Tag: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Can a united opposition keep Modi from winning again?
News Analysis | Opposition parties in India seem all geared up for the upcoming general election with a power show in Kolkata, where 23 disparate...
Hema Malini to perform ‘ballet’: PM Modi to attend
News Desk | Hema Malini is 70, but she still takes our breath away, thanks to her peaches-and-cream complexion and candid demeanor. Age clearly hasn’t...
India voters hoof out cow minister in state elections
AFP | India's only dedicated "cow minister" has been dumped in state elections, ending a controversial tenure that saw hundreds of the sacred animals starve...
India’s ruling party set to lose key state
AFP | India's ruling party looked set to lose power in at least one of three traditional stronghold states releasing election results Tuesday, in a...
Pakistan must ‘save’ CPEC before its too late
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a promising project. Therefore, the people of Pakistan appreciate it and are optimistic about its...
Tens of thousands protest in India for controversial Hindu temple
AFP | Tens of thousands of Hindu hardliners rallied Sunday for a temple to be built at a disputed Indian holy site, where an ancient...
Is Indo-Pak nuclear war imminent?
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | India's hysterical military build-up and current nuclear posturing neither establish its hegemony in South Asia nor construct its unbreakable defensive...
Does S-400 air defense missile system signal an end of Pakistan...
Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | India's weapons shopping spree, development of ballistic missile defense systems and continuous upgrading of nuclear arsenal negatively influence the regional...
RAW, Sri Lanka & its President: Who is after whom?
News Analysis | Media reports in India and Sri Lanka claimed that the President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena had accused India’s external intelligence agency,...
More than 50 dead in India train disaster
AFP | A speeding train ran over revellers watching fireworks during a Hindu festival in northern India Friday, killing more than 50 people, with eyewitnesses...
‘Explosion’ scare: Balloons shock Rahul Gandhi
AFP | Rahul Gandhi, India's opposition leader and scion of the political Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, had an explosion scare after balloons at a political roadshow burst...
US, China look on as Putin seeks India arms deals
AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in India on Thursday looking to tie up billions of dollars in arms deals with Prime Minister Narendra...
Why is India moving heavy weapons towards Pakistan border?
News Analysis | According to the Russian media, the Indian army is deploying extra troops and war machines along the Pakistani border. Gunship helicopters, battle...
India’s irrational behavior – Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Indian ruling elite seems puzzled and agitated. The revealing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi involvement in the mega corruption...
Six killed in Kashmir, days after India cancels Pakistan talks
AFP | An Indian soldier and five suspected militants have died in fighting in Kashmir, the army said Monday, just days after high-level talks with...
India launches Modicare, world’s biggest health scheme
AFP | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the world's biggest health insurance scheme, promising free coverage for half a billion of India's poorest...
White America & Hindu India: A marriage of convenience? – Samson...
Samson Simon Sharaf | Wednesday’s short visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Joseph...
India warns of ‘extremely grave’ crisis as flood toll rises
AFP | Hundreds of troops led a desperate operation to rescue families trapped by mounting floods in India's Kerala state Thursday as the death toll...
More than 320 dead in India flood crisis
AFP | Pressure intensified Saturday to save thousands still trapped by devastating floods that have killed more than 300 in the Indian state of Kerala,...
Soft Power Indian intellectuals call for financial aid to Pakistan
News Analysis | There has been a growing demand among members of the Indian intelligentsia to use India’s financial aid as a tool for rapprochement...
4 million mainly Muslims stripped of Indian citizenship
News Analysis | More than four million people were excluded from a draft list of citizens released on Monday by a census official for India’s...
Four million in Indian state risk losing citizenship
AFP | India on Monday effectively stripped four million people in Assam of citizenship, sparking fears of mass deportations of Muslims from the northeastern state....
India’s muscular Kashmir policy will reap no harvest – Murtaza Shibli
Murtaza Shibli | Last month, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) launched a detailed report on the dire human rights situation in Jammu...
Bollywood star Chopra apologises over ‘Quantico’ Hindu terror plot
AFP | Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra apologised Sunday after a furore over a US TV series that showed her uncovering a terror plot hatched by...
China hosts summit with Russia and Iran as nuclear deal wobbles
AFP | Iran, China and Russia may seek ways to salvage the nuclear deal ditched by Donald Trump when their leaders meet this weekend at...
Videos allege Indian media houses promised to favor Hindu nationalism in...
VISHAL | A viral series of videos on social media show that Indian media houses may be accepting large sums of money in exchange for...
Indian leader under fire after calling the Army Chief “Sarak Ka...
News Analysis | The Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit is under fire for criticizing Indian Army Chief over his recent statement on military operations in Indian-held...
India warns China to respect its ‘sensitivities’
The Indian foreign secretary, Jaishankar, addressing the Raisina Dialogue said China needed to show signs of reflection. He chided China, in unusually strong tone,...
Modi rebukes Pakistan: ‘India alone cannot walk the path of peace.’
Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi rebuked Pakistan again as he asked it to stay away from terror activities and focus on improving relations with...
Narendra Modi’s family: Holding Mirror to all South Asian politicians?
Modi is India's Prime Minister, its 'pardhan mantri' and supposedly the most powerful man in India. A politician feared by richest of the 'babus'...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin To Visit India In November
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will lead a high-profile delegation on a six-day visit to India in mid-November to boost cooperation in the field of...
