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7.Sonia Gandhi: President of the Indian National Congress Party

Sonia Gandhi Returns Home After Surgery in U.S

Sonia Gandhi, leader of Congress party, returned home on Thursday after more than a month of medical treatment in the United States which had left the government rudderless to deal with the biggest protests in decades
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Global Competitiveness Index

U.S. Tumbles to 5th in Global Competitiveness Ranking

The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) published by the World Economic Forum, which ranks the world's most competitive economies, has pushed the U.S. down the list to a No. 5 spot. Escalating government debts and declining faith of the public in its administration were cited as the critical factors that contributed to the plunge of the country which was No. 1 in 2008 and No. 4 last year.
Delhi High Court Blast

First Arrests in Delhi Blast; Terror Readiness Questioned

An Internet café owner in Kashmir has been arrested by Indian police as part of the investigation into the bomb blast outside Delhi High Court that killed 12 people on Wednesday, even as serious doubts emerged about the government's ability to prevent terror strikes on the country.
Delhi High Court Blast

Indian Cops Question 3 in Court Bombing

Indian police detained for questioning three people Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe in Kashmir, over an e-mail allegedly claiming responsibility for the deadly bombing at the New Delhi High Court, police said.
Delhi Blast sketch suspect

Police Detain Three People Over Delhi Blast

Police detained for questioning three people on Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe in Kashmir over an email allegedly claiming responsibility for a deadly bombing of the New Delhi High Court, police said.
Delhi

Delhi Earthquake a Long Time Coming

Delhi is considered to be in Zone 4 of the Earthquake Hazard Map of India and is therefore designated as being in the High Damage Risk Zone. There hasn't been a significant earthquake in the city's recent history, although it has experienced minor vibrations from quakes elsewhere in the country and in Pakistan.
Delhi Blast

Militants Strike India, Pakistan Alike

At least 34 people were killed in separate terrorist attacks in India and Pakistan Wednesday when militants attacked both civilians and state officials. Police have a number of suspects, but so far nothing is confirmed.
Delhi Blast sketch suspect

Delhi Bombing: Police Sketch First Suspects

Delhi police released sketches of two suspects hours after a suitcase bomb was placed outside Gate No. 5 of the court house, where around 300 people were lined up to enter the building.
Delhi Blast

Pakistan-Based Islamic Terror Group Claims Delhi Blast

Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), a Pakistan-based Islamic terror organization that was behind the Mumbai blast in 2008, has claimed the responsibility for the deadly explosion outside the Delhi High Court that killed 10 people, mostly litigants, on Wednesday.
India-Pakistan Border

India-Pakistan Divide Captured from the International Space Station (Photo)

NASA's Earth Observatory has released a photo of the border between India and Pakistan taken from the International Space Station. The striking orange line depicting the hostile Asian border, however, is not a product of photoshop. This is the fenced and floodlit border zone between India and Pakistan. The fence is designed to discourage smuggling and arms trafficking and shows how divided the two nations are.
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Bomb Kills 4 Outside India's High Court

A suspected bomb blast outside India's High Court in the heart of New Delhi killed four people Wednesday, a senior Home Ministry official told CNN-IBN channel.
Indian PM Singh talks to his Bangladeshi counterpart Hasina upon his arrival in Dhaka

Singh Visit to Bangladesh Brings Slight Progress

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina signed a series of agreements in Dhaka on Tuesday, but failed to resolve their main disputes, over transit rights for India and the sharing of river waters, officials said.
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Unraveling the Mystique of Kathmandu, Nepal

Ever since the hippies flocked to Kathmandu in the 1960's, the town has held an almost mythical appeal in the Western mind. But, what's the Kathmandu of 2011 really like?
Sushmita Sen, Miss Universe of 1994

Miss Universe 2011: Odds and Ends

Many countries don’t even bother to send contestants to something they regard as frivolous and even ‘sinful’ as a beauty pageant.

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