Author: Rohan Dua

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One of the most versatile journalists who has reported and broken almost every big national story since 2004 in India. He has reported extensively on politics, counter-terrorism, elections and multi-million dollar scams. In his 16 years in journalism, Dua has worked in Reuters, NewsX, Indian Express and The Times of India.

AMU Dishonoured  1929 Land Lease, Will Ensure Jats Back BJP In Polls For New Varsity By Modi, Yogi: King Mahendra Singh’s Great-Grandson

ALIGARH/VRINDAVAN: Moving between Aligarh, Hathras and Vrindavan, Charat Pratap Singh, looks at consummate ease as he tries to galvanise support among the Jats and patrons of King Mahendra Pratap Singh, the freedom fighter who leased a plot, called Tikonia Park in 1929 where Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) stands today. Charat is the fourth-generation Jat scion […]

UP Polls: In Mathura, Peda Makers, Patrons Want Dash Of ‘Saffron’, Milk Crime-Free Trade

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 […]

No More Bijli On Eid Alone, Diwali Too; To Use PM’s Kashi Model To Expand Krishna Site: Shrikant In Mathura

A true blue Brajwasi and RSS man at heart, Uttar Pradesh’s energy minister Shrikant Sharma is one of the dynamic leaders in the BJP government in the state.  An MLA from Mathura, Shrikant spent his childhood in Govardhan’s Gantholi village before he went on to study at Delhi University’s PGDAV College in 1991 and became […]

2017 Redux: Split in Samajwadi Party As Mulayam’s Daughter in law Joins BJP Amid Grand Welcome

NEW DELHI: In a massive setback to the Samajwadi Party (SP) , former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Aparna Bisht Yadav on Wednesday joined the ruling BJP in the national capital. A galaxy of BJP leaders led by party chief JP Nadda, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya, Dinesh Sharma, […]

Kairana Kickstarts UP Fight: SP MLA-Pick Nahid Arrested After Fukran Convicted Over 2014 Hindu ‘Exodus’

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: UP Police on Saturday arrested Samajwadi Party’s sitting MLA Nahid Hasan, whose candidature from the seat was announced  two days ago from  Kairana, a communally sensitive high-profile seat that saw accusations of exodus by Hindus in 2014 amid threats of extortion. Kairana goes to polls in first phase that begins on February 10. […]

BJP Belts Out UP’s Heavy Duty List: CM Yogi From Gorakhpur, Dy CM From Sirathu, Mirganka In Kairana Among 10 Women

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 […]

31% Muslims in SP-RLD’s 1st List; Communal Plot-hit Loni, Kairana Go To Jayant, Akhilesh Each

LUCKNOW: Eyeing the Muslim-Yadav pie that has also become both a magnet and bane for the Samajwadi Party (SP) since 2014 Lok Sabha while BJP has sailed over every election on the back of other chunkier castes of Uttar Pradesh, the regional party with socialist credentials on Thursday teamed up with Rashtriya Lok Dal  (RLD) […]

Maurya, Dara Outsiders, Time To Rethink Inductions; Not Quitting, Owe My Career To BJP:  Mukut Bihari

LUCKNOW: UP cooperative minister Mukut Bihari Verma, an MLA from Kaiserganj in Bahraich, has called for caution on inducting any outsiders from two regional parties of the state saying “most of them are opportunists who defect in search of police security, state homes and free servants” even as he trashed his own speculation of defecting […]

No Lockdown In Delhi Anytime Soon, Says CM Kejriwal After Recovering

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind kejriwal on Sunday said that Delhi is not expected to announce a lockdown amid current covid cases. ये चुनाव देश की राजनीति में एक बड़े बदलाव का चुनाव होगा। आम आदमी पार्टी के सभी कार्यकर्ताओं के नाम मेरा संबोधन | LIVE https://t.co/5Hcu9FX7EY — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 9, 2022 […]

Kanpur Police Commissioner, 1994- Batch IPS, Takes VRS To Join BJP, Creates Sensation In Police HQ

KANPUR/LUCKNOW: Asim Arun, a 1994-batch Indian Police Services (IPS) officer, who was untill Saturday holding post of Kanpur Police commissioner has resigned from services, opting for voluntary retirement scheme (VRS), to join the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh. “I feel its a matter of privilege that I have chosen to opt my rest […]

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