PM Modi at High Table in UN's Lunch for Heads of State

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama were seated at the high table along with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the ritual Heads of State lunch in honour of the visiting dignitaries for the General Debate of the 70th General Assembly.

Before flying back to India after his 5-day visit to US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made another pitch for reforms in the United Nations Security Council, during the world body's peacekeeping summit today. At the summit, he also acknowledged his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharief, with a wave.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today hold bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron in New York, three of the five Permanent Members of the UN Security Council, a top official has said.

In a boost to efforts being made for issuing of a postage stamp on Diwali by the US Postal Service, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to a request to write to President Barack Obama on the issue, said members of a group who have been pushing the case.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday autographed an Indian flag to be gifted to US President Barack Obama.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel to a warm welcome from the Indian diaspora, which lined up to greet him and chanted "Modi, Modi".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ireland for a day-long trip en-route to the US, where he will attend the United Nations General Assembly session in New York before heading to the Silicon Valley.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Silicon Valley this week would help showcase achievements and contribution of Indians and Indian-Americans to the technology industry, a top American lawmaker has said.

India and US have set the stage for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third summit with President Barack Obama with agreements to expand counter-terrorism cooperation to support for India's permanent membership of the Security Council.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark today on a two-nation tour of Ireland and USA amid his confidence that his visit will help further deepen ties with these two countries.

President Barack Obama is very much looking forward to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the United Nations next week, US Secretary of State John Kerry said as India and the US began a crucial dialogue in Washington today.

India and the US have decided not only to deepen their bilateral ties but also the partnership at the global level, a top Obama administration official has said ahead of the first-ever Strategic and Commercial Dialogue beginning tomorrow.