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".
"The statement of former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad that as CM he informed then Home Minister Shivraj Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the links of some leaders with terrorists. Why as a CM did he not take action instead of informing centre leader's as he was the head of t
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.