Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday shared a letter he had received from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his last day in office that touched his heart.  In the letter, PM Modi heaped praise on Mukherjee saying that he had always been “a father figure and a mentor” to him, and that his “wisdom, guidance and warmth” gave him confidence and strength. “Three years ago, I came to New Delhi […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi quoted Albert Einstein during his speech at the midnight launch of Goods and Services Tax. Mr. Modi said: “Einstein said if there is something in this world that is difficult to understand, it is income tax. I wonder what he would have said on seeing our multiple tax.” So what is the story behind this quote? According to Quote Investigator, a fact-checking blog, Einstein made this […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made 56 foreign visits since assuming charge in May 2014, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. According to a list provided by Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, after first visiting Bhutan in June 2014, Modi visited the US four times, and Nepal, Japan, Russia, Afghanistan and China two times each. In September 2014, he […]

The last-minute choice of Yogi Adityanath, after hectic parleys for a week in Delhi and Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, where the RSS national conclave is set to begin on Sunday, is seen in UP political circles as the resurfacing of differences between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS). Frustration and dissatisfaction loomed large on the faces of party MLAs when they came out of Lok Bhawan, the […]

Amid the Trump Administration’s move to curb H1B visas that will impact India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pressed the US to have a “balanced and farsighted perspective” on the movement of skilled professionals. He made the comment while receiving a 26-member bi-partisan US Congressional delegation here. Welcoming the Congressional Representatives to India, he said their visit augurs a good start to bilateral exchanges following the change in the US […]

PM Narendra Modi has vowed to carry forward the war against corruption and black money post-demonetisation. In a big statement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the government will soon operationalise a strong law to effectively deal with ‘benami’ properties and this was just the beginning. He made this statement in his last monthly address this year in his “Mann ki Baat” programme. The PM defended the frequent changes […]

Mr Owaisi said the revolution that Mr Modi was dreaming to bring would never happen as it had pushed people into distress. AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being a “tyrant”, who caused a havoc in every house through his demonetisation drive. Addressing a public meeting organised on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi at the party headquarters at Darus-salam in the city, Mr Owaisi said […]

Setting the tone for BJP’s poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed a rally at Ghazipur in the Uttar Pradesh “The state played a key role in giving us an absolute majority. I salute this land (Ghazipur) which gave birth to Vir Abdul Hamid, who taught Pakistan a lesson in 1965 war,” PM Modi said while addressing the rally. “I had come here in May […]

The day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ban on Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes, he lost over 3 lakh followers him on Twitter, according to a popular Twitter analytics website. Twittercounter notes that PM Modi’s Twitter account @NarendraModi had a net loss of 3,13,312 Twitter followers on Wednesday, the day after the Prime Minister made a speech demonetising Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes. Note that this […]

The government is learnt to have been working on this proposal over the last two months Making one of his boldest moves since assuming power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes will be withdrawn from circulation at midnight, saying this decision was taken to break the grip of corruption and black money. Addressing the nation on television at 8 pm, the Prime Minister […]