The second time he took charge was on 11 January 1966 following the death of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at Tashkent. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, in 1997.

NEW DELHI — India’s former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India’s economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died.

India's former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of India's economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died. He was 92.

Narendra Modi was sworn into his third term as India's prime minister on Sunday, making him only the nation's second prime minister to secure a third five-year term.

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the first person of India's minority Sikh faith to hold that office, died in New Delhi on Thursday at age 92. A renowned economist, he was known as the ...