Former Pak. President Musharraf was arrested

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was arrested from his Chak Shahzad farmhouse. Musharraf yesterday fled from the Islamabad High Court after it had ordered his arrest in a 2007 case and remained closeted in his farmhouse with police blocking access to it

Defective valves delay plant commissioning at Kudankulam

The commissioning of the Kudankulam atomic power plant has been delayed as the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board found four valves “deficient” during tests ahead of firing the reactor. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India is replacing the components.

Russia launches bio-satellite

Russia launched an ’orbital Noah’s Ark’ to space — a bio-satellite packed with an array of mice and other small creatures to study the effects of long flights on living organisms. Russia’s latest BION-M1 biological research capsule carrying 45 mice, eight Mongolian gerbils, 15 geckos, snails, fish eggs, micro-organisms and plants blasted off aboard the modernised Soyuz 2 rocket from the Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan.

Former President of the Indian Olympic Association Sivanthi Adityan dead

B. Sivanthi Adityan, Former President of the Indian Olympic Association and owner of Dina Thanthi, the largest circulated Tamil daily died after a prolonged illness.

Sichuan Earthquake killed 157 persons

At least 157 people were killed and more than 5,700 injured in a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck China’s south-western Sichuan province on Saturday morning. Authorities fear the number of casualties could rise considering the strength of the earthquake, which was felt in at least five surrounding provinces.

Napolitano is re-elected as Italian President

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano was re-elected as President for one more term.

taly’s electoral college failed to elect his successor in five rounds of voting. This is the first time in the history of the Italian Republic that a President has been elected to two successive terms. He needed 504 votes of the 1007 grand electors, or 51.5 per cent, to win. The quorum was reached early morning after a day fraught with uncertainly.

Djokovic won Monte Carlo Masters tournament.

Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal at the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament 6-2, 7-6(7-1) to win the trophy for the first time. He stopped Rafael Nadal’s winning streak of the last eight titles here.