Tag: Narendra Modi

New Delhi: Underscoring the importance of Ayurveda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said time has come for a “health revolution” under the aegis of the traditional medicine system and pitched for affordable and accessible healthcare. Addressing a gathering after dedicating the country’s first All India Institute of Ayurveda to the nation here, the prime minister […]

Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today praised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his “commitment” to Bihar’s development, as the two leaders shared the stage for the first time after the JD(U) returned to the NDA fold. Modi, who attended the centenary celebrations of the Patna University (PU) here along with Kumar, said the Centre and […]

New Delhi: The Congress today questioned why no action has been taken against all the people whose names have come up in the Panama papers. Congress communications incharge Randeep Surjewala wondered if there was a “conspiracy” to save those with blackmoney and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to “speak up” […]

Panaji: The Goa education department has instructed all the schools to put up pictures of President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in their premises when the institutions resume after Diwali vacation. The order by education department is part of the instructions issued by the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar during the recently held […]

Chotila (Gujarat): Under attack over the Gujarat model of development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a swipe at the Congress over economic progress under its governments, saying for them it meant installing a hand pump and asking for votes in return. Modi, who is on a two-day visit to his poll-bound home state for […]

New Delhi: In a goof-up by the organisers, former goalkeeper Bhaskar Ganguly was not called for felicitation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi just before India’s U-17 World Cup match against USA here on Friday, despite his name being there in the list. Prime minister Modi felicitated the captains of Indian football teams that played in […]

Meerut: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he was the “prime minister on TV only”. Azad, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, was addressing a Congress programme to mark the 100th birth anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi. He said Modi keeps on […]

New Delhi: The country has to face temporary pain for long term gain, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said today on the current economic scenario. He said the global economy has slowed down and even China is witnessing a slack in its economy, but in the midst of this, India is looked upon as a favourable […]

New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram today lauded BJP’s Yashwant Sinha for talking “truth to the power” in an article on the economy and asked the “clueless” Centre how long it would hide behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rhetoric and party slogans. Sinha had written what the Congress had been saying for the past 18 months […]

Washington: A coffee table book on the life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was globally launched here and presented to several American lawmakers. “The Making of a Legend” has images and text depicting Modi’s journey, his struggles and initiatives since assuming the office in 2014. The book has been written by Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder […]

Shahanshahpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has made a fervent pitch for a ‘clean India’, today watched live a surgery being performed on a calf for removing polythene at a cattle health fair he inaugurated. Modi opened Uttar Pradesh’s first Pashudhan Arogya Mela and said proper healthcare of cattle through such initiatives would help increase milk […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is considering additional measures to bolster economy that has hit a three-year low of 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal. The minister said an announcement with regard to the additional steps will be made after consulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Deposits of scrapped currency notes made by central government employees post demonetisation will be probed by anti-corruption watchdog Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), its chief K V Chowdary said today. He said the commission has sought relevant data from income tax authorities in this regard. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on November 8 last […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a students’ convention on Monday to mark the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago address and BJP ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya’s centenary celebrations. The theme of the convention is ‘Young India, New India’. “Tomorrow I look forward to addressing a gathering of students on the theme of Young […]

Nay Pyi Taw: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that India will grant gratis visa to Myanmarese citizens wanting to visit the country. Modi made the announcement during his joint press statement with State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi after the two leaders held wide-ranging talks here. “I am pleased to announce that we have […]