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History of BJP’s diplomatic gaffes

FOR India’s ruling BJP, what will August 5 be most remembered for? It is, of course, the day that Sheikh Hasina Wajed was deposed by a mass uprising against her authoritarian government. The ousted Bangladesh premier was perhaps a rare close ally of prime minister Narendra Modi in a neighbourhood where India endures persistent Sino-phobic nightmares...

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France spent almost 1 mn euros on Modi, King Charles banquets

French President Emmanuel Macron's office spent nearly one million euros on two lavish banquets for Britain's King Charles III and Indian leader Narendra Modi, the country's top auditors said as they urged the Elysee Palace to tighten its belt.

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A wedding and many funerals

IT’S a challenging proposition at the best of times to trust Narendra Modi by what he promises to do for anyone. A problem surfaced early in his career when, as prime ministerial hopeful, he promised to deposit a tidy sum in everyone’s bank account from the money he said he would retrieve from stolen cash hoarded abroad...

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Modi talks regional cooperation expansion

Foreign ministers from the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation member states jointly met Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in...

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Fable of the bicycle and a plane

THE inability to accept defeat with grace comes from an authoritarian streak found in enfeebled democracies. Donald Trump and Narendra Modi, for example, are peas in a pod in this regard. Modi has an added problem — his compulsive obsessive rivalry with bête noir Jawaharlal Nehru’s back-to-back three-term...

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Bangladesh-India ties: progress and pitfalls

BANGLADESH’S prime minister Sheikh Hasina went to India on a two-day state visit at the invitation of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi. This marked the inaugural visit of a foreign leader to India following the formation of India’s new government. The two countries share a 4,096.7-kilometre land border and have a strong relationship that has grown rapidly over the past decade...

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Bangladesh, India sign 10 MoUs to enhance cooperation

Dhaka and New Delhi today signed 10 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) including seven new and three renewed in the presence of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to further consolidate the ever-growing relationship between the two neighbouring countries.

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Modi leads yoga day celebration in Kashmir

Stretching, arching his back and kneeling on a mat, India’s Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi led hundreds of people performing yoga in the...

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Prime minister Hasina arrives in New Delhi

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi on Friday afternoon on a two-day state visit to India at the invitation of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi...

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New Indian govt should refocus on rights: HRW

India’s new government should reverse laws and policies that discriminate against religious minorities and other vulnerable populations and end the crackdown on civil society and the media, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday in a letter to prime minister Narendra Modi...

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Hasina, Modi want to deepen ties further

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi expressed their desire that the existing bilateral relations between the two...

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Hasina, Modi exchange pleasantries

Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi exchanged pleasantries after Modi's swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi Sunday evening....

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