Gallery: Police confront protesters as the capital’s political scene heats up

KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 28 Police confront protesters with lit flambeau as capital’s political scenario heats up following house dissolution. Seen in pictures are demonstrators and Riot Police personnel attempting to douse torches while chasing away protesters from...

SC’s verdict on HoR dissolution acceptable to NC, says Deuba

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that Supreme Court’s verdict on House of Representatives (HoR) dissolution will be acceptable to the party irrespective of the outcome. Addressing a protest rally organized by...

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...