US Vice President J.D. Vance landed in Delhi, marking the start of a significant official visit aimed at deepening India-US ties. The agenda includes trade negotiations, defense cooperation, and strategic dialogue. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host an official dinner for the Vice President. Key discussion points include market access, tariff issues, and Indo-Pacific strategy.
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00:00J.D. Vance, the U.S. Vice President, Usha Chilukuri Vance, along with the three children in India today.
00:08These are pictures coming in right now from the Palam Airport.
00:12The children here, Ivan, Vivek and Mirabel, young kids of J.D. Vance, the U.S. Vice President, Usha Chilukuri Vance,
00:21on your screens at this point in time.
00:24This visit is also a personal one. Remember, there are going to be things that the Vance's as a family would be doing in the country for the next four days,
00:35that they would be here. An important meeting with the Prime Minister, but also a very important personal visit for J.D. Vance,
00:44who's come here for the first time as the U.S. Vice President, his first visit after he took over as the U.S. Vice President.
00:52Ivan, Vivek and Mirabel, the children of J.D. Vance and Usha Chilukuri Vance.
01:01On your screens, a cultural welcome for the Vance family at this point in time.
01:07Remember, Usha Chilukuri Vance is from a family of immigrants from Andhra Pradesh.
01:13She's born in San Diego.
01:14This is the second lady with a deep Indian connection, Indian roots, something that the children would also get an opportunity to explore
01:24and be introduced to in this important visit this time around.
01:31Father, J.D. Vance, the U.S. Vice President, telling the children about possibly these performances on your screens.
01:38It's a cultural presentation.
01:41Remember, this is, in fact, these are pictures coming in from the Delhi airport at this point in time.
01:46Union Minister Ashwini Vashna welcoming U.S. Vice President along with his wife and kids.
01:53Possibly a little uncomfortable for them given the high temperatures in Delhi at this point in time.
01:59To tell our viewers that it's extremely hot in Delhi.
02:02It's above 40 degrees, not very comfortable certainly for the family, but this is their opportunity to, in fact, connect with the Indian leadership
02:10as far as the U.S. Vice President's agenda is concerned.
02:14Once again, holding the youngest child, the family moves on from here.
02:19I'll try and go across to my colleagues in a moment from now.
02:22All right, I'm being told that Shashank is back with us and so is Shivani.
02:25Our coverage here is in continuum.
02:29Shivani, to come to you first, talk to us about what next as far as this visit is concerned.
02:37They are in Delhi at this point in time.
02:40What about the itinerary for the rest of the day?
02:42Of course, we know that he would be, in fact, in an all-important meeting with the Prime Minister later in the evening at 6.
02:49But what before that?
02:52So, now they have landed at the airport station, Falun.
02:56And from here, they will be going to Akshar Dhama Temple.
02:59Akshar Dhama Temple, which is also a faithful architecture in the temple.
03:04And they will be coming here.
03:06There is heavy deployment of the courses close to the Akshar Dhama Temple.
03:10They are the appropriate site now.
03:12The movements are restricted, of course, because of the discipline is driven.
03:15And then he will be going to the art gallery in Delhi.
03:18He will be witnessing the art and culture of the rich therapists of India.
03:22Then he will be meeting Chinese in the evening at 6.30.
03:27This will be a very important bilateral meeting between India and the United States.
03:31Then they will be heading, the whole family will be heading to Jaipur, where they will be staying in the Ameer Hotel.
03:36And then tomorrow is another busy day for Vons families in Jaipur, where they will be building an important lecture and important address at 3 in the Jaipur city.
03:50They will be going around places in Jaipur.
03:52And from Jaipur, they will be going to Agra, where they will be witnessing Taj Mahal on Thursday.
03:58And then they will be wrapping up the exhibit on 24.
04:00So today is the most important and the busiest place in the city, where they have landed here.
04:07They will be coming to the Akshar Dhama Temple.
04:09They will be going to the art gallery, as I was mentioning.
04:13They will be meeting the prime minister and some other dignitaries also.
04:15There will be some close meetings.
04:19So as this is a very important, strategically very significant visit by the United States Vice President J.D. Wacha.
04:26I will be coming to India for the first time after taking over.
04:30So this is certainly important.
04:32And remember, this is also very symbolic of not only being a strategic and a diplomatic woman, but he is visiting here with his complete family, three children, his wife, who is of the Indian ancestry.
04:45So he wants to make the most of it, apart from the diplomatic and bilaterally ties, he wants to witness the rich cultural heritage of a country.
04:52The rich of Ushawans that are here in India.
04:57And they certainly want their children to know about them, how India and Indian culture feels like, what it means.
05:04And that's all they will be witnessing when they will be coming to the Akshar Dhama Temple and to the art gallery.
05:09And then they will be meeting people in India.
05:10All right, absolutely.
05:12In fact, I'd like to tell our viewers about what the kids were wearing, extremely symbolic.
05:16It's a visit to their mother's country.
05:19And the kids were, all three of them were dressed in traditional attire.
05:24And those are pictures of J.D. Vance's and Usha Chilukuri Vance's children at this point in time on the right side, on the top right side of your screens, where the kids, the boys were dressed in kurta pajamas, as you can see.
05:37And the youngest child, Meera Bell, was in a lehenga.
05:41Cute pictures coming in of the kids from, in fact, Delhi's Palam Airport.
05:45A quick word from Shashank as well.
05:47Shashank, a significant visit like we've been talking about.
05:51These are, you know, beautiful pictures coming in, the deep connection between, between Usha Chilukuri Vance and her family here in Andhra Pradesh as well.
06:01When the Prime Minister met them for the first time, he also extended a very, you know, the, the, the, the gestures were very warm between the Prime Minister and J.D. Vance's and the family as well.
06:13He got gifts for the kids.
06:15You know, talk to us about this bond also that the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, always builds when it comes to opportunities like these, isn't it?
06:24Oh, well, yes.
06:25I think that, you know, American diplomacy, I think, really prizes that personal connect as well.
06:29Those personal relationships are extremely important.
06:31As a people, especially in their diplomacy, their leaders like to get to know their counterparts as individuals, as people, not just, you know, hide behind their bureaucracy.
06:39So I think that definitely it was a strong gesture from the Prime Minister's part, of course, you know, keeping in mind the, you know, the Indian connect that J.D. Vance's family has.
06:49Of course, now, you know, that connect is, of course, only going to be further solidified by this visit by J.D. Vance's family.
06:55You know, I also have to say that it is a historic visit in more ways than one, because, you know, until I was just thinking a little bit about the history of Indians in America and how until early the 1960s, the United States used to restrict the flow of Indians coming into the United States.
07:10There were difficulties getting citizenship.
07:12Really, these Indians were not really wanted in the United States.
07:1565 years later, we're standing here in 2025 and we're welcoming an Indian origin second lady of the United States.
07:21It really is, I think, a historic moment that I think symbolizes just how much America has changed and just how much the India-U.S. relationship has changed.
07:29This was a relationship that has been very difficult for several decades, but over the last two, three decades has transformed entirely.
07:35And it's because of the contribution of, of course, people like Usha Vance, people who in the day to day have made their contribution to America, have become that living bridge between India and America.
07:43And we're getting to see that play out right now on our screens, where the second lady of the United States is someone of Indian origin and where this visit by a United States vice president is as much focused on family and culture and India more generally as it is on his meeting with Prime Minister Modi.
07:58It is a historic shift, you know, in the broader reporting, of course, of the conversation.
08:02It's good to keep that in mind as well about how much in India-U.S.
08:05Relationships have changed over just the last couple of decades.
08:08It'd be with us, Shashank.
08:10I'm just going to come back to you and to Shivani in a moment from now, bringing in my senior colleague, Gaurav Savant, our managing editor, also joining us this morning at this point in time.
08:19Gaurav, lovely pictures coming in from Delhi's Palim Airport, where the family has arrived in Delhi.
08:26But we've been talking about how important this is as a personal visit, but a lot of business to be done as well.
08:32Talk to us, what are the deliverables for both the countries as far as trade talks are concerned,
08:38strengthening economic bilateral relationship between both the countries concerned.
08:42Gaurav.
08:43You know, the fact that he was given a tri-services guard of order at the Palim Technical Area at Delhi
08:49is the first indication of how serious India takes the official visit of the U.S. vice president to India.
08:56So all protocols, the fact that there's a union minister in waiting to escort him, the fact that the external affairs minister, Dr. S. Jayashankar,
09:04will be calling on him in a while from now, the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited him for an official dinner at his residence.
09:12All of these are very, very major indicators.
09:14So there is an official link, there is a great personal link, there's a great personal chemistry in this relationship.
09:23The fact that his wife is Indian, the fact that his children are dressed in that kurta pajama, all of that, all of that.
09:30Look, India and the United States of America, two of the world's most powerful and the largest democracies of the world.
09:37Noisy, yes, you know, this catastrophe, yes, but these are two relationships, two countries whose relationship benefits not just the people in each other's country,
09:48but benefits, as the Prime Minister has put it in the past, can benefit mankind, can benefit humankind across the world.
09:56The trade ties, well, right now there are hectic parlays that will go on.
10:00And, you know, in the second part of his leg, they travel to Rajasthan, to Jaipur.
10:06In Jaipur, J.D. Vance will be delivering a very important talk, and that talk will give out perhaps to the public what his worldview is.
10:15But to a very large extent, it is known.
10:17You know, he echoes U.S. President Donald Trump's line of America first.
10:22Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the past 11 years we've heard him,
10:25and even before that when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat, you know, Narendra Modi is very strong on India first.
10:32So when it's America first and India first, where do you find the middle ground?
10:36That's exactly what these hard-nosed bargaining and negotiations will be all about that are about to kick off in a very critical stage.
10:43And that is why countries like China are very apprehensive.
10:46So while they watch from the sidelines, they know that this will impact China in a very big way.
10:52So there are subtle, there was subtle messaging and there is harsh messaging that comes from there.
10:57So Vice President J.D. Vance's visit to India right now, which will be followed subsequently by the visit of Donald Trump to India for the Quad Summit,
11:05all of these are very, very critical pointers to where India-America relationship is headed in the times to come.
11:14Sneha.
11:14Absolutely. And you know, Gaurav, talk to us about the kind of leverage that India would have
11:20as far as, you know, reaching a middle ground on trade and tariffs is concerned.
11:27So U.S. President Donald Trump has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as somebody who is a tough negotiator,
11:33who indulges in, you know, hard-nosed bargaining, because he would want to see whatever is best for India and Indian interests.
11:40But when you negotiate, when you talk business, when you do a deal, it cannot be win-win for India and lose-lose for America.
11:49So there will have to be a win-win for America and a win-win for India as best as possible.
11:53So we will have to, you know, look, many analysts and, you know, even on India today have described this moment as a very critical inflection point for our country.
12:041991 was when we opened up our markets and it's held India in great stead.
12:08This is that second major inflection point as far as our economy is concerned.
12:12How much are we willing to open up, you know, to ensure that the best of the world comes here?
12:18What is it that we can leverage?
12:19Now, leveraging is not just in trade.
12:23You can leverage it strategically.
12:24You can leverage it in so many different ways.
12:26How much are we willing to do that?
12:28And how much are we willing, you know, to do seed ground and gain ground?
12:33Because Donald Trump also, he'll adopt a maximalist position, but that's just round one.
12:39What will this conclude with is the big question, point one.
12:44Point two, you know, when you talk to some of the trade negotiators or people who've been negotiating with them in Europe or in the United Kingdom or in other parts of the world,
12:52they say India indulges in real hard-nosed bargaining.
12:56There are times that Indian diplomats and negotiators, they've gotten up from the table and walked off if the deal is not in India.
13:03And then they have to be brought back.
13:05And then there's a little gift from India and there's a little gift from the other country.
13:09So all of that information is not yet in public domain.
13:12We will have to see what comes out of these negotiations.
13:15India has a lot of leverages.
13:16We are a big market.
13:18You know, we have a young, you know, growing middle class.
13:21We have a young population.
13:22All of that, all of that is our location, our strategic location.
13:27The fact that we are the world's largest democracy, the fact that we are the only country in this part of the world, that's a counterbalance to expansionist forces.
13:37The fact that the global south banks so much on India and the fact that India believes, it doesn't just say Vasudev Kutumbakam, India believes in Vasudev Kutumbakam.
13:47The fact that we are friends with countries like Russia and with Ukraine, with Israel and with Palestine, there could be two conflicting nations, India's friends with all.
13:55We may have a conflict with China at the same time we're negotiating with China.
13:58All of these things are watched by the world.
14:00So when they ultimately come down even to a great deal, they see bigger gains.
14:04America will want to see the bigger gain.
14:06India will want to see the bigger gain.
14:08And we will see what emerges from this.
14:10But both countries realize they can't do without each other.
14:13Absolutely.
14:14Gaurav, you know, also this is not just about what India is expecting vis-a-vis relief as far as trade and tariffs is concerned.
14:22And also what the U.S. is expecting.
14:26America's expectation from us, access to agriculture and dairy sectors, which India is going to be very reluctant about.
14:34Given the kind of workforce that India employs within these sectors and the kind of domestic compulsions back home for India to adhere to their demands as well, isn't it?
14:45So, you know, from what I have been told, and it's a very nuanced position that India will also take.
14:54It's not just in black and white.
14:56If we give them access, how much access?
14:59What do we give access to?
15:00If we want to seek access, how much access are we seeking?
15:03You know, this is where that bargaining comes down to nuts and bolts.
15:08It comes, you know, if we're going to give them some access, it's going to be blanket access.
15:12And even if you talk about the dairy products that will come in, how much of the dairy products will flood India's market?
15:19How much will it remain for niche?
15:20What kind of agricultural products come into our market?
15:24Again, where will we permit them?
15:26Where we will not permit them?
15:27Where there will be absolutely no give when it comes to protecting interests of India's farmers?
15:33No prime minister, no government, no one who's, however strong, you know, cannot protect their own farmers.
15:39So that is what negotiations are all about.
15:42And they may take time.
15:43If there are consequences, they will have to see how best do you minimize the impact of those consequences.
15:49That is what negotiation is all about.
15:50India will also give across our point of view.
15:53Remember, America is a developed country.
15:55India is a developing country.
15:56We are hoping to become a developed country by 2047.
16:00So there are considerations that India would also expect the United States to understand.
16:04And the United States would also have to see if they want India to be that strong counterbalance to expansionist forces and forces that want to take the U.S. down.
16:12There will have to be a give to protect Indian interests.
16:15So there are so much negotiations that take place.
16:18And especially when it comes to the two very crucial sectors you pointed out, dairy and agriculture, that is to a very large extent something that India would want to protect Indian interests, perhaps seeing what are the costs.
16:33So, again, there are mitigating factors that you will look at.
16:36There are factors that you will see what are gains in another sector.
16:40What kind of defense hardware do we want?
16:42What kind of strategic gains do we want?
16:44What are we giving to get what we want?
16:46So the negotiations are only starting and we'll see what comes out.
16:50But perhaps in this J.D. Vance visit, we will hear a public articulation of the American thought process.
16:58We've heard, you know, Secretary Lutnik, and he was on India today.
17:02We heard him on India today.
17:04We've heard them in the United States of America.
17:06We know what Donald Trump is thinking.
17:08Even in the campaign, election campaign, he called India a tough negotiator with maximum tariffs and, you know, the tariff king of the world.
17:16But there are places that our tariffs need to go down.
17:20We need to protect our industry.
17:21At the same time, our industry also needs to come up to global standards.
17:24Yes, protectionism does not mean that you don't give the best world-class quality to your consumers.
17:29Your consumers also cannot be denied the best that's available in the world.
17:33So these are things that the government and the negotiators will look into, Sneha.
17:37Absolutely.
17:38Also, you know, this is not just about tariffs.
17:40This is also about, Gaurav, you know, deepening the economic ties that both the countries, you know, share in that sense to further boost trade ties.
17:49There is an ambitious target that has been set by both the countries.
17:52And the expectation is that this would, in fact, materialize in the form of a bilateral trade agreement, which would be signed by both the nations after this visit.
18:02So the bilateral trade agreement is expected to be signed by four very crucial visits will take place.
18:10Very crucial negotiations will take place.
18:11One part of the negotiations will take place in the United States of America.
18:14And until the deal is inked, it's kept very close to their chest on either side.
18:21They'll hold their cards very close to their chest because they wouldn't want anything to derail the bilateral trade agreement either side.
18:28There's a 90-day period.
18:30So the advantage or disadvantage, whichever way you've been negotiating it for a long time, but now you want to arrive at a conclusion, you know, before this 90-day fall,
18:39or there will be a 26% tariff, a reciprocal tariff, which again, Donald Trump says is discounted tariff.
18:46So there are aspects that will have to be looked into, but it's not just trade.
18:50Trade is one aspect.
18:52Strategic relationship between the two countries, the defense hardware that India hopes to acquire,
18:58and more than hardware, India is also looking at co-development, joint manufacturing, and making India as part of the deal.
19:05Whether that moves forward and with the pace with which it moves forward is very crucial.
19:10A lot of promises have been made even in the past, but do keep a couple of things in mind.
19:14We've been tracking the India-America relationship in this phase from the time that 1998, when the nuclear tests were carried out,
19:21America imposed sanctions on India.
19:231999, Kargil War happened.
19:25Not only were some sanctions removed, but their relationship moved to a different level
19:28between then Prime Minister Talbihari Vajpayee and Bill Clinton as the President of the United States of America.
19:34When he visited India, the kind of pomp and show around that visit, the transition that took place.
19:39Then Dr. Manmohan Singh and George Bush, the civil nuclear agreement that was inked,
19:43and that catapulted India to a different league, despite the opposition of the left, Indian left,
19:49you know, threatening and attempting to bring down the government.
19:53Then with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when he became Prime Minister in 2014, engaging.
19:57So Prime Minister Narendra Modi is engaged with Barack Obama.
20:00The relationship has advanced then with President Trump in his first tenure.
20:05That's the time you'd recall that the relationship went together altogether to a different level
20:09and a new high that was achieved in some aspects, including you'd recall when Pakistani terror was hitting India,
20:16the Balakot bombing that took place, the Article 370, that was abrogated 5th of August 2019.
20:21Subsequently, during Clinton-Modi era, the relationship went forward.
20:25And if I may, so whether it's a Namaste Trump in Ahmedabad in 2020 or a Howdy Modi in Houston, Texas,
20:33before that, you're seeing the personal bond between the two leaders.
20:36That does take this relationship in a different level.
20:39So finally, my understanding is, in case there are a couple of niggles,
20:44perhaps they may be sorted out at the level of the top leadership subsequently.
20:49And now when President Trump comes to India for the Quad Summit, India was to host it last year.
20:54But since, you know, President Joe Biden, that was his last year,
21:00he said, can I host it in the United States of America?
21:02And India said, sure, you may.
21:04You know, we'd be happy if you did.
21:07Now, that is India's turn or the U.S. turn.
21:09Now, in 2025, it happens in India.
21:11So you'll have all the quads, head of state and governments in India.
21:15So that also shows strategically our rising importance.
21:18So a lot of things that are happening in 2025, which will define, you know,
21:24India's journey, as Prime Minister Narendra Podhi puts it to Aviksit Bharat, in 2047, Sneha.
21:30I'm just going to come back to you for more details and more perspective
21:33on that important visit.
21:35Gaurav taking us back in time and telling us about why this is so crucial,
21:40given the kind of ties that both the countries have had.
21:42And the context of this is so important, given what are India's expectations.
21:46It's not just trade tariffs and business, but it also has got to do with defence procurement.
21:52I'll talk to Shivani on that in a moment from now.
21:54Shivani, I'm being told, is at the Akshardham Temple as well,
21:58which is just very close to our office where we are at this point in time.
22:01At noon, the Vanses would be there.
22:04But before that, Shivani, a quick word from Piyush, who's at the airport.
22:08Piyush, those pictures coming in from the airport today,
22:11where J.D. Vans and his wife, Usha Achilukuti Vans,
22:14along with their three kids, dressed in beautiful, traditional Indian attire,
22:19landed.
22:19A very hot day, I'm sure.
22:21But it's a visit that I'm sure the Vans family is looking forward to.
22:24Well, absolutely, they have now landed and they've also received a guard of honor from Child Services.
22:36Remember that after this, they will directly move towards the Akshardham Temple.
22:41And right behind me, let me try to show you the visuals also.
22:43The entire area has been cordoned off.
22:46The security has now taken over the entire area.
22:48We can see Cine Police officials of Delhi Police are deployed there.
22:52The entire periphery of Parham Technical Airport has now been barricaded.
22:59And only the route which goes towards Akshardham has been cleared.
23:03So, a green corridor has been created for J.D. Vans.
23:06The moment he comes out of the airport, his convoy will directly head towards the Akshardham Temple.
23:13Remember that he has come with his family members and when they also came out of U.S. plane,
23:19we saw how her family members are also putting up Indian traditional attire.
23:25When we go to temple in Indian culture also, we see as to how we also put up these Indian traditional attires.
23:33And in similar fashion, we are seeing how the family members of J.D. Vans are also doing the same thing.
23:38So, they will directly head to Akshardham Temple.
23:41And after offering prayers at Akshardham Temple, J.D. Vans will have a meeting with a few embassy officials.
23:49And today, later in the evening, he will go there at the residence of PM Narendra Modi to take part in the bilateral talks.
23:57And after that, PM Narendra Modi has also hosted a dinner for J.D. Vans and his family members.
24:04Before that, when the bilateral talks will take place, we can expect the focus on trade, also the tariff war which is going on.
24:14A lot of issues could also be there.
24:16Defense equipments will also be one of the important aspects on which other talks will focus on.
24:23So, there are multiple issues on which talks could take place.
24:26But before that, let me also try to show you the live visuals.
24:30We are now seeing as to how few vehicles are now coming out of Palam Technical Airport.
24:35So, any minute from now, we can expect the convoy of J.D. Vans moving out of the airport and moving towards the Akshardham Temple.
24:43A couple of minutes back when he landed here at Palam Technical Airport, he was received by Union Minister Ashwani Vashnav.
24:50Soon after that, we saw he received Guard of Honor by Tri-Services.
24:55And after that, a few cultural performances also took place inside the airport itself.
25:01When Vans had landed, he along with his family members have come.
25:05Usha Vans, his wife who is from Indian origin, she along with their kids, all of them have come.
25:12And after now, they have landed here at the airport, any minute from now, they will come out from the airport and move towards the Akshardham Temple.
25:21There is a four-day schedule of J.D. Vans after offering prayers there at Akshardham Temple.
25:27He will hold meeting with a few embassy officials.
25:29And today, later in the day, he will meet PM Narendra Modi.
25:32A little talks will take place.
25:34And then PM Modi has hosted dinner for them.
25:36And after the dinner, today itself, he will go to Jaipur, where he is going to stay there at a luxury hotel there in Jaipur.
25:45And after that, tomorrow in the morning, he is expected to visit Ame 4.
25:50And then he is also scheduled to go to Jaipur, to Agra, to visit Taj Bel.
25:58And after that, he will come back a day after tomorrow.
26:02And then, you know, he will fly back to U.S. from Jaipur itself.
26:05So, it's a four-day visit of U.S. Vice President J.D. Vans, who has come to India for the first time after assuming the office of Vice President of America.
26:19Remember that there are multiple issues on which America would also want India to focus on, be it about defense equipments or about having tough talks on trade.
26:30Remember that after the Trump administration decided to impose a tariff also on India, though there is a 90 days period which has been also decided on which the government of United States of America is going to put a halt on.
26:47But there are other issues also apart from tariff on which both the governments would like to focus on.
26:52And that will take place today in the evening.
26:54And after that, itself, we can expect him to fly to Jaipur.
26:57And then there are different programs in which J.D. Vans will take place.
27:02So, right now, the visuals, those are there on the television screens, are the visuals of Palam Technical Airport.
27:08That's right. Pictures are from the Palam Technical Airport at this point in time.
27:11I'll come back to you, Piyush Mishra, in a moment.
27:13Shivani, also with us from the Akshardham Temple at this point in time.
27:17I can think I can see the temple right behind you.
27:20Tell us about the kind of tight security arrangements in that part of Delhi where you are, Shivani.
27:25Not too far away from our office right here.
27:28That's East Delhi to tell our viewers.
27:30This is the Akshardham Temple in the national capital where the U.S. Vice President and his family along with his wife and children would be visiting in some time.
27:40Shivani.
27:44Sneha, I'll keep showing you the visuals of the arrangements here at the Akshardham Temple where J.D. Vans, the U.S. Vice President along with his family will be arriving shortly from now once he comes out of the airport.
27:55Where he has been awarded a welcome, a grand welcome of our honor.
28:01At the Akshardham Temple, you see the heavy deployments of the police and the central forces here.
28:06The restrictions for the other people have been there since morning so that the guests can be given a security cover.
28:15And the whole area has been sanitized.
28:17Only restricted movement is taking place out here.
28:20We can also show that some posters have been put here to welcome J.D. Vans, Swagatam, welcome.
28:27And these posters have been put through the national capital to show the kind of welcome gesture that India has put up for the Vice President of United States when he comes here for the first time after taking over office.
28:40And here at Akshardham, let us tell you that this is not the only VIP who is coming here.
28:48We've seen how Rishi Sunak, who the former PM of United Kingdom, when he was here in India, he also visited Akshardham.
28:56And now J.D. Vans, along with his wife, who is from the Indian ancestry, Indian roots, she will be also coming here.
29:03Usha Vans, along with their three children.
29:06So this will be the first destination of the U.S. Vice President here in India when he comes here on a four-day visit, a very important one.
29:15The first visit after he took over as the Vice President.
29:18Remember, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already met J.D. Vans when he was in the United States to meet President Trump.
29:24I'll show you the pictures of Akshardham because, you know, Akshardham has great significance.
29:30This is Lakshmi Narayan Temple.
29:32It's known for its Arctic architecture.
29:35It's a beautiful, magnificent mandir and rightly pointed out by you that it's quite close to our office too.
29:41It lies on the border area of Delhi and Noida.
29:44And very important here is to mention, Sneha, that this visit will also bring hope between India and United States for the formal launch of trust.
29:54Now, what is trust?
29:55Trust is the transforming relationship utilizing strategic technology partnership that has been renamed from the earlier initiative of critical and emerging technologies, ICET, with the previous Biden administration.
30:09So, a lot of rework happening, reshaping of ties after President Donald Trump took over.
30:16A lot of talks on tariffs as we've seen that with a number of countries, including China, there's a tariff war that America is taking on.
30:23But India is working together with the United States to get a trade agreement, to work on a middle path, to have a solution out of it.
30:34Because, you know, the 90 days' respite that has been allowed...
30:37Right, Shivani, in fact, be with us to tell you and our viewers that these are pictures coming in from the technical area at the Parlam Airport in the National Capital.
30:45On your screens, convoy pictures, in fact, of J.D. Vance's convoy there leaving the technical area.
30:52This is going to be a visit that the entire country is keeping a close eye on.
30:57A visit now, after this, to the Akshardam Temple from where Shivani was joining in live with us, telling us about the significance of it and the significance of the Akshardam Temple.
31:09Not the first leader, in fact, from outside of India to pay obeisance at this temple.
31:15I'm going to go back, in fact, to Gaurav also continues to be with us for the very latest on that.
31:20Gaurav, all eyes on that meeting with the Prime Minister today at 6 in the evening.
31:25Talk to us about A, on the agenda and also a little about the kind of groundwork that has been done in the last few weeks or so, isn't it?
31:36The groundwork has been on.
31:37In fact, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the United States of America, before that when he was in Paris, you know, he also met J.D. Vance and his family.
31:47There were little gifts from India for the little children, engaging with the vice president so extensively, giving him, you know, the kind of importance.
31:55That just shows that India is investing not just in the current leadership, but also engaging very extensively with the future leadership of the United States of America.
32:12You know, that's one very important signal that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ripped.
32:17Repeatedly given out, engaging with current and future leadership, because that is where India remains absolutely on an even keel.
32:26The message is that this is an investment in a relationship which is not short term, which is not just one leader oriented.
32:33It is India remaining invested in the leadership in the United States of America and vice versa.
32:39All of this is long term.
32:41The goal being Vikasit Bharat or a developed India by 2047.
32:46You know, when you talk about and what is the way of doing that, that when you have a negotiation, it is futuristic.
32:53When you have an agreement, it is futuristic.
32:55What will benefit India in the long run?
32:57Why is that critical technology so important for India's growth story?
33:01Why is it that the entire world, and especially post-2020 COVID, has realized that you need to ensure that you haven't put all your eggs in the China basket?
33:12You know, China can weaponize it.
33:14China has weaponized it.
33:15India is a democracy.
33:17India is a powerful democracy and a very vibrant country.
33:20And even in India, the effort is to ensure that critical technology isn't concentrated in one part of the country.
33:30It is so diverse.
33:32You know, whether you look at some things in Tamil Nadu, some things in Gujarat, some things in Karnataka, some things in Uttar Pradesh, some things in Maharashtra, some things in Andhra Pradesh.
33:41So all of that, you're trying to ensure that it's really spread out.
33:46So India is also working very extensively on the India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor.
33:52Remember, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's, India's presidency of G20, this IMEC concept came.
33:59And IMEC, India is pushing ahead very extensively.
34:03So, and when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Saudi Arabia, again, that visit for two days starting tomorrow, very, very important to send out a signal.
34:12And this is where there's a lot of signaling also that is on.
34:16And one expansionist power to India's north is watching every development very closely, because all of this will have a direct impact on China.
34:25U.S. doesn't want a very strong China that will bully the United States of America or try and unseat it as the number one power in the world.
34:33To a very large extent, China is getting there and trying to accelerate that.
34:38Is that in India's interest?
34:39Clearly, India's interest is always a multipolar world, multipolar world that has more democracies that are powerful.
34:46And that is where India is playing a very critical role, keeping engaged with the United States of America, with the European Union.
34:52EU leaders were in India.
34:53So, that trade agreement is in the works with the United Kingdom.
34:58Now, it's just waiting for that last push to sign the BTA or the free trade agreement with the United Kingdom.
35:06India's engaged very extensively with West Asia.
35:10The Middle Eastern countries are very, very crucial, and not just for India's energy needs, but much more.
35:16So, that just shows how extensively Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is engaged virtually with the entire world,
35:24with the developing countries, with Russia on the other side, with Europe, with the United States of America,
35:31including remaining engaged with China, despite the tensions at the border.
35:36And there, India is making very clear disengage at the borders, bring peace at the borders, and the relationship moves forward.
35:42So, again, India is not putting all our eggs in either the American basket or Europe's basket or Russia's basket.
35:49India is also well diversified, multi-aligned, as the government puts it, to ensure that Indian interests are best served.
35:57With J.D. Vance, it becomes very important.
35:59One, powerful future leader.
36:02Two, popular.
36:03Three, the India connection.
36:06His wife is Indian.
36:07The fact that, for them, it is rediscovering their roots, reconnecting with their roots.
36:12The children are connecting with their roots.
36:14And this is so huge.
36:15So, it's not just visiting Akshaddam Mandir.
36:17Very important.
36:19You know, there's a huge temple that's also coming up in the United States of America.
36:24Oh, the Swami Narayan temples.
36:26There are several other temples that are coming up in the U.S.
36:28So, that's strong cultural bonding.
36:31Their visit to the Aamir fort in Jaipur.
36:35They're visiting Rajasthan.
36:36They're visiting Agra.
36:37And this is one part.
36:39Will they, in these four days, also be able to take out time for a quiet, you know, dash to Andhra Pradesh?
36:45Some say it's in the works.
36:46Some say that since that leg is completely personal, they're not talking about it just as yet.
36:51And then, of course, they fly back to the United States of America.
36:53So, it's a very, very crucial visit of the vice president.
36:57He'll go back with a lot of signals.
36:59Then the negotiations then kick off.
37:02And then President Donald Trump will be coming to India for the Quad Summit.
37:06So, all of this just goes on to show that the engagement between India and the United States of America remains extensive.
37:14And in so many different areas.
37:17Economy, strategy, defense, critical technology, high-end technology, people-to-people anyway.
37:22So, you know, the niggles with the visas that are being faced, the deportation of illegals, well, that has to happen.
37:29If they're illegals and certified that they're Indians, they have to be brought back.
37:32But can they be brought back in a more humane manner?
37:35So many aspects of engagement between the two countries.
37:38And again, like the government has been saying, the effort is to find a win-win solution to all these aspects.
37:46A win-win solution is what both the countries are looking at.
37:48And that perhaps is one of the reasons why India did not, in fact, impose reciprocal tariffs
37:55or was not hostile in its reaction when it comes to imposition of tariffs on the part of the U.S.
38:00Remember, India was not the only country.
38:02There were 60 others that were impacted.
38:04India has handled this and remains to be seen how we worked as far as our leverage point is concerned
38:12with the U.S. today when both the leaders sit down and get down to business to talk about
38:17what can be a middle part for both the countries to, in fact, follow for both of them to not be at a disadvantage.
38:24A win-win situation like Gaurav just mentioned.
38:26Gaurav, be with us.
38:28I want to go straight across to Shivani for a quick update on what's happening.
38:32In fact, all right, we will, in fact, continue to track that story with Shivani, Gaurav,
38:36and also P.U. Shashank Mattu also is going to be joining in in a moment from now
38:40to tell us about the significance of this visit, strategic, diplomatic, demand, in fact, ties between both the countries,
38:48bolster, in fact, ties between both the countries,
38:51and also how this is important from the point of view of the Vances has seen this clearly as a personal visit,
38:59also an opportunity for the children to get a glimpse of their mother's roots, her Indian connection.
39:06That's extremely important for the family, clearly as well.
39:09This is a chilling confession in the Karnataka, ex-trop cop murder, ex-trop cop's wife confesses to the crime.
39:16Her wife is suffering from schizophrenia for the past 12 years.
39:19Son, Karthikesh, does not accuse his mother and sister.
39:24Wife of Onfakash Palavi reportedly confessed and said,
39:27I was the one who committed the murder, quote-unquote.
39:30Karthikesh has not made any direct allegations against his mother, the son of the victim.
39:35Karthikesh has called the cops and confessed to the murder, is what we are learning.
39:40The wife essentially has confessed.
39:42The police have taken the wife and daughter Kruthi into custody.
39:46Son, Karthikesh, was not at home in a crime to police.
39:50I'm going straight across to Saghairaj for more details on that.
39:55Saghair, horrific, in fact, crime being reported there from your city.
40:00Talk to us about what happened here.
40:03I understand the accused here is suffering from a mental disorder.
40:08Schizophrenia is a mental disorder.
40:11What's the background of this murder?
40:13What happened?
40:14What has the accused now said in her confession?
40:17There are multiple angles where the police are investigating.
40:25There are accusations from the family members stating that there was a property dispute between Oum Prakash and their family members,
40:32especially his wife and daughter.
40:34And what we also get to learn through our sources is that the wife, Pallavi, has herself have telephoned the 112,
40:43which is an emergency contact number, and informed about this particular murder.
40:47As we speak now, we are outside the mortuary where the post-mortem has been done.
40:53And subsequently, we'll get to know how many stabs were made on Oum Prakash and how he was being killed.
40:59And meanwhile, the police is also investigating further.
41:03The son, Kartikesh, has fired an F.I.R. accusing the murder and requesting the police to interrogate further.
41:10And what we also get to learn through our sources is that the wife and mother, Pallavi,
41:14has confessed to the crime stating that she is the one who has killed her husband.
41:19All right, Sagaraj, getting asked those details as far as the horrific murder from Bengaluru is concerned.
41:25This has got to do with the murder of a former top cop in the city.
41:29The wife has now confessed to the crime.
41:37Oum Prakash has been murdered, they say, by his own wife.
41:45But the investigation is on.
41:50Until and unless we get the report, the investigation report, we cannot conclude anything.
41:59The investigation is on.
42:01They are looking at various aspects.
42:04Once the report is with us, then we can say how the murder has been done and so on.
42:14More news coming in.
42:15If BJP slammed insult India Raga, Rahul Gandhi attacks pole panel.
42:20BJP is hit back.
42:21The Safran party claims Rahul Gandhi's foreign toolkit rerun.
42:25Rahul Gandhi has had, in fact, hit out at the election commission.
42:31Maharashtra voter fraud.
42:33BJP says Rahul Gandhi slams election commission to hide Ramon failure.
42:38Why is Gandhi silent when the Congress wins is the question that they are asking at this point in time.
42:45More people voted in the Maharashtra assembly elections than there are adults in Maharashtra.
42:55This is a fact.
42:57So, we asked them that, look, you have video, videographic taking place, Rahul Gandhi, if we ask.
43:05They not only refused to because of the videography, they changed the law so that now you are not allowed to ask for the videography.
43:12It is very clear to us that the election commission is compromised.
43:15It is very clear that there is something very wrong with the system.
43:19All right, these are comments that are made by the leader of the opposition while in the U.S.
43:25And the BJP is extremely critical of what the Gandhi's, what Gandhi, in fact, essentially has said in the U.S.
43:32The BJP says this is, in fact, is, speaks volumes of the fact that he is only making an effort to hide his failure, is what the BJP has said.
43:44Tom Varakan is with us to share with us the BJP's point of view.
43:48As far as Rahul Gandhi's statements, Mr. Varakan on foreign soil is concerned, heading out at the election commission, saying that the body is compromised.
43:58He is compromised.
43:59That is a problem because essentially he has been compromised by the mandates he has been receiving.
44:05Ninety elections and they have lost.
44:07When you win in Karnataka, elections are wonderful.
44:10The election commission is doing their duty.
44:13And in Himachal, well, you know, elections, people have supported them.
44:19And even in Punjab, when Ahmadineh wins, they glorify the election commission.
44:25But when they lose, it's a sore.
44:28And why?
44:29Because essentially the dynasty who's supposed to lead the Congress has led them to doom.
44:36And the election commission from time to time has answered all their questions.
44:41They've been put everything on the table and they refuse to listen and watch.
44:47Now, the issue here is this dynasty who's on bail goes abroad and tries to defame our country, my country.
44:57And he does this so periodically that he's trying to build an alibi for losing and trying to gain international sympathy.
45:07This doesn't work because essentially people across the globe know exactly what is happening in India better than many Indians do.
45:15So the fact of the matter is, whatever the Congress party does and the narrative it builds is foiled by the fact that they lose election after election, not because of the election commission, but because they don't connect with the people of India.
45:31That is the reality these congressmen must realize and change their leadership if they have to survive in this democratic setup.
45:42All right, Tom Vatican, I'm going to thank you for joining in with your views, with the party's views on that big story that we're tracking.
45:48Rahul is also with us for the very latest on that.
45:51Rahul, essentially these comments by Rahul Gandhi have obviously and expectedly not gone down well with the BJP because they say this is, of course, defaming the country and our institutions on foreign soil, which isn't acceptable.
46:04This is to hide your own failures.
46:06Well, this is not the first time when Rahul Gandhi is facing such allegations.
46:13So earlier also, whenever he had visited, you know, foreign countries and spoken about issues, BJP always, you know, alleged this.
46:22Now, Congress has always been dismissive of such allegations.
46:25They are saying that Rahul Gandhi is not making up something.
46:28He's only, you know, putting forward the harsh realities of Indian democracy.
46:34And whatever, you know, concerns he has raised in Boston, in America, they are genuine concerns, which Congress Party has faced in the recent Maharashtra elections.
46:45Rahul Gandhi recounted that how 65 lakh votes, you know, were polled in the last three hours on the day of polling in Maharashtra.
46:53How videography has not been provided so far, how the complete water list has not been provided so far by the Election Commission,
46:59even though he himself held a press conference with Sanjay Rahul and Supriya Sule.
47:04So as far as Congress is concerned, they are convinced that Rahul is only raising genuine concerns and genuine issues pertaining to the election process of India.
47:13And therefore, one should not have any problem with that.
47:17BJP is trying to create this narrative that Rahul is defaming a country and the entire democratic process of the nation.
47:25However, Congress is just not convinced.
47:26They are saying that rather making such narratives...
47:28I'm coming back to you in a moment from now.
47:30In fact, MP of the Congress Party from Saharanpur, Imran Masood is vidas.
47:35Imran Masood, how do you see this statement about BJP's statement that they are saying that the country, institutions, coalitions, commissioning, commissioning, tipting, this is their own failures to cover themselves?
47:49I'm coming back to you in a moment from now.
48:19BJP goes to reflect on that one and the other thing go ahead.
48:23Is there anything that you say?
48:26Is it a big thing you say?
48:38Imeran Masood has once said that BJP has gone together.
48:44This is a toolkit of the part.
48:45So this toolkit of the program is about what you say?
48:47foreign
49:17So you say that if you win, you don't need EVM to be able to win in the States.
49:31Yes, 100%.
49:34Thank you for joining us.
49:36Thank you for joining us.
49:37Rahul Gandhi is so clueless.
49:56He is so incompetent and incoherent that he should first be reminded that America where
50:01he has made the statement, the American president, Mr. Donald Trump had hailed and lauded India's
50:08electoral system.
50:09Everybody has condoming Rahul Gandhi's attack on India on foreign soil and people know the
50:16poisonous, divisive propaganda against Bharat itself is the reason why Rahul Gandhi has
50:23been repeatedly rejected by the people of India.