Narendra Modi

Holding CBI hostage disastrous for nation: Sharad Pawar

Terming the Central Bureau of Investigation as an independent body for carrying out impartial probes, Pawar said that shunting out its top officials at the dead of the night portends ill for the nation.

Oct 30, 2018

Modi in Japan Day 2 LIVE: PM urges Japan to increase engagement with India in speech

PM Narendra Modi is on a visit to Japan for the 13th India—Japan Annual Summit, follow him live here.

Oct 29, 2018

Need to work unitedly to tackle terrorism, climate change: PM Modi

PM Modi made the remarks in his monthly radio programme "Mann Ki Baat", ahead of November 11 - the day when World War I ended a hundred years ago.

Oct 28, 2018

Former ISRO chief Madhavan Nair joins BJP; believes in 'Modiji's philosophy of developing India'

Along with Nair, former Travancore Devaswom Board president G Raman Nair, former commissioner Pramila Devi, Divakaran Nair, district vice-president of Karnakulam joined the party.

Oct 28, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded Seoul Peace Prize 2018

For his contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth PM Narendra Modi has been conferred with the Seoul Peace Prize for 2018.

Oct 24, 2018

Congress attacks Modi govt over Alok Verma's ouster amid ongoing CBI fracas

The removal of CBI Director Alok Verma in the midst of bribery allegations at the agency stirred a lot of heat between the opposition and Narendra Modi-led BJP government.

Oct 24, 2018

PM Modi's handpicked CBI officer caught red-handed: Sitaram Yechury on Asthana

Rakesh Asthana was brought to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2016 after the NDA came to power in 2014 and was tipped to head the agency.

Oct 23, 2018

Congress targets PM Modi over CBI's 'internal war'

The CBI has filed a case against special director Rakesh Asthana for allegedly accepting a bribe to settle a case of meat exporter Moin Qureshi.

Oct 22, 2018

Govt will take 'big and bold' decisions on country's security: PM Modi

The Prime Minister also used the occasion to blame the previous governments for looking at the country with an "English perspective".

Oct 22, 2018

Floccinaucinihilipilification made your head spin? Shashi Tharoor believes you may have this 35-letter phobia

After leaving netizens in search of the meaning of floccinaucinihilipilification, Shashi Tharoor believes some of those who raised eyebrows over the long word may have hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.

Oct 11, 2018

Floccinaucinihilipilification: Shashi Tharoor tweets about his new book on PM Modi, leaves everyone stumped

Social media wordsmith Shashi Tharoor has done it again. Thiruvananthapuram MP has used the word floccinaucinihilipilification to introduce his new book about Prime Minister Namenda Modi. What does the word mean?

Oct 10, 2018

Wary finance ministry nudges RBI to tackle worsening credit crunch

Investors have been unnerved by credit concerns that have engulfed one of the biggest NBFC names in India - Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS).

Sep 26, 2018

PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Sikkim's first airport in Pakyong

The prime minister reached the state on Sunday evening in an MI-8 chopper from Bagdogra and was received by Governor Ganga Prasad and Chief Minister Pawan Chamling.

Sep 24, 2018

Mohan Bhagwat explains Golwalkar's Book of Thoughts; here's what he says on anti-Muslim remarks

Mohan Bhagwat made these remarks when asked a question during the three-day lecture series on 'Bharat of future: An RSS perspective' in New Delhi.

Sep 20, 2018

Babul Supriyo threatens to break man's legs and 'hand him a crutch' at event for differently-abled

This is not the first time the Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has landed himself in hot water.

Sep 19, 2018

Congress' Sanjay Nirupam calls PM Modi 'Illiterate'; lands himself in trouble

Nirupam made these comments after the Maharashtra government asked Zilla Parishad schools to screen a short film on PM Modi's early life.

Sep 13, 2018

BJP's youth wing leader calls Rahul Gandhi a 'mental patient'; targets 'azadi gang'

Abhijat Mishra, the national general secretary of BJYM, said the BJP need not worry till the Congress is headed by "Rahul baba".

Sep 12, 2018

American Analogy: Petrol at Rs 100 will be Narendra Modi's Bush moment

It requires no punditry to see that re-election is difficult when /if petrol costs Rs 100 a litre. If the RBI raises rates further to arrest the rupee's fall it will add another layer of misery to the people. Will Narendra Modi pull off an odds-defying performance?

Sep 12, 2018

PM Modi to launch Swachhata Hi Seva Movement on Sept 15; calls it 'befitting tribute to Bapu'

Modi also appreciated the contribution of those who have been working towards making India cleaner.

Sep 12, 2018

Smriti Irani launches blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi; plugs in Narendra Modi's interaction with Anganwadi workers

Addressing a press conference at the BJP head office in New Delhi, Irani said that the Gandhis were trying to save themselves.

Sep 11, 2018