Tag: Narendra modi

Modi boots officials out of 1st class cabin

NEW DELHI- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ordered bureaucrats to forgo the luxury of flying first class and start paying for their spouses'...

Modi takes tea, but no questions, in first press event as...

NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took tea, but no questions, on Saturday at his first staged meeting with the press since coming to...

Khan chides PM for extravagance in NY

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday lambasted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s address in the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) in which the...

Modi faces US court summons over Gujarat riots

American Justice Center filed a civil case on Thursday seeking damages from Modi for what they call “attempted genocide” in province in 2002 A New...

India’s PM ups fashion ante for maiden US visit

NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pulling out all the fashion stops for his upcoming visit to the United States, hiring...

India’s Modi to observe strict fast during maiden trip to U.S

NEW DELHI- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will observe a strict religious fast during his maiden trip to the United States, aides said on Monday,...

Al Qaeda’s South Asia plan ‘delusional’: Narendra Modi

NEW DELHI- India's new prime minister has dismissed Al Qaeda's plan to set up a South Asia branch, saying it was “delusional” to think...

Nawaz, Modi not scheduled to meet in NY: Aziz

*Adviser to PM on foreign affairs says presently there is no ongoing back-channel diplomacy with India Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz...

Floods bring Sharif, Modi closer

The expression of mutual concern has come after a sour episode last month when India cancelled high level talks with Pakistan over a meeting of Pakistani ambassador in New Delhi with Kashmiri leaders. Pakistan defended the meeting and said Kashmiri leaders were always consulted ahead of talks with India.

Sweetening strained ties: PM Nawaz Sharif sends mangoes to Modi

NEW DELHI- The mango season may be on its last leg in India but in Pakistan the fruit is still sweet enough to temper the...

Modi to visit Japan with trade and China in mind

NEW DELHI- India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Japan Saturday seeking to capitalise on a close relationship with his like-minded counterpart Shinzo...

India’s Modi slams whispering campaign against top minister

NEW DELHI- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday denied reports that the son of a top minister was involved in influence peddling, seeking to...

PM Sharif greets Modi on India’s Independence Day

NEW DELHI- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday greeted his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on India's  68th Independence Day. Modi had congratulated Pakistan on its Independence...

PM Modi says India shamed by rape cases

NEW DELHI-   Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday that a spate of rape cases had shamed India as he urged parents to take responsibility...

‘Sikhs For Justice’ to picket White House, if US hosts Modi

NEW YORK- A petition calling on President Barrack Obama to cancel the controversial Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States surpassed...

Saeed-Vaidik meeting ‘jolts’ Indian politics

India’s former ruling party Congress, tried to corner Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in the parliament on Monday over the meeting of an Indian...

Modi’s visit: Kashmir on strike

SRINAGAR- Newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made his first official trip to Indian-occupied Kashmir, where separatist groups called a strike that...