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Manmohan Singh moves to Supreme Court

Manmohan Singh moves to Supreme Court

Strongly rebutting the charge of criminal conspiracy, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who also held the coal portfolio, moved the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking quashing of the summons issued to him as an accused in a coal block allocation case.

Singh also sought an immediate stay on the trial judge’s order to summon him on April 8 and further proceedings, contending that the impugned…

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Coal scam: CBI gets permission to Record Manmohan Singh's statement...

Coal scam: CBI gets permission to Record Manmohan Singh’s statement…

A Special Court on Tuesday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to further investigate the coal scam case, allegedly involving former coal secretary P C Parakh and industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla.

The court also asked CBI to record the statement of Manmohan Singh. “I desire that statements of then coal minister (Manmohan Singh) be recorded,” Special Judge told the CBI.

The Court…

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Emergency makes fear, Manmohan Singh...

Emergency makes fear, Manmohan Singh…

The Emergency came as a surprise to ex former prime minister Manmohan Singh who saw an atmosphere of fear in the country during which there were many “arbitrary arrests and detentions”, says a new book on him by his daughter.

“Well, it was a surprise. There had been unrest, but nobody expected that Mrs (Indira) Gandhi would go that far,” Singh’s daughter Daman Singh quotes him as saying in her…

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'I will write my own book': Sonia Gandh's respond to comment of Natwar Singh...

‘I will write my own book': Sonia Gandh’s respond to comment of Natwar Singh…

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi is angry, but told in the most measured tone today, “I will write my own book and then everyone will know the truth.” She was responding to comments by former Congressman Natwar Singh in an interview about his new autobiography.

“The only way the truth will come out is if I write. I am serious about this,” said the 67-year-old Congress president.

Mr Singh had in an…

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Rahul opposed Sonia Gandhi to be as PM , Claims Natwar Singh ...

Rahul opposed Sonia Gandhi to be as PM , Claims Natwar Singh …

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi declined to become the Prime Minister in 2004 because of strong opposition from her son Rahul, who was afraid she would be killed like his father and grandmother if she accepted the post, former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh claimed today in an interview to a private news channel.

Mr Singh, 83, an estranged Gandhi family friend who had to resign from the…

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President requested Manmohan Singh to continue in office ...

President requested Manmohan Singh to continue in office …

Manmohan Singh on Saturday tendered his resignation as prime minister to President Pranab Mukherjee. However the President requested him to continue in office till new government assumed office, said Venu Rajamony, Press Secretary to President.

Manmohan Singh’s ministers in the cabinet also resigned following a recommendation to dissolve the 15th Lok Sabha.

The Cabinet also passed a resolution…

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's full speech for the nation ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s full speech for the nation …

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today addressed the nation for the last time before submitting his resignation. Here is his full speech:

My Fellow Citizens,

I address you today for the last time as Prime Minister of India.

Ten years ago, when I was entrusted with this responsibility, I entered upon it with diligence as my tool, truth as my beacon and a prayer that I might always do the right thing.

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Manmohan Singh's half brother Kohli joins BJP ...

Manmohan Singh’s half brother Kohli joins BJP …

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s half-brother, Daljeet Singh Kohli, on Friday joined the BJP in the presence of its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

Kohli, a businessman based here, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) when Modi came here to address a rally in favour of senior party leader Arun Jaitley, who is contesting from the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat.

At the rally held here,…

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