First priority restoring economy : Manmohan Singh

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Prime MInister Manmohan Singh briefly met with US President Barack Obama during the outreach meeting of G8 and G5 leaders at their summit here Thursday. Both leaders shook hands and exchanged pleasantries, Indian officials said here.

May 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday began his first full working day in office in his second five-year term at the head of a Congress-led coalition government. He presided over a cabinet meeting at his residence, a day after he and 19 cabinet colleagues took the oath of office and secrecy.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh after taking oath of office and secrecy on Friday said that his government's focus will be on restoring the economy and ensure inclusive growth.

May 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Wednesday invited Manmohan Singh to be the next prime minister of India and asked him to advise her on the council of ministers. Claiming the support of 322 MPs, Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi had staked claim to form the next government at a meeting with the president.

May 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that the assurance of internal security and maintaining the communal harmony would be the top priority of the new United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government.

May 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said the priority of the new Congress-led government was the revival of economic growth and creating new employment opportunities that had been slowed down by the global recession. Addressing the newly-elected party MPs after being named the prime minister by the Congress Parliamentary Party, Manmohan Singh said: 'There is some slowing down of investment and employment generation.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Saturday rang up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulating him as India's ruling coalition was on its way to victory in the Lok Sabha elections. According to sources in the Prime Minister's Office, Manmohan Singh is expected to call on Sonia Gandhi later in the evening when all results of the election are known.

May 16th, 2009 LONDON - Indian-born industrialist Swraj Paul said Saturday the strong electoral verdict in favour of the Congress was a tribute to Manmohan Singh's handling of the Indian economy. 'This was a vote for stability, integrity and for economic competence,' the steel magnate said.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Judicial reform will be a 'priority' if the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government comes to power, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday in response to the legal delays in convicting those responsible for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. 'Well, I think the legal processes in our country are slow moving.

April 19th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the world economy will recover 'partially' by September and India would then go back to the growth rate of 8-9 percent. 'I expect the world economy to partially recover by September and if that happens we expect to go back to the growth rate of 8-9 percent, which has been the growth rate of India for the last five years,' the prime minister said while addressing a press conference at Amin Gaon in Guwahati.

March 27th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Bharatiya Janata Pary's (BJP) prime ministerial aspirant L.K. Advani Friday reiterated his call to Manmohan Singh to contest the Lok Sabha polls instead of becoming prime minister as a Rajya Sabha member.

March 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who underwent a coronary bypass surgery in January, is 'perfectly fine and fit', it was announced Sunday after a medical check-up. Manmohan Singh, 76, visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here earlier in the day for a routine examination and spent about 15 minutes there.

January 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has wished Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who underwent a successful heart surgery, 'a quick recovery'. Obama, in his message to mark India's Republic Day, said: 'I wish Prime Minister (Manmohan) Singh a quick recovery.' The prime minister underwent five bypass surgeries Saturday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.

January 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reiterated his government's commitment to peacefully resolve all outstanding issues with India to usher in an era of peace and prosperity on the subcontinent. In a message to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on Republic Day, Gilani said: 'It is a matter of pleasure for me to convey, on my own behalf and on behalf of the government of Pakistan, our warm felicitation to you and to the government and people of India on the occasion of the Republic Day of India.' This is the second time Gilani has communicated with Manmohan Singh in a week.

January 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reiterated his government's commitment to peacefully resolve all outstanding issues with India to usher in an era of peace and prosperity on the subcontinent. In a message to his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on Republic Day, Gilani said: 'It is a matter of pleasure for me to convey, on my own behalf and on behalf of the government of Pakistan, our warm felicitation to you and to the government and people of India on the occasion of the Republic Day of India.' This is the second time Gilani has communicated with Manmohan Singh in a week.