Tag: Modi

Bollywood plays starring role in Modi’s re-election bid

MUMBAI: Early this year, a dozen of Bollywood’s biggest names took a private jet from India’s film capital of Mumbai to New Delhi for...

Imran says peace talks with India more likely if Modi wins...

--PM says Congress party might be 'too scared' to discuss Kashmir with Pakistan if it forms next govt in India   ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan...

Modi’s party vows to strip occupied Kashmir of special rights

NEW DELHI: India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party vowed on Monday to strip decades-old special rights from the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), making...

Modi promises temple, farmer sops days before India poll

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sought to woo Hindu voters and farmers with an election manifesto he hopes will help...

Workers doing India’s dirtiest job say Modi has failed them

MUMBAI: Five sanitation workers, all from the lowest rung of India’s caste system, were chosen in late February to meet a very important guest:...

Has Indian PM Modi fulfil the economic promises he made to...

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power five years ago on a business-friendly manifesto that promised to shake up Asia's third-largest...

Afridi tells Modi to behave

--Minister says Pakistan biggest victim of terrorism, it’s time for world to ‘do more’ ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for the Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi, on...

Boost to BJP from ‘terror strike’ waning ahead of election: poll

NEW DELHI: The potential benefits accruing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling alliance from a spike in nationalist sentiment following recent clashes with arch-rival...

Modi predicts easy victory as India goes to polls in two...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday his ruling coalition would increase its majority in India's upcoming election, despite some independent analysts...

Members of EU parliament slam HR violations in Kashmir in open...

ISLAMABAD: In a landmark initiative, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have written an open letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to express their...

Modi promises ‘new India’ as he launches election campaign

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched his party's general election campaign on Thursday with a rally in India's most populous state, promising development with national...

India opposition leader criticizes Modi’s announcement of anti-missile test

NEW DELHI: An Indian opposition leader, Mamata Banerjee, said she was lodging a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his announcement of an...

India claims to shoot down satellite, join ‘space superpowers’

--Pakistan says every nation has responsibility to avoid actions which can lead to militarisation of space Pakistan on Wednesday asserted its adherence to "non- militarisation...

Modi chooses Hindu holy city of Varanasi for elections

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again chosen to contest the country’s upcoming elections from the Hindu holy city of Varanasi, his...

‘Chowkidar Narendra Modi’ kicks off polls campaign

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi launched his party's "Main Bhi Chowkidar (I am a watchman too)" campaign ahead of the national election that...

Pakistan, India threatened to unleash missiles at each other: reports

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: The sparring between India and Pakistan last month threatened to spiral out of control and only interventions by U.S. officials, including National...

PM Modi urges celebrities to ‘inspire’ voters in 29-tweet pre-election blitz

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an early-morning Twitter blitz on Wednesday calling directly on Bollywood and sports stars and others to urge Indians...