Manmohan Singh

My PM candidate is Dr. Manmohan Singh: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan SinghSurat, Feb 14, : Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said Dr. Manmohan Singh would be his prime ministerial candidate in the upcoming elections.

"I have answered this question many times in the past. My prime ministerial candidate for the coming Lok Sabha elections is Dr. Manmohan Singh," Rahul Gandhi said.

United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi had virtually declared last week that Dr. Singh would be the Prime Minister for another term if the party comes to power again.

Radio Pakistan finds Manmohan Singh Government enemy of Sikhism!

Dr. Manmohan SinghAbohar, Feb. 10: The Punjabi Durbar programme of Radio Pakistan has been trying to propagate that the Government of India, headed by the Dr. Manmohan Singh, has an agenda to uproot Sikhism and Islam.

The allegation have surprised local residents in Abohar who cannot believe that a Sikh could have an agenda of destroying Sikhism.

Manmohan Singh sends message of encouragement to Congress

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan SinghNew Delhi, Feb 8 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh sent a message to the Congress'' conclave of district and block presidents at New Delhi on Sunday, encouraging his party men to meet the "political challenges that lie ahead".

Urging party cadres to actively participate in the elections, he said, "With elections round the corner, you are once again called upon to carry our party''s message and the government''s accomplishments to each and every voter throughout the country."

Doctors to remove Prime Minister''s stitches today

Doctors to remove Prime Minister''s stitches todayNew Delhi, Feb 8 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh''s stitches will be removed on Sunday. He will also undergo a complete health check-up today.

Dr Ramakant Panda from the Asian Heart Institute will remove Dr. Singh''s incisions at his official 7, Race Course Road residence.

The doctors have only allowed Singh''s family members and some key officials to meet him until his surgical incisions are completely healed.

Malay Indian appointed member of Indian global advisory council

ASEAN LogoPutrajaya, Feb. 6 : Malay Indian and the chairman of the Nam Fatt Corporation Bhd, Ajit Singh, who features in the list of 20 most prominent Indians living abroad, has been appointed as a member of the newly constituted Indian Global Advisory Council, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

The Indian High Commission released a press statement on Thursday saying that Ajit Singh was picked for his experience as a distinguished diplomat who had served in various positions in Malaysian missions abroad and the Malaysian Foreign Ministry as well as due to his experience as ASEAN's first Secretary-General, The Star reported.

Indian Premier Singh discharged from hospital after surgery

Indian Premier Singh discharged from hospital after surgery New Delhi  - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was discharged from a New Delhi hospital Sunday, a week after undergoing heart bypass surgery, officials said.

Singh, 76,, left the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the country's top state-run hospital, on Sunday morning and reached his official residence in central Delhi.

"The prime minister was cheerful and in fact he was walking. He is on his way to recovery," India's Federal Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told reporters.

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