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NEW DELHI: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Congress General secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday launched the manifesto favouring the youth of Uttar Pradesh with a promise of employment to 20 lakh youth and setting up of a world level cricket academy. While launching a booklet, titled ‘Bharti Vidhan’, for Uttar Pradesh ahead of assembly […]

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 […]

RAE BARELI: As Congress MLA from Rae Bareli Aditi Singh resigned from her membership today, political analysts watching the state elections sounded their concern on the way Congress appears to be handling the party so close to the elections. At this rate, the grand old party would not be able to win a single seat […]

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 […]

DEHRADUN: There appears to be delay in the much anticipated induction of rebel BJP Minister Harak Singh Rawat into the Congress. Even as the political analysts keep a close watch on this ‘Will he? Wouldn’t he?’ situation, the Uttarakhand Congress party media incharge Professor Gourav Vallabh on Wednesday clarified that the decision on induction of […]

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 […]

NEW DELHI: Fifty women candidates, including mother of Unnao rape victim, figure in the first list of 125 Congress candidates released by Congress General secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh election. “As promised the list includes 50 women candidates,” said Priyanka Gandhi, who is also in-charge for Uttar Pradesh Congress while releasing […]

NEW DELHI: Congress has no plans to tie up with Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Goa in the upcoming assembly elections in the state. The party has refuted media reports of a possible alliance saying that party is confident that it will put the state back on the track to progress soon. Congress General secretary KC […]

CHANDIGARH: After months of keeping the political watchers in suspense, Bollywood actor Sonu Sood’s sister on Monday joined Congress in presence of Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi. CM Charanjit Singh Channi tweeted: “Welcoming Malvika Sood Sachar, sister of Social Worker & Actor, @SonuSood , into the party-fold. I […]

FEROZPUR/NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi was left stranded at a flyover for over 15 minutes on Wednesday while he was going to address a rally at Hussainiwala in Punjab. The grave security lapse has resulted in an all out information war with the Congress accusing the Prime Minister of insulting Punjab. Congress […]