A total of 58 Rajya Sabha members--including eight Central Ministers, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national President JP Nadda--will retire by the first week of May this year.
In the joint sitting of Parliament which is set to be held in the new Parliament building tomorrow, BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Shibu Soren and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will speak for five minutes each, sources said on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on his maiden State visit to the US, is only the third Indian leader after former President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to have this privilege.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Shekhar talks about how former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's mediocre communication skills paved the way for PM Modi's rise and how PM Modi has rewritten the rules of communication with the use of technology.
Delhi's Karkardooma Court recently acquitted a person allegedly giving false information telephonically to the police that a person had links with terrorists and was involved in a conspiracy to kill former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
When asked what happened that night on January 16, 2012, Gen Singh said: "About a week before that, Go back in time and you will be able to do research on that".
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were among prominent political leaders who cast their vote on Saturday in the vice-presidential election.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], August 1 (ANI): Reiterating India's 'zero tolerance to violence' stand, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has slammed former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for inking an agreement with Pakistan on terrorism within months of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008.
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has condoled the demise of former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe noting that he was a good friend and they worked to raise the ties to the level of global and strategic partnership.
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): The recent remarks of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on India's foreign policy are purely and clearly a political message, not a policy one, said the Ministry of External Affairs after Singh stated China is sitting at our border and efforts are