RANCHI: In a body blow to RJD before next year’s Lok Sabha polls, its president Lalu Prasad was on Monday convicted by a special CBI
KATHMANDU: With the deadline to register candidates for the upcoming Constituent Assembly elections looming near, political parties have escalated efforts to finalize their list of candidates- both under the proportional
BEIJING: More than 70 people were missing after three fishing boats sank in a powerful typhoon in the South China Sea, Chinese state media said on Monday. “Three fishing boats
KATHMANDU: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has stressed on the need to hold Constituent Assembly (CA) elections by bringing all dissenting political parties into confidence. Moon made such a
NUSA DUA: Miss Philippines Megan Young was crowned Miss World 2013 amid a glittering ceremony held in the Indonesian island Bali. Young received the crown amid tears of joy at
LONDON: British singer Adele is reportedly in talks to play the lead role in a biopic on country singer Dusty Springfield. The film, to be penned by David Stenn, will
MOSCOW: A jailed member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot was hospitalised on September 27 after going on a hunger strike to protest prison conditions, her husband said, but her
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the Presidency of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. I
KATHMANDU: UCPN Maoist spokesperson has said that the Constituent Assembly (CA) election slated for November 19 is the last hope for the nation to draft the new constitution. Speaking at
ISLAMABAD: Officials say a major earthquake of 6.8 magnitude or larger has hit southwest Pakistan, less than a week after a massive temblor in the same region killed at least