Manmohan Singh As President

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called up former President Pratibha Patil and former prime ministers Manmohan Singh and H D Devegowda and sought their blessings as he began his third term, official sources said.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is all set to end his 33-year-long stint at Rajya Sabha tomorrow. As the 91-year-old leader ends his political career, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote a heartfelt letter dedicated to his work.

The BJP on Tuesday cited APJ Abdul Kalam's and Manmohan Singh's rise as the country's president and prime minister to hit out at Congress.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had offered to resign and make way for Rahul Gandhi but he declined the top post, the Congress revealed today as it tackled fresh speculation on its leadership following a Priyanka Gandhi Vadra interview in which she was quoted as favouring a non-Gandhi as Congress president.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday hoped the "Kartarpur model" might help in resolving future conflicts, as he and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu addressed a special session of the Punjab Assembly to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded their informal meeting at Mamallapuram on Saturday, the Congress said India's meaningful engagement with China started with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's visit to the neighbouring country in 1988, and the Manmohan Singh led-UPA government took it forward to the level ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and several senior party leaders this morning condoled Ram Jethmalani's demise, with many hailing him as a "seasoned parliamentarian" and "one of the finest criminal lawyers the country has seen".

Rahul Gandhi's decision to quit as Congress president may have been unanimously rejected by senior party leaders, but he has found support in his sister Priyanka. She, however, wants him to give the party leadership some time to come up with an alternative course of action.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, along with mother Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, led the Congress protests outside parliament this morning amid a raging controversy over the Rafale fighter jet deal. As the top Congress leaders protested, paper jets were seen.

Rahul Gandhi was a new face in the front rows of the central hall of parliament as President Ram Nath Kovind addressed both houses on the opening day of the Budget session. The Congress president sat beside former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Mallikarjun Kharge, the party's leader in the Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi's mother and former Congress ...

In a veiled dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that "fanciful boasts, self-promoting bombast and the language of abuse and vitriol" was not the style of Manmohan Singh who presided over the country's highest economic growth rate in his tenure as Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attended the inauguration ceremony of new Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in the Indian Ocean archipelago, where no Indian prime minister has come in the last seven years. Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was the last Indian PM to visit the island nation in November 2011.

BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday described India's jump in the World Bank's ease of doing business ranking as a matter of pride for every Indian, and also took a dig at the Congress saying under its "economist" prime minister Manmohan Singh, the country had slipped to 142nd rank.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said calling for discipline these days is branded "autocratic", as he praised Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu for being a "disciplinarian". After launching a book on the experiences of Mr Naidu during his first year as Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha, PM Modi said he always provides visionary leadership...

Tuesday night's state dinner in honor of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, will be a lot of things. A fancy shindig? For sure. A tangible example of the first lady's "amazing taste"? Apparently. But most importantly, the diplomatic soiree will serve as a symbol of the Trumps' social agenda as a whole. See, a party - or...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called up former President Pratibha Patil and former prime ministers Manmohan Singh and H D Devegowda and sought their blessings as he began his third term, official sources said.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is all set to end his 33-year-long stint at Rajya Sabha tomorrow. As the 91-year-old leader ends his political career, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote a heartfelt letter dedicated to his work.

The BJP on Tuesday cited APJ Abdul Kalam's and Manmohan Singh's rise as the country's president and prime minister to hit out at Congress.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had offered to resign and make way for Rahul Gandhi but he declined the top post, the Congress revealed today as it tackled fresh speculation on its leadership following a Priyanka Gandhi Vadra interview in which she was quoted as favouring a non-Gandhi as Congress president.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday hoped the "Kartarpur model" might help in resolving future conflicts, as he and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu addressed a special session of the Punjab Assembly to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded their informal meeting at Mamallapuram on Saturday, the Congress said India's meaningful engagement with China started with former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's visit to the neighbouring country in 1988, and the Manmohan Singh led-UPA government took it forward to the level ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and several senior party leaders this morning condoled Ram Jethmalani's demise, with many hailing him as a "seasoned parliamentarian" and "one of the finest criminal lawyers the country has seen".

Rahul Gandhi's decision to quit as Congress president may have been unanimously rejected by senior party leaders, but he has found support in his sister Priyanka. She, however, wants him to give the party leadership some time to come up with an alternative course of action.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, along with mother Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, led the Congress protests outside parliament this morning amid a raging controversy over the Rafale fighter jet deal. As the top Congress leaders protested, paper jets were seen.

Rahul Gandhi was a new face in the front rows of the central hall of parliament as President Ram Nath Kovind addressed both houses on the opening day of the Budget session. The Congress president sat beside former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Mallikarjun Kharge, the party's leader in the Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi's mother and former Congress ...

In a veiled dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday said that "fanciful boasts, self-promoting bombast and the language of abuse and vitriol" was not the style of Manmohan Singh who presided over the country's highest economic growth rate in his tenure as Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attended the inauguration ceremony of new Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in the Indian Ocean archipelago, where no Indian prime minister has come in the last seven years. Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was the last Indian PM to visit the island nation in November 2011.

BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday described India's jump in the World Bank's ease of doing business ranking as a matter of pride for every Indian, and also took a dig at the Congress saying under its "economist" prime minister Manmohan Singh, the country had slipped to 142nd rank.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said calling for discipline these days is branded "autocratic", as he praised Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu for being a "disciplinarian". After launching a book on the experiences of Mr Naidu during his first year as Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha, PM Modi said he always provides visionary leadership...

Tuesday night's state dinner in honor of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, will be a lot of things. A fancy shindig? For sure. A tangible example of the first lady's "amazing taste"? Apparently. But most importantly, the diplomatic soiree will serve as a symbol of the Trumps' social agenda as a whole. See, a party - or...