KATHMANDU: In Nepalese society, where caste-based discrimination is all-too common, being a Dalit (“untouchable”) means facing a life without access to opportunity – educational, economic
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Sunday that it has disciplined a group of female soldierswho posed for photos in underwear and combat gear and posted the images on Facebook. The
Three storm chasers were among 13 people killed by tornadoes that rampaged through central Oklahoma on Friday, underscoring the high risk of tracking tornadoes and forcing the media to rethink
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s helicopter had to make an emergency landing in the northeast after an unspecified “accident,” the presidency reported, adding that he was unhurt. “The helicopter carrying
HETAUDA: UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has said that the meeting of the high-level political committee scheduled for Monday would fix the CA poll date. The CA poll
ILAM: Despite the UML leaders are quitting the party one after another from across the country, CPN (UML) Chairman Jhalanath Khanal has said that the UML would be the single largest
RUKUM: Two persons have gone missing in Bheri River on Saturday. Nirmala Pun, 44, and Dek Bir Pun, 27, of Purtimkada VDC-7 went missing while they were crossing the river on
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago: Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time with officials in Trinidad and Tobago Saturday on the first stop of a four-country regional tour. In
BAGHDAD: The United Nations mission to Iraq said Saturday that more than 1,000 people were killed in violence across the country last month — the highest monthly death toll in
BIRGUNJ: UCPN (Maoist) leader Hisila Yami has said that the programmes of women empowerment should be taken at the grassroots level to ensure women´s participation in the decision-making process. At