Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon address the Indian diaspora at the packed NRG stadium in Houston, Texas. Modi arrived to a rockstar’s welcome at a stadium which often hosts stars such as Beyonce and Bono of U2. Modi arrived at the venue amid chants of ‘Modi, Modi’ with US […]
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At ‘Howdy,Modi!’ event, Donald Trump likely to deliver 30-minute speech on India
At the ‘Howdy, Modi!’ event in Houston, US President Donald Trump will spend nearly two hours and share the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As opposed to earlier reports of Trump making a guest appearance at the mega event, a schedule released by the White House late on Saturday said the US […]
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Donald Trump at ‘Howdy, Modi!’ event in Houston today, next stop New Delhi
Narendra Modi had, even before he had taken over as Prime Minister of India in 2014, figured it out. He would take on the world of diplomacy on his own terms and not just go by briefings by South Block mandarins about protocols, niceties or even diplomacy. Modi did get Ajit Doval, […]
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‘Howdy, Modi!’ event: PM Narendra Modi kicks off US tour with a $1 trillion meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his fourth visit to the US on Saturday with a “Howdy Houston?” tweet and a roundtable with 17 CEOs of energy companies that were together worth $1 trillion and had operations in more than 150 countries, including India, which they want to grow. The Prime […]
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PM Narendra Modi’s ’Howdy, Modi!’ event in numbers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday address thousands of Indian-Americans at the mega “Howdy, Modi!” event in the United States’ Houston city. Modi, who is on a week-long visit to the United States , will also address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He interacted with […]
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India’s Petronet inks MoU with Tellurian for 5 MTPA LNG
India’s Petronet LNG has inked a MoU with US liquefied natural gas (LNG) developer Tellurian Inc for up to five million tonnes of LNG through equity investment in Driftwood Holdings, a subsidiary located in Louisiana. The agreement was inked on Saturday on the sidelines of the meeting between Prime Minister […]
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PM Modi meets Dawoodi Bohra community members in Houston
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and interacted with members of Dawoodi Bohra community here on Saturday. They felicitated Modi and recalled his visit to Indore last year to attend a programme of their community. They also highlighted the Prime Minister’s association with Dawoodi Bohra leader Syedna Sahib. “The Dawoodi Bohra […]
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Houston to say ‘Howdy, Modi’ today, PM to address over 50,000 Indian-Americans
The United States has announced that President Donald Trump will hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, which will be their second meeting in three days, including at the “Howdy, Modi!” event in Houston, on the opening day of the 74th UN General Assembly (UNGA) debates. […]
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BJP plans to bank on new faces in upcoming elections
The Bharatiya Janata Party plans to replace at least a fourth of its candidates for the assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand later this year, four BJP leaders from these states said on condition of anonymity. Maharashtra and Haryana will go to polls in October, while Jharkhand votes in December. […]
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In a first, single judge Supreme Court bench to hear bail appeals
Over 69 years after it came into existence, the Supreme Court of India will, for the first time, have a judge sitting singly to decide on matters of bail and anticipatory bail — in cases which carry a punishment of up to seven years’ imprisonment — and transfer of cases […]
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Kerala star Mohanlal chargesheeted seven years later for ivory possession
The Kerala Forest Department on Friday filed a chargesheet against popular actor Mohanlal for alleged possession of four elephant tusks after it was pulled up in April by the Kerala High Court for delaying the chargesheet by seven years after the case was registered. Officials had seized four tusks from […]
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Poll date announcement shortly; Maharashtra, Haryana brace for elections
The Maharashtra assembly has 288 seats while Haryana has 90 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rules Haryana on its own and governs Maharashtra in coalition with the Shiv Sena. The BJP is on a strong wicket in Haryana where it won 47 seats in 2014 and for the first […]
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‘Win-win for 130 crore Indians’: PM Modi on corporate tax rate cut
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s step to cut corporate tax as historic calling it a ‘win-win for 130 crore Indians’ “The step to cut corporate tax is historic. It will give a great stimulus to #MakeInIndia, attract private investment from across the globe, improve […]
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Perception about UP has changed, says CM
Listing his achievements in the past 30 months, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the perception of the state has changed considerably during this period. “On March 19, 2017, the BJP government was formed in the state after a 14-year exile. In the past two-and-half years UP […]
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Mumbai citizens complain to BMC of foul smell, fire tenders rushed to find source
Citizens from several areas across Mumbai complained of foul smell on Thursday night. Citizens, in a state of panic, started complaining to the fire brigade while some took to Twitter to complain. Reports of the foul smell came in from Chembur, Ghatkopar, Tilak Nagar, Andheri, Kandivali, Kurla and several other […]