Shubhrangshu Roy

Prime minister Manmohan Singh has admitted to an element of competition between India and China at multilateral forums such as BRICS, but said the opportunity to cooperate and collaborate far

Prime minister Manmohan Singh sought to allay fears of China running the Brahmaputra river dry with the dams it is building in Tibet, though he said he had failed to get China’s commitment to allow India on-the-spot assessment of what it is exactly up to in the river basin.

Prime minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged on Thursday that possibilities exist of Mulayam Singh Yadav withdrawing support to the UPA government later this year, while, in the same breath, he expressed “confidence” that his government would complete full five years and the election to the next Lok Sabha would take place on schedule.