'All the best': Outgoing Singapore President Halimah extends wishes to Indian-origin president-elect TharmanOutgoing President Halimah Yacob of Singapore has extended her best wishes to President-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who will be sworn in ...
13 Sep, 2023, 07.04 PM IST
Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam to be sworn in as Singapore's president on ThursdayAbout 76 per cent (2,834) of overseas Singaporeans voted for Tharman, while Ng and Tan received 595 votes (15.99 per cent) and 292 votes (7...
12 Sep, 2023, 08.20 PM IST
Singapore's Indian-origin ex-minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam wins presidential electionPrime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulated Tharman, who served as Singapore's Deputy prime minister from 2011 to 2019, on winning the pre...
02 Sep, 2023, 12.43 AM IST
Singapore sets presidential election for September 1Singapore will hold a presidential election on 1 September only if there is more than one candidate. If there is only one candidate on 22 A...
11 Aug, 2023, 02.04 PM IST
Singapore's former Indian-origin minister submits application to qualify for presidential electionFormer Finance and Education Minister of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam has filed his application to contest the presidential election ne...
07 Aug, 2023, 04.04 PM IST
Singapore hangs prisoner over 1 kg of cannabisThe execution took place despite a plea by the United Nations Human Rights Office for Singapore to "urgently reconsider" the hanging and ca...
26 Apr, 2023, 12.19 PM IST
Singapore confers Meritorious Service Medal to former Navy chief Sunil LanbaLanba was conferred the award on Thursday for his outstanding contributions in enhancing the strong and long-standing bilateral defence rel...
09 Sep, 2022, 07.21 AM IST
Indian origin drug mule fails in appeal to challenge court on death sentenceIndian origin drug mule from Malaysia, Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, who was granted a stay of execution two years ago, failed in his appeal to...
27 Nov, 2021, 10.06 AM IST
United States VP Kamala Harris believes Southeast Asia, Indo-Pacific will dictate future of worldAddressing the press conference, Prime Minister Lee said: “Our two countries have robust cooperation on transnational issues including terr...
23 Aug, 2021, 03.30 PM IST
Singapore, India forged closer ties despite COVID-19: President HalimahThe president said the two countries shared a robust partnership that is broad and deep and is underpinned by strong fundamentals in areas ...
15 Aug, 2021, 04.59 PM IST
Indian-origin lawyer appointed judicial commissioner of Singapore's apex courtDedar Singh Gill, 59, has been appointed by President Halimah Yacob as the apex court's judicial commissioner for a period of two years.
28 Jun, 2018, 12.13 PM IST
India, Singapore agree to deepen economic and defence tiesModi and Lee also exchanged views on the regional and global challenges and reiterated their principled position on maritime security and e...
01 Jun, 2018, 06.29 PM IST
Modi discusses bilateral ties with Singapore PM, presidentDuring his talks with Singaporean leaders, Modi discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral ties. Modi is in Singapore on the last leg o...
01 Jun, 2018, 10.20 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi arrives in Indonesia on the first leg of his three-nation tourModi, who is here on his first-ever official visit to Indonesia, will meet President Joko Widodo tomorrow and discuss bilateral cooperation...
29 May, 2018, 08.16 PM IST