Siblings arrested for faking abduction

RAUTAHAT, NOVEMBER 29 Police arrested two persons for pretending they had been kidnapped from Gadhimai Municipality in Rautahat last night. The arrested have been identified as Sanjiv Paswan, 28, and his younger brother Rajiv Paswan, 23,...

Dave Prowse, actor who played Darth Vader, dies at 85

LONDON: Dave Prowse, the British weightlifter-turned-actor who was the body, though not the voice, of arch-villain Darth Vader in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, has died. He was 85. Prowse died Saturday after a short...

‘Change process of selecting projects’

BAGMATI, NOVEMBER 29 Chief Minister of Bagmati Province Dormani Poudel today said work on various projects could not move ahead smoothly due to serious flaws in the process of selecting projects. In the first quarterly review...

Guru Nanak Jayanti being marked today

KATHMANDU: The Guru Nanak Jayanti is being observed today by organising different programmes in Kathmandu. Guru Nanak, the propounder of Sikhism, was born in Panjab of Pakistan on the day of Kartik Shukla Purnima (the...

Minister Bhattarai pledges to bring tourism recovery package

CHITWAN, NOVEMBER 29 Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai has said that the government will bring programmes for the recovery of tourism sector. Talking to mediapersons here today, he said the government...

Australia’s Warner out of white-ball series, test status uncertain

MELBOURNE: Australia batsman David Warner has been ruled out of the rest of the white-ball matches against India due to a groin injury and faces a fitness battle to be ready for the first...

Biden chooses an all-female senior White House press team

WILMINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden will have an all-female senior communications team at his White House, reflecting his stated desire to build out a diverse White House team as well as what’s expected to be...

NSC makes public SAG expenditure

KATHMANDU: The National Sports Council made public the expenditure incurred in the 13th South Asian Games held in Kathmandu, Pokhara and Janakpur from December 1-10 last year. Photo: THT According to NSC Member Secretary Ramesh Kumar...