India PM heads to Silicon Valley chasing a digital dream

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Modi is set to fly to California after attending the UN General Assembly in New York, where he is expected to meet US President Barack Obama on the sidelines.

New Delhi (AFP) - He has 30 million fans on Facebook and tweets multiple times a day -- but as Narendra Modi visits Silicon Valley this weekend, it is Indian technology that will be centre-screen.

India's social media-addicted prime minister is looking to tap investors' pockets on the trip and win support from the Valley giants to burnish his Digital India campaign.