Sonia Gandhi, the head of India's ruling Congress Party, will be undergoing surgery, a party official said on Thursday.
Riot police broke up an anti-corruption hunger strike led by India's most famous guru in an overnight night raid in New Delhi, giving fresh impetus to the nation's Hindu nationalist opposition to target the federal government for its handling of graft.
A massive new terminal at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport is being touted as a testament to India's economic prowess.
Indian lawmakers began debating a landmark bill aimed at reserving one-third of the seats in the federal parliament and in state assemblies for women.
Angry protests disrupted India's parliament several times Monday over a landmark but contentious bill aimed at reserving one-third of seats for women in federal and state legislatures.
A 43-year-old woman convicted in the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on Wednesday ended her hunger strike after authorities agreed to review her demand for early release.
A 43-year-old woman convicted in the assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is on a hunger strike to seek her early release from jail, a prison official said.
A train carrying Rahul Gandhi, the heir apparent of India's ruling Congress party, was pelted with stones Tuesday night, police said.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the oath of office Friday for a second consecutive term after winning a mandate for his Congress party.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Congress Party celebrates an election victory. CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar reports
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the oath of office Friday for a second consecutive term after winning a mandate for his Congress party.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resigned Monday to make a fresh claim to power, after his Congress party won an election mandate over the weekend.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is set to reclaim a second term with a resounding mandate for his Congress party.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared set for a second term as his Congress party and its allies scored a decisive lead over their opponents on Saturday in a vote count after the country's monthlong general elections.
More than half of the voters in the eight states participating Thursday in India's general elections cast ballots for a new federal government, election officials said.
Indians were voting Thursday in the fourth phase of a marathon general election to choose a new federal government.
Indians are voting in their tens of millions in a monthlong general election that creates huge logistical issues in the world's largest democracy. The first round of polling was held on April 16. There are a further five voting phases before the final count is due on May 16.
Indians turned out in steady numbers Thursday to pick a new federal government in a mammoth month-long general election. But suspected Maoist insurgents marred the balloting in several areas with deadly attacks.
India begins voting Thursday to choose a new government in a mammoth exercise covering more than three million square kilometers of the planet in scattered polling until next month.
The Srinagar airport opened Saturday to international traffic, part of an effort to encourage tourism and trade.
The vote of confidence in the Congress party-led government could decide the fate of a nuclear deal with the US
For the fourth time, a bill is introduced to reserve one third of the legislature's seats for women. But it still faces opposition from men, as well as women's indifference
This month's vote in India's Gujarat state is a referendum on its controversial chief minister, Narendra Modi -- and an indicator of how far it has come since the sectarian riots of 2002
Lawmakers voted Thursday in an election widely expected to give India its first female president, although the milestone has been marred by controversy and mudslinging
India's widely awaited move to open up its $300 billion consumer market to overseas retailers seems to have hit a speed bump, which regional experts say could bring more scrutiny of Wal-Mart's move into the world's second-most populous country.
In her first major interview since turning down the Indian prime ministership in May 2004, Sonia Gandhi says she has no regrets over her decision not to take up the post.
From the moment Manmohan Singh became prime minister in May, analysts in New Delhi began questioning the longevity of the United Progressive Alliance government.
India's newly appointed prime minister, Manmohan Singh, was sworn in Saturday evening, marking the first time a non-Hindu has led the country.
Ever hear of a politician who wins a stunning victory and then refuses to take office?
In his first address to the Indian nation, prime minister-elect Manmohan Singh said the country needed reform but with a "human face."
CNN's New Delhi Bureau Chief Satinder Bindra is covering the political turmoil in India. He spoke to CNN International Anchor Richard Quest.
Asian markets continued their strong recovery Wednesday, with South Korea and Taiwan closing with the biggest gains.
India's markets continued to make ground Wednesday after Monday's meltdown that saw investors dump shares on worries about the country's new Congress-led government.
Sonia Gandhi has withdrawn her name for consideration as India's next prime minister.
India's markets have rebounded after Monday's meltdown that saw investors dump shares on worries about the country's new Congress-led government.
India is searching for a prime minister one day after Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi withdrew her name as candidate.
Investors in India are dumping shares on fears the country's new Congress-led government will slow or halt the economic reforms that have delivered 8 percent growth to the world's biggest democracy.
Indian stocks led the region's markets on a wild ride Monday as investors took fright at the prospect of a government led by Sonia Gandhi.
Sonia Gandhi will meet with Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday morning to discuss the formation of a new government, a government official told reporters.
India's communist parties are meeting to decide whether to provide crucial support for Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi to form a new coalition government.
Coalition supporters of India's Congress Party have unanimously agreed to back Sonia Gandhi in her bid to become prime minister of a multi-party government, Congress Party leader Manmohan Singh told reporters.
India's Congress party has re-elected Sonia Gandhi as its leader, taking her one step closer to leading the world's largest democracy.
India's most famous political dynasty is poised to take back power in the world's largest democracy after voters delivered one of the biggest upsets in the nation's history.
Italian-born Sonia Gandhi has won broad political support to become India's next prime minister, but stock and currency markets fell at the prospect of her governing in coalition with left-wing parties.
What makes the defeat of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee especially interesting is the story of the woman likely to be thrust to the top of India's government, Sonia Gandhi.
It is one of the biggest upsets in the political history of the world's largest democracy.
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has resigned after a stunning election upset, ending his nearly six years in power and setting the stage for the return of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's fractious coalition is scrambling to court new allies after exit polls show it has lost ground to the opposition party in marathon elections.
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