New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was consigned to flames this morning at Nigambodh Ghat, a public cremation ground in New Delhi. The veteran economist, known for ushering economic reforms in the country, passed away on Thursday at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi. President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister…
Mysuru City and District Congress paid respects to departed former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh by offering floral tributes to his portrait at Congress Bhavan near the City Railway Station this morning. MLA K. Harishgowda, City Congress President R. Murthy, District President Dr. B.J. Vijaykumar, former MLA H.P. Manjunath, KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshmana, former Minister…
Last rites tomorrow with State honours New Delhi: Dr. Manmohan Singh, India’s quiet reformer and the architect of its economic transformation, passed away here last night. He was 92. Dr. Manmohan Singh had a sudden loss of consciousness at home last evening, after which he was rushed to AIIMS. In critical condition, he was admitted…
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Congress paid tributes to former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who passed away in New Delhi last night following age related illness. The Congress leaders, who gathered at the party office near the City Railway Station, paid floral tributes to a portrait of the late former PM and offered their respects…
Mysuru: The Mysore Palace will not be illuminated today (Dec. 27) and tomorrow (Dec. 28) and the planned green fireworks display for New Year’s Eve on Dec. 31 at midnight to mark the arrival of 2025, has been cancelled as a mark of respect for former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Mysore Palace Board Deputy…
When India shining under Atal Bihari Vajpayee came under total eclipse with the shock defeat of BJP in 2004 Lok Sabha polls, it was a great celebration for Congress Party under Sonia Gandhi as President of All India Congress Committee (AICC). Despite legal hurdles and adverse national sentiment, Sonia stood waiting at the threshold to…
“You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individual,” said Marie Curie, Scientist-Nobel Laureate. Our leaders in all walks of life, importantly, those in politics, must bear this cross of improving themselves and their followers. Only then India will improve. Some political leaders are like shooting stars. They stream across the dark…
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has endorsed the Indian Government’s position on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. According to reports while speaking to the Press, the former Prime Minister supported India’s decision to “put its sovereign and economic interests first,” before all else. Despite immense pressure on India to choose…
Often criticised for not speaking much, Singh spoke 18,177 words in 1991 New Delhi: Nirmala Sitharaman is the second woman to present Union Budget. Indira Gandhi was the first. But Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister who held the finance portfolio with her. Nirmala Sitharaman is different in that sense. She presents the Union Budget…
Mumbai: Actor Anupam Kher has been finalised to play the role of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in an upcoming film based on the book written by Singh’s former Media Adviser, Sanjay Baru. While the book, “The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh,” was released just before the 2014 general…
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