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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" The temperature remained below the freezing point for days together. "
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Hindustan Times
...caretaker administration. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to visit Dhaka next week and formally invite Sheikh Hasina to pay an early visit to India. New Delhi also hopes that the new government of Sheikh Hasina will sign an extradition...
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Hindustan Times
Latest news - About Manmohan Singh
...Soren. Over 70 districts in the country are affected by Left wing extremism, which has been described by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a "virus" and the biggest internal security threat. In continuing naxal violence in around a dozen states, over 400 people,...
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Newstrack India
...Justice K.G. Balakrishnan asked the petitioner, former parliamentarian Rajeev Ranjan Singh Lallan, to wait till Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decided on his representation for a probe. The bench, which also included Justice P. Sathasivam, asked senior counsel...
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New Kerala
...a way to connect Indians and overseas Indians through virtual think tank,'' he said. The platform, designed by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is called ''Global Indian Network of Knowledge,'' he said adding it would enable the Non Resident Indians (NRIs)...
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Webindia123
...and amounts to unnecessarily whipping up tensions in South Asia," Gilani said. But Pakistani Information Minister Sherry Rehman did say Wednesday that the lone surviving gunman was a Pakistani citizen, after weeks of refusing to confirm Delhi's claims. Islamabad...
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MSNBC
...were made by a "thinking man" and "seasoned statesman," Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Wednesday. Qureshi, who is in Kabul accompanying President Asif Ali Zardrai on his maiden official visit to Afghanistan, said that Singh's statement on Tuesday...
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IBN Live
...Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday congratulated his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina Wajed on assuming office and underlined that India accorded 'the highest importance' to strengthening its relations with Bangladesh. 'India attaches the highest...
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India eNews
...KABUL: Pakistan's foreign minister on Wednesday described as "disappointing" India's claims that official agencies in Islamabad were involved in the Mumbai attacks, saying they would not help build cooperation. On Tuesday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
3 hours ago from
Times of India
...to the objective investigations into Mumbai incident, and said it could amount to unnecessarily whipping up tensions in South Asia. Prime Minister Gilani in his remarks on Indian premier’s allegations on Pakistan, said Dr Singh’s statement was “most unfortunate”,...
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A Pakistan News
...caretaker administration. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to visit Dhaka next week and formally invite Sheikh Hasina to pay an early visit to India. New Delhi also hopes that the new government of Sheikh Hasina will sign an extradition...
5 hours ago from
Hindustan Times
NEW DELHI (AP) — “We have three foreigners, including women,” the gunman said into the phone.
The response was brutally simple: “Kill them.” Gunshots then rang out inside the Mumbai hotel, followed by cheering that could be heard over the phone.
The
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Goshen News
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" Now, the winter in Shimla and its nearby areas is not as harsh as it was till the late 1970s. The smoke-belching chimneys are a thing of past "
4 days ago from
Hindustan Times
" The minimum and maximum temperatures in the plains are well within the normal limits. But in Shimla, the minimum temperatures are 4-5 degrees above normal "
4 days ago from
Hindustan Times
" Despite being located at a height of 7,000 feet above sea level, Shimla and its surrounding areas have been recording minimum temperature around five degrees Celsius during the past one week "
4 days ago from
Hindustan Times
NEW DELHI (AP) — “We have three foreigners, including women,” the gunman said into the phone.
The response was brutally simple: “Kill them.” Gunshots then rang out inside the Mumbai hotel, followed by cheering that could be heard over the phone.
The
5 hours ago from
Goshen News
NEW DELHI -- "We have three foreigners, including women," the gunman said into the phone. The response was brutally simple: "Kill them." Gunshots then rang out inside the Mumbai hotel, followed by cheering that could be heard over the phone.
The
5 hours ago from
CTV
NEW DELHI (AP) ―
"We have three foreigners, including women," the gunman said into the phone.
The response was brutally simple: "Kill them." Gunshots then rang out inside the Mumbai hotel, followed by cheering that could be heard over the phone.
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CBS2 Chicago
Last Week - About Manmohan Singh
...at this historic spot has gone up from Rs 166 crores to Rs 721 crores. It will conduct B.Tech courses for 750 cadets and commissioned officers from the academic session. "The project was initially envisaged to cost Rs 166 crores," Mr Antony said. —IANS...
7 days ago from
Asian Age
...This year, advertisers went one step forward. Airtel experimented with the format of story-advertising. Madhavan and Vidya Balan did cameo roles as a couple on-the-move. This did Airtel a lot of good. Story replaced the boring single-theme led advertising...
7 days ago from
Hindu Business Line
...NEW DELHI: The small scale pharmaceutical industry has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s help to remove anomalies created by maximum retail price (MRP)-based excise duty system for medicines. The system puts small units at a disadvantage by squeezing...
7 days ago from
Times of India
...to the Lok Sabha are less than five months away, can be traced directly to the deficiencies in its leadership. As Mr Rajnath Singh enters the last lap of his presidentship, there is a realisation that he has failed to lead the party credibly. He neither has...
7 days ago from
Times of India
...Left’s plans for a grand alliance have not taken off. While the Samajwadi Party clung to the Congress, CPM could not rein in Ms Mayawati for pre-poll alliances, in states or at the Centre. In fact, the CPM even lost its lone assembly seat in the recent Madhya...
7 days ago from
Times of India
...end despair and usher in hope,” he said. “Tonight we bid goodbye to 2008 and welcome 2009. On behalf of my party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, my alliance, the National Democratic Alliance, and on my own behalf, I wish all of you a very happy, prosperous and...
7 days ago from
The Hindu
...Though it is being acknowledged that the threat could just be a prank. The big ticket event will be attended by President Pratibha Patil, PM Manmohan Singh, several union ministers and state chief ministers besides representatives from various countries....
7 days ago from
Times of India
...their forties and below. The general election looks set to be contested chiefly between the UPA led by the 76-year old Manmohan Singh and the 81-year old LK Advani. In the present government, all the senior and most important cabinet ministers were born before...
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Expressindia.com
...the volumes locally. Output in India might drop from last year after yields fell in the main growing areas, farm minister Sharad Pawar said on December 22. Production in the year ending September 30, 2009, may total 20 million metric tonne as productivity...
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Expressindia.com
...Chidambaram looked well set in his new job which he took over barely a month ago. During the recent Parliament session too, Mr. Chidambaram handled with ease and flair both flanks — Finance and Home. If recession, inflation, global meltdown, revenue, and GDP...
7 days ago from
The Hindu
Last Month - About Manmohan Singh
...return to a much lower growth rate of 7.5 per cent, ironically the rate at which the economy grew in the first year of the Manmohan Singh government. Note that in each of these areas — deficit control, inflation management and growth — the Manmohan Singh government...
30 days ago from
Business Standard
...Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday met representatives of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and assured that the government would take all necessary measures to support them. The government would help in every possible way to ensure...
30 days ago from
Expressindia.com
...was supposed to go to the residence of the Khan Chowdhurys to place wreaths on the tomb of the late Congress leader A.B.A. Ghani Khan Chowdhury, the brother of the current Malda MP. The trip was cancelled at the last moment because of dense fog at the Purnea...
30 days ago from
Calcutta Telegraph
...The economic package announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a bold step that would blunt the edge of the economic slowdown. The packages are well-planned and time-tested. The excise duty cut is the highlight of the package; it will boost the confidence...
30 days ago from
Expressindia.com
...three out of the five states which went to polls, there could not be a better birthday gift for Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The Congress victory in Rajasthan, Delhi and Mizoram has come on the eve of Mrs Gandhi’s 62nd birthday. The gift is all the more...
30 days ago from
Asian Age
...even as the Army continued to push its way through heavy rebel resistance to capture Killinochchi, the capital town of Velupillai Prabhakaran. The Army on Monday said it had captured the strategic Kokavil town, less than 20 km south of Killinochchi. Kokavil...
30 days ago from
Asian Age
...the aam aadmi policies credibly, the office-bearer said. The Congress won one big state (Rajasthan) and two small (Mizoram and Delhi). But the victory was tempered by the realisation that the margin in Rajasthan was much narrower than that with which the BJP...
30 days ago from
Calcutta Telegraph
...for development. He complimented the people on participating in the democratic process in a good measure. Lauding Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for rejuvenating the party’s campaign, AICC general secretary Prithviraj Chavan said: “Rahul will play a bigger role...
30 days ago from
The Hindu
...to have a 4% uniform luxury tax across the country. The proposals were discussed at a meeting between tourism minister Ambika Soni and prime minister Manmohan Singh last week, a government official, who did not wish to be identified, said. “The tourism minister...
30 days ago from
Times of India
...where the mouth is and show that on both the issues the government is in sync with the national mood. Barring the policy wonks in Delhi, who still live in denial, there is a consensus that the economy is rapidly losing momentum. The debate is no longer whether...
30 days ago from
Times of India