BULLETIN BOARD

  • PM's speech at the inauguration of Global Convention on Peace... “I am pleased to be here with all of you at this Global Convention on Peace and Non-Violence, which is inspired by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. My hearty greetings to all the participants. A warm welcome to all our esteemed friends from abroad. Like many of you, I often wonder: Why is it that the passage of time – indeed, the passage of over a half century now – has not reduced the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi for India and for the entire world? Why do we feel that Gandhiji’s...
  • PM's speech at the Conference on Internal Security “I am pleased to be here with you this morning. The meeting of Chief Secretaries and Directors General of Police on internal security has become a regular annual event. It provides an opportunity to all Central and State Government officers responsible for maintaining internal security to sit together for taking stock of the existing as well as new threats to internal security and initiating necessary steps to strengthen it. I had an opportunity of interacting with a few Chief Secretaries...
  • PM's inaugural speech at 2nd Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference I am delighted to be with all of you once again at this inaugural function of the 2nd Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. I still carry the memory and melody of that occasion, exactly a year ago, when we were left enchanted by the jugalbandi of Ustad Bismillah Khan’s shehnai and Pandit Ravi Shankar’s sitar. What they together created was both soul-stirring music and a pointed metaphor and we felt the same way today as we heard another enchanted Jugalbandi by L. Subramaniam and Sultan Khan. It...
  • PM's speech at the 12th SAARC Summit “I join my other colleagues in congratulating the Prime Minister of Pakistan on his taking over as Chairman of SAARC. I would like to convey our sincere appreciation to the Government of Pakistan for the excellent arrangements made for this Summit, and for the warm hospitality extended to our delegation. I also join other delegations in commending the immediate past Chairman – Nepal – for the energy and dedication with which it guided SAARC activities during these last two...
  • PM's inaugural address at the Symposium on the Peace Dividend:... When the Hindustan Times Leadership Initiative invited me to this Conference, what really attracted me was the powerful imagery of the peace dividend as the engine of progress in our region. At the same time, I must confess to some sadness that – over half a century after all the countries of our region attained independence – this truth still needs to be emphasized. The peace dividend for South Asia is the creation of new hope and opportunity for its billion and a half people. We...


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