In Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district, residents of Kripalpur village took matters into their own hands after years of neglected pleas for a bridge over the river. Trinidad and Tobago welcomed PM Modi with a traditional Bhojpuri Chautaal a tribute to its rich Indian roots.

A senior Indian minister has said that only the Dalai Lama and the organization he has set up have the authority to identify his successor as the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism, in a rare comment contradicting rival China's long-held position.