Manmohan Singh admitted to AIIMS

  New Delhi, Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was admitted to the AIIMS here on Sunday evening after he complained of uneasiness, sources said. Singh, 87, is under observation at the cardio-thoracic ward of the premier hospital, they said. “All his parameters are fine. He is under observation at the AIIMS,” a source close to […]

India headed for slowdown; Modi govt left economy in ‘dire straits’: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh

India headed for slowdown; Modi govt left economy in ‘dire straits’: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh

New Delhi,  Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said India is headed for an economic slowdown and accused the Modi government of leaving the economy in dire straits due to its “lack of economic vision”. Citing the latest economic growth figures to suggest an impending slowdown, the senior Congress leader also said the Indian […]

BJP messed up the economy: Manmohan Singh

New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that the current state of economy shows that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government failed to fulfil promises it made. “The BJP government has messed up the economy. When Modi ji was campaigning, he made lots of tall promises, those promises have not been fulfilled. He said that BJP– if it comes to […]

Inflation a concern; India heading for better times: PM

Inflation a concern; India heading for better times: PM

   Admitting government’s failure to contain inflation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said high prices have helped farmers and asserted the country was heading for better times. “…we have also not been as successful in controlling persistent inflation as we would have wished. This is primarily because food inflation has increased. However, we should remember […]

Obama extends ‘rarest of rare gesture’ for PM

Obama extends ‘rarest of rare gesture’ for PM

In a rarest of the rare gesture, US President Barack Obama personally walked down to the White House portico to see off Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a meeting with him at the Oval Office. Those familiar with the strict White House protocol said that this was the ‘rarest of the rare’ gesture by the […]

Missing coal files: the government has nothing to hide, says Prime Minister

Missing coal files: the government has nothing to hide, says Prime Minister

As promised, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh intervened in a discussion on missing coal files in Parliament today, assuring both Houses that his “government has nothing to hide.” The PM said that over a lakh files relating to controversial coal block allocations had already been handed to the CBI and efforts were being made to find […]