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Indian PM recovering after successful heart surgery

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  • Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is "stable, comfortable"
  • Singh recuperating after heart surgery on Saturday in New Delhi
  • Doctors: Singh likely stay in hospital for a week, resume most duties in a month
  • Singh previously underwent a bypass in 1990 and an angioplasty in 2004
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NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is "stable, comfortable and making rapid progress" after a successful heart surgery, his office said Sunday.

Manmohan Singh has a history of heart troubles.

Manmohan Singh has a history of heart troubles.

Doctors said Singh will likely remain hospitalized for the next week and he will be able to resume most of his duties in a month.

Singh, 76, underwent a coronary artery bypass on Saturday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.

He also underwent a bypass in 1990 and an angioplasty in 2004.

"The prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, spent an uneventful night following his surgery," a statement from his office said.

"He talked to his family this morning. The doctors attending on the prime minister say that he is stable, comfortable and is making rapid progress."

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India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is in charge of Singh's Finance Ministry portfolio until the prime minister recovers.

Singh's ruling Congress party last year survived a vote of confidence that came amid controversy in India over a now-approved nuclear deal with Washington.

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