Amitoj Singh

Myanmar Not Listening To Us: US On Rohingya Crisis

World News | Written by Amitoj Singh | Friday September 21, 2018

A few days at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and anyone would tell you the two most prominent voices are that of the Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley.

1 In Every 5 Children In The World Have Never Been To School: UN Report

World News | Written by Amitoj Singh | Thursday September 20, 2018

One in every five children in the world is out of school, an UNICEF report released on Wednesday said. The report, launched ahead of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, differentiates between the number of children out of school globally and those out of school in conflict regions.

No Government Benefits For Rape Accused In Haryana, Says ML Khattar

India News | Reported by Amitoj Singh, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Thursday July 12, 2018

Rape and molestation accused in Haryana will not benefit from state schemes, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced today. The agrarian state, which featured at number three in World Bank's recent report on 'ease of doing business' and which brings the largest number of medals in the country, is struggling with atrocities against women.

"Will Campaign For BJP If...": Arvind Kejriwal's Incredible Promise

Delhi News | Reported by Amitoj Singh, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday June 12, 2018

Arvind Kejriwal today promised the unthinkable at the Delhi assembly. If Delhi is granted full statehood, the Chief Minister declared, his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would campaign for the BJP in the 2019 national election.

National Defence Academy (NDA) Principal, Others Charged By CBI, Raids In Pune

India News | Reported by Amitoj Singh, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday June 6, 2018

The National Defence Academy (NDA), which trains thousands of cadets for the Indian military each year, is caught in a massive scandal. The principal and some teachers of the academy's branch in Pune's Khadakwasla were charged by the CBI today with corruption in appointments.

Eye On 2019, Rahul Gandhi Draws Up Karnataka Minister's List: Sources

Karnataka News | Reported by Amitoj Singh, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday June 5, 2018

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is meeting party leaders from Karnataka to draw up a list of ministers for the government led by HD Kumaraswamy - a crucial task in view of next year's general elections, which the two allies intend to contest together.

Tabassum Hasan, The Face Of Opposition's Big Win Against BJP In Kairana

India News | Reported by Amitoj Singh | Thursday May 31, 2018

Begum Tabassum Hasan, the candidate who represented the opposition's hopes for besting the BJP in another Uttar Pradesh by-poll this year, won from the most-watched Kairana Lok Sabha seat.

Allegations Of Faulty Vote Machines In UP Where It's BJP vs Opposition

India News | Reported by Amitoj Singh, Alok Pandey and A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Subrat Nanda | Tuesday May 29, 2018

As bypolls took place across nine states on Monday, there were allegations of malfunctioning voting machines at Kairana and Noorpur in Uttar Pradesh, constituencies seen as testing grounds for opposition unity against the state's ruling BJP.

From Expressway In Baghpat, PM Modi Steers Into Kairana Poll Campaign

India News | Reported by Amitoj Singh, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday May 27, 2018

A day before the crucial by-election in Uttar Pradesh's Kairana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inauguration of Eastern Peripheral Expressway in next-door Baghpat ran into controversy. Many questioned the timing of the inauguration, with his address touching upon the key matters affecting the area. One of these was sugarcane dues -- which became a ...

Kairana By-Poll: Opposition Gets Big Boost As A Candidate Drops Out

India News | Reported by Amitoj Singh, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday May 24, 2018

The day after a show of unity in Karnataka, the opposition received encouraging news in Kairana in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, where Lok Sabha by-elections will be held on Monday. Begum Tabassum Hasan, the candidate backed by several opposition parties against the BJP, has clinched the support of her brother-in-law, who was contesting as an independen...

IITians Go To Top Court, Demand Law Criminalising Gay Sex Be Scrapped

India News | Written by Amitoj Singh | Monday May 14, 2018

A group of present and former students of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology have added their voice to calls for scrapping a British-era law that makes homosexuality a crime. The group has approached the Supreme Court with a petition - a move could add weight to the protests against the controversial Section 377.

Exclusive: Cambridge Analytica Pitched Election Strategy To Congress, Boss Met Rahul Gandhi, Say Sources

India News | Written by Amitoj Singh | Monday April 16, 2018

Cambridge Analytica, the research firm at the heart of a massive data mining scandal, pitched a proposal last year to the Congress party, which included "data mining of Facebook posts and tweets" and "influencing voter intention" for the 2019 national election. NDTV has exclusively accessed the proposal that promised a "data driven campaign" with a...

Was Told To Say They Had Not Died: Harjit Masih On Indians Killed In Iraq

India News | Reported by Amitoj Singh, Edited by Subrat Nanda | Thursday March 22, 2018

Harjit Masih, the only survivor among the 40 Indians kidnapped by the terror group ISIS in Mosul, has claimed that he had been told by Indian officials to not say that his fellow construction workers had died.

Arvind Kejriwal On Apology Spree To End Legal Mess. Arun Jaitley On List: 10 Points

India News | Reported by Amitoj Singh, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Friday March 16, 2018

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party that has accumulated dozens of cases filed against its leaders has decided to start resolving them. For the 20-odd defamation cases pending against them, this implies AAP leaders will apologise, a party leader told NDTV after Chief Minister Kejriwal retracted his allegations against former Punjab Cabinet Minister B...

BJP, Akalis Want Jagdish Tytler Arrested In '84 Riots Case, Cite Video

India News | Written by Amitoj Singh | Tuesday February 6, 2018

The BJP filed a complaint with the police today demanding the arrest of senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, after a Sikh organisation released a video, claiming it shows him saying "I killed a 100 Sikhs". The BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal or SAD launched a scathing attack against Mr Tytler on basis of the video.