Tag: Narendra Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged young officers to develop a close rapport with people as it is one of the keys to achieving success in their tasks and objectives. An official release said that Modi saw presentations of IAS officers of the 2016 batch as part of their valedictory session as […]

Ranchi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Congress had done politics for decades in the name of poverty eradication. “Since Independence the slogan of ‘Garibi Hatao’ has been given. Only politics has been done in the name of ending poverty. If politics had not been done, India would have been different now,” Modi […]

Ranchi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the ‘Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)’ here deemed as the “worlds largest government funded healthcare programme”, targeting more than 50 crore beneficiaries. The scheme will provide a cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year, for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation […]

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to call a special session of Parliament to discuss the Rafale deal. The Aam Aadmi Party and also demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the deal. Senior AAP leader and party’s Delhi convenor Gopal Rai also posed questions to Modi […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the contribution of India’s ‘Nari Shakti’ (women power) in the Swachh Bharat Mission was immense. “The contribution of India’s Nari Shakti (women power) in the Swachh Bharat (clean India) Mission is immense,” Modi said while launching the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva Movement’. “Youngsters are ambassadors of […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed that dialogue in a democracy and political system is necessary and the BJP owes its victories to its grassroot-level workers. The Prime Minister said the motto of every worker should be “Mera Booth, Sabse Majboot’ (My booth is the strongest). He said the two-day National Executive […]

New Delhi: Setting the tone for 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday termed the proposed Mahagathbandhan a compulsion of leaderless grouping with BJP chief Amit Shah asserting that if the party succeeds in next general election, it would remain in power for the next 50 years. In his concluding remarks on […]

New Delhi: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks about bad loans generated during UPA rule, and asked his government to disclose loans given during the NDA rule that turned into Non-performing assets (NPA). “The real test is, will the NDA-2 match the record of UPA-2 and […]

New Delhi: Marking the completion of one year of M. Venkaiah Naidu as Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha, a book will be launched that details his mission of engagement on key issues with various stakeholders across the country and it’s alignment with the mission of a new India in the making. The 245 […]

New Delhi: India’s first manned space flight – Gaganyaan – is expected to send three persons, including a woman, into the space for seven days and the spacecraft will be placed in a low earth orbit of 300-400 km. Giving details of the programme at a press conference here, Minister of State for Atomic Energy […]

London: Congress President Rahul Gandhi has compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump, saying people voted for them as they were angry due to unemployment and had much expectations from them. The Congress leader emaphasised that unemployed people in their respective countries had a lot of expectations from populist leaders like Trump […]

Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aerial survey to witness the massive loss and destruction triggered by the torrential rains in Kerala was called off on Saturday due to bad weather, state government officials said. Modi, who arrived in the state capital on Friday night, flew in to Kochi earlier in the morning. The Prime Minister […]

New Delhi: India is celebrating its 72nd Independence Day amid positivity and confidence stemming from its robust economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday. “India has registered its name as the sixth largest economy in the world. It has created positivity. We are celebrating the festival of freedom in such a positive atmosphere,” Modi […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he wanted to provide quality life for all Indians, which includes housing, electricity, water and other amenities. “Housing for all, power for all, water for all, LPG for all, toilet for all, skill for all, health for all, insurance for all, connectivity for all,” Modi said […]

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid homage to the late DMK President M. Karunanidhi after laying a wreath on the body that was lying in state at Rajaji Hall here. Arriving here by a special flight, Modi reached the government estate and paid his respects to the late former Chief Minister of Tamil […]