Modi visits Manipur 2yrs after ethnic clashes
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to troubled Manipur state on Saturday since more than 250 people were killed in ethnic clashes there two years ago...
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India disavows 鈥楾ianjin spirit,鈥� turns to EU
INDIA found itself in an uncomfortable situation like a cat on a hot roof at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation event in Tianjin, China, with western media hyping up its unlikely role in a troika with Russia and China to chariot the world order toward a brave new era of multipolarity...
Trump and Modi say US-India trade talks continuing
US president Donald Trump said Tuesday that trade talks with India would continue, despite strained ties since his imposition of 50-per cent tariffs over New Delhi鈥檚 purchases of Russian oil...
Indian PM Narendra Modi says ties with US still 鈥榲ery positive鈥�
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that New Delhi and Washington still shared 鈥榲ery positive鈥� ties, after US President Donald Trump reaffirmed their personal friendship and downplayed his earlier remarks about 鈥榣osing India鈥� to China....
Tianjin talks: new phase in India-China ties
SOMETIMES, history moves not through bold declarations but through quiet recalibration. That is what unfolded in Tianjin on August 31, when Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and Chinese president Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit...
To dump west, embrace BRICS
BY HABIT, the choreographed Indian crowd began to chant 鈥楳odi Modi鈥� at an event for the Indian prime minister鈥檚 two-day visit to China. The Chinese hosts, on the other hand, greeted him with a knowledgeable display of Indian classical music, something Indians would struggle to reciprocate if it ever came to that. There鈥檚 a trade deficit, and there鈥檚 evidently a cultural...
Modi arrives in China
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi touched down in the Chinese city of Tianjin Saturday evening, Indian TV networks showed, a day before a summit that will be attended by leaders from more than 20 countries.
Delhi trapped in Trump鈥檚 diplomatic snare
THE images remain vivid: Narendra Modi clasping Donald Trump鈥檚 hand before a roaring crowd of Indian Americans in Houston in 2019; the 鈥楴amaste Trump鈥� rally in Ahmedabad the following year, replete with pageantry, promises and mutual admiration. For many in New Delhi, these spectacles signalled the arrival of a new era 鈥� an India finally embraced as...
Modi dangles tax cuts as US tariffs loom
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 push to slash consumption taxes on everyday goods could deliver billions of dollars in annual relief and boost demand in an economy bracing for painful US tariffs, experts say...
India proposes law to sack ministers facing criminal charges
India鈥檚 government introduced a bill on Wednesday to remove top politicians if they are arrested and detained for 30 days, which opponents called a 鈥榗hilling鈥� bid to crush constitutional safeguards...
Modi says had 鈥榞ood鈥� conversation with Putin
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said he had 鈥榓 very good鈥� conversation with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday, during which they discussed Ukraine and ways to strengthen bilateral ties.
India鈥檚 illegal push-in doctrine
IN THE silent shadows of diplomacy and under the smoke of geopolitical cordiality, a darker truth is unfolding at the borderlands between Bangladesh and India. A truth so grotesque, so cruel and so systemic that one begins to question not only the morality of the world鈥檚 largest democracy, but also its very claim to being a civilised, law-abiding state. India, under...
Modi renews ties with Maldives, pledges $565m
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi wrapped up a visit to the Maldives on Saturday, renewing ties by offering infrastructure projects and vital financial assistance to the cash-strapped Indian Ocean nation...
India鈥檚 Modi and UK PM Starmer ink trade deal
UK prime minister Keir Starmer praised Britain鈥檚 鈥榰nique bonds鈥� with India as he and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi formally signed a recently announced UK-India trade deal during talks on Thursday...
Yunus sends mangoes to Modi
A consignment of mangoes, sent by chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi as a goodwill gesture between the two neighbours, is scheduled to reach New Delhi on Monday...
India, Canada resume diplomatic ties
India and Canada agreed Tuesday to return ambassadors to each other鈥檚 capitals, turning a page on a bitter spat over an assassination as Canada鈥檚 new leader welcomed counterpart Narendra Modi...
Spirit of mutual respect, understanding to guide 2 nations to work together: Yunus to Modi
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi have exchanged Eid-ul-Azha greetings in the spirit of festivity, sacrifice, generosity and unity...
Modi opens strategic railway in Kashmir
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to Kashmir on Friday since a conflict with arch-rival Pakistan, opening a strategic railway line to the contested region he called 鈥榯he crown聽jewel聽of聽India鈥�.
Resuming SAARC, renewing friendship
THE late poet and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi described a strange method of writing film songs, which has come to bear a close resemblance to the method in prime minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 foreign policy...
Modi vows strong response to any future 鈥榯errorist attack鈥�
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Monday to respond strongly to any future 鈥榯errorist attack鈥�, and warned that New Delhi would not tolerate 鈥榥uclear blackmail鈥� in the event of further conflict with Pakistan.
Indian PM Modi set to address nation
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was set to address the nation on Monday for the first time since a weekend ceasefire with Pakistan that brought the nuclear-armed rivals back from the brink of all-out war.
Modi chairs meeting with military chiefs, Rajnath Singh
In a quick escalation of cross-border hostilities, India launched strikes overnight targeting six key Pakistani airbases, marking a military response to a series of recent drone attacks originating from across the border....
Modi meets Air Chief Marshal AP Singh
Air Chief Marshal AP Singh on Sunday met prime minister Narendra Modi amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people on April 22, sources said, reports NDTV...
Kashmir and Indus river
INDIA鈥橲 Hindutva president, Narendra Modi, has used the Kashmir terrorism incident to abrogate the 1960s Indus Waters Treaty 鈥� a longstanding goal of Modi. The Indian version of the 鈥榯errorist attack,鈥� most of whose victims were Muslim, has largely been accepted by western governments without evidence...
US VP Vance meets Indian PM Modi for talks on trade
US vice-president JD Vance met with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi after a red carpet welcome in New Delhi on Monday, as India bids for an early trade deal to stave off punishing tariffs.
Modi clinches defence, energy deals with Sri Lanka
India secured defence and energy deals with neighbouring Sri Lanka on Saturday during prime minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 visit, seen as a move to counter rival China鈥檚 growing influence in the region...
Yunus-Modi meet creates chance to ease Dhaka-Delhi bitterness: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday said that the meeting between chief adviser Muhammad Yunus and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi had created a chance to improve India-Bangladesh relations and to reduce the existing bitterness.
Bangladesh calls for Hasina鈥檚 extradition, Teesta deal as Yunus meets Modi
Dhaka sought India鈥檚 extradition of the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina at a meeting between the chief adviser to Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government Muhammad Yunus and India鈥檚 prime minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok on Friday.
Professor Yunus joins bilateral talks with Modi
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi join a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of sixth BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday...