Website redirect adds query string

Im trying to redirect an entire site using .htaccess. My code is

redirect 301 / http://newsite.com/

However, when i click on link from google that was oldsite.com/pictures.php, it sends me to newsite.com/pictures.php. I only want it to go to newsite.com.

The redirect is the only thing in my .htaccess. Please help. I have spent all day on this.

Thanks.

 

Try with the following code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newsite.com [R=301,L]

Code (markup):

 

Works perfectly. Thanks so much.