Tag: Narendra Modi

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s decision to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the mega diaspora event “Howdy, Mody!” in Houston on September 22, suggests that Trump considers Modi to be his friend and ally, a former top Pakistani diplomat said Monday. “President Trump is signalling clearly that while he may have hosted (Pakistan) Prime […]

Varanasi: A staunch supporter of Narendra Modi has offered a gold crown weighing 1.25 kg to the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple here to mark the Prime Minister’s 69th birthday. Arvind Singh made the offering on Monday night on the eve of Modi’s birthday. Singh told reporters that he had pledged to make the offering if […]

Mumbai: Saaho star Prabhas on Tuesday will unveil the first poster of a film based on the life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi produced by ace filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali giving a gift to movie lovers an inspiring flick on the great leader’s life. According to a report in Hindustan Times, Modi’s 69th birthday will […]

Dharamsala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday wished a long and healthy life to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 69th birthday. In a letter, the spiritual leader wrote: “As a long time guest of India, and as someone who cares deeply about this country, I congratulate you on the growing confidence […]

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday said that his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi did not request him to return controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is a fugitive in India and has taken shelter in the Asian nation. Mahathir added that Modi, whom he met in Russia during an economic forum earlier this […]

Kevadiya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the vision of Sardar Patel, adding the BJP-led government’s decision last month on Jammu and Kashmir was “an inspiration” from India’s former home minister. The Union government’s decision on Kashmir is inspired by Sardar Patel and is an attempt to find solution to a decades-old problem, Modi, […]

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met his nonagenarian mother Heeraben on his 69th birthday and had lunch with her. Modi spent around half an hour with his mother, who lives with his younger brother Pankaj at Raisan village near Gandhinagar. TV visuals showed the PM paying obeisance with folded hands to his mother, […]

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wife Jashodaben visited the Kalyaneswari temple at Asansol of West Burdwan district and offered puja, a temple official said on Tuesday. Jashodaben, who was on a two-day trip to Dhanbad in Jharkhand, arrived at the famous temple at 12.45 p.m. on Monday and spent half an hour. Soon after she […]

New Delhi: The political circuit has been set abuzz with speculation about the real reason for Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s meeting here with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled for Wednesday at a time when the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is trying to locate the former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to question him […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: While the minimum pay hike demand of the Central government employees still awaits the Narendra Modi government’s consideration, the Centre today made a big announcement for the Railway employees ahead of Dussehra. Addressing a press conference Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government has been consistently giving record bonus, equivalent to the wage […]

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday indirectly hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diaspora outreach event ‘Howdy, Modi!’ in Houston, Texas on Sunday, saying that the ongoing slowdown was a speed breaker in his government’s claims of working towards making India a $5 trillion economy. “Creating a media blitz by […]

New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday raised the issue of renaming the state during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The West Bengal assembly has passed a resolution to rename the state as ‘Bangla’. Describing her meeting with the prime minister as fruitful, Banerjee told reporters […]

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday said it has rejected India’s request to allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s VVIP flight to use its airspace for his upcoming visit to the US via Germany. “India had requested Pakistan to allow Modi to use its airspace to travel to Germany on the 21st (Sept) and return on 28th (Sept),” […]

New Delhi: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has poked fun at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming “Howdy Modi” event in Houston, the USA, where he will be addressing the Indian diaspora. Modi is also likely to share the stage with US President Donald Trump. Rahul tweeted: “Howdy” economy doin’, Mr Modi? Ain’t too good it […]

Kolkata: West Bengal’s opposition Left parties and the Congress have lashed out against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her comments that the issue of National Register of Citizens was not discussed during her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. Referring to BJP state president Dilip Ghosh’s recent remark that two crore foreigners have […]