Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first ‘Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN)’ flight under the regional connectivity scheme on Shimla-Delhi sector on Thursday. Under the UDAN scheme, the fares of flights have been lessened at Rs 2,500 per hour. “Earlier aviation was considered to be the domain of[Read More…]
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Sukma Maoist attack: CRPF man slams Rajnath Singh, PM Modi for bad governance
A video of a CRPF man, who can be seen venting his anger and expressing anguish against the home minister Rajnath Singh, after losing kin in Monday’s Sukma Maoist attack, has gone viral now. Posted by Pankaj Mishra of paramilitary force’s 221 battalions at Durgapur in West Bengal, this video[Read More…]
Shashi Tharoor helps govt draft statement on Jadhav death sentence row
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor helped government draft a statement on the death sentence handed to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan, in a show of rare bipartisan cooperation. The statement, which may be moved as a resolution in the Lok Sabha, will be vetted by PM Modi and other parties.[Read More…]
PM pitches for collective fight against terror
Israeli PM Netanyahu calls for unity against Iran
President Donald Trump calls India a ‘True Friend’, invites PM to US
Four days after the Republican President Donald Trump took oath as the 45th President of the US, he invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the United States later this year, during a phone call on late Tuesday night. The President Trump emphasised that the US considers India a ‘true[Read More…]
Jallikattu: CM Panneerselvam wants ordinance, PM says it is sub-judice
Chief Minister O Panneerselvam met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday and urged him to issue an ordinance for the conduct of the Jallikattu after Tamil Nadu erupted with huge protests over the ban on traditional sport by Supreme Court. PM Modi appreciated the cultural significance of[Read More…]
Jallikattu: Protests spread across Tamil Nadu, CM Panneerselvam to meet PM
After Jallikattu protests attracted huge strength across Tamil Nadu, chief minister O Panneerselvam said he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to get an ordinance passed in favor of the customary bull-taming sport. The government may take a kind approach, but would wait for the Supreme Court’s ultimate[Read More…]
India has become the fastest growing major economy in the world: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that India has become a growing major economy in the world. PM Modi was speaking at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Gandhinagar. Modi said India’s demographic advantage — 800 million youth under the age of 35 — democratic traditions and demand from its[Read More…]
BJP has begun campaign to weed out black money from politics: Amit Shah
BJP has already started campaign to weed out black money from politics and bring major electoral reforms under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief Amit Shah said on Tuesday. “After attack on black money through demonetisation, some thinkers and experts asked Modiji what about bringing an electoral[Read More…]
Jharkhand mine collapse: PM speaks to Raghubar Das, 10 bodies found, 40 feared dead
Ten workers died while over 30 are still feared trapped following a coal mine collapsed on Thursday night in Jharkhand’s Godda district. This is the latest mishap in a nation with a poor record of industrial safety. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das and asked about[Read More…]
RBI changes rules like Modiji changes clothes: Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a sly dig at the Prime Minister on the ever-changing rules relating to the notes ban. “RBI changes rules like Modiji changes clothes,” tweeted the Congress Vice President on his official Twitter handle. RBI उसी तरीके से नियम बदल रही है, जिस[Read More…]
Delhi: Man beaten for criticizing PM Modi’s demonetisation move outside an ATM
A 45-year-old man named Lalan Singh Kushwaha was allegedly beaten with cricket stumps after he blamed the Prime Minister for long queues outside ATMs in southeast Delhi’s Jaitpur area, said police on Sunday. The victim received head injuries for making remarks against demonetisation while standing near a queue outside an[Read More…]
President Mukherjee, PM, Sonia Gandhi, condole Jayalalithaa’s death
President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Union Ministers, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and various other top leaders from across the country have condoled Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s death and paid tributes to her. Jayalalithaa died late on Monday night at a[Read More…]
Large volumes of cash big source of corruption, black money: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to the people to “lead the change” towards cashless transactions to lay the strong foundations of an India where there is no place for corruption and black money. “In 21st century India, there is no place for corruption. Corruption slows down growth and[Read More…]
PM asks BJP lawmakers to share bank details after notes ban
In a significant move and to calm opposition who is repeatedly claiming that the BJP MPs were aware of the demonetisation move even before it came into the effect, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all his party’s lawmakers to submit particulars of their bank records from November 8 –[Read More…]
Ready for discussion, PM Modi will intervene, says Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday told Lok Sabha that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak on demonetisation if the Opposition wanted, but the rival parties demanding debate with a provision for voting remained unimpressed, forcing the House to adjourn for the second time. A number of opposition leaders,[Read More…]
Mayawati hits out at PM, says demonetisation survey is fake, sponsored
BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling his survey on demonetisation as “fake and sponsored” and dared him to dissolve the Lok Sabha and face elections. “The survey of Modiji is fake and sponsored. If he has guts then he should dissolve the Lok Sabha[Read More…]
It’s US troops, not Indian soldiers who feature on BJP posters in Varanasi
In a major embarrassment to the BJP, a new poster of the BJP released in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh boasted a silhouetted image of soldiers from 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Screaming Eagles of the US armed forces. The image has also famously appeared as a banner by the famed[Read More…]
Meerut: School principal arrested for controversial FB post on PM
A private school principal has been arrested on Thursday for allegedly posting controversial content on Facebook on the Prime Minister and RSS leaders on Dussehra. Mudassir Rana, who heads a private school in Saradhna area, has been charged under Section 153-A of IPC (promoting disharmony) and relevant sections of IT[Read More…]
Verbal attack! Digvijaya Singh calls PM Narendra Modi a warmonger
In a scathing attack, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “warmonger” for pushing India to a war like situation with Pakistan. “Warmonger Modi is slowly getting India in a War like situation with Pakistan. He sees this as the only option to win the[Read More…]
Kashmir situation wouldn’t have worsened if Rahul was PM: Solanki
Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Bharat Solanki said that the the situation in Jammu and Kashmir would not have worsened if Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was the Prime Minister. Solanki slammed the PDP-BJP led coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir for the rise in Pakistan sponsored terror attacks in that[Read More…]
DU rejects RTI query over PM Modi Degree information
The Delhi University (DU) has once again declined to provide information related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree, citing “privacy” reasons. It declined to respond to an RTI query filed by lawyer Mohammed Irsad, who demanded the information. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the mystery into the matter has[Read More…]