Posts Tagged ‘Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’
View attack on TN Fishermen as aggression: Jaya to PM
Voicing concern over frequent attacks and harassment of Tamil Nadu fishermen allegedly by Sri Lankan navy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that it should be viewed as "an act of provocation and aggression" against India6 incidents of attack and harassment had taken place since May 16 miscreants," she [...]
2G note issue: Chidambaram, Pranab meet Manmohan
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and home minister P Chidambaram are meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his 7 Race Course Road residence0 Janpath Despite efforts to end the 2G note crisis at the earliest, the UPA seems to be falling in a deeper mess with every passing day Even more than 30 hours after Prime Minister's return from New [...]
Sonia asks Pranab to resolve 2G note issue
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday sent out a strong signal stressing that the issue between Home Minister P0, Janpath to meet her on Thursday afternoon Sources told that she has asked the finance minister to resolve the matter immediately as there were other important issues, including Telangana and illegal mining which also required [...]
Sikkim earthquake: PM announces 1000 cr package
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a special rehabilitation package of Rs 1,000 crore, during his visit to the earthquake-ravaged Sikkim today140 AM on Thursday On arrival to Sikkim he has meetings with the Sikkim chief minister, Pawan Chamling, the state governor, Balmiki Prasad Singh and with senior army and Border Roads Organisation [...]
If Govt falls, it will be due to its own contradictions: BJP
The BJP on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his defence of home minster P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum issue Talking to reporters, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said that the PM had, a few months back, expressed his commitment to fight corruption but he is not keeping his promise by defending Chidambaram Swaraj said that [...]
2G note: Manmohan, Sonia expected to meet today
Prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi are expected to meet on Wednesday in the backdrop of the controversy over a finance ministry note on the 2G spectrum issue which has led the opposition to demand the resignation of home minister P Chidambaram While no meeting has been fixed so far between the two leaders, sources [...]
CBI refuses to investigate Chidambaram’s role in 2G case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till tomorrow the hearing on home minister P Chidambaram2 This came as a breather for the UPA Swamy has alleged that the issue of spectrum pricing was decided by former telecom minister A Raja along with Chidambaram Last week the Centre and CBI took divergent stands before the Supreme Court over continuing [...]
2G note: JPC to summon Finance Secretary
Opposition members in JPC on Tuesday termed as a "serious lapse" non-submission of a Finance Ministry note on the 2G spectrum issue before the committee and demanded that the Finance Secretary be called before it to give clarifications As the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the 2G issue met in the national capital, CPIM member Sitaram Yechury [...]
Will speak on 2G issue after meeting PM says Pranab
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday maintained that he will speak, if necessary, on the Finance Ministry note on 2G spectrum allocation issue only after talking to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday “I am reiterating what I have said in New York and Delhi “If there is anything necessary to speak on the Finance [...]
2G: Manmohan defends Chidambaram
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the home minister enjoyed his "full confidence"1 letter from the finance ministry,650 crore and the first-come, first-served method5, 2008, Raja’s ministry issued 120 Letters of Intent on January 10, 2008 at the old entry fee of Rs 1650 crore650 crore by adopting either of the methods that would yield between [...]
PM sends minister to woo Koodankulam protestors
Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanasamy arrived in Chennai today en route to Koodankulam to hold talks with the locals who are agitating for the past 10 days against the proposed nuclear plant therex1000 MWe reactors set up at the coastal village of Koodankulam would be commissioned in December
Manmohan writes to Abbas, Assures support to statehood bid
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written a letter to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas assuring him of India's "full support" for his country's bid for statehood at the UN communication by Abbas to the Prime Minister "regarding the initiative to seek full membership for Palestine in the UN" "India's relations with Palestine are [...]
Halt Koodankulam nuclear power project: Jayalalithaa to PM
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that work on the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project be halted till the fears of the people in the area are allayed, accusing the Centre of “abdicating” its responsibilities00 locals in the area against the project entering the ninth day on Monday, the AIADMK [...]
Security environment in the country remains uncertain: Manmohan
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday admitted that the security environment in the country continued to be uncertain0, summer this year remained peaceful in the Valley leading to a record number of tourists and pilgrims visiting the state11 Mumbai terror attacks have shown that terrorists have been using latest technology so "we need to be one [...]
Eliminate possibility of crony capitalism: Manmohan
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called for transparency in awarding highway projects to eliminate the possibility of favouratism or crony capitalism trillion to achieve a GDP growth rate of 9 per cent during the 12th Five-Year Plan 2-170-11, and the Road Transport and Highways Ministry is well poised to award of 7,300 km this year, to fulfil [...]
Mamata in a sulk, government reconsiders Teesta water treaty
Buckling under pressure from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the governent on Monday scrapped the Teesta Water Treaty involving Bangladesh Now, India will not ink the Teesta Treaty with Bangladesh during the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to that country The Trinamool Congress had said that Teesta Treaty was [...]
With Hazare stir over, PM reviews progress in crucial sectors
With Anna Hazare agitation over, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his office have gone into action mode, initiating process to review progress in various crucial sectors, including energy, infrastructure and defence7,000 MW this year alone The decisions to give fillip to the energy sector were taken at a review meeting convened by the Prime [...]
PM visits Ansari, greets him on Eid
Prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday visited Vice President Hamid Ansari and greeted him on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, an official said2:30 pm A host of cabinet ministers and other leaders, including Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, were among those who met Ansari to greet him on the occasion, the official added Eid-ul-Fitr, which [...]
Manmohan becomes third PM to hoist flag for 8th time
Manmohan Singh on Monday became the third Prime Minister to hoist the national flag from the ramparts of Red Fort for the eight time in a row, after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi7 and 16 years respectively998 to 20037 times6 times5, 1947 after India became independent4th Prime Minister, first hoisted the tricolour on August 15, 2004, three [...]
PM advises Hazare to take his grievances to the Delhi Police
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today advised social activist Anna Hazare to take his grievances about the conditional permission accorded by the Delhi Police for the indefinite fast he and his team are planning in the capital to the statutory authorities who had taken that decision6 and attached several conditions to the permission given for [...]
