Opposition PDP storms to power in Bhutan
Thimphu: Bhutan's main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) tonight stormed to power in the country's second parliamentary elections during which India's withdrawal of subsidy on kerosene and cooking gas was a major campaign issue. PDP won 31 seats while ruling Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) got 14 seats in the 47-member National Assembly, according to latest poll figures, as results of the remaining two seats were awaited. To form a Government, a party needs to win a minimum of 24 seats. This is the second national election in Bhutan after the Himalayan country became a democracy in 2008. In the last election, PDP won only two of the 47 seats up for grabs.
Suicide bomber strikes Iraq cafe, kills 47
Kirkuk(Iraq): Violence in Iraq has killed 47 people, with the deadliest attack a suicide bombing that ripped through a crowded cafe, leaving 38 dead, police and doctors said. The bomber struck at a cafe in the city of Kirkuk last night as people thronged the streets after the iftar meal that breaks the fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Thirty-eight people were killed and 29 wounded in the south Kirkuk blast, police and Dr Ibrahim Shakur said. Dozens of family members of the victims gathered in front of the main hospital in Kirkuk, some with blood on their clothes.
14 dead in Moscow truck-bus crash
Moscow: Fourteen people are dead after a truck carrying concrete ran into a passenger bus in an outlying area of Moscow. The Emergency Services Ministry says in a statement that 22 people have been hospitalized with injuries from the today afternoon crash. The accident occurred when the truck plowed into the side of the bus near Oznobishino, a settlement in the Moscow municipality about 40 kilometers south of the city center. The drivers of both vehicles are among the hospitalized, Russian news reports said.
Two Indians awarded on ‘Malala Day’
United Nations: Two Indians were among the seven young girls honoured with the UN Special Envoy for Global Education’s Youth Courage Award for Education as part of ‘Malala Day’ celebrations at the world body. Special awards were given to seven young girls from around the world for their courage and achievement to promote the cause of girl’s education and dignity of women. Among them were two Indians, 21-year-old Ashwini from Bangalore and 15-year-old Razia from Uttar Pradesh who were awarded with UN Special Envoy for Global Education’s Youth Courage Award for Education.
7 dead as fighting mars Philippines peace talks
MANIlA: Fresh fighting between Philippine troops and a renegade group of Muslim rebels left seven people dead on Saturday amid peace talks aimed at ending a decades-old rebellion, the military said. The gunmen, who oppose the main Islamic rebel group’s negotiations with Manila, ambushed an army truck on the main southern island of Mindanao, regional military spokesman Colonel Dickson Hermoso said.
Two soldiers were wounded, but the army gave chase to the retreating gunmen and killed five of them, he said in a written report.
At least 10 killed in Brazil road accident Rio de Janeiro: At least 10 people died in southeastern
Brazil when a driver at the wheel of a tourist bus lost control of
the vehicle, local media reported on Saturday. The crash late on Friday in eastern Minas Gerais also left several people injured, according to news reports.Rescue officials said the bus was carrying 42 church members to a religious gathering at the time of the crash. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has placed Brazil fifth on a list of
countries with the most road accidents.The top four places are occupied by India, China, Russia and the United States, the international group said.