Russian Parliament overwhelmingly confirms Putin as PM
 
MOSCOW: Russian parliament yesterday voted overwhelmingly for Vladimir Putin as 10th Prime Minister of the country, a day after he handed the presidency to his protege Dmitry Medvedev in a new experiment of sharing power.

Myanmar blocks UN emergency aid
 
YANGON: Myanmar's isolationist regime blocked United Nations efforts on Thursday to airlift urgently needed high-energy biscuits to survivors of a cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people

Olympic flame reaches top of Mount Everest
 
BEIJING: Live television footage showed a Chinese mountaineering team holding up a specially designed torch along with Chinese and Olympic flags Thursday on the top of Mount Everest.

Zardari, Nawaz to meet in London to discuss judges' issue
 
ISLAMABAD: Top leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition, including PPP chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif

Democratic Bhutan holds first parliament session
 
THIMPHU: The newly elected members of Bhutan's first parliament met for the first time yesterday

Pakistan test-fires nuclear capable Hatf-VIII missile
 
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday test-fired the nuclear-capable Hatf-VIII air-launched cruise missile, which its military said would enhance its capability to strike at targets on land and at sea.

One held in connection with Indian student's murder in UK
 
LONDON: British police have arrested one person in connection with the brutal murder of a 23-year-old Indian student at her hostel in the University of Wolverhampton.

Find out if Ram Setu is a monument, SC orders
 
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to find out if the Sethusamudram Project is an ancient monument.

Karunanidhi's son acquitted in murder case
 
CHITTOOR: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's son MK Azhagiri, was acquitted on Thursday

Sabeel comes under police surveillance
 
BANGALORE: Hours after the deportation of Indian doctor Sabeel Ahmed, who was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in UK for withholding information about Glasgow terror plot