Tag: Modi

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said President Donald Trump is his friend and also a close friend of India, and said the fact that he took out time to share the stage with him for the ‘Howdy, Modi!’ event in Houston is a matter of great pride for Indian Americans. Addressing news […]

New Delhi: Nearly two weeks after worst ever drone and missile attacks on its oil facilities, Saudi Arabia has said it will ramp up cooperation with India in combating terrorism, including by choking flow of funds to terror groups and boosting intelligence sharing. Saudi Ambassador Dr Saud bin Mohammed Al Sati said India and Saudi […]

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that social media has become a powerful instrument of democracy and it can be used as a “weapon” for good governance. During a question-answer session after addressing the Bloomberg Global Business Forum here, Prime Minister Modi said he was active on social media. Responding to a […]

Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday hit out at Donald Trump for hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as father of India, alleging the US president lacked knowledge about the country’s great past and Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation. Even late Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, giants of Indian politics, were not […]

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern strongly condemned the Pulwama and the Christchurch terror attacks as they met here and extended support to each other to fight terrorism. Modi and Ardern met on the sidelines of the UNGA summit and reviewed the bilateral relations and discussed steps to […]

United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi made India’s development story as the centrepiece of his General Assembly address, offering it as an inspiration to the world. India’s development saga serves to “build confidence in the poor across the entire world” and “give the world a new hope,” Modi said. Delivering a message of universalism, he […]

United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday exhorted the international community to stand united against terrorism, which he described as one of the biggest challenges not for any single country, but for the entire world. Addressing the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, Modi lamented the lack of unanimity amongst the member states […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the BJP is going for polls in Haryana and Maharashtra based on the party’s development work and the “double engine” of having the party ruling both the Centre and states. In a late night tweet, the PM said: “Joined extensive Central Election Committee meetings for elections […]

New Delhi: Putting an end to days of speculations, the BJP on Monday finally announced its candidate list for the October 21 Haryana Assembly elections. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will be fighting from his present Karnal seat, while wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who joined the BJP last week, is the nominee from the Baroda assembly […]

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the ongoing NBA India Games as a “historic day for sports in India and India-US relations.” NBA teams Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers are on a pre-season tour of India. The first of the two games was played at the NSCI Dome here on Friday while the […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended greetings to the nations on the occasions of Dussehra and Air Force Day. “Greetings on the auspicious occasion of #VijayaDashami,” Modi tweeted. विजयादशमी के पावन पर्व पर आप सभी को हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। Greetings on the auspicious occasion of #VijayaDashami. pic.twitter.com/V0xjMuzUSL — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 8, […]

Beed (Maharashtra): Bharatiya Janata Party President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the historic step of uniting the country with the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir, here on Tuesday. “You blessed us with 300 seats (in Lok Sabha), we have scrapped the Article […]

New Delhi: As President Xi and PM Modi are to meet in the seaside town of Mahabalipuram on October 11-12 for the second informal summit, sources made clear that Kashmir and Article 370 would not be discussed between the two leaders. “India has made its position very clear (on Article 370), that it relates to the […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished Japan early recovery from the damage and devastation caused by Typhoon Hagibis that has claimed over 30 lives so far and said Indian navy personnel who are on a scheduled visit to Japan would be happy to assist. In a series of tweets, PM Modi also […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has asked to beef up the security of the Indian cricket team who are scheduled to face Bangladesh in a T20 international at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the national capital on November 3 after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) received an anonymous letter which claimed that Team India, particularly […]