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A political drama played out in Gujarat on Sunday late evening after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed that its party office in Ahmedabad was raided by the local police. However, hours after the claim, the Gujarat Police said that no such raid had been conducted. AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal […]

Ahead of the Gujarat assembly elections later this year, the Congress is going all out to attract voters. Former party chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised a loan waiver of up to ₹3 lakhs to farmers, LPG cylinders at ₹500 and up to 300 units of free power to general consumers if his party comes […]

The Congress slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday, saying they came to power by defaming the late Sheila Dikshit-led Congress government and are now engaging in corruption. In an exclusive interview with The New Indian, Congress spokesperson Alka Lamba also alleged that AAP acts as a B-Team of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). […]

The tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on freebies assumed an all-new form and reached a new high on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted, allegedly by two hawkers, at New Delhi Railway Station on Sunday evening. Police said both the accused were arrested. The victim had to board a train for Gujarat. According to police, the victim had gone to Chandigarh, along with her family, for some rituals and lived there […]

NEW DELHI: Former President Ram Nath Kovind is a “passionate champion of social transformation, speaking for the poor, the historically excluded and oppressed, and the marginalised”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote in a letter. In a letter to Kovind on his last working day as 14th President of India, the PM hailed him as a person […]

NEW DELHI: Congress party on Saturday dismissed Gujarat Police’s Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) claims that social activist Teesta Setalvad was part of a “larger conspiracy” carried out at the behest of late party leader Ahmed Patel to dismiss the Narendra Modi government in the state after the 2002 riots. In a statement, Congress general secretary […]

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested two people, including a senior official of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and a representative of a private firm GHV (India) Private Ltd in connection with an alleged bribery case of Rs 10 lakh. A CBI official said that the agency sleuths […]

GANDHINAGAR: Ahead of the crucial assembly elections in Gujarat later this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the Medical College in Navsari. The 446-bed hospital, when completed, will cater for the needs of over one crore people from 2,397 villages in five districts. According to Gujarat government officials, Prime Minister […]

GANDHINAGAR: Ahead of crucial assembly elections in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ambitious Astol project on June 10, which aims to provide water to 174 villages in the Valsad district, during his one day visit to the state. The Gujarat government in a statement said, “The Prime Minister will dedicate several big […]