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India looks for answers as Seychelles backs out of naval base

The development has taken place 10 days before Seychelles President Danny Faure visits India.

Jun 17, 2018

Deadlock in Delhi 'a constitutional crisis': Kejriwal backed by 4 non-BJP chief ministers

Four chief ministers of non-BJP states lent their support to Arvind Kejriwal, to take up the issue with PM Modi in meeting today. LG yesterday denied them permission to meet the Delhi CM.

Jun 17, 2018

Promise unfulfilled, man walks 1,350 km to remind PM Modi

A man from Odisha is walking all the way to New Delhi to meet PM Modi after his unfulfilled promise of better infrastructure for his village.

Jun 16, 2018

Prime minister Modi to hear farmers' woes via NaMo App

Modi has scheduled virtual interactions with farmers across the country on June 20 via the NaMo app as woes in the farming community, largest in India, increase.

Jun 15, 2018

Indian Railways to focus on 'Make in India' in ambitious Rs. 78,000 crore signalling project

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the railways to focus not on 100 percent electrification, but on cost-effective electrification with a thrust on prioritising the routes.

Jun 12, 2018

Rail Madad app to expedite and streamline passenger grievance redressal

Rail MADAD stands for 'Rail Mobile Application for Desired Assistance During Travel'. The app also has an option to share pictures while registering complaints.

Jun 12, 2018

India, Nepal to discuss new flight routes from Janakpur, Nepalgunj and Mahendranagar

Nepal had asked India to formally open the air routes during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kathmandu in 2014. The topic was also apparently on his agenda during his May 11 visit to the country.

Jun 8, 2018

Affordable healthcare for all: Modi hails government programmes

The Prime Minister cited the example of price capping on stents to indicate his government's success in bringing quality healthcare to millions.

Jun 7, 2018

Modi to interact with entrepreneurs, young innovators in Delhi

Modi tweets asking Indian youth to join in via mobile app and DD News Twitter handle to spur innovation amongst the young and growing workforce in the country.

Jun 6, 2018

UP CM Yogi Adityanath calls for simultaneous elections for 'development'

He said a team in Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh is formed in this regard to look into the possibility of holding only one election.

Jun 5, 2018

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Modi government to launch big measures for sugar sector; bypoll blow in top producer UP the reason?

Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party last week suffered a blow in a by-election in Uttar Pradesh, the top sugar producing state in India's northern cane belt. Analysts viewed the result as a bellwether for a general election due by May 2019.

Jun 5, 2018

Crash in commodity prices, surging fuel costs hit PM Modi's popularity in rural India

In the past year, Modi's popularity has fallen by 12 percentage points among farmers, according to a Mood of the Nation survey.

Jun 4, 2018

PM Narendra Modi calls for equal access in Indo-Pacific

In his four years in power, PM Narendra Modi has sought to assert an expanded security role for India in the Indo-Pacific, actively courting the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Jun 2, 2018

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana in Singapore June 1, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su

India, Singapore agree to upgrade economic cooperation agreement

Stating that air traffic between India and Singapore is increasing rapidly, the Indian Prime Minister said that the two countries will soon sign an air services agreement.

Jun 1, 2018

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Healthcare Sector suffers, common man rejoices: Delhi proposes to cap medical costs

Health activists have lauded the move, saying it will be a boon to patients and boost affordability. While the advisory will benefit patients, it will definitely hit businesses.

Jun 1, 2018

PM Narendra Modi arrives in Malaysia, to meet newly-elected Mahathir Mohammad

The Indian prime minister is on a three-nation tour of the south-east Asian countries.

May 31, 2018

Three women from Kashmir's militant hotbed pray for Narendra Modi's success

They are beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme, which was launched two years ago with an aim to provide LPG connections to women from below poverty line (BPL) families.

May 28, 2018

71.9% of Indians want to see Narendra Modi as their PM again in 2019, says online poll

Modi is often slammed for not doing enough for job opportunities for the youth. The online poll, indeed proved it right, when 28.3 percent of the people who took the survey said that lack of employment-generation is Modi's biggest failure.

May 26, 2018

4 men assault Muslim labourer for failing to name Indian PM and West Bengal CM

The victim pleaded with his perpetrators to let him go as he had little education, but the perpetrators allegedly continued to harass him. As per reports, they even verbally abused his family and religion.

May 25, 2018

47% Indians don't want BJP govt to return to power in 2019, says survey

The survey also said that three-fourths of Muslims and three-fifths of Christians do not wish to see the BJP government coming back to power in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.