Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's mega development package for Assam, with maximum thrust on boosting the state's education sector, has been hailed here as a visionary step towards giving the region a cutting edge.

"We are one of the youngest nations in the world and according to observers, India has the potential to create over 500 million trained people by the year 2022," the PM said.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said any effort to create disharmony in society should not be permitted and those threatening the country's social and communal harmony should be isolated.

In an apparent reference to the divide caused by the Amarnath land issue in Jammu and Kashmir, PM Manmohan Singh said the tradition of harmony in the country was facing a "grave challenge" with "divisive forces" being at work in this direction.

A day after he was declared the UPA's PM candidate in the next polls, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Saturday urged by a key ally to contest for the Lok Sabha, a suggestion brushed aside as "petty details" by the Congress.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday reviewed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir where violence is continuing over the Amarnath land row.

Inflation is projected to remain in double digits till the end of this year as the fiscal measures initiated by the government are expected to yield results only by December, a latest report by Dun & Bradstreet says.

Amid signals of slowdown, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday maintained the ambition of 10 per cent economic growth, as also set out in the 11th Five Year Plan.

After a decade of stagnation in the farm sector, most of which was linked to the tenure of the NDA, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said the agriculture has seen a turnaround and farmers relieved of debt burden.

Taking note of the challenges of rapid urbanization, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday listed urban renewal as one of seven priorities of the government.

Singling out malnutrition as a "curse" which must be removed, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday promised efforts to provide access to education and improve health care services for all citizens.

India hopes to launch its maiden mission to the moon - Chandrayaan-I - this year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.

Gun-toting security personnel turned the capital into a fortress, with police and paramilitary forces out in large numbers and a ground-to-air security apparatus in place to avert any untoward incident.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government is committed to improve relations with India by resolving all disputes between the two countries in a "just and peaceful manner."

The report prepared by the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council said The Indian economy is likely to grow at a rate of 7.7 per cent in 2008-09, compared to 9 per cent in the last fiscal.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday in a telephonic conversation with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he (Lula) was willing to help in facilitating a world trade agreement by September 2008.

Leaders of the all party delegation who visited Jammu and Srinagar to find a solution to the Amarnath land row on Monday failed to arrive at a consensus to resolve the vexed issue and will meet again on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears a natural choice as the PM candidate of the UPA in the next elections and it may be "too early" for Rahul Gandhi, NCP supremo and a key UPA partner Sharad Pawar has suggested.

Coming face to face with CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat for the first time after Left parties parted ways with UPA, Manmohan Singh said one can have "differences" with the "Left colleagues" but the fight for social justice unites all.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is keen to get the Right to Education Bill passed during the monsoon session of parliament, paving the way for free and compulsory primary education for children between six and 14 years of age.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was "shattered" by the conduct of three Bharatiya Janata Party MPs who flashed bundles of cash in the Lok Sabha during the trust vote debate alleging they were bribed, a high level source said.

As violence continued in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday held an all-party meet to find a solution to the raging Amarnath land transfer row.