Celebrations at Dr. Manmohan Singh’s college in Amritsar

September 26th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Relatives of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his other well-wishers here on Saturday celebrated his 77th birthday by distributing sweets and holding prayers for his long life and good health. Dr.Singh, meanwhile, celebrated his birthday on board aircraft with wife Gursharan Kaur, daughter Amrit and other colleagues accompanying him during his return journey from Pittsburgh for G20 summit.

July 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has lauded his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh after positive remarks by the Indian premier in parliament on the peace process with Pakistan. Gilani praised Manmohan Singh "for his bold vision of peace and prosperity in South Asia and the statesmanship he demonstrated", the Nation newspaper reported on its website Thursday.

May 24th, 2009 JAMMU - Two days after Manmohan Singh was sworn in as prime minister, massive celebrations were witnessed in the gurudwaras here Sunday. Sikh youth danced to the drum beats and others distributed sweets to mark the celebrations, hailing a Sikh becoming prime minister for the second time.

May 11th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will address a series of election rallies here today.

March 24th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in this Sikh holy city Monday evening on a two-day private visit during which he will pray at the Golden Temple. The prime minister and his wife Gursharan Kaur will also go to the Hindu Durgiana temple, close to the Golden Temple, officials said.

March 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Amritsar later Monday and pray at the Golden Temple. 'Singh is expected to go Monday evening and it will be a private trip,' an official at the Prime Minister's Office said.

March 23rd, 2009 AMRITSAR - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar today. During his visit, Dr.

March 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be visiting Amritsar on Monday to pay his obeisance at the Golden Temple. This is his first trip outside Delhi since he underwent a coronary by-pass surgery.

February 8th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu Monday blocked the way to a train in this Punjab city to protest the non-inclusion of Amritsar in the railway freight corridor plan. Sporting black flags and banners against the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Sidhu, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha member from Amritsar, and his supporters squatted on the railway track at the Amritsar station, delaying the departure of the Amritsar-Ambala train.

January 25th, 2009 AMRITSAR - They may belong to completely different political ideologies and camps, but that did not stop Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal from conducting an uninterrupted recitation - Akhand Path - of the Sikh holy book at the holiest of Sikh shrines, the Golden Temple, Monday for the speedy recovery of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Manmohan Singh not only hails from this city, where his family settled after India's partition in August 1947, but is the first Sikh prime minister, the dominant community of progressive Punjab.

January 24th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's alma mater, Panjab University, Sunday wished him speedy recovery after his coronary bypass surgery in New Delhi. The Syndicate, the highest decision-making body of the university here, passed a unanimous resolution at its meeting here Sunday, praying for the speedy recovery of the prime minister, an alumnus of the university.

January 23rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Relatives of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday offered prayers in guudwaras in Punjab as he underwent heart surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. 'We offered prayers at the Golden Temple for his speedy recovery.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for an overall medical check-up. Manmohan Singh is undergoing diagnostic tests that will be completed Wednesday, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement.

January 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cancelled his visit Wednesday to Kolkata, where he was scheduled to inaugurate the 150-year celebrations of St Xavier's College, an official said Tuesday. 'The prime minister has cancelled his visit to Kolkata.

January 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Kolkata Jan 21 to inaugurate the 150 year celebrations of St Xaviers', the institute's authorities Thursday said. 'Singh will come to Kolkata Jan 21 to inaugurate the 150th anniversary celebrations of St Xaviers' institute, that include both the school and college.