Lifestyle
Kim Kardashian feared rape during Paris heist
Kim Kardashian feared rape during Paris heist
LOS ANGELES, Oct 4: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has reportedly said she feared she would be raped when two men broke into her Paris hotel room and robbed her at gunpoint. But she was unharmed.
Oct 04, 2016
WORLD
More than 6,000 migrants plucked from sea in a single day, 22 dead
More than 6,000 migrants plucked from sea in a single day, 2...
About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on Monday, one of the highest numbers in a single day, Italian and Libyan officials said.
Oct 04, 2016
TECHNOLOGY
WhatsApp update borrows Snapchat’s biggest features
WhatsApp update borrows Snapchat’s biggest features
WhatsApp has added a new update and borrowed almost everything that makes Snapchat’s camera so good.
Oct 04, 2016
SOCIETY
Four killed in road accidents
Four killed in road accidents
KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Two persons died in a road accident after a bus, Lu 1 Kha 1208 hit a bike, Lu 6 Pa 730, at Pipaldanda, Rupendehi along the Mahendra Highway.
Oct 04, 2016
POLITICS
Transport entrepreneurs' 'monopoly' riles lawmakers
Transport entrepreneurs' 'monopoly' riles lawmakers
KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Lawmakers, speaking at a meeting of the Legislature-Parliament on Tuesday, drew the government's attention towards inconveniences facing commuters on the eve of the festivals due to anomalies of transport entrepreneurs.
Oct 04, 2016
WORLD
Swaziland's bid to sell rhino horn fails at UN meeting
Swaziland's bid to sell rhino horn fails at UN meeting
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 4: It was a big, and ultimately doomed, proposal from a small country at a U.N. wildlife conference in South Africa: legalize the international sale of rhino horn because a 1977 ban on its trade has failed to stop the scourge of poaching.
Oct 04, 2016
SOCIETY
4 killed by lightning
4 killed by lightning
KATHMANDU, Oct 4: Four persons were killed by lightning in separate parts of the country on Monday.
Oct 04, 2016
SOCIETY
Custom that bars women from entering temple
Custom that bars women from entering temple
DHANUSA, Oct 4: At a time when there is a strong advocacy for gender equity, there is an age-old tradition existing here that bars women from entering the Rajadevi Temple in Janakpur, the city of ancient and famous Janaki Temple, during the Dashain festival.
Oct 04, 2016
WORLD
Turkey suspends 12,800 police officers from duty
Turkey suspends 12,800 police officers from duty
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct 4: Turkish authorities on Tuesday suspended some 12,800 police officers from duty over their suspected links to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen as Turkey pressed ahead with its vast crackdown on a network it says is behind the country's July 15 failed military coup.
Oct 04, 2016
WORLD
Obama, DiCaprio team up against climate change
Obama, DiCaprio team up against climate change
WASHINGTON, Oct 4: President Barack Obama and actor Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up on the White House South Lawn on Monday to sound a call for urgent action to combat climate change.
Oct 04, 2016