Rajyalaxmi Chitrakar, wife of former Nepali Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, died on Tuesday after sustaining critical burns when their residence in Kathmandu was set ablaze during violent protests, ANI reported citing Khabarhub.According to family sources, Chitrakar was inside the house when protesters torched the building. She was rushed to Kirtipur Burn Hospital in critical condition…
. NEW DELHI: Marking the culmination of the vice-presidential election process, the Election Commission — comprising chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and election commissioners S S Sandhu and Vivek Joshi — on Wednesday certified the election of C P Radhakrishnan as the 15th vice-president of India.A copy of the certificate signed by the three EC…
NEW DELHI: Did some INDIA bloc MPs cross-vote in the vice-presidential elections held on Tuesday? Well, the NDA is certain that they did. Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday rubbed salt into opposition’s wounds as he extended special thanks to the INDIA bloc MPs who voted with ‘conscience’. “Special thanks to some MPs of-…
Rape accused flees from custody MEERUT: A 45-year-old man accused of raping a 22-year-old woman allegedly escaped from police custody after villagers, including gram pradhan Mohd Rouf, “confronted the cops and helped him flee”. Police registered an FIR against Rouf and more than 30 villagers for allegedly facilitating accused Mohd Afzal’s escape. The incident took…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (ECI) is expected to soon decide on the rollout date for a nationwide special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with the exercise likely to be conducted before the year-end, officials said on Wednesday.With assembly elections due in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal in April–May 2026, the…
Flyer falls ill after consuming soft drink on SpiceJet flight, on recovery path now PUNE: Aundh businessman Abhijit Bhosle’s short and sweet vacation on seashores with two buddies turned bitter as he landed in a hospital bed from seat number 9C of SpiceJet’s Goa-Pune flight (SG-1080) on Monday evening due to a medical emergency onboard…
Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (UGC via AP) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke with the emir of Qatar and strongly condemned the “violation of the sovereignty” of the Gulf nation.“Spoke with Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin…
The Polish military on Wednesday claimed that it shot down drones that entered its airspace during a Russian strike on Ukraine.“During today’s attack by the Russian Federation carrying out strikes on targets located in Ukraine, our airspace was repeatedly violated by drone-type objects. An operation is underway to identify and neutralise these objects,” a statement…
NEW DELHI: Indian diplomat Kshitij Tyagi delivered a sharp response to Switzerland at the 5th Meeting of the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), calling its comments on India “surprising, shallow and ill-informed.”Speaking at the session, Tyagi said, “As it holds the UNHRC presidency, it is all the more important for Switzerland…
At about 7.15am on September 6, hours after Nepal’s ban on 26 social media platforms came into force, an official jeep carrying Koshi province minister Ram Bahadur Magar struck 11-year-old Usha Magar Sunuwar outside Harisiddhi Secondary School in Lalitpur. CCTV footage showed her flung onto the roadside as the vehicle drove away. She survived with…
