Tag: Narendra Modi

PM calls for new India in 2022, Lok Sabha adopts resolution

New Delhi: As the nation observed the 75th anniversary of the ‘Quit India’ movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for the creation of a “new India” free of corruption and poverty by 2022. The next five years could be as important as the five years between 1942, when the ‘Quit India’ movement was launched, […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Voting to elect 14th Vice President begins; PM casts vote

New Delhi: Polling to elect the 14th Vice President of India began in Parliament today with Prime Minister Narendra Modi casting his vote. The voting started at 10 a.m. and will continue till 5 p.m. The counting of votes will be done in the evening. The results would be announced later on Saturday. NDA’s candidate M. […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Arvind Panagariya resigns as Niti Aayog Vice Chairman

New Delhi: Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he wants to quit and return to academics in the US. Panagariya, who has been on leave from Columbia University to work at the Niti Aayog, said in his letter that his leave was due to expire on August […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Women cricket team won nation's hearts: Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the Indian women’s cricket team, saying it had captivated the country despite losing the World Cup final. “Banish the thought from your mind that you were unsuccessful. Whether you won the match or not, you definitely won over the nation,” Modi said in his “Mann ki […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Modi talks of floods, praises Govt and Indian Army in 'Mann Ki Baat'

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation on the situation of flooding when it hits the country and how several agencies and volunteers have been contributing to allay the distress. During the floods “governmental agencies, Indian Army, National Disaster Response Force, para-military forces, everyone gets down to help others”, Modi said […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Modi inaugurates Kalam memorial in Rameswaram

Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s memorial in Tamil Nadu’s Ramananthapuram district. Modi also flagged off ‘Kalam Sandesh Vahini’, an exhibition bus which would travel across various states and reach Rashtrapati Bhavan on October 15, the 86th birth anniversary of the former President. The memorial at […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Looking forward to working with Nitish: Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar shortly after he took oath with the BJP as an alliance partner in his government. Modi said he was looking forward to working together for Bihar’s progress. Modi also greeted Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, a senior BJP leader. “Congratulations […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Modi to inaugurate Abdul Kalam memorial in Rameswaram

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday inaugurate former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s memorial at Rameswaram, said officials. Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao, Chief Minister K. Palaniswami, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan and NDA’s Vice Presidential candidate M. Venkaiah Naidu will be among those present on the occasion. Kalam died of cardiac arrest in […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
357 babus, 24 IAS officers punished: DoPT tells PM Modi

New Delhi: Perform or perish. This is one of the mantras of good governance being followed by the Modi government to make its workforce accountable, a senior personnel ministry official has said. The ministry has taken actions like premature retirement and cut in remuneration against 381 civil services officers, including 24 from the Indian Administrative […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Modi leaves for flood-hit Gujarat for aerial survey

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday left for Gujarat to conduct aerial survey of the flood situation in his home state. Modi’s visit comes in the wake of a request from Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. The Prime Minister left for Gujarat after the swearing-in ceremony of President Ram Nath Kovind. Torrential rains caused […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Violence in the name of cow can't be tolerated: Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said violence in the name of cow protection cannot be tolerated and asked state governments to act “very tough” against those taking law in their own hands. At an all-party meeting ahead of Parliament’s monsoon session that begins on Monday, Modi told MPs that law and order […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
RTI on Modi, Manmohan's foreign trips denied as 'vague'

Lucknow: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has denied information on various expenses incurred in foreign trips by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh, terming the query “vague”, an RTI activist said. Nutan Thakur told IANS on Saturday that she had requested the documents from the PMO on June 16. Thakur had asked for […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
BSNL launches ultra fast broadband services

Mumbai: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on Friday introduced state-of-the-art 100G Optical Transport Network (NG-OTN) across the country to provide Super Express Highways, in tune with the Digital India Programme of the Prime Minister. Launching the NG-OTN here, Minister of State for Communications Manoj Sinha lauded the BSNL for upgrading its network to provide […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Modi lands in Tel Aviv, warmly welcomed by Netanyahu

Tel Aviv: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived here on a three-day visit to Israel — the first by an Indian Prime Minister — and was warmly welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who received him at the airport. Modi, who landed at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, was accorded a red carpet […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
India, Netherlands sign 3 agreements

The Hague: India and the Netherlands on Tuesday signed three agreements, including a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on water cooperation, following a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dutch Premier Mark Rutte here. “#IndiaNetherlands sign MoU on Cultural Cooperation, MoU on Water Cooperation and Agreement on Amending Social Security Arrangement,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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