SPORTS
Leicester among sides with last 16 in sight
Leicester among sides with last 16 in sight
PARIS, Nov 1: AFP Sports looks ahead to Wednesday's Champions League action with reigning champions Real Madrid, Juventus, Borussia Dortmund and debutants Leicester City all looking to clinch places in the last 16 with two games to spare (kick-offs 1945 GMT):
Nov 01, 2016
TECHNOLOGY
Toyota develops app to start up car from smartphone
Toyota develops app to start up car from smartphone
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 1: Japanese car maker Toyota has developed an app called Smart Key Box that lets people use smartphones to access and start up a car.
Nov 01, 2016
SOCIETY
Two injured as man opens fire in Itahari
Two injured as man opens fire in Itahari
ITAHARI, Nov 1: Two persons were injured in a shootout at Bhojpure Hotel in Itahari Sub Metropolis – 24 at 4 am on Tuesday morning.
Nov 01, 2016
SOCIETY
Gurkha soldier killed in alleged Pakistani firing
Gurkha soldier killed in alleged Pakistani firing
SRINAGAR, Nov 1: A Gurkha soldier serving in Indian Army was killed in an alleged Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, Indian media reported.
Nov 01, 2016
WORLD
Meet the man who spent $9 million on a license plate
Meet the man who spent $9 million on a license plate
Dubai property developer Balwinder Sahni wanted a highly coveted plate bearing the number 5. He wanted it so much, he bid 33 million dirhams ($9 million) for it at a government auction earlier this month.
Nov 01, 2016
SOCIETY
Massive blaze destroys seven houses
Massive blaze destroys seven houses
SANKHUWASABHA, Nov 1: At least seven houses were destroyed in a massive blaze which started from an electrical short circuit at Mulkharka Bazaar of Sankhuwasabha Municipality – 4 at 1:45 am last night.
Nov 01, 2016
SOCIETY
Fire breaks out from candles lighted on Laxmi Puja
Fire breaks out from candles lighted on Laxmi Puja
GAIGHAT (Udayapur), Nov 1: Two separate incidents of fire breaking out from candles lighted to mark the occasion of Laxmi Puja of Tihar festival in Rampur Thoksila and Limpataar of Udayapur district caused damages worth Rs 3 million last night.
Nov 01, 2016
SOCIETY
Six injured in separate bike accidents
Six injured in separate bike accidents
KAWASOTI, Nov 1: As many as six persons were injured in separate motorbike accidents in Nawalparasi along the East – West Highway last night.
Nov 01, 2016
WORLD
13 dead, 20 missing after China coal mine blast
13 dead, 20 missing after China coal mine blast
BEIJING, Nov 1: The Latest on an explosion in a western China coal mine. State media now say 13 miners have been found dead after a gas explosion inside a coal mine in western China, and rescuers continue to search for another 20 people trapped inside.
Nov 01, 2016
SOCIETY
Int'l trade fair in Dehradun to target holidaymakers
Int'l trade fair in Dehradun to target holidaymakers
KANCHANPUR, Nov 1: The Kanchanpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry is set to hold a trade fair in Dehradun, the capital of India's Uttarakhand state, with an aim to promote ecotourism.
Nov 01, 2016