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Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi

DOB: 17/09/1950

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.

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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath meets Amit Shah, to visit PM Modi Friday

India | Jun 10, 2021, 10:54 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi. He will meet PM Modi on Friday.

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'Didn’t go to meet Nawaz Sharif': Uddhav on personal meeting with PM Modi

India | Jun 08, 2021, 02:49 PM IST

Uddhav Thackeray said the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi was personal and not political in nature.

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Suvendu Adhikari meets Amit Shah in Delhi, will call on PM Modi tomorrow

India | Jun 08, 2021, 01:08 PM IST

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at the latter's residence in Delhi.

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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray meets PM Modi over Maratha quota, GST compensation

India | Jun 08, 2021, 01:58 PM IST

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray met Prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday over the Maratha reservation issue and financial aid for cyclone relief measures.

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'Each One Pay One': Govt readies new scheme to fund vaccines for poor

India | Jun 08, 2021, 09:19 AM IST

'Each One Pay One' scheme will aim to fund Covid-19 vaccines for the poor.

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Delhi: Man dials police threatening to kill Prime Minister, arrested

India | Jun 04, 2021, 02:34 PM IST

Delhi Police has arrested a man for making a call to police wherein he threatened to kill the Prime Minister.

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PM Modi hails Indian scientists for 'Made in India' vaccines, bolstering fight against Covid

India | Jun 04, 2021, 01:01 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Society on Friday via video conferencing, his office said.

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Decision after extensive consultation: PM to parents, teachers thanking him for cancelling exams

India | Jun 02, 2021, 11:40 PM IST

The decision on class 12 exams was taken after an extensive consultive process, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday while responding to parents, teachers who were thanking him for his government's decision, considering mental and physical health of the students.

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'Ego prevailed over public service': Jagdeep Dhankhar on Mamata skipping PM meet

India | Jun 01, 2021, 12:17 PM IST

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had last week skipped PM Modi's meet on Cyclone Yaas.

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'Cannot release Chief Secretary': Mamata writes to PM Modi

India | May 31, 2021, 01:27 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee in a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that Bengal government cannot release Chief Secretary.

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Modi govt anniversary: Congress leader Ashok Chavan attacks Centre, praises Gadkari

India | May 31, 2021, 10:40 AM IST

, Chavan said "good words" could be spoken about Union Minister and Nagpur MP Nitin Gadkari who despite ideological differences, maintains "dialogue with other parties"

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Family pension, insurance to dependents of those who lost lives due to Covid: Govt

India | May 30, 2021, 12:04 AM IST

As part of measures taken by government to support Covid affected families, Dependent family members of those who died due to Covid will be entitled to the benefit of pension equivalent to 90% of average daily wage drawn by the worker as per the existing norms.

PM Modi pays tributes to Veer Savarkar on his birth

PM Modi pays tributes to Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary

India | May 28, 2021, 12:29 PM IST

Savarkar was born in 1883 in Maharashtra, and is seen as a hero, especially to parties and organisations which subscribe to Hindutva views.

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Procure black fungus drug Amphotericin-B: PM Modi tells Indian Missions abroad

India | May 27, 2021, 12:39 PM IST

The country has reported 11,717 cases of mucormycosis so far, with the highest number of cases reported from Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh

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Counter opposition's rant on vaccination with facts and scientific data: PM Modi

India | May 27, 2021, 11:58 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to counter opposition parties' narratives on vaccination with facts.

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CBSE Class 12 Board Exam Update: PM Modi chairs meeting; favours wider consultations

Exam Results | May 24, 2021, 02:44 PM IST

CBSE Class 12 Board Exam 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on May 21 to discuss if it is conducive to conduct exams or an alternative should be worked upon.

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'Virus snatched many loved ones': PM Modi gets emotional; thanks healthcare professionals

India | May 22, 2021, 12:01 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi became emotional as he reviewed the Covid situation in his parliamentary seat Varanasi.

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PM Modi to interact with Varanasi doctors, paramedical staff today

India | May 21, 2021, 12:05 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with doctors, paramedical staff and other frontline health workers of Varanasi on Friday via video conferencing.

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'Humiliated, PM didn’t allow to speak', says Mamata Banerjee after Modi's Covid meet

India | May 20, 2021, 02:27 PM IST

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that it was unfortunate that after inviting the Chief Ministers, "the PM did not talk to us and we were not allowed to speak".

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Collect data related to Covid infection among children: PM Modi tells officials

India | May 20, 2021, 02:20 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cautioned against Covid vaccine wastage, saying even single dose going waste denies someone protection shield.