“Six months ago, I traveled to India to see firsthand what the prime minister of that country calls a national shame. It is the systematic, widespread, shocking elimination of India's baby girls. Some 50,000 female fetuses are aborted every month in India.” CountryGirlBabyMonthsSixFemaleIndiaShameMinistersPrimeTraveledShockingPrime MinisterSix MonthsSystematicEliminationBaby GirlFetus Author:Elizabeth Vargas
“Gandhi wanted to meet with Churchill, his most bitter foe, when he visited London in 1931- but it didn't happen. Churchill wanted to go to India personally as prime minister in 1942 to negotiate a final settlement on India with Gandhi and the other nationalist leaders - but the fall of Singapore prevented it from happening.” HappensWantedFallLeaderHappeningsIndiaFinalsLondonBitterMinistersPrimePrime MinisterFoeSettlementSingapore Author:Arthur L. Herman
“BJP is a political party with a difference that aims at good governance. This is proved by the fact that three of the five Chief Ministers according to a recent NDTV survey/poll are from BJP-ruled states.” StatesFactsPoliticalThreeDifferencesPartyFiveIndiaAimChiefsMinistersPolitical PartiesPollsGovernanceSurveysGood GovernanceBjp Author:Narendra Modi
“We dream of an India where development is the result of all Chief Ministers, the Prime Minister, state Ministers, Union Ministers working together with even Local Body Authorities as one team, a strong and united Team India.” StatesDreamBodyTogetherPoliticsStrongUnitedResultsTeamDevelopmentAuthorityIndiaUnionsLocalsChiefsMinistersWorking TogetherPrimePrime Minister Author:Narendra Modi
“I didn't become CM on 07-10-2001. I have always been CM, I am CM today and shall be CM forever. For me CM means not Chief Minister but Common Man.” MenMeanTodayPoliticsCommonForeverIndiaChiefsMinistersCommon Man Author:Narendra Modi
“Many celebrations are set to take place in Swarnim Gujarat. However, if one asks me, "As the Chief Minister, which is your favourite programme?" Then friends, I would like to say that 'Vanche Gujarat' is the closest to my heart.” IfsHeartAsksMy HeartEmpowermentIndiaChiefsAsk MeMinistersCelebrationFavouriteClosestProgrammesGujarat Author:Narendra Modi
“India me aap Prime Minister ko ek baar katghare me khada kar sakte hain. Par Sachin Tendulkar par ungli nahi utha Sakte.” IndiaMinistersPrimePrime MinisterCricketCricketersTendulkar Author:Navjot Singh Sidhu
“Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana is a reflection of how rich India's poor are at heart. Without any obligation to put any money in the 0 balance accounts, they didn't open an empty account.” HeartPoorRichBalanceReflectionEmpowermentEmptyAccountsIndiaObligationMinistersPrimePrime Minister Author:Narendra Modi
“The India I want, I'll never tire of repeating, is a more just and less poor India, one entirely free of foreign influences. If I thought the country was already marching toward these objectives, I'd give up politics immediately and retire as prime minister.” IfsWantGivingCountryPoorInfluenceGiving UpIndiaObjectivesMinistersPrimeRetiringPrime MinisterTire Author:Indira Gandhi
“India is a huge democracy. Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi has ambitions to try to fix the infrastructure, the rules, taxes, education, and to lift up the Indian people. And we're hopeful that that's going to create positive momentum.” PeopleTryingDemocracyHugeTaxesAmbitionIndiaIndianLiftsMinistersHopefulPrimePrime MinisterInfrastructureMomentum Author:Jamie Dimon
“The Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers are one team. The Cabinet Ministers and the State Ministers are another team. The Civil Servants at the Centre and the States are yet another team. This is the only way we can successfully develop India.” WayStatesTeamIndiaChiefsMinistersServantPrimeCentrePrime MinisterCabinetsCivil Servants Author:Narendra Modi
“I assumed the leadership within the Commonwealth for the fight against apartheid. I was very much assisted by Brian Mulroney, the Prime Minister of Canada, [and] Rajiv Gandhi, when he became the Prime Minister of India. And there were trade sanctions.” FightingIndiaTradeMinistersCanadaPrimePrime MinisterSanctionsApartheidCommonwealthBrian Author:Bob Hawke
“We were great mates [with Rajiv Gandhi]: very, very, very close friends. In fact, on my visit to India as Prime Minister, we were going to his home for dinner. There were two aspects I remember: one is him saying how he had trouble with his security people, because they insisted he wears a vest. He said it was very uncomfortable and he often took it off, but of course, in the end, it wouldn't have mattered if he'd been wearing three vests - he would have been gone.” PeopleIfsHas BeensSaidTwoEndsFactsHomeRememberThreeCoursesGoneTroubleSecurityAspectIndiaDinnerMinistersUncomfortablePrimeMatesPrime MinisterClose FriendsVests Author:Bob Hawke
“The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development.” MonthsDevelopmentIndiaMeetingsMinistersPrimePrime Minister Author:Maurice Strong
“I will make such a wonderful India that all Americans will stand in line to get a visa for India” CountryAmericaPoliticalLinesPowerfulWonderfulPoliticianIndiaMinistersPatrioticVisa Author:Narendra Modi
“I do not rule out the possibility of being prime minister of India one day, but there is still time.” StillsTimePossibilityOne DayIndiaMinistersPrimePrime Minister Author:Lalu Prasad Yadav