Partition Museum to come up at Amritsar Town Hall
london: A permanent museum dedicated to the Partition of India in 1947 will be established at the historic Town Hall in Amritsar, according to the trust behind the project. The Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust, behind the initial idea and in charge of running the museum, had unveiled plans for the museum last year. It has now been allotted a wing in Amritsar’s Town Hall by the Punjab Government.
5 soldiers dead, 4 missing in Texas floods
Washington: Four US soldiers were still missing on Friday, a day after their vehicle flipped over in a rain-swollen Texas creek during a training exercise, killing five others. “Yesterday we suffered a tragic accident where we lost five of our soldiers,” said Major General John Uberti, speaking to reporters today at the Fort Hood military base.
Goa-born mayor takes charge of UK borough
london: Goa-born Sayonara luxton has taken charge as the mayor of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in southeast England. Councillor luxton, in her 60s, had been serving as the deputy mayor of the area for the past year and was proposed to take over by former mayor Councillor Dee Quick.
Pak father of 35 aims for 100 children
Quetta: A Pakistani father of 35 is now searching for a fourth wife as he romps towards his goal of 100 children, a dubious ambition in the conservative Muslim country where polygamy is rare but still practiced.
Biographer Wendy leigh dies at age 65
london: The prolific celebrity biographer Wendy leigh has died in london. She was 65. Her agent Dan Strone at Trident Media Group said on Friday that she died in a fall from her riverside apartment in london on Sunday.