Narendra Modi

Why is the BJP playing the 'Bangladeshi infiltrator' card?

BJP is making infiltration an election campaign plank in Santhal Parganas and Kolhan.

No Yunus-Modi meeting at UNGA; foreign adviser to meet Indian counterpart

Yunus will not be meeting Modi as the latter will depart New York before the chief adviser arrives there for the UNGA

Biden, Modi discuss situation in Bangladesh

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke to US President Joe Biden over the phone to discuss the situation in Bangladesh

India PM Modi to visit Ukraine, foreign ministry says

Indian media had reported that Modi is likely to visit Kyiv this month.

Two Indian SEZs saw no visible progress in over two years. Here’s why

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the need for initiating operations fast at two special economic zones (SEZs) meant for Indian companies on meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina in Delhi on June 22.

An Indian election unlike any other in recent past

High-octane Lok Sabha election has lessons for Bangladesh, too

Narendra Modi set to take oath for third time on June 8

The cabinet recommended the dissolution of the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, a day after his Bharatiya Janata party-led alliance won a rare third term in general elections

India’s election opens the door to the past

India witnessed a tumultuous time between May 1996 and October 1999 when coalition governments came and left in quick succession.

Modi should resign immediately: Mamata

Modi campaigned in the Lok Sabha polls claiming BJP would win over 400 seats but in reality, it failed to get a majority on its own, says the West Bengal chief minister

July 3, 2023
July 3, 2023

Understanding Biden’s big bet on India

The unprecedented lovefest between India and the United States has been striking and, frankly, puzzling.

June 21, 2023
June 21, 2023

‘Bangladesh will not feature in Modi-Biden meeting’

Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman, president of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS), talks about the agenda of the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden with Golam Mortoza of The Daily Star.

June 13, 2023
June 13, 2023

The Modi Decade

Dissent is framed as disloyalty, with criticism of government policies labeled “anti-national.”

May 28, 2023
May 28, 2023

Is BJP's policy of exclusion and segregation backfiring?

PM Modi's decision to inaugurate the new parliament building himself has garnered scrutiny.

May 5, 2023
May 5, 2023

Modi will only harm Pakistan, says Afridi

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi launched a scathing attack on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his strict policies and said that ever since the Indian PM took office, nothing positive has come out for Pakistan, and neither can anything be expected in the future from the head of the Indian government.

April 11, 2023
April 11, 2023

India’s democracy in detention

What happens to Gandhi has important implications for India’s future.

March 31, 2023
March 31, 2023

Rahul Gandhi’s conviction: Another dent in India’s declining democracy

The same system that drags criminal cases for years starts to work on speed when power wants it to.

March 22, 2023
March 22, 2023

Delhi police arrests 6 over anti-Modi posters

Following a massive operation on Tuesday, nearly 2,000 posters were taken down by the police from several locations in the country's capital. Most of the posters had the slogan

March 9, 2023
March 9, 2023

Ton-up Khawaja steers Australia to 255-4

After a long grind, Khawaja was batting alongside Cameron Green, on 49, at close of play after Australia elected to bat at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.

February 21, 2023
February 21, 2023

India’s Thin-Skinned Leaders

Narendra Modi’s government has long been overly sensitive to world opinion