US, Nov. 13 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested the media to "work on success stories" of the country, and added that a lot of work on this is already being done. Addressing a 'Deepawali Milan' for journalists at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, PM Modi also highlighted his government's achievements in different sectors and asserted that India will definitely become a developed country.

He said the NDA government has been able to remove poverty from the country and 50 crore people have been elevated from below the poverty line. "There were slogans of Garibi Hatao. But the poverty has been removed by this government. According to the World Bank, 50 crore people have been elevated from below the poverty line in the last 12 years,"...