Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York on a five-day US visit. He was greeted with Modi Jindabad and Bharat Mata ki jai slogans by a large group of Indian Community outside the Hotel New York Palace .They were also carrying placards with messages such as 'We love Modi' 'America loves Modi' 'Indian American loves Modi.

A special enclosure was made by the local police for these supporters to watch Modi as he came. Traffic was blocked before his arrival while pedestrians were also asked to take alternate route to cross the hotel lane in the busy Madison avenue area of New York city.

The Prime Minister will address the 69th session of United Nations General Assembly, UNGA. The theme of the UNGA is delivering and implementing a transformative Post-2015 development Agenda. India will call for concerted multilateral action to meet the challenges like fragile global economy, terrorism, Ebola health crisis, climate change and poverty. India is also campaigning in a big way the need to reform the UN Security Council.