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Topic: PM Modi

Narendra Modi is India’s 14th prime minister and has been in power since May 2014. He is the first prime minister to have been born after Independence. Modi is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has served as Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001 to 2014. His Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, though, is in Uttar Pradesh, and Modi has represented this seat since 2014.

Narendra Modi joined the RSS, the BJP’s ideological parent, in the 1970s and joined the BJP in 1987. The following year he was chosen as the party’s general secretary for Gujarat. Modi took oath as Gujarat CM in 2001, after replacing Keshubhai Patel, who was held responsible for the government’s poor response to the Bhuj earthquake. Modi contested his first-ever election in 2002, shortly after which the Gujarat riots fueled controversy over his leadership. The Supreme Court in 2022 gave a clean chit to Modi and 63 others in a plea exploring a larger conspiracy behind the riots.

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R Jagannathan -
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Modi to shift to his new office in Seva Teerth tomorrow as PMO moves from South Block

Vrinda Tulsian -
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Sourav Roy Barman -
The PM has sold India to Americans because they are choking him & they have got a grip on his neck, he says, reasserting that Modi is 'compromised'.

Centre revises Vande Mataram version adopted by Constituent Assembly, Oppn slams ‘rewriting of history’

Sushil Manav -
MHA order states that when both national song and anthem are played together, Vande Mataram will be played first, with everyone required to stand at attention.

In a first since 1987, Oppn seeks to remove Speaker, accuses Om Birla of being ‘blatantly partisan’   

Sourav Roy Barman -
Oppn notice says Birla’s remark that he told Modi not to attend LS last Wednesday based on ‘concrete information’ that Congress MPs planned ‘some unexpected act’ was ‘false’, ‘derogatory’.

Malaysia ‘strongly condemns’ terrorism, as Modi visit boosts strategic partnership with Kuala Lumpur

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Kuala Lumpur has long been perceived as pro-Pakistan at international fora. However, the PM's state visit sees a shift in position on cross-border terrorism, trade among others.

‘Commitment to reciprocal & balanced trade based on mutual interests’—India-US joint statement on deal

ThePrint Team -
The agreement comes after a year of back and forth and frosty ties between the two countries. Read full text of the joint statement.

While Bangaloreans bear brunt of 2nd Bengaluru metro fare hike, Centre-state play the blame game

Sharan Poovanna -
Fares determined by independent fare fixation committee that is 'solely constituted' by Centre, says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya counters.
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National Interest

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