Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama addresses a gathering at the Thupsung Dhargyeling Monastery in Dirang, in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Anuwar Hazarika

South Asia

Indian PM Modi greets Dalai Lama on birthday in rare phone call

Beijing regards the Dalai Lama, who has lived in exile in northern India for more than six decades, as a dangerous "splittist", or separatist, and frowns on any engagement with him

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with the media inside the parliament premises on the first day of the budget session, in New Delhi, India, January 29, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File photo

South Asia

Modi joins Twitter conversation between Afghan envoy to India and a twitter user

South Asia

'Black fungus a new challenge, we must be prepared,' says Modi

Coronavirus chronicle

Modi stresses localised containment, testing in high-level Covid-19 review meeting

Analysis

India’s pandemic disaster has finally slowed Modi’s unstoppable rise

A woman walks past a painting of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a day before the inauguration of the Covid-19 vaccination drive on a street in Mumbai, India, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Coronavirus chronicle

Modi confronts pressure to lock down India

Analysis

The end of Modi’s global dreams

Mamata Banerjee and PM Narendra Modi held simultaneous election rallies in West Bengal today. Photo: NDTV

Politics

West Bengal Polls: Trinamool leading on more than 200 out of 294 seats

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he addresses a public meeting at Jerenga Pathar in Assam, India, on Jan. 23. BIJU BORO/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy

Analysis

Modi fiddles while India burns

Coronavirus chronicle

Modi urges India’s states to avoid lockdowns as virus surges

Demonstrators in protective suits and masks lie on a road during a protest demanding to stop election and campaign rallies in the eastern state of West Bengal, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), near the office of the Election Commission in Kolkata, India, April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo

Coronavirus chronicle

India's Modi scorned over reckless rallies, religious gathering amid virus mayhem

Coronavirus chronicle

'Covid situation challenging, focus on micro-containment zones': PM Modi to CMs

Politics