The Dalai Lama’s top aide, Tempa Tsering, Saturday said the Tibetan spiritual leader made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last week to thank him for the hospitality shown in the last five decades. He added that there was nothing unusual about the meeting. “He has been living in India for the past [...]
President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other senior leaders paid tribute to former prime Rajiv Gandhi on his 66th birth anniversary at his memorial Veer Bhumi here Friday. Vice President Hamid Ansari was amongst the others who paid homage to Gandhi. The day is being observed as ‘Sadbhavana Diwas’ [...]
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) The following are the highlights of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Independence Day address to the nation Sunday: * The central government will do everything possible for rehabilitation of the affected people in Ladakh. * We are building a new India in which every citizen would have a stake. * The [...]
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said a bill will be brought soon in parliament to set up two separate councils in higher education and health to accelerate eforms in these areas. In his Independence Day speech, Manmohan Singh said the country had been giving special attention to education and health [...]
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Amid uproar over corruption in the Commonwealth Games, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the October mega event will be a “success” and it will be a “proud moment for the whole country”. “The Commonwealth Games will start in Delhi after about one and a half months. This will be [...]
The Shiv Sena Tuesday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention in resolving the dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka over Belgaum and held protests at the main gate of Parliament House. “PM must intervene in Maharashtra-Karnataka dispute,” was the slogan on placards held by the protesters, led by senior Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi. The Maharashtra-Karnataka [...]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday called for the smooth functioning of parliament and said that it was ready for all discussions on the issue of the arrest of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah. “CBI… is not Congress bureau of investigation. CBI is not mouthpiece of Congress,” Manmohan Singh told reporters outside parliament before the beginning [...]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said though the country had fallen short of targets under the current five year plan, the overall projected average growth of 8.1 percent from 2007-12 was still better than in any other period. “The mid-term appraisal projects the eleventh plan will achieve an annual average growth rate of 8.1 percent [...]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday met the chief ministers of Maoist affected states to review government policy and discuss strategy to counter one of the greatest internal security threats to India. Attending the meeting at the prime minister’s 7, Race Course Road residence are the chief ministers of Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, [...]
Putting inclusive economic growth on top of United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) agenda, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said his government has set an “achievable” medium-term target of 10 percent expansion per annum. “The agenda for our second term seeks to strengthen a pro-people policies and programmes initiated by our government since 2004,” the prime minister [...]
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