India, May 19 -- When a Norwegian journalist unsuccessfully tried to get Indian PM Narendra Modi to take a question during his visit to Norway, she expected to chase a headline; instead she became one.

Helle Lyng, who works with Oslo-based newspaper Dagsavisen and was part of the media contingent covering Modi's Norway visit, reacted after facing a barrage of online abuse.

"I never thought I would have to write this, but I am not a foreign spy of any sort, sent out by any foreign government," Lyng posted on X, apparently responding to X posts accusing her of having vested interests.

"My work is journalism, primarily in Norway now," she said.

Modi is currently in the country for the fourth leg of his five-nation tour. He arrived in Osl...