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  • Nepal to hold 6th round of PM poll today

    As Nepal’s parliament votes Sunday, for the sixth time in two months, to elect a new Prime Minister, the indications are that the poll will yet again end in a fiasco with the opposition Maoist party failing to win, especially with horse-trading allegations casting a long shadow on the exercise. Four regional parties from the […]

    Intl conference on Asian nuclear prospects from 10th Oct

    A three-day international conference, aimed at fostering mutual interaction and collaboration between nuclear scientists and engineers from Asia and their counterparts in developed countries, will get underway in Chennai from 10th October. This will be the second edition of ‘Asian Nuclear Prospects’ (ANUP) meet. The first was held in Japan in 2008. “ANUP-2010 aims to […]

    President gives away national awards to teachers on Teacher’s day

    President Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented National Awards to teachers at a function at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Sunday. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said on Saturday that teachers must be empowered in the realm of decision making in educational development and reforms. Addressing the national awardee teachers on the eve of Teacher’s Day, […]

    BrahMos cruise missile test-fired from Orissa coast

    India on Sunday test-fired the 290-km range BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off Orissa coast as part of trials by the defence forces to fine-tune its capability. “It was a user’s trial by the defence forces,” said a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) official soon after the missile […]

    Lashker Militant killed, Jawan injured in encounter in Poonch

    A suspected militant of the Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) was killed and a jawan injured in a gunbattle in Poonch border district on Sunday morning. On specific information about the presence of a group of 3-4 militants, Rastriya Rifles (RR) troops and Police launched a search and cordon operation in Bhatti-Dar area of Mendhar tehsil early on […]

    U.S. Bypasses Turkey for Withdrawal of Heavy Weapons from Iraq

    The United States does not intend to pull out heavy equipment and weapons from Iraq through Turkish territory, though the U.S. military has been seeking Turkish permission for the transportation of some noncombat equipment, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen said Saturday. “Though we certainly rely on Turkey’s infrastructure to move […]

    S. Korean FM Offers Resignation

    South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan on Saturday offered his resignation amid criticism on the ministry’s controversial hiring of his daughter, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. Yu offered his resignation to President Lee Myung-bak through the presidential chief of staff early Saturday, the Ministry of Foreign and Trade Affairs said in a press release. Yu said […]

    Nationwide Demonstration in France to Protest Sarkozy’s Security Measures

    Thousands of French people including associations, political figures and artists walked to the streets across the country to protest against Sarkozysecurity measures on immigrants and Roma repatriation on Saturday. According to the League of Human rights, 140 demonstrations were hold on Saturday across the European country. About 100,000 demonstrators marched through France’s main towns of […]

    Twin Suicide Blasts Rock Barracks in Russia’s Dagestan

    Two suicide bombing hit a military base in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan early Sunday morning, killing at least three people and injuring over 20 others, Russian media reported. The first blast happened as a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-stuffed Lada car through the gate of the 136th motorized rifle brigade’s military base in […]

    New Zealand Earthquake Fault Located

    New Zealand geologists have located where the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Saturday began. Mark Quigley of New Zealand’s Canterbury University said an area of the fault plain in rural Canterbury ruptured and caused the quake. He told Radio New Zealand on Sunday that one side of the earth had basically lurched to the right about […]