Narendra Modi
One minute Modi-Mamata meeting triggers huge controversy
When senior leaders of the BJP claimed that it was the chief minister's ego that resisted her from staying away from the review meeting with Suvendu Adhikari, Trinamool Congress alleged that the meeting with the Prime Minister personally was pre-scheduled but she was not allowed time as promised by the PMO.
Mamata skips PM's 'Yaas' review meeting, meets Modi personally
The review meeting snowballed into a political controversy after Banerjee personally met the Prime Minister before the meeting and submitted a copy of the damages caused by the cyclone to him. She even left the Air Force Station before the meeting commenced. Sources in the administration confirmed that Banerjee had asked for a separate meeting with Modi ahead of the review meeting convened by the Prime Minister.
Cyclone Yaas: PM announces Rs 1K cr relief package after aerial survey
Expressing solidarity with the people affected by the cyclonic storm, the Prime Minister announced financial assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for immediate relief activities. Of this, Rs 500 crore would be given to Odisha, while the remaining amount would be allotted to West Bengal and Jharkhand on the basis of the extent of damage. The Union government will also deploy an inter-ministerial team to visit the states to assess the extent of damage.
Modi to hold review meeting with Mamata on Yaas
Before the meeting, the Prime Minister will make an aerial survey of the affected places of Odisha and West Bengal to assess the damages caused by the storm. The Chief Minister will also conduct a review meeting at Digha in East Midnapore on Saturday and come back to Kolkata on the same day.
Looking beyond Covid-19, PM Modi and Macron solidify Indo-French partnership
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Emmanuel Macron, President of France, for his country's prompt assistance to India's Covid-19 response, the two leaders also discussed bilateral, regional and global issues, including cooperation in climate action and Indo-Pacific, during the phone call late Wednesday evening.
Future of people of Lakshadweep threatened by administrator's sweeping changes: Rahul to PM
In a three-page letter to Modi on Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi said, "Lakshadweep's pristine natural beauty and its unique confluence of cultures have drawn people for generations. The custodians of its heritage seek to safeguard the archipelago for posterity.
Our planet will not be same after Covid: PM
Delivering his keynote address on the occasion of Vesak Global Celebrations on Buddha Purnima through video conference, the Prime Minister said there have been many noteworthy improvements as well over the last year like having a better understanding of the pandemic, which strengthens our strategy to fight it and having the vaccine, which is absolutely important to save lives and defeat the virus.
PM appeals to world leaders to come together to defeat terror
In a keynote address on the occasion of Virtual Vesak Global Celebrations on Buddha Purnima, Modi said while Buddha's life was about peace, harmony and co-existence, there are forces in today's world "whose existence depends on spreading hate, terror and mindless violence". "Such forces don't believe in liberal democratic principles. Believers of humanity must come together, defeat terror," Modi said.
Cyclone Yaas: PM Modi directs officers to ensure timely evacuation
While chairing a high-level meeting to review the preparedness of states and Central ministries and agencies concerned to deal with the situation arising out of cyclone Yaas, the Prime Minister spoke about the need to ensure that time duration of outages of power supply and communication network are minimum and are restored swiftly.
Rahul Gandhi hits out at govt for black fungus epidemic
In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi said, "It is only in India that there is an epidemic of black fungus along with the Covid pandemic due to the inefficiency of Modi system. There is shortage of vaccines as well as of medicines. And to deal with this, the Prime Minister will be telling people to clang utensils and clap." His remarks came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi choked while interacting with the frontline workers of his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi.
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