Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
New Delhi: The railway ministry on Tuesday said all passenger trains stand cancelled till 3 May in line with the extension of the nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus spread.
The three-week lockdown that was to end today led to a halt in economic activities as well as suspension of passenger transport services.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the lockdown will continue till 3 May. Modi also said, from 20 April, based on extensive scrutiny, a conditional withdrawal of the lockdown will be permitted in areas where the spread has either been contained or prevented. "In continuation of the measures taken in the wake of covid-19 lockdown, it has been decided that all passenger train services on Indian Railways