The latest in Manmohan Singh

3 Stupids - 1/3 - 1/3 - 1/3 & All Fools Day.

2010-11-03T00:44:43Z

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India PM appeals for calm after ruling to split holy site

2010-09-30T21:15:27Z

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed for calm after a court ruled that Muslims and Hindus should share a hotly disputed site that has been the focus of deadly violence in the past.

Hundreds of thousands of police and paramilitary forces have been deployed across the country to prevent a repeat of violence in 1992 when Hindu zealots tore down a 16th century mosque in Ayodhya at a site they also cla...

Indian Sikhs mark 'World Turban Day'

2010-04-13T08:17:20Z

Indian Sikhs celebrated World Turban Day on Tuesday to demonstrate the importance of retaining the headgear rather than adopting Western-style haircuts.

The central event of the celebration was a contest in which hundreds of male Sikhs had to wrap a turban around their heads in Amritsar, the holiest city in Sikhdom, with the winner judged on neatness and speed, organisers said.

The Sikh religious headgear is a piece of cloth abo...

SPACE AND TIME

2010-10-14T11:42:16Z

MAHAVIRA ??As the fallow leaf of the tree falls to the ground when its days are gone, even so the lives of men(come to a close).Gautama, be careful all the while. As a dew drop dangling from the tip of a blade of kusa grass lasts but a short time, even so the lives of men.Gautama, be careful all the while. A rare chance in the long course of time is human birth for a living thing. Hard are the consequences of action.Gautama, be careful all the while.Though one believes in the law, one will ra...

Singh, India's cerebral PM, glides to victory again

2010-04-16T12:17:50Z

Manmohan Singh, who is set to return as India's prime minister with an electoral mandate to revive the country's economic expansion, has always appeared a reluctant public figure.

During his first stint as premier, the softly-spoken Singh, who has earned the reputation of being the "Mr Clean's Mr Clean" in India's murky politics, steered the economy through a period of nine percent...

Indian Sikhs step up protests ahead of election

2010-04-16T15:40:48Z

Hundreds of Sikhs protested at a court in the Indian capital Thursday as judges looked into a case related to mass killings of members of the religious community 25 years ago.

Sikh community leaders have been furious since last week, when federal detectives said they had no evidence to link a former minister from the governing Congress party with the 1984 pogrom.

The anti-Sikh massacres were sparked by the assassination of prime minister Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Monday of rising ethnic and communal tensions in India and blamed extremist elements for fuelling the violence.

His comments came against a backdrop of unrest, particularly attacks by Hindus on Christians in eastern Orissa and southern Karnataka states,...

Indian Prime Minister Promises Protection for Christians

2010-10-23T11:07:25Z

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Belgium EU India

2010-12-10T04:31:50Z

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh waits for the start of a round table meeting during an EU-India summit at the EU Council building in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

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India France

2010-12-06T00:00:21Z

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrive for a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

India Telecoms Scandal

2010-11-24T04:00:28Z

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2008 file photo, Indian Communications and Information Technology Minister Andimuthu Raja gestures while replying, on being cornered by journalists at a press conference in New Delhi, India. Prim...

APTOPIX India Obama Asia

2010-11-08T12:32:21Z

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, embrace following a joint statement and press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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India US Obama Asia

2010-11-07T08:31:40Z

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, is greeted by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, second left, as first lady Michelle Obama is received by Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur, right, in New Delhi,