NEW DELHI, April 18 (UPI) -- Varun Gandhi, a member of India's leading political dynasty, has been released from jail to allow him to run in the parliamentary election.

NEW DELHI, March 18 (UPI) -- Varun Gandhi, great-grandson of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, said Wednesday that a video showing him making anti-Muslim remarks is a fake.

UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.

MANIPAL, India, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Although both are democracies, Israel and India are polar opposites in their response to "asymmetrical" warfare -- also known as terrorism. While India until now has consistently adopted a soft -- some would say soggy -- policy toward the Pakistani army's tactics of using jihadis to weaken India socially, militarily and economically, Israel has almost invariably responded with force to similar tactics by Hamas, Hezbollah and other jihadist organizations that seek to attack the Jewish state.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 14, 2008.

MANIPAL, India, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Although Germany shed its "historical guilt" for the 1939-45 war by the 1980s, most Japanese leaders have yet to abandon the cringing tone that they employ in the presence of those coming from countries that collectively defeated Japan. Recently resigned Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was a typical example of this, especially with regard to policy toward China.

UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 18, 2008.

NEW DELHI, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Sonia Gandhi, leader of India's ruling coalition-leading Congress Party, reportedly was hospitalized Tuesday after complaining of breathing difficulty.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate leaders called on Congress to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the opposition group in Myanmar.