Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) entered Indian politics after the death of his younger brother Sanjay in 1980, serving as adviser to his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and as an elected member of Parl...
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Indian authorities have tightened security around Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi after intelligence agencies warned she could be the target of a suicide bombing plot by Islamic militants, inclu...
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Some assassinations within the South and Central Asian region:_ Dec. 27, 2007: Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was slain by an attacker who shot her after a campaign rally and then blew h...
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Colombo (dpa) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ruled that the
temporary merger of the north-eastern provinces which took place
under the Indo-Lanka agreement signed in 1987 i...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Bangalore, India's information technology
capital would be officially renamed Bengaluru on Thursday, government
officials and media reports said.
...
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The families of two Indian doctors detained in connection with failed terror plots in Britain have insisted that the young men were innocent and had nothing to do with terrorism.Australian authorit...
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Johannesburg (dpa) - India's Congress Party leader Sonia Gandhi
met Wednesday with former South African president Nelson Mandela
during the second day of her trip to South A...
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Colombo (dpa) - The Sri Lankan government is to seek the
deportation of a key Tamil rebel arms dealer reported to have been
arrested in Thailand by the Interpol, government ...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Thai authorities on Wednesday flatly denied any
knowledge about the alleged arrest in Bangkok of Tamil Tiger
financier Kumaran Padmanathan earlier this week....
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Bangkok (dpa) - Thai authorities on Friday assured visiting
Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee that Tamil Tiger financier Kumaran
Padm...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Bangalore, India's information technology
capital would be officially renamed Bengaluru on Wednesday,
government officials and media reports said.
...
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Rajiv Gandhi
Security tight for Gandhi after threat
