Posts Tagged ‘Manmohan Singh’
Prime Minister, Leaders condole Sai Baba’s demise
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Vice President Hamid Ansari and a host of dignitaries on Sunday condoled the passing away of Sathya Sai Baba, saying he was a spiritual leader who inspired millions to lead a moral and meaningful life975-77 Emergency After that I have been meeting him frequently Along with my family, I had my last darshans of [...]
Govt intends to introduce Lokpal Bill in Monsoon Session: PM
Terming the joining of hands of civil society and government on the Lokpal Bill issue as a step that augurs well for democracy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the government intends to introduce the "historic legislation" in the Monsoon Session of Parliament0-member joint committee for drafting a strong Lokpal Bill0:30am This is a victory [...]
Lokpal Bill issue: Sonia meets Manmohan
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed the stalemate on the issue of an effective Lokpal Bill for which Gandhian Anna Hazare has launched a campaign Ministers Pranab Mukherjee and Kapil Sibal, Political Secretary to Congress president Ahmed Patel and Principal Secretary to the Prime [...]
PM approves guidelines for appointing new CVC
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has approved the new guidelines for appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner years and with 33 years of experience in case of government officials It has been proposed that a detailed note of applications received and rejected and the short-listing criteria also be put up before the final selection [...]
PM, President congratulate Team India
President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated the Indian cricket team for winning the World Cup after a gap of 28 years with a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka, saying the road to success was long and hard "The road to success has been long and hard You and your team were tested at every stage," she said in a message [...]
Gilani congratulates Manmohan on India’s win
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has congratulated Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on India winning the cricket World Cup final and expressed hope that the sporting link between their two countries will be fully restored in the near future India thrashed Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the Wo rld Cup final that was held in Mumbai [...]
Will make honest efforts, says PM
The four-and-a-half hours including a 70-minute dinner that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistan counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani shared in Mohali on Wednesday has broughtin a fresh impetus to the re-engagement between the neighbours and stressed the primacy ofdialogue to address all issues including sighting a forward movement on the [...]
Cricket and diplomacy should be kept separate: Sushma
The Bharatiya Janata Party 3 Assembly elections3 elections She, however, did not put a number to it and said anti-incumbency and Tamil people's "positive feeling" over some of the issues raised by BJP in Parliament would augur well for the party Swaraj said despite no BJP MP representing Tamil Nadu in Parliament, she had taken up issues such [...]
Pak media praises Gilani, Manmohan; says meeting an achievement
A get together brought about by cricket should serve to revive Indo-Pak dialogue so rudely shattered by the Mumbai attacks, advocated the Pakistani media after the historic meeting of the two Prime Ministers at Mohali The Pakistani media today counselled that the spirt of the thrilling semi-final game that kept millions across the border glued [...]
Gilani arrives, cricket diplomacy gets underway
Leading a high-power delegation to watch a high-voltage match, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has arrived in Mohali as the cricket diplomacy gets underway11 Mumbai attack, was accompanied by his wife Fauzia and they were received at the defence airport in Mohali by union minister of state for communication Sachin Pilot and Pakistan [...]
Manmohan and I committed to work for peace: Gilani
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today expressed his happiness at the resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan and said both he and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh were committed to work for peace and prosperity in the region "As far as our relations are concerned, I am happy that our talks have resumed The talks between the [...]
No cash was given for votes: Manmohan
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday delivered a pithy speech to wriggle out of a tight corner during a high-voltage discussion on the WikiLeaks revelations in the cash-for-votes issue4th Lok Sabha to investigate the cashfor-votes case, he said the panel had suggested that Sanjeev Saxena, Suhail Hindustani and Sudheendra Kulkarni BJP be [...]
PM to watch ‘Peepli Live’ on Sunday
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will watch a special screening on Sunday of Bollywood actor and producer Aamir Khan's much-talked about movie Peepli Live0 crore
India has a long way to go in education: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said India has a "long way to go" in spreading literacy, adding that paucity of funds will not be allowed to hamper the spread of education in the country million illiterates in the world, 268 million are estimated to be residing in our country, which accounts for nearly one-third of the world's [...]
