Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi (L) and India's Prime Minister-elect Manmohan Singh (2nd L) smile during the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting at the central hall of the Indian parliament in New Delhi May 19, 2009. India's Congress party unanimously elected Manmohan Singh as leader of the Congress Parliamentary party on Tuesday, setting the stage for his appointment as prime minister, a Reuters reporter said. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi (L) and India's Prime Minister-elect Manmohan Singh (2nd L) smile during the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting at the central hall of the Indian parliament in New Delhi May 19, 2009. India's Congress party unanimously elected Manmohan Singh as leader of the Congress Parliamentary party on Tuesday, setting the stage for his appointment as prime minister, a Reuters reporter said.

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  1. Leader of the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party L.K. Advani, left, Indian Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, center, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pose before a portrait of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, top center, on the first day of the winter session of the Indian Parliament, which coincided with the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.

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  1. Leader of the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party L.K. Advani, left, Indian Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, center, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pose before a portrait of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, top center, on the first day of the winter session of the Indian Parliament, which coincided with the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  2. Leader of the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party L.K. Advani, left, speaks to Indian Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, center, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looks on, on the first day of the winter session of the Indian Parliament, that coincided with the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  3. India's ruling Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, center, offers tributes at the memorial of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on her birth anniversary in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, was shot to death in 1984 by her own bodyguards. Seen to her left is Sonia's son and Indira's grandson Rahul Gandhi.
  4. India's ruling Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, center, offers floral tributes at the memorial of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on her birth anniversary in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, was shot to death in 1984 by her own bodyguards. Seen to her left is Sonia's son and Indira's grandson Rahul Gandhi.
  5. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets Indian government coalition chairman Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on November 17, 2009. Harper on November 16 began a two-day visit to India, calling for stronger and improved ties with his nation, particularly on trade.
  6. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets Indian government coalition chairman Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on November 17, 2009. Harper on November 16 began a two-day visit to India, calling for stronger and improved ties with his nation, particularly on trade.
  7. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets Indian government coalition chairman Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on November 17, 2009. Harper on November 16 began a two-day visit to India, calling for stronger and improved ties with his nation, particularly on trade.
  8. Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi before their meeting in New Delhi November 17, 2009. Harper is on a four-day official visit to India.
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  10. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center, checks the time as Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, right, and Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed, left, look on at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said Thursday that the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  11. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, and Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, right, listen as Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed, unseen, speaks at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  12. U.N. Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Sha Zukang, back to camera, talks to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, left, and Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, second from left, look on at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  13. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives for a press conference in Mumbai on October 11, 2009. India hinted that a suicide attack on its embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul last week was staged by Pakistani militants who oppose its support of President Hamid Karzai's government. Singh, campaigning in Mumbai ahead of local elections, told reporters October 11 that 'Pakistan should realise the great harm that patronisation of terrorist groups has done to South Asia.'
  14. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) shakes hands with Cairn Energy chairman Bill Gammell (2nd R) as Chief Minister of the western Indian state of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot (L) and Cairn India chief executive officer Rahul Dhir (R) looks on during the inauguration of the Mangala oil field in Barmer on August 29, 2009. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 29 invited global investors to put their money in India as Britain �s Cairn Energy began pumping crude from a vast oil field in the desert state of Rajasthan. Singh told a ceremony inaugurating the country's largest inland oil field that Cairn's success in developing production showed the world that 'India has a good climate for foreign investment.'
  15. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) turns the wheel to open a valve, allowing the first oil to flow from a new oil field, as Cairn Energy chairman Bill Gammell (R), Cairn India chief executive officer Rahul Dhir (2nd R, partially obscured), Chief Minister of the western Indian state of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot (2nd L) and Indian Petroleum Minister Murali Deora (L) look on during the inauguration of the Mangala oil field in Barmer on August 29, 2009. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 29 invited global investors to put their money in India as Britain �s Cairn Energy began pumping crude from a vast oil field in the desert state of Rajasthan. Singh told a ceremony inaugurating the country's largest inland oil field that Cairn's success in developing production showed the world that 'India has a good climate for foreign investment.'
  16. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) turns the wheel to open a valve, allowing the first oil to flow from a new oil field, as Cairn Energy chairman Bill Gammell (R) looks on during the inauguration of the Mangala oil field in Barmer on August 29, 2009. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on August 29 invited global investors to put their money in India as Britain �s Cairn Energy began pumping crude from a vast oil field in the desert state of Rajasthan. Singh told a ceremony inaugurating the country's largest inland oil field that Cairn's success in developing production showed the world that 'India has a good climate for foreign investment.'

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