Indian PM to discuss participation in CHOGM in Sri Lanka

India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold discussions with the External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid to make a decision on India's participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Colombo this November.

Ready for third innings as PM? Too early to say: Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday refrained from spelling out whether he will serve a fresh term if the Congress leadership nominates him for the top job for an unprecedented third time.

Sri Lanka needs to address issues of reconciliation and political devolution urgently, India says

India is firmly of the view that issues of reconciliation and political devolution in Sri Lanka need to be addressed with a sense of urgency, the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said.

Syria reaches out to India to resolve crisis

Syrian president Bashar-Al-Asad is sending his top aide Buthaina Shabaan to India to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and brief him about the ongoing conflict in the country.

India is in transition in changing world: PM

Observing that India is in transition in a changing world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the country was engaging with the world with an objective of creating environment for its development and ensuring security.

Gang-rape case: PM appeals for calm, victim critical; traffic jams choke Delhi

The condition of the young woman brutally raped worsened on Monday, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged the nation to pray for her and vowed to check "monstrous" crimes against women.

Manmohan should visit Pakistan to break the ice, CPM says

The CPM on Saturday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should visit Pakistan without getting swayed by the domestic political compulsions.

PM misleading people on Lokpal issue, alleges Anna Hazare

Claiming that UPA can get a Lokpal Bill passed if it wanted, Anna Hazare today alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was misleading people by harping on lack of consensus among parties when his party had managed support from others on issues like presidential election. In his latest blog, Hazare sought to take on Singh for his remarks during Independence Day speech in which he said

Manmohan Singh meets economic policy makers, calls for revival of 'animal spirit' in economy

Signalling his keenness to boost the economy a day after taking charge of the finance ministry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today directed urgent steps for revival of investor spirit and reversal of the climate of pessimism with regeneration of "animal spirit". Taking stock of the country's economy in a series of high level meetings here, he identified tax issues, sluggishness in insurance sector and aspects related to mutual funds as problem areas and pressed for quick corrective steps.

I will quit public life if graft charges proved: Manmohan Singh

Strongly rebutting Team Anna's allegations of corruption against him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today offered to quit public life and face any punishment if charges on coal block allotments are proved. "Let the people of India decided as to what crime the Prime Minister has committed for which such hard and harsh words are being used against him. "If I have indulged any such misdeed, then my entire public career, be it as finance minister, leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha or as Prime Minister ...

UPA-II celebrates 3 years in office: PM admits people frustrated over graft, Sonia says UPA can win in 2014

Celebrating its eighth year, the UPA government on Tuesday sought to smash the perception of policy paralysis by saying that India is the world's second fastest growing economy even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted that there are "uncertainties" and more needed to be done. Releasing

Millions of workers to strike across India on Tuesday

Millions of workers of all political hues will go on strike across the country on Tuesday to express their anger at soaring prices and to back demands for improved rights for employees, trade unions and political activists said.

Anna on fast, PM delivers message on Lokpal in Parliament

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday, Dec 27 addressed the Parliament and delivered his speech on Lokpal Bill while Anna Hazare started his three-day fast at MMRDA ground in Mumbai.

Prime Minister clears Lokpal draft; to be tabled on Dec 27

The Lokpal bill prepared by government will be tabled in both houses of Parliament on Dec 27 as the Winter Session of the Parliament being extended till Dec 29 to pass the anti-graft bill. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cleared the note on the Lokpal Bill after go through the final draft. Moreover,

Prime Minister arrives in Moscow on a three-day visit

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today arrived here on a three-day visit to Russia during which he will work on further expanding bilateral cooperation and consolidating coordination on regional and global issues.

India assures Bangladesh on Tipaimukh

In an attempt to assuage apprehensions in Bangladesh, India on Friday stressed it would not take any steps on Tipaimukh dam that would adversely affect the neighbouring country.

By-poll defeat not a referendum on govt: Manmohan

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that the Congress party’s defeat in the Lok Sabha by-election is a referendum or a reflection on his government’s performance and the Congress party.

2G: Is PM's faith on HM PC more imp than Indians' doubt?

The main opposition party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) once again on Friday, Sept 23 poked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over his "strong faith" on Home Minister P Chidambaram. BJP's Ravishankar Prasad Yadav hurled the fresh attack on the PM following a letter from finance minister Pranab Mukherjee who remarked Chidambaram of not doing enough to prevent 2G spectrum scam in 2008.

PM won't open Eco Park despite DMK invite

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not inaugurate Tamil Nadu government's ambitious Adyar Eco Park as scheduled during his visit on Monday, as the Union Environment Ministry has not given its clearance for the project.

Prime Minister holds all-party meeting on Kashmir

With no respite in the unrest in Kashmir Valley, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held consultations with leaders of political parties on steps to defuse the situation amid demands for dilution of the contentious AFSPA on which there is no consensus yet.