Prime Modi begins Paris visit

  PRIME MODI BEGINS PARIS VISIT

          India and France are strategic partners. In this context, the issues of civil nuclear and defence cooperation will be discussed. The issues you referred to will also be discussed. We expect movement on these issues," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin here when asked whether the two leaders will talk about Jaiitapur nuclear project and multi-billion dollar Rafale deal.

          Ahead of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande, India Thursday said it expects "movement" on a proposal for setting up French nuclear reactors in Jaitapur in Maharashtra as well as Rafale fighter deal, both of which are pending for long.

Giriraj Singh's remarks to please prime Modi: Congress

 Giriraj Singh's remarks to please prime Modi: Congress

          INDIA: NEW DELHI: Rattled by the racist remarks against Sonia Gandhi, Giriraj Singh represented the nature of leaders Prime Minister Narendra Modi  has rewarded with ministerial berths, underlining that the intemperate remarks emanating from BJP from time to time were aimed at flattering Modi. It also demanded that the PM should sack Singh from his ministry.

         Priyanka Vadra's husband Robert Vadra said he was "appalled" by the statement about his mother-in-law. Calling her a "woman of immense dignity. Is this the way we speak about a lady, who has undergone hardships all through her life and has lost her loved ones for the nation. Robert Vadra wrote "If the government and their ministers cannot respect her (Sonia), if they make... racist comments about her, what about all the other women in our country?"