Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Kangana Ranaut backs obsessive work culture, doesn’t want India to be lazy

Kangana Ranaut, the actress turned parliamentarian, recently took to her Instagram story to share her views on Monday memes. The "Queen" star stressed the need to normalise a rigorous work culture, stating that India, not being a developed nation, cannot afford laziness.

The Indian election’s winners and losers

Just as the BJP’s victory represents a kind of defeat, the resurgent opposition’s defeat looks a lot like victory

Might Modi Lose?

As India’s general election enters its second month, most conventional expectations have already been upended.

Quest For 400: Modi banking on Ram Mandir hype, south surge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party has set the bar high by coining the slogan “Ab ki baar, 400 paar”,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now a Grammy nominee

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has earned a surprising Grammy nomination for the song “Abundance in Millets”, emphasising the significance of millets in India's progress.

Why Bilkis Bano’s rapists should be behind bars

Men who raped Bilkis Bano during 2002 Gujarat riots allowed to walk free on the same day that PM Modi promised to make the nation a better place for women.

Prophet remark row: BJP activist arrested for anti-Muslim comments

Police in northern India arrested a youth leader from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for posting anti-Muslim comments on social media after derogatory remarks by another party official about the Prophet Mohammad led to a diplomatic furore, officials said on Wednesday (June 8, 2022).

Modi apologises for lockdown-related inconvenience

As the 21-day pan-India lockdown completed its first week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has apologised to the people for difficulties caused by the restrictions, but asserted that there was no option other than the tough decision to save human lives.

Full list of Modi cabinet members

The Cabinet portfolios are announced, a day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his 57-member council of ministers were sworn in by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

May 20, 2015
May 20, 2015

Modi in China

Since taking office last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought to transform his country's relationship with China...

May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015

Will strategic differences be removed?

India can be a global power if economic invigoration is injected through building infrastructure on roads, highways and railways and he is eager to follow the Chinese model of progress.

May 12, 2015
May 12, 2015

MODI'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH: Hope for faster resolutions

ON May 6 and 7, in both the houses of parliament, the Indian government passed the historic constitution amendment bill (119th) paving the way to the implementation of the 1974 Indira-Mujib Land Boundary Agreement and its 2011 Protocol.

May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015

Rajya Sabha passes LBA

Rajya Sabha passes constitution amendment bill on Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh to settle decades-old boundary disputes with India.

May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015

NGOs and agrarian crises

That the BJP is tilting towards the Hindu ideology is unfortunate, to say the least. But that does not mean those who are fighting against parochialism to underline the secular spirit of our constitution should be getting the wrong end of the stick.

April 11, 2015
April 11, 2015

Children of democracy

RELIGIOUS sensitivity has deepened since the advent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's regime.

April 10, 2015
April 10, 2015

Nehru govt spied on Subhas Chandra Bose's family for 20 years: Report

The Jawaharlal Nehru government had placed the family and relatives of Subhas Chandra Bose on surveillance for two decades.

March 30, 2015
March 30, 2015

A new RSS-BJP compact?

IT'S a sad comment on India's mainstream media that it didn't notice the irony of a representative of the Sangh Parivar—a current which inspired Mahatma Gandhi's assassination—being invited to the unveiling of his statue in London.

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