Narendra Modi

...in two voices which shows their opportunism and hypocrisy, Singhvi said. On whether the announcement by Petroleum Minister Murli Deora to bring down fuel prices in the near future is taken in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Singhvi said: In the past,...

...Congress today hit out at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other NDA chief ministers for their stand on the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and said it would only dilute the war on terror and help no one except Pakistan. ''.... It is time for...

...state. This indeed is heartening and proves that Gujarat is held in high esteem by the investment fraternity,'' Chief Minister Narendra Modi told a news conference here today. The event, an initiative of the state government with the Confederation of Indian...

...a month for the government to decide "which and what case to take up" once NIA starts functioning. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who belongs to JD-U, said consultations with states should have preceded enactment of the National Investigation Agency Act...

...the act was brought in Parliament. Claiming there were holes in the act, he urged the Centre to consult states and make changes. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said there should be one comprehensive law to tackle terror, not many statutory provisions. ...

...the responsibility of fighting terror by sidetracking the states,” Modi said. Similar concerns were also raised by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who said the consultations with states should have preceded enactment of the NIA Act and other anti-terror laws and CrPC...

...that he would write to them explaining the scope and context of the new law. Earlier in the day, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi had expressed his dissatisfaction with several provisions that will govern the National Investigation Agency (NIA). He said...

...the BJP had backed the NIA Act and other stringent anti-terror laws, Chief Ministers of NDA-ruled states — including Bihar CM, Nitish Kumar, Gujarat CM, Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh CM, Shivraj Singh Chouhan — expressed doubts over the new federal agency...

...than ever before. This sense of alienation was underlined by Abdul Rehman Antulay’s outrageous conspiracy theory that Hemant Karkare, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief, was deliberately despatched to his death at the hands of the terrorists who came...

...Sangh parivar outfits. Many believe that the BJP lost the Rajasthan polls because of conflict between its then chief minister, Vasundhara Raje, and the Sangh. The Sangh asked the BJP to be more accommodating of its demands and to set up better mechanisms to...

...architecture – the tomb and mosque complex of Dada Hari in Ahmedabad is an amazing mix of styles. Ahmedabad is the city of Mahatma Gandhi, the place where he started the Salt March in 1930, a protest walk through southern Gujarat to gather salt from the sea...

... Even as the global economy melts, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is warming up to hosting the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2009 on January 11-12. With Japan as the state's partner, Modi is confident he'll be able to get investors from both...

...Jan 1 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has announced that repair and restoration work will be undertaken at the Bhadrakali temple here, which was built by the Marathas in the medieval era, to make it an important landmark. Speaking at the concluding...

...Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Dec 26 assurance that diamond workers' livelihood would be secured has not instilled confidence among them. Not all closed diamond polishing units have resumed operations, and eight workers have committed suicide in less...

...their inner grit and gumption. Mr Modi was speaking in an International Youth convention organised at Hari-Dham Sokhada, near Vadodara, where the 76th 'Atmiya Mahotsav' was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety. The Chief Minister inspired the youth...

...AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had spent the day with the Border Security Force on the Indo-Pak international border in Vighakot and Koteshwar Creek area on Thursday. Modi examined the posts and fencing at Vighakot international border touching Pakistan,...

...Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the border security forces are capable of paying the enemies in the same coin. The chief minister spent the first day of 2009 with security forces at Indo-Pakistan border in Kutch district. Mr Modi visited Vighakot...

...off for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recent Assembly elections, but its Hindutva mascot and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi may not be averse to flagging it again in the Lok Sabha elections later in 2009. Modi, who had exploited the issue of...

...Going a little further back in time, the same conclusion can be drawn from the election results in Gujarat, where Narendra Modi won. Conversely, where the voters felt that the incumbent government had not performed to expectations, they have had no hesitation...

...we not rage against those we’ve entrusted our leadership with? Already, this anger has claimed its victims: home minister Shivraj Patil, Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and his deputy R.R. Patil. But the list of shame is longer: Kerala chief...

...Raipur on December 10 – Venkaiah Naidu and Ananth Kumar will go as Central observers to Bhopal and Ravi Shankar Prasad and Dharmendra Pradhan to Raipur — in both places the election of sitting Chief Ministers will be a mere formality. Finally, one view was...

...which is tapping into voter sentiment with its pro-Sri Lankan Tamil agitation and anti-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gambits, Ms Jayalalithaa has more chance of making headway in regional politics (which continues to be top priority) than with the BJP. It is the...

...observer. If Obama was faced with this crisis as President, what would he have done? Nothing too different than George W. Bush, I would imagine. A more important issue is what the underlying intellectual philosophy is that guides Obama's thoughts. He seems...

...join Mr Narendra Modi, the undisputed leader in Gujarat and Mr B S Yeddyurappa, who lords over Karnataka. Likewise, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal is the king of Himachal Pradesh. All these leaders have a common thread running through them — they have, over a period...

...asset was the Congress's inability to put up a chief ministerial candidate and go to the voters with a united front. Kamal Nath, Jyoriditya Scinda, Digvijay Singh, Suresh Pachauri -- all the Congress honchos campaigned only in their strongholds. This became...

...NEW DELHI: The setback for the BJP also marks an end to the victory spree that party general secretary Arun Jaitley had enjoyed so far as a campaign manager. While BJP lost the significant edge which even Congress felt it had within days of the leadership's...

...busy pinning the blame for their defeat in Rajasthan on the suddenly discovered deficiencies of Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia, while the Congress was thrashing around to find explanations for their failure to recapture their former bastion...

...leadership not just in the state, but also at the Central-level. It is, therefore, inevitable that the Union home minister Shivraj Patil along with Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and state home minister R.R. Patil accepted the moral responsibility...