PHOTOS: TN farmer builds temple for PM Modi

A farmer has built a temple for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his farm at a village near Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu,saying he was impressed and had benefitted by welfare schemes like the......

Can 'PM Kisan' help BJP in UP?

The BJP deliberately chose Gorakhpur in UP to launch the scheme to reassert the importance of the state in the party's larger agenda given the fact that it has 80 Lok Sabha seats.Virendra Singh......

India more secure, free of corruption after 2014: Modi

Corruption was viewed as an essential part of government before 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday and asserted that India saw a sea of change in the last eight years due to the......

TMC govt destroying Bengal, says PM; Mamata hits back

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lashed out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her government of "destroying" the state and depriving its over 70 lakh farmers of benefits......

Read the fine print: No cash transfer for farmers if....

Families with tax-paying members, government employees, professionals, among those who have been exempted from the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.  Photograph: Amit Dave......

India becoming world's 5th largest economy is no ordinary feat: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India has become the fifth largest economy in the world and this is not an ordinary achievement. Photograph: Courtesy, PIB "Every Indian is feeling......

Modi promises 30 mn 'Lakhpati Didis', higher MSP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday pledged to make 30 million ‘Lakhpati Didis’, up from the 10 million rural women who have already achieved the feat. Photograph: Shrikant......

Why implementing PM-KISAN may not be easy

Experts say improper records could lead to large-scale leakages and pilferage and benefits going to ineligible people. Implementing the newly announced scheme for small farmers - Pradhan Mantri......