Manmohan Singh In Kolkata

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  Peaceful Protests Held Across India Against Citizenship Law: 10 Points

  Peaceful protests were held across the country today, with political parties, students and the civil society coming together against the contentious citizenship law. In Delhi, the Congress held protests at Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, which was attended by senior leaders of the party, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, M...

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  Mamata Banerjee Only Opposing Procedure, Supports Notes Ban At Heart: Ramdev

  Speaking at the Infocomm 2016 conference in Kolkata, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee might be criticising the government on the notes ban, but in her heart she thinks it's a "good thing".

• ISKCON monks protest outside Russian embassy in Kolkata

  With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaving on a visit to Russia and China, monks of ISKCON today staged a demonstration outside the Russian consulate in Kolkata to protest against the threat of demolition of the only ISKCON temple in that country.

• BJP regrets Manmohan Singh-Nawaz Sharif meet despite continued terrorism

  BJP today regretted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision to meet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in New York despite continuing terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.

• After revenge attacks, Trinamool Congress to hold protest rallies today

  Mamata Banerjee will return to Kolkata today. She has cancelled her meeting with Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram that was scheduled in the afternoon. Ms Banerjee came to Delhi to seek financial assistance for her state, which owes nearly 2 lakh crores in loans to the Centre.

• Mamata Banerjee to meet PM today to seek 'economic justice' for West Bengal

  Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi this evening to discuss the financial situation of West Bengal and seek central funds for her debt-ridden state. The meeting coincides with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kolkata today to address industrialists.

• President, PM arrive to attend Science Congress in Kolkata

  President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Kolkata on Wednesday evening to attend the inaugural session of the Indian Science Congress beginning in Kolkata on Thursday.

• Presidential polls: Ready to talk to Mamata when she is ready, says Pranab

  Pranab Mukherjee, the ruling UPA's candidate for President of India, is in home-ground Kolkata today to campaign and has said he is ready to talk to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. When she is ready to talk to him, that is.

• Presidential election: Trinamool Congress to take decision three days before poll date, says Mamata

  The Trinamool Congress will take its final decision on the Presidential election three days before the polling date on June 19, party chief Mamata Banerjee said today. Ms Banerjee, who is also the West Bengal Chief Minister, has asked all her party MPs, MLAs to be present in Kolkata for the Presidential election.

• Pranab Mukherjee is UPA candidate for India's next President

  Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will run for President as the ruling UPA’s candidate. Sonia Gandhi, UPA president, ratified Pranab's name at a meeting of the Congress’s allies at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s 7 Race Course Road residence today. Mr Mukherjee is expected to resign as Finance Minister on June 24, after the Prime Minister re...

• Prime Minister warns against growing intolerance

  Saying public debate seemed to have become a "hostage to sensationalism", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday warned against "growing intolerance and "narrow mindedness among Indians".

• Scientists write to PM condemning action against Bengal biologist

  Leading scientists from India and abroad as well as other public personalities have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, condemning the police action against two West Bengal-based scientists. One of them is Partho Sarathi Ray, a molecular biologist, who is in jail since April 8 and was arrested for his alleged role in protests against recent e...

• Prime Minister didn't phone me during my hunger strike: Mamata

  Mamata Banerjee has hit out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying that in 2006, when she was on a hunger strike on the Singur issue, he had come to Kolkata but not even telephoned her. The West Bengal Chief Minister expressed her grievance in an interview to some local television channels in Kolkata.

• Full text: Prime Minister's speech at IIM Calcutta

  After thousands of people gathered in Delhi on Sunday to support Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement, the Prime Minister today reiterated that the government is "open to a debate" on the Lokpal Bill.