Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh late on Sunday night, the second time in a day, amidst speculation that he may resign.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Leader of Opposition L K Advani and Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Friday to decide on the new Chief Information Commissioner but the meeting remained "inconclusive".
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will meet Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad and Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav on Tuesday morning over the Women's Reservation Bill.
On his maiden visit to the national capital after taking over as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, K Rosaiah on Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi and is understood to have discussed political developments in the state, particularly the convening of the Congress Legislature Party meeting.The chief minister is also expected to have discussed the state's political situation, in the wake of Y S Rajasekahara Reddy's death.
US National Security Adviser James Jones called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday and is understood to have discussed bilateral and regional issues. Jones, who arrived in New Delhi on Thursday after a tour of Afghanistan and Pakistan, met the prime minister at his Race Course Road office.
An electric car in Japan has reportedly set a new world record by running for over 27 hours and covering more than 1,000 kilometres on a single charge.
Sources said Prabhakaran could never have been captured alive because of care he took to have a cyanide capsule on his body 25 years ago. The slain LTTE supremo believed that it was better to commit suicide than to be captured alive and that is why the Sri Lankan army could only recover his body after smashing the LTTE completely.
On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, many women and children came out to tie rakhis to their brothers.
The party will hold similar protests in all district headquarters across the country on December 26, senior party leader Sanjay Singh said.
The Prime Minister's Office has also prepared a detailed backgrounder about each member in the Union Council of Ministers.
Is there trouble brewing in Sonia Gandhi's paradise? And is there a clash of personalities between the two top leaders in the government, an echo of which is being heard in the corridors of the United Progressive Alliance?
Visiting United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived at the 7 Race Course Road official residence of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and begun a meeting with him.The Clinton cavalcade arrived from Delhi University, where the visiting dignitary addressed students and faculty. The meeting is expected to last an hour.According to sources, Clinton is expected to take up the issue of terror with the prime minister.
It was more of a reunion of two old friends on Friday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wasting no time in hosting his "good friend" George W Bush to a sumptuous Indian lunch of prawns, mutton korma, fish curry, lamb chops and a host of other delicacies at his residence 7, Race Course Road.
Modi on Friday invited the Congress leaders at his Race Course Road residence at 7 PM, sources said.
With projections suggesting the number of cases in the city will touch 75,000 by the end of May, civic authorities are working overtime to add to the number of beds.
Chetan Maini names the company Reva, after his mother. Over the next seven years, Maini and his men research electric cars, register five patents and try to develop insights into the consumer's mind.
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
The 3, Motilal Nehru Place type VIII bungalow, spread over 2.5 acres, was vacated by former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit recently.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Union Cabinet for the first time after he underwent a heart bypass surgery nearly two months ago. The meetings of the Cabinet and the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs were held at his official Race Course Road residence today, unlike the meetings which were held in South Block during his absence. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee had presided over those meetings.
Seventy six-year-old Dr Singh drove to Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday morning from his 7, Race Course Road residence to greet Patil on the occasion, a PMO spokesperson said.
The couple opened the package and saw live beetles inside the packet, which had a May 20, 2016 as the expiry date.
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.
A 24-year-old student, who was pursuing B.Tech in Pune, and had recently gone to his hometown, Dehradun, has died of suspected swine flu, raising the nationwide toll to 31.
Bharatiya Jan Shakti leader Uma Bharti on Wednesday created a flutter outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence after she was barred from attending the all-party meeting on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
Interlinking of rivers, retrieval of Katchatheevu island and inclusion of fishermen in the Scheduled Tribes list are also listed in the memorandum.
Modi's Facebook post on May 15 with his mother at his official residence at Delhi's Race Course Road remains on top with 1.6 million likes, 1.2 lakh shares and 34,000 comments.
The retreating Pakistani troops were heading towards Dacca and they had to be stopped at all costs. The Eastern Army Commander, in his orders to General Sagat Singh, had reiterated that he did not want the troops of 4 Corps to cross the Meghna river. But General Sagat had other plans to threaten Dacca and ensure that the pressure would make the Pakistani commanders capitulate. This is where the IAF helicopters came in.
A source close to the PM insisted that the decision on whether the PM needs by-pass surgery or angioplasty will be taken only after the R-Day parade.
All detained persons were released by 2.10 pm, a senior police official said.
President Pratibha Patil, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and several other leaders greeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who turned 75 on Wednesday.
The luncheon meeting took place at the prime minister's official Race Course Road residence.
This time, aspiring candidates are presenting neat applications. A bio-data, running into a minimum of four pages and mentioning all their credentials, letters of recommendation and several papers mentioning their loyalty towards their respective party. However, in Karnataka, at least this time, it is very evident that the elections are going to be fought mainly on the caste factor.
According to sources, India is to present all actionable evidence against Pakistan if required at international bodies.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resigned on Saturday, capping a 10-year tenure of two UPA governments that have been brought to an end by a shattering defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.
The infant that many considered too fragile to survive at its birth 3 years ago has reached its mid-life.
No other community has played a greater role in building an 'India of tomorrow' than the teaching community, which was 'truly the nation builders of our society, our country,' he said.
However, the Intelligence Bureau confirmed that the intruder was a drunken Delhi police constable who was behaving in a suspicious manner and tried to get past the first security cordon of the prime minister's residence.
BJP chief Rajnath Singh ruled out the possibility of replacement of Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje, whose handling of the Gujjar protests has come in for criticism from BJP leaders like Jaswant Singh and Saheb Singh Verma.
The new converts come from far-flung areas of Maharashtra like Nashik and Solapur. They have been ostracised and have faced the brunt of the caste-equations.
Mediapersons were not allowed anywhere near the venue of the RTC, which was being held at 7 Race Course Road, and they were kept at least 200 mt away from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances