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Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh

Height: 1.75 m DOB: July 10, 1951

Rajnath Singh is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been the Defence Minister of India since 2019. Singh also served as the Union Home Minister in the Narendra Modi government from 2014 to 2019. Rajnath Singh was the president of the BJP twice from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2013 to 2014. He has been a Lok Sabha member from the Lucknow constituency of Uttar Pradesh for the last two terms. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Singh won the Lucknow seat by defeating Congress candidate Rita Bahuguna Joshi with a margin of 2,72,749 votes. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Singh retained the Lucknow constituency by defeating Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Poonam Shatrughan Sinha with a margin of 3,47,302 votes. Rajnath Singh also represented the Ghaziabad parliamentary seat from 2009 to 2014. Singh was the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister from 2000 to 2002 and also won the Haidergarh Assembly constituency twice in 2001 (bypoll) and 2002. He was also a member of Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2001 and again from 2002 to 2008. Singh also served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Agriculture (2003-2004) and Road Transport and Highways (1999-2000) in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government. Rajnath Singh is again contesting from the Lucknow constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

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Home Minister Rajnath Singh at a high level meeting at his

17 jawans martyred in terror attack at Uri Army base, Home Minister convenes high level meet

India | Sep 18, 2016, 01:14 PM IST

Heavily armed militants stormed a battalion headquarters of the Army in North Kashmir's Uri town in the wee hours today, killing 17 jawans and injuring 19 other personnel.

Rajnath Singh

Restore normalcy in J&K within a week: Rajnath Singh directs security forces

Politics | Sep 12, 2016, 11:43 AM IST

Union Home minister Rajnath Singh has directed security forces to crack down on those instigating violence and choreographing stone pelting mobs in Jammu and Kashmir and try to bring back normalcy in the border state within a week.

Rajnath Singh | India TV

Home Minister Rajnath Singh to highlight Pak-sponsored terror in Russia, US

Politics | Sep 11, 2016, 05:28 PM IST

Home Minister Rajnath Singh will embark on a visit to Russia and the United States in the coming week where he will raise the issue of the neighbouring country sponsoring terrorism in India and discuss

Rajnath Singh | India TV

All parties will be taken into confidence on Kashmir issue: Home Minister Rajnath Singh

Politics | Sep 09, 2016, 05:13 PM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asserted that the government will take into confidence all parties while adapting measures to bring peace and normalcy in Kashmir. Speaking for the residents of the valley, he said

Home Minister Rajnath Singh

Senior MHA officials plead Rajnath Singh to review colleague’s suspension over renewal of FCRA license of Zakir Naik’s NGO

India | Sep 06, 2016, 09:55 PM IST

A number of senior MHA officials met Rajnath Singh and urged him to reconsider the decision to suspend senior IAS officer G K Dwivedi.

A delegation of Muslim clerics meeting with Home Minister

Why talk to people who raise slogans of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, ask Muslim clerics in meeting with Rajnath

India | Sep 06, 2016, 10:01 PM IST

A delegation of Muslim clerics today met Rajnath Singh to discuss the Kashmir issue and said all-party delegation should not have tried to meet Hurriyat leaders.

Narendra Modi and Rajnath Singh

Back from Kashmir, Rajnath Singh briefs PM Modi on all-party delegation’s two-day visit

Politics | Sep 06, 2016, 05:02 PM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who led an all-party delegation to Jammu and Kashmir to assess the situation, today briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the two-day visit.

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5th September News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

India | Sep 05, 2016, 08:16 PM IST

Important stories of the day

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After Hurriyat's snub, now Kashmiri Pandits' group refuse to meet all-party delegation

Politics | Sep 05, 2016, 02:43 PM IST

After a cold response from sepratist leaders, a frontal organisation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits has boycotted their meet with the all party delegation in the state ,claiming they were given eight minutes to discuss the

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Kashmir unrest: Rajnath slams separatist leaders for snubbing all-party delegation

India | Sep 05, 2016, 12:24 PM IST

A day after the all party delegation was snubbed by Hurriyat leaders, Home minister Rajnath Singh slammed the separatist faction and dubbed their actions as not being consistent with both 'Kashmiriyat' and 'Insaaniyat'. Addressing a

Rajnath Singh approves use of chilli-filled grenades for

Rajnath Singh approves use of chilli-filled grenades for mob control in Kashmir

Politics | Sep 03, 2016, 09:44 PM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today approved the use of chilli-filled grenades as an alternative to pellet guns in Jammu and Kashmir, which will be used in rarest of rare cases. The Home Minister

All-party meet in Delhi | India TV

All-party meet in Delhi to devise action plan for Kashmir visit

Politics | Sep 03, 2016, 05:11 PM IST

In a move to ensure a productive Kashmir visit, an all-party delegation today met in the national capital to discuss the situation in the restive valley and the possibility of holding talks with people from

Kashmir-bound all-party delegation meeting in New Delhi

Kashmir-bound all-party delegation free to meet anyone, including separatists: Source

Politics | Sep 03, 2016, 01:58 PM IST

The Central government today briefed the members of an all-party delegation going to Jammu and Kashmir about the contours of the two-day visit during which they will hold talks with a cross-section of people.

Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa

Arunachal Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa asked to resign on ‘health grounds’?

Politics | Sep 03, 2016, 12:27 PM IST

Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa has been asked to step down from his post with immediate effect.

Rajnath Singh will lead the all party delegation to Srinagar

Kashmir unrest: Rajnath Singh to lead all-party team to Srinagar on September 4

Politics | Aug 29, 2016, 09:30 PM IST

As a part of centre's strategy to resolve the ongoing crisis in Kashmir, an all party delegation led by Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Srinagar on September 4. With the curfew continuing in the

Chilli-filled ‘Pava shells’ likely to be introduced as

Chilli-filled ‘Pava shells’ likely to be introduced as alternative to pellet guns

India | Aug 25, 2016, 08:11 PM IST

An expert committee constituted by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to find alternative to pellet guns has zeroed in on the newly developed ‘PAVA shells’, an organic compound found characteristically in natural chilli pepper, which

Mehbooba Mufti and Rajnath Singh at a joint press

Mehbooba Mufti loses cool, ends press conference with Rajnath still seated

Politics | Aug 25, 2016, 04:31 PM IST

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday lost her cool during a press conference she was addressing jointly with Home Minister Rajnath Singh when journalists grilled her on her role in dealing with

Rajnath Singh and Mehbooba Mufti

All-party delegation to visit Kashmir; alternative to pellet guns soon: Rajnath Singh

Politics | Aug 25, 2016, 01:15 PM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is in Kashmir on a two-day visit, today informed that an all-party delegation will be sent to Kashmir for holding talks on how to end problems in the troubled state.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh in Kashmir; holds talks with political leaders, reviews security situation

Politics | Aug 24, 2016, 09:21 PM IST

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today visited Kashmir for the second time in a month and held talks with political leaders after reviewing the security situation on the ground.

Rajnath Singh

Rajnath arrives in Srinagar as centre steps up effort to end 46-day strife in Kashmir

Politics | Aug 24, 2016, 12:21 PM IST

Union home minister Rajnath Singh will visit violence-hit Kashmir on Wednesday for the second time in a month and engage with the state leadership and civil society members in an attempt to put an end

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