Islamabad, Oct 5 : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will conduct the presidential election on Saturday and declare its result the same evening.

New Delhi, Oct 5 : The third meeting of the UPA-Left Committee on Indo-US civil nuclear deal will take place today to address the Left concern on the deal.

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.

Islamabad, Oct 2 : Pakistan’s National Assembly members of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) have submitted their resignations to Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain.

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former cricketer Imran Khan was the first parliamentarian who tendered his resignation, following which other APDM leaders followed suit.

Lahore, Oct 2 : The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has quietly started restoring its relations with the opposition parties, because hopes of the government and the PPP coming closer are quite dim with the Musharraf regime sitting on the demands of the party.

The PPP will finalise its strategy on October 3 in a meeting being convened in London, giving maximum time to the Musharraf regime to accept its demands before the presidential polls.