Author: Rohan Dua

LUCKNOW/KANPUR: A study by scientists of Council for Science and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) has said that there was no presence of Coronavirus in any water sample collected during the second Covid wave from Ganga river locations in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The 120-page study, accessed by the The […]

NEW DELHI: On a long, winding stretch – overlooked by the towering hills on the right — in Bihar’s Gehlaur, it is hard to miss Dashrath Manjhi’s bust. Manjhi, who once earned the sobriquet of mountain man of India, remains Gehlaur’s mentor, inspiration, guide and friend even 14 years after his death.  After all, the […]

NEW DELHI: India has confirmed two cases of Omicron variant of Coronavirus, the health ministry said on Thursday. The two cases have been found in Karnataka. Amid rising cases of Covid-19 cases due to Omicron, India Gandhi Airport on Thursday said four passengers coming from ‘at-risk’ nations including three from Paris and one from London […]

NEW DELHI: UP deputy chief minister Keshav Maurya on Wednesday kicked a storm after he publicly announced on his personal Twitter account that Mathura is the next destination to witness a construction of shrine, in what is being seen as ratification for demand to install install Bal idol of Lord Krishna at Shahi Idgah, which […]

Maharashtra: What better than shaking a leg to strengthen the bond – especially if it is a political connection! NCP MP Supriya Sule, daughter of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, was seen dancing with Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in a video that went viral on the Internet. As the video went viral, leaders across party […]

AGARTALA/UNAKOTI:  The ruling BJP on Sunday registered a mega win in November 25 local body elections, sweeping all the 20 municipal bodies in Tripura and winning 329 seats overall out of the 334 seats. Elections were held across 222 out of 334 seats in Tripura. BJP had already won 112 seats without contesting, as neither Trinamool […]

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have got into an embarrassing situation dark after an email account bearing the stamp of terror outfit ISIS Kashmir has sent a third threat to BJP East Delhi MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir. Also Read: Gambhir Gets Second ISIS Threat After Cops Launch Probe Gambhir, who has routinely stood in solidarity […]

KANCHANPUR/AMBASSA(TRIPURA): At 35, Govinda Bru, a father of three kids, and a member of vulnerable tribal group from Mizoram, had almost lost hope of living a dignified life in Tripura’s Ashapara, a poor suburb in a hilly terrain. He belongs to a community of 37,000 such Bru tribals, also known as Reangs, who left Mizoram […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a key meeting on Saturday morning on the evolving situation of COVID 19 in the world and its effect in India amid an alert on new dangerous strain and need for a further intensified vaccination drive that saw India last month crossing the 100-crore mark. The meeting has […]

In middle of campaign for municipal elections and controversy of burning of mosques that later turned out to denied by witnesses, Imams and police, Tripura CM Biplab Deb spoke to The New Indian’s Executive Editor Rohan Dua, accusing Prashant Kishor’s IPAC, TMC and CPIM of trying to inflame passions with plots to disturb law and […]