Tag: Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged first time voters to register and cast their ballots in the coming Lok Sabha polls. Delivering his first “Mann Ki Baat” address of 2019, Modi said: “This year, the Lok Sabha elections will be held in our country and this will be the first time that […]

Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will arrive here later Sunday, is slated to dedicate the Rs 16,504 crore single largest investment in Kerala when he unveils an integrated Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) refinery expansion complex. He will lay the foundation stone of the complex which is a complete “Make in India” initiative aimed […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the nation on the occasion of National Voters Day and said every vote enhances the country’s democratic fabric. “I urge people from all walks of life to create awareness on voter registration and especially request my young friends to register themselves as voters if they have […]

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said work is on to issue chip-based e-passports to Indian citizens under a centralized passport system. “Our embassies and consulates are being connected to the Passport Seva Project worldwide,” he said addressing the inaugural ceremony of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2019 here. “This will prepare a centralized system […]

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the BJP “suffered” in the state because it changed the name of existing government schemes when it was in power and “now it’s time” for it to face defeat at the Centre. Gehlot cited the example of the previous BJP government’s decision to rename the Rajiv Gandhi Seva […]

Greater Noida: Asserting that the BJP is going to retain power in 2019, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the coming Lok Sabha election is not a challenge to the ruling party. Attacking the opposition rally organised by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Minister said the attempt to form a ‘mahagatbandhan’ […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hit out at opposition parties, saying the fear of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity and his return to power has brought them together but said this won’t work in the Lok Sabha polls as Modi remains the most popular leader. In a Facebook post, he said the […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended his greetings to the people of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura on their Statehood Day. “On the special occasion of their Statehood Day, greetings to the people of Meghalaya. People from Meghalaya have made a notable contribution to our country. I pray for the state’s continuous progress,” […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to the tenth Sikh master Guru Gobind Singh on his 352nd birth anniversary. “Homage to Guru Gobind Singh on his birth anniversary. He devoted his life to serving the people and upholding truth, justice and compassion. The example and teachings […]

Amaravati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had given a “detailed response” to the “lies” on the Rafale deal in Parliament and had placed facts before the people. Modi was speaking to BJP workers from Anantapuramu, Kadapa, Kurnool, Narsaraopet and Tirupati Lok Sabha constituencies via video-conference. […]

Lucknow: The Congress on Monday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s love and concern for farmers as a sham and alleged that the agriculture sector was in crisis even as the union government was dishing out false claims. Spokesman of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) Priyanka Gupta said that a recent incident where a potato […]

Palamau (Jharkhand): In an obvious attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that he preferred to complete the pending irrigation projects to empower farmers instead of waiving their loans. Modi told a public rally in Palamau, about 160 km from Ranchi, that when he took power in May 2014, he found […]

Jalandhar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday added ‘Jai Anusandhan’ to the slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ given by the late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, hailing the power of research to propel the nation into the top league. The slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ was later prefixed with ‘Jai Vigyan’ by then Prime Minister […]

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended their greetings to the people on the occasion of New Year 2019. “Wishing all of you a very Happy New Year. May 2019 bring joy, peace and prosperity to our families, to our country, and to our beautiful planet,” the President […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP face a tough challenge in the Lok Sabha elections in the coming summer in the wake of its defeat in the recent Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and mounting worries on the economic front. Even at the end of 2017, no one […]