KATHMANDU, Sept 16: The Ministry of Health and Population has directed concerned authorities not to take the decision of allowing educational institutions to reopen in haste.

SRINAGAR, India, Mar 1: Security forces battling a decades-long insurgency in Indian-controlled Kashmir are alarmed by the recent arrival in the disputed region of small, magnetic bombs that have wreaked havoc in Afghanistan.

Dia Mirza alarms Mumbai on air pollution

December 23, 2019 11:04 am

Concerned about the increase in the level of air pollution, Bollywood actor Dia Mirza on Saturday shared the current air quality index report of Mumbai.

Pigeons dying at alarming rate in Ilam

August 28, 2019 08:09 am

ILAM, Aug 28: The sudden deaths of pigeons around Maisthan temple and Ilam market in the last one month have left the locals shocked.

GENEVA/WASHINGTON, July 18: The increased use of drones by Iran and its allies for surveillance and attacks across the Middle East is raising alarms in Washington.

Alarm as dengue spreads to Itahari

June 15, 2019 04:30 am

ITAHARI, June 15: After Dharan, dengue has spread to Itahari. A week ago, one person was found infected with dengue in Itahari, but now the number has reached six, with two more cases detected on Friday.

THE JINXED MAN

December 4, 2018 09:44 am

Trrrr trrrr. The alarm went off. Ram Bahadur woke up immediately. It was an important day for him. An important presentation was scheduled for the day and if all went well he would be in for a big promotion. He opened the laptop and checked the slides again. He had been through them so many times now that he knew each word by heart. After struggling for almost 15 years he finally saw an opportunity for promotion and naturally did not want to ruin it.

CLARK, Philippines, Oct 23: Japan's defense minister asserted Monday that North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities have grown to an "unprecedented, critical and imminent" level.

WASHINGTON, May 9: Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates told Congress Monday she bluntly warned the Trump White House in January that new National Security Adviser Michael Flynn "essentially could be blackmailed" by the Russians because he apparently had lied to his bosses about his contacts with Moscow's ambassador in Washington.

ILAM, Feb 11: The community forest officials at the northern rim of the forest areas have decided to ramp up efforts to cap the unabated smuggling of the endangered red panda.

DARJEELING, July 15: Rapid formation of ‘development board’ on the basis of ethnic groups in the Darjeeling hills by the Western Bengal government has quite alarmed Gorkhaland supporters.