Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday paid tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi and India’s Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. They paid tribute to Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary at the Shakti Sthal memorial site dedicated to her. “We pay tribute to […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday ahead of the party’s core group meeting. The meeting lasted for nearly 30 minutes and was followed by the Congress’s core group meet. According to party sources, anti-graft bills were on top of the agenda. Some of the important anti-corruption bills pending with parliament […]
The use of digital tools in political campaigning and the active participation of youth in politics are enriching India’s democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday. “Recent developments point to the greater enrichment of our democracy, which is becoming more participative and interactive, with people using both traditional methods and new digital tools to mobilise […]
India’s growth level this fiscal will probably remain at 5 percent as in last year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday. “In the nine years since 2004, we averaged a healthy growth rate of 7.9 percent,” he said here while addressing the inaugural session of the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the annual gathering of people […]
Despite perceptions in some quarters outside that India is losing its momentum of growth achieved in the past decade, there is no need to worry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday. “There is a perception in some quarters outside India that the country is losing its momentum of the past decade,” he said while addressing […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of the Indian GSLV D5 rocket carrying a communication satellite. “Prime Minister congratulates the scientists and engineers of ISRO for the successful launch of GSLV D5 carrying GSAT-14 payload,” the prime minister’s office tweeted. “It is yet another important […]
Pakistan Friday said it would welcome a visit to the country by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who said he would visit Pakistan if circumstances are “appropriate”. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam, asked at briefing in Islamabad if any visit by the Indian prime minister was the offing, said: “There is an outstanding invitation […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Friday night on a three day visit. He was received at the airport by Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, cabinet ministers and others. Manmohan Singh will spend the night at the Kerala Raj Bhavan and Saturday morning will unveil the plaque of the Central University’s campus […]
BJP Friday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s attack on their party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was “laughable”. He also said that Manmohan Singh ruling out a third term showed he has conceded defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. Manmohan Singh said at a press conference here that it will be “disastrous for the country […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has “outstanding credentials” to be nominated the UPA’s prime ministerial candidate. “…I do not intend to be prime ministerial candidate if the UPA were to come to power after the general elections,” the prime minister said at a media interaction here. “Rahul Gandhi has […]