के बीच के जो बच्चे हैं, अब उनके लिए देश में वैक्सीनेशन प्रारंभ होगा। […]
NEW DELHI: Even after a week of being blocked by Twitter, the Editor-in-Chief of The New Indian, Aarti Tikoo has said that she will not delete the tweet that invited the suspension of her access to her Twitter handle. In a long Facebook post, while explaining her decision, she wrote that she is not guilty […]
NEW DELHI: In the wake of a surge in Covid cases in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that the government is well prepared to handle as many as one lakh cases per day, should the situation arise. Addressing a press conference here, Kejriwal said” “We have created capacity to […]
NEW DELHI: Istanbul has erupted in massive protests with hundreds of Muslims taking to the streets against China for using floor tiles with Quranic inscriptions in a restaurant in Xinjiang region. Several members of the Muslim community on social media for the past few days have been posting a video of a restaurant’s floor, the […]
NEW DELHI: Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Monday deposed before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Panama Papers to record her statement for stashing money outside India. According to ED officials, Bachan, who is the daughter-in-law of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, arrived at the financial probe agency office at south Delhi’s Khan […]
AMRITSAR/CHANDIGARH: In almost a repeat of Saturday’s events, where devotees and SGPC guards thrashed a man to death while he attempted to commit sacrilege at the Golden Temple, another man was lynched over accusations of similar crime in Punjab’s Kapurthala district. Punjab DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya confirmed to The New Indian that this was the second such incident […]