Narendra Modi

On Impeachment Move, Kapil Sibal (2018) vs Kapil Sibal (2010)

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 23, 2018

Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who fronted the Congress-led opposition move to impeach Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, felt the opposite about proceeding against judges just eight years ago, when his party was in power and he was a minister.

"Modi Ji Is Only Interested in Modi Ji," Rahul Gandhi Takes Swipe At PM

India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Monday April 23, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is bothered only about becoming PM again, not about rapes or atrocities on Dalits, Rahul Gandhi said today in a stinging broadside marking the launch of his "save the constitution" campaign.

Omar Abdullah's Advice To Opposition: Tweak Strategy, PM Helped With Notes Ban, GST

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 23, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has helped the cause of the opposition with steps like demonetisation and very shoddy implementation of the GST regime, National Conference (NC) working president Omar Abdullah said.

PM Modi To Visit China Next Week, Will Hold Talks With Xi Jinping

India News | Written by Nidhi Razdan | Sunday April 22, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet in China next week to improve bilateral relations, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed today.

"You Give Masala To Media": PM Modi Issues Gag Order To BJP Leaders Again

India News | Reported by Snigdha Basu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday April 22, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a stinging rebuke again to party motormouths on Sunday, who have covered a wide range of subjects from terror and rape to Mahabharata and Darwin's theory over the last six months. In a video-conference with lawmakers across the country, PM Modi ripped into the leaders, reminding them that this was affecting their...

Work Together To Mitigate Climate Change Menace: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday April 22, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to everyone to work together to mitigate the menace of climate change as a way to pay tribute to the environment on Earth Day.

Death Penalty for Child Rapists Updates: President Kovind Signs Ordinance To Provide Strict Punishment

India News | Edited by Nonika Marwaha | Sunday April 22, 2018

Today, President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the executive order to pave way for providing stringent punishment, including death penalty, for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years. The Union Cabinet on Saturday at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the ordinance and was waiting for the President's ...

Earth Day 2018 highlights: Let's Create "Better Planet For Future Generations," Says PM Modi

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Sunday April 22, 2018

As the world marks April 22 as Earth Day, leaders across India and the world are urging people to save the planet by adopting a sustainable lifestyle.

Foreign Media On Modi Government's Move Towards Death For Child Rapists

India News | Annie Gowen, The Washington Post | Sunday April 22, 2018

Offenders who rape girls under 12 may now be subject to the death penalty in India, according to an ordinance passed by the cabinet Saturday after a nationwide furor over the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl.

After Ex-Bureaucrats, 600 Academics Send Sharp Letter To PM Modi On Rapes

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Sunday April 22, 2018

As the centre clambered to introduce harsher punishment for child rapists to cap public outrage over sexual crimes, a group of 637 academics in India and abroad have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, telling him that his statements on the "monstrous crimes" had been "wholly inadequate, platitudinous" and gave "non-specific ass...

Not A Critic Of PM Modi, But Will Keep Speaking My Mind: Uddhav Thackeray

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 21, 2018

"Shiv Sena president Uddhav" Thackeray today said he was not a detractor of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but"will always speak up when he doesn't approve of something.

Quicker Trials, Probe In Centre's Death For Child Rapists Ordinance: 10 Facts

India News | Edited By Aloke Tikku | Sunday April 22, 2018

The centre on Saturday responded to the barrage of attacks over the government's inability to curb sexual crimes against girls with an executive order to introduce death penalty for child rapists, longer jail term for all rapists and set an ambitious four-month deadline to complete investigation and trial in all rape cases. The changes were cleared...

"Mauni Baba Modi" Is All Talk Abroad, Says Shiv Sena In Stinging Column

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 21, 2018

The Shiv Sena on Friday launched a new attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for speaking about domestic issues while abroad and said he is coming back "empty-handed" from the UK which has given shelter to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya.

Andhra Lawmaker Calls PM Modi "A Cheat", Furious BJP Seeks Action

India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Saturday April 21, 2018

N Chandrababu Naidu and his Telugu Desam Party (TDP), who broke ties with the BJP over demands for special category status for Andhra Pradesh, have been repeatedly attacking the BJP-led government at the centre over the issue. The war-of-words between the former allies hit a new low after a TDP lawmaker made abusive remarks against Prime Minister N...

Death For Rape Of Children Below 12, Says Government, Clears Executive Order

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Sunday April 22, 2018

The centre today signed off on an ordinance, or emergency executive order, to introduce capital punishment for child rapists, a move that is seen as an effort to signal the government's commitment to fight sexual crimes against young girls. The change was cleared at a meeting of the Union Cabinet convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within hour...