Former telecom minister Arun Shourie agreed with A Raja that the latter had discussed the 2G spectrum issue with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and then finance minister P Chidambaram before going ahead, but refuted his claim of following the National Democratic Alliance policy.
Manmohan Singh and Musharraf felt that what they were embarking upon, if successful, could lead to a future of boundless potential for the two countries and for the relationship that was hard to foresee from the prism of the existing situation and the historical position and orthodox ideas on both sides.
Dr Singh told a galaxy of world leaders who attended the one-day summit on the global economic crisis that there was a need for a credible system of multilateral surveillance that can signal the emergence of imbalances.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday expressed interest to meet intellectuals and civil society leaders in Assam who have organised a state-level convention to mount pressure on the banned United Liberation Front of Asom to come forward for talks with the government.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Sunday underwent a routine medical check-up.Informed sources confirmed that such a medical check-up is a must before undertaking a foreign trip. Dr Singh is scheduled to visit Pittsburgh in the United States next week to attend the G-20 Summit hosted by US President Barack Obama. Media Advisor Harish Khare said Dr Singh's health was fine and he was attending to his work as usual.
Experts have prepared a scientific methodology for counting leading to a more accurate projection of numbers as against the conventional pug mark method. The final report of the Tiger Census will be ready by October 2007.
Addressing the annual conference of director generals of police, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said that the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai and Delhi are grim reminders of the grave challenges posed by terrorism to national security.
Social activist Anna Hazare's decision to write to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh proposing the right to call back members of Parliament and legislative assembly has drawn sharp reactions.
Chairperson of the National League of Democracy of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at his official 7 Race Course Road residence in New Delhi on Wednesday.
In his keenly addressed speech at the Seoul G20 plenary, Dr Singh emphasised that the world's most developed nations should 'leverage imbalances of one kind to redress imbalances of the other kind.'
None of Dr Manmohan Singh's arguments to make us understand his government's decisions were new. Sheela Bhatt examines the prime minister's address to the nation
With the benefits of nuclear cooperation come real responsibilities -- and that should include steps to restrain nuclear weapons programs and pursuing effective disarmament when others do so. I greatly look forward to working with you on these and other issues in the future, then Presidential nominee Obama wrote to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh
A star-studded week of poll campaign awaits Meghalaya with heavyweights Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi set to address election rallies while film star Shatrughan Sinha and Jaya Prada are slated to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Samajwadi Party respectively. The Prime Minister will address an election rally in Shillong on February 27, while All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi will campaign at Jowai.
The meeting ended at 2055 hours, after 45 minutes of drama over Banerjee sulking that she was not being consulted when important bills and amendments were being brought before the Cabinet. At this point, one minister said she should not spend so much time in Kolkata, which made her angrier.
With the government toughening its stand against Baba Ramdev, the yoga guru on Tuesday said he forgave Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for the crackdown on his agitation but history will not forgive him for the "political sin" he committed.
While advocating good relations with Pakistan, Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday reiterated that borders cannot be changed.
Scores of Indian American politicians, administration officials, media personalities and activists were among the 320 guests at the first state dinner of the Barack Obama presidency in honour of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Mrs Gurcharan Kaur
United States President Barack Obama will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in London on April 2, on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit, the White House announced.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh returned to New Delhi on Sunday night after concluding his three-day, two-nation tour to Bali and Singapore where he attended important Asian groupings and held important bilateral meetings.
Bharatiya Janata Party patriarch LK Advani on Monday opposed a formal dialogue with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who will attend the World Cup semi-final clash between India and Pakistan on Wednesday with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
In an unusual way, Governor of Chhatisgarh ESL Narasimhan wrote to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to resist the temptation of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to visit Naxal affected areas in Raipur and Dandewada on January 7, 2010. During this visit P Chidambaram shall undertake a padayatra on Jan 7, 2009.
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh giving further momentum to the talk of an imminent cabinet reshuffle possible early next week.
Baalu also said that the memorandum of understanding with the Suez Canal Company had been initialled by the Chairman of the Tuticorin Port Trust, K Raghupathy.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Monday Punjab CM AQmrinder Singh said that the state congress committee had not approached Dr Singh with any such proposal.
Dr Singh asked the student delegation to lift the blockade of National Highway No: 39 to facilitate the movement of essential commodities to Manipur, where the prices have soared beyond the reach of citizens. For example, rice is priced at Rs 100 per kg, while cooking gas cylinders are being sold between Rs 1500 and Rs 2000. Medicines too are in short supply.
Senior American administration and diplomatic sources who sat in on the 50-minute mini-bilateral summit between President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, spoke animatedly how the "atmospherics were excellent," and what "a delight it was to watch the substantive interactions between these two extremely cerebral individuals".
The chief ministers and the governors of the north eastern state have expressed dissatisfaction over the 'continuous reduction' of budget allocations of the North Eastern Council in the successive five-year plan.
"I think the President would like to certainly express and extend his best wishes to the (Indian) prime minister, as he recovers from surgery, and looks forward to talking to him soon," the White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs told media persons when asked about Indo-US relationship between the two countries under the Obama Administration. "I can give you guys a readout on that (whenever the two leaders talk)," Gibbs said.
Dr Singh, who will be accompanied by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, would represent India at the high-level segment of the General Assembly on Saturday and deliver his address.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for the United States in a blaze of optimism. The trip ended with an unrelieved gloom, says Mihir S Sharma
President Obama thanked Dr Singh for his wishes and said: "You have been a wonderful partner." He noted that India and the US had an excellent relationship, which had deepened over the last few years
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