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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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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