India-US ties will deepen, move into higher sphere: Modi
Days before he heads on his maiden visit to the US, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has articulated his conviction that the India-US partnership will not only deepen in days …
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India-US Partnership Day on September 30
Underlining the importance of the forthcoming visit of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US, the US Senate has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution designating September 30, the day Mr …
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Al Qaeda delusional, Indian Muslims will live & die for India: Modi
In an unambiguous response to extremist Islamic organisations seeking recruits from India, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his belief that Indian Muslims will live and die for India, and stressed that Al Qaeda is “delusional” if it thinks they will join its barbaric campaign for global jihad.
“My understanding is that they are doing injustice to the Muslims of our country. If anyone thinks Indian Muslims will dance to their tune, they are delusional. Indian Muslims will live for India, they will die for India — they will not want anything bad for India,” said Modi in an interview to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.
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Intelligence overload
The business of collection of signals intelligence by the US evolved during and after the two world wars. The National Security Agency was formally created in 1952 to collect and …
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Scotland says ‘No’ to independence from UK
After a long and sometime bitter campaign, voters in Scotland overwhelmingly chose to preserve its 307-year union with England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The final results showed that the unionist “No” side received 55.30 percent of the votes, while the separatist “Yes” side received a little less than 45 percent. “There can be no disputes, no reruns – we have heard the settled will of the Scottish people,” said Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron on September 19. “They have kept our country of four nations together. As I said during the campaign it would have broken my heart to see our United Kingdom come to an end,” said a distinctly relieved Mr Cameron
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Focus on SAARC’s common cultural heritage
After a gap of nine years, culture minister from SAARC nations will gather in New Delhi from September 24-26 to discuss joints efforts to preserve the region’s collective heritage. The …
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Xi Jinping’s India visit: Chinese media strike an upbeat note, glosses over border issue
The three-day visit by China’s President Xi Jinping to India triggered a deluge of coverage in the Chinese media. Broadly speaking, leading Chinese media outlets struck a positive note about …
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China’s First Lady Peng charms students with calligraphy, work hard ethos
While her husband was closeted for talks with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China’s First Lady Peng Liyuan, the celebrity singer, was weaving her spell on students at a South …
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China to be Guest of Honour at 2016 New Delhi Book Fair
Seeking to build a knowledge bridge between the two ancient civilisations, India has selected China as the Guest of Honour at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2016. The two …
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‘Modi’s Madison Square Garden address will be historic’
All eyes will be on Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he addresses 20,000-plus strong Indian-American community at Madison Square Garden in the heart of Manhattan on September 28. This will be the first time an Indian prime minister will be accorded a public reception by NRIs on such a grand scale. In this interview with Manish Chand, Editor-in-Chief, India Writes Network (www.indiawrites.org), Vijay Jolly, a senior BJP leader and global convenor of BJP Overseas Affairs, speaks about ongoing preparations for making Modi’s visit a grand success, the role of NRIs in enriching their adopted homeland and the growing public image of Prime Minister Modi in the US as a leader who can walk the talk.
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