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  Congress stands with India to fight coronavirus: Manmohan Singh

  India | April 02, 2020 12:33 IST

  The Congress on Thursday reiterated that it stood with the nation to take on the coronavirus threat amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown.

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  Manmohan Singh seeks leave from Rajya Sabha citing ill health

  India | March 23, 2020 15:23 IST

  Manmohan seeks leave from Rajya Sabha citing ill health

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  India faces 'danger' from social disharmony, slowdown, global health epidemic: Manmohan

  India | March 06, 2020 20:58 IST

  India faces "imminent danger" from the trinity of social disharmony, economic slowdown and a global health epidemic, former prime minister Manmohan Singh warned on Friday

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  Congress leaders address media after submitting memorandum to President

  Politics | February 27, 2020 14:22 IST

  Congress called upon President to suggest to him that what has happened in last 4 days in Delhi is a matter of great concern and a matter of national shame in which at least 34 people have died and 200 people are injured.

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  Manmohan Singh to skip banquet for Trump

  India | February 24, 2020 19:37 IST

  ​Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday refused to attend President Ram Nath Kovind's banquet for US President Donald Trump, who is on a 26-hour trip to India.

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  Nationalism, 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' being misused to construct militant idea of India: Manmohan

  India | February 22, 2020 18:48 IST

  Nationalism and the slogan of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' are being misused to construct a "militant and purely emotional" idea of India that excludes millions of residents and citizens, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday, in an apparent attack on the BJP.

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  Government doesn't want to admit 'slowdown', that's the problem: Manmohan Singh

  India | February 19, 2020 22:50 IST

  He said that in order to solve any problem, one must first accept its existence. Manmohan Singh was speaking at the Montek Singh Ahluwalia's book launch ceremony. Former Planning Commission member Ahluwalia has penned a book named 'Backstage'.

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  Manmohan Singh participates in democracy's biggest festival

  Elections | February 08, 2020 16:19 IST

  Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on February 8 exercised his right to vote at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi Assembly constituency.

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  Book titled 'Vision for a Nation: Paths and Perspectives' launched by former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh

  India | February 06, 2020 7:54 IST

  'Vision for a Nation: Paths and Perspectives', edited by Professor Ashish Nandy and Professor Aakash Singh Rathore, was launched in Delhi on Wednesday. This is the first amongst Samruddha Bharat Foundation's 'Rethinking India' series, a set of 14 volumes.

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  If you are secular today, some people might call you anti-national: Chidambaram

  India | February 06, 2020 7:54 IST

  "One of the most fundamental ideas of democracy is secularism but today, if you speak for it, there are people who might call you anti-national," former finance minister P Chidambaram said Wednesday during the book launch of renowned Indian political psychologist Ashish Nandy and Professor Aakash Singh Rathore.

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  Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 72nd death anniversary

  News | January 30, 2020 14:29 IST

  Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat on his death anniversary. Congress president Sonia Gandhi also paid tribute to 'Father of the Nation'.

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  Liberal democracy institutions must defend Constitution: Manmohan Singh

  India | January 19, 2020 22:23 IST

  Institutions of India's liberal democracy need to be strengthened and must assert themselves in defence of the Constitution, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday amid nationwide protests against the amended citizenship law.

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  At Raj Ghat protest against CAA, NRC, Rahul Gandhi accuses PM of 'suppressing voice of country'

  India | December 23, 2019 21:01 IST

  Congress leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kamal Nath, Ahmed Patel and Anand Sharma are at Raj Ghat to protest against CAA and NRC.

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  BJP posts Manmohan's 2003 speech video to target Congress over CAA

  India | December 19, 2019 16:48 IST

  The clip is from a debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which was brought by then Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led government

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  Shocking attempt to shift blame from Rajiv Gandhi: SAD on Manmohan's 1984 riots remarks

  India | December 05, 2019 19:17 IST

  At an event on Wednesday, former prime minister Singh had said that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots could have been avoided if the then home minister P V Narasimha Rao had heeded the suggestion of calling in the Army.

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  1984 anti-Sikh riots could have been avoided if Gujral's advice was heeded: Manmohan Singh

  India | December 05, 2019 9:12 IST

  The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, also known as the 1984 Sikh Massacre, was a series of organised pogroms against Sikhs in India in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. The ruling Indian National Congress had been in an active complicity with the mob, as to the organisation of the riots.

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  4.5 per cent GDP growth rate unacceptable, worrisome: Manmohan

  India | November 29, 2019 20:24 IST

  Former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday the GDP growth rate of 4.5 per cent was unacceptable and worrisome, and urged his successor Narendra Modi to set aside "deep-rooted suspicion" of society and nurse India back to harmonious, mutually trustworthy society that can help the economy soar.

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  Manmohan Singh nominated to parliamentary standing committee on finance

  India | November 11, 2019 16:58 IST

  "The Rajya Sabha chairman has nominated Manmohan Singh, member, Rajya Sabha, to be a member of the committee on finance in place of Digvijaya Singh. The chairman has also nominated Digvijaya Singh, member, Rajya Sabha, to be a member of the committee on urban development," the bulletin reads.

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  Kartarpur corridor's opening to 'enormously improve' Indo-Pak ties, says Manmohan Singh

  India | November 09, 2019 18:31 IST

  The opening of the Kartarpur corridor will "enormously improve" relations between India and Pakistan, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday after he arrived here as part of the first batch of the Indian pilgrims through the cross-border pathway.

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  'Kartarpur model' may help resolve future conflicts: Manmohan Singh

  India | November 06, 2019 20:13 IST

  Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu too said a new world of peace and sustainable development could be founded if teachings of the Sikh Guru were integrated in daily lives. "Peace and harmony is the only way forward to ensure a prosperous future. The Kartarpur model may be replicated in future too for lasting resolution of conflicts," the former PM said