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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s daughters Daman Singh and Upinder Singh will have no more the cover of Special Protection Guard (SPG), which has come under review as per the rules but both have decided to surrender the extra cover. The rule book says that former Prime Ministers and their immediate family members cannot get SPG cover beyond one year ...

In a dramatic turn of events, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was relieved by the Supreme Court, which gave a stay order against the summons issued by a special court in the coal scam. The summons were issued by a special court in connection with the allocation of 15 percent share in the Talabira II coal block to Kumarmangalam Birla ...

US President Barack Obama met a four-member Congress delegation, including former prime minister Manmohan Singh, party president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi, and former union minister Anand Sharma on Monday afternoon after witnessing the 66th Republic Day parade, said a party leader. The Congress Party , now in opposition, called on the visiting US president at the ITC Maurya hotel ...

US President Barack Obama visited India on Sunday and the entire day was hectic with visits to Rajghat and Rastrapati Bhavan, besides the diplomatic parleys taken up at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Obama praised Narendra Modi for his “legendary work ethic”, and described him as tough and stylish. He praised the Indian prime minister’s sartorial elegance and said he ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh will meet US President Barack Obama Jan 26, on the second day of his state visit to India, after the Republic Day parade where he will be the chief guest. Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh will meet Obama at the ITC Maurya hotel, the sources said. The meeting is likely ...

Former Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was a darling of the Japanese that everytime he is out of power, they take the opportunity to honour him with one award or the other. When he was not a finance minister and the Congress was out of power in 1997, he was conferred the Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth and ...

Everytime, an Indian leader visits the United States, human rights activists clamour for attention rushing to an adjacent court pleading for summons be issued under one pretext or the other. While Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi were subjected to receive similar summons for their so-called abetting role in Sikh riots of 1984, Prime Minister Narendra Modi now faces same fate ...

Despite halting at Frankfurt en route to the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not forget to greet on Friday his predecessor former PM Dr Manmohan Singh on his 82nd birthday sending a message:”Best wishes and warm greetings to Dr Manmohan Singh ji on his birthday. May he be blessed with a long life and good health”. More than the ...

On the eve of his demitting office after ten years at the head of a UPA coalition government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to “address the people” in a farewell address. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would be demitting office on May 17, a day after the Lok Sabha elections results are announced. He had earlier this year announced his retirement, ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is among the over nine million people who are eligible to vote Thursday for Assam’s six Lok Sabha seats. The day began with enthusiastic voters turning up early at polling booths. The prime minister and his wife Gursharan Kaur are listed in the Dispur legislative assembly constituency that comes under Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency and they ...