Author: Anand Singh

NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Saturday upped its ante against Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government over the inflation, and said that the victory of the BJP in recently-held elections has become a licence for loot. The grand old party called the rising in inflation as BJP’s “new year gift” and frequent hikes in […]

JAIPUR: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Rajasthan Police has thwarted a plan to carry out serial blasts in Jaipur with the arrest of three suspected persons linked to Al Sufa terror group and the seizure of 10-kg of explosives and other materials used for making bombs. The accused have been identified as Zubair, Altmas and […]

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Friday called upon the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and police to focus on reclaiming “social legitimacy and public trust” as he said that CBI’s credibility had come under “deep public scrutiny” in recent years. Addressing the 19th DP Kohli Memorial Lecture on ‘Democracy: Role […]

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was put on high alert after it received a mail threatening to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the sender claiming to have 20 kg of RDX in his possession. The sender also threatened that just so the conspiracy is not exposed, he would “commit suicide”. According to […]

RAJKOT (GUJARAT): The Saurashtra International Airport in Rajkot, one of the biggest in Gujarat, will be operational by August this year, officials said here. The opening of the airport assumes importance especially since the western state of India is scheduled to go to elections this year. With the opening of the Saurashtra International airport in […]

NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday slammed the Centre over the “constant cuts” in budgetary allocation to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and demanded to increase the budget for the scheme. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi said the scheme helped crores of poor families during the COVID-induced […]

RAJKOT (GUJARAT): The work on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) project in Rajkot is going on at full pace and a full-fledged hospital operation is likely to start by October next year, said its Executive Director CDS Katoch. Speaking to The New Indian here, Katoch said, “We started the OPD (outdoor patient […]

NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi led a protest against rising fuel prices by party MPs – from both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha – at Vijay Chowk near the Parliament in Delhi on Thursday, kicking off a nationwide agitation against the increase in prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas. Speaking to media […]

AHMEDABAD: In an exclusive interview, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel spoke to The New Indian’s Assistant Editor Anand Singh on the prospects of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the crucial assembly election scheduled to be held by the end of this year. He said the ruling party would not face any formidable Opposition […]

NEW DELHI: A day after the Calcutta High Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a case in West Bengal’s Birbhum massacre, the Central probe agency has named 21 suspects in its FIR. In Birbhum’s Bogtui village, eight people, including women and children, were killed after miscreants set ten houses ablaze, which led […]