Speaker Somnath Chatterjee will quit office on August 12, sources said.
It will serve as a major technological development and software support facility for the company's ASEAN, US and Middle Eastern customers.
P Kashyap and Arvind Bhat did the star turn as India trounced Australia 4-1 and advanced to the last eight stage of the Thomas Cup finals even as the women's team went down 1-4 to Korea despite Saina Nehwal's thrilling win over Seung Hee Bae in the Uber Cup, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday.
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Surinder Pal has earned the dubious distinction of being the first 'foreign fake doctor' to be convicted and jailed for abusing his work permit in Malaysia
Five ethnic Indians were arrested by police in Kuala Lumpur as death of a young member of the community in custody triggered a huge outpouring of grief. Hundreds of ethnic Indians gathered in pouring rain to join in the funeral procession of 22-year-old A. Kugan, who died eight days ago. The protestors chanted "We want justice" alleging that the youngster's death was a case of custodial killing.
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal played her heart out but eventually ran out of steam as French Hongyan Pi beat her in a gruelling quarterfinal encounter of the Malaysian Super Series in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
A record number of ten ethnic Indian lawmakers took oath of office as Malaysia's 12th Parliament opened in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. For the second time in its history, the ruling Barisan Nasional will be without a two-thirds majority, after the coalition of premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi lost five of the 13 states to the opposition, as also one third of parliamentary seats.
A former Australian defence official, who headed the search for the missing Malaysian jet MH370 in the Indian Ocean, will lead Australia's MH17 plane investigation and recovery operation in Ukraine.
Saina Nehwal staved off the challenge from Hsiao Huan Chen of Chinese Taipei in an edge-of-the-seat second round match to enter the quarter-final of the Malaysian Super Series in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
An Indian national, who flew in from Mumbai, was arrested at the Kuala Lumpur airport for carrying 10 kg of narcotics worth Rs two crore in his luggage. Narcotics chief Nordin Hassan Kadir said that police noticed the Indian national behaving suspiciously in the baggage collection area, when passengers from Bombay were waiting for their bags.revealed that the powder in the bag was actually 10 kg of Ketamine.
It may be recalled that after the Madrid blasts of March 2004, the Madrid police had detained two or three Gujarati traders of Madrid because some SIM cards recovered by the police during their investigation had been bought from these traders.
Thai authorities detained an Indian passenger onboard a Bangladeshi airline flight, which made an emergency landing in Bangkok, on Tuesday. The pilots of the flight, which was carrying approximately 60 passengers from Kuala Lumpur to Dhaka, requested permission for an emergency landing today morning while flying over Thailand.According to initial reports, this was in response to an attempt at hijacking the aircraft.
Saina Nehwal played her heart out but lost to world number six Chen Wang of Hong Kong in an edge-of-the-seat semi-final of the World Super Series Masters Final in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
Saina Nehwal shrugged off her opening match disappointment to become the first Indian shuttler to reach the semi-finals of the World Super Series Masters Finals when she defeated Mew Choo Wong of Malaysia in the group league stage, in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Brian Lara will lead the West Indies team for tri-series against India and Australia in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
Sri Lankan Airlines is offering a special package from Mumbai to Colombo at Rs 14,000, plus taxes.
World number one Ash Barty became the first Australian woman to win the Wimbledon singles title for 41 years on Saturday when she defeated Czech Karolina Pliskova in the final.
A fighting H S Prannoy edged out Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama to progress to the semi-finals but two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu couldn't find a way to get past her nemesis Tai Tzu Ying at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) refused to support India's bid to get a total ban imposed on sledging when the issue was discussed at the ICC chief executives' meeting in Kuala Lumpur last month.
If Saina manages to go past Okuhara, the Indian might run into fourth seed Carolina Marin, who is placed in her half of the draw.
India beat South Africa by 12 runs in a rain-interrupted final of the Under-19 cricket World cup to win the title for the second time.
Pakistan will host the Asia Cup cricket tournament from June 25 in Karachi and Lahore, it was decided at a meeting between Cricket Board Chairman Nasim Ashraf and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) officials in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.
The 16-year-old Indian badminton ace will meet China's Wen Cheng, at the Asian Junior championships.
Taruwar Kohli finished unbeaten on 63 as India won by seven wickets and 10.5 overs to spare at the Under-19 World Cup.
Part of Sekhar's donation will be used to finance a scholarship fund which will allow students from across Asia to study at St Andrews. The medical school is expected to start construction this summer, pending planning approval, and is due to be completed by 2010.
Sania Mirza and Poojashree Venkatesha notched up straight-set wins as India blanked Singapore 3-0 in a Group A rubber to get off to a flying start in the Asia/Oceania Group II competition of the Fed Cup tennis tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said he will formally make the request at the ICC chief executive committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur next week.
Saurabh Tiwary scored an unbeaten 98 as India rallied from the loss of three early wickets to win their final warm-up match by six wickets.
The triumph also took Germany to the top of FIH world rankings from the pre-tournament fourth place.
Months after one of its campaigners was "offloaded" from a flight, Greenpeace India on Monday claimed that a member of its international staff was denied entry into India despite having valid documents.
Malaysian investigators had found the two pieces were consistent with panels from a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft.
Sure, the community faces some problems, but there is no threat per se, a delegation of poets visiting India said.
Germany defeated Malaysia 3-2 to take an unassailable lead atop the table with 16 points while European champions the Netherlands' hopes of retaining the title appear bleak after a thrilling 3-3 draw Australia.
"India can do much more and it should realise that it is an economic giant. New Delhi can influence Malaysia as the latter cannot ignore the country's business potential," said Waytha Moorthy, leader of the Hindu Rights Action Force which is spearheading the agitation in Malaysia.
Defending champions the Netherlands received another setback in the Champions Trophy men's hockey tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday when they were held to a 3-3 draw by leaders Germany.
