Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a day-long visit to Yavatmal and Dhule in Maharashtra on Saturday, an official announcement said here on Friday.

At Yavatmal, he will dedicate the Eklavya Model Residential School, Nanded by pressing a remote button. It has a capacity for 420 tribal students with state-of-the-art facilities, with the aim to improve the quality of education and avenues for overall growth.

Later, he will hand over the keys to select beneficiaries of the e-Gruh Pravesh of homes constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.

Modi will also flag off the overnight Ajni (Nagpur)-Pune train through a video link and lay the foundation stone of roads under the Central Road Fund for the region.

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4:33 pm IST This is time of mourning and to show restrain and sensitivity: PM Modi This is time of mourning and to show restrain and sensitivity, says PM Narendra Modi on Pulwama terror attack.





4:32 pm IST Prime Minister Irrigation Project has been started to improve status of irrigation: PM Modi Prime Minister Irrigation Project has been started to improve the status of irrigation of Maharashtra and other parts of the country, including Dhule, says PM Narendra Modi.





4:28 pm IST Each drop of tear after Pulwama terror attack will be avenged: PM Modi Each drop of tear after Pulwama terror attack will be avenged, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in Maharashtra’s Dhule district.





4:27 pm IST Strengthening of connectivity here has laid the foundation stone of two railway lines: PM Modi There is a complete possibility of becoming an industrial city in Dhule. It is located in such a place where there is a possibility of business in different cities of the country. Many large national highways pass through here. Today, the strengthening of connectivity here has laid the foundation stone of two railway lines, says PM Narendra Modi.





4:20 pm IST If someone teases New India, it does not let it go unpunished: PM Modi It has been a policy of India that we don’t poke anyone. But if someone teases New India, it does not let it go unpunished, says PM Narendra Modi.





4:14 pm IST Our soldiers have always selflessly worked for the nation: PM Modi Our soldiers have always selflessly worked for the nation, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi.





4:10 pm IST We will always stand by those who sacrificed their lives: PM Modi We will always stand by those who sacrificed their lives. This is a time of grief, says PM Narendra Modi.





4:01 pm IST PM Modi lays foundation stone and inaugurates development projects at Dhule Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays foundation stone and inaugurates development projects at Dhule, Maharashtra.





12:25 pm IST Nation on verge of bankruptcy has now become second name for terror: PM PM Modi targeted Pakistan over Pulwama terror attack and said “a nation on verge of bankruptcy has now become second name for terror.”





12:15 pm IST Are you happy with the work I am doing, asks PM Modi “Are you happy with the work I am doing, the efforts I’m taking,” PM Narendra Modi asked people at public rally in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal.





12:10 pm IST Security forces have been given full freedom: PM Modi “Terror organisations who have committed this crime, no matter how much they try to hide, they will be punished. Security forces have been given full freedom,” said PM Narendra Modi ij Maharashtra’s Yavatmal.





12:02 pm IST 2 sons from Maharashtra lost their lives, their sacrifice won’t go in vain: PM “I know that we are all in immense pain after what happend in Pulwama, I understand your anger. Two sons from Maharashtra lost their lives in the attack, their sacrifice won’t go in vain,” said PM Narendra Modi in Yavatmal.





11:54 am IST ‘Our jawans will decide fate of terrorists who attacked Pulwama’: PM “The martyr CRPF’s sacrifice won’t go in vain, the terrorist groups no matter where they hide, they will be punished. Security forces have been told decide the fate of terrorists who attacked our jawans in Pulwama, they will not be spared,” said PM Narendra Modi in Yavatmal.





11:45 am IST PM Modi addresses public meeting in Nagpur PM Narendra Modi who is on a day log visit to Maharashtra, is currently addressing a rally in Maharashtra’s Nagpur.





11:40 am IST PM Modi lays foundation stone of development projects in Nagpur PM Modi lays foundation stone & dedicates various development projects to the nation in Nagpur .



