Tag: Modi

New Delhi: Parliament is likely to start discussion on the General Budget on July 8 while voting on Demands for Grants is likely between July 11-17 as the Narendra Modi government presents the first Budget of the second term on July 5. “The tentative dates for discussion and voting on demands-for-grants for 2O19-20 are expected […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first ‘Mann Ki Baat’ of second term, says “always had faith in the people of India” that they will bring him back once more. Speaking on Emergency — its fallout, suggestions by people that always amaze him with their solutions, Modi also stressed on need of the […]

New Delhi: With different parts of the country facing water crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the people to conserve every drop of water and to make it a mass movement akin to the Swachh Bharat mission. “There is no one way to conserve water. In different parts, different methods are adopted but […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a function to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev on November 12 at Sultanpur Lodhi in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) said Monday. A SAD delegation led by its president Sukhbir Singh Badal met Modi here and invited him to attend the […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condemned party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya’s son Akash Vijayvargiya for attacking a government employee with a bat, saying “beta kisi ka bhi ho, aise logo ki party see nikal dena chahiye” (regardless of whose son he is, such people should be sacked from the party). Modi’s remarks came […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the top-most health influencer in the country — second time in a row — followed by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Indias leading preventive healthcare ecosystem GOQii announced on Tuesday. The new entrants in this year’s coveted list of India’s “Top 30 […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday conveyed to UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed his resolve to step up cooperation with the Gulf country in key sectors such as trade and energy. The United Arab Emirates minister, who held talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday, called on the prime […]

Hyderabad: The BJP-led NDA government at the Centre will bring in tough legislations to check attacks on women and children, Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said Saturday. The Centre would engage with the respective governments for implementation of the legislations in the states, he said. “In the matter of attacks on […]

New Delhi: With pressure on the Modi 2.0 government to deliver on poll promises, all the ministries have been directed to create dashboards on key target areas so that citizens are informed of the progress report. Multiple sources in various ministries told IANS that a directive in this regard has come from Cabinet Secretary Pradeep […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi came down heavily on his ministers who were absent from Parliament duty on Tuesday and asked the party leaders to prepare a list of absentees by the evening. Sources said that at BJP’s weekly parliamentary party meeting, Modi asked for a list of ministers who skipped their parliament duty […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked BJP MPs to nurse their constituency by playing a leading role in its development and advised them to take up a cause of human sensitivity like eradication of leprosy or tuberculosis, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters.   First impression is often the last impression, Modi […]

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the BJP after the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh dissolved the Allahabad University Student Union and blacklisted NSUI Vice President, calling it BJP’s “dictatorship”. “NSUI Vice President Akhilesh Yadav was suspended and blacklisted by the administration for raising voice against the dissolution of Allahabad […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed anguish over the death of 12 people after a building collapsed in Mumbai. He said the state government and the National Disaster Response Force are working on rescue operations. “Collapse of a building in Mumbai’s Dongri is anguishing. My condolences to the families of those who […]

New Delhi: It’s the end of surrogacy in India, say experts after the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2019 was tabled in Parliament on Monday. The Bill was termed “illogical” by some, but many also said that it was high time the practice of commercial surrogacy was checked. Between 2010 and 2014, India had become the surrogacy […]

New Delhi: Former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh said on Thursday that Narendra Modi got massive mandate due to Pulwama and Balakot and he made full use of the situation. “If Balakot and Pulwama would not have happened, he would have not got 256 seats. Today he has got 303 seats because he fully […]