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Modi to launch India’s biggest labour overhaul in decades

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing to launch India's biggest overhaul of labour laws since independence in a bid to create millions of...

Modi targets Pakistan in Bangladesh

Indian PM tells Bengali students ‘Pakistan keeps disturbing India by promoting terrorism’

Modi in Bangladesh to conclude land swap agreement

Bangladesh actually endorsed the deal in 1974 but it was only last month that India's parliament gave its approval

Modi tells China CPEC ‘unacceptable’ to India

“Prime minister during his visit took up the issue very firmly and spoke very strongly that the CPEC going through PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir) is unacceptable,” Swaraj said at a press conference.

Modi says world is optimistic about India

As Indian premier Narendra Modi's first year in office concluded, he took to Twitter to share an open letter he penned about his government,...

Modi vows to help farmers after land bill standoff

Protests by farmers, led by the main opposition Congress party, have drawn tens of thousands of people and served as a rallying point for anger among the rural poor towards the new government.

China, India sign more than $22 billion in deals

Modi encouraged Chinese companies to embrace opportunities in India in manufacturing, processing and infrastructure, announcing “now India is ready for business” with an improved regulatory environment

Modi tells China to ‘reconsider’ approach

Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his Chinese counterpart on Friday that Beijing needs to “reconsider its approach” to relations between the Asian...

Modi, Li try hand at ‘selfie’ diplomacy

In a rare show of everyman charm from one of China’s most elite politicians, Premier Li Keqiang appeared in a grinning selfie with visiting...

China’s Xi greets Modi in ancestral home town with eye to...

Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his ancestral home town at the start of a three-day visit to China...

Modi heads to China as rivals seek common ground

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take his global investment push to China this week, as Asia's rival superpowers look to put aside a...

Modi says China has ‘right’ to seek regional influence

Indian PM says ‘each country has the right to increase its presence, its impact and influence internationally for the benefit of the global community’ India's...

Modi receives hostile welcome on China’s social media platform Weibo

With social media playing a key part in powering him into the Indian Prime Minister’s office last year, Narendra Modi has decided to use...

Modi to visit China next week

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China next week, Beijing said Tuesday, as New Delhi tries to balance its trade deficit with its...

Thousands of farmers rally against Modi in Delhi

India’s beleaguered opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday led thousands of angry farmers in a protest in the capital against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s...

Modi to talk jets, nuclear energy in France

Paris has for years been locked in negotiations with New Delhi to sell 126 of its Rafale fighter jets, in a deal estimated at...

Modi says open to talks with Pakistan on all issues

Indian PM says all issues can be discussed but ‘in an environment free from terrorism and violence’   Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said...