Manmohan Singh Leadership

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lavished praise on Manmohan Singh this morning, declaring him an "inspiration", before his government panned the Congress stalwart's "lack of leadership".

At a time the Congress confronts in-house criticism of its top leadership after a string of election defeats, a soon-to-be-released final volume of Pranab Mukherjee's memoirs may stir more debate. The former President, who died in October, writes that "some members of the Congress" believed if he had become Prime Minister in 2004 instead of Manmoha...

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, in a statement today on the Ladakh clash in which 20 soldiers were killed, said the Prime Minister must "always be mindful of the implications of his words", in an apparent reference to the controversy over PM Narendra Modi's comments at an all-party meeting on Friday.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said a "very democratised leadership led to a whole lot of corruption", days after former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan criticised the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being "extremely centralised".

"Birthday greetings to Dr Manmohan Singh. Not only a stalwart economist who shaped the economic landscape of India, you have been my 'Prime Minister', a long time colleague and above all a close friend," Mr Mukherjee said in a tweet.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday exhorted Rajasthan legislators to instill confidence among people with their leadership and said they count on their leaders to ensure that the politics of fear does not prevail over the politics of hope.

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.

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...

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh will receive the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development this year for his leadership of the country between 2004 and 2014 and for enhancing India's stature globally.

The Congress is confused, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today, calling the opposition party's decision to boycott the midnight launch of Goods and Services Tax (GST) "irresponsible." Responding to Rahul Gandhi tweet saying this is a GST tamasha, he said, this is the "immature leadership of Congress for their political convenience...", adding th...

The letter trail linking liquor baron Vijay Mallya to the UPA leadership has drawn the attention of the Central Bureau of Investigation, which has recently filed a charge-sheet against him in the Rs 900 crore IDBI loan default case. Top investigators told NDTV that they will examine former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's top aide TKA Nair soon, ...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today accused the Akali Dal-BJP government of "unprecedented mismanagement" of Punjab and urged people to return the Congress to power under the leadership of Amarinder Singh, popularly known as "captain".

In an apparent attack at Congress' leadership creating a separate power centre during the UPA regime, the BJP has said it has restored the credibility, dignity, and stature of the Prime Minister's Office during its one-year rule and the last word now rests with the Prime Minister.

Former Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit today stuck to his stand of backing Sonia Gandhi as the top party leader insisting that a change at this juncture could bring "friction" and delay the revival of an "electorally weakened party".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lavished praise on Manmohan Singh this morning, declaring him an "inspiration", before his government panned the Congress stalwart's "lack of leadership".

At a time the Congress confronts in-house criticism of its top leadership after a string of election defeats, a soon-to-be-released final volume of Pranab Mukherjee's memoirs may stir more debate. The former President, who died in October, writes that "some members of the Congress" believed if he had become Prime Minister in 2004 instead of Manmoha...

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, in a statement today on the Ladakh clash in which 20 soldiers were killed, said the Prime Minister must "always be mindful of the implications of his words", in an apparent reference to the controversy over PM Narendra Modi's comments at an all-party meeting on Friday.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said a "very democratised leadership led to a whole lot of corruption", days after former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan criticised the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being "extremely centralised".

"Birthday greetings to Dr Manmohan Singh. Not only a stalwart economist who shaped the economic landscape of India, you have been my 'Prime Minister', a long time colleague and above all a close friend," Mr Mukherjee said in a tweet.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday exhorted Rajasthan legislators to instill confidence among people with their leadership and said they count on their leaders to ensure that the politics of fear does not prevail over the politics of hope.

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.

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...

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh will receive the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development this year for his leadership of the country between 2004 and 2014 and for enhancing India's stature globally.

The Congress is confused, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today, calling the opposition party's decision to boycott the midnight launch of Goods and Services Tax (GST) "irresponsible." Responding to Rahul Gandhi tweet saying this is a GST tamasha, he said, this is the "immature leadership of Congress for their political convenience...", adding th...

The letter trail linking liquor baron Vijay Mallya to the UPA leadership has drawn the attention of the Central Bureau of Investigation, which has recently filed a charge-sheet against him in the Rs 900 crore IDBI loan default case. Top investigators told NDTV that they will examine former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's top aide TKA Nair soon, ...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today accused the Akali Dal-BJP government of "unprecedented mismanagement" of Punjab and urged people to return the Congress to power under the leadership of Amarinder Singh, popularly known as "captain".

In an apparent attack at Congress' leadership creating a separate power centre during the UPA regime, the BJP has said it has restored the credibility, dignity, and stature of the Prime Minister's Office during its one-year rule and the last word now rests with the Prime Minister.

Former Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit today stuck to his stand of backing Sonia Gandhi as the top party leader insisting that a change at this juncture could bring "friction" and delay the revival of an "electorally weakened party".