Tag: Modi

Modi urges well-off Indians to give up gas subsidies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged affluent Indians to give up their cooking gas subsidies to help the energy-starved country's poor access clean...

No place for Kashmiris in talks, says India

Modi greets Sharif on Pakistan Day, says Indo-Pak issues can be resolved through talks

Modi ‘deeply concerned’ about elderly nun’s rape

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday he was “deeply concerned” about the rape of an elderly nun, and the demolition of a...

Modi visits Sri Lanka’s Tamil heartland

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Jaffna on Saturday, making a highly symbolic first visit by an Indian prime minister to Sri Lanka's...

Modi pushes Tamil autonomy during Sri Lanka visit

Narendra Modi urged Sri Lanka's new leaders to give greater autonomy to its Tamil minority after a long ethnic war, as he began the...

Release of Kashmiri pro-freedom leader creates hurdles for Modi

A ruckus over the release from prison of a man who led one of the biggest revolts against the Indian military in Kashmir is...

Modi to ramp up help for Indian Ocean nations to counter...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will offer island nations in the Indian Ocean a broad range of military and civilian assistance next week in a...

Modi objects to Sayeed’s remarks about Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi express his disapproval on Tuesday of remarks by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed of Jammu and Kashmir, in...

Modi tells lawmakers he’ll never support Mufti’s remarks on Pakistan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday disapproved the comments of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed giving credit to Pakistan,...

Modi meets Mufti Mohammad Sayeed after deal

IHK’s likely CM says ‘historic opportunity to unite hearts and minds of people in state’ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India-held Kashmir's incoming chief...

Shiv Sena defends Modi on auction of monogrammed suit

The Shiv Sena on Saturday came to the defence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the auction of his pinstripe monogrammed suit and...

Modi vows to end India status as top defence importer

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Wednesday to end India's status as the world's number one defence importer, saying he wanted 70 per cent...

Modi renews political contact with cricket diplomacy

Indian PM telephones PM Sharif, wishes luck to Pakistani team Says Indian foreign secretary will soon visit Pakistan during a trip to all...

Modi ‘appalled’ by temple made in his honour

Fans of Narendra Modi on Thursday scrapped plans to open a temple in his honour after the Indian premier said he was “appalled” by...

Temple devoted to Modi to open in Gujarat

A temple dedicated to India's Narendra Modi is set to open in his home state of Gujarat thanks to some ultra-loyal supporters of the...

Modi faces Delhi election defeat in first vote setback

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was forecast to suffer the first major setback of his premiership Saturday as exit polls showed his party had...

Modi likely to use ‘military force’ if terror attack traced to...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to use ‘military force’ if the next terrorist attack in India is traced back to Pakistan, a former...