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 MoreOn the second leg of his three-nation Europe tour, PM Modi was received by Danish PM Mette Frederiksen at the airport, after he arrived there concluding Germany visit. PM Modi took a private tour of the residence of Danish PM in Copenhagen. Both the leaders indulged in tête-à-tête at the residence.
The festival of Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the country on Tuesday following the Islamic holy month of Ramzan. Ahead of the festival PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi and other politicians extend greetings.
Prime Minister Modi upon his arrival to his hotel greeted members of the Indian community who were present there to welcome him including children.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a three day tour of Europe -- Germany, Denmark, France -- India on Sunday once again called for cessation of hostility in Ukraine and to resolving the conflict by means of dialogue and diplomacy.
Modi will embark on a three-day visit to Germany, Denmark and France from May 2 amid the Ukraine crisis, which has united much of Europe against Russia.
Speaking after virtually inaugurating 3-day Global Patidar Business Summit 2022, PM Modi said the govt was working on creating conducive atmosphere for ordinary people to become entrepreneurs.
PM Modi visited Jammu and Kashmir on Apr 24 to participate in the celebration of National Panchayati Raj Day and addressed all the gram sabhas across the country.
Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata shared the stage with PM Modi among other dignitaries at the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of new cancer centres in Assam's Dibrugarh.
Hardeep Singh Puri said that the BJP-ruled states levy less VAT on petrol and diesel than the opposition ruled states.
With the latest petrol price hovering around Rs 115 per litre in West Bengal, the total tax component per litre on petrol, that includes central excise and VAT, is Rs 54.10. Out of that, Rs 32.90 is on account of central tax and remaining Rs 21.20 is VAT.
The prime minister focussed a big part of his concluding remarks of his meeting with chief ministers to review the COVID-19 situation on the issue of rise in fuel prices which has been a matter of public debate and a cause behind the surge in inflation.
PM Modi has urged states which have not reduced VAT on fuel to do so as he flagged higher rates in states like Maharashtra, West Bengal and Telangana.
In Berlin, PM will hold bilateral talks with Olaf Scholz, Federal Chancellor of Germany, and 2 leaders will co-chair 6th edition of the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations.
NCP leader Fahmida Hasan Khan's letter to Amit Shah comes in the backdrop of a raging controversy in Maharashtra where Amravati MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi were arrested after they gave a call for the chanting of Hanuman Chalisa outside Uddhav Thackeray's residence.
The Raisina Dialogue is a multilateral conference held annually in New Delhi. Since its inception in 2016, the conference has emerged as India's flagship conference on geopolitics and geo-economics.
Asha Bhosle broke down momentarily saying each year the family gathered on this day (April 24) for the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Awards function, and today was their beloved father's 80th death anniversary, and even Lata Didi recently completed 80 years of her trailblazer singing career in the Indian film industry.
The KD Hospital, which strives on adapting the latest technology for better treatment results, has brought cutting-edge technology for orthopedic surgeries.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on a two-day India visit. He is here to develop good relations between the two countries. The UK PM visited the Sabarmati Ashram on day one of his itinerary.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in India on Thursday on a two-day visit in the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the occasion of the 400th Parkash Purab celebrations of Guru Tegh Bahadur at Red Fort, said that history is proof that tyrants like Aurangzeb might have slit the heads of Indians, but could not shake the faith even within the storm of religious fanaticism.
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