"The prime minister assured them (medicos) that the roadmap laid down in the decision of the UPA Coordination Committee addressed the concerns of all categories of students," Dr Singh's media advisor Sanjaya Baru told reporters.
The advertisement highlights NCP chief Sharad Pawar's accomplishments as Union agriculture minister and thanks the UPA government for its support. While the Congress said it was unaware of the advertisement, the NCP claimed it was not issued by the party.
United States President Barack Obama will host Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House on November 24 for the first official visit of his presidency, the White House has said.
Attacking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the price rise and the downturn in economy, BJP President Rajnath Singh on Friday said the country needs a "realist" and not an economist Prime Minister.
Setting the tone for their substantive talks on Tuesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Japanese counterpart Yukio Hatoyama on Monday night had an overview of bilateral relations and international issues at a private dinner hosted by the Indian leader.
Anti-nuclear activist S P Udayakumar, spearheading the stir against Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant on Tuesday sent a legal notice to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his comments on the funding of the protests against the project.
Is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh once again trying to derail the process of setting up a Joint Parliamentary Committee, for which hectic efforts have been made by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee having had a number of meetings with opposition leaders?
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make a whirlwind tour of Assam and Tripura on August 25- 26, according to official sources in Guwahati.
'It was then that the game started. It was decided that under no circumstances, the seat tally of the Congress should increase from 206 in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls'
The special aircraft carrying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a mid-air scare on Tuesday evening while preparing to land in New Delhi after the Air Traffic Control detected an unidentified blip on its flight path on the radar screen. The Boeing 737 of the Indian Air Force landed safely though delayed by 16 minutes but not before the IGI Airport was put on high alert and security officials went in a tizzy.
Prime Minister's speech at the Plenary Session of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Tokyo on Monday on a three-day visit to Japan to invigorate bilateral strategic ties and push for a civil nuclear energy cooperation deal.
Condolences have poured in from across the globe, including from the United States, Canada and Sri Lanka following the demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The Congress on Saturday ruled out any change of leadership in the United Progressive Alliance government in view of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's illness, saying the question was 'most irrelevant'. There cannot be two prime ministers and under the Constitution, senior party leader M Veerappa Moily told reporters after releasing a report of the Administrative Reforms Commission on e-governance."The question is most irrelevant," he said.
Eyeing more than nine per cent growth rate for Indian economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said exciting opportunities await India and Canada for mutual cooperation to raise their bilateral trade three-fold to $15 billion within the next five years.
The BJP has accused the Congress of politicising the death of former prime minister Manmohan Singh and levelling "baseless allegations" of disrespect and mismanagement at his State funeral. The Congress has countered by alleging that the government's arrangements for the funeral were a "shocking display" of disrespect. The row comes as the Congress alleges that the Centre did not allow news agencies except for DD (Doordarshan) to cover the funeral, did not provide enough space for Singh's family around the pyre, and did not stand up for the national flag during the gun salute. The BJP has refuted all of these charges.
Chief Minister Kamal Nath said that he 'doesn't have any intent to impose a ban or any prohibition on any movie'.
The Indian prime minister's in-tray is overflowing now that he has taken over the running of the economy with an election just months away.
The Bharatiya Janata Party asked former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Congress to answer allegations of "improper compromises" by three former chief justices of India during the United Progressive Alliance rule, saying the matter was "unfortunate".
Hailed as the architect of India's economic reforms, former prime minister Manmohan Singh in one his last interviews had said in 2019 that the country's economy was 'over-regulated', the government exerted control and interferences were aplenty with even regulators having 'morphed into controllers'.
Terming the passing of the civil nuclear liability bill by the Parliament as 'flawed', an eminent American expert on South Asian affairs has said the US policy makers and industrial leaders have been taken off guard by this and it threatens to cast a pall over the historic Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
Recalling Singh as a very humble person, Kumar said, "Dr Singh used to live here. I was a child when his family shifted out. It was a very nice family." The house where the Singh family lived is in a dilapidated state now as no one stays there since they moved out a long time ago, Kumar said.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been chosen for one of Japan's top national awards for his contribution to India-Japan ties, becoming the first Indian to receive the rare honour.
Starting today, we shall be carrying open letters written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by ordinary citizens of India. The issue that we want to focus on for the moment is petro price hike and the consequent inflation.
Singh is conscious of his formidable reputation.
Our honourable prime minister has often been blamed for not being expressive. Well, our research has a different story to reveal. From an ardent gamer (mostly on others' devices) to being an expert palmist, Dr Manmohan Singh is definitely a man of vibrant colours. Don't agree? Here's the proof:
Dr Singh said an agreement on the civilian nuclear deal would be President Bush's "great contribution" to ending India's isolation from the world nuclear order.
On the sidelines of the India-ASEAN summit, Prime Minister Singh might also have bilateral meetings with some of the leaders.
Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh continues to enjoy immunity in an alleged human rights violation case filed against him in a United States court even though he is no longer the head of the State, the US department of justice has said.
Three days after Rahul Gandhi's blunt attack against the ordinance on convicted lawmakers, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday declared that the "whole party" stands behind Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Modi broke his own 98-minute record from the 78th Independence Day last year.
Responding to the President's speech, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that promoting communalism would stall inclusive growth in the country.
Why does Jairam Ramesh want to quit the Cabinet? Which heavyweight akhara will host the Gandhi family at the Kumbh Mela? Was bad Vaastu the reason why Nitin Gadkari failed to make history as the first person to head the BJP for a second term? All this and more in this week's Dilli Gupshup...
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