Modi begins new term in Gujarat
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Narendra Modi is sworn in as the chief minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat for a second consecutive term.
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The pro-business party, Civic Platform, is opening talks on forming a new government after a strong showing in parliamentary elections Sunday.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was sworn in as East Timor&#039;s new prime minister Monday, pledging to end the violence that has wracked Asia&#039;s newest nation and sent 150,000 people fleeing their homes.
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Burma&#39;s head of state begins a visit to India on Sunday, the first such trip in nearly 25 years. Senior General Than Shwe&#39;s rare journey out of Burma goes ahead despite his country&#39;s Prime Minister Khin Nyunt being ousted earlier this week.
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Pledging to make headway where others have failed, Tony Blair made his debut as the new Middle East envoy at a meeting in Portugal yesterday with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and representatives of the European Union and Russia.
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People in the Indian state of Gujarat are voting in an election that could re-elect a controversial chief minister.
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Kabul, Dec 7 (UNI) Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, sworn-in today as the first democratically elected head of his state, praised India&#39;s role in the reconstruction of the war-ravaged country.
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A Hindu nationalist leader Â arguably India's most divisive politician Â was sworn in Tuesday for a third term as the leader of the western Indian state of Gujarat.
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AFGHANISTAN&#39;S first democratically elected president was sworn in yesterday - vowing to crack down on drug traffickers and the last of the Taliban.
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Pakistan&#39;s finance minister for the past five years, Shaukat Aziz, has been sworn in as the country&#39;s new prime minister. Mr.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose  Ramos-Horta was sworn in as East Timor&#039;s new prime minister on  Monday, a move aimed at ending weeks of political crisis in  Asia&#039;s newest nation.
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Former finance minister and President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s key loyalist Shaukat Aziz took the oath of office on Saturday as the country&#39;s new prime minister, one day after his parliamentary
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The leaders of India and Pakistan have launched a fresh effort to improve the troubled relationship between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
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India's governing coalition chose a woman as its presidential candidate Thursday, setting the stage for her to become the country's first female president.
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A fresh trial of Hindus accused of burning to death Muslims during the 2002 Gujarat riots is due to begin in Bombay.
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The Congress party conceded defeat Sunday in elections in the western Indian state of Gujarat after early results indicated a large victory for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party under its contentious leader Narendra Modi.
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Ushering in a new era of economic muscle and political opening.