Anurag Thakur

MUMBAI: From Raj Kapoor’s classics to modern-day hits, Indian cinema has long enthralled audiences across the world with its variety. Reiterating the fact, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that cinema is India’s greatest soft power. “Indian cinema is our country’s soft power which rules the hearts of millions of people across the world,” […]

HAMIRPUR (HIMACHAL PRADESH): Union Minister and local MP, Anurag Thakur launched ‘Mahila Suraksha Kavach’ under which 108 motorcycles were dedicated to the state police on the occasion of the International Women’s Day on Tuesday. The 108 motorcycles, donated by Hero MotoCorp, will increase police mobility and help in patrolling, thus ensuring safety and security of […]

Fourth term member of the Parliament, Anurag Thakur is a dynamic young Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports in the present BJP government. In Lucknow, to campaign for Lucknow east constituency candidate, Ashutosh Tandon (who is currently serving as the Minister of Urban development in the Yogi Adityanath government), Thakur […]

KAIRANA(SHAMLI): The battle-lines have been drawn.  Ahead of first phase of Uttar Pradesh elections on February 10, the poll plot has shifted to Kairana, the hotbed of communal violence since 2014 that saw the exodus  of several Hindus families.  But was the tension always simmering between Hindus vs Muslims here? No.  BJP’s candidate Mriganka Singh […]

SHIMLA (HIMACHAL PRADESH): In an exclusive interview with The New Indian, Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur opened up on reasons behind BJP’s devastating defeat in the recently held bypolls and why only the hill state hogged the limelight despite the party having lost in several other states like Rajasthan, West Bengal, Karnataka and Maharashtra. Without […]

Shimla: The Congress party in Himachal Pradesh has been brimming with over-confidence ever since the by-election results came in its favour.  The party is leaving no stone unturned to establish majority and wrest power from the BJP in next year’s assembly elections. Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri on Wednesday took a swipe at the BJP […]

SHIMLA: Following the devastating defeat of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently held by-elections, Bikram Thakur, a senior cabinet minister in the Jairam Thakur Government, brushed aside rumours that a change in the state leadership is being considered. “We cannot stop rumours from spreading, but we are definitely detailing strategies to rectify causes that […]