Close X
Saturday, November 16, 2024
ADVT 
India

Manushi Chhillar meets Narendra Modi

Darpan News Desk IANS, 30 Nov, 2017 12:08 PM
    Newly-crowned Miss World Manushi Chhillar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Thursday.
     
    Manushi was accompanied by her parents and brother.
     
    "Ms Manushi Chhillar, Miss World 2017 calls on PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi," a Press Information Bureau (PIB) tweet stated.
     
    Along with it was a photograph of Modi with Manushi and her family members.
     
    The beauty queen was elegantly dressed in an ivory contemporary ethnic wear ensemble and silver earrings, with her hair pulled back in a bun.
     
    Before meeting Modi, the 20-year-old Haryana girl had tweeted: "Excited to meet the honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi. It's indeed motivational for me to be in the presence of a man I have looked up to."
     
    Manushi is the sixth Indian to win the title and the first since Priyanka Chopra won the crown in 2000, thereby ending a 16-year drought for India at the international pageant.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Thrown Out By Son, Elderly Woman Gets House Back In Panchkula

    Thrown Out By Son, Elderly Woman Gets House Back In Panchkula
    A former school teacher, Harvinder, raised two sons on her own after her husband passed away in 1977. 

    Thrown Out By Son, Elderly Woman Gets House Back In Panchkula

    Triple Talaq: Indian Man Charged For Divorcing Wife Through Newspaper Advertisement

    Triple Talaq: Indian Man Charged For Divorcing Wife Through Newspaper Advertisement
    Mohammad Mustaquddin, the accused, married the complainant, a 25-year-old woman, in January 2015 and took her to Saudi Arabia where he worked, the police said.

    Triple Talaq: Indian Man Charged For Divorcing Wife Through Newspaper Advertisement

    What Tourism? Stone Pelters 'Sacrificing Life For Kashmir': Farooq Abdullah

    What Tourism? Stone Pelters 'Sacrificing Life For Kashmir': Farooq Abdullah
    National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday defended the stone-pelting youth in the Valley, saying they are fighting for the nation and for the resolution of the Kashmir issue as per the wishes of its people.

    What Tourism? Stone Pelters 'Sacrificing Life For Kashmir': Farooq Abdullah

    Watch: 2 Women Employee Foil Robbery Bid At Bank In Gurugram, To Be Rewarded

    Watch: 2 Women Employee Foil Robbery Bid At Bank In Gurugram, To Be Rewarded
      Vimla Devi (45) and Poonam (28), employees of State Bank of India's money transfer branch in Badshahpur, overpowered Deepak (25) and Mohit (25) when they tried to loot the bank.

    Watch: 2 Women Employee Foil Robbery Bid At Bank In Gurugram, To Be Rewarded

    44 Sikh Leaders Who Visited Sirsa Dera Summoned To Akal Takht

    44 Sikh Leaders Who Visited Sirsa Dera Summoned To Akal Takht
    Five Sikh high priests on Tuesday summoned 44 Sikh leaders, who had visited Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda for political gains, to the Akal Takht on April 17.

    44 Sikh Leaders Who Visited Sirsa Dera Summoned To Akal Takht

    Renowned Hindustani Classical Vocalist Kishori Amonkar Dies At 84

    Renowned Hindustani Classical Vocalist Kishori Amonkar Dies At 84
    Legendary Hindustani classical singer Kishori Amonkar passed away after a brief illness at her home in Prabhadevi shortly before midnight on Monday, her family said on Tuesday. She was 84.

    Renowned Hindustani Classical Vocalist Kishori Amonkar Dies At 84