Ahmadabad
(2001 est. pop. 3.5 million). Ahmadabad, the gateway to Gujarat state in western India and its principal city, sprawls on the Sabarmati River about 450 kilometers (280 miles) north of Bombay...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Heavy monsoon rains pounded India's western
state of Gujarat claiming at least 14 lives, forcing the
administration to issue a flood alert and call in the ...
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New Delhi (dpa) - India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on
Friday that the record-breaking Indian-American astronaut Sunita
Williams was a "role model" for Indian child...
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AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 25 (Reuters) - A controversial
hardline Hindu politician formally took power as chief minister
of India's Gujarat state on Tuesday, after a strong election
victory that came ...
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AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 7 (Reuters) - In India's largest
supermarket, in front of rows of Japanese electronics, French
perfume and Californian plums, it is hard to find anyone who
does not support N...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Astronaut Sunita Williams, who set the record
for the most time in space by a woman, arrived to a rousing and
emotional welcome by scores of school-childre...
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AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A state election that
was supposed to be about India's booming economy has turned
into a war of words over Hindu-Muslim divisions, riots and
extra-judicial kil...
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AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 16 (Reuters) - A final phase of
voting began on Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat
in an election that will decide the fate of its controversial
chief minister and...
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AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 16 (Reuters) - With a religious
divide openly on show, voters in India's Gujarat state cast
their ballots on Sunday in an election that will decide the
fate of a controversia...
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AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 23 (Reuters) - India's Hindu
nationalists were headed for a strong majority in a bitterly
fought state election on Sunday, a verdict could mean a setback
to Congress party pl...
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(Repeats to add dropped word in lead paragraph)
(Adds celebrations, quotes, details) By Rupam Jain Nair AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 23 (Reuters) - India's Hindu
nationalists were headed for a strong ma...
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