Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang (L), gestures while delivering a statement as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) looks on after the signing of agreements ceremony in New Delhi on May 20, 2013. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged Monday to build trust with India and declared that ties between the Asian giants were key to world peace as he visited New Delhi only weeks after a border spat.
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The nature of conflict and competition is changing at the same time when national boundaries are being blurred by deepening global integration. Therefore, while defending and securing our homeland, we also have to be prepared to preserve India’s expanding international assets
We have also been guided by the objective of making our defence acquisition transparent, smooth, efficient and less vulnerable to unethical practices. We will continue to seek the highest standards of probity in defence acquisition
Our government is conscious of the fact that adequate defence preparedness is critically dependent on sound defence acquisition policies. We have paid close attention to this and have continually reformed those policies to ensure that our armed forces have the best equipment.More quotes »
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Chinese premier visits Pakistan, praises ties
a visit to Pakistan's rival India, his first trip abroad since becoming premier in March. Li and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought to downplay a recent border dispute and stressed the aim of forging deeper cooperation. They expressed hope they could 5/22/13 Read more »
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India's Congress party wins key state election
evening. The BJP had won or was leading in only 40 constituencies, with the rest going to other parties.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailed his party's victory but acknowledged that corruption was an important issue. "We must sit together and find a solution," Read more »
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Indian PM demands Italy return marines for trial
retaliation."I want to make it clear that these actions of the government of Italy are not acceptable," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Parliament on Wednesday. "They violate every rule of diplomatic discourse and call into question solemn commitments given Read more »
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PM, 2 others in fray for May 30 RS polls in Assam
The victory of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared certain in the May 30 Rajya Sabha elections in Assam at the end of withdrawal of nomination papers on Thursday. At the close of the deadline for withdrawal, all the three contestants - Singh, who is the 46 m ago from Zee News Read more »
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FM pegs fuel subsidy for current fiscal at Rs 20,000 cr
a meeting called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Finance Minister had on Wednesday agreed to give an additional Rs 45,000 crore on top of the Rs 55,000 crore already paid to oil firms for selling diesel, cooking gas (LPG) and kerosene at government-controlled 7:40 AM from DDI News Read more »
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SEBI, India's capital market regulator, is 25
Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will grace the 25th anniversary celebrations in Mumbai. As the equity culture in the country took roots, the government realised that the capital market needed to be regulated by an independent regulator. 7:35 AM from New Kerala Read more »
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For one under pressure, Manmohan is confidence personified (Comment)
unrelenting attack on more than one count, one would expect Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to be wilting. No way! On the night he released his government's report card, nine years after he came to head the world's largest democracy, Manmohan Singh was visibly 7:33 AM from MSN India Read more »
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IMPRESSIONS: When Sonia Gandhi chided Dillawalas
Office to release the report card of the United Progressive Alliance's four years in office. Much before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi arrived on the lawns of 7, Race Course Road, where the event was held, talk among journalists 6:57 AM from Rediff Read more »
