Sydney all geared up as PM Narendra Modi arrives

Sydney: Sydney's Allphones Arena is all geared up to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived in the city to attend a mega event organised by the Indian diaspora in Australia.

Modi, who attended a business meeting with Australian and Indian businesspersons over breakfast in Brisbane, arrived in Sydney.

Thousands of Indian diaspora members have arrived in the city to hear Modi's speech at the Allphones Arena, in a retake of the Madison Square Garden event in New York.