Uttarakhand rains: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement after aerial survey
NDTV.com | Wednesday June 19, 2013
With the weather improving after days of torrential rainfall, rescue operations are in full swing in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
Turkey's 'standing man' to join ranks of icons?
Associated Press | Wednesday June 19, 2013
The image was stark: a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central Istanbul.
Prime Minister Manmoham Singh announces Rs 1000 crore package for Uttarakhand: highlights
NDTV.com | Wednesday June 19, 2013
Prime Minister on relief operations in states affected by floods: highlights
Uttarakhand: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi on aerial survey of Kedarnath today
Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday June 19, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will fly to Uttarakhand today to assess the damage caused by the torrential rains and flash floods in the temple town of Kedarnath.
Uttarakhand rain: 60,000 stranded, 100 dead
Edited by Samira Shaikh (With inputs from agencies) | Wednesday June 19, 2013
With the weather improving after days of torrential rainfall, rescue operations are in full swing in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Rainfall in Uttarakhand has been 450 per cent higher than normal. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Min...
Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh battered by rain: death toll rises to 130, more than 70,000 stranded
Amit Chaturvedi (With inputs from agencies) | Wednesday June 19, 2013
The killer floods triggered by heavy rain have devastated Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the two northern states, where at least 130 people have died and more than 70,000 are stranded. Many of those who are stuck were on their way to the famous te...
Pakistan government gives Rs 61 million aid to India's most wanted Hafiz Saeed
Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 19, 2013
Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the parent body of banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba that carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been allocated over Rs 61 million in the budget for current fiscal by Pakistan's Punjab province government headed by Prime Min...
Coal Scam: ex-members of Prime Minister's Office questioned
Sunetra Choudhury | Tuesday June 18, 2013
The coal scam, which has already hit the government hard, now appears to be edging in the Prime Minister's Office. As part of its investigation, the CBI has this week questioned two bureaucrats who were posted in the Prime Minister's Office when the...
PM's praise has given 'peace of mind', says Nitish Kumar
Edited by Surabhi Malik | Tuesday June 18, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has thanked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for calling him a "secular leader" and said the praise has given him "peace of mind."
Nitish Kumar is a secular leader: PM signals Congress's interest
Reported by Sunil Prabhu; edited by Mala Das | Monday June 17, 2013
In the latest overture by the Congress to Nitish Kumar, the Prime Minister today described the Bihar Chief Minister as "a secular leader." When asked if his party will seek a partnership with the Chief Minister, he responded, "In politics there are n...
Would be happy to see Rahul Gandhi step into my shoes: PM Manmohan Singh
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday June 17, 2013
Would be happy to see Rahul Gandhi step into my shoes: PM Manmohan Singh
Eight new faces inducted in UPA council of ministers; Mallikarjun Kharge gets Railways Ministry
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt (With inputs from agencies) | Monday June 17, 2013
Eight new faces were today inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's council of ministers. The reshuffle is possibly the last before the 2014 general elections.
Who said what on the JD(U)-BJP break-up
NDTV Correspondent | Monday June 17, 2013
The 17-year-old alliance between Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) and the BJP is over. At a press conference, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was not reticent about the cause of the split. He did not name the BJP's Narendra Modi, but said, "To be...
RBI's cautious view on account of external sector weakness: Rangarajan
Monday June 17, 2013
Chairman of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister C. Rangarajan told NDTV that the Reserve Bank has taken a "cautious view" by not cutting interest rates and the central bank's decision was "largely influenced by external sector considerati...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh takes oath as Rajya Sabha member
Press Trust of India | Monday June 17, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took oath as member of Rajya Sabha today after being re-elected from Assam.
