New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday criticised the Narendra Modi government after India’s GDP growth rate went down to 4.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2019-20, terming the development “worrisome”, and expressing hope that the latest figures would wake the government from its slumber. In his address at the National Conclave […]
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Aaditya comes to invite Sonia, Manmohan to swearing-in
New Delhi: A day ahead of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s swearing-in as the Maharashtra Chief Minister, his son and first-time MLA Aaditya Thackeray reached the residence of Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi here to invite her for the event. A senior Shiv Sena leader told IANS: “Aaditya left from Mumbai for Delhi in the evening […]
Congress delegation to visit Kartarpur Sahib
New Delhi: A Congress delegation led by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be visiting Kartarpur Sahib on November 9, sources said here on Monday. The seven-member delegation has been constituted by party interim President Sonia Gandhi. Apart from Manmohan Singh, the delegation will consist of Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh, and senior leaders […]
‘Manmohan to attend Kartarpur opening as common pilgrim’
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not attend the Kartarpur corridor inauguration on the invite of Pakistan next month, “but participate in the event as a common pilgrim”, sources said on Sunday. A senior Congress leader, who did not want to be identified, said that Manmohan Singh will not be attending the inauguration of […]
Will PM reply to Manmohan, Rahul charges on economy?
Mumbai: With the Congress firing repeated salvos at the BJP government ahead of the Maharashtra elections blaming it for the country’s precarious economic situation, all eyes are on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s only rally in Mumbai on Friday evening for his response. As the election date nears (October 21), the Congress has been firing in […]
Slowdown, government apathy affecting economy: Manmohan Singh
Mumbai: Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for the current economic slowdown and rural distress, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that merely “passing the buck to Congress would not work”. “The present government should have learned and provided credible solutions to resolve the problems confronting the Indian economy. Five-and-half years is sufficient time […]
BJP leader B.L. Santhosh lashes out at Manmohan Singh, Parakala Prabhakar, nobel awardee Abhijit Banerjee
New Delhi: Targeting former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee and former advisor to Andhra Pradesh government Parakala Prabhakar, BJP’s National General Secretary (Organisation) B.L. Santhosh has said that with the elections round the corner, the ‘ecosystem’ has started functioning once again. “The ecosystem on the roll again as polling dates of […]
Manmohan to meet press and eminent personalities in Mumbai
New Delhi: In the run up to Maharashtra elections, the Congress is pitching high on slowdown in Indian economy. The party has decided to field former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on October 17 to lend a credible voice against the government’s policies on the economic issues. The party has sent an invitation, titled “Words […]
Manmohan Singh to visit Kartarpur Sahib too, says Punjab govt
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be visiting Kartarpur Sahib shrine in Pakistan, as part of the first all-party group of pilgrims, on the occasion of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak next month, the Punjab government said on Thursday. The announcement came after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met Manmohan Singh here […]
Manmohan Singh to join delegation to Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will join the first all-party Indian delegation to Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan to attend the 550th Prakash Purb celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev on November 9, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Thursday. Manmohan Singh has accepted his invite, he said here. The Chief Minister also […]