WORLD
Brazil election battle rages over Facebook's WhatsApp
Brazil election battle rages over Facebook's WhatsApp
BRASILIA, Oct 20: Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) WhatsApp messaging service became the frontline in Brazil’s bitter presidential campaign on Friday, as front-runner Jair Bolsonaro angrily denied accusations he had encouraged widespread misinformation campaigns on the platform.
Oct 20, 2018
SPORTS
Wozniacki seeks repeat at wide-open WTA Finals
Wozniacki seeks repeat at wide-open WTA Finals
SINGAPORE, Oct 20: The women’s tennis season concludes at the WTA Finals in Singapore next week and, like a majority of tournaments during the 2018 campaign, picking a winner from a wide-open field seems a near impossible task.
Oct 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Fire guts house
Fire guts house
RUKUM EAST, Oct 20: Property worth Rs 250 thousand was destroyed when fire gutted a house at East Rukum at 11.30 pm on Friday. Cash Rs 55 thousand, food grains, utensils and clothes in the thatched-roofed house of Gyanu Budha were destroyed by fire at local Rumalbara.
Oct 20, 2018
SOCIETY
PM Oli offers Dashain Tika to HIV-infected 23 children
PM Oli offers Dashain Tika to HIV-infected 23 children
KATHMANDU, Oct 20 : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his spouse Radhika Shakya offered Dashain Tika to 23 children infected with HIV on the occasion of Badadashain festival.
Oct 20, 2018
SPORTS
Sarri backs Hazard to become world's best at Chelsea
Sarri backs Hazard to become world's best at Chelsea
Oct 20: Chelsea forward Eden Hazard has the potential to become the world’s best player while still representing the Premier League club, manager Maurizio Sarri said on Friday.
Oct 20, 2018
WORLD
Remains of more than 60 babies, foetuses found stashed in Detroit funeral home
Remains of more than 60 babies, foetuses found stashed in De...
Oct 20: The remains of more than 60 infants and foetuses were found stashed in a Detroit funeral home, police said on Friday, calling the discovery “deeply disturbing.”
Oct 20, 2018
SOCIETY
Boy goes missing
Boy goes missing
KAVREPALANCHOWK, Oct 20 : A 14-year-old boy has gone missing since 10 am on Friday from local Dhunganabesi. He is Samrat Mainali, the son of journalist Ishwari Rajkumar Mainali of Tinpiple, Paanchkhal municipality-6.
Oct 20, 2018
WORLD
Saudis blame ‘fistfight’ for Jamal Khashoggi’s death
Saudis blame ‘fistfight’ for Jamal Khashoggi’s death
ISTANBUL, Oct 20: Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a “fistfight” in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the kingdom claimed early Saturday, finally admitting that the writer had been slain at its diplomatic post. Authorities said 18 Saudi suspects were in custody and intelligence officials had...
Oct 20, 2018
WORLD
Train mows down crowd at India festival, at least 60 dead
Train mows down crowd at India festival, at least 60 dead
NEW DELHI Oct 20: A speeding train ran over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India on Friday evening, killing at least 60 people and injuring dozens more, police said.
Oct 20, 2018
SOCIETY
77 women, children go missing in Baitadi in last two years
77 women, children go missing in Baitadi in last two years
BAITADI Oct 20: At least 77 women and children have gone missing from Baitadi in the last two years, according to the record of District Police Office Baitadi.
Oct 20, 2018