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 MoreForeign Secretary of India, Vikram Misri did not confirm any potential meeting of PM Modi with Trump but said, "There are many meetings with the Prime Minister right now which we are trying to fix. Right now, I will not be able to tell you about any specific meeting".
Notably, the telephone conversation between both leaders came before PM Modi's scheduled trip to the United States, where he will be meeting the QUAD leaders, including US President Joe Biden on September 21.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Katra is his second public event in election-bound Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. A few hours ago, the prime minister addressed an election rally in support of BJP candidates at the Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar.
The 'pheran' that PM Modi wore during his visit to Srinagar was gifted to him by a Kashmiri farmer. Notably, pheran is a kind of Kashmiri traditional dress.
On Tuesday, Kharge wrote to PM Modi expressing his concern and disappointment over remarks made against Rahul Gandhi.
It should be noted that the Gaganyaan Programme has been revised to include the development of precursor missions for the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) and accommodate one additional uncrewed mission, along with extra hardware requirements.
The cabinet on Wednesday accepted a high-level panel's recommendations for holding simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies in a phased manner after a countrywide consensus-building exercise.
On why the Centre plans to implement 'One Nation, One Election', the Kovind-led high-level committee in its report stated that frequent elections create an atmosphere of uncertainty and impact policy decisions.
'One Nation, One Election': The Union Cabinet has approved the "One Nation, One Election" proposal, aiming to synchronise Lok Sabha and state assembly elections. This initiative, advocated by PM Modi, seeks to reduce costs, administrative burdens, and voter fatigue.
Though Trump applauded the intelligence of Indians and called Prime Minister Modi a 'fantastic' man, he stuck to his guns on tariffs countries around the world, including India, on American exports.
This is the first assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir in a Union Territory setup — also the first poll to elect an assembly in the last 10 years.
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates praised India’s efforts to address malnutrition, giving the country "an A" for its dedication to the issue.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is celebrating his 74th birthday on Tuesday. PM Modi has been receiving congratulatory messages and birthday wishes from across the world and popular personalities from film fraternity are no different. Check out how these celebs wishes PM on their social media handles.
More than 600 gifts received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be auctioned, including items such as shoes, tribal artifacts, a replica of the Ram temple, and a silver veena.
Born on September 17, 1950 in the nondescript Mehsana town of Gujarat, PM Modi served as the state's CM for three consecutive terms (2001-14) and is now the Prime Minister for the third time.
Subhadra Yojana: As part of the yojana, women beneficiaries in the age group of 21 to 60 are eligible to receive benefits of the scheme and this welfare scheme is expected to transform the lives of over 1 crore women in Odisha.
PM Modi's birthday: Businesses from various sectors, including hotels, restaurants, clinics, vegetable markets, and bakeries, will participate in the initiative.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Renewable Energy Investor Meet in Gujarat on Monday and addressed the occasion.
In view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Visit to Odisha, the government of the state has announced a holiday for September 17 for all schools and colleges in the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area. Students are advised to keep in touch with the official authorities for latest updates.
The first party to raise the flag was Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, because its case is pending in the Supreme Court. Is a mere courtesy visit of the PM going to make our Chief Justice biased?
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