Narendra Modi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, the country needs breath and not the prime minister’s residence

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, the country needs breath and not the prime minister’s residence

Hitting out at the Centre for continuing the construction work for the Central Vista redevelopment project amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the country needs breath and not the prime minister’s residence. The redevelopment project of the Central Vista — the power corridor of the country — envisages a new triangular Parliament building, a common Central Secretariat, the revamping of the three-km-long Rajpath from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate and new residences for the prime minister and the vice president. The government has brought the construction work for the ambitious project under the ambit of…
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Manmohan Singh asks Modi to make public details of the orders placed by the Government for Covid vaccine doses

Manmohan Singh asks Modi to make public details of the orders placed by the Government for Covid vaccine doses

STRESSING THAT the country is “facing an unprecedented emergency”, former prime minister Manmohan Singh asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a letter on Sunday to make public details of the orders placed by the Government for Covid vaccine doses and indicate the strategy for them to be distributed in a transparent manner. The senior Congress leader also asked the Prime Minister to provide some flexibility to states to define categories of frontline workers for vaccination even if they are below 45 years of age, which is the current cut-off. Pointing out that domestic supplies are limited, Singh suggested that any vaccine that…
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Didi urges Muslims to vote for TMC Minority votes are slipping: PM Modi

Didi urges Muslims to vote for TMC Minority votes are slipping: PM Modi

In the run-up to the third phase of polling in West Bengal on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, urging Muslim voters to support his party in the ongoing assembly elections. Prime Minister Modi said that Mamata's statement was a clear indication that she had also lost the support of minority voters. Addressing a rally in Cooch Behar, PM Modi said that had BJP made such an appeal to Hindus it would have received severe flak from the media and as well as the Election Commission.  "Didi recently asked all Muslims…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges people to ‘vote in record numbers’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges people to ‘vote in record numbers’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed to the voters in poll-bound states to vote in record numbers. "Elections are taking place in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. I request the people in these places to vote in record numbers, particularly the young voters," tweeted Prime Minister Modi. Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are being held on Tuesday. The elections for Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu assemblies are being held in a single phase. In Assam, the polling for the third and final phase is going on today. While in West Bengal,…
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