No place for intolerance in India, Modi says in UK

Describing the UK as India's "gateway to Europe", Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his maiden visit to London, 13 years after he was barred from entering, basked in a hero's welcome as London rolled out the red carpet to receive the first PM from India in a decade. Addressing the issue of growing intolerance in India, Modi said clearly there was no place for intolerance in India. Describing India as the land of Gandhi and Buddha, he acknowledged there had been some incidents saying, "Any event in any corner of India - it doesn't matter if there are even one or two incidents - we will not tolerate it and the law will deal with it strictly," he said. "It does not matter whether such an incident is significant for a country of 125 crore people. For us, every incident is serious." India, he said, "will not accept anything that goes against our social values". He added: "India is a vibrant democracy where the lives, views and thoughts of ordinary citizens are protected under the Constitution. We are committed to this."   TOI