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Bangalore, May 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called for stable government in poll bound Karnataka, and said that the state has lost its reputation due to "greed" and "lust" for power. Dr Singh, while addressing a meeting organised by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) slammed the previous ... Read more...

Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday exhorted the electorate in this tech city of India to vote for the Congress and save this "symbol of a new India" from "opportunistic" parties whose governments had dented its global brand by neglecting its infrastructure development. Addressing party workers and ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss today said that there was no question of his resigning hours after the Supreme Court struck down a law that led to the sacking of All India Institute of Medical Science's (AIIMS) Director Dr P Venugopal. Ramadoss said there is ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Inflation, currently at over 7.5 percent, should ease in the next two months as steps are being taken to bring down prices, the government assured Thursday. Union Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar told reporters that except for iron and steel, all other commodities ... Read more...

New Delhi , May 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded the resignation of Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss following the Supreme Court order reinstating P. Venugopal as director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). "We demand the health minister's resignation or the prime minister should ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded the resignation of Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss saying that the Supreme Court verdict reinstating P. Venugopal as director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) established his "dishonesty". "The court verdict establishes that the health minister's ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 8 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday demanded the sacking of Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss hours after the Supreme Court struck down a law that led to the sacking of All India Institute of Medical Science's (AIIMS) Director Dr P Venugopal. ... Read more...

Bangalore, May 7 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday cautioned the electorate in Karnataka against giving a fractured mandate again in the state assembly election that gets underway Saturday in the first phase. "As responsible citizens, I am sure you will not make the mistake of giving a fractured verdict ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday hailed Dmitri Medvedev after he was sworn in as Russia's third president and underlined the "special place" Moscow occupies in India's foreign policy. In a felicitating him, Manmohan Singh wished Medvedev "every success in his high responsibilities", a statement from ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal Wednesday said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government will bring down prices in six weeks. "Economics is not about tomorrow or the day after. A set of complex factors is responsible for price rise, but the government ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has sent a letter of felicitation to Dmitri Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation on his inauguration today, wishing him every success in his high responsibilities. According to a government spokesman, the Prime Minister stated that India drew ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Following the demand-supply mismatch in the steel sector, leading steel producers will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today to discuss the pricing issue and other matters related to the industry. The government recently decided to impose an export duty on steel products following a ... Read more...

By Ashok Jaitly Nothing epitomises the quiescence of the powers that be in New Delhi towards the sensibilities of people of Jammu and Kashmir better than the cynical 'packages' handed out during every prime ministerial visit. Despite the hype created by the state's Congress-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government, Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday expressed deep sorrow over the passing away of tabla maestro Pandit Kishan Maharaj. In his condolence message the Prime Minister said that in the death of Kishan Maharaj, the nation has lost one of the finest tabla ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Congress MP and former central minister Akhilesh Das Tuesday quit the party and the Rajya Sabha and hit out at "flatterers and inexperienced coterie" surrounding general secretay Rahul Gandhi, whom he derisively dubbed a "yuvraj". In the first spark of revolt against Congress president Sonia ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Former minister and Congress' Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Das Tuesday resigned from the party, blaming the "coterie" around party general secretary Rahul Gandhi for the move. Das, a former minister of state for steel who was known as a close confidant of Rahul Gandhi, had ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) With his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government under fire for the rising prices of essential commodities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday sought more time to put inflation under control. "We have taken several measures (to contain the inflation). It will take some time," he told ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The cabinet Monday night decided to table the long-awaited Women's Reservation Bill that provides for 33 percent reservation for women in the parliament and state assemblies in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, official sources said. There was no official briefing after the Monday night cabinet meeting, ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was Monday presented with images of the national capital taken by the recently launched satellites Cartosat-2A and IMS-1. A group of scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), led by its chairman G. Madhavan Nair, met Manmohan Singh and briefed ... Read more...

Patna, May 5 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday threw a new challenge before his political rival and Railways Minister Lalu Prasad. He asked him to ensure stern action against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for his remarks against north Indians. A day after Thackeray renewed his ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) At least 70 survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak tragedy, including 40 children, were detained Monday as they staged a protest outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence seeking government-redressal of their grievances. Braving the risks of holding a demonstration in a high-security zone, the ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman Dr. G. Madhavan Nair presented Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh a high quality imageries acquired from Cartosat-2A and Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1) by, ISRO along with a team of senior scientists here on Monday. Cartosat-2A and IMS-1 were ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): Bhopal gas tragedy victims were on Monday detained by the police in New Delhi when they forcibly tried to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The protesters have been camping in the national capital since March 28 with the hope of meeting the PM, but the ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): Bhopal gas tragedy victims were on Monday detained by the police in New Delhi when they forcibly tried to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The protesters have been camping in the national capital since March 28 with the hope of meeting the PM, but the ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Twelve years is not too long a time to give up hope, say women MPs as fresh attempts are in the offing to clear passage for a bill that sets aside 33 percent seats in parliament and the state legislatures for them. The Women's Reservation ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Expressing solidarity with the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, French author and activist Dominique Lapierre has said the children growing up in the affected area are drinking "poisoned water". After visiting the survivors who were protesting near Jantar Mantar here Sunday evening, Lapierre ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) About 50 women activists, led by the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) and other organisations, Monday breached high security and agitated for 40 minutes outside the main gate of Parliament demanding enactment of the bill envisaging 33 per cent reservation for women in ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): After the landmark success of putting ten satellites into orbit from a single space platform, a panel of scientists from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today. The delegation, led by ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair, presented Dr. Singh ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday is likely to chair a high level meeting of the Law Ministry to finalise the roadmap for the Women's Reservation Bill. The Prime Minister had recently told a Communist Party of India (CPI) delegation that his Government plans to ... Read more...

By Sanjay Singh New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Twenty years after its launch, the National Literacy Mission (NLM) is still struggling to meet its objective. It is 10 percent short of the literacy rate target and has been unable to bridge the gender literacy gap. The mission was launched on May ... Read more...

Srinagar, May 4 (IANS) Responding to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's rehabilitation package, nine migrant Hindu families have returned to their homes in south Kashmir. Totalling nearly 40 members, these families had left their homes in Verinag town in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, 70 kms from here. Around 300,000 Hindus, known ... Read more...

By Sushma Ramachandran With prices rising relentlessly at the rate of over seven percent per annum, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems to have been gripped with an air of quiet desperation. Virtually every day the prime minister and his Finance Minister P. Chidambaram ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday expressed his keenness to table the Womens reservation bill in the current budget session of Parliament. Dr. Manmohan Singh said he will approach the cabinet for evolving modalities in this regard. This was conveyed to the Communist Party ... Read more...

By Mrityunjay Singh Bangalore, May 3 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani has said the price rise would be the key to the scheduling of the national polls. Addressing a public meeting in Bangalore on Friday, Advani said that inflation, hovering at a three year high ... Read more...

Karachi, May 2 (ANI): Twenty new ministers and two advisors of the Sindh cabinet took oath of office at the Governor House here on Friday. Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan administered the oath in a ceremony held at Governor House. The new ministers from Peoples Party included Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman, ... Read more...

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) India's annual rate of inflation shot up to a 42-month high of 7.57 percent for the week ended April 19, even as Finance Minister P. Chidambaram appealed to the people Friday to remain calm with an assurance that prices will be tamed soon. The inflation ... Read more...