Author: Rohan Dua

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tarkishore Prasad replaced Sushil Kumar Modi as the deputy CM of Bihar following the developments that changed Bihar politics scenario in 2020. Since then, Prasad has been actively supporting the JDU alliance CM, Nitish Kumar in the state. Speaking to The New Indian’s Executive Editor Rohan Dua in a special […]

VILLAGE PARSERA (LAKHIMPUR KHERI): At their 600-square feet home, Hari Om Mishra’s two younger siblings — Madhuri and Sriram — look miserable as there won’t be anyone now to take the daily assessment on their father’s recovery from cerebral palsy. Hari Om, the 30-year-old driver of Minister of State for Home (MoS), Ajay Mishra, was […]

LAKHIMPUR KHERI: Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni and accused of running over farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri, finally appeared before the Police on Saturday to record his statement on Saturday morning . He was arrested after a 12-hour marathon interrogation by the cops. Ashish Mishra was sent to 14-day judicial custody on […]

In an exclusive interview with The New Indian’s Executive Editor Rohan Dua, Rani Rampal’s father talks about imposing no pressure on her to get married and paying no heed to society’s criticism over her moving in shorts and hockey jersey in a highly conservative region like Shahabad in Haryana.

Lakhimpur Kheri/Lucknow: There was little doubt that after Sunday’s violent clashes that broke out in Lakhimpur Kheri that Lucknow or the rest of Uttar Pradesh will not see any political action.  After all eight people including farmers, a driver, young political workers of BJP and a journalist died in the eye to eye physical confrontation. Every political […]

More from Indian men’s hockey captain Manpreet Singh, as he speaks exclusively to The New Indian’s Executive Editor Rohan Dua on his inspiration and realising his parents’ dream of winning a medal for the country Rohan: You had posted a picture of yours on Twitter, with your head in your mother’s lap and your medal around […]

For 26-year-old Indian Hockey captain, Rani Rampal, who made India proud, despite the team missing by a whisker in the Tokyo Olympics held this year, the journey has been anything but easy. Her father, Rampal Singh, who put his all to support her, despite being a daily wager in Shahbad, recalls the tough times that […]

NEW DELHI: His father was the former President of India and one of the most respected politicians of the country, with reach across party lines. For Pranab Mukherjee’s son, Abhijit Mukherjee, politics comes easy. An engineer turned politician, Abhijit Mukherjee made his debut on a Congress ticket in 2011 Assembly elections. He went on to […]

PATNA/NEW DELHI: It’s official. British Virgin Islands (BVI), a known tax haven where businessmen and politicians have in the past stashed stacks of money, has put the first stamp on India’s probe into black money. This may help cops and officials get back crores of rupees.  A decade after RK Verma, former power secretary in […]

SENARI (ARWAL, BIHAR): At a young age of 14, Madhulika Sharma’s life changed on March 18, 1999 after her father, Awadh Kishore Sharma, and brother, Madhukar Kumar, were killed along with 32 others right in front of her eyes by the now defunct Maoist Central Committee (MCC) in Senari, Bihar. She can barely withhold her […]