Inbrief

Savita’s husband to visit India

london: The husband of Savita Halappanvar is planning to visit India to brief her parents on the next step in his legal battle to uncover the truth behind her death at an Irish hospital.

Nobel prize-winning French biologist dies

Paris: French biologist Francois Jacob, who won the 1965 Nobel prize for medicine for his research into enzymes, has died at the age of 92. Jacob, a member of the prestigious “Ordre de la liberation” awarded to those who performed heroic deeds during the liberation of France in World War II, died on Friday,  the relative said.

Deaf Miss India UK eyes worldwide crown

london: An Indian-origin beauty therapist hopes to become the first deaf contestant to be crowned ‘Miss India Worldwide’. leicester-based Nehal Bhogaita won the Miss India UK pageant in October last year and is now on her way to Malaysia to represent Britain at Miss India Worldwide 2013 on April 27.

5 killed in US apartment shooting

Washington: Five people, including a woman, were killed in a shootout, apparently sparked by a dispute, at a Washington State apartment complex, police said on Monday. Officers responding to an emergency call last night at the apartments in Federal Way, about 32 kilometres south of Seattle, encountered a chaotic scene, with bullets flying.

China says new N Korea nuclear test possible

Beijing: China’s top general on Monday said that a fourth North Korean nuclear weapons test is a possibility that underscores the need for fresh talks between Pyongyang and other regional parties.

Gunman kills 6 at hunting shop in provincial Russia

Moscow:  A gunman described as a former convict on Monday killed six people, including two teenage girls, in a broad daylight shooting at a hunting shop in the southern Russian city of Belgorod, horrifying residents in the usually quiet provincial centre.

Ahmadis to boycott Pakistan election

lahore: Some 2,00,000 members of the minority Ahmadi sect will not vote in Pakistan’s general election to protest their treatment by authorities while none of the political parties have dared to woo the community because of fears of upsetting hardline clerics.