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Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi mourned the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – who died late last night at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences at the age of 92 – in a short but deeply emotional statement released Friday evening. She hailed Dr …

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s first words after undergoing heart surgery in 2009 were not about his health, but the country, Dr Ramakant Panda, the senior cardiac surgeon who treated Dr Singh told NDTV. Dr Singh, who was the PM at that time, had undergone a 10 to …

New Delhi: In his signature white kurta-pyjama and blue turban, Manmohan Singh, then 71, took the oath of office as India’s 14th Prime Minister on May 22, 2004. Members of Dr Singh‘s family, political allies, and predecessors – including Atal Bihari Vajpayee – looked on as a quiet and reserved …

Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is seen as the architect of India’s economic reforms during the PV Narasimha Rao rule that paved the way for the country’s economic growth. But besides economics, his other abiding interest was ‘shayari’ and he often employed verses to launch attacks on political rivals …

New Delhi: Congress leaders, young and old, gathered Thursday night to lament the passing of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who died at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The hospital said Mr Singh had “a sudden loss of consciousness at home“, where resuscitative measures were started, and that …

New Delhi: Manmohan Singh — former Prime Minister of India, renowned economist, technocrat and the architect of India’s liberalisation, which pulled the country out of economic atrophy – has died at 92. Dr Singh, who had been ailing for a while, died at Delhi’s AIIMS hospital this evening. Seen as …

Former US President Barack Obama, in his memoir “A Promised Land,” paid tribute to Manmohan Singh’s exceptional leadership, describing him as a “man with uncommon wisdom”. Mr Obama praised Manmohan Singh’s commitment to economic reform, his dedication to the well-being of the Indian people, and his unwavering integrity.  Mr Obama …