Obama respects ‘wise leader’ Manmohan Singh; may visit India soon

October 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will undertake a visit of the United States in the third week of November.

September 25th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - US President Barack Obama is looking forward to the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington in November, which officials maintain will be the first state visit for any global leader under the new administration. The US president conveyed this to the prime minister while formally welcoming him and his wife Gursharan Kaur to this city for the G20 Summit Thursday and Friday, officials accompanying the Indian leader said.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - U.S. President Barack Obama's invitation to Indian Prime Minister Dr.

July 10th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will go to the US later this year while US President Barack Obama will visit India next year. The invitations were exchanged and accepted by the two leaders at a brief "pull-aside" meeting during the G8-G5 summit meeting in this quake-hit Italian town Thursday, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said here.

July 7th, 2009 ROME - India Tuesday said its ties with the US were "progressing well". "India-US relations are progressing well.

June 17th, 2009 ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - Putting months of bitterness in the run up to elections behind, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said he and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani had apologised to each other over "hurtful" remarks.

June 15th, 2009 New Delhi, June 15 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh,left Monday for Russia on a three-day visit to attend two multilateral summits.

May 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - US President Barack Obama Saturday telephoned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to congratulate him on his victory in the general elections and hoped for a continuity in the India-US strategic partnership, an official said. Manmohan Singh reiterated his invitation to Michelle and Barack Obama to visit India, a key aide to the prime minister said.

April 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday US President Barack Obama had told him that he was keen to visit India early with his entire family and build on the improving relationship with this country. In his interaction with women journalists Friday, Manmohan Singh spoke about his meeting with the US president on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in London last week.

April 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Impressed by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's persona, U.S President Barack Obama described him as a "wise" and "wonderful" man.

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.

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

March 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet with US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G-20 meeting in London next month. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said in Washington that officials of two countries are also discussing a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to India in near future.

March 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US and India are both hoping that President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would meet on the sidelines of next month's summit of Group of 20 leading economies in London. 'We both hope there would be a meeting between the two leaders,' Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said at a press conference here Wednesday after concluding the first high-level interaction with the new Obama administration.

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.