With the Congress and some other opposition parties targeting the government over the UPSC's move to invite applications for 45 mid-level posts through lateral entry, sources said that several technocrats, economists and other specialists had joined the government during the rule of Congress
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Monday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the government's move towards lateral entry and said Congress had taken similar decisions. He said former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who joined as Economic Advisor in the Finance Mi
Emphasizing the necessity for a budget that addresses the needs of the middle class and the underprivileged, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge praised the 1991 Budget presented by former Finance Minister Manmohan Singh, noting that it spurred India's growth trajectory.
As Congress leader and LoP Rahul Gandhi is on his visit to Manipur, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya on Monday took a swipe at him and alleged him for indulging in "sick tragedy tourism."
Vikram Misri, a 1989-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service currently serving as the Deputy National Security Adviser, has been appointed as India's new Foreign Secretary
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi just before his departure for the G7 Summit in Italy. Ramesh's remarks draw a comparison with former PM Manmohan Singh's influential visit to the same summit in 2007, claiming that PM is heading to Italy to
Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel said on Sunday that accepting the position of Minister of State (MoS) with independent charge in the Union Cabinet will be considered a demotion for him, as he was earlier a Cabinet Minister in the UPA Government headed by former Prime Minist
"India is standing at a crucial juncture. In the impending last phase of voting, we have one final chance to ensure that Democracy and our Constitution are protected from the repeated assaults of a despotic regime, trying to unleash dictatorship in India," Manmohan Singh said.
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday lashed at the BJP-led NDA regime at the Centre calling it a "despotic regime trying to unleash dictatorship in India".