Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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PM announces special economic package

10:02 pm May 12, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a special economic package, and said the recent decisions by the government, the decisions by the RBI combined with Tuesday’s financial package announcement come to about Rs 20 lakh crore – nearly 10 percent of India’s GDP. There is unprecedented crisis but India will neither get tired nor […]

PM Modi to interact with CMs on Thursday over COVID situation, vaccination drive

PM to address the nation at 8 pm

3:32 pm May 12, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8 pm on Tuesday, a day after he interacted with chief ministers on ways to deal with the spread of coronavirus and also boost economic activity. the Prime Minister’s Office said. This will be the prime minister’s fifth address to the nation, including a […]

Nitish favours extension of lockdown in meeting with PM

11:57 pm May 11, 2020

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday favoured extending the COVID 19-induced lockdown till the end of May, underscoring that it would help the state bring under control the situation that has arisen with natives returning on a large scale, officials said. Speaking at a video conference Prime Minister Narendra Modi had with chief […]

Around 31 L workers returned to UP: Official

Telangana CM opposes resumption of train services now

9:02 pm May 11, 2020

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to resume the passenger train services at this juncture, saying allowing them would lead to movement of pepole and pose problems in testing them for COVID-19 and quarantining. Rao, who spoke during the video conference held by Modi with state […]

Relook current containment strategy, AP CM tells Centre

8:50 pm May 11, 2020

Amaravati: Virtually calling for an end to the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown as it has vastly affected the livelihoods of people, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday appealed to the Centre to take a relook into the current containment strategy and shift towards preparing people to “live with the virus”. Addressing […]