Author: Aarti Tikoo

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With over two decades of work experience in the biggest media groups of India, she is one among India’s most credible and fearless journalists. She has reported and written extensively on Kashmir, Pakistan’s cross-border terrorism, geopolitics and international relations. As a founder of The New Indian, she has now the distinction of being the first woman entrepreneur in Indian national digital media, from Jammu & Kashmir.

India Should Beat China Economically, Not Militarily: Historian Shiv Kunal Verma to Aarti Tikoo

The New Indian’s Editor-in-Chief, Aarti Tikoo, speaks with Shiv Kunal Verma, a renowned military historian, strategist, author, and filmmaker. In this exclusive interview with Editor-in-Chief Aarti Tikoo, Verma delves deep into the Indo-China border dispute, sharing his expert insights and historical perspective. Verma discusses the ongoing standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with […]

2024 Mandate is loud: Prime Minister Modi listening?

Now that the Modi government has put itself in the saddle again, with the help of the coalition partners of the NDA this time, it may seem ‘all is well that ends well’. The opposition, INDI alliance, is gloating about how the Indian electorate brought Prime Minister Narendra Modi down from the high horse of […]

Jackie Shroff Returns to Kashmir After Three Decades for Film Shoot: A Candid Chat with Aarti Tikoo

Kashmir has long been a favorite location for Bollywood, but for the past three decades, filming there has been challenging due to regional tensions. Following the abrogation of Article 370, normalcy has begun to return to Kashmir. In a candid conversation with Aarti Tikoo, Editor-in-Chief of The New Indian, actor Jackie Shroff discusses life in […]

Why Voters in South Kashmir are Happy to See Swarms of Tourists? | Aarti Tikoo’s Report

Tourism in Kashmir has witnessed a surge after the abrogation of Article 370. The New Indian Editor-in-chief interviews individuals whose livelihoods depend on tourism. Anantnag is scheduled for elections in the fifth phase on May 25.  

Kashmir votes for change this time, highest since 30 years

Previously known for its history of terrorism, the city has witnessed a significant shift in voting patterns. During phase 4 of the elections, the voter turnout reached 37.98%.

Congress 2024 manifesto, Communist manifesto of China?

The Congress party duly deserves credit for opening up the Indian economy in 1991, which paved the way for growth, development, jobs, and prosperity. The party, in its 2024 parliamentary elections manifesto, could have dedicated at least a whole page to how the Narasimha Rao government turned around the India story from a basket case […]

Book Review: Pakistan’s Invasion on J&K (1947-48)—Untold Stories of Victims

Human suffering and pain defy measurement; tragedies resist quantification. Yet, six years ago, economist Swaminathan Aiyer, renowned for ‘Swaminomics,’ undertook an unusual accounting—comparing two cases of ethnic cleansing: the expulsion of Hindus (Pandits) from Kashmir in 1990 and Muslims from Jammu in 1947. Later, author of ‘Devil’s Advocate’, Karan Thapar echoed similar calculations, both concluding […]

On Ram Mandir, Modi progressive, Congress regressive

It is after a long arduous struggle that the new India has understood and realised that Hinduism is not a contradiction but is synonymous with the Constitutional values of justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity. No one deserves to be on that pedestal at Ayodhya more than Prime Minister Modi, who represents the Indian fraternity collectively.

India needs to dump US framework on Muslims

The US-run world order has been in the process of a reset since 2020. The post-WWII dynamic that existed for over seven decades, is changing; the glimpses of some of the upcoming challenges in the new world have already been revealed through a curtain raiser and many of the conflicts borne out of the old […]

Arrest of Espionage Agent in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Thursday, Gujarat Police Anti Terrorism Squard (ATS) has arrested an 53 year old espionage agent named Labhsankar Maheswari from Tarapur (Gujarat) based on specific input provided by Military Intelligence (MI). Earlier, around third week of July, MI officials detected a nefarious campaign by a Pakistani Intelligence Operative (PIO), using WhatsApp number- 90xxxx6792, to compromise […]

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