India News: Rahul Gandhi has been elected unopposed as the new president of the Indian National Congress, taking over from his mother Sonia Gandhi.
Tag: Politics
CNN gets the wrong ‘Shah’; White House spokesperson slams news network
The Trump administration again hit out at CNN after the news broadcaster displayed a picture of Indian-origin ex-Obama administration appointee Rajiv Shah, confusing him with White House press official Raj Shah.
Indian-American journalist throws her hat in Chicago’s Congressional poll ring
In the run-up to Congressional polls in the US next year, an Indian-American woman has announced that she will run for the next year’s election to the seat of US House of Representative from a Chicago suburb.
Indian-origin Ireland PM Leo Varadkar facing parliamentary crisis over demands for DyPM to resign
The Republic of Ireland’s minority government appeared set to collapse last week after the party propping it up submitted a motion of no confidence in the deputy prime minister.
No clash between dad’s America First and Modi’s Make in India: Ivanka Trump
Ahead of her maiden visit to India next week for the Global Economic Summit in Hyderabad, Ivanka Trump, advisor to the US President, said yesterday US President Trump’s assertion of America First and Indian Prime Minister Modi’s call to ‘Make in India’ are not mutually exclusive or contradictory
Donald Trump not anti-immigrant: White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah has refuted the notion that US President Donald Trump is anti-immigrant, PTI reported.
PM Narendra Modi in Singapore on June 1, 2018
People of Singapore should gear up to hear the oratorical skills of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he will deliver the keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue on June 1 next year, stated the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Indian PM Narendra Modi most popular figure in Indian politics: Pew survey
PM Modi remains “by far” the most popular figure in Indian politics, an American think tank called the Pew Research Center said on yesterday, releasing the main findings of its latest survey conducted among 2,464 respondents in India.
Kenneth Juster sworn in as US Ambassador to India, replaces Indian-American Richard Verma
Kenneth Juster, a top economic expert on India has been sworn in as the US Ambassador to India, PTI reported. Juster has replaced Indian-American Richard Verma as the top American diplomat to India.
Another Indian-American Jitendra Diganvker to run for US Congress
Indian-American Jitendra Diganvker has announced his run for the US House of Representatives in the 2018 Congressional elections, PTI reported.
