"They were words to the effect that the autonomy of our three-stage strategic programme should not be restricted in any way." The note, scribed hours before a historic joint statement by PM Singh and then-US President George W Bush in July 2005, proved crucial to the subsequent signing of the 2008 India-US Civil Nuclear Deal. "Kakodkar was also worried about …
Dr Manmohan Singh, the former Prime Minister of India breathed his last on the 26th of December 2024 at the age of 92. Riding on the sympathy wave following former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, the Congress party came to power under the leadership of PV Narasimha Rao and Dr Manmohan Singh became the Finance Minister of India. Dr Manmohan …
The 11-month-old National Front Government was on November 7, 1990, defeated in the Lok Sabha by an overwhelming majority after an 11-hour acrimonious debate during which Opposition stalwarts severely criticised Prime Minister VP Singh for allegedly bringing the country to the brink of disaster in all spheres. VP Singh could muster only 142 votes, including those of the Left parties, …
Speaking at a public event in Rajasthan's Banswara on 21 April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party, targeting the Congress party's manifesto and past policies. "This is what the Congress manifesto says," he claimed, "They will take stock of the gold that mothers and sisters have, they will count and assess it, and then they will …
