The whole world is celebrating New Year today. Bollywood celebs are also celebrating New Year in different ways. Some have gone on a foreign trip to celebrate the New Year, while many are enjoying it while staying in India. Many stars including Kajol, Sonakshi Sinha, Anushka Sharma have shown a glimpse of their New Year celebrations on social media and have also wished their fans a Happy New Year.

Kajol had a party with close friends
Veteran actress Kajol celebrated New Year party with her family and close friends. She has shared inside photos of the party on Instagram, in which the actress is seen wearing a beige jumpsuit. Ajay Devgan, Ishita Dutta, Vatsal Seth and Ajay’s nephews Aman and Danish are also seen in these pictures. Kajol wrote in the caption along with the photos – ‘Happy New Year to all of you… As we have seen in the last year, life is precious and full of uncertainties… so live it with importance.’

Mouni Roy enjoyed with family
Mouni Roy is celebrating New Year with her family in Goa. She has shared pictures of her New Year party on Instagram, in which her best friends Disha Patani and Alexander Ilic are also seen with her. Along with the pictures, the actress wrote in the caption – ‘2026 please remain kind and magical.’

Sonakshi Sinha celebrated New Year in Maldives with her husband
Sonakshi Sinha is celebrating New Year in Maldives with her husband Zaheer Iqbal. She has also posted her beautiful photos from the sea shore. In these, the actress looks quite stunning wearing a maroon colored dress. At the end, there is a video in which Zaheer is seen dancing fiercely. While sharing the photos, Sonakshi wrote in the caption – ‘Hello 2026! Scroll till the end to see who had the most fun at the New Year’s Eve celebration.

Virat Kohli shared a photo with Anushka Sharma
Anushka Sharma had a New Year party with husband Virat Kohli and the rest of the family. Inside photos of their celebration are viral on social media. Virat Kohli has also shared a photo of himself with Anushka from the party.

Aditi Rao Hydari shared pictures with her husband
Aditi Rao Hydari has shared many romantic selfies with her husband Siddharth. With this he wrote in the caption- ‘The new year has arrived. Best wishes for 2026. Be kind, happy, joyful and happy.

Apart from this, everyone from Shamita Shetty, Kriti Kharbanda, Kartik Aryan to Esha Deol have wished the fans for the New Year.

Virat Kohli shared a photo of the New Year party with Anushka Sharma on social media, which got 4 million likes within an hour. Virat had also shared a photo on the last day of last year. Kohli currently lives in London with his family, although Kohli is not even in London right now. He will come to India in a few days for the ODI series against New Zealand.

Virat Kohli looks good in ‘blue’ dress

Virat Kohli shared the photo of the New Year party on his social media. He was wearing a blue blazer, which was complemented by a white T-shirt underneath. Anushka Sharma wore a full black dress in the party, she also took a purse matching with the dress. Virat lives in London with his family, he recently came to India to play Vijay Hazare Trophy. Virat is currently in Dubai with his family, where this party took place.

Kohli is coming to India

Virat Kohli has retired from T20 and Test cricket, he plays only international cricket in ODI format. He performed brilliantly in the last ODI series against South Africa, he scored 2 centuries and 1 half-century in the 3-match series. Kohli had scored a total of 302 runs, now he will come to India for the ODI series against New Zealand.

Virat Kohli recently played 2 matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy. While playing for Delhi, Kohli had scored a century against Andhra, he also played a half-century in the second match. Kohli had scored more than 200 runs in 2 matches.

Virat Kohli had also shared a photo with Anushka Sharma on social media on the last day of last year. Kohli and Anushka had made art with face paint. On this Kohli wrote, “I am stepping into 2026 with the light of my life.”

There was a flood of faith in Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of New Year. A large number of devotees are reaching all the major temples of the state including the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya, Kashi Vishwanath in Varanasi and Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura to have darshan of the Lord. So that we can start the new year with the blessings of God on the first day of the year.

On the first day of the new year, a large number of devotees are reaching the temple in Ayodhya to have darshan of Ramlala. Since late night, a crowd of devotees were seen in the temple waiting in long queues to have darshan of the Lord. People were seen lining up for hours, desperate to get a glimpse of Ram Lalla.

Devotees gathered to see Ramlala

On this occasion, devotees were seen dancing and dancing to the beats of drums in the temple. Devotees say that in the new year they have come to bless themselves by having darshan of Ramlala. It is said that if you start any work after having darshan of your favorite deity and taking his blessings, then that work is definitely completed.

The administration is fully alert in view of the influx of devotees in Ayodhya. Crowds of devotees are not being allowed to gather at one place. So that any kind of untoward incident can be avoided and the devotees do not face any problem in having the darshan of Ramlala. The crowd gathered in Ayodhya is enough to show that the inclination of the youth is now moving towards Sanatan and faith.

Enthusiasm seen among devotees in Kashi Vishwanath

Similar pictures emerged from Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi. Where a large number of devotees came to have darshan of the Lord on the first day of the New Year. During this, while talking to ABP Live, the devotees expressed their zeal and enthusiasm. He said that we had thought that Lord Vishwanath should be seen on the first day of the new year and we all are very happy with it.

Queue of devotees in Banke Bihari temple

A huge crowd of devotees was also seen in the world famous Banke Bihari of Mathura on the occasion of New Year. Devotees were seen standing in queue since late night to have darshan of the Lord. Even after waiting for hours, his zeal and enthusiasm did not diminish. Considering the number of devotees, the administration has also made complete preparations. Traffic has been diverted at many places. In view of the crowd, the temple administration has appealed to the devotees not to come to the temple till January 5.

Input- Nishant Chaturvedi from Varanasi, Balram’s report from Ayodhya.

Haridwar: On New Year, a flood of faith gathered in the court of Maa Mansa Devi, devotees started with worship.

The entire state along with the country is busy in the preparations and celebrations of the New Year, in such a situation the Yogi government is also opening a box of many schemes for the people of the state. Many schemes are being completed in this and some new schemes are being started in the coming year. This includes schemes that provide jobs as well as many benefits to the youth.

The year 2026 will prove to be a year of new hopes for the people of the state. Yogi government is going to give ten big gifts to the people of the state in the year 2026, which will make their life simple, easy and economically empowered. Yogi government will give 10 big gifts to the youth of the state in the year 2026 including 1.5 lakh government jobs, Ganga Expressway to speed up economic development, fifth ground breaking ceremony and Global Investors Summit. All these gifts are in the pipeline, which will hit the ground in the year 2026. These ten gifts are as follows…

The youth of the state will get the gift of one and a half lakh government jobs.

Yogi government will issue recruitment advertisement for about 50-50 thousand posts in the police and education departments in the year 2026. Along with this, there will be recruitment on 20 thousand posts in Revenue Department while it will also recruit on vacant posts in Prison, Housing Development, Child Development, Nutrition and Health Department. The work of issuing advertisements for the recruitment process in different departments is in the final stage. In the year 2026, the police department will issue recruitment advertisement for about 50 thousand posts. Final preparations regarding this have been completed.

In the year 2026, the police department will recruit 30 thousand constables and 5 thousand sub inspector posts. Apart from this, recruitment will also be done on 15 thousand different posts in the department. At the same time, official sources of the Education Department have revealed that recruitment will be done on about 50 thousand posts in the Education Department also. This recruitment will be for the posts ranging from Assistant Teacher to Principal etc.

Similarly, there will be recruitment on 20 thousand posts in the Revenue Department, in which maximum recruitment will be done on the posts of Accountants. Along with this, recruitment will be done on 30 thousand posts in various departments including health, housing development, prison, child development and nutrition. According to information received from different official sources, the total new recruitments will be more than 1.5 lakh.

Noida International Airport will become the jewel of the country

India’s largest international airport, Noida International Airport, is proposed to be opened soon in Jewar, adjacent to Delhi. Built on 3300 acres at a cost of Rs 7000 crore, this airport will start with one runway, while in future 5 runways can be made operational. This airport will have a capacity of one crore passengers every year, while on an average 150 flights can be operated from here every day.

Ganga Expressway will give new impetus to economic development

India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh will enter a new chapter in infrastructure development in 2026 when the Ganga Expressway, the state’s longest and most ambitious road project to date, will be inaugurated. This expressway will not only reduce travel time, but it will also provide a new impetus to the economic development of the state. The Ganga Expressway is approximately 594 kilometers long, which will connect Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh to Prayagraj in eastern Uttar Pradesh. This expressway will pass through 12 districts and 518 villages of UP. It has been constructed at a cost of Rs 36,230 crore. The foundation stone of this project was laid in December 2021.

Investment will get on the ground with the fifth ground breaking ceremony.

After making the land of Uttar Pradesh a dream destination for investors from all over the world, now the Yogi government aims to get the investment on the ground. Under this, the Yogi government is preparing to conduct its fifth ground breaking ceremony (GBC) in the beginning of 2026. Through this, investment projects worth more than ₹ 5 lakh crore will be brought to the ground. In both its tenures, the Yogi government has so far launched industrial projects worth more than Rs 15 lakh crore through four ground breaking ceremonies and has provided job and employment guarantee to more than 60 lakh youth.

GIS will attract extensive investment

Apart from GBC, the Yogi government is also considering organizing another Global Investors Summit in 2026. Considering the investment proposals of more than Rs 35 lakh crore in GIS to be held in 2023, the event may be even more grand in 2026. For this, the Industrial Development Department and Invest UP have prepared a comprehensive action plan. To attract more and more investors in GIS, like last time, this time also road shows will be organized in major states of the country as well as in many big countries.

Nivesh Mitra 3.0 will give impetus to ease of doing business

As an important initiative towards increasing the ease of doing business, the next version of the state’s major online single window clearance system, Nivesh Mitra 3.0, will be in front of everyone in the year 2026. Many types of innovations will be added to it, so that it can become more investor friendly.

53 types of minor surgeries will be done in AYUSH hospitals

Yogi government is continuously taking big steps to provide quality treatment to the patients in government hospitals. In this sequence, surgery facility is going to be provided to the patients of the state in AYUSH hospitals in the year 2026. While this will reduce the pressure of patients in allopathy hospitals, patients will not have to wait long for minor surgeries.

Strict rules will be made to stop black marketing of codeine cough syrup and NDPS category medicines.

Yogi government will make strict rules to stop black marketing of codeine cough syrup and NDPS category medicines. For this, FSDA headquarters has sent a proposal to the government. ZIA tagging of wholesale establishments of these medicines will be necessary. Photos and videos of the entire details of purchases and sales from the storage capacity of the establishments will also have to be kept. Along with this, the drug inspector will have to verify the experience proof of the technical persons of the wholesale establishments.

Call center capacity will double to prevent cyber fraud

Yogi government is very serious in curbing the increasing cyber fraud and crime in the state. Under this, Yogi government will double the capacity of call centers in the year 2026 to prevent cyber crime and fraud. At present, Dial 112 has a staff of 20 each in three shifts in the call centre. Similarly, 30-30 staff stay in the call center in three shifts on the first floor of Lucknow DCP South Office. This capacity will be increased and doubled.

Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway work will be completed in February

The work of Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway will be completed in February. This expressway is 63 kilometers long, which is being built at a cost of about Rs 47 hundred crores. After its launch, it will take only 40 minutes to reach Kanpur from Lucknow Airport, whereas at present it takes two to three hours to reach Kanpur from Lucknow.

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma’s husband and cricketer Virat Kohli is ready to step into the new year. The cricketer has shared a beautiful photo with Anushka on social media. In the post, Virat has described his wife as the light of his life. Now fans are showering love on this picture of the couple and wishing them a Happy New Year.

Virat Kohli has posted a photo with Anushka Sharma on Instagram. In this, painting is seen on half the faces of both of them. While Virat has got a spider net painted, a butterfly is seen painted on Anushka’s face.

‘I am stepping into 2026 with the light of my life’
In the photo, Anushka Sharma is seen looking cool wearing a white shirt and blue denim pants. She is looking very simple and cute with open hair. Whereas Virat is seen wearing black T-shirt and beige pants. In the photo, he can be seen posing with his hand on Anushka’s shoulder. With this photo, Virat tagged Anushka in the caption and wrote – ‘I am stepping into 2026 with the light of my life.’

Fans congratulated the couple on New Year
Now fans are reacting angrily to this post of Virat Kohli and are also wishing the couple a Happy New Year. One fan wrote- ‘King and Queen.’ Another fan said- ‘Happy New Year 2026 King and Queen.’ One fan commented- ‘Best couple.’ Apart from this, a fan wrote- ‘The best couple in the world.’ Many fans are also showering love on the couple by commenting red heart emoji.

People enthusiastically participated in the New Year celebrations in Noida and Greater Noida city. From societies to malls, special preparations were made on New Year’s Eve. Cultural programs were organized in sectors and societies of Noida and Greater Noida on Wednesday. Disco nights were organized in pubs and bars till late night. In which people were seen completely drenched in the colors of the New Year. People said goodbye to 2025 and welcomed 2026.

Section 163 of the Indian Civil Security Code (BNSS) has already been implemented by the police till January 1. On New Year, police alert was seen everywhere including roads, malls, hotels etc. Here, security checks were seen in crowded public places, malls, hotels, bars, restaurants etc. Also, the police checked crowded places like hotels, restaurants, banquet halls etc. and kept an eye on the suspects. From noon itself, people started reaching malls, hotels and other places to celebrate.

Malls specially decorated

Malls were also decorated before the New Year. People enjoyed the live singing program at Spectrum Metro Mall located in Sector-75. He was also seen taking selfies with his family. Apart from this, children were taken care of in ‘Festopia 2026’ at Gaur City Mall, Greno West. On this occasion, book fair, activities for children, live music, performance and New Year sale were organised.

820 took a temporary license

To celebrate the New Year, programs were organized for liquor lovers at various places in the city. 820 temporary licenses were issued by the Excise Department for parties ranging from homes to hotels, restaurants, banquet halls etc. Licenses were given to commercial and domestic parties. For which fees ranging from Rs 1,000 to Rs 11,000 were charged.

The Maharashtra government has allowed hotels, restaurants and orchestra bars to remain open till 5:00 am on the night of 31 December. Hotel and restaurant organizations had sought permission to remain open till late night, to which the Maharashtra government agreed. Meanwhile, Mumbai Police has made special preparations to ensure that there is no disturbance in the New Year celebrations. More than 17 thousand policemen will be deployed in Mumbai to maintain law and order. Gateway of India, Marine Drive, Girgaon Chowpatty, Bandra Bandstand, Juhu and Versova Beach are more crowded.

There will be strict monitoring by police

The celebrations are likely to continue till the morning of Thursday (January 1) in different hotels, restaurants and malls. In such a situation, the police have made arrangements for strict surveillance to avoid any untoward incident in the city.

The Maharashtra government has allowed hotels, restaurants, and orchestra bars to remain open until 5:00 am on the night of December 31. pic.twitter.com/cDTGtVkfED

— IANS (@ians_india) December 30, 2025

Blockade will be done at main places and roads. Also, police patrolling will be increased. Traffic police will also be deployed along with Mumbai Police. 10 Additional Commissioners, 38 Deputy Commissioners, 61 ACPs, 2790 police officers and 14200 policemen will also keep vigil.

Police made this appeal to the people

Apart from this, SDRF, QRT, Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad, Home Guards and other forces will be deployed at sensitive places. Police will take very strict action against those involved in molestation, sale of illegal liquor and drugs. Police have appealed to the people to celebrate the New Year in a peaceful manner.

Contact helpline numbers 100 and 112- Police

People have been advised to contact helpline numbers 100 and 112 in case of any help. Authorities have deployed a large force to keep an eye on traffic violations and drunk driving. Police will check the drivers with the help of breath analyzer.