Prime Minister calls on President

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy J.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bhutan Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley will arrive here today on a four-day visit to strengthen ties between the two countries. During his visit, Thinley will meet President Pratibha Patil and his Indian counterpart Dr.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bhutan Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley will begin his four-day visit to India from Tuesday to strengthen ties between the two countries. During his visit, Thinley will meet President Pratibha Patil and his Indian counterpart Dr.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for a "new beginning" as he entered parliament house Monday for the first session of the 15th Lok Sabha. He briefly addressed the media at the car park and said the new session should be a new avenue of parliamentary democracy and also called for a "new beginning".

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.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called on President Pratibha Patil Tuesday on the eve of the fifth and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections. 'Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called on President Pratibha Devisingh Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.

April 27th, 2009 CHENNAI/NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday telephoned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, who is on a hunger strike in Chennai, and said the government would do its best to bring peace to Sri Lanka.

April 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - An emergency meet is taking place at Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's residence in the wake of latest developments in the neighbourhood country Sri Lanka.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Reiterating his charge that Manmohan Singh is a weak prime minister, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani said Manmohan Singh had 'voluntarily abdicated authority'.

March 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi asserted Tuesday that she had no desire to be the prime minister of India. Asked at a press conference if she would change her mind on the subject, Gandhi replied: 'My position is the same, my position is not going to change.

March 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday said it was'unfortunate' if Varun Gandhi made hate speeches that have drawn strong reactions across the nation. Talking to reporters at the Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the prime minister said: 'It is unfortunate if Varun Gandhi had made these comments.' Varun Gandhi, 29, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Pilibhit, is in a midst of a raging controversy over his alleged hate speech against Muslims.

March 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday called on President Pratibha Patil to discuss 'matters of national importance', an official said. A Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said the two leaders met for about half hour.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said he was simply 'discharging his duties' while officiating in place of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is recuperating after a heart surgery. Asked at CNN-IBN's 'Indian of the Year' awards function about his status now since he is discharging the duties of the prime minister, the senior Congress leader quipped: 'Simply I am discharging duties, neither I am officiating nor acting, neither de-jure nor de-facto.' Under the constitution of the country, there can be only one prime minister, he said.

January 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Wednesday visited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is recuperating after a coronary bypass surgery here last week. The president spent about 15 minutes at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and met Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur.

January 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have extended 'get well soon' greetings to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an official spokesperson said Sunday. Deepak Sandhu, media adviser in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), told IANS that similar messages had also come in from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan.