Modi in London: “India will not tolerate intolerance”
It was a question he may have expected while preparing for his trip to India as the leader of the world’s largest democracy, and not surprisingly his answer was well-rehearsed.
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Modi’s visit to Jaguar Land Rover in UK to enhance Indian investments
Scaling up the economic cooperation between India and UK , the presence of Indian investments in UK is likely to get further thrust with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) plant, a subsidiary of India’s Tata Motors, during his three-day visit to the United Kingdom (UK) from November 12-14.
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Modi’s visit to London: Rejuvenating India-UK ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s November 12-14 visit to the UK will be the first tour by an Indian prime minister to Britain in nearly a decade. Dr Manmohan Singh was the last Indian prime minister to visit the UK in October, 2006.
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Ahead of his maiden UK visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought to bolster special relationship with the UK and underlined that he will chart out a long-term vision to upscale India-UK strategic relationship to a new level.
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Reading Bihar poll results right
At first knock, the temptation for all stake-holders, particularly the non-Hindutva sections of the ruling BJP, would be to blame it all on the recent streak of ‘intolerance’ that has been sneaked into the nation’s body-politic and media discourse all over again.
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Bihar battle: Sad Sunday for BJP, Diwali crackers for Nitish-Lalu duo
It was a Sad Sunday for the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as what was touted as a photo-finish electoral contest turned into a clear victory for the Grand Alliance led by incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the Hindi heartland state of Bihar.
As the counting began early Sunday morning, initial leads suggested the BJP-led NDA leading in more seats than its rivals, but the premature euphoria and celebrations turned into gloom and doom for the ruling party at the Centre, with the final phase of the counting showing the Grand Alliance leading in more than 150 seats. The alliance look set to get nearly double the seats secured by the BJP-led alliance in Bihar.
Modi’s visit to UK: MNCs plan to unveil $15 billion in India
Economic diplomacy is going to be the reigning flavor during India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK. Buoyed by upbeat projections for the Indian economy, top British multinationals are planning to unveil USD 15 billion of trade and investments in India during Mr Modi’s visit.
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India-Nepal ties slide downhill over UNHRC move
The India-Nepal relations have plummeted to a new low, with a fresh rhetorical warfare erupting between the two neighbours, which are intimately bound by historical, cultural and fraternal ties. In …
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Myanmar elections: What it means for India
Parliamentary elections in Myanmar will take place on November 8. Considerable anticipation and expectation has been generated in international media about the implications of these elections for Myanmar’s march to democracy. Questions are being raised whether the elections will be free and fair, credible, inclusive and transparent.
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Cross-strait thaw: Leaders of China, Taiwan to hold first ever meeting
In what will be the first meeting between leaders from People’s Republic of China and Taiwan since the end of a civil war in 1949, President Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s Ma Ying-jeou are set to hold their first ever cross-strait meeting in Singapore on November 7.
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