Nepal-India JWG discusses running train services on Jaynagar-Kurtha railway link

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 20 The fourth Nepal-India Joint Working Group meeting on Railway Cooperation was held on Thursday via video-conferencing. The JWG reviewed the cross-border rail link projects that are between Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas and Jogbani-Biratnagar under advance implementation....

Pfizer, BioNTech seek emergency use of COVID-19 shots in US

Pfizer formally asked US regulators Friday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine, starting the clock on a process that could bring limited first shots as early as next month and eventually an...

Detainee found hanging in police custody

NEPALGUNJ, NOVEMBER 20 A detainee allegedly committed suicide in the custody of District Police Office, Banke, this morning. Police claimed that Babulal Raidash of Bankatwan, Duduwa Rural Municipality-3, hanged himself in the custody’s toilet. Police had...

Police: 8 injured in Wisconsin mall shooting; suspect sought

WAUWATOSA: Police searched Friday evening for the suspect in a shooting at a suburban Milwaukee mall that left seven adults and a teenager injured. Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber gave no motive for the attack...

Cameras fixed in forests to film leopard activities

DAMAULI, NOVEMBER 20 In the wake of growing cases of leopard attacks on humans, trapping cameras have been installed in the forests of Tanahun’s Bhanu Municipality to study activities of the big cat species. Some 76...

Failure to prosecute perpetrators promoting fresh abuses, warn rights groups

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 20 Authorities in Nepal are preventing police and prosecutors from pursuing conflict-era cases of human rights violations, undermining the rule of law and efforts for security sector reforms, Human Rights Watch and Advocacy...

Trump tries to leverage power of office to subvert Biden win

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump sought to leverage the power of the Oval Office on Friday in an extraordinary attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, but his pleas to Michigan lawmakers to overturn the...

FinMin allocates budget to build 396 hospitals

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 20 The Ministry of Finance has allocated a budget to establish at least 396 hospitals with basic health services across the country. According to the ministry, Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel has asked the...