India elections
PAT99090301 - 03 SEPTEMBER 1999 - PATIALA, PUNJAB, INDIA: Italian-born Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi waves to voters at an election rally in India's northern town of Rajpura, September 3. Sonia's foreign origin has emerged as one of the key issues in the upcoming election in which more than 600 million voters are eligible to cast ballots. Staggered voting for India's third elections in as many years begin on Sunday. jr UPI.
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HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Thousands of mourners turned out Friday to say goodbye to the chief minister of India's fourth largest state, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.
JAIPUR, India, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Ruling coalition chair Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the 655-mile Mundra-Delhi oil pipeline Tuesday, the longest cross-country pipeline in India.
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NEW DELHI, May 15 (UPI) -- A top Indian official said the country will thwart the designs of terrorists who are out to disturb communal harmony in the country.
NEW DELHI, April 18 (UPI) -- Fears of frosty India-Nepal ties following the electoral victory of Maoists may have been dispelled with the Indian government acknowledging the emergence of the communist-led democratic government in Nepal and pledging to work with the former rebels, experts say.
NEW DELHI, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy kept India's president, prime minister and other top officials waiting Saturday while he visited the Taj Mahal.
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.
LUCKNOW, India, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- India's major cities were on high security alert Saturday after near-simultaneous blasts in three towns reportedly killed 14 people.
LUCKNOW, India, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Blasts Friday rocked three cities in India's northern Uttar Pradesh, killing at least 10 people.
LUCKNOW, India, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Indian authorities claim to have foiled a plot by an alleged militant group based in Pakistan to kidnap a prominent politician.
