Congress says 'India under Narendra Modi anything but free', slams BJP after reports claim 2 ABP journalists resigned under pressure
6 years, 5 months ago

Congress says 'India under Narendra Modi anything but free', slams BJP after reports claim 2 ABP journalists resigned under pressure

Firstpost  

Resignation of two journalists from ABP News Network — Managing Editor Milind Khandekar and journalist Punya Prasun Bajpai, has created a stir on Twitter, and caused the Congress to allege government interference in the functioning of the network’s newsroom. — Milind Khandekar August 1, 2018 Bajpai ran a story on his show which showed video interaction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with beneficiaries of various government programmes held on 20 June. pic.twitter.com/r9L7xUL2A7 — Congress August 2, 2018 Congress chief Rahul Gandhi did not let the opportunity pass and tweeted the story and said: PM जी अपनी मन की बात सुनाते हैं यह तो सभी जानते थे। आज यह मालूम पड़ रहा है कि वह सिर्फ अपने ही मन की बात सुनना भी चाहते हैं । pic.twitter.com/dEqvklqtRR — Rahul Gandhi July 9, 2018 Using the hastag #FreeMediaDiedInIndia, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal joined the bandwagon and criticised the BJP government for killing “independent media”. Outcome -Remove Punay Prasoon Vajpayee, Milind Khandekar, Abhisar & others 1/2 — Randeep Singh Surjewala August 2, 2018 ABP News Network has maintained silence regarding the resignations even as social media has been discussing it quite fervently.

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PM Modi speech ahead of Delhi polls: BJP only engages in ‘abusive politics’ and ‘personal attacks’ says Arvind Kejriwal
1 week, 4 days ago

PM Modi speech ahead of Delhi polls: BJP only engages in ‘abusive politics’ and ‘personal attacks’ says Arvind Kejriwal

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre has not done any development work in Delhi or else, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not have had to spend 39 minutes of his 43-minute speech cursing the people of the capital and the government they elected with the largest mandate, the Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal said, in New Delhi, on Friday Addressing …

The Atlantic publishes hit job against PM Modi: Here’s how the propaganda piece cherry-picks facts to attack the Indian leader
1 month, 1 week ago

The Atlantic publishes hit job against PM Modi: Here’s how the propaganda piece cherry-picks facts to attack the Indian leader

Op India  

“For India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, strength is everything.” A hit job on Indian PM Modi was published by American magazine The Atlantic on the 29th of November. The hit job titled “How a Strongman Made Himself Look Weak” claims that PM Modi responds to criticism within India by ‘co-opting’ the media and ‘repressing’ the religious minorities. Daniel Block, who …

I was doing my job as a journalist in India. Modi's government didn’t like it
6 months, 4 weeks ago

I was doing my job as a journalist in India. Modi's government didn’t like it

ABC  

It was supposed to be an innocuous catch-up with representatives from Narendra Modi's party, the BJP, to touch base about the ABC's coverage plans for the Indian election. French journalist Vanessa Dougnac — believed to be India's longest-serving foreign correspondent — had to leave this year because her permanent residency was revoked Al Jazeera said its correspondent was not given …

From Pakistan to Canada, how world media covers India's 'historical' Lok Sabha Elections Results
7 months, 1 week ago

From Pakistan to Canada, how world media covers India's 'historical' Lok Sabha Elections Results

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bhartiya Janata Party has won the maximum number of seats but short fall of securing a majority. Image Source : GLOBAL TIMESHow Chinese media covered India's Lok Sabha Elections CNN, an American broadcaster and news website, has published with header- "Modi facing shock result". Image Source : CNNHow US media covered India's Lok Sabha Elections Meanwhile, …

Congress Asks 272 Questions to Modi
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress Asks 272 Questions to Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday released a compilation of 272 questions the party had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last 72 days, titled "72 Days, 272 Questions, 0 Jawab — Bhaag Modi Bhaag" and claimed that due to its positive Lok Sabha poll campaign and its "nyay" guarantees the I.N.D.I.A. Addressing a press conference in the national …

Hinduphobia in Western media: As India goes to poll to elect a new government, global news organisations turn to anti-Hindu prejudice
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Hinduphobia in Western media: As India goes to poll to elect a new government, global news organisations turn to anti-Hindu prejudice

Op India  

As the grand festival of democracy, the general election commences in India on the 19th of April 2024, the Western media is covering India’s election news with the display of its usual Hinduphobic and anti-Modi rants. The foreign media reports played on the palpable insinuation that somehow Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi’s victory is inevitable and the democracy and the minorities, …

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election
8 months, 4 weeks ago

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election

LA Times  

Mihir Desai, a lawyer at his office in Mumbai, India, is defending a dozen political activists, journalists and lawyers jailed in 2018 on accusations of plotting to overthrow the Modi government. The 65-year-old lawyer from India’s financial capital Mumbai is now working on one of his — and the country’s — most high-profile cases: defending a dozen political activists, journalists …

'Modi Govt Most Vilified': Top Minister On 'Freedom To Abuse' | Hardeep Puri Interview
1 year ago

'Modi Govt Most Vilified': Top Minister On 'Freedom To Abuse' | Hardeep Puri Interview

Hindustan Times  

'Modi Govt Most Vilified': Top Minister On 'Freedom To Abuse' | Hardeep Puri Interview Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has trashed the charge that Narendra Modi's Government at centre is intolerant towards criticism and dissent and that it is cracking down on opposition, journalists and activists for taking on the government. He spoke to Hindustan Times' Kumkum Chadha and said …

'Take Journalists To Dhabas' To Avoid Negative Publicity: Maha BJP Chief's 'Advise' To Workers Sparks Row
1 year, 3 months ago

'Take Journalists To Dhabas' To Avoid Negative Publicity: Maha BJP Chief's 'Advise' To Workers Sparks Row

ABP News  

An audio tape of Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule supposedly asking party officials to take journalists to dhabas and treat them well in order to avoid negative publicity ahead of elections has gone viral, prompting accusations that the BJP was attempting to control the media, news agency PTI reported. According to the recording, Bawankule says, "small-time video journalists running news …

Press freedom concerns as India editors’ body charged over Manipur report
1 year, 4 months ago

Press freedom concerns as India editors’ body charged over Manipur report

Al Jazeera  

Manipur police file cases against members of the Editors Guild of India, accusing them of promoting enmity between different groups. The cases, also known as first information reports, filed in two separate police stations on Sunday came a day after the country’s top editors body issued a report condemning the local media’s “one-sided” reporting of the months-long violence in the …

'PM Modi has not taken a single leave since 2014', reveals RTI reply
1 year, 4 months ago

'PM Modi has not taken a single leave since 2014', reveals RTI reply

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not taken a single leave since assuming Prime Minister's office in 2014, said the Prime Minister's Office in response to a Right to Information query. In an RTI filed by Prafful P Sarda, two questions were asked- first, how many days PM Modi has attended office since becoming the Prime Minister of India in 2014 …

PM Modi Speech Highlights: Government wins no-trust vote, Opposition walks out
1 year, 5 months ago

PM Modi Speech Highlights: Government wins no-trust vote, Opposition walks out

India Today  

Parliament Highlights No-Confidence Motion News Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi replied to the no-confidence motion moved against his government by Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi over the Manipur violence. For the last two days, Parliament witnessed fiery discussions by leaders from the government and Opposition over the ethnic clashes in Manipur. On Wednesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in his first speech …

CPJ urges US to press India’s Modi on media freedom during visit
1 year, 7 months ago

CPJ urges US to press India’s Modi on media freedom during visit

Al Jazeera  

The Committee to Protect Journalists says it expects the US to make India’s media crackdown ‘a core element of discussions’. A prominent press watchdog says the United States government should urge Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to end what it called a crackdown on media as it demanded the release of six journalists “arbitrarily detained in retaliation for their work”. …

'Garibi hatao guarantee': PM Modi takes a swipe at Congress' schemes at Ajmer rally
1 year, 7 months ago

'Garibi hatao guarantee': PM Modi takes a swipe at Congress' schemes at Ajmer rally

India TV News  

PM Modi's Rajasthan visit: In view to mark Bharatiya Janata Party's nine years in power at the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Rajasthan's Ajmer district on Wednesday. BJP's Maha Jansampark campaign BJP leaders have already held press conferences in several states already to mark Modi’s nine years as Prime Minister. Sharing details of the programme, which …

BBC’s India offices searched in tax probe after broadcast of program critical of Modi
1 year, 10 months ago

BBC’s India offices searched in tax probe after broadcast of program critical of Modi

LA Times  

An armed guard at the gate of a building housing the BBC’s offices in New Delhi. Indian tax officials searched the BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai for a third straight day Thursday seeking information about the broadcaster’s business operations amid allegations of tax evasion, as opposition political parties and other news organizations criticized the move as an attempt …

I-T action on BBC has ruined India’s image, alleges Congress
1 year, 10 months ago

I-T action on BBC has ruined India’s image, alleges Congress

The Hindu  

Mounting a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government over the income-tax department’s survey on BBC offices in India, the Congress on Wednesday asked what image the Prime Minister wishes to convey to the world, especially when India is hosting the G-20 summit later this year. As the I-T surveys carried on for the second day, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera …

Indian officials search BBC offices after Modi documentary
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian officials search BBC offices after Modi documentary

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s tax officials searched BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after it aired a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the U.K., the broadcaster said. The Editors Guild of India denounced the move, saying it continues “a trend of using government agencies to intimidate and harass press organizations that are critical …

BBC documentary on PM Modi 'badly researched', doesn't represent UK govt's view: British MP
1 year, 11 months ago

BBC documentary on PM Modi 'badly researched', doesn't represent UK govt's view: British MP

Firstpost  

New Delhi: BBC documentary on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “is a hatchet job. The lawmaker further said the broadcaster “does not represent views of the British government.” Speaking to News18, Blackman said the two episode docu-series also “sought to demonstrate that the Indian judicial system could not be trusted and I am afraid that the judicial system in India …

‘They're after Modi since 2002': Shah on BBC documentary row, Hindenburg report
1 year, 11 months ago

‘They're after Modi since 2002': Shah on BBC documentary row, Hindenburg report

Hindustan Times  

Truth emerges despite a thousand conspiracies around it, said Union home minister Amit Shah on controversies surrounding the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Hindenburg report on Gautam Adani. The British Broadcasting Corporation documentary, which chronicles events that transpired during the 2002 Gujarat riots when Modi was the state chief minister, has triggered a major controversy in …

Modi’s biggest asset is his legion of city-bred, party-circuit opponents
1 year, 11 months ago

Modi’s biggest asset is his legion of city-bred, party-circuit opponents

Firstpost  

The attack on Modi ahead of 2024 so far has been just like 2014 and 2019: poorly thought-out, in a language that the masses don’t relate to, and reeking of disdain for Hindus and India They speak clipped English, sneer at vernacular India, and articulate their anger like Jager Bomb revolutionaries at a pub. Their ultimate expression of defiance is …

PM Modi documentary row | Hindu Sena puts up anti-BBC placards outside BBC’s Delhi office
1 year, 11 months ago

PM Modi documentary row | Hindu Sena puts up anti-BBC placards outside BBC’s Delhi office

The Hindu  

Members of the Hindu Sena on Sunday, allegedly put up anti-BBC placards outside the UK-headquartered broadcaster's office on Kasturba Gandhi Marg here, over its controversial documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots. The Hindu Sena members also accused the media organisation of conspiring to tarnish and malign the image of both India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BBC was a …

BBC documentary on PM Modi is conspiracy against India: Goa Governor Sreedharan Pillai
1 year, 11 months ago

BBC documentary on PM Modi is conspiracy against India: Goa Governor Sreedharan Pillai

The Hindu  

A BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots that has sparked controversy is a “conspiracy” against India, said Goa Governor P. S. Sreedharan Pillai on January 26. The “character assassination of the Prime Minister” amounts to an onslaught, insult and a malicious act against the country, said the Governor during his address after inspecting a …

‘We support importance of free press around the world’: U.S. on India banning BBC documentary on PM Modi
1 year, 11 months ago

‘We support importance of free press around the world’: U.S. on India banning BBC documentary on PM Modi

The Hindu  

Describing India banning the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a matter of press freedom, the U.S. State Department said that it is high time to highlight the importance of democratic principles like freedom of expression and make it a point around the world as well as in India. Ned Price, the U.S. State Department spokesperson, in a …

'We support importance of free press...': US reacts on India's move to ban BBC documentary critical of PM Modi
1 year, 11 months ago

'We support importance of free press...': US reacts on India's move to ban BBC documentary critical of PM Modi

India TV News  

BBC documentary row: Amid the ongoing row over the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the United States stated that it is essential to emphasise the significance of democratic concepts like freedom of expression and make it a point around the world as well as in India. It also termed India's decision to ban the BBC documentary as a …

Kerala: DYFI, SFI to screen BBC documentary at 200 venues
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala: DYFI, SFI to screen BBC documentary at 200 venues

Op India  

Amidst the ongoing controversy over the recently released BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the CPIM’s Democratic Youth Federation of India has vowed to screen the ‘India: The Modi Question’ at 200 venues in Kerala on January 24 and January 25. The reminders of betrayal, apology and genocide cannot be hidden using power.” The BJP has hit out at …

Internet Archive takes down upload of BBC’s Modi documentary
1 year, 11 months ago

Internet Archive takes down upload of BBC’s Modi documentary

The Hindu  

January 23, 2023 11:53 pm | Updated January 26, 2023 10:22 am IST - New Delhi The Internet Archive, a US-based repository of webpage archives and media uploads by users around the world, has taken down a widely circulated upload of the first episode of the BBC’s The Modi Question, the documentary that was ordered off of YouTube and Twitter …

BBC Modi documentary: In Govt vs Opposition, blocked links resurface on Twitter
1 year, 11 months ago

BBC Modi documentary: In Govt vs Opposition, blocked links resurface on Twitter

Live Mint  

'Censorship' as an order of the ruling is no surprise in India. However, unlike other instances, this time not allowing Indians to watch a documentary made by British Broadcasting Company on Prime Minister Narendra Modi has triggered a rebel act in the Centre versus Opposition. Trinamool Congress MP Mohua Moitra said her tweet leading to the link of the 'controversial' …

Is Twitter deleting posts on PM Modi’s BBC documentary? TMC MP claims so
1 year, 11 months ago

Is Twitter deleting posts on PM Modi’s BBC documentary? TMC MP claims so

Live Mint  

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien has claimed that Twitter removed his tweet on a BBC documentary that he claimed "exposed" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stance on minorities. This series investigates the truth behind these allegations and examines Modi’s backstory to explore other questions about his politics when it comes to India’s largest religious minority,” says the description of the BBC …

Twitter deleted post on BBC documentary critical of PM Modi: Derek O’Brien
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter deleted post on BBC documentary critical of PM Modi: Derek O’Brien

The Hindu  

TMC MP Derek O'Brien has alleged that a tweet by him on a BBC documentary which he claimed "exposed" Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stand on minorities has been deleted by Twitter. Posting a mail from the microblogging site which said his tweet was deleted on the request of the Indian government claiming it violated laws in India, Mr. O'Brien termed …

BBC documentary on PM Modi ‘propaganda’, 'don't wish to dignify': MEA
1 year, 11 months ago

BBC documentary on PM Modi ‘propaganda’, 'don't wish to dignify': MEA

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of external affairs on Thursday tore into the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said it is a propaganda piece, designed to push a particular discredited narrative. "The bias, lack of objectivity and continuing colonial mindset is blatantly visible," foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said adding that the documentary has not been screened in India. BBC …

India says BBC film on Modi’s role in Gujarat riots ‘propaganda’
1 year, 11 months ago

India says BBC film on Modi’s role in Gujarat riots ‘propaganda’

Al Jazeera  

The BBC documentary features the findings of a UK inquiry into the 2002 deadly riots, which reveals PM Modi failed to stop the violence. India’s foreign ministry has dismissed as “propaganda” a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that questions his leadership during the deadly 2002 Gujarat riots. The report of a United Kingdom inquiry showcased in the documentary …

In India, warnings that independent news media are teetering on a precipice
2 years, 1 month ago

In India, warnings that independent news media are teetering on a precipice

LA Times  

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation last August in New Delhi. Every good thing about this profession is being destroyed.” Some Indian observers say that the impending hostile takeover by Gautam Adani, the third richest man in the world, of what in 1998 became India’s first 24-hour news channel could signal the death knell of independent voices in …

Concerns over free press in India after NDTV’s Ravish Kumar quits
2 years, 1 month ago

Concerns over free press in India after NDTV’s Ravish Kumar quits

Al Jazeera  

One of India’s most popular TV journalists quits the network recently acquired by a billionaire tycoon considered close to the BJP. The resignation of one of India’s most popular TV journalists from a network recently acquired by a billionaire tycoon close to the ruling party has sparked concerns over press freedom in the country. Radhika Roy Prannoy Roy Private Ltd …

PM Modi remembers freedom fighters on Quit India movement anniversary
2 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi remembers freedom fighters on Quit India movement anniversary

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to those who participated in the Quit India movement and said it brought together people from all sections of society. "Remembering all those who took part in the Quit India Movement under Bapu's leadership and strengthened our freedom struggle," Modi tweeted, posting a clip of his earlier address in which he had …

Lesser known tales of PM’s life come to fore
2 years, 8 months ago

Lesser known tales of PM’s life come to fore

Hindustan Times  

Weeks after the website, Modi Story, chronicling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s journey in the form of testimonies by Union ministers, party workers and public was launched by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Yuva Morcha, the contributors continue to share about the lesser known facets of the PM’s life. Prime Minister Narendra Modi The website gives a peek at several interesting anecdotes, …

DC Edit | India needed to hear Modi’s ode to past PMs
2 years, 8 months ago

DC Edit | India needed to hear Modi’s ode to past PMs

Deccan Chronicle  

Our times are so divided along the lines of loyalty to political parties and ideologies that any word or action cutting across the divide and is graceful and befitting a statesman brings both relief and hope. The perpetually hyper-competitive and combative mode of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while leading to huge electoral and power …

Modi: Local media have gone easy on India’s Prime Minister. That’s changing because of the pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

Modi: Local media have gone easy on India’s Prime Minister. That’s changing because of the pandemic

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — Om Gaur is in the middle of the most heart-wrenching story of his career as a journalist. Dainik Bhaskar, one of India’s biggest Hindi-language newspapers, published its story last week with the headline, “Ganga is ashamed.” “I have never seen anything like this in my 35-year-long career,” Gaur told CNN Business. “Mainstream media, particularly broadcast …

Muzzling the media: How the Modi regime continues to undermine the news landscape
3 years, 11 months ago

Muzzling the media: How the Modi regime continues to undermine the news landscape

The Hindu  

The recent arrest in New Delhi of a young freelance journalist and the registration of multiple first information reports against several senior scribes from many States are representative of the perils of being a journalist committed to the pursuit of truth in contemporary India. Furthermore, the leaked WhatsApp chats featuring Arnab Goswami showed that there was a casual nexus between …

Modi Govt Committed to Freedom of Press, Says Amit Shah
4 years, 1 month ago

Modi Govt Committed to Freedom of Press, Says Amit Shah

News 18  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday greeted the media fraternity on the National Press Day, asserting that the Narendra Modi government believed in the freedom of Press and opposed attempts to “throttle” it. Extending his greetings, Shah tweeted: “Our media fraternity is working tirelessly towards strengthening the foundations of our great nation. The Modi government is committed to the …

As India Today talks about Tejashwi Yadav’s haircut, Rajdeep Sardesai hints that he wants Indian media to boycott PM Modi
4 years, 2 months ago

As India Today talks about Tejashwi Yadav’s haircut, Rajdeep Sardesai hints that he wants Indian media to boycott PM Modi

Op India  

As the final phase of Bihar elections will be held on Saturday, the political parties are pushing hard to influence voters in all ways it can to garner their votes to emerge victorious in the prestigious battle of Bihar. Ironically, India Today’s ‘Gold Standard’ PR campaign for Tejashwi Yadav came just hours after India Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai had indirectly questioned …

India Today's Rajdeep and Rahul Kanwal have been constantly tweeting against Republic TV
4 years, 3 months ago

India Today's Rajdeep and Rahul Kanwal have been constantly tweeting against Republic TV

Op India  

With dwindling TRP ratings and frequent social media criticism of their bias, India Today is caught in a state of fix. Screengrab of the BARC ratings Social media feud between India Today and Republic Tv On 8th September, Kanwal wrote on his Twitter account that while “Banana Republic” channels are questioning India Today’s integrity for interviewing Rhea Chakraborty, they are …

Anti-Modi tweets by Kejriwal vanished post LS polls
5 years, 3 months ago

Anti-Modi tweets by Kejriwal vanished post LS polls

India TV News  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who named Prime Minister Narendra Modi at least 20 times in his tweets between April and May, has turned mute over his anti-Modi remarks after the Lok Sabha results. Kejriwal, with 15.6 million followers on the micro-blogging site, had also said that Modi was trying to horse-trade AAP MLAs to weaken his government in Delhi. …

BJP government crushes freedom of press, says Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala
5 years, 6 months ago

BJP government crushes freedom of press, says Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala

India TV News  

The Congress on Sunday cited media reports to accuse the Modi government of indulging in "sheer vindictiveness" by freezing Congress' attack came after media reports claimed that the government has stopped providing Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tagged some of the reports to claim that the government had stopped "BJP government crushes freedom of media and indulges in sheer vindictiveness …

Delimitation row: Kashmir under Modi 2.0
5 years, 6 months ago

Delimitation row: Kashmir under Modi 2.0

Deccan Chronicle  

I write this article on June 14, the first anniversary of the murder of Shujaat Bukhari. Prime Minister Modi’s first term was marked by a rising graph of militancy and counterinsurgency, the fall of the BJP-PDP alliance and the imposition of President’s rule, controversial issues such as the repeal of Articles 370 and 35 A protecting Kashmir’s special status, and …

Hidden within Narendra Modi's masterclass to first-time MPs is a strong critique of the state of India's media
5 years, 7 months ago

Hidden within Narendra Modi's masterclass to first-time MPs is a strong critique of the state of India's media

Firstpost  

Modi himself provided an interesting window to his thoughts while addressing over 300 BJP MPs, many of them first-timers, at Parliament’s Central Hall on Saturday evening. What emerged during the address has been lauded in many quarters as “statesmanlike”, “inclusive” and “empowering” but a key takeaway from the address was the prime minister’s inherent distrust of the media. What emerged …

Daily Bulletin: Campaigns done, Narendra Modi to visit Kedarnath today; Opposition parties slam PM's press meet; day's top stories
5 years, 7 months ago

Daily Bulletin: Campaigns done, Narendra Modi to visit Kedarnath today; Opposition parties slam PM's press meet; day's top stories

Firstpost  

Today’s top stories: Campaigns done, Narendra Modi will visit Kedarnath for special prayers today; Opposition parties have slammed the prime minister’s maiden press meet; a militant has been killed in Awantipora; and more. Campaigns done, Modi to offer prayers at Kedarnath, Badrinath A day after appearing in a press conference to signify the end of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign …

Narendra Modi attends first press conference as PM, says BJP will return to power on its own; Amit Shah takes all questions
5 years, 7 months ago

Narendra Modi attends first press conference as PM, says BJP will return to power on its own; Amit Shah takes all questions

Firstpost  

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Narendra Modi asserted confidently on Friday that the BJP will come back to power with a full majority on its own Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised journalists on Friday as he attended a scheduled press conference by BJP president Amit Shah. The prime minister said, “Throughout my campaign, until my last rally, I emphasised on telling …

'Dismantled idea of Narendra Modi': Rahul Gandhi goes after PM, press and EC in combative New Delhi press conference
5 years, 7 months ago

'Dismantled idea of Narendra Modi': Rahul Gandhi goes after PM, press and EC in combative New Delhi press conference

Firstpost  

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, at a combative press conference in New Delhi on Friday, slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the press and the Election Commission. Rahul, at the press conference just before the end of campaigning for the 2019 Lok Sabha election, claimed the idea of Modi had been dismantled, alleged that the poll schedule was tailor made for Modi’s …

Narendra Modi highlights Opposition name-calling in bid for votes; development, national security take backseat at recent rallies
5 years, 8 months ago

Narendra Modi highlights Opposition name-calling in bid for votes; development, national security take backseat at recent rallies

Firstpost  

Virus, Bhasmasur, Dawood Ibrahim-equivalent, Hitler, death merchant, rabid monkey, rat, insect — these are the terms that, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress leaders have associated with him in the past. Virus, Bhasmasur, Dawood Ibrahim-equivalent, Hitler, death merchant, rabid monkey, rat and insect: these are the terms that, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress leaders have …

The Narendra Modi campaign has targeted Rajiv Gandhi as corrupt to draw away attention from PMO role in Rafale deal
5 years, 8 months ago

The Narendra Modi campaign has targeted Rajiv Gandhi as corrupt to draw away attention from PMO role in Rafale deal

Firstpost  

In his election speech on Saturday, the prime minister had said that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi may have been feted by his courtiers, ‘but his life ended as Bhrashtachari No. Those who might be wondering why Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to resurrect the Bofors ghost at a rally on Saturday and followed it up on Monday by challenging …

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