Pak army helicopter crashes, 2 injured
lahore: Two military personnel were injured when a small army helicopter crashed in a field in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday, police said. The pilot and co-pilot suffered injuries.
Bribe scandal: S Korea jails n-workers
Seoul: South Korea jailed six nuclear power engineers and suppliers linked to a major corruption scandal that stoked public concern over safety standards. Two engineers with State-run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power were handed prison terms of 14 months to two years for taking bribes from suppliers who used forged safety certificates.
Africa’s Gupta family guests in race row
Johannesburg: The row surrounding a lavish Indian wedding in South Africa on Friday got mired in another controversy after a labour union alleged “racism at its worst” against some guests attending the event. The Congress of South African Trade unions is “informed that the family does not want to be served by the African staff members who are employed in the resort”, the union said.
Poll candidate, son shot dead in Karachi
Islamabad: An Awami National Party leader contesting Pakistan’s upcoming general election and his six-year-old son were gunned down outside a mosque in the southern port city of Karachi on Friday, police and witnesses said. The gunmen, who were riding a motorcycle, escaped after the attack. Officials said five persons were injured in the shooting.
Hundreds held for selling rat meat
Beijing: More than 900 people have been arrested in a three-month campaign in China for selling rat or fox meat as mutton and beef, State media reported on Friday. A total of 904 people were captured during the campaign involving meat-related crimes such as producing fake beef and mutton made from rat and fox, the Ministry of Public Security said.