NEW DELHI: In a show of togetherness – also a throwback to their earlier camaraderie when they ran a coalition in Maharashtra – newly appointed Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday told The New Indian that they are ideologically on the same page, a template that will be used […]
NEW DELHI :Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and India’s external affairs minister (MEA) Dr S.Jaishankar on Friday had a brief meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Bali. They discussed priority issues of the bilateral agenda, as well as topical international and regional problems, including in light of the situation in […]
MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s single-largest party BJP, that had won 106 seats in the 2019 Vidhan Sabha polls, on Thursday pulled off a Houdini act after it handpicked rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde as the next CM of the new combine as they trucked a deal to trump the powerful Thackerays, further stretching their two-and-half-year-old […]
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari sought to call the assembly session for a floor test on June 30 in a dramatic twist, ending speculations on whether Maha Vikas Agadi (MVA) was still in power amid rising internal revolt in Shiv Sena after SC gave rebel legislators a breather till July 12. Koshiyari […]
NEW DELHI: Alt News co-founder and fact-checker Mohammed Zubair was not cooperating in the investigation. He was also not ready to submit the device from which he made the alleged tweet hurting religious sentiments, Delhi police said on Monday. Zubair was arrested by the IFSO Unit of the Special Cell based on the FIR it […]
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday said it has arrested Alt News Co-founder Mohammad Zubair, who has been accused multiple times in the past by many in India of hurting religious sentiments on social media, after a long investigation. Zubair has been arrested by special cell for allegedly promoting enmity groups by posting hateful comments […]
In an in-depth interview with The New Indian’s Executive Editor Rohan Dua, Kuldeep Bishnoi reveals the reasons behind the toughest 30 seconds of his life, when his vote led to the defeat of Congress candidate Ajay Maken in the recently held Rajya Sabha polls. Bishnoi, son of three-time former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal said […]
In an in-depth interview with The New Indian’s Executive Editor Rohan Dua, Kuldeep Bishnoi reveals the reasons behind the toughest 30 seconds of his life, when his vote led to the defeat of Congress candidate Ajay Maken in the recently held Rajya Sabha polls. Bishnoi, son of three-time former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal […]
NEW DELHI: The Modi government on Tuesday unveiled a “historic” recruitment scheme, ‘Agnipath’, for youths to serve in the armed forces for a period of four years. As many as 46,000 ‘Agniveers’ will be inducted into the three services this year. In another significant decision to provide jobs to the youths of the country, Prime […]
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Khanna on Thursday presented the state’s largest-ever budget of Rs 6.15 lakh crore, with a major thrust on employment, skill development and start-ups. In his 90-minute budget speech that was interspersed with chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’, Khanna said that the unemployment rate had fallen to 2.9 per […]