NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh once offered a poignant response when asked whether he would return to his ancestral village in Pakistan. Born in Gah, a village now in Pakistan’s Punjab Chakwal district, Singh’s connection to the place was irrevocably marked by tragedy. When one of his daughters asked if he wished…
NEW DELHI: After Dr Manmohan Singh’s passing, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to honour the former prime minister by establishing a memorial at his final resting place. Describing Singh as a “great son of India,” Kharge said that a memorial would be a fitting tribute to a leader who…
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) revoked Stage 3 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across Delhi-NCR.“Observing a downward trend in the AQI levels of Delhi on 27.12.2024, the Sub-Committee on GRAP further reviewed the air quality scenario in the region as well as the IMD/IITM forecasts and observed as under,” the statement…
NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Friday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, describing him as “the epitome of wisdom, nobility, and humility.” “In Dr Manmohan Singh’s passing, we have lost a leader who was the epitome of wisdom, nobility and humility, who served our country with all his…
Tributes pour in for Dr Manmohan Singh Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim paid tribute former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh saying “Goodbye, my mitra, my bhai, Manmohan”, while remembering their shared times.Dr Manmohan Singh passed away Thursday night at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi at age of 92.Ibrahim called Singh a…
NEW DELHI: At least four to five people are feared dead after a private bus plunged into a drain near Jiwan Singh Wala village in Bathinda district on Friday.Earlier, PTI reported police as saying that over 20 passengers sustained injuries in the accident. The bus reportedly veered off a bridge and fell a few feet…
NEW DELHI: The United States issued over one million non-immigrant visas to Indians for the second year in a row, including a record number of visitor visas. As per a release by the US mission in the country, India also became the top sender of international students in 2024 — the first time since the…
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (File photo) NEW DELHI: World leaders and dignitaries from around the globe expressed their deep sorrow after the demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday, a pivotal figure in modern India’s economic transformation and a respected statesman on the international stage.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid tribute…
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, then 91, made an appearance in the Rajya Sabha in a wheelchair. It was August 7, 2023, and the Upper House was deliberating on the contentious Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023. Despite his frail health, Singh displayed his steadfast dedication to the democratic…
China has approved the construction of the world’s largest dam, stated to be the planet’s biggest infrastructure project, on the Brahmaputra in Tibet, close to the Indian border, raising concerns in riparian states India and Bangladesh.The project is set to come up in the lower reaches of Yarlung Zangbo river, the Tibetan name for Brahmaputra,…
