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Rahul-Gandhi
Rahul mocks Modi over Kotler award, Irani hits back

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for getting the Philip Kotler Presidential award, saying the award was so famous that it has no jury. “I want to congratulate our Prime Minister on winning the world famous ‘Kotler Presidential Award’,” tweeted Gandhi. “In fact it’s so famous it has […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Opposition alliance opportunist, for their own existence: Modi

New Delhi: Calling the opposition alliance “opportunist”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the parties coming together ahead of the Lok Sabha polls of practicing negative politics for their own existence and said the BJP was not in politics for “divide and rule” or building vote banks. The Prime Minister’s attack come during his […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Brexit: PM warns of 'catastrophic breach of trust'

London: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday warned that a failure to deliver Brexit would be “a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy”. Writing in the Sunday Express newspaper, May pleaded with lawmakers to back her Brexit deal in Tuesday’s vote, the BBC reported. Not doing so risks the UK leaving the […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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BJP's performance, not opposition lies, to control election narrative: Jaitley

New Delhi: Accusing the opposition parties of creating a false narrative based on lies, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said it was the BJP which will decide the agenda and control the narrative of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls through Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and his government’s performance over the last five years. […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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PM to open 'Vibrant Gujarat Summit on January 18

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit themed, ‘Shaping a New India’, on January 18 as the state gears up for its flagship biennial summit, which pulls in the who’s who of the business community, heads of states and policy makers from across the world. Modi […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Modi 'delighted' over passage of 10% quota bill

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed his “delighted” over the passage of Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha to provide 10 per cent quota to upper castes in government jobs and higher educational institutions and called it “a victory for social justice”. “Glad to see such widespread support for […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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'Chowkidar' will be ever alert, keep catching thieves: Modi

Solapur (Maharashtra): Kicking off the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha campaign in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday targeted the Congress, accusing it of corruption and warned that “this Chowkidar (watchman) will never sleep and continue to catch thieves”. “Should the ‘chowkidar’ go ahead courageously or not? He never sleeps. However dark it may be, […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Preferred to finish pending projects instead of waiving loans: Modi

Palamau (Jharkhand): In an obvious attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that he preferred to complete the pending irrigation projects to empower farmers instead of waiving their loans. Modi told a public rally in Palamau, about 160 km from Ranchi, that when he took power in May 2014, he found […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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President, PM condole Kader Khan's demise

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several political leaders on Tuesday condoled the death of veteran Bollywood actor-director Kader Khan. The President tweeted: “Sad to learn about the passing of veteran actor and dialogue writer Kader Khan. His versatility, from comic to negative roles, and the films he embellished as […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Bangladesh polls: Sheikh Hasina wins new term as prime minister

Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to return for a new term in office as her party, Awami League (AL), has registered a landslide victory, Bangladesh’s Election Commission said on Monday. Hasina would become Prime Minister for an unprecedented fourth term after AL secured win in 259 constituencies of the 300-seat parliament, according […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Modi to view presentation on 'Kashi-Vishwanth Corridor'

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Saturday, will view a detailed presentation on the proposed 400 metre Kashi-Vishwanath Corridor project, an official said. The official said the Prime Minister will be viewing a 12-minute documentary on the ambitious multi-crore project which envisions a widened and beautified corridor […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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PM releases Rs 100 coin in memory of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

New Delhi: A day ahead of the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, his successor Narendra Modi on Monday released a commemorative Rs 100 coin to honour the late leader, who passed away in August. Addressing a gathering at the Parliament House Annexe here, Modi said Vajpayee never compromised on the ideologies […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Brexit deal not up for renegotiation, EU tells May

Brussels: European Union leaders have refused to give UK’s Prime Minister Theresa May a lifeline over Brexit, saying that the withdrawal agreement is “not open for renegotiation”, despite her appeal to them to help her salvage the deal by putting a 12-month limit on the unpopular Irish backstop. May came to Brussels to plead EU […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Legal challenge filed against ousted Sri Lankan PM

Colombo: A local Sri Lankan Municipal Councillor on Tuesday filed a petition in the Court of Appeal against ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe continuing to be a member of Parliament. The petition was filed by Colombo Municipal Councillor Sharmila Gonawala, Xinhua news agency reported. In addition, Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, General Secretary of Wickremesinghe’s political party […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Kovind, Modi greet nation on Milad-un-Nabi

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted the country on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed. “Good wishes to all fellow citizens, especially our Muslim brothers and sisters in India and abroad,” the President, who is in on four-day visit to Australia tweeted. “We remember […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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