Taking a step toward engaging the political establishment about the situation with the covid-19 epidemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke to former presidents and prime ministers as well as several leaders of national and regional political parties.

This is the first time that Modi has reached out to political leaders across the spectrum. While he has held two rounds of video conferencing with chief ministers in the last fortnight, engagements with floor leaders of all key political parties has been scheduled for 8 April.

Modi spoke on Sunday with former presidents Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha Patil as well as former prime ministers Manmohan Singh and H.D.

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Mumbai lockdown could be extended beyond April 14: Report

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Lockdown extension: PM Modi's meeting with parties hold answer

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Modi discuss economic fallout of covid-19 crisis with Swedish PM, Sultan of Oman

NEW DELHI : Continuing with his high-level exchanges with world leaders on the phone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday discussed the economic fallout of the covid-19 pandemic with his Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven and Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman.

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Ban government ads, suspend central vista project: Sonia Gandhi to PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday gave a five-point advice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to generate financial resources to fight the economic fallout of the covid-19 pandemic in the country.

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Sonia Gandhi has 5 suggestions for PM Modi to save money to fight COVID-19

NEW DELHI : Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting five measures to conserve money for the fight against COVID-19, including a complete ban on media advertisements by government and PSUs for two years and suspending the Central Vista beautification project.

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'India will fight. India will win': PM Modi lauds film fraternity initiative

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Covid-19: Extend lockdown for 1 or 2 weeks, Telangana CM appeals to PM Modi

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) on Monday appealed to prime minister Narendra Modi to extend the lockdown by another one or two weeks, to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (covid-19). KCR stated that this was the only solution to curb the virus’ spread in the state.

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PM Modi asks ministers to ready plan for 'slow' exit from lockdown

NEW DELHI : Cautioning people to be ready for a "long fight" against COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told his ministers to make plans for slowly exiting the ongoing lockdown and to contain the economic impact of the deadly virus pandemic, including by reducing dependence on other countries.

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Prepare ten priority areas, business continuity plan: PM Modi asks ministers

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked Union ministers to prepare plans to fight the economic impact of COVID-19 on war footing and asserted that this crisis is an opportunity to boost the 'Make-in-India' initiative and reduce dependence on other countries.

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Modi says defeating covid-19 India's sole aim but battle to be long drawn out

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India's sole mission would be to win the war against coronavirus, but that it will be a long battle against the pandemic.

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Foreign embassies in India join the 9-minute-lights-off call appeal by PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Chinese ambassador Sun Weidong was one of the many among them diplomatic community in India to heed prime minister Narendra Modi’s call to light a candle or an earthen lamp to show togetherness in the fight against the novel coronavirus.

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Modi's Covid-19 call for Sunday lights up Twitter India with multiple trends

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Modi also called up called up former Presidents Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha Patil

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Modi’s Sunday, 9pm, 9-min lamp lighting: Students told to do it, show compliance

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education is leaving no stone unturned to make sure Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to light a candle/lamp at 9pm tonight is a success. The board has advised the schools affiliated with it to ensure their children carry out the exercise.

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Corona lockdown to be lifted on 15 April, need plans to ensure no crowding: UP CM

LUCKNOW : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday the lockdown to contain coronavirus spread will be lifted on April 15 and called for a mechanism to ensure crowding doesn't take place, else all efforts will go in vain.

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Trump urges Modi to lift ban on hydroxychloroquine export

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President Trump requests PM Modi to release Hydroxychloroquine ordered by US

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PM Modi, Donald Trump discuss joint action against coronavirus outbreak

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Modi, Trump agree to deploy full strength of India-US partnership to fight Covid-19

The US has so far confirmed more than 7,100 deaths while India has reported 75 deaths so far

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PM Modi to hold video interaction with political party floor leaders on 8 April

The video interaction will be held at 11 AM on 8 April

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Lifting of lockdown after 14 April depends on how people comply with norms: Uddhav

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PM Modi tweets video of Vajpayee's poetry to remind people to lit diyas tomorrow

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Modi's Sunday, 9pm, 9-minuted blackout: India’s power sector gears up

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PM Modi calls for solidarity in fight against covid-19’s rapid spread

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Air India shuts bookings for domestic and international flights till 30 April

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PM Modi taps social influencers to plan strategy against covid-19

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PM Modi's address to the nation on coronavirus: Full text

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PM Modi calls for 9-minute blackout on Sunday, urges citizens to light lamps

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PM Modi LIVE: Switch off lights for 9 minutes at 9 pm this Sunday

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Covid-19: PM Modi to share video message on Friday

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PM Narendra Modi plans staggered exit from vast coronavirus

NEW DELHI : India will pull out of a three-week lockdown in phases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, as officials battle to contain the country's biggest cluster of coronavirus infections in the capital, New Delhi.

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PM Modi to share video message with public tomorrow at 9 am

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Covid-19: PM Modi urges states to focus on contact-tracing, remain vigilant

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged chief ministers of states to remain on high alert and focus on contact-tracing to arrest the spread of novel coronavirus infections in the country.

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WHO lauds PM Modi govt's relief package to help poor during lockdown

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Consider advance payment to MGNREGA workers: Sonia Gandhi to PM Modi

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Covid-19 crisis: Doval stepped in to persuade Markaz leaders to vacate premises

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'This is wonderful': Ivanka Trump lauds PM Modi's Yoga Nidra video

The United States President Donald Trump's daughter and senior advisor to her father, Ivanka Trump lauded the recently shared 'Yoga Nidra' video by prime minister Narendra Modi. As India is currently under a 21-day lockdown since 25 March due to novel coronavirus spread in the country, Modi today shared a video of a yoga asana which he practices at least twice a week.

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The government has eased clamps on the movement of hygiene and cleansing products, beyond just essential commodities. A rulebook for factories could let production resume too

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Army rejects fake messages on social media about Emergency in India

NEW DELHI: The Indian Army on Monday rejected fake messages and rumours being propagated on social media about the likely declaration of emergency in India in the wake of coronavirus crisis.

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Covid-19: PM Modi to address Indian envoys on Monday via video link

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Indian envoys via video link later Monday on coronavirus outbreak and India’s internal and external response to the crisis, a person familiar with the development said.

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India’s Narendra Modi apologizes to citizens amid 3-week coronavirus lockdown

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologized to the public on Sunday for imposing a three-week national lockdown, calling it harsh but “needed to win” the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

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Covid-19: Economic shutdown will raise death toll, Rahul Gandhi tells Modi

NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday said while Covid-19 was a global pandemic, India’s conditions were unique given the dependence of a large population on daily wages. The consequences of a "complete economic shutdown" will "disastrously amplify" death toll arising out of the outbreak of the pandemic.

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Modi says Covid-19 fight to continue for days, apologises for inconveniences

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Indians will have to remain patient for several days in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and apologised for the inconvenience caused to the people.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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