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The death toll due to the April 25 killer quake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, was 8,384.

Indian-origin MPs Priti Patel and first-timer Rishi Sunak are expected to get a nod within some of the new appointments.

As he was trying to give her the direction, she took out a gun and forced him to sit in the car in which two other women were already present.

"I want my party - and, I hope, a government I would like to lead - to reclaim a mantle we should never have lost, the mantle of one nation, one United Kingdom," Cameron said.

Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives are set to govern Britain for another five years after an unexpectedly strong showing, but may have to grapple with renewed calls for Scottish independence after nationalists surged.

Polling on Thursday began in the UK in one of the closest general elections seen in decades with voters set to decide between the Conservatives of Prime Minister David Cameron, Ed Miliband's Labour and other smaller parties.

Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid famously crowed "It was the Sun wot won it" in 1992, claiming its support had swayed 10 million readers to back John Major's Conservatives to an unexpected election victory.

In the early hours of Sunday, an IL-76 aircraft brought back 152 passengers, and around 4.45 a.m., another C-17 Globemaster III returned with 247 Indians.

Fresh powerful aftershocks on Sunday triggered panic among the stricken people and caused avalanches on Mt Everest which had on Saturday taken a toll of 22 lives.

The move is aimed at enabling Indians to connect with their near and dear ones in Nepal, which saw several hundreds dead following a massive earthquake on Saturday.

At least 6,400 people have been forced to leave their homes because of the activity of Chile's Calbuco volcano.

There were no immediate reports of injuries, but a 21-year old mountain climber has been reported missing.