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 MoreShah Rukh Khan on Saturday wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday with a sweet note. In his post, the superstar urged the prime minister to take a day off and enjoy the special occasion.
Modi birthday: Prime Minister Modi, who turned 72nd on Saturday, has a packed schedule for the day as various events have been planned.
PM Modi birthday: ARDOR 2.1 restaurant will be presenting the big-sized thali having 56 items with the customer having the choice of opting vegetarian and non-vegetarian food.
PM Modi birthday: The PM’s birthday will also be marked as a coastal clean-up day. A special race will also be announced that will be flagged off by Home Minister Amit Shah.
SCO Summit: Modi is also expected to hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit, including with Putin, and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev among other leaders.
PM Modi birthday: Speaking to media, BJP SC Morcha BJP national president Lal Singh Arya, said, "The Sampark Abhiyan will cover 75,000 settlements. During the 70 days, 7,500 hostel girls and boys will also be contacted. They will be made aware of the welfare schemes for the SC community."
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The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader, who arrived here on a two-day Rajasthan trip, called the recent Varanasi court order in the Gyanvapi mosque- Shringar Gauri case a “setback” and said it went against the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.
India-China disengagement in Ladakh: Government sources on Tuesday (September 13) said that there has been complete disengagement at key flashpoints in the Ladakh sector between India and China.
SCO summit 2022: PM Modi had met then Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif on December 25, 2015, when he had landed in Lahore in a surprise stop-over to the country while on his way back to Delhi after completing a day-long visit to Afghanistan.
In the letter, AAP's Gautam Buddh Nagar president Bhupendra Singh Jadaun said that the move would ensure development of the district on the lines of the national capital and people would get basic amenities like water, electricity and public transport either free or at minimum cost.
The first test flight will be followed by sending a female-looking spacefaring humanoid robot -- Vyom Mitra - into outer space likely next year. The Indian Air Force had identified four fighter pilots as the potential crew for the human space flight mission.
World Dairy Summit 2022:According to PMO, the 4-day-long IDF WDS 2022 being held from Sept 12 to 15, is a congregation of global and Indian dairy stakeholders.
A 14-year-old girl Anvi, suffering from down syndrome with 75 percent intellectual disability, met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. She is popularly known as Rubber Girl, due to her flexibility despite her medical conditions.
Centre State Science Conclave: Addressing via video link the inaugural session of the Centre-State Science Conclave organised, Modi said India is going ahead with the mantra of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan and Jai Anusandhan'.
The first-of-its-kind conclave witnessed the participation of Gujarat CM, Union Minister of State Science and Technology, S&T Ministers and Secretaries of States and Union Territories, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, NGOs, young scientists and students.
The Extended Working Committee of the NCP is set to adopt a set of resolutions calling for opposition unity, an assessment of the economic scenario, farmers' issues, and women's empowerment, which will be a critique of the Modi government's performance.
The two-day Conclave is being organised at Science City, Ahmedabad.
Addressing the event at the inauguration of Kartavya Path, PM Modi announced that a drone show on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be organised for next three days and urged people to visit, take selfies at the newly redeveloped Central Vista.
Kartavya Path: Rajpath was for the British for whom the people of India were slaves. It was a symbol of colonialism. Now, its architecture has changed, and its spirit has also changed, PM Modi said.
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