Saurabh Shukla

All-India Doctors' Strike Monday, Centre Blames Mamata Banerjee: 10 Facts

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday June 14, 2019

Nearly 300 doctors resigned from government hospitals in West Bengal on Friday as their protest against an attack on a colleague earlier this week in Kolkata escalated. Doctors across the country will boycott work on Monday to express solidarity with their Bengal counterparts whose strike continued for the fourth day. Junior doctors in several stat...

"They Urinated In My Mouth," Says UP Journalist Beaten By Railway Cops

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday June 13, 2019

A journalist is punched, slapped and abused by a group of policemen as he pleads with them to stop, in a video from western Uttar Pradesh. The journalist said a group of Railway Police personnel locked him up and abused him last night when he went to cover the derailment of a train in Shamli district.

Shouldn't Resign, Says Sheila Dikshit As Rahul Gandhi Refuses To Meet Her

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday May 29, 2019

Rahul Gandhi, adamant about quitting as Congress president, refused to meet senior party leader Sheila Dikshit this evening, who along with scores of Congress workers, had visited his house. Ms Dikshit, a three-time chief minister of Delhi, entered Mr Gandhi's house, but did not get to meet the Congress chief.

Election Results 2019: "Lotus Will Bloom In Delhi In 8 Months," Says Gautam Gambhir After Win

Delhi News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday May 24, 2019

Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir speaks with NDTV after his remarkable election victory in Delhi. Mr Gambhir speaks about his campaign, about allegations made against him by the Aam Aadmi Party, and what his plans are for Delhi. He also has a message for AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal.

Elections 2019-"I Want To Earn It": Robert Vadra On Joining Politics

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday May 16, 2019

Robert Vadra, the husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, says he has "learnt a lot in the past 20 years", as part of the Nehru-Gandhi family, but when it comes to joining politics, he wants to earn it. The businessman, who is being investigated over allegations of money laundering and illegal land deals, also says that he has tolerated s...

Elections 2019 - Crammed In Train Toilets, Delhi's Migrant Workers Head Home. All To Vote

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday May 10, 2019

The incurably foul toilet of a general class compartment of a train is hardly a suitable space to spend more than a few minutes on a regular day for most people. But for the next 15 hours, with the temperature hovering around 42 degrees Celsius, daily wage earner Nandkumar and his friend Rahul are travelling home to Bihar, squashed between the decr...

General Elections 2019 - Case Against BJP's Gautam Gambhir For "Election Rally Without Permission"

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Saturday April 27, 2019

The Delhi Police has filed a case against cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir for "holding a political rally without taking permission", on the directives of the Election Commission today.

BJP's Bhola Singh Gets Poll Body Notice For Campaigning At Polling Booth

India News | Reported By Saurabh Shukla, Alok Pandey; Edited By Swati Bhasin | Thursday April 18, 2019

The Election Commission sent a notice to BJP leader Bhola Singh over violation of model code of conduct and barred him from visiting polling booths today after he was seen campaigning at an election booth in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr in a viral video.

With UP Alliance's Appeal To Muslims, Concern About Split Votes Shows

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday April 7, 2019

The Grand Alliance in Uttar Pradesh today held a joint rally in Deoband - a first in the state that sends the maximum number of lawmakers to parliament. Addressing the people in Deoband, Mayawati said the BJP will lose this election because of "policies inspired by hatred".

"What Setback?": Hardik Patel Says Court Decision More Dangerous For BJP

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Wednesday April 3, 2019

Hardik Patel, the fiery leader of the Patidar community in Gujarat who has made it a mission to hurt the BJP hardest in its strongest state, on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court order widely seen as a setback for his plans to contest the Lok Sabha polls could spell more trouble for the ruling party.

No Final Call On AAP Tie-Up In Delhi, But Congress Shortlists Candidates

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Saurabh Shukla; Edited by Shylaja Varma | Sunday March 31, 2019

The Congress is yet to take a final decision on forming an alliance with Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi for the national election, sources said. But there are indications that party would go it alone - at a meeting in state party chief Sheila Dikshit's house last night, senior Congress leaders PC Chacko and KC Venugopal started th...

A Sharad Pawar Cameo As Divided Congress Debates Tie-Up With AAP

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Tuesday March 19, 2019

Forging an alliance with Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Lok Sabha polls will hurt the Congress in the long run, the party's Delhi unit chief Sheila Dikshit has written in a letter to Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

At Hospital, Bhim Army Chief Kept Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Waiting For 15 Minutes

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday March 13, 2019

In a politically-loaded hospital visit, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today travelled to Meerut in Uttar Pradesh to call upon Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, a very influential Dalit leader who is known to be a spoiler in poll arithmetic.

Court Drops Sedition Charges Against Accused In Bulandshahr Mob Violence Case

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday March 6, 2019

An Uttar Pradesh court today dropped sedition charges against all the 38 accused in the Bulandshahr mob violence, which had resulted into the death of a senior officer and a civilian late last year. The court also pulled up the state police for filing a chargesheet under 124-A of the CrPC -- which relates to sedition -- without the home department'...

Dozens Of Flights Disrupted Amid Border Tension, Air Canada Stops Service

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Wednesday February 27, 2019

Dozens of flights were cancelled or delayed over north India on Wednesday because of airspace closures and a high alert after the first aerial encounter between the Indian Air Force and Pakistani fighter jets over the Line of Control in nearly half a century. In Delhi alone, as many as 47 flights were cancelled while 16 flights were cancelled in Mu...