'For the last two elections, the Congress manifesto has been thrown into the dustbin.' 'This manifesto will also be thrown into the dustbin.'
With land acquisition completed and infrastructure work streamlined, India's bullet train dreams are slowly, but finally, inching closer to reality.
US President Barack Obama says he is eagerly awaiting to host Manmohan Singh for the first state visit next month and that he considers India and the Prime Minister as "part of his family".
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Paris on Monday night on a visit which is expected to help India and France "build" a strategic partnership in atomic energy, defence, trade and other key areas. Singh was accorded a warm welcome on his arrival to the French capital .
"This is not the first time that ministers who have been charged have held on to their portfolios. I think the previous government itself had several [of them]," he said.
Among other things, he produced a copy of Singh's school report card.
Senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh on Friday set at rest speculations of a slowdown of reforms including divestment, and said the new government will frame policies to promote investment and economic growth.
When the prime minister thanked his predecessor during his Independence Day speech, it was significant because it was Dr Singh's final acknowledgement that political support for reform is essential.
If the PM wishes to be re-elected in 2019, there are a few things he needs to learn from his predecessor
Officers in the Prime Minister's Office have been assigned to receive grievances and as and when many requests are received, Singh addresses them, sources said.
Former PM Manmohan Singh moved the SC against a special court order summoning him as accused in coalgate case.
In a reply to a question on whether he will be United Progressive Alliance's prime ministerial candidate in the coming Lok Sabha elections, Gandhi said, "I have answered this question many times in the past. Dr Manmohan Singh is the Prime Minister from the Congress and UPA."
Rediff.com's Sanchari Bhattacharya, who is also travelling with the prime minister, reports from Dhaka.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit aimed at further strengthening India's relations with Bangladesh.
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's Rajya Sabha term is ending next month. There is virtually no doubt that Manmohan would get re-nominated from Assam but a section of the Congress is said to be "hoping against hope" that he opts out.
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad on Tuesday had the Lok Sabha in splits when he suggested that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should be selected as the first Lokpal as he was an honest person.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is under fire from the former CAG Vinod Rai over the 2G spectrum scam and Coalgate, said he has done his "duty" and refused to respond to charges levelled against him.
Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola is titled after the principal characters of the film, like two of Desai's popular films.
Former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan on Wednesday said the Congress leader Manmohan Singh was assuming the office of the prime minister at a time when the country was facing "huge challenges" in the political, economic and social spheres.
Setting at rest any confusion over rollback of divestment of cash-rich oil companies in the wake of blue chip oil firms taking a beating in the stock market
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has described his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh as a great leader not only of India but of the world. "It is a great honour for any democratic country in the world to have a leader like Dr Manmohan Singh. He is a great leader not only of India but of the world," Brown was quoted as saying by leading NRI Labour MP Virender Sharma.
"The rule of law is under attack. History shall never forgive our present generation if the situation is not changed," the former PM said.
The meeting took place at the Raj Bhawan after Dr Singh expressed his desire to meet the women, official sources said.
Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman finance minister, had in July 2019 ditched the colonial legacy of a Budget briefcase for the traditional 'bahi-khata' to carry Union Budget papers.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her sixth straight Budget ahead of the Parliamentary elections, matching the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Sitharaman in her pre-election Budget, which technically is a vote on account and popularly termed an interim Budget, will seek Parliament's nod for a grant in advance to meet the central government's essential expenditure for the first four months of the new fiscal year that starts in April. A new government elected after the April/May general elections will present the full Budget, likely in July.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Sigh figure among the top 20 most powerful people on earth in the latest Forbes list that is topped by United States President Barack Obama, who claimed back the spot in the glow of American successes against Osama bin Laden and Muammar Gaddafi.
Countering Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani's claim that Manmohan Singh is a weak prime minister, the Congress on Monday described Singh as an iron-man who not only exposed Pakistan before the world without resorting to military means but also forced that country to admit that the terrorists who attacked Mumbai were its nationals.
'Vijaya Raje Scindia had assured the prime minister that nothing would happen to the Babri Masjid'
Asserting that Pakistan and India cannot afford another war, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh is a "sensible and sane" person who wants the two countries to resolve their important issues.
'What should surprise BJP supporters is Modi's call for 'stability' at the manifesto launch, a theme that he and his team members had not touched ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and 2019.' 'The last time the party called for 'stability at the Centre' was in 1998 and 1999,' recalls N Sathiya Moorthy.
'I'm talking about that predator in your house, and how one should protect one's children from him.'
He also criticised the Centre's ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project and dubbed it an exercise in vanity.
In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts.
