Tag: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Indore: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Indore on Thursday celebrated the sweeping election victory of the BJP-led alliance by polishing people’s shoes. BJP Councillor Sanjay Kataria led the activists on Radisson Chowk where surprised passers-by were invited to get their footwear polished to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s victory. “Narendra Modi says no work […]

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Chief Ministers cancelled their visit to Delhi to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in on Thursday after their flights did not get the permission to fly to the national capital. Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who took oath as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister here on Thursday, along with Telangana Chief Minister […]

New Delhi: In a major push to boost rural consumption, the Modi government in its first Cabinet meeting decided to cover all the farmers, irrespective of their land holdings, under PM Kisan scheme that promises to transfer Rs 6,000 in their bank accounts. The revised scheme envisages to cover 2 crore more farmers with an […]

Panaji: After her mother failed to attract the attention of former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, her 11-year-old Polish girl has now written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking their return to India. Alicja Wanatko, in her handwritten letter to Modi and newly appointed External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, has also invoked her love for […]

Panaji: China’s aggression is of a lesser degree compared to that of Pakistan, newly-appointed Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said on Sunday. Interacting with reporters here, on his first visit to his home state after being sworn-in in a Minister in the Union Council of Ministers, he also said that the government has […]

New Delhi: An IIT post-graduate was arrested from Rajasthan for running a fake website named ‘Pradhan Mantri Free Laptop distribution Scheme-2019’ with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s picture to earn money from website traffic as well as get personal data of visitors to misuse, a police officer said on Sunday. “A team of Delhi Police Cyber […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished the Indian cricket team as they began their World Cup campaign against South Africa in the United Kingdom on Wednesday. “As #TeamIndia begins it’s #CWC19 journey today, best wishes to the entire Team. “May this tournament witness good cricket and celebrate the spirit of sportsmanship,” Modi tweeted. Two-time […]

New Delhi: India on Thursday said that no bilateral meeting has been planned between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on June 13-14. “To the best of my knowledge, no bilateral meeting is being set […]

Guruvayoor: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday offered prayers at the famed Sri Krishna Temple here, where he was given a traditional welcome by priests at the door steps of the shrine. He flew into Guruvayoor from Kochi earlier in the morning and arrived at the shrine at 10.20 a.m., dressed in traditional temple attire. […]

New Delhi: Sandhya Tanwar was on duty at the IAF’s Air Traffic Control in Jorhat, watching as her husband Ashish Tanwar piloted an AN-32 aircraft that took off from the airbase for the thickly forested area of Menchuka in Arunachal Pradesh that fateful Monday afternoon. Barely half an hour later, the plane went off the […]

Colombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday left Sri Lanka after a packed day’s visit to the island nation. Modi “emplanes from Sri Lanka”, the Indian government tweeted. Before leaving the island nation, Modi and Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena held talks. Modi was on a two-day official visit to the Maldives and Sri Lanka […]

New Delhi: French Minister of State for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean Baptiste Lemoyne will visit India on Monday to do the groundwork for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France in August. This will be the first French ministerial visit after the formation of the new government. “The visit of Lemoyne will acknowledge reinforcement […]

Tirupati (AP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala here on Sunday. Upon his arrival at the ancient temple, Modi was accorded a grand traditional reception amid chanting of Vedic hymns by the priests, who escorted him to the sanctum sanctorum along with temple officials. Clad […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: On his first visit to Delhi after taking up the reins of the state for the fifth time chief minister, Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to meet Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. This is no ordinary meeting. To begin with this will be their first meeting after taking charge of their respective offices […]

Washington: Citing the popular election slogan “Modi hai to mumkin hai”, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed confidence in taking the Indo-US strategic ties to the next level and said the two leading democracies have an “incredibly unique opportunity” to move ahead, including to make sure a free and open Indo-Pacific. Giving a “sneak […]