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Bangalore, Oct 2: All the BJP ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, today handed over their resignation from the JD (S)-led coalition Government in the State to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

The BJP's decision to resign en masse from the Kumaraswamy Cabinet comes after the talks between the BJP and the JD (S) failed on the power transfer issue.

According to the pact reached between the two parties twenty months ago, the JD (S) is supposed to transfer the office of Chief Minister to the BJP on October 3.

Islamabad, Oct 2: General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani was today named as the Vice Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army, and he will become its Chief after President Pervez Musharraf vacates the post.

Kochi, Oct 2: Australia beat India by 84 runs in the second ODI of the seven-match series played here today.

Chasing a target of 307 runs set by Australia, India was all out for 222 runs with more than two overs to go.

India lost its first four wickets in quick succession and before the end of first fifteen overs, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa were back to pavilion scoring 7,16, 10 and 41 runs respectively.

Sydney, Oct 2 : Australia Zoo director Terri Irwin has been honoured with the Business Woman of the Year award.

The widow of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin accepted the award at a ceremony in Brisbane.

Holly Kramer, from sponsor Telstra, said that the judges were impressed Terri’s
strong business expertise.

"The judges said Terri Irwin demonstrated strong business acumen across all criteria and commended her on her entrepreneurial achievements which she pursued from a young age," News.com.au quoted Kramer, as saying.

Washington, October 2 : A team of researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School have found that the cells that make insulin in the body of people with diabetes may stop this task because of glitches in the production of a molecule called proinsulin, the precursor out of which insulin is made.