KATHMANDU: Floods and landslides caused by incessant rain killed at least 112 people and several missing in Nepal, officials said on Sunday. Parts of Nepal have been inundated with rainfall since Thursday, prompting disaster authorities to warn of flash floods.Nepal Police Deputy Spokesperson Bishwo Adhikari said that out of the 66 people killed in the…
Indian Premier League logo The new Indian Premier League (IPL) Player Regulations for the period 2025-27 were announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday after a meeting of the IPL Governing Council (GC), and the mention of “will get banned” in the press release draws attention. Called the ‘Big…
(Photo credit: Jatin Kumar) NEW DELHI: Hours after three armed men opened fire at a car showroom in west Delhi’s Naraina in an extortion bid, some shooters opened fire at a hotel in Mahipalpur in south Delhi in the early hours of Saturday, leaving guests and staffers terrorised.The role of the Lawrence Bishnoi-Goldy Brar syndicate…
NEW DELHI: Life support can be withdrawn from a terminally ill patient if both the primary and secondary medical boards constituted by a hospital, as well as the family or surrogate of the patient, give their consent, the health ministry has suggested.In draft guidelines released for public comment, the ministry states that many patients in…
Man and his four daughters, committed suicide NEW DELHI: Rangpuri in southwest Delhi has been rocked by the discovery of the decomposed bodies of five members of a family – a man and his four daughters, all in their twenties – in their third-floor flat, days after he is suspected to have poisoned them, and…
File photo: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Picture credit: Reuters) Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced the first resignation in his new UK government on Saturday when lawmaker Rosie Duffield left the Labour Party. Duffield accused Starmer of hypocrisy for accepting over £100,000 in gifts while cutting an annual £300 winter heating payment for about 10…
Rohit Sharma after winning the 2024 T20 World Cup (BCCI Photo) After leading India to victory in the T20 World Cup earlier this year, Rohit Sharma decided to quit the format in the international arena, while many felt he is still fit enough to play both the white-ball formats besides Test cricket.India defeated South Africa…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi came under attack on Saturday for his “naach-gaana” comment on the January 22 consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, with the ruling BJP calling him a “liar of the highest order”.The saffron party also said his comments show the Gandhi family’s real nature and contempt for Hinduism.The…
PM Modi at a BJP poll rally in Hisar in Haryana on Saturday (PTI photo) HISAR: With his poll rallies in Haryana and Jammu on Saturday coinciding with the anniversary of the surgical strikes carried out by the Indian armed forces against POK-based terror launch pads in 2016, PM Narendra Modi hit out at Congress,…
(Picture credit: X@suyeshasavant) NEW DELHI: A passenger flying Air India from Delhi to New York complained about a cockroach in her meal on Sept 17, which led to her two-year-old son falling ill. The airline said it was investigating the matter and would “take necessary actions”.A post from the X handle of @suyeshasavant said: “Found…
