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NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi to appear before it on June 23 in connection with the National Herald money laundering case, officials said on Friday. Confirming the development an ED official told The New Indian, “She has been asked to appear before the agency on June 23.” […]

NEW DELHI: India has given Rs 3,250-crore credit for the defence to Vietnam as the two nations forge a relationship to strengthen ties in the Asia-Pacific region that may also control China’s imminent threat, a year after the QUAD summit was held between other nations. The announcement on the line of credit was made by […]

NEW DELHI: Moments after a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation approached the Election Commission demanding to declare the Rajya Sabha polls in Haryana and Maharashtra null and void, the Congress also approached the poll panel seeking to reject the demands. A delegation of the Congress-led by senior party leaders Vivek Tankha, Pawan Bansal and Ranjeet […]

  JAIPUR: Congress on Friday won three, out of four, Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan with cross-voting by BJP members. The BJP has managed to win one seat, while independent candidate and media baron Subhash Chandra lost. The Congress has fielded Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Pramod Tewari as its candidates for the Rajya […]

DEHRADUN: After an unprecedented number of deaths on the Char Dham Yatra route, the advisory committee on health matters has recommended capping the number of visitors to Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri. The state health department sources told The New Indian that a total of 150 pilgrims have died at the Char Dham Yatra route […]