Narendra Modi leaves for five-day USA visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for the United States on a five-day visit on Thursday evening during which he will address the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He will hold bilateral talks with President Barack Obama in Washington, besides attending other official engagements. The Prime Minister will break journey in Frankfurt, Germany, before beginning the trans-Atlantic leg of his trip. He will be arriving in New York on Friday. During his stay in the U.S, Prime Minister Modi is also scheduled to meet the American and Indo-American business community, expatriate Indians, representatives of civil societies, Governors of three American states and mayors of the major U.S. cities in New York.