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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" If the responsibility of the attacks is on the chief minister, then I will go. The final decision is with the high command "
8 hours ago from
The News
...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...
5 hours ago from
Newstrack India
Latest news - About Manmohan Singh
...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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Webindia123
...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...
5 hours ago from
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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Webindia123
...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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Webindia123
...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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Webindia123
...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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Webindia123
...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...
5 hours ago from
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...
6 hours ago from
ddi News
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" There was no pressure on me "
8 hours ago from
The News
" These guys could do it next week again in Mumbai and our responses would be exactly the same "
16 hours ago from
WRAL
" Lashkar-e-Taiba is behind the terrorist acts in the city "
16 hours ago from
WRAL
...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...
5 hours ago from
Webindia123
...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...
6 hours ago from
ddi News
MUMBAI: The chief minister of the Indian state of Maharashtra offered to resign Monday after his deputy stepped down over the devastating militants attacks on the state capital Mumbai.
"I have offered to resign," Vilasrao Deshmukh told reporters. "If
8 hours ago from
The News
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...
7 days ago from
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...
7 days ago from
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...
7 days ago from
Times of India
...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...
7 days ago from
Times of India
...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...
7 days ago from
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...
7 days ago from
Times of India
...siblings. The Congress has fielded her daughter, Mausam Noor, for the seat. Abu Hasem had earlier appealed to Trinamul chief Mamata Banerjee not to field a candidate at Sujapur. But Mamata had during a rally in Berhampore on November 21 threatened to contest...
7 days ago from
Calcutta Telegraph
...of both the countries will be meeting later this week to review the composite dialogue. Foreign minister of Pakistan Shah Mehmood Qureshi will be coming on a four-day visit to India on Wednesday to invigorate the peace process between the two countries. He...
7 days ago from
Expressindia.com
...MP so far, as the BJP had aggressively made development its plank. Congress leaders, barring Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kamal Nath, did not touch the issue at all. Singh, however, has brought the focus back on corruption in MP and tried to turn tables on the...
7 days ago from
DNA India
...of strengthening India-Nepal relations.” Mr. Mukherjee, who is on a three-day visit to Nepal, will be meeting President Ram Baran Yadav; Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’; Constituent Assembly Chairman Subhash Nembang; Nepali Congress President...
7 days ago from
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...
30 days ago from
Calcutta Telegraph
...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...
30 days ago from
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,...
30 days ago from
The Hindu
...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...
30 days ago from
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....
30 days ago from
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...
30 days ago from
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...
30 days ago from
A Pakistan News
...Singh will on Monday meet here leaders of India Inc, which may seek more measures to tide over the liquidity crunch. Ratan Tata, Anand Mahindra, Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, K P Singh, Sunil Bharti Mittal and Deepak Parikh are among those expected to attend...
30 days ago from
Times of India
...to four men. A police officer said two of three cars used as bombs in Guwahati had been identified. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Guwahati on Saturday. He said his government will do whatever it can to arrest those responsible for the blasts but that...
30 days ago from
OneIndia