Modi will spend the night here and will leave tomorrow morning for New York where he will have a gruelling schedule including a rally at the famous Madison Square Garden on Sunday which is likely to be attended by around 20,000 people from Indian-American community.
In New York, Modi will deliver his maiden address at the at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly on Saturday.
The Prime Minister said he will discuss with Obama how Indo-US ties can be taken to a "new level" in the interest of the two countries as well as of the world.
In a pre-departure statement in New Delhi, Modi said he will call for a stronger global commitment and more concerted multilateral action in addressing challenges of fragile global economy, turbulence and tension in many parts of the world, growth and spread of terrorism in his address at the UN.
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Modi will also be participating in a business meet, to be organised by the USIBC, expected to be attended by 300-400 businessmen in Washington on September 30.