Author: Anand Singh

Ravinder Jadeja’s wife Rivaba Jadeja is contesting on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket from Jamnagar North. While one might think she is just a newbie and needs to carve her niche among her voters, her husband’s status as an ace cricketer has already earned her many loyal supporters. One such person is Jadeja’s childhood […]

With two Muslim candidates each fielded by Aam Aadmi Party or All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen contesting from Jamalpur-Khadia, sitting Congress MLA Imran Khedawala has come into a direct contest with two other individuals of the same community, leading to apprehensions of splitting of votes. In an exclusive interview with The New Indian’s Assistant Editor Anand Singh, Khedawala […]

The Central Bureau of Investigation on 19 November filed a chargesheet against former ABG Shipyard Chairman Rishi Agarwal and others in ₹23,000-crore bank fraud case. The country’s premier investigating agency said that the chargesheet has been filed against 25 accused including Mumbai-based Private Company ABG Shipyard Ltd, its chairman and promoter and 18 other entities […]

Without naming Islamabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said countries like Pakistan should be “penalised” for supporting and financing terrorism as part of their foreign policy. In his inaugural address at the third ‘No Money for Terror’ (NMFT) conference in New Delhi, PM Modi called for penalising the countries that provide political, ideological, and […]

In yet another setback for arrested Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, a local court on Thursday rejected his bail plea in connection with a money laundering case involving hawala transactions with Kolkata-based companies. It was the second rejection of the AAP leader’s bail application by the court, with the first one being filed in June earlier […]

Former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday once again raked up Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s mercy petition stirring up a war of words with the Opposition and making ally Uddhav Thackeray uncomfortable. Addressing a press conference in Akola, Maharashtra on day 71 of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi said, “See this. This is the most important […]

Ahead of appearing before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering probe involving mining case, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren described that the allegations are baseless and the way in which a Chief Minister has been summoned was completely inappropriate. Before leaving from his residence for ED office, Soren, who is also […]

A Delhi court on Wednesday allowed an application of businessman Dinesh Arora to turn an approver in the now-scrapped excise policy case, which is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). CBI Special Judge MK Nagpal approved the application of Arora during in-camera proceedings. The order on his plea was reserved on Monday. […]

While granting bail to AAP communication in charge Vijay Nair and Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Bonipally in the alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy case, a local court observed that there was “no evidence, except oral, to show the transfer of huge amounts of money” as alleged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In […]

Congress general secretary Ajay Maken, who recently lost in Rajya Sabha polls from Haryana, resigned as in charge of party affairs in Rajasthan, expressing his “inability and unwillingness to continue” on the post in a letter to party chief Mallikarjun Kharge. The announcement comes just a few weeks before the party’s 3,570 km Bharat Jodo […]