John McCain meets PM Manmohan Singh in Delhi

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• Influential US Senator John McCain, who unsuccessfully ran for Presidentship, arrived here on Tuesday on an unscheduled visit to show solidarity in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks and discussed the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. [..]

Govt to set up federal spy agency: PM

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• In the wake of Mumbai terror attacks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the government has decided to set up a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), strengthen air and maritime security and create four NSG hubs in various parts of the country. [..]

NSA M K Narayanan to continue

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• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday asked M K Narayanan to continue as National Security Advisor. The NSA had earlier in the day offered to resign in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks. Dr Singh, however, accepted Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil’s resignation and replaced him with Finance Minister P Chidambaram. [..]

Mumbai attacks continuation of 1993 blasts

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• Opposition leader L.K. Advani on Thursday asked people to be calm and maintain communal harmony in the wake of the horrific terror attacks in Mumbai. Advani also told reporters that he planned to visit Mumbai shortly, perhaps later Thursday or Friday, along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. [..]

Cabinet to discuss Mumbai terror attacks

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• The Union Cabinet will discuss today the series of overnight terror attacks in Mumbai. The meeting, to be chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is expected to thoroughly review the country's overall security scenario in the wake of the Mumbai attacks. [..]

PM’s 100-day roadmap to fight terror, communalism

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• Voicing concern over the "new danger" posed by the spread of fundamentalist and extremist ideas, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the "virus" of communal violence should be checked in time. [..]

Govt approves higher pay for Central PSU officers

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• In a bonanza to officers of Central Public Sector Undertakings, the government on Thursday announced a hefty 50 to 300 per cent increase in pay-packages with effect from January 1, 2007. A Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved the new scales for 1,20,000 non-unionised supervisory staff and 2,58,000 board level officers. [..]

Protectionism should not be allowed: PM

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• Advocating a multi-faceted approach to tide over the current economic crisis, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh coordinated global fiscal stimulus to help mitigate the severity and duration of the recession to give a strong signal to investors worldwide. [..]

Manmohan Singh dismisses reports of Obama snub

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• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made light of reports that US President-elect Barack Obama ignored India while making telephone calls to leaders of various countries after his election to America's top office. [..]

No compromise on terrorism: Manmohan Singh

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• There cannot be any compromise on terror and the government was committed to combating terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan singh said yesturday as he visited the sites of Thursday's serial bomb blasts.We will not be soft on terror and there will be no compromise on terror," the prime minister told journalists in Assam's main city of Guwahati after visiting the blast sites and meeting the injured at hospitals. [..]