Pak to hold poll on Aug 6 to replace Zardari
Islamabad: The election to choose the next Pakistan President will be held on August 6, over a month earlier than expected, in a move seen as an attempt to hasten the exit of incumbent Asif Ali Zardari. The schedule for the presidential election was announced today by the Election Commission.
Over 270 feared dead in heavy rains in China
Beijing: China continues to reel under heavy floods with 277 people dead or missing in rain-triggered disasters since last week, while a key bridge, connecting a national highway, was today washed away by flood waters. Total 58 people were killed and 175 were missing in rainstorm-triggered floods and a major geological disaster last week in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Indian-origin trio gets death penalty in Malaysia
Kuala lumpur: Three ethnic Indian men in Malaysia were sentenced to death on Tuesday for murdering a prominent Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) party leader N Sindambaram in 2009. Malaysian High Court sentenced Manimaran, 24, S Saravanan, 29, and K Perumal, 31, for killing Sindambaram on January 11, 2009 when they entered his house in a robbery bid. The Judicial Commissioner Teo Say Eng issued the mandatory death penalty for the trio for murdering the 64-year-old Ipoh Barat MIC division treasurer
UKto honour Krishna Menon with blue plaque
london: India's first High Commissioner to Britain VK Krishna Menon will be honoured posthumously with a blue plaque at the north london residence where he stayed when he first moved to the city before India's Independence. london's blue plaques commemorate the link between notable figures of the past and the buildings in which they lived and worked and India's former defence minister now joins the likes of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, with one in his memory at 30 langdon Park Road in Highgate.
Interim cabinet sworn in egypt amid violence
Cairo: Egypt's new Government was today sworn in along with the interim Prime Minister and his deputies, almost two weeks after the military ousted the first democratically elected president Mohammed Morsi. The 35 Ministers, including three deputy Prime Ministers, were sworn in by interim President Adly Mansour.