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"He Didn't Carry Any Arrogance": Ex Assam Official On Manmohan Singh
- Dec 27, 2024 22:04 pm IST
- Written by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has a 28-year long link with Assam as a Rajya Sabha MP from the northeast state.
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"Can't Let Any Indian...": Ex-Official Recounts Manmohan Singh's Remark
- Dec 27, 2024 22:00 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
As the nation mourns the loss of one of its most respected statesmen Manmohan Singh, his former food and agriculture secretary T Nanda Kumar on Friday shared his memories of working with the former prime minister.
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Mumbai Woman Dies After Tempo Hits Her, Driver Says He Had Epilepsy Attack
- Dec 27, 2024 21:30 pm IST
- Reported by: Paras Harendra Dama
A 35-year-old woman was killed and at least four people were injured after a tempo crashed into a market crowd in Mumbai's Ghatkopar on Friday, police said.
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"Amritsar Breakfast, Lunch In Lahore": Pak Leader On Manmohan Singh's Dream
- Dec 27, 2024 21:19 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Pakistan's former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri recalled fond memories of his association with the late Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who died in Delhi on Thursday night.
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"Irreparable Loss For Country": Arvind Kejriwal Pays Last Respect To Manmohan Singh
- Dec 27, 2024 21:15 pm IST
- Asian News International
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal paid his final respects to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and extended condolences to his family on Friday.
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India's Forex Reserves Drops By $8.4 Billion To $644.3 Billion: RBI
- Dec 27, 2024 21:05 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The country's forex reserves dropped by a further USD 8.478 billion to USD 644.391 billion for the week ended December 20, the RBI said on Friday.
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Delhi Records Highest December Rainfall In 15 Years, Temperature Drops
- Dec 27, 2024 20:56 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Rain lashed Delhi-NCR throughout Friday with the city recording its highest December rainfall in the last 15 years and the mercury dropping sharply to 14.6 degree celsius, the weather department said.
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In UK, Manmohan Singh Sometimes Had To Live On Chocolate Bar: Daughter
- Dec 27, 2024 20:47 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
While studying in Cambridge University on a scholarship in the mid 1950s, money was the only real problem for Manmohan Singh and there were times when he had to skip meals or live on a sixpence bar of Cadbury's chocolate, according to his daughter.
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"Osamu Suzuki Legendary Figure In Global Automotive Industry": PM Modi
- Dec 27, 2024 20:21 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed deep grief over the demise of Suzuki Motor Corp's patriarch and long-time chairman Osamu Suzuki and extended his condolences to his family and colleagues.
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Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal Apologises For Remarks On Poet-Saint Meerabai
- Dec 27, 2024 20:07 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has issued an apology for his remarks about revered poet-saint Meerabai which drew significant backlash on social media.
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"Lapses In Pilot Training": Aviation Body Orders Suspension Of 2 Akasa Air Directors
- Dec 27, 2024 20:03 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Aviation safety regulator DGCA on Friday ordered the suspension of director of operations and director of training at Akasa Air for six months for alleged lapses in pilots' training.
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Congress Seeks Space For Memorial To Manmohan Singh, Writes To PM
- Dec 27, 2024 19:52 pm IST
- Edited by: Debanish Achom
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about exploring the possibility of building a memorial to Manmohan Singh at the same site where the last rites would be held, the party said today.
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Reel "Addiction" Causes Fights With Husband, UP Woman Dies By Suicide: Cops
- Dec 27, 2024 19:48 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
A 20-year-old woman reportedly died by suicide after repeated arguments with her husband over her alleged addiction to making Instagram reels, in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district on Thursday, police said on Friday.
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Pollution Curbs Under GRAP-3 Revoked In Delhi As Air Quality Improves
- Dec 27, 2024 19:34 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Pollution curbs under GRAP-3 have been revoked in Delhi and the National Capital Region after air quality improved in the region following continuous rain since Friday morning.
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Rs 20 Lakh Daily To Ruin: Indian Founder's Viral Tale Of How Amazon Destroyed His Business
- Dec 27, 2024 19:32 pm IST
- Edited by: Abhinav Singh
As of the last update, the post had garnered 1.2 million views, nearly 7,000 likes and hundreds of comments.
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Opinion | Tote Bags To Caps, Politics For The 'Gram
- Dec 27, 2024 19:09 pm IST
- Bharti Mishra Nath
If there is no true intention of bringing about change and its only for the social media buzz, then it does ruin the sincerity of fashion taking a stand, as is often the case with our present netas
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When Manmohan Singh Sought "Primer" On Department Of Atomic Energy
- Dec 27, 2024 18:48 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
As erudite as he was, one of the first things Manmohan Singh did after he became prime minister in 2004 was to ask Dr Anil Kakodkar, then chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, for a "primer" on his department.
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"Friend, Philosopher, Guide": Sonia Gandhi Remembers Manmohan Singh
- Dec 27, 2024 18:48 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi mourned the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh - who died late last night at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences late last night - in a short but emotional statement released Friday evening.
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"The Reforms He Set In Motion...": Union Minister's Praise For Manmohan Singh
- Dec 27, 2024 18:45 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Manmohan Singh's contributions - as Finance Minister (1991-1996) and Prime Minister (2004-2014) - "laid the foundations" for India 's growth and the "substantive work" done post-2014, when Narendra Modi became PM, Union Minister Hardeep Puri said.
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Fact Check: Truth Behind Viral Video Of Helicopter Extinguishing Fire In Jaipur
- Dec 27, 2024 18:32 pm IST
- Factly
On 20 December 2024, an LPG tanker collided with a truck, sparking a massive fireball that turned a stretch of the Jaipur-Ajmer highway into an inferno.