WORLD
Alarm for India? Pakistan on course to become world’s 5th largest nuclear power
Alarm for India? Pakistan on course to become world’s 5th la...
WASHINGTON DC, Sept 8: India will likely be unsettled by the news its arch-nemesis Pakistan is being tipped to become the fifth largest nuclear power in the world. US researchers have branded the development “concerning.”
Sep 08, 2018
SOCIETY
5 killed, 1 critically injured in Nuwakot chopper crash
5 killed, 1 critically injured in Nuwakot chopper crash
KATHMANDU, Sept 8: Five people including Captain Nischal KC were killed while one sustained critical injuries in an Altitude Air helicopter crash that occurred in Meghan rural municipality in Nuwakot district on Saturday morning, confirmed DSP Bhim Lal Bhattarai.
Sep 08, 2018
WORLD
Indian man poses as brand new Nutcracker, setting new Guinness record
Indian man poses as brand new Nutcracker, setting new Guinne...
MOSCOW, Sept 8: A man from India looks very focused on what he's doing, he also happens to not be just an ordinary man, but a new Guinness world record holder for cracking walnuts against his head in a minute! It seems that he is kind of a new Indian superhero with a steel forehead.
Sep 08, 2018
WORLD
Ex-Trump campaign adviser sentenced to 14 days in prison
Ex-Trump campaign adviser sentenced to 14 days in prison
WASHINGTON, Sept 8: George Papadopoulos, the Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, was sentenced to 14 days in prison Friday after he told a judge he was “deeply embarrassed and ashamed” for lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian intermediaries.
Sep 08, 2018
SOCIETY
3-year-old girl dies as bus runs over her
3-year-old girl dies as bus runs over her
PARSA, Sept 8: A three-year-old girl was killed after being hit by a passenger bus at Dhobani of Parsa today.
Sep 08, 2018
SOCIETY
2 held with heroin worth millions of rupees
2 held with heroin worth millions of rupees
PARSA, Sept 8: Two youths have been arrested along with brown heroin amounting over Rs 5 million. The contraband was smuggled from India into the district.
Sep 08, 2018
WORLD
Death toll from Hokkaido earthquake reaches 21
Death toll from Hokkaido earthquake reaches 21
TOKYO, Sept 8: Death toll from a major earthquake on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido has increased to 21 people, while 13 people have been missing after the earthquake, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Saturday.
Sep 08, 2018
ECONOMY
Pakistan on verge of bailout, but revokes appointment of key economist amid Islamist backl...
Pakistan on verge of bailout, but revokes appointment of key...
MOSCOW, Sept 8: Despite being on the verge of an economic crisis, Pakistan’s government has caved to pressure by hardline Islamists to cancel the appointment of a Princeton economist to the Economic Advisory Council.
Sep 08, 2018
SOCIETY
No medical specialist in Dang
No medical specialist in Dang
DANG, Sept 8: Most of the posts for specialist doctors and medical officers at Rapti sub regional hospital of Dang are lying vacant. Out of 20 quotas for the specialist doctors, 11 are vacant, said officiating medical superintendent Dr Janardan Panthi.
Sep 08, 2018
SOCIETY
People's representatives attack journalist
People's representatives attack journalist
CHITWAN, Sept 8: People's representatives in Gaidakot municipality beat up subeditor of a local Janaarpan weekly, Ajay Gorkhali, for reporting about the executive meeting of the municipality on Friday.
Sep 08, 2018