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Ramchandra Gandhi , a grandson of Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi , was found dead in a bedroom at an elite club Wednesday in what police called a natural death, police said. He was 70.Ramchandra Gandhi checked in to the private members' club Sunday after frequent power outages left him without air conditioning, in blistering heat, at his New Delhi home, police spokesman Rajan Bhagat told The Associated Press.The door of his room was broken open after he didn't respond to the housekeeping staff's knocks, Bhagat said. He did not speculate on when Gandhi died, and police have yet to perform an autopsy.Click here for FOXNews.com's Asia center.Ramchandra Gandhi used to be a professor at Princeton University in the United States, the Press Trust of India news agency said.Mohandas Gandhi, who led India to independence from British colonialists in August 1947, was assassinated by a Hindu hard-liner five months later....
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with India's prime minister and foreign secretary on Wednesday as part of a trip to establish closer ties between the ...
A grandson of Mahatma Gandhi resigned after drawing condemnation for asserting in an online forum that "Israel and the Jews are the biggest players" in a global culture of violence and "can overplay" the Holocaust for sympathy.
JERUSALEM -- In a high-stakes gamble, an imprisoned member of a Palestinian militant group has waged a hunger strike for almost two months, trying to draw attention ...
India's environment minister has blocked the construction of mines, power plants and dams. He's held up a new airport and describes diesel cars as criminal. He's eve...
A 73-year-old Indian activist harnessing the tactics of Mohandas K. Gandhi has galvanized public anger at rampant corruption with a high-profile hunger strike demand...
MUMBAI, India -- Searching for help half a world away, President Obama on Saturday embraced India as the next jobs-creating giant for hurting Americans, not a cheap-...
A Chicago man accused of planning a terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper knew in advance about a plot to attack Mumbai and offered congratulations to the kill...
A Chicago man accused of planning a terrorist attack against a Danish newspaper knew in advance about a plot to attack Mumbai and offered congratulations to the kill...
Government and opposition lawmakers called each other thieves Friday, forcing Parliament to adjourn for the fourth day and preventing an address by the prime ministe...
Relative upset over auction of Gandhi's itemsMonday, February 23, 2009 By MUNEEZA NAQVI, Associated Press WriterPrintNEW DELHI The great-grandson of Mohandas K. G...
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Dozens of Mohandas Gandhi's personal items have been sold at an auction, but a sample of blood purportedly from the Indian independence leader didn't draw high enoug...
An activist's threat to fast to death unless the government amends an anti-corruption bill has sparked debate about whether the traditional Indian form of protest ha...
A grandson of Mohandas Gandhi has declined to head a university established by his grandfather, saying he fails to adhere to a school code requiring the wearing of o...
Indian lawmakers facing sexual assault charges against women could be suspended from office if the country's top court rules in favor of a petition submitted followi...
A chipped street mural in South Africa's Soweto township depicts stations in the life of Nelson Mandela, each matched by a portrait of the global icon as he advanced...
Nelson Mandela, in the twilight of life, doesn't talk much anymore, his eldest daughter says. But the former South African president, who wrote of his regret at bein...
Indian actor Sanjay Dutt surrendered before a Mumbai court Thursday to begin serving time for a weapons conviction linked to a deadly terror attack in the city in 19...