Narendra Modi completed 25 years as head of an elected government on October 7, 2026: 12 years and 7 months as Gujarat chief minister and more than 12 years as prime minister. Our tables cover the dates, election results, major decisions, controversies and challenges ahead.

PM Narendra Modi and Swiss President Guy Parmelin held talks at Hyderabad House. The two countries signed a migration and mobility partnership with multiple-entry visas valid for up to five years and a young professionals exchange. Our tables list the agreements.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to flydubai’s Indian captain Smit Machchhar, injured in a cockpit attack on flight FZ1073, and invited him and Narendra Modi to light a torch at Israel’s next Independence Day ceremony. What was said and how the honour is decided.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by video call to Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot seriously injured when his co-pilot attacked him on flydubai flight FZ1073. The captain described how he reopened the cockpit door. What he and Modi said, and what is known about the flight.

In the 138th episode of Mann Ki Baat, PM Narendra Modi said 32 crore households had been counted in the first phase of the census, recalled the 2016 surgical strikes, and spoke about Poshan Maah and young people’s pledge against drugs.

Kyrgyzstan hosts the 26th SCO summit in Bishkek on August 31 and September 1. Modi, Xi, Putin, Pezeshkian and Shehbaz Sharif are expected. What India wants, and what to watch.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tashkent, where President Shavkat Mirziyoyev received him at the airport. Delegation-level talks cover trade, investment, defence, digital connectivity, energy and education before the SCO summit in Bishkek.