Politics

NEW DELHI: In an interesting twist to the opposition’s quest for a Presidential poll candidate, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) man Yashwant Sinha emerged as a consensus candidate. It was necessitated after Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Monday declined Mamata Banerjee’s offer to contest the Presidential election as their candidate. Sources told The New Indian that few […]

  NEW DELHI: The national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kailash Vijayvargiya brewed controversy on Sunday when he said he will recruit Agniveers as security guards for the BJP’s offices. “When an Agniveer comes out of the service after four years he will have the tag of an Agniveer which he can […]

  NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the fourth day of questioning in connection with the alleged money laundering case involving the National Herald. After more than 31 hours of questioning over three consecutive days till June 15, the Gandhi scion was asked to appear […]

  NEW DELHI: The violent protests against the central government’s Agnipath Scheme saw huge damages being done to public properties with Indian Railways bearing the brunt most. Amid the violent protests, the opposition Congress appealed to the protestors to register their displeasure in a peaceful manner. On Sunday, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi called for […]

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 […]