Tag: Modi

Former Indian navy chief asks Modi to ‘stem the rot’ of...

Former Indian Navy chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas has written an open letter to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemning the attacks...

Protest against Shiv Sena, Modi held in Islamabad

Traders, lawyer community and members of civil society on Thursday staged a demonstration in Islamabad with a view to raise voice against the hooliganism...

Modi to open 70-yr-old secret files in challenge to Gandhi dynasty

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he will seek to unravel one of India's most enduring mysteries surrounding the independence struggle, the latest salvo...

Shiv Sena calls out Modi; reminds him of his Godhra past

Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has ventured where few have in the recent past, reminding Narendra Modi about his Godhra past while countering...

Modi calls Muslim’s murder over beef ‘unfortunate’

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his silence Wednesday over the lynching of a Muslim man suspected of eating beef, calling it “unfortunate”, after...

India’s Modi calls Muslim’s murder over beef ‘unfortunate’

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke his silence Wednesday over the lynching of a Muslim man suspected of eating beef, calling it “unfortunate”, after...

India’s Bihar state holds elections seen as Modi referendum

Hundreds of thousands of people lined up at polling stations in the east Indian state of Bihar on Monday for elections being seen as...

Modi’s reform push faces crunch test in Bihar vote

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces a crucial test Monday when Bihar, one of India's largest and poorest states, begins voting in polls that...

Modi appeals for religious unity after beef murder row in India

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for religious unity on Thursday after days of growing tensions over a Muslim man's murder by a mob...

Modi pushes ‘obsolete’ made-in-India plane on reluctant military

India's government has turned down its military's request to expand the acquisition of 36 fighter planes from Dassault Aviation SA to plug vital gaps,...

Modi promises German companies easy ride as Merkel visits

Germany pledges more than $1.1b in Indian solar power projects Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged German companies Tuesday to do business in India and promised...

In India, meat and murder threaten Modi’s inclusive agenda

The murder by a Hindu mob of a Muslim man rumoured to have slaughtered a cow has thrown a spotlight on the hardline, polarising...

Sooner India falls in line, the better, says Sharif

PM says agreement on Pakistan’s four-point proposal crucial for regional peace

Pakistan to show UN darker side of India

PM Sharif says Islamabad has compiled sufficient evidence of India’s patronage of terrorism in Pakistan which it would present to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

Modi greatly values his relationship with Nawaz Sharif, says India

There is nothing "out of the ordinary" if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif waved at each other, Indian Ministry...

Modi emotional at Facebook as recalls childhood

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm welcome at Facebook headquarters on Sunday for a town hall hosted by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that...

India clamping down on critics of Modi, activist groups

It takes courage to accuse a powerful politician ─ a man who would go on to become India's prime minister ─ of encouraging riots...