NEW DELHI — Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister widely regarded as the architect of the country’s economic reform program, was cremated after a state funeral on Saturday as politicians and the public mourned his death. The veteran leader ...

Grieving citizens in India's capital gathered Saturday to pay their respects to former prime minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the state funeral for the man acknowledged as responsible for the country's economic liberalization.

The body of Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose death has sparked outpourings of grief at home and accolades from abroad, was cremated on Sunday on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi with full state honours.