Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s new government took shape Wednesday with a 78-member council of ministers, including 33 cabinet ministers and 45 ministers of state, being named after three days of intense negotiations. ... (Continue reading)
In a hall adorned with paintings of battle, an understated economist named Manmohan Singh was sworn in Friday evening as prime minister of India for a second five-year term. His own battle promises to be twofold: how to restore high... (Continue reading)
President Barack Obama on Saturday congratulated Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by phone on his swearing in for a second term. Obama “also congratulated India on successfully completing the largest democratic exercise that the world has ever seen, calling it a... (Continue reading)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh distributed key cabinet portfolios on Saturday after the Congress party’s resounding victory in national elections. Singh named outgoing foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee, 73, regarded as one of India’s canniest politicians, to the finance ministry to steer... (Continue reading)
Amid hectic lobbying for key Cabinet posts by “pre-poll” UPA constituents, Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday met President Pratibha Patil and staked claim to form the new government. The oath-taking ceremony of the new UPA government will be... (Continue reading)
British Premier Gordon Brown has congratulated Manmohan Singh with the election victory of the Congress-led alliance, saying the Indian leader has done a huge amount of work in promoting economic growth and the relief of poverty around the world.More ... (Continue reading)
A meeting slated this morning between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pratibha Patil on government formation was deferred apparently because the list of the Council of Ministers was yet to be finalised.More ... (Continue reading)
Sworn enemies, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party, have offered unconditional outside support to the United Progressive Alliance. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP chief Mayawati said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had sought her help to form a secular... (Continue reading)
Manmohan Singh will stake claim to form the Government on Tuesday. Manmohan Singh along with Congress President Sonia Gandhi will meet the President Pratibha Patil with the letters of support from the UPA’s alliance partners, independents and other parties. The Congress-led... (Continue reading)
Amritsar, May 11 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today shared the stage for the first time with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a poll rally here, describing him as the “pride of Punjab and the country” who had taken India... (Continue reading)