Political Bigwigs at News18 Rising India Summit

PM Modi delivers the keynote address at News18 Rising India Summit. He devoted a significant part of his address drawing attention to his government's ‘Act East, Act Fast’ thrust for the development of eastern India. (Image: News18)

Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu speaking at News18's Rising India Summit in New Delhi. (Image: News18)

Union Minister of Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal fields a question during 'The Building Blocks of a Rising India' session at News18 Rising India Summit. (Image: News18)

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Railways and Coal during a session 'The Building Blocks of a Rising India' session on Day 1 of News18 Rising India Summit. (Image: News18)

National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah at News18 Rising India Summit. (Image: News18)

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar speaks during 'Nayi Rahein, Naye Sapne' session on Day 1 of News18 Rising India Summit. (Image: News18)

PM Narendra Modi delivers the keynote address at News18 Rising India Summit. (Image: News18)

Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks during 'Nayi Rahein, Naye Sapne' session on Day 1 of News18 Rising India Summit. (Image: News18)

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways fields a question during 'The Building Blocks of a Rising India' session at News18 Rising India Summit. (Image: News18)

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh delivers a speech at the News18 Rising India Summit. He fired a warning shot to Pakistan saying that the Indian Army was ready to not only protect the country from within but can also "cross the border if needed". (Image: News18)

Smriti Irani, Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting fields a question during 'Looking through the New India Lens' session at News18 Rising India Summit. (Image: News18)

India's first full-time woman defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman at News18 Rising India Summit. She quashed the opposition’s allegations of a scam in the Rafale fighter jet deal and asserted that there was no need for a probe at the summit. (Image: News18)

Former foreign secretary and former ambassador to China Nirupama Rao speaking at News18 Rising India Summit in New Delhi. (Image: News18)

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat at News18 Rising India Summit in New Delhi. (Image: News18)

Speaking at a session titled 'The Monk Who Took On A New Mantle', Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said today's secularists have turned secularism to mean abusing India's traditions. (Image: News18)