Biden will host Modi at the white house for their first bilateral meeting on September 24. Later on that day, Biden will host the first-ever in person Quad Leaders’ Summit at the White House with Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Both Biden and PM Modi have spoken virtually on multiple occasions after the former, a Democrat, became US president in January. The last telephone conversation between Prime Minister Modi and President Biden took place on April 26.

“The leaders will be focused on strengthening the deep ties between their people and shared democratic values that have underpinned the special bond between the United States for more than seven decades,” a White House official told PTI.

“The Biden-Harris administration has enhanced our partnership with India by working together to uphold free and open Indo-Pacific efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic, and taking concerted action to address the climate crisis,” the official said.

Addressing a press conference earlier, a senior official of the administration said the Biden-Modi meeting would be an opportunity to go from strength, from the point of view of the partnership with India.

Actor Paras Chhabrra who met Sidharth Shukla in Bigg Boss 13, house shared a short clip from the virtual prayer meeting. In the video, Brahma Kumari sister Shivani talks about Sidharth’s mother- Rita Shukla’s first response to her after her son’s demise.

The clip which was shared by Paras Chhabrra, the Brahma Kumari sister is heard saying, “When I spoke to sister Rita on the phone, Sidharth’s mother, she just said ‘Om Shanti’ from the other side of the line. There was so much stability in that Om Shanti, so much power, I was wondering what kind of energy is this that is communicating through this mother’s voice. Then I asked her–Rita behen are you all right’ And she told me, I have god’s strength. What a great soul is Sidharth that his mother’s soul at that time only had one thought that he will be happy, wherever he goes.”

Paras Chhabrra wrote on Instagram after sharing the video, “Rita aunty, may you find strength, and after hearing this, I have also found strength.”

On Monday, Family also released a statement which reads, Thank you to everyone who supported Sidharth on his journey and showed him a lot of love, because he has now permanently established in our hearts, this love will not cease here.  Also Thank you to the Mumbai Police Department for shielding us and staying with us at all times. Please remember to pray for Sidhartha.

“Today, Ambassador of India to Qatar, Deepak Mittal, met Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, the head of Taliban’s Political Office in Doha. The meeting took place at the Embassy of India, Doha, on the request of the Taliban side,” the statement said.

Stanekzai, who is seen as a key member of the number two in the Taliban’s negotiating, team is ranked third overall among leaders based in Qatar. He is believed to have trained for several years at the Indian Military Academy (IMA) in Dehradun in the early 1980s. In recent days, Stanekzai has been seen as taking on a key role in foreign relations but he is not seen part of the decision-making team in Kabul.

“Discussions focused on safety, security, and early return of Indian nationals stranded in Afghanistan. The travel of Afghan nationals, especially minorities, who wish to visit to India also came up,” the Indian foreign ministry said.

“Ambassador Mittal raised India’s concern that Afghanistan’s soil should not be used for anti-Indian activities and terrorism in any manner,” the Indian statement said.

“The Taliban Representative assured the Ambassador that these issues would be positively addressed,” the statement added.

The meeting between the two comes a fortnight after the Taliban took over Kabul on 15 August after a lightning sweep across the country. It also comes after the completion of the US-led international troops from Afghanistan. The last of the US troops left Afghanistan on Monday.

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“Had a long meeting with Priyanka Gandhi Ji,” tweeted Sidhu, along with the image.

Earlier, there were reports that Sidhu would meet Gandhi and her brother, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday. However, Rahul Gandhi dismissed on Tuesday that the disgruntled leader was scheduled to meet him on the day. Sidhu arrived in the national capital from his residence in Patiala on Monday.

The feud between Singh and Sidhu, which was brewing for a long time, has escalated in recent days, which prompted Congress president Sonia Gandhi to appoint a three-member panel to negotiate a compromise between the warring duo. The Punjab chief minister and Sidhu, a former India cricketer, have both appeared before the panel to present their arguments in front of it. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat and senior Congress leader JP Aggarwal are the members of the committee.

The infighting in the Punjab Congress unit comes just months before assembly elections in the northern state, which are likely to take place early next year. The Congress, which returned to power in Punjab by winning 77 seats in the 117 seats of the 117 members’ legislative assembly in the 2017 elections, was victorious in only one state in the recently-held assembly polls in four states and the Union territory of Puducherry. In Tamil Nadu, the party was a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led winning alliance.