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Bangalore, Nov 9 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader B S Yeddiyurappa, who will lead the coalition government in Karanataka with the Janata Dal-Secular, will meet Governor Rameshwar Thakur later today.

Thakur is expected to extend Yeddiyurappa a formal invitation to form the government.

Yeddiyurappa is expected to be sworn in as Chief Minister on Monday.

Meanwhile, the JD (S) has convened a meeting on Sunday, ahead of the government formation.

On the 12-point 'memorandum of understanding' that JD (S) chief Deve Gowda had sent to the BJP, JD (S) state unit president Merajuddin Patel said it s not a pre-condition and it is merely an understanding between the two partners for smooth governance.

Dubai, Nov 9 : At least seven Indians were killed and 24 others injured when an under-construction bridge collapsed in Dubai on Thursday evening.

Islamabad, Nov 9 : Pakistan’s Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that former premier Benazir Bhutto has been taken into safe custody in view of the reported terror threats in the PPP ra

London, Nov 9 : Researchers have revealed that drinking coffee, particularly the caffeinated kind, offers considerable protection against some skin cancers.

Mohali, Nov 9 : Indian and Pakistani teams were fined for slow over-rate during the second one-day international (ODI) match here on Thursday.

Washington, November 9 : Nanotechnology scientists at the University of Idaho have started a new research to develop more effective defences against the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, and other de