Manmohan Singh
Background
Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: ਮਨਮੋਹਨ ਿਸੰਘ ) (born 26 September 1932) is the 14th and current Prime Minister of India. Singh is a member of the Indian National Congress party, and became the first Sikh Prime Minister of India on May 22, 2004. He is considered one of the most influential figures in India's recent history, mainly because of the economic reforms he had initiated in 1991 when he was Finance Minister under Prime Minister Narasimha Rao.
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...Minister Manmohan Singh, who has taken over the Finance Ministry after shifting of Mr P Chidambaram to the Home Ministry, today urged top officials to closely monitor and take timely steps for maintaining growth momentum. Taking his first meeting after assuming...
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...Dec 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said that no stone would be left unturned to fight terrorism while addressing a public rally here on Monday. In the backdrop of the Mumbai terror attacks that killed at least 197 people and left 295 wounded, the...
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Newstrack India
...Minister Manmohan Singh today sought votes for the Congress in the ensuing Rajasthan Assembly election on its ability to deal with ''complex economic issues'' and assured that despite global slowdown, India would achieve growth rate between 7.0 and 7.5 per...
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Webindia123
...Planning Commission and a Finance Minister. We need coordination of these three positions in the Finance Ministry and he (Manmohan Singh) has held all the three position earlier,'' he said. The former Finance Minister exuded confidence that under the able...
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...government'' as militants had the power to precipitate a war in the region. The appeal comes days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an address to the nation following the Mumbai terror attacks warned of ''strongest possible measures,'' including ''going...
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...Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene a meeting of the Chief Ministers of all terror-prone States to discuss internal security measures in the backdrop of the recent terror attacks in Mumbai in which over...
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Webindia123
...to appear in court on December 3, and explain the reason for the long delay. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Manmohan Singh said despite Court orders to explain the reasons in the matter, no one has replied from NDMC for the last seven-months. ...
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...Talking to reporters here today, Mr Moily said it was unfortunate that BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani and the party President Rajnath Singh abstained from the all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi yesterday...
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...Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday formally took charge of the finance portfolio by chairing a meeting with all the secretaries of the ministry, asking them to ensure that every possible measure is taken to ensure that India's growth momentum at a time of...
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India eNews
...with priorities in the past four years, he said. Centre taking efforts to promote higher education: PM Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the Centre will set up 31 universities, eight IITs and seven IIMs as part of its efforts to promote higher education...
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Last Week - About Manmohan Singh
...and the finance minister were saying all is well. The situation has come to a stage when Tata Motors had to shut down its plant in Jamshedpur for the second time for five days in a month, he said. Common man and industrial world are very worried due to the...
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Expressindia.com
...president Asif Zardari has not reversed but deferred for the time being his plan to write to Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, reminding him of the September promise for an early settlement of the Chenab water dispute. President Zardari had indicated in...
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DNA India
...already preparing a plan to remove the “sluggish government” in 100 days. Demanding restoration of Pota, Mr Advani said Manmohan Singh should have, instead, talked with police officials about the anti-terror law and they would have told him about its necessity...
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Times of India
...Last Sunday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reiterated his view that Naxalism is the most serious security threat facing the country. But whether or not terrorism and insurgency occur under Left-wing, Hindu or Islamic auspices, the point is to develop a coordinated...
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Times of India
...also asked the chief ministers to take adequate measures to ensure safety of all journalists. New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed "grave concern" over the recent killings of two journalists in Assam and Manipur. "The Prime Minister has...
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IBN Live
...the commitment given to Parliament by the government. During the last sitting of Parliament in mid-October, oil minister Murli Deora had said that the government would review the oil prices “within a week.” The government raised fuel prices in June when oil...
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Times of India
...Minister Manmohan Singh has done well by urging the police to avoid stereotypes and win the trust of civil society (Nov. 24). Police should take his observations seriously and make the institution more credible. In view of the growing threat of terror attacks...
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The Hindu
...Chowdhurysaid. Malda is considered to be a Congress-stronghold as veteran Congress leader and former Union minister late Ghani Khan Chowdhury, who is Hashems brother, had won the seat seven times in a row. After delimitation, the Malda seat has been bifurcated...
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Expressindia.com
...law. All democratic countries have changed their laws with times,’’ Mr Ajit Singh said. He also attacked UP chief minister Mayawati for ‘not supporting the cause’ of farmers. ”She has always said that farmers are not her supporters and therefore she has no...
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Times of India
...Visva Bharati has decided to confer its highest award, “Deshikottama” to the former King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuk. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be handing over the awards on December 6. Among others who will be conferred the award are former...
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The Hindu
Last Month - About Manmohan Singh
...Nov. 1: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today promised that effective steps would be taken against whoever is responsible for the dastardly act and if any country is involved, then the matter would be taken up with it. Nine blasts in Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon...
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Calcutta Telegraph
...said. The PM, who represents Assam in the Rajya Sabha, visited the terror-struck northeastern state with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Union home minister Shivraj Patil amid a 12-hour state bandh called by BJP and VHP. A group of unidentified people...
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Times of India
...NEW DELHI: With RBI moving to ease liquidity further on Saturday, pressure is mounting on the Manmohan Singh government from within to nudge banks into announcing a reduction in interest rates, a move seen to be increasingly essential ahead of this month's...
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Times of India
...accords special status to the region,” he said. The Chief Minister thanked Dr. Singh and Union Minister for Culture Ambika Soni for granting the classical language status to Kannada along with Telugu and recalled the contribution made by various writers,...
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The Hindu
...Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh proposed the setting up of the university at the 13th Saarc summit in Dhaka in November 2005, it was only last year that an inter-governmental agreement was signed during the 14th summit in Delhi. The university will have...
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Malaysia Sun
...days after the serial blasts in Assam, PM Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi reach the state to visit the blast sites. RBI cut the repo and CRR rates to prop up the economy, Shiv Sena offers to bail out Malegaon accused and Obama says the biggest...
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IBN Live
...NEW DELHI: If the armed forces expected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to announce the resolution of their "core demands" about their new revised pay scales, they were left sorely disappointed on Saturday. During his address to the combined commanders' conference,...
30 days ago from
Times of India
...the Panbazar blast in Guwahati. However, the last digit of the cars chassis number could not be retrieved. We are in touch with Maruti Udyog Ltd to help us retrieve the last digit, Mahanta said. Sources said the cabinet today pulled up state police chief R.N....
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Calcutta Telegraph
Then there's this version: “It was fake, everybody here knows that,” said Shahabuddin Hafeez, who owns a small shop in the neighborhood known as Jamia Nagar. “They needed an encounte...
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Malaysia Sun
...the blasts in Guwahati. The four suspects detained include Zulfiqar Ali, Aris Mohammad Muzamil and Amrul Haque. They all belong to Nagaon about 120 kilometres from Guwahati. The Assam serial blasts ripped through Assam on October 30 killing 77 people and...
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