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 MoreTaking to social media X, PM Modi said that the NDA alliance is committed to furthering national progress and empowering the poor and the downtrodden.
Trudeau stated that Prime Minister Modi gave the "usual" reply, expressing a desire to see outspoken critics of the Indian government in Canada arrested.
Trudeau said the Indian side asked for evidence "and our response was, well, it's within your security agencies." But the Indian side insisted on the evidence. "And at that point, it was primarily intelligence, not hard evidentiary proof," said Trudeau.
Earlier today, Nayab Singh Saini was unanimously elected as leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Legislature Party. In recently concluded Haryana assembly elections, BJP defied exit polls and won 49 seats, its ever-best tally in Haryana.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 9 approved the development of the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) at Lothal in Gujarat. The project will be completed in two phases.
Shashi Tharoor had sought setting aside the trial court's April 27, 2019, order summoning him as an accused in the criminal defamation complaint.
Trudeau described the meeting as a "brief exchange" when the two leaders met during the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Vientiane, Laos held on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented gifts to the world leaders which reflected India's rich culture and diversity comprising of traditional crafts manifested in the ubiquitous household products crafted with ingenuity from the local area.
PM Modi emphasised his belief that the 21st century is the 'Asian Century,' marking a pivotal time for India and ASEAN nations. He highlighted that trade between India and ASEAN has doubled to over USD 130 billion in the last decade.
A resolution passed at the conference urged PM Modi to escalate his efforts, warning that failure to do so could lead the world into a third world war, potentially resulting in countless lives lost and causing irreversible harm to economies and the environment.
PM Modi visited the Jeshoreshwari Temple on March 27, 2021, during his trip to Bangladesh. The theft occurred on Thursday between 2.00 pm and 2.30 pm, after Temple Priest Dilip Mukherjee left following the day's worship.
At the ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, PM Modi stressed the importance of dialogue and diplomacy, asserting that these should take precedence in resolving disputes.
Upon his arrival, PM Modi was welcomed by Lao officials and expressed his enthusiasm for engaging in discussions on key issues affecting the region, including trade, security, and climate change.
Laos is the current chair of ASEAN and will be hosting the ASEAN-India Summit and the East Asia Summit. PM Modi is expected to review the progress of India-ASEAN relations and chart the future direction of cooperation.
The rice fortification initiative will continue as a central sector initiative with 100% funding by the Centre as part of PMGKAY (Food Subsidy), thus providing a unified institutional mechanism for implementation.
Haryana Assembly Election Result 2024: Despite all exit polls predicting a defeat for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Haryana, the party has successfully turned the tables, securing an absolute majority in the assembly elections.
The Maldivian President extended an invitation to the Prime Minister Modi to visit Maldives on a State visit next year. According to MEA, the Prime Minister accepted the invitation and "the dates for the visit will worked out through diplomatic channels".
As part of the agreement, the MMA is eligible for financing support from the RBI amounting to $400 million under the US Dollar/Euro Swap Window and Rs 30 billion (Rs 3,000 crore) under the INR Swap Window. The RBI added that the agreement would be valid till June 18, 2027.
Muizzu mentioned that India is one of their largest source markets for tourism and expressed hope to welcome more Indian tourists to the Maldives.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren was hospitalised following complications related to his blood sugar on Saturday.
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