WORLD, Coronavirus
South Korea orders schools to shut as COVID-19 cases spike
South Korea orders schools to shut as COVID-19 cases spike
SEOUL, Dec 14: South Korea ordered schools to close from Tuesday in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas as it battles its worst outbreak of novel coronavirus since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous peak in February.
Dec 14, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Main opposition Nepali Congress stages massive demonstration against government across the...
Main opposition Nepali Congress stages massive demonstration...
KATHMANDU, Dec 14: The main opposition Nepali Congress staged massive demonstrations against the government in all 77 districts of the country, on Monday.
Dec 14, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
WEATHER ALERT: Valley mercury dips to 4 degrees Celsius
WEATHER ALERT: Valley mercury dips to 4 degrees Celsius
KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Temperature in the Kathmandu Valley plummeted to 4 degrees Celsius on Monday. This is the lowest temperature that the Valley has experienced so far this year, according to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.
Dec 14, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Govt invites cane farmers for talks; they urge govt to guarantee clearance of dues
Govt invites cane farmers for talks; they urge govt to guara...
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KATHMANDU, Dec 14: The agitating sugarcane farmers have demanded that the government guarantee that their outstanding dues for their produce will be cleared before they sit for the talks.
Dec 14, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
Oli's repeated attempts to woo Dahal, Nepal turn futile as they refuse to budge
Oli's repeated attempts to woo Dahal, Nepal turn futile as t...
KATHMANDU, Dec 14: As the intraparty rift within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has further widened in recent months, prime minister and the party’s chairperson KP Sharma Oli has made attempts to woo his party's Executive Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Dec 14, 2020
My City, Entertainment, Literature
John le Carre, who probed murky world of spies, dies at 89
John le Carre, who probed murky world of spies, dies at 89
John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. He was 89.
Dec 14, 2020
WORLD
Indian farmers step up pressure with hunger strike against reforms
Indian farmers step up pressure with hunger strike against r...
NEW DELHI, Dec 14: Leaders of protesting Indian farmers began a one-day hunger strike on Monday against agricultural reforms they say threaten their livelihoods, stepping up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to withdraw the legislation.
Dec 14, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Man killed in elephant attack in Sunsari
Man killed in elephant attack in Sunsari
SUNSARI, Dec 14: A man was killed in an elephant attack in Sunsari on Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as 28-year-old Pramod Yadav, a local resident of Shreepurjabdi area of Koshi Rural Municipality-7.
Dec 14, 2020
NEPAL, SOCIETY
Crocodile Breeding Centre in Chitwan in need of potent male crocodile
Crocodile Breeding Centre in Chitwan in need of potent male...
CHITWAN, Dec 14: The lack of potent male crocodiles in the Crocodile Breeding Centre at Kasara in Chitwan district has been a cause of concern for the officials at the centre for it would lead to zero reproduction of hatchlings.
Dec 14, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Juhi Chawla loses diamond earring at Mumbai airport
Juhi Chawla loses diamond earring at Mumbai airport
Bollywood actress Juhi Chawala on Sunday night took to social media and shared an emotional post on losing her diamond earring at the Mumbai International Airport, T2.
Dec 14, 2020