PM Modi Reaches South Korea, the Third Leg of His Three-Nation Tour

PM Narendra Modi has arrived in Seoul, South Korea, today morning. South Korea is the third and final leg of his three-nation tour, the other two legs being China and Mongolia.

South Korean vice Foreign Minister received the PM at the airport. The PM shook hands with the members of Indian community living in the country, who greeted him with enthusiasm amid the chants of his name, "Modi, Modi".  

During his two-day visit to thecountry, the PM will hold restricted talks with South Korea President Park Geun-hye, and then he would witness an agreement signing ceremony between the two nations.

PM Modi would meet the UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon today. In the evening, he will go on to attend a dinner party hosted by President Park at her official residence.

Tomorrow, PM would attend the sixth Asian Leadership Conference at the Shilla Hotel in the city; he would then take a tour of the Cheonggyecheon Stream. He will then meet the top-businessmen of the country in the afternoon. The PM will leave for Delhi in the evening.

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PM Narendra Modi is on a one day tour of Mongolia. He has said today that the goodwill between India and Mongolia can help in the advancement of peace, stability and prosperity in Asia and the Pacific Region.  

"The real strength of our relationship lies in the goodwill between our people and in the faith that unites us across the distances. It is a power that can do more than just draw our two countries closer. It can help advance peace, stability and prosperity in Asia and the Pacific Region," said Prime Minister Modi in his address to the Mongolian Parliament at the State Great Khural.

The Prime Minister also spoke about the agreements relating to border security and cyber security signed between New Delhi and Ulaanbaatar (the capital of Mongolia).

"Our security cooperation is growing. We can learn a great deal from each other. No one can doubt the well-known skills of Mongols! We are proud to conduct defence exercises together. And, I am pleased that we have signed agreements today to cooperate more closely on border security and cyber security. We have also agreed that India will help establish a cyber security centre in Mongolia's defence and security establishment," he added.

India and Mongolia signed 14 agreenments to strengthen bilateral ties. Earlier, PM Modi termed his visit to the landlocked Mongolia as a significant milestone.      

PM Modi who arrived in Mongolia yesterday night is the first Indian PM to tour Mongolia, which is a very stratigicallyimportant country as it is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south.

The PM also announced a $ 1 billion credit line to the country. 

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Modi Begins his China Tour With a Visit to Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xi'an

Following his arrival in China, PM Modi went on to visit the famous Terracotta Warriors Museum in Xi'an, the home town of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Modi, who is on his three-nation-visit to China, Mongolia, and South Korea, received a warm welcome on his arrival in Xi'an earlier.

Here in Xi'an, the PM will hold talks with president XI. After that, he will go on to visit the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and other tourist attractions in the city.  He will also receive a traditional Tang Dynasty welcome ceremony, and then he will leave for Beijing. 

After getting an official welcome ceremony in Beijing on Friday, PM Modi will hold talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Both the leaders are expected to sign a number of agreements before releasing a joint statement to the media. Modi will leave for Shanghai, the leg of his China visit, the same day.

PM Modi will hold a meeting with Chinese CEOs on Saturday, before attending an India-China business forum. Modi will then participate in a function hosted by the Indian community in China; he will thenleave for Mongolia, the second destination of his three-nation tour. 

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Home minister of India RajnathSingh has said today that all the contentious issues with China will be resolved in a peaceful manner during PM Modi's visit to the communist nation. He quoted former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said that friends can be changed but the neighbors cannot.

"India is one nation that believes that the whole world is family. I will try my best that the tension between China and India is lessened and I am sure that even China wants peace and hence will make efforts to achieve the same. We have not forgotten Atal ji's statement that friends can be changed but not neighbors," said the Home Minister.

Prime Minister Modi will arrive in China for his six-day, three-nation tour on 14 May. In China, he will be visiting Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an, and then leave for Mongolia.

India is expected to raise the issues like greater market access; removal of non-tariff barriers; investments in sectors such as defense; and of course, the border conflicts.  

The dragon country has already signed MoUs to set up industrial parks in India.

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250 Villagers Taken Captive in Chhattisgarh By the Maoist Rebels

Around 250 villagers were taken hostage in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh state yesterday night by the Maoist rebels. The hostage situation has occured on the eve of PM Modi's visit to neighboring Dantewada district.

Chief Minister Raman Singh has told the media that around 250 villagers have been taken captive by the Maoist from a few villages of Sukma district; the local administration is trying hard to get them released.

"There is no confusion...the local administration is making efforts for their release," the CM said after some conflicting claims were made by police officials on the number of villagers abducted by the left extremists.

PM Modi who visited the neighboring Dantewada district said that there is no place for violence in democracy.

"Only plough on the shoulders and not guns can bring development. And this will bring everyone to the mainstream of the country. There is no future for violence. The future is only of peaceful means."

"The birth place of Naxal movement Naxalbari has already given up this violent means. Don't get disheartened," PM said.

 

"The macabre drama of death will end," he said, referring to Maoist violence in the state, and added "a lot of people have been killed by "mad men on the path of violence".

Yesterday night, an unspecified number of Maoist guerrillas ambushed Marenga and some adjoining villages within the Tongpal police stations limits and took the poor villagers to the nearby forest.

Any news of the release of the villagers or the demand for their release has still not surfaced.

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PM Modi will Start His Three-Nation Tour to China, Mongolia, and Korea From 14 May

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on his three nation official visit to China, Mongolia, and Korea form 14 to 19 of this month. The PM will be China from 14th to 16th of this month. He will visit Xian, Beijing and Shanghai. Modi will be holding bilateral talks with China's top leadership and will also take part in cultural and business events.

Modi will also participate in an event organized by the Indian community living in China.

He will leave for Mongolia on 17 May. This is going to be the first ever visit of an Indian PM to Mongolia.  

After his Mongolia visit, the Prime Minister will leave for South Korea where he will hold talks with the top business folks of the country and try to bring business home.

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AAP Invites PM And His Cabinet For Arvind Kejriwal's Oath Taking Ceremony

The AAP has invited PM Modi and his cabinet for the oath taking ceremony of Arvind Kejriwal as the 8th CM of New Delhi; the ceremony will be held on 14th of this month.

"We want to invite the prime minister, all union ministers and Delhi MPs," said Manish Sisodiya. 

PM Modi has given Arvind Kejriwal an appointment at 10:30 AM tomorrow. During the meeting, the CM designate will formally invite the PM to the ceremony, which will be held at the historical Ramlila Maidan. Mr Kejriwal took his oath of Chief Ministership at the same venue on the previous occasion as well.  

The chances of the PM going to the ceremony are not very bright as he has a packed schedule over the weekend; he is flying out to Maharashtra early on the Sunday morning.

"Our biggest invitation is to the people. Every citizen is becoming chief minister," Manish Sisodia said. Since getting a historic mandate yesterday, Kejriwal is urging the people of Delhi to come to his swearing-in ceremony. 

Kiran Bedi, the CM candidate of BJP, who lost even her own constituency is also among the invitees, and so in Anna Hazare. The anti-corruption crusader and Kejriwal's patron Hazare did not attend his previous oath ceremony in 2013.

It will, most definitely, be a tough task for the Delhi Police to oversee the occasion as the capacity of Ramlila Maidan is just one lakh and the attendance is expected to be much more than that.

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NITI Aayog: PM Calls for Higher Growth, States Demand More Fund Allocation

First meeting of the Governing Council of NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog chaired by PM Modi at his official residence at the 7 Race Course Road was dominated by the demands of greater allocation of funds to the non-NDA governed states. 

Chief Ministers like O. Panneerselvam of TN and Akhilesh Yadav of UP suggested that the success of the central schemes will only be achieved if the states' share is decreased drastically and funds are provided by the center, especially in cases of economically weaker states. 

PM said that the country will not advance if all the states are not advancing in tandem. He further said that he envisions different states competing against one another in a spirit of cooperative and competitive federalism. The world has started to look at the country, and the biggest challenge for the nation is to eliminate poverty. Job creation and poverty elimination can never be achieved without sustainable growth. “First and foremost we should aim at a high rate of growth, “the PM said, according to the officially released statement.

Talking to the media the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, “States emphasized greater financial devolution from the Centre and greater flexibility in use of funds.” 

The FM further said that NITI Aayog would comprise of three sub-groups of Chief Ministers. First group would take care of the 66 centrally sponsored schemes which should be continued, transferred to States, or shelved all together. The second group would oversee skill development within the states. And the third group would be there for developing the institutional mechanisms needed for attaining success for the Swachh Bharat Mission - the PM's dream project.  

The PM urged the states to try and provide all the school within their territories with toilets so that day-to-day cleanliness can be achieved. He also suggested that a portion of funds under the MPLAD and MLALAD schemes should be devoted towards cleanliness-related activities.

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PM Modi has clarified that the government has no intentions of privatizing the Indian Railways. He was addressing a gathering in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi.

The PM flagged off the WDP4D locomotive at Diesel Locomotives Work (DLW) in the presence of Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. He went there after having showered tributes at Madan Mohan Malaviya from the Assi Ghat.

He said, “I have heard that 96% of the rail engine is prepared in the country; but it is my deep wish that 100% of the same should be made in India."

He proposed four railway universities in four corners of the country. He also talked about the skill development in the rail technology.

Earlier from the Assi Ghat, he congratulated Malaviya and former PM Vajpayee as today is the birthday of both the right wing icons. Yesterday the government conferred the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honor on both of them.   

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused the Congress Party of telling lies and misleading the people of Jharkhand. PM launched this tirade at the Congress party in his election rally in Dumka, Jharkhand. 

"Congress doesn't even know the magnitude of the tribal people who stay in the nation. They never thought of working for them. Those against us are short of issues to criticize us. They wonder what to say, because we are devoted to serving the people. Congress holds a meeting every evening and thinks about what lies to spread, how to mislead the voters," Modi told the crowd.

Modi did not stop there, he accused the previous governments of looting the state coffers and resources. He urged the public to vote for the BJP to ensure development in the state.

"It is the development of the tribal communities that will lead to the development of the nation. Jharkhand has so much coal that you can remove darkness from all of India. If the previous governments did not work for the welfare of the people, what were they doing? They were looting you all," he spoke in his usual style.

"Do not give another chance to the people who have wronged you. If you do they will only wrong you more, punish them and they might get a lesson. Jharkhand is 14 years old now, when one is 14 years old care for them is intensified and this election will lay the foundation for Jharkhand for the next 100 years," he added eloquently.

The Election Commission said that the fourth phase of the five-phase election saw a voter turnout of 61.5% and no incident of violence was reported from the election zone.

The final phase of election in the state is going to be held on 20th December and the counting will take place on the 23rd of the same month. 

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