PM Modi to visit Varanasi and Bhubaneswar on October 25, inaugurate key projects
PM Modi will also witness the Air Force Day Aerial Display-2026 at Namo Ghat in Varanasi
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PM Modi will also witness the Air Force Day Aerial Display-2026 at Namo Ghat in Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are scheduled to attend the final day's show on Sunday
Indian envoy Kumar said the two leaders discussed the full range of bilateral relations on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12-13
BRS working president feels Narendra Modi looks politically vulnerable, and Congress unable to emerge as credible alternative
In India, the Cockroach movement felt the crushing boot of the state this week. Thousands of Gen Z protesters were rounded up and detained in sports stadiums and community halls turned into makeshift detention centres, while the movementโs founder, Abhijeet Dipke, was arrested on arrival. A mass demonstration over alleged voter fraud was effectively crushed before it could begin.And Abdijeet has been detained again todayNarendra Modiโs government says the measures were necessary to protect civilians in the capital. But he now faces accusations of choosing repression over democracy, with the UN Human Rights Office urging authorities to respect the right to peaceful assembly.ย ย Itโs been a week of blame games and accusations of betrayal in Ukraine with President Zelensky speaking of his personal hurt at President Trumpโs decision to make a diesel deal with the Kremlin ahead of the US Mid term elections calling it โweakโ, suggesting Trump had chosen, โthe other sideโ. Trump meanwhile made clear he wants Zelensky replaced, and warned him against striking Russian refineries AND announced an energy ceasefire, declaring it to have been agreed by both sides but which went nowhere. President Zelensky continued to search for solidarity and a solution in Europe. ย Itโs been a week of blame games and accusations of betrayal in Ukraine with President Zelensky speaking of his personal hurt at President Trumpโs decision to make a diesel deal with the Kremlin ahead of the US Mid term elections calling it โweakโ, suggesting Trump had chosen, โthe other sideโ. Trump meanwhile made clear he wants Zelensky replaced, and warned him against striking Russian refineries AND announced an energy ceasefire, declaring it to have been agreed by both sides but which went nowhere. President Zelensky continued to search for solidarity and a solution in Europe.ย ย Gavin Lee is joined this week byย Anne-Elisabeth Moutet,ย John Sweeney,ย Victor Mallet andย Suhasini Raj.
Is Narendra Modi losing his most powerful political asset: the perception of invincibility? As India's youth protest movement confronts an increasingly combative government, Dr. Subir Sinha, Director of the SOAS South Asia Institute and Reader in Development Studies, argues that the political significance of the demonstrations extends far beyond the arrests of opposition activists and the growing confrontation between protesters and state institutions. Dr. Sinha examines how the government's increasingly repressive response may be exposing the fragility of its authority and institutional legitimacy. Could India's emerging protest movement be dismantling the political mythology that has sustained Modi's hold on power?
Odisha CM Mohan Majhi said that under Narendra Modiโs leadership, India has become a โcompletely transformed and new Indiaโ
Indian PM Narendra Modi warns that supply chains, trade and technologies are being used as instruments of coercion. He speaks at Bloomberg's New Economy Forum in New Delhi. (Source: Bloomberg)
An Indian court ordered the release of three leaders of the viral "cockroach" movement on Sunday, a day after their detention ahead of protests over alleged irregularities in voter-roll revisions. Upon his release, founder Abhijeet Dipke called Narendra Modi an "embarassment to India" in a social media post.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pulled out all the stops to prevent Cockroach movement protests.
In this edition of Access Asia, we find out why multiple protests have broken out in India after an investigation by The Indian Express raised concerns about the integrity of the country's Election Commission. Journalist Faye D'Souza joins us to unpack how Narendra Modi's government is facing mounting pressure from the political opposition and the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta Party. She also discusses the wider sense of discontent in India.
The West Bengal government is holding the grand Mahalaya event at Eden Gardens cricket stadium and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari had said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was supposed to attend the grand event.
The event also marks the launch of the beating of folk drums non-stop for 75 hours from October 7 to 10; organisers eye entry in the Guinness Book of Records
The entire restoration work costs around โน8 crore
The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a Flydubai flight described on Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent. Captain Smit Machchhar, recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a televised video call that he knew he had to get back on his feet to save his passengers. โI had so many wounds. I had fallen down,โ he said from the hospital, his head...