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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Meloni at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, where she was accorded a tri-services guard of honour. PM Modi greets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during Meloni’s ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday. NEW DELHI: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday as she arrived here on a state visit, seeking closer ties in the defence and economic sectors. Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Meloni at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, where she was accorded a tri-services guard of honour. Modi and Meloni are scheduled to hold talks on bilateral, regional and global issues Thursday afternoon. "Both sides will take stock of the progress on the key outcomes of the November 2020 Summit, strengthen security and defence cooperation, work towards closer economic ties, enhance opportunity for mobility of talent and give strategic guid...

   Their courage motivates us to build a strong and developed India, said PM Modi while paying tribute to the CRPF soldiers killed in the Pulwama attack. We will never forget their supreme sacrifice, said PM Modi. (File) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who were killed in a terror attack on their convoy in Pulwama on this day in 2019. He tweeted, "Remembering our valorous heroes who we lost on this day in Pulwama. We will never forget their supreme sacrifice. Their courage motivates us to build a strong and developed India." Over 40 soldiers were killed after a suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into the CRPF convoy. In a retaliatory attack, the Indian Air Force targeted terror camps in Balakot in Pakistan.  

   "I used the most polite language and everything I said was based on proof... the Prime Minister directly insults me. He says why is your name Gandhi and not Nehru. But his words are not taken off the record," Rahul Gandhi said "Truth always comes out," Rahul Gandhi said. New Delhi: Congress's Rahul Gandhi today questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks on the use of the Nehru surname were not taken off the record, when his comments, made in "polite" language and backed with evidence, were struck off. "I used the most polite language and everything I said was based on proof... the Prime Minister directly insults me. He says why is your name Gandhi and not Nehru. But his words are not taken off the record," he told a meeting at his constituency in Kerala's Wayanand. But it "does not matter as the truth always comes out," Mr Gandhi said. "All you have to do was to look at my face when I was speak...