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Manmohan Singh to fly over Kosi ravaged zone on Thursday - Times of India (http://www.dolbajao.com/rss.php)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:45:12 GMT

Times of India - 1 hour agoNEW DELHI: A panic-struck senior officer posted here wants to know whether his father in Supaul should leave the place although the Kosi waters have not yet entered Bihar town. NDTV.com Hindustan Times

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Manmohan Singh to fly over Kosi ravaged zone on Thursday (Times of India)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:10:12 GMT

Manmohan Singh is slated to fly over the ravaged zone on Thursday and make an assessment first-hand.

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PM, Sonia visit flood-hit areas in Bihar (rediff News)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:38:29 GMT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Home Minister Shivraj Patil arrived in Purnea in Bihar on Thursday for a visit to the flood-hit districts. Dr Singh, Gandhi and Patil will undertake an aerial survey of the flood-affected districts in an Indian Air Force helicopter.Dr Singh is scheduled to review the relief and rescue...

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Declared The Floods In Bihar As “National Disaster” (NHatky)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:46:40 GMT

Patna, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday declared the floods in Bihar as “national disaster” after conducting an aerial survey of the state’s worst affected areas. Assuring Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of full support from the Centre, PM announced the immediate assistance of Rs 1000 crore for rescue and ...

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PM terms Orissa violence a ‘national shame’ (Thaindian News)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:01:57 GMT

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday termed the violence against Christians in Orissa as a “national shame” and assured leaders of the community that compensation would be paid to the affected families.A group of Christian leaders met Manmohan Singh to seek his intervention in the ongoing violence against Christians in the [...]

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PM announces Rs.10 bn relief package for Bihar (Lead, changing dateline) (Thaindian News)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:31:45 GMT

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Describing the floods in Bihar as a “national calamity”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday announced an immediate assistance of Rs.10 billion for rescue and relief operations as well as 125,000 tonnes of food grain to the thousands affected.The prime minister announced the aid after an aerial survey along with Congress [...]

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PM announces Rs 10 bn relief package for Bihar (Daily News Analysis)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:22:00 GMT

Describing the floods in Bihar as a "national calamity", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced an immediate assistance of Rs 10 billion for rescue and relief operations.

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Indian PM says flood 'a calamity' (BBC News)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:44:54 GMT

The Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, describes the floods in the northern state of Bihar as a "national calamity".

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Special force COBRA to combat Naxal menace (Naxal Terror Watch)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:01:00 GMT

ZEE NEWS New Delhi, Aug 28: Nearly a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had described Left-wing extremism as a "virus", the government has given the green signal to raise a 10,000-strong special anti-Naxal force COBRA. The nod to the Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA), under the command and control of the CRPF, was given last evening by the Cabinet Committee on Security...

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India’s role in Afghanistan (IntelliBriefs)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:21:00 GMT

The Tribune , Chandighar Regional stability can’t be ignored by Harsh V. Pant Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has just returned from Japan where he attended the G-8 summit as a special invitee, and many in the country are arguing that India deserves a permanent place in G-8 and other international institutions as India is already a major global player. Most of the challenges that the international...

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Indian PM allocates $240 million to flood-hit Bihar (Russia News Net)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:56:25 GMT

NEW DELHI, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced Thursday he would allocate $240 million for rescue and relief operations following floods in northern India. Heavy m...

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PM announces Rs.10 bn relief package for Bihar (Big News Network.com)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:00:38 GMT

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Describing the floods in Bihar as a 'national calamity', Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday announced an immediate assistance of Rs.10 billion for rescue and relief operations as well as 125,000 tonnes of food grain to the thousands affected.

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Work to fill Kosi breach in Nepal begins (rediff News)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:49:56 GMT

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought central assistance of Rs 1,000 crore and one lakh tonnes of foodgrain immediately for the affected people.

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Villagers asked to go to elevated places (Hindu)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:26:08 GMT

Efforts on to prevent further breach in Kosi; Manmohan Singh to visit flood-hit areas

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Lao President in India (Big News Network.com)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:02 GMT

New Delhi, Aug 27 : President of Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) Choummaly Sayasone, who is on a five-day visit to India to strengthen bilateral ties, was accorded a ceremonial reception by President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today.

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Is it just me… (Stupendous Man)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:38:10 GMT

...or others also agree that Manmohan Singh is the wussiest prime minister of India, ever? Can he get one thing right - Inflation, Terrorism, Kashmir, Orissa - can he get one thing working? All that this dude is worried abt his Nuclear deal - what a pathetic swine.

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PM announces slew of measures for Assam (SouthAsiaNews.com)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:05:13 GMT

New Delhi/Guwahati, Aug 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday announced a series of developmental measures for Assam to raise its educational standards and infrastructure and the levels of its security forces, as also a Rs.2.50 billion grant for the integrated development of the Bodoland Territorial Council. The announcement in New Delhi late Tuesday came after [...]

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For Advani its separatists Vs nationalists in Kashmir over Amarnath row (Thaindian News)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:45:23 GMT

Raipur, Aug 27 (ANI): Senior BJP leader LK Advani has said that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has assured him that his government would not bow down to separatist forces in solving the controversial Amarnath Shrine Board issue. He said that the dispute over the Amarnath had turned out to be a standoff between separatists and [...]

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PM promises meeting on IIT faculty quota (The Telegraph India)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:13:45 GMT

New Delhi, Aug. 26: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today publicly assured IIT Guwahati director Gautam Barua that he would personally discuss with cabinet colleagues the institutes' demand for exemption from faculty quotas.

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Call a meet, sort out issues: PM to warring ministries (Indian Express)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:20:53 GMT

PM Manmohan Singh has stepped into the ongoing dispute between the finance ministry on one side and the ministries of commerce and textiles on the other, on the contentious issues of increase in duty drawback rates as well as extension of the interest subsidy scheme beyond the expiry date of September end to the textile exporters.

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