Indian police charge army officer, civilian for killing three labourers in Kashmir

SRINAGAR:  Indian police in Kashmir filed charges against an army officer and a civilian for allegedly killing three labourers and planting weapons to pass them off as militants, in a rare indictment of the...

Nepali Congress organises nationwide protest

KATHMANDU: Main opposition party Nepali Congress today organised demonstrations across the country in protest against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR). The protests were held in all the 165 electoral constituencies across the...

Doctors, stakeholders call for collective move to lower air pollution in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU: Experts have expressed serious concern over the increasing level of air pollution in Kathmandu valley while calling for concerted efforts to lower it. At a “Science-Policy Dialogue on Health Impacts of Air Pollution in...

Nepal COVID-19 Update: 659 new cases, 718 recoveries, seven fatalities

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country, and government’s response to the health crisis. READ MORE: Kathmandu valley records 278 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday Till date, 1,915,232 tests...

Draw with West Brom feels like defeat, says Liverpool’s Klopp

LONDON: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said Sunday’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion felt like a defeat and that his players were angry at missing the opportunity to go five points clear in the...

India’s Punjab looking into whether protesting farmers sabotaged telecom infrastructure

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Authorities in India‘s northern state of Punjab are investigating whether protesting farmers were disrupting power supply to hundreds of telecom towers, a state official said on Monday, amid protests over new farm laws. “We...

Kathmandu valley records 278 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday

KATHMANDU: The three districts of Kathmandu valley reported as many as 278 new cases of the coronavirus infection on Monday. Of the total 659 new cases in the country, Kathmandu district reported 207 infections while...

Elgar falls short of ton as S Africa fight back against Sri Lanka

PRETORIA: Opener Dean Elgar fell five runs short of a century as South Africa climbed to 317 for four at the close of play on day two of the first test against injury-hit Sri...