New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi accused the UPA government of bonding with the enemies and attacked the Centre's foreign policy, while addressing the Indian diaspora in the US via video conferencing on Monday.
"Our army personnel get decapitated and we send chicken biryani to the prime minister of the country responsible for it. I can't understand why the Indian government is asking its own troops to withdraw from its own land," he said, referring to the standoff with China and LoC tensions with Pakistan. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's address comes on the occasion of 53rd Gujarat Day.
Taking a swipe at the UPA and the recent scams, Modi lashed out saying that the misgovernance of some individuals at the top have broken trust of 120 crore Indians and that it was time to re-establish that 'trust'. "The biggest problem confronting India is lack of trust. We need to re-establish the trust. Even coal has not been spared, what else is left?," the BJP leader said.
Reaching out to the diaspora community, Modi lauded the Gujaratis for being cultural ambassadors of India abroad. Highlighting the all-round progress made by his state, he said that the world is looking at India very minutely....
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Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi launched a fresh attack on the Centre on Saturday by dubbing it "weak" and alleging that the government has suffered a "total blackout" in its foreign policy and failed on all fronts, including on the issue of death row convict Sarabjit Singh, who was attacked in a Lahore jail on Friday and is currently on ventilator support in a hospital. "We cannot look at...
03:17 PM, Apr 27, 2013
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01:15 PM, Mar 08, 2013
Foreign policy and diplomacy are the key factors that could lead India on the path of progress, prosperity and security, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in New Delhi on Tuesday. ...
12:21 AM, Jan 23, 2013
Credited worldwide for turning around the state of Bihar, Nitish Kumar has been listed by the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine among its top 100 global thinkers, a list that is topped by Aung Saan Sui Kyi and Thein Sein, and also features Salman Rushdie and Malala Yousufzai. ...
10:53 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Florida: President Barack Obama aggressively attacked Republican challenger Mitt Romney on foreign policy on Monday in their third and final debate in an effort to blunt his opponent's surge in the polls with two weeks left until Election Day. The high-stakes debate strayed repeatedly into domestic policy, with Romney seeking to bolster his argument that Obama had bungled the US economic recovery with high unemployment and rising debt. Neither man...
09:31 AM, Oct 23, 2012
Washington: While President Barack Obama has described US-India relationship as one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century, his Republican challenger Mitt Romney made no reference to India in a major foreign policy speech. Accusing Obama of failing to provide global leadership expected by the rest of the world, especially key allies such as Israel, Romney on Monday promised to restore US foreign policy to its post world war...
10:09 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Washington: Describing the US as an important partner in its development efforts, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has said for India, it will remain "a relationship of great priority and importance" in the 21st century. "As we look at the priorities for India's foreign policy in the decades ahead, we see not only convergence of interests with the United States, but also a belief in the importance of a strong...
10:35 AM, Sep 29, 2012
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02:52 PM, Sep 04, 2012
With less than 100 days to go for the crucial US presidential elections and the latest opinion polls reflects a dead heat between Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney. ...
11:51 PM, Aug 03, 2012
With less than 100 days to go for the crucial US presidential elections and the latest opinion polls reflecting a dead heat between Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney, debates have already started in India on who would be a better pick for India. Join CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar for an enlightened perspective in World View on Friday at 10 pm. ...
10:15 AM, Aug 03, 2012
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08:34 PM, Jun 19, 2012
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08:15 AM, Apr 17, 2012
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02:22 PM, Apr 10, 2012
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08:26 PM, Apr 06, 2012
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03:59 AM, Mar 24, 2012
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11:15 PM, Mar 06, 2012
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11:29 AM, Dec 09, 2011
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01:45 PM, Nov 29, 2011
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12:05 AM, Nov 29, 2011
