India could make up to 5 changes for 2nd test vs Australia

MELBOURNE: India could make up to five changes for the second cricket test against Australia beginning Saturday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground while the home side is expected to go unchanged. India captain Virat Kohli...

Nepal COVID-19 Update: 608 new cases, 892 recoveries and eight fatalities recorded on Friday

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Health Ministry, in its regular press briefing, shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country, and government’s response to the health crisis. READ MORE: Kathmandu valley logs 279 new coronavirus cases...

In Christmas message curbed by Covid, pope calls on nations to share vaccines

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis called in his Christmas message on Friday for nations to share Covid-19vaccines, saying walls of nationalism could not be built to stop a pandemic that knows no borders. In a sign...

JSP cadres torch PM Oli’s effigy in Rautahat; condemn Oli, Prez Bhandari for house dissolution

RAUTAHAT: Janata Samajawadi Party (JSP) cadres hit the streets of district headquarter Gaur to set ablaze the effigies of PM Oli and President Bhandari, denouncing Oli’s ‘autocratic’ move of lower house dismantling, this afternoon. Slogans...

Gallery: Dahal-Nepal faction at Election Commission

KATHMANDU: Former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Nepal proceeded towards the Election Commission after holding a mass protest against the dissolution of parliament by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in Kathmandu, this...

PM Oli reshuffles cabinet, nine new faces inducted

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reshuffled his cabinet after the recent resignation of seven Ministers. Photo: Office of the President The ministers had resigned in protest of Oli’s move to recommend House dissolution which...

India’s Rahane determined to be his own man after Kohli exit

MELBOURNE: Ajinkya Rahane has soaked up regular skipper Virat Kohli’s parting words but is determined to be his own man as he takes charge for India’s last three matches against Australia, the 32-year-old said...

PSG’s Mbappe thanks Tuchel after reports of German coach’s sacking

BERLIN: Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe paid tribute to Thomas Tuchel after multiple media reports said the German coach had been sacked by the French Ligue 1 club. French sports daily L’Equipe and German...