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Modi declares victory for ruling party in state elections

IndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModideclaredvictoryMondayintwostateelections,includingaclosely-foughtraceinhisstrongholdofGujaratwherethecharismaticleaderfrontedthec

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India seizes ship with 1,500 kg of heroin off Gujarat coast

India's navy seized a ship carrying about 1,500 kg of heroin worth 35 billion rupees ($545 million) on Sunday in what it said was its biggest ever drugs haul.

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India floods: 213 killed as receding waters reveal more victims

Severemonsoonfloodinghaskilled213peopleinwesternIndia,anofficialsaidonSunday,asrescuerscontinuetosiftthroughvillagesdevastatedbytorrentialrains.ThedeathtollinGu

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India seizes ship with 1,500 kg of heroin off Gujarat coast

India'snavyseizedashipcarryingabout1,500kgofheroinworth35billionrupees($545million)onSundayinwhatitsaidwasitsbiggesteverdrugshaul.Thevessel,whichwasoperatingund

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Floods kill 120 in India's Gujarat, with industry, cotton hit

WidespreadfloodinginIndia'swesternindustrialstateofGujarathaskilledmorethan120peopleandparalyzedinfrastructure,officialssaidonFriday,withtensofthousandsofcotton

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Fire in cracker shop kills eight in India

At least eight people were killed and several others were injured, some of them critically on Friday after a fire broke out inside a shop selling firecrackers in India's western state of Gujarat, officials said

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Global business summit kicks off in W.India

​A three-day international investors ' summit, or the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, kicked off on Sunday in western Indian state of Gujarat, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the opening ceremony.

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Indian gov't orders probe into "snoop gate" involving Narendra Modi

The Indian government has ordered a probe into allegations of snooping on a young woman in 2009 by the western state of Gujarat and its controversial Chief Minister Narendra Modi who is also the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate for 2014 general elections