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Epitome of courtesy, an obedient patient: Medics remember Manmohan Singh

New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI) “Dr Manmohan Singh, soon after becoming the prime minister, had himself carried a small table for us to have tea comfortably at his Safdarjung Lane residence instead of asking his house help,” Dr Srinath Reddy, who was the chairperson of the PM’s medical panel, recalled. This was just days before Dr Singh moved to the 7 Race Course Road, the PM’s official residence, which was then being readied, said Dr Reddy, as he remembered the erudite yet remarkably humble man who shepherded India into an era of economic liberalisation. Dr Singh, who was the prime

India’s former PM Manmohan Singh cremated with state honours

NEW DELHI, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The body of Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose death has spark outpourings of grief at home and accolades from abroad, was cremated on Sunday on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi with full state honours. The funeral was conducted in the Sikh tradition as priests chanted hymns, after Singh’s body, draped in the Indian flag, was carried through the capital on a flower-decked carriage pulled by a ceremonial army truck. The flag was removed and the body covered with a saffron cloth before it was placed on the

“How would you feel if this happened to Atal Ji?”: Navjot Singh Sidhu slams BJP over memorial space row

New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu slammed he Bharatiya Janata Party over the issue of allocation of space for a memorial for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and accused the ruling party of “playing politics.” Attacking BJP further, Sidhu asked how had the party felt if Atal Bihari Vajpayee had not got a memorial at Rajghat. He further said that this issue is not of one party but of entire country’s history. Speaking to reporters, Sidhu said, “When a person dies, all enmity vanishes with him… but politics is being played here. I ask a

State funeral begins for former Indian PM Manmohan Singh, who instituted economic reform

NEW DELHI, December 28, 2024 (AP) — The state funeral for Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform program, began Saturday as politicians and the public mourned his death. The veteran leader, who was also credited for a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, died late Thursday at age 92. Singh’s body was taken Saturday morning to the headquarters of his Congress party in New Delhi, where party leaders and activists paid tributes to him and chanted “Manmohan Singh lives forever.” Abhishek Bishnoi, a party leader, said Singh’s death

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