Modi May Join the List of World Leaders Who Don’t Want to Speak English
While the French may loathe to admit it, English has long been the accepted language of global diplomacy. However, if a new report in Indian Express is to be believed, India’s new prime minister has...
View ArticleIndia-U.S. Relations: The View from New Delhi
There was a time when India-U.S. relations were summed up in platitudes like “world’s largest democracies,” while seasoned pundits lamented that they were in fact “estranged democracies” that had very...
View ArticleGreat Expectations: Narendra Modi’s American Odyssey
Excitement over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to this country starting Sept. 26-30, is high not just among his avid supporters here but among Indian-Americans in general. And it promises to be...
View ArticleHaven’t Found Anything Interesting: Hrithik on Hollywood
– MUMBAI Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan often gets Hollywood offers, but says he hasn’t found any interesting script yet. “Hollywood projects are always there. I keep getting Hollywood scripts every...
View ArticleI Hope my Script Sense is Good: Katrina
– MUMBAI Katrina Kaif has given many hits like “Dhoom:3″, “Ek Tha Tiger” and “Raajneeti”. And the actress hopes that she is making the right choice when it comes to scripts. “Two films have not done...
View ArticlePakistani PM Nawaz Sharif rakes up Kashmir issue at UN
Pakistan expectedly raked up the Kashmir issue Friday in the UN General Assembly, with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif saying the “core issue” of Jammu and Kashmir has to be resolved and pushed for a...
View ArticleMaharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan resigns
A day after the NCP broke its 15-year-old alliance with the Congress in Maharashtra and withdrew from the Democratic Front government, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Friday submitted his...
View ArticleModi jabs at Pakistan, encourages yoga in U.N. address
(Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that he wants to hold bilateral talks with neighboring Pakistan “without a shadow of terrorism,” a day after Pakistan’s prime minister...
View ArticleCourt jails Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa in graft case
(Reuters) – Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram was sentenced to four years in jail on Saturday in a high-profile corruption case that has lasted nearly two decades. The verdict against the...
View ArticleSmall-town U.S. politician emerges as unlikely foe of Modi
(Reuters) – A city council member from a Chicago suburb of 25,000 people is making for an unlikely antagonist of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Joseph Whittington of Harvey, Illinois, worked with a...
View ArticleWill build India of your dreams, join in our effort: Modi to Indians abroad
New York, Sep 29 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected with thousands of rapturously cheering Indian diaspora at Madison Square Garden here Sunday, promising them he would deliver on...
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Dancers perform before Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at Madison Square Garden in New York, during his visit to the United States, September 28.
View ArticleArun Jaitley in isolation ward, may skip U.S. trip
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley may have to cancel a trip to the United States in October after he was moved to an isolation ward of a government-run hospital to recover from an infection that followed...
View ArticleNaMo in a New York Minute: A Choreographed Triumph
No one should be surprised if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the White House will be seen as a side show of his triumphant return to the United States. His visit to New York was such a...
View ArticleA renewed U.S.-India partnership for the 21st century
As nations committed to democracy, liberty, diversity and enterprise, India and the United States are bound by common values and mutual interests. We have each shaped the positive trajectory of human...
View ArticleObama, Modi vow to boost strategic ties, create model for world
U.S. President Barack Obama and new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed on Monday to expand and deepen their countries’ strategic partnership and make it a model for the rest of the world. In a...
View ArticleModi promises to take nuclear deal forward, extends defense pact
Describing India and US as natural partners, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday assured the US of India’s commitment to take their stalled landmark civil nuclear deal forward and invited US defence...
View ArticleModi pays homage to symbols of peace, equality, unity
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday paid homage to three memorials symbolising peace, equality and unity dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln. Modi started his day...
View ArticleNew confidence, new excitement in India-US ties: Modi
Saying there is “new confidence, new excitement” in the India-US relationship, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday assured the US of India’s commitment to take their stalled landmark civil...
View ArticleIndian, Israeli Prime Ministers Discuss Defense, Trade
– NEW YORK With India-Israel ties on the upswing after Narendra Modi’s election, the prime ministers of the two countries met in New York to discuss boosting cooperation, with the Israeli prime...
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