Making her return to active politics, former Uttarakhand governor and Agra Rural (SC) candidate Baby Rani Maurya looks at ease as she travels between her Cantonment residence and Nainana Jat on Gwalior Road in this west UP district known for the Taj. She is one of the rare politicians in India, who after serving as […]
NEW DELHI: Putting an end to a lingering political drama, days after he was expelled from BJP, former Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh Rawat on Friday joined Congress in the presence of senior party leaders here along with his daughter-in-law Anukriti Gosain. Harak Singh Rawat, was expelled from BJP for six years for engaging in anti-party […]
MATHURA/VRINDAVAN: Ambling into the winding lanes of Chowk Bazar in Mathura — the land of Krishna Janmbhoomi — the team of The New Indian reaches the factory where aroma of boiling milk, saffron, cardamom greets with hundreds of halwais squatted before the flames. In a few hours, as milk turns into khoya, which further becomes […]
NEW DELHI: Days after Congress released its first list of candidates for Uttar Pradesh, the grand old party on Thursday released its second list of 41 candidates, including 16 women candidates and social activists. The Congress has till date released the list for 191 assembly constituencies in the politically vital state. As per the new […]
CHANDIGARH: In a major political development ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, former Jail Minister in the SAD-BJP government Sarwan Singh Phillaur and his son Damanvir Singh Phillaur resigned from the Congress on Monday and joined the SAD (Sanyukt). The move is expected to boost the poll prospects of the SAD (Sanyukt)-BJP-PLC (Punjab Lok Congress) […]
GORAKHPUR/NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first list of candidature “symbolises social justice”. This is how Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reacted to the first list of 107 names that was released for the first and second phase of elections as he took a swipe at the Samajwadi Party’s list, accusing Akhilesh Yadav of […]
NEW DELHI: Ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on Saturday brought end to all speculations in high-stake Uttar Pradesh poll battle with a heavy duty announcement, declaring seats for two of state’s most popular faces — CM and five time former MP Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur Urban and deputy CM Keshav Maurya from Sirathu, a town […]
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav took a swipe at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the desertions in the BJP saying that had Yogi known how to play cricket, he would have still missed the catch. Addressing a virtual rally at Party headquarters here after inducting rebel BJP […]
LUCKNOW: Swami Prasad Maurya on Friday after joining the Samajwadi Party slammed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister for his 80 versus 20 statement and said that it is 85 versus 15 and even in 15 per cent there is division. Addressing the crowd at the Samajwadi Party (SP) headquarters in the presence of party supremo, Akhilesh […]
NEW DELHI: In the wake of rising COVID cases in the state the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has decided to shut down restaurants and Pubs in Delhi. DDMA has also decided that all the private offices should work from home. DDMA said that, ”DDMA is satisfied that the NCT of Delhi has taken effective […]