Tag: Narendra Modi
India’s national register of citizens: Challenge to South Asian Identity?
Subhajit Naskar | The illusion of South Asian identity is equipped by discord among the community interests. Subsequently, Religious dogmatism helped identity consolidation which negates...
World leaders send best wishes for Ramadan
News Desk | The Muslims throughout the world marked the month of Ramadan on 17th May. World leaders, including the President of the United States...
China & India strive to make peace: hold summit after border...
AFP | Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek to repair strained ties at a summit on Friday after an...
Intentional or unintentional sabotage?
Waqas Shabbir | Disgraced former PM Nawaz Sharif, willingly or unwillingly, has opened a floodgate of negative commentary, following the eruption of a mega-scandal. His...
Do-or-die for Gandhi’s Congress in key state battle
AFP | The Congress party, which has dominated Indian politics in the seven decades since independence, will stage a last stand against Prime Minister Narendra...
COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Forbes ‘75 most powerful people’
News Desk | Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, has been featured in Forbes this year’s list of '75 Most Powerful Leaders...
Indian engineers abducted in Afghanistan as New Delhi’s footprint in Afghanistan...
News Analysis | Seven Indian engineers of an RPG group company working in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province were abducted on Sunday by Taliban gunmen who...
Taj Mahal in decay: Paying the price of India’s pollution
News Analysis | India's top court on Tuesday sharply criticized the government for failing to protect the Taj Mahal, the centuries-old monument to love which...
Pakistan and India join hands for first-ever military drills
News Analysis | The nuclear-armed neighbors and arch-rivals of South Asia, India, and Pakistan, will be participating in a counter-terror exercise consisting of joint military...
Xi, Modi agree to reduce border tensions
AFP | Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended informal meetings in China Saturday with a promise to reduce border tensions after...
Will India calm down after China’s clarification over military designs in...
News Analysis | Pakistan’s longstanding ally, China has categorically rubbished rumors that it had military designs in its mind, in the development of multi-billion Dollars...
Summit Sabotage: India mulls boycott of SAARC event
News Analysis | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed to his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli about India’s firm opposition to the staging of...
Indian media continues to sensationalize Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s security check at...
News Desk | Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was seen undergoing a regular security check at US airport in a video that went viral on...
Bilquis Edhi: Pakistan’s Good Samaritan
News Desk | Bilquis Bano Edhi was born on the same day as Pakistan, 14 August 1947. Her life has been one of service and...
PM Abbasi hosts ‘simple’ valima ceremony for son
News Desk | Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi hosted a simple ‘valima reception' for his son at PM House on Sunday, March 4, 2018. The...
Indo-Pak strained relations and ways to improve ties
News Analysis | “Narendra Modi- led government should stop selling the idea of ‘quadrilateral’ project of the US, Japan, Australia and India and...
Planned Indian military base stirs Seychelles controversy
AFP | A plan for India to build a military base on an outlying Seychelles island has won favor among the archipelago nation's politicians, but...
What was the purpose of the Jordanian king’s visit to India?
News Analysis | Jordanian king, Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein’s three-day visit to India is starting from today (February 27, 2018). He is expected to exchange...
Justin Trudeau enjoys hearty Bollywood welcome
News Desk | Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who is on a seven-day visit with his family to India met various Bollywood celebrities and businessmen...
China slams India PM trip to disputed region
AFP | Beijing will lodge a "stern" protest with New Delhi over a trip by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a disputed area, an...
Rampage of extremist group highlights Indian double standards
News Analysis | All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP for laying...
Former Indian Home Minister cites Kashmir as area of ‘dispute’
News Analysis | Hitting out at the Narendra Modi government for its handling of the rebellion in Jammu and Kashmir former Union Home Minister has...
Rahul Gandhi maintains family grip on Congress party
AFP | India's Rahul Gandhi took over Saturday as president of the main opposition Congress, becoming the sixth member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to head...
India’s Identity Under Modi’s Shadow
Maham Gillani | Identity is the “understanding of self in relation to the other. ”Identity is a product of a number of factors that include...
Indian politician caught urinating in public
AFP | An Indian ruling party politician has been left red-faced after a video of him urinating in public went viral on World Toilet Day, despite...
ISIS uses Love Jihad to recruit Indian women to their cause
Reuters | India's Supreme Court will begin hearing a case on Monday that prosecutors say shows how Islamic State sympathisers are using Love Jihad marrying...
Anti-Muslim video surfaces as Gujarat elections near
News Analysis | The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Gujarat has ordered a probe into a viral video allegedly made with an intention to cause...
Modi remains hugely popular in India: Pew Survey shocks his critics
Reuters | Nearly nine out of 10 Indians hold a favorable opinion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and more than two-thirds are satisfied with the...
James Mattis warns Pakistan; ‘Do more’ or face consequences
M K Bhadrakumar | In the chronicle of India-Pakistan relations, seldom – if ever – would political rhetoric have descended to the gutter level as...
Drones & Jets for India and threats for Pakistan: The ‘new...
News Analysis | Mr. Mattis, US Defense Secretary, is scheduled to arrive late today to India and is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Modi Govt accuses Rohingya refugees of terror links with Pakistan..?
News Analysis | India's government said on Monday it has evidence showing some Rohingya in the country have ties to "terror organizations" and pose a...
BRICS summit 2017: India’s maneuvering troublesome for Pakistan
Taimoor Khan | The BRICS summit was held this week between Sept 3-5 in Xiamen, China and was attended by the heads of Brazil, Russia,...
USA wants strong defense ties with India: Will military pressure mount...
News Analysis | The Trump administration has told the US lawmakers that defense ties with India are indispensable to the bilateral ties between the two...
Will an assertive Iran turn out to be Trump’s greatest challenge?
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The White House readout of US President Donald Trump’s phone call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday highlighted that the latter “thanked”...
Not in my name protests: evolution in the anti-Hindutva struggle
Jawad Falak | On June 22, with Rs 1,500 in his pocket, Junaid Khan, the fifth of Saira and Jalaluddin’s seven children, left home in...
The South Asian dilemma
News Analysis | India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Gopal Baglay has made it clear that India is, "ready to have a dialogue with...
