Australia PM invites Modi to G20 summit
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has invited India’s prime minister-elect Narendra Modi to the G20 summit of the world’s leading and emerging economies to be held in Brisbane in November. …
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Obama invites Modi to visit US, hopes for expanding India-US ties
Ending a nine-year chill with the man who is set to be the leader of the world’s largest democracy, US President Barack Obama has congratulated the prime minister-elect Narendra Modi on his party’s “historic victory” in India’s parliamentary elections and invited him to visit Washington.
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Global investors upbeat on Modi victory
The landslide victory of the BJP has triggered waves of enthusiasm in India’s corporate sector and has kindled enthusiasm among the international investor community that the new government will deliver on the much-needed second generation economic reforms.
Read MoreBritain hopes for stronger India-UK ties
The world is getting ready to do business with the newly-elected regime in New Delhi, with Britain promptly conveying congratulations to India’s Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi and voicing hope that …
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ModiSpeak: The Man In His Own Words
It’s the Modi moment in India’s political history. Narendra Modi has made history by delivering the blockbuster victory for the BJP in the 2014 elections in India, a spectacular performance that has stunned pollsters and pundits alike. In the first-ever high-level presidential-style campaign, the 63-year-old BJP leader had unleashed a massive tech-savvy campaign blitzkrieg that included broadcasting speeches through 3D holographs, addressing 477 rallies and attending over 5,000 poll-related events. Over the last few months, he traversed more than 300,000 kilometres from literally Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Here are excerpts from Modi’s speeches and comments that offer hints and guesses to the kind of leader India’s 1.2 billion-plus people has chosen to lead their country.
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Saffron surge in India: Modi next PM
This is the first time in over two decades that a political party in India will get a simple majority in India’s upper House on its own, ensuring a stable and strong national government in the country for the next five years. The decisive majority for the BJP means that the party, unlike the last UPA regime, will not be hostage to blackmail and tantrums by the coalition partners. The blockbuster victory of the BJP has ended the 10-year-old rule of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, which was marred by pervasive corruption, misgovernance and the fizzling out of the India Story.
Read MoreMinimum government, maximum governance
I believe government has no business to do business. Minimum government, maximum governance. – Narendra Modi
Read MoreSafrron Tsunami: Modi is India’s next PM
The suspense is over – the saffron surge has swept India and Modi is the man of the hour. Ending a decade of the UPA regime, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on course to cross the magical 272 half-way mark in India’s parliamentary polls and looks set to form the next government with Narendra Modi as the prime minister of the world’s most populous democracy.
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Elections 2014: BJP heading for landslide victory
Latest trends emanating from the ongoing counting of votes in India’s parliamentary elections indicate that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised for a landslide victory.
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China ready to deal with “pragmatic” Modi, hopes for stronger India-China ties
China seems poised to deal realistically with a new regime in Delhi, which is likely to be headed by BJP’s Narendra Modi, with Chinese analysts and media projecting that the Modi-led government will be “pragmatic” towards China while adopting a tougher line on complex political issues like the border dispute and Tibet.
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