In his address to the nation on Tuesday, PM Narendra Modi made a big appeal to the citizens of the country. Bringing a new slogan – ‘Vocal for local’ – PM urged people of India to increasingly purchase local products. The PM urged people of India to believe in and purchase local products in order … Read more
Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram near here, wearing Tamil Nadu’s traditional veshti (dhoti), which was welcomed by the Pattali Makkal Katchi and others. Modi, who reached Mamallapuram ahead of Xi by a chopper, received the Chinese leader at Arjuna’s penance monument. Attired in a striking Tamil traditional ‘karai veshti’ … Read more
Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov has gifted a traditional Kyrgyz hat and a coat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit here for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. President Jeenbekov, who met Prime Minister Modi on Friday ahead of the SCO Council of Heads of State meeting, also presented him a ‘Samovar’, a traditional … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lashed out at the proposed mahagathbandhan or mega alliance to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, terming the coalition as an unholy alliance of rich dynasties for personal survival. PM Modi was interacting with BJP booth workers from Chennai … Read more
Hardly a day after human rights group Amnesty International called for the disbandment of a notorious paramilitary police unit in Ethiopia, the prime minister Abiy Ahmed has called for reforms in the country’s defence forces. In a discussion with senior members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), Abiy asked the security chiefs to focus … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Rs 6,800 crore strategic Zojila tunnel, Asia’s longest bi-directional tunnel, two Ring Roads-one each in Jammu and Srinagar, Pakal Dul in Kishtwar and inaugurate Kishanganga hydro-electric projects and Tarakote Marg from Katra to Adh-Kunwari during his day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir. He will also … Read more
Mahathir Mohamad, the father of modern Malaysia, is backing the man he sacked as his deputy and saw imprisoned on charges of sodomy to be prime minister, in an attempt to unseat the scandal-ridden incumbent. In a remarkable political U-turn ahead of a general election next year, Mahathir now says that his former protege Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia’s most … Read more