Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked state governments to launch a crackdown on corruption and inflation, which he identified as two of the biggest challenges the country faces today. Octroi and local taxes could be waived to bring down costs of essential commodities, he suggested.
Speaking at the annual meeting of chief secretaries of states, Singh [...]
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was today discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he underwent redo bypass heart surgery on January 24.
Singh’s illness came as his Congress party prepares its campaign for a month-long general election likely to begin in early April.
Doctors operated on the 76-year-old leader on Jan. 24 after [...]
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi have reached Ahmedabad to assess the situation on the ground in the wake of serial blasts that rocked the city killing 49 people.
The Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi visited the injured undergoing treatment at LG Hospital, Civil Hospital and Sarabhai Hospital.
They were accompanied by Union [...]
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