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New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “corrupt” following fresh revelations by French website Mediapart that inclusion of a private defence partner from India was an “imperative and obligatory” condition for securing the Rafale jets contract. Mediapart said the name of Reliance Defence was give to Dassault Aviation as […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that Swachh Bharat Mission has turned into the world’s biggest mass movement on sanitation and has given a mantra for making the world cleaner. “Political leadership, public funding, partnerships and people’s participation are the four mantras for making the world cleaner,” he said in his address […]

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed on innovation in education and character-building as its goal, saying that education without aim is nothing more than a certificate hanging on one’s wall. The Prime Minister, while inaugurating the ‘Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence’, recalled Swami Vivekananda’s emphasis on self-reliance, character-building, and […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of politicising the 2016 surgical strikes and alleged that the BJP was using “soldiers as a tool to garner votes”. The party made the comment on the day “Parakram parv” is being observed by the Central government to mark the second anniversary of the […]

United Nations: French President Emmanuel Macron brushed off questions about the controversial Rafale deal saying he was not in charge when the agreement to buy the fighter jets was made and that he would defer to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter. “I was not in charge at that time but I know that […]

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 […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, on Monday to celebrate his 68th birthday. Upon reaching Varanasi on Monday afternoon, Modi will directly head to Narur village where he is expected to interact with the children of a primary school and attend the screening […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded athlete Hima Das and para-athletes Ekta Bhyan, Yogesh Kathuniya and Sundar Singh Gurjar during his monthly radio show “Mann Ki Baat”. “Just a few days ago, in the Junior Under-20 World Athletics Championship in Finland, India’s brave daughter and a farmer’s daughter Hima Das made history […]