Narendra Modi has been the Prime Minister of India since 2014. He is a Lok Sabha member from the Varanasi constituency of Uttar Pradesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 282 and 303 seats in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha Elections under the leadership of Narendra Modi. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, PM Modi won the Varanasi seat with a margin of 4,79,505 votes. He was polled 6,74,664 votes and defeated Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Shalini Yadav who got 1,95,159 votes. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Modi contested on BJP ticket from the constituency for the first time and won the seat. He was polled 5,81,022 votes and defeated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Arvind Kejriwal who got 2,09,238 votes. Modi defeated Kejriwal by a margin of 3,71,784 votes. Modi also won the Vadodara seat in 2014 but decided to retain Varanasi. He was the Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001 to 2014. Modi represented Rajkot II constituency in the Gujarat Assembly in 2002 and Maninagar thrice in a row in 2002, 2007 and 2012. He is again contesting from the Varanasi constituency in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
Read MoreThe petitioner's counsel continued to defend the petition and finally, the court said that it will go through the pleadings in detail with an open mind and decide if it has any merits before dismissing it.
During the two-day visit to Varanasi, PM Modi will also participate in a conclave of Chief Ministers of various states.
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The account has now been restored and the malicious tweets have been deleted.
The project has been built at a total cost of over Rs 9,800 crore. The project involves interlinking of five rivers -- Ghaghara, Saryu, Rapti, Banganga and Rohini -- to ensure optimum usage of water resources of the region.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he is happy to have participated in the Summit for Democracy at the invitation of President Biden.
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CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others lost their lives in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district on Wednesday afternoon.
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil made a controversial comment against PM Modi comparing him with a Scorpio and Ravan.
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Without taking the name of any BJP MP, PM Narendra Modi said, "Bring change, otherwise change will happen...don't like to say it over and over again."
PM Modi inaugurates AIIMS facility, Hindustan Urvarak Rasayan Ltd fertiliser plant and ICMR's Regional Medical Research Centre in Gorakhpur.
In October 2018, India had signed a USD 5 billion deal with Russia to buy five units of the S-400 air defence missile systems, despite a warning from the then Trump administration that going ahead with the contract may invite US sanctions.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday that over 50 per cent of India's eligible adult population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is arriving in New Delhi on Monday for the 21st annual India-Russia Summit, will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Hyderabad House.
Both the countries are set to ink a raft of pacts to further boost cooperation in key areas of defence, trade and investment, energy and technology at the summit talks.
PM laid the foundation stone of 11 development projects. This includes Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor which will be built at a cost of around Rs 8,300 crore.
Yahoo today announced the 2021 Year in Review (YIR*) for India, a collection of the year’s top personalities, newsmakers, and events, based on users’ daily search habits.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Ministry of Education are working on running a 'Meet the Champions' programme over the next two years.
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