Tag: Pm Modi

New Delhi: Amid the raging anti-CAA protests, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chose to start his speech with an unusual chant, “Vividhta me ekta, Bharat ke visheshta” (Unity in diversity is India’s speciality). But soon he focussed back on what he was there for in the first place – the Delhi Assembly election. Stressing […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused his rivals of stoking fears among people and misleading Muslims over the amended citizenship law, and asserted that his government’s schemes have never done any discrimination on the basis of religion. Addressing a rally at Ramlila Maidan here, he said the citizenship law and the proposed […]

New Delhi: In a sharp response to the violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during his speech at Ramlila ground on Sunday: “Burn Modi’s effigy, but do not burn public property”. “Hate me if you want to, but don’t hate India. Burn my effigy, but don’t burn a poor […]

New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here on Sunday, giving a clean chit to the police by blaming the politics for violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the national capital, speculations about the continuance of Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik are set to subside. The Delhi Police have been under the […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that the Rohtang tunnel, which connects Himachal Pradesh with Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, and Manali with Leh, will now be known as the ‘Atal Tunnel’. Modi made the announcement to name the tunnel on the occasion of the 95th birth anniversary of late former Prime […]

Lucknow: Prime minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 25-feet tall statue of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lucknow on Wednesday. The statue which was made in Jaipur, Rajasthan, is a tribute to the BJP stalwart whose 95th birth anniversary is being observed on Tuesday. The prime minister was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka’s revered Hindu pontiff Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt passed away at Udupi in the state’s coastal town on Sunday, an official said. He was 88. “Swamiji breathed his last in the Mutt around 9.00 a.m. after he was shifted from the Kasturba Hospital at Manipal earlier in the day as his health […]

New Delhi: The Prime Minister firmly put the spotlight back on self-reliance, with his call to Indians that they buy only locally produced goods and products at least till 2022. In his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address to the nation, the last for this year, the prime minister spoke about Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of Swadeshi as […]

New Delhi: In order to garner people’s support on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a Twitter campaign. He wrote on @narendramodi_in: “#IndiaSupportsCAA because CAA is about giving citizenship to persecuted refugees & not about taking anyone’s citizenship away. Check out this hashtag in Your Voice section of Volunteer module […]

New Delhi: A minor fire broke out at the Prime Minister’s residence complex at 9 Lok Kalyan Marg on Monday evening, after a “short-circuit” but had been controlled now. A call was made from the PM’s residence following which nine fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Initial investigation suggests the fire was sparked off […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the ongoing protests over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of a Twitter outreach campaign with hashtag #IndiaSuppportsCAA. Meanwhile, the Odisha unit of the party has set a target of 10 lakh tweets in a day to spread the message. “The CAA is not about taking away the […]

New Delhi: As part of the ongoing efforts to boost indigenous research capabilities in the country’s defence sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate five DRDO Young Scientists Laboratories to the nation on Thursday. The Prime Minister will unveil a plaque to mark the occasion at the Aeronautical Development Establishment in Bengaluru during his two-day […]

Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Young Scientist Laboratories to enable focused research in advanced technologies. Open for applicants below 35 years, these labs have been created to empower youth to achieve self-reliance in advanced niche technologies for the country, the DRDO said. “This step lays down […]

Siliguri/Kolkata: Blasting Prime Minister Narendra Modi a day after he asked the Opposition to protest against Pakistan and not the new Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wondered whether Modi was the ambassador of Pakistan with a habit of glorifying and dragging in the neighbouring nation on every issue. […]

Lucknow: The biggest Defence Expo until now, to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be held here from February 5-9 and it will make Uttar Pradesh an important destination for defence and aerospace manufacturing, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. He said 925 exhibitors have so far registered for the expo, which […]