Prime Minister Narendra Modi described Manmohan Singh's death as a "big loss" to the nation, asserting that his contribution to India will always be remembered.

PM Narendra Modi arrives at the residence of late former PM Manmohan Singh to pay his tributes. Along with PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah also reached Manmohan Singh’s residence early early in the morning.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh breathed his last on Thursday at the age of 92 years at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was the main opposition party at the time when Singh was the PM from 2004 to 2014,