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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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Pakistan not allowing Pathankot probe team will be betrayal: Rajnath Singh

Politics | May 28, 2016, 09:49 AM IST

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that his trust in Pakistan on the issue of fighting terrorism has been ‘completely shaken’ as the kind of support which India expected from it was not coming.

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Trust in Pakistan in fighting terror "completely shaken": Rajnath Singh

Politics | May 27, 2016, 10:17 PM IST

Rajnath Singh today said his trust in Pakistan on the issue of fighting terrorism has been "completely shaken" as the kind of support which India expected from it was not coming.

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Ram temple not an issue in UP polls: Rajnath Singh

Politics | May 27, 2016, 10:07 PM IST

New Delhi: The BJP will not contest the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year on the Ram temple plank as it is not a political but a cultural issue, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said

Narendra Modi, Prime minister of India

Markets, bank deposits or gold: Where do govternment’s top ministers invest their money?

Politics | May 27, 2016, 12:23 PM IST

Modi, often pegged as the ‘market-mover’, and his top ministers do not take too fondly to the equity markets, data compiled in a research based on the details of their assets and liabilities has revealed.

Rajnath Singh

No threat from Islamic State, says Home Minister Rajnath Singh

Politics | May 24, 2016, 01:25 PM IST

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said there is no threat to India from Islamic State (IS) as people of the Muslim community are against the IS.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh

IS ‘propaganda’ videos won’t influence Indians, says centre

Politics | May 21, 2016, 04:25 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the Centre is taking all steps needed to protect the country and asserted that the people of all religions and castes will fight the terror

Amit Shah

INDIA TV SAMVAAD Live: "There will be no injustice against any individual or community," Amit Shah

Politics | May 16, 2016, 09:29 PM IST

Stage is set for India TV's 'SAMVAAD' that promises to highlight the hits and misses, opportunities and challenges that will define the next three years of current NDA regime’s mandate.

Rajnath Singh

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Govt approves rehabilitation package of Rs 2 lakh for 1,020 families

Politics | May 03, 2016, 08:13 PM IST

As many as 1,020 families, who were hit by the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and migrated to Punjab from different parts of the country, will be given Rs 2 lakh

uttarakhand forest fire

Over 90 pc fire doused, situation to be in control in 2 days, says Javadekar

India | May 02, 2016, 05:23 PM IST

New Delhi: Union minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar today said that over 90 per cent of the forest fire that has engulfed large swathes of the state has now been controlled.

Uttarakhand fire

Fire doused in 70% of affected areas of Uttarakhand: NDRF

India | May 02, 2016, 07:46 AM IST

Dehradun: The National Disaster Response Force on Sunday said that fire has been controlled in 70 per cent of the 427 affected locations even as the army, the air force, 3 NDRF teams and 6,000

Uttarakhand fire

Remote hill areas under blaze Uttarakhand; low visibility hampers IAF's operations

India | May 01, 2016, 08:19 PM IST

Dehradun: With 2,269 hectares of forested land already under blaze in Uttarakhand, the fire has now spread to sparsely populated remote hill areas as well. Out of the two MI-17 helicopters pressed into service by

Karat Brien

Prakash Karat files complaint against Derek O’ Brien for using his morphed picture

Politics | Apr 25, 2016, 08:58 AM IST

CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat today filed a police complaint against TMC leader and Member of Parliament Derek O’ Brien for allegedly using his morphed picture with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

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After photoshop fiasco, TMC in soup as BJP, Left threatens legal action

Politics | Apr 24, 2016, 09:44 AM IST

New Delhi: With three legs of polling still remaining in West Bengal, Trinamool leader and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O' Brien on saturday released a bunch of pictures and videos to the press to

Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh slams Mamata Banerjee, holds Trinamool Congress responsible for law and order failure

Politics | Apr 18, 2016, 11:35 PM IST

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today attacked Mamta Banerjee’s West Bengal government, saying that Trinamool Congress is responsible for complete failure of law and order in the state.

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India will emerge as global economic power: Rajnath Singh

Politics | Apr 17, 2016, 04:43 PM IST

Mirzapur (UP): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said India is poised to emerge as a global economic power and the efforts initiated by the Narendra Modi government will start bearing positive results in the

Mehbooba Mufti and Rajnath Singh

Mehbooba Mufti rules out shifting NIT from Srinagar, Rajnath asks to ensure students feel safe

Politics | Apr 13, 2016, 07:17 AM IST

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who was here yesterday on her maiden visit after taking over the reins of the state, dismissed the possibility of shifting National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Ajit  Doval and Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh meets Ajit Doval, discusses Pathankot, NIT Srinagar issues

Politics | Apr 08, 2016, 03:22 PM IST

New Delhi:Home Minister Rajnath Singh today discussed with top officials, including NSA Ajit Doval, the security situation in the country, including the tension at NIT Srinagar and the denial of permission to an NIA team

Rajnath Singh

Pak has acknowledged Pathankot attack originated from its soil: Rajnath Singh

Politics | Mar 31, 2016, 08:11 AM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that for the first time, Pakistan has acknowledged that the terror attack in Pathankot had its roots in that country.

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Uttarakhand: Union cabinet approves ordinance for state's expenditure

Politics | Mar 30, 2016, 11:56 PM IST

New Delhi: The government today gave the nod for the issuance of an ordinance that seeks to authorise government expenditure in Uttarakhand from April 1 in view of President's Rule in the hill state. A

Rajnath Singh

Insurgency situation has improved under NDA govt: Rajnath Singh

Politics | Mar 30, 2016, 02:42 PM IST

Rajnath Singh today claimed that the insurgency situation has improved considerably in the last 18 months since BJP came to power at the Centre and appealed to all militant outfits in Assam to give up arms and come forward for talks.

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