Indian Prime Minister

Paying homage to India's 9th Prime Minister - P V Narasimha Rao, on his 101st birth anniversary

Today, we remember and pay homage to the man who paved the way for modern India. During his tenure, the government undertook a major economic transformation and handled several home security incidents in India.

Indian stocks to do well in 2017; no global trade war: AMP Cap

Indian stocks will do better this year after a year of underperformance. Narendra Modi's policies too are on the right path and demonetisation over the longer-term will yield positive results

Modi calls for move towards cashless society

Modi, speaking in his monthly address on national radio, said the government understands that millions have been affected by the ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, but defended the action.

US-India 'dosti' is bipartisan, will only grow stronger: Envoy

Indo-US ties "go beyond" the friendship of the American President and the Indian Prime Minister, US envoy Richard Verma today said after Republican Donald Trump's election as the 45th President of the United States.

India, UK set up trade working group: PM Modi

As part of that, it would be important to allow for greater mobility of skilled professionals, Modi said after bilateral talks with May in New Delhi.

Pak has 'nothing to gain' from Uri attack, says Foreign Office

Pakistan today rejected allegations of its involvement in the assault on an army camp in Uri town in Kashmir that killed at least 18 soldiers, saying it has "nothing to gain" from this attack.

India's Jharia coal field has been burning for 100 years

About 70 fires have sprouted up at eastern India's Jharia coal fields, which cover more than 100 square miles and have been mined since the late 1800s. The first recorded coal fired broke out in 1916, and fires have burned there ever since.

Modi teams up with Twitter to launch new service

The service called Twitter Samvad – which means dialogue in Hindi – was unveiled by CEO Dick Costolo and Modi late Tuesday in New Delhi and is part of the government's Digital India program to transform the nation into a digitally empowered society.

EU-India summit off as Italian marines case rankles

A spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday confirmed that no EU-India summit would take place during Modi's trip to Europe next month, when he will visit Germany and France, but the official declined to comment further.

Make-or-break moment for Indian markets coming

With investors keenly focused on the Budget as a gauge to measure the government's reform resolve, "the upcoming Budget could be the most important one for the stock market after the early 1990s, when India launched economic liberalization," Ridham Desai of Morgan Stanley

Manmohan-Sharif meeting ends in NY, terror tops the talks

Talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in New York have ended. The Indian National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon said in a briefing after the meeting that the talks were successful.

Manmohan-Sharif meeting begins in New York, J&K on agenda

Talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif are currently underway in New York. The two Prime Ministers smiled and shook hands and exchanged pleasantries as they began their bilateral talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting.

Major row over Sharif allegedly calling PM 'village woman'

A major controversy erupted today over Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif purportedly calling his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh a "village woman" with Narendra Modi terming it as the "biggest insult" of the Prime Minister.