Author: Kushan Niyogi

NEW DELHI: As Australia defeated India decisively in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup on Sunday, questions arose regarding the politicisation of the tournament with the Lok Sabha elections being only five months away in 2024. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress party, during a rally in Telangana, had highlighted that following the 1983 World […]

NEW DELHI: In a security breach during the World Cup finals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, a pitch invader donning a white ‘Free Palestine’ t-shirt and red shorts, could be seen trying to hug Indian cricketer Virat Kohli on Sunday. The incident occurred during the 14th over when Kohli was sharing a partnership […]

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, is gearing up to file a defamation case against those levying “baseless” accusations of laundering over Rs 1,000 crore through his Delhi Gurudwara Prabhandhak Committee. The decision comes in response to allegations made by a Canadian national, […]

NEW DELHI: Following Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s sexist and derogatory statement on women’s education being limited to controlling the libido of their husbands, many female leaders trashed his comments calling him “Cheap Minister” and a C-grade cinema inspirant. On the forefront of the scandal, a member of the INDIA-bloc’s Samajwadi Party’s spokesperson, Juhie Singh, […]

NEW DELHI: In the run-up to the Telangana Assembly elections, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) extended full support to the Congress party on Monday. General secretary of the Muslim League P K Kunhalikutty conveyed the decision to Congress leader and Member of Parliament (MP) from Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi. “Indian Union Muslim League has strong […]

NEW DELHI: As the state assembly elections in Rajasthan draw near, The New Indian team conducted on-ground interviews in Jaipur, where voters expressed their strong inclination to re-elect the current Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot. Breaking away from the typical pattern of alternating power between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) every five years, voters in […]

NEW DELHI: UCO Bank, which is a government-owned institution, has decided to distribute ‘gift packages’ to the highest 10 defaulters in each branch in its endeavour to reclaim delinquent loans. In a memorandum addressed to all zonal heads, Dheeraj Patwardhan, the General Manager of Recovery at UCO Bank, emphasised that the bank acknowledges the past […]

NEW DELHI: After facing allegations of acquiring and trading illegal snake venom at rave events, Elvish Yadav, the winner of Bigg Boss OTT Season 2, vehemently dismissed the accusations as “false” in a video posted on microblogging site X, on Friday. Yadav said that the allegations were not even “one per cent true” and all […]

NEW DELHI: Following his failure to respond to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) summons in the Liquor Excise Policy scandal, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserted at a political gathering in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district, on Thursday that central agencies might apprehend him once the election results are announced. “I am not sure whether I will be […]

NEW DELHI: In the midst of ongoing ethnic turmoil that has gripped Manipur for six long months, the Indigenous Tribal Liberation Front (ITLF) has accused paramilitary forces belonging to the Assam Rifles and the state police of detaining 12 tribal people they describe as “innocent.” The incident unfolded in the town of Moreh on Wednesday, […]