Tag: Modi

New Delhi: Explaining his remarks on the Rafale deal, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday expressed regret for attributing his “Chowkidar Chor Hai” remarks to the top court and said he has incorrectly done so in the “heat of the moment”. Gandhi also said that his comment was deliberately used by his political opponents to […]

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said people must vote in large numbers as the power of the Voter ID is stronger than the IED (improvised explosive device) used by terrorists. “Terrorists’ weapon is IED while democracy’s strength is Voter ID. I believe that the power of Voter ID is much more stronger than the […]

Lucknow:The Samajwadi Party has fielded Shalini Yadav as the joint candidate of the SP-BSP alliance in Varanasi to challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections. A light-weight candidate, Shalini Yadav has unsuccessfully contested he Mayoral polls in Varanasi on a Congress ticket in 2017. Shalini Yadav is the daughter of former Rajya […]

Hyderabad: In a bid to highlight their problems, about 100 turmeric farmers–50 each from Telangana and Tamil Nadu, are planning to file nominations as independents from the Varanasi constituency, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking re-election. According to PK Deivasigamani, president of the Turmeric Farmers Association of India, they will file their nominations before […]

New Delhi: The Congress said on Tuesday that with people in 302 Lok Sabha constituencies having already exercised their franchise at the end of third phase of seven-phased election, the message was that the Modi government was at the “exit door”. Party leader Jairam Ramesh said here that campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]

New Delhi: Narendra Modi continues to be the first choice for the Prime Ministership staying ahead of his nearest rival Rahul Gandhi by leaps and bounds, according to the latest finding of the CVOTER-IANS tracker. A survey conducted on April 19 shows that Modi was ahead of Gandhi by more than 30 percentage points as the […]

New Delhi: In a “candid and completely non political” conversation with Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he never thought of becoming Prime Minister because there was nothing in his background that could make him think like that. Common people do not believe in such things, he said adding that thoughts […]

Illambazar (West Bengal): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday came down heavily on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for accusing him of only going on foreign trips in last five years, saying India’s might has been acknowledged across the globe because of these visits. “Didi (Banerjee) has said that the ‘Chaiwala’ has only made […]

Kolkata:Taking a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s revelation that she sends sweets and kurtas to him, state Congress President Somen Mitra on Wednesday said their “friendly relationship” has been proved. In a candid conversation with actor Akshay Kumar, Modi, earlier in the day, said Bangladesh Prime Minister […]

Varanasi: Making an emotional appeal in his constituency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people of Varanasi to give him five more years and promised that while the last five years were for “hard work (purusarth) and change (badlav)”, the next five would be for “results (parinam) and India’s prestige (pratishtha)”. Making a sharp […]

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that Congress President Rahul Gandhi will be responsible if Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns to power in the Lok Sabha polls, promising his party will do everything to stop the Shah-Modi duo in Delhi. Speaking to the media over a possible alliance between […]

Varanasi: Asserting that his commitment was to “India first”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government had given a response to terrorists “in their own language”, in a reference to the IAF strike at Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror camps in Pakistans Balakot. On the eve of filing his nomination papers from Varanasi, Modi said […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Election Commission on the biopic “PM Narendra Modi”. The poll panel told the court that movie should be released only after the Lok Sabha elections got over. The seven phased polls began on April 11, when the biopic was to release. The polls […]

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday filed his nomination papers in Varanasi for the Lok Sabha elections amid a show of strength by NDA allies. Modi was accompanied by Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah. National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders including Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram […]

New Delhi: Only former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s formula of “Insaniyat, Kashmiriyat and Jamooriyat” will work in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. In an interview to Aaj Tak Hindi news channel, Modi said: “We have an understanding of Jammu and Kashmir and we did not require the experience of […]