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Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a meeting with chief ministers of all states over the rising cases and current status of Covid-19, New Delhi, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (PTI)

Focus on Vaccine Festival from April 11-14, Modi tells CMs

Centre playing politics by giving more vaccines to BJP-ruled states and fewer to non-BJP governed states, says Maharashtra health minister

09 Apr 2021 7:45 AM

It is clear that there need be no middleman in a government-to-government deal but the latest revelation raises questions about the very claim the government had advanced. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Clear the air on Rafales

The government will have to consider instituting an investigation by a credible agency or even a judicial commission

08 Apr 2021 4:28 AM

Anita Katyal | On Azad, Cong misfired twice; how’s Tomar for new MP CM?

It may appear far-fetched but there is a connection between the West Bengal election and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s future

07 Mar 2021 4:28 AM

If you have taken the shot before anybody else in your circle -- your bhav goes up instantly! (Representational Photo: AFP)

Shobhaa De | I’ve vaxxed… Have you? ‘Jab’ as a status symbol

Meanwhile, Bollywood is all a-flutter dealing with the income tax raids on handpicked filmwallahs

06 Mar 2021 4:58 AM

During his brief stay at the hospital, the PM chatted with the nurses and other staff and even cracked jokes with them. — PTI

Modi takes first dose of indigenously made Covaxin at AIIMS

The decision to take the Covaxin shot by the PM was intended to quell the apprehensions and suspicion over the India-made vaccine

02 Mar 2021 8:26 AM

The BJP, which has set an ambitious target of 200-plus Assembly seats, out of the total 294, is highlighting how the state under Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government is facing politicisation of the administration, criminalisation of politics and institutionalisation of corruption. — PTI

Poster war between TMC, BJP intensifies in West Bengal

The BJP is going to polls under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership as the state unit faces a leadership crisis to take on Banerjee

28 Feb 2021 6:54 AM

Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here By Aakar Patel. (Photo: Facebook @westlandbooks )

Ranjona Banerji | How atavism became ideology and Hindutva ambushed India

'Our Hindu Rashtra' is more a presentation of our recent history from the perspective of democracy

28 Feb 2021 4:09 AM

Modi later launched a slew of railway projects at another event in Chinsurah, where chief minister Mamata Banerjee was absent, though she was invited. — PTI

Modi calls upon voters to replace 'tustikaran' and 'tolabaji' with 'asol poriborton'

Centre gave Rs 1,700 crores to the TMC for water supply to all the households of which the state government spent only Rs 609 crore

23 Feb 2021 1:09 AM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (PTI)

FM slams critics who saw Budget tilting to ‘cronies’

Calls Rahul ‘doomsday man of India’

14 Feb 2021 4:15 AM

Tanks pull back from the banks of Pangong Tso lake region, in Ladakh along the India-China border on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP)

India did not concede any territory to China in disengagement pact: Defence Ministry

The defence ministry said it had taken note of some 'misinformed and misleading' comments on the disengagement underway at Pangong Tso

13 Feb 2021 2:02 AM

Was happy to receive a call from my friend @JustinTrudeau, tweeted Modi. — PTI

Modi promises Canadian PM to do his best on vaccine supply

The PM also assured his Canadian counterpart of collaboration on climate change and global economic recovery

11 Feb 2021 3:02 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Congress is a divided and confused party: Modi

Mr Modi again used the “andolanjeevi” jibe to target protesting farmers, which he had used in his speech in the Rajya Sabha earlier

11 Feb 2021 12:47 AM

Mr Tikait had recently said that two government representatives had come to meet him, but he had refused to meet them separately. — PTI

Farmers reiterate demand for a law on MSP, repeal of 3 agriculture marketing laws

Farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar said protesting unions were ready to hold talks with the government only if it comes through formal channels

09 Feb 2021 2:17 AM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Image source: PTI)

Budget 2021: India opens purse strings

The Budget also focused broadly on vaccines, nutrition, infrastructure, education and farmers

02 Feb 2021 12:17 PM

President Ram Nath Kovind with Uniond Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, (Image source: PTI)

Poll-bound states get big allocations

Budget for economic corridors and fisheries too announced

02 Feb 2021 4:15 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Image source: PTI)

FM gave four-five mini-budgets in 2020, upcoming budget will be seen as part of that series: PM Modi

Modi said the first session of this decade commences on Friday

29 Jan 2021 5:54 PM

Made-in-India vaccine ready for world, says PM

India has started the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination programme, said Modi

29 Jan 2021 4:15 AM

A file picture of West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee ( Image source: PTI )

Mamata declines to speak at Netaji event after 'Jai Shri Ram' slogans raised

The slogans at the even were claimed as insult

23 Jan 2021 6:40 PM

The award was received on the PM’s behalf by India’s ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu.

Trump presents Legion of Merit on Narendra Modi

Mr Modi was conferred the award for his “steadfast leadership and vision for India’s emergence as a global power

23 Dec 2020 8:11 AM

Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao.

Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao firms plans of anti-Modi front

Centre's proposed move to implement ‘One nation, one poll’ move has opposition see red

21 Nov 2020 8:57 AM

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