Modi Travels
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Narendra Modi’s 240 ‘non-official’ trips: Rs 1.4 crore is what BJP paid IAF in 5 years
RTI response reveals BJP paid rates as low as Rs 744 for a trip the prime minister made in January.
Vijayta Lalwani
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Modi keeps combining official travel with BJP events, but who is paying the bills?
Questions sent to the Prime Minister’s Office went unanswered.
Vijayta Lalwani & Nithya Subramanian
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Modi’s foreign trips: Four chartered flight bills not settled due to ‘paucity of funds’, says Centre
The bills amounted to Rs 35.94 crore, and included tours to Sweden, UK, Germany, Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and China between April and June.
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Trending
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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PM Modi’s foreign trips have cost taxpayers over Rs 2,000 crore since 2014
The details were provided by Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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Data check: How often does Narendra Modi travel – and how much of it is on BJP work?
In the 1,524 days he has been in office as prime minister, he has spent a total of 492 days travelling – 101 of these have been on ‘non-official’ work.
Anand Katakam & Vijayta Lalwani
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Narendra Modi meets US Defence Secretary James Mattis in Singapore
Singapore named an orchid after the prime minister to commemorate his visit to the National Orchid Garden.
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Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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‘India stands resolutely with Indonesia in the fight against terror,’ says Narendra Modi in Jakarta
The prime minister is on a five-day tour of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
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Five reasons why Modi must visit the Kingdom of Tonga
An archipelago near Australia believes that India has failed to see its strategic importance.
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