New Delhi : The government has decided to set up a Group of Ministers to consider amendments in the existing laws to deal with the honour killings across the country.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet held under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
Briefing media later, Information and Broadcasting [...]
New Delhi : NCP Chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday met the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and requested him to reduce the burden on him.
Asked what he meant by reducing the burden, 70-year-old Pawar, who has Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs portfolios but only one Minister of State, said, its the prerogative of the Prime [...]
New Delhi : The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said the Indian economy is poised to grow by double digits in the next two-three years, having successfully weathered the impact of the global downturn.
Addressing a function organised by Merchants’ Chamber of Uttar Pradesh in Kanpur, he said, global economic recession did not have much [...]
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today inaugurated the third terminal of Indira Gandhi International Air Port in Delhi. This is the sixth-largest airport terminal in the world.
The operations of international airlines will start from this terminal from 16th of this month. This modern air terminal has the capacity to cater to 34 million [...]
New Delhi : The new terminal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi was inaugurated this morning by the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh with National Advisory Council Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
The actual operations for international services will begin on the 16th of this month.
Touted as world’s largest and most modern airport in the [...]
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh today. He will address the 42th annual convocation of Indian Institute of Technology -Kanpur.
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate IIT’s solar project and Ganga basin management plan at the IIT premises.
Around 1,200 students will get degrees and medals in convocation.
The Prime Minister [...]
Business : The Reserve Bank of India has called for formulating a calibrated exit policy to strike a balance between growth and inflation. The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh echoed similar sentiments at the recently concluded G20 summit in Toronto.
The apex bank says that in the post-crisis scenario in its report on currency and finance [...]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened a high-level meeting this evening to discuss the situation in Kashmir.
The state has been witnessing unrest and violence for the last four days.
The Home Minister Mr P Chidambaram is expected to brief the Prime Minister on the developments.
National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon is also likely to [...]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday night concluding his successful visit to the G-20 Summit at Toronto in Canada.
Dr. Singh’s visit set the priorities for maintaining sustainable and balanced growth in response to the fragile and uneven recovery from the global economic crises.
Speaking to the reporters on board [...]
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that the decisions on the recent hike in petrol prices and freeing subsidies were in tune with the high level of existing subsidies in petroleum products.
He said, subsidies in petrol had reached a level which is not connected to the sound financial management of our economy. The Prime [...]