Campaigning gets fierce as election day looms

Published On: November 3, 2016 01:00 AM NPT By: Nabin Khatiwada

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE (USA), Nov 3: With less than a week left for the United States presidential election on November 8, Democrat Party candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump are crisscrossing the battleground states to seal the outcome.

Journalist killed every 4.5 days: UNESCO

Published On: November 2, 2016 06:10 PM NPT By: Agencies

One journalist is killed every four-and-a-half days, according to a shocking report released by UNESCO on Wednesday.

PESHAWAR, Nov 2: A Pakistani court refused bail Wednesday to an Afghan woman immortalized on a National Geographic cover after she was arrested in Pakistan and accused of being one of thousands of refugees using fake ID cards.

11-yr-old cancer survivor commits suicide after being bullied

Published On: November 2, 2016 04:10 PM NPT By: Agencies

An 11-year-old cancer survivor has committed suicide after she faced relentless bullying over her appearance.

At least 20 dead, 39 rescued in Indonesian boat capsizing

Published On: November 2, 2016 03:18 PM NPT By: Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Nov 2:  A speedboat carrying Indonesian workers home from Malaysia capsized in stormy weather on Wednesday, and police said at least 20 people were killed.

15 temples in Bangladesh vandalised, houses of Hindus looted

Published On: November 1, 2016 11:02 AM NPT By: PTI

At least 15 Hindu temples in Bangladesh have been vandalised over allegations of disrespect shown to Islam on Facebook, triggering panic among the minority community in the Muslim-majority nation.

Meet the man who spent $9 million on a license plate

Published On: November 1, 2016 09:58 AM NPT By: Republica

Dubai property developer Balwinder Sahni wanted a highly coveted plate bearing the number 5. He wanted it so much, he bid 33 million dirhams ($9 million) for it at a government auction earlier this month.

13 dead, 20 missing after China coal mine blast

Published On: November 1, 2016 08:04 AM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Nov 1: The Latest on an explosion in a western China coal mine. State media now say 13 miners have been found dead after a gas explosion inside a coal mine in western China, and rescuers continue to search for another 20 people trapped inside.

Indian police gun down escaped 8 Islamist prisoners

Published On: October 31, 2016 06:13 PM NPT By: Agence France-Presse

BHOPAL, Oct 31:  Indian police gunned down eight Islamists on Monday after they escaped from a high-security jail by slitting the throat of a prison guard and scaling the walls with knotted bedsheets.

Smog chokes Delhi as pollution hits hazardous levels

Published On: October 31, 2016 04:36 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Residents of New Delhi woke up to a blanket of smog on Monday as air quality deteriorated sharply overnight in India's capital, triggering warnings that even healthy people were at risk of respiratory problems.