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From Motera to Taj, Trump woos India on day one; all eyes on Tuesday talks

The US President is on a two-day maiden visit to India accompanied by First lady Melania Trump and daughter Ivanka

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US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave to the crowd at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad. AP

BS Web Team New Delhi
US President Donald Trump reached Delhi in the evening after wrapping the first leg of the two-day-long trip to India on Monday. Accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, the US President earlier reached Ahmedabad directly from Washington.

As the Air Force One touched down on the Ahmedabad tarmac, Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the US President in his traditional style with a display of Indian culture. The two world leaders then left for Motera Cricket Stadium to attend the “Namaste Trump” event, a reciprocal of the “Howdy Modi” organised in Houston, Texas in 2019. 

Heaping praises on PM, Trump while

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