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Congress president Sonia Gandhi with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

Sheikh Hasina invites Gandhi family to Bangladesh

Hasina is on a four-day visit to India. She is the longest-serving PM of Bangladesh and returned to power for a second term in 2009.

07 Oct 2019 3:36 AM

Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh (Photo: ANI)

Manmohan Singh will go as pilgrim, won’t step on Pak soil

Congress sources said Dr Singh won’t deviate from the Kartarpur Corridor route to step onto Pakistan soil.

04 Oct 2019 1:43 AM

Earlier today, Captain Amarinder invited the former Prime Minister to attend the main event at Sultanpur Lodhi to mark Guru Nanak Dev's 550th Prakash Purab next month. (Photo: file)

'Not going to Pak, Manmohan Singh won't go as well': Punjab CM

Pakistan govt had extended an invitation to Manmohan Singh for the inauguration of the Kartarpur corridor to be held on Nov 9.

03 Oct 2019 7:24 PM

Pak invite Singh to inaugurate Kartarpur project

Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi termed Singh as the representative of Sikh community while inviting him to Kartarpur.

01 Oct 2019 2:18 AM

'He also represents the Sikh community. We will also send him a formal invitation,' Qureshi said. (Photo:AP)

Pakistan to invite former PM Manmohan Singh to inaugurate Kartarpur Corridor

Kartarpur Corridor is slated to be inaugurated on the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak in November.

30 Sep 2019 4:01 PM

He feared that if the minister is liable for approving a recommendation, the whole system of government will collapse. (Photo: File)

'Can approving recommendations be crime?' Manmohan Singh on Chidambaram's detention

Singh along with Congress president Sonia Gandhi earlier in the day met Chidambaram in Tihar Jail.

24 Sep 2019 8:24 AM

Chidambaram is accused of facilitating in 2007, as the country's finance minister, a huge infusion of foreign funds into the company INX Media. (Photo: File)

'Bharat me sab achcha hai, except...': Chidambaram

The tweet by the former union minister came minutes after he met Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh.

23 Sep 2019 9:32 AM

Former British premier David Cameron on Thursday released his memoirs in which he speaks of getting on well with "saintly" former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, who even confided in him about the prospect of military action against Pakistan in case of another Mumbai-like terrorist attack. (Photo: File)

India will take military action against Pak if 26/11 repeats: Manmohan Singh

Cameron resigned as UK prime minister in June 2016, a day after Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU) in a referendum.

20 Sep 2019 11:16 AM

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Centre should take CMs' views on changing Finance Commission's: Manmohan Singh

Cooperative federalism demands give-and-take, and which is why it is important for the Central Govt to make efforts to consult the states.

16 Sep 2019 10:58 AM

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the government should have taken chief ministers' views before changing the terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission, adding that unilateralism is not good for federal policy and cooperative federalism. (Photo: File)

Centre's ‘rather odd’ move ‘not good for federal polity’: Manmohan Singh

Singh said any change in the panel's terms of reference at the fag-end of its term should have been done in consultation with the states.

14 Sep 2019 2:28 PM

Congress president Sonia Gandhi (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Sonia Gandhi asks Congress CMs to implement poll promises

Sources said that she asked the respective state governments to assign duties on a regular basis to ministers on a roster basis.

14 Sep 2019 1:37 AM

The government must listen with open mind to all stakeholders and experts, Former prime minister Manmohan Singh said adding that he does not perceive any targeted approach by the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on this subject. (Photo: File | ANI)

Former PM Manmohan Singh suggests five steps to tackle slowdown

The first step is to accept that the economy is in crisis, said Congress party leader Manmohan Singh.

12 Sep 2019 4:43 PM

According to sources, the meeting agenda would revolve around Gandhi Jayanti preparations, membership drive and party worker training. (Photo: File)

Sonia Gandhi to chair meeting of senior party leaders today

Former PM Manmohan Singh, Priyanka Gandhi and other general secretaries and state Congress chiefs will also be present during the meeting.

12 Sep 2019 9:10 AM

Major Opposition parties including the Congress have been accusing the central government of misusing institutions like the Election Commission and the CBI. (Photo: ANI)

SC, EC, CBI are expected to function independently: Manmohan Singh

'We have to respect the supremacy of Parliament and its procedures, the rules of the government and presidents,' former PM said.

07 Sep 2019 8:34 PM

Former PM Manmohan SIngh addressing students at Laxmipat University. (Photo: ANI)

Well crafted strategy needed to make India 5 trillion dollar economy: Former PM Manmohan Singh

Earlier Singh had hit out at PM Narendra Modi saying that 'all-round mismanagement' is responsible for the 'worrisome' state of the economy.

07 Sep 2019 7:44 PM

On Friday, in a tweet, Surjewala shared an undated video of a speech by Modi during his tenure as Gujarat CM in which he made scathing remarks on the value of the rupee under the Manmohan Singh government. (Photo: PTI)

Surjewala claims B'deshi taka beat rupee, deletes tweet after netizens point out mistake

Taking a jibe at the PM, Surjewala claimed in the tweet that the Rupee had fallen below the Taka.

06 Sep 2019 1:02 PM

Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said both the Congress leaders needed to look back and see the state of the Indian economy during the tenures of the UPA. (Photo: File)

'What was the state of economy 5-6 yrs ago?' Anurag Thakur attacks Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram

He also asserted that the Modi government was taking all necessary steps to boost the economy.

05 Sep 2019 3:47 PM

Shiv Sena in its editorial mouthpiece said: 'There should be no politics around the economic slowdown. Kashmir and economic slowdown are two different issues. The economy is in doldrums.'(Photo: PTI)

'National interest lies in listening to Manmohan's advice': Shiv Sena to BJP on economy

'Should be no politics around the economic slowdown. Kashmir and economic slowdown are two different issues,' Shiv Sena's editorial said.

04 Sep 2019 9:24 AM

'India was 11th (largest) economy of the world. Now it is fifth and we are marching to be third,' Javadekar said.

Government doesn't agree with Dr Manmohan Singh's analysis of economy: Javadekar

He claimed that the government is responsive and addresses the concerns of all sections of the society.

03 Sep 2019 9:26 PM

What we are doing is, being a responsive government, addressing the issues and we have seen this process in GST also, said I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar. (Photo: File)

Govt doesn't subscribe to Singh's views on handling of economy: Javadekar

Earlier this week, former PM Manmohan Singh had said the state of economy was 'deeply worrying'.

03 Sep 2019 6:15 PM

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