Former Prime Minister

Stalwart political leader and former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on December 26. at the age of 92 due to age-related medical conditions, AIIMS informed. He retired from the Rajya Sabha earlier this year after serving for 33 years in the house. Remembering him, he once recited the farewell speech to former RS chairperson Hamid Ansari in the Rajya Sabha on his last day.

When Manmohan Singh called himself as ‘Accidental Prime Minister’ and ‘Finance Minister’

Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who passed away on December 26, was an acclaimed thinker, economist and scholar who ushered in a comprehensive policy of economic reforms and steered the country for 10 years as the head of Congress-led UPA government during which India witnessed a high growth rate. After the launch of his book ‘Changing India’, he said that he was not only an ‘accidental prime minister’ of India but also the country’s accidental ‘finance minister'.

Tributes Pour As Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Passes Away At 92

Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, renowned for his intellect and transformative initiatives, passed away at 92. He served two terms as PM and made significant contributions to India's economic reforms and social welfare programs. He was also a distinguished academic and administrator.

Former PM Manmohan Singh's Shayari banter with Sushma Swaraj in Parliament | Watch

Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has passed away. He breathed his last at 9:51 PM on Thursday, December 26, at AIIMS in Delhi, after a prolonged battle with heart and respiratory issues. Dr. Singh was likely one of the last leaders to engage in intellectual debates with his political adversaries, using wit, humor, and reason rather than resorting to harsh and inflammatory rhetoric. One such memorable moment from his life, captured by Parliament’s cameras in 2011, has recently gone viral. During this moment, Opposition leader Sushma Swaraj criticized the Prime Minister by quoting lines from Shahab Jafri: "tu idhar udhar ki na baat kar ye bata ki kaafila kyon luta..." Unfazed, Dr. Singh responded with a poetic retort from Allama Iqbal: "Maana ki teri deed ke qaabil nahin hoon main. tu mera shauq dekh mera intezaar dekh [I accept that I am not worthy of your sight, but look at my passion and my waiting]."

Manmohan Singh hails GST passage

Observing that the new indirect tax regime could be a "game-changer", he, however, cautioned that there could be "difficulties" in its implementation. He pressed for constructive cooperation between the Centre and the states in resolving outstanding issues.

Manmohan Singh saves Patel from grilling

Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel today escaped possible grilling by a parliamentary committee over the demonetisation issue but for the intervention of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Deve Gowda says he feels Modi's pain, slams Lutyen's Delhi elite

Earlier, in an exclusive interview to News18, PM Modi had slammed what he called the Lutyen‘s Delhi culture saying the power set had discriminated against all the former PMs who came from a different class and background.

FM doubts Rao's reform will, says he did it out of 'compulsion'

Jaitley said that Rao, under whom economic reforms were initiated in 1991, was forced to come out of the Nehruvian mindset to help avoid a sovereign credit default and added that the Congress leader was "not a great reformer" or a "big liberaliser".

Modi's image decreasing day by day, says H D Deve Gowda

"Prime Minister's image is decreasing day by day. NDA's failure in Bihar and Delhi shows he is no longer powerful. The situation for BJP will be pathetic in the five states where assembly elections are being held. To save face, Modi is making visits to Kerala", Gowda said.

Coalscam: JIPL Dir seeks summoning ex-PM as defence witness

Besides Singh, who was also the then Minister of Coal, Rungta also sought summoning of former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao as a witness in his defence in the case.

Abolishing Plan Comm has been harmful for India: Manmohan

"Economic policy has no sense of direction and this is largely because Planning Commission, with all its deficiencies....was a positive dynamic instrument of steering the country's economy," Manmohan Singh said.

I went by Coal Secretary's advice: Manmohan Singh to CBI

Manmohan Singh said Naveen Patnaik's letter requesting a review of refusal to allocate the coal block to Kumar Mangalam Birla's Hindalco had led to the "re-opening" of the issue.

Bharat Ratna: Vajpayee's ancestral village celebrates

The villagers in Bah tehsil of Agra district offered prayers and distributed sweets yesterday evening as President Pranab Mukherjee, in a rare departure from protocol, drove to Vajpayee's residence on Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi to confer the honour on him.

No case against Manmohan, Birla in Talabira coal block

The CBI report gives industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla a clean chit in the case and says there is no irregularity in the Talabira allocation. The report adds that the case was closed only after a thorough probe.

Sonia, Cong leaders march to Manmohan Singh's residence

A special court had summoned Singh along with industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, ex-coal secretary P C Parakh and three others as accused in a case pertaining to allocation of Talabira-II coal block in Odisha in 2005 and asked them to appear before it on April 8.

Distinction on role of Manmohan in coal scam and 2G scam

Undoubtedly, from the very nature of office held by him, the Prime Minister of a country can not personally look into the minute details of each and every case placed before him and has to depend upon his advisors and other officers.

Summons for Birla: CII warns of uncertainty among investors

CII said that reputations of institutions and individuals take years to build and can be easily destroyed by actions if they are not well thought through. "Companies such as Hindalco have already made significant investments in the project and are now facing an uncertain future.

No officials, Birla pursued any unlawful means: Hindalco

Reacting to the special CBI court's summon on Birla, the company and two of its top officials as accused in a coal scam case, the company said that it would defend its case through "legal process" after studying order of the special court.

Cong says Singh's integrity unquestionable, slams BJP

Accusing the BJP of politicising the ongoing judicial process, he said the ruling party was raking up the issue to divert people's attention from the "black law" on land acquisition.

I am sure truth will prevail: Manmohan on court summons

Earlier in the day, a special court here summoned Singh along with industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, ex-coal secretary P C Parakh and three others as accused in a case pertaining to allocation of Talabira-II coal block in Odisha in 2005 and asked them to appear before it on April 8.

Former coal secretary Parakh surprised over summons

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, Parakh and three others were on Wednesday summoned as accused by a special court in a coal scam case pertaining to allocation of Talabira-II coal block in Odisha in 2005 and asked to appear before it on April 8.

Budget disappointing, lacks clear roadmap: Manmohan Singh

Describing the Budget as disappointing, Singh, who is credited with ushering in economic reforms as Finance Minister in the Narasimha Rao government in 1991, said the Modi dispensation did not lay out any framework to implement various initiatives announced in the Budget.

Former Prime Minister IK Gujral dies at the age of 92

Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral died at the age of 92 in New Delhi on Friday. Gujral, who headed the United Front government for 11 months from April 1997 to March 1998, had been ailing for a long time.

Congress defends Rajiv Gandhi as ghost of Bofors returns

The ghost of Bofors returned to haunt the Congress following new revelations by Sten Lindstorm, the man who blew the lid off the defence corruption case.