December 22, 2023 11:25 am
JANAKPURDHAM, Dec 22: Tension has escalated following the death of an individual at the local police office in Hanspur Municipality of Dhanusha. After the death of an injured person during a clash between two groups, local residents vandalized the police office and set a motorcycle on fire.
September 26, 2023 08:20 am
GANDAKI, Sept 26: The Pokhara-based Manipal Teaching Hospital remained tense on Monday after a 57-year-old patient died in course of treatment at the hospital.
May 13, 2022 16:04 pm
RAUTAHAT, May 13: There is widespread tension in Sarlahi in the local level elections. Voting is being disrupted and clashes are taking place in different villages of Sarlahi. Meanwhile, a polling official has been beaten for allegedly influencing voters.
February 15, 2021 11:03 am
TOKYO, Feb 15: Oil prices rose to their highest in more than a year on Monday, after a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said it intercepted an explosive-laden drone fired by the Iran-aligned Houthi group, raising fears of fresh Middle East tensions.
September 18, 2020 14:22 pm
TAIPEI, Sept 18: Taiwan’s presidential office urged China on Friday to exercise restraint, saying its recent aggressive behaviour in the Taiwan Strait and surrounding region did not help its international image.
September 3, 2020 10:22 am
MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI, Sept 3: The death of a Tibetan member of an Indian special forces unit in a mine blast near the site of a border flare-up with Chinese troops has offered a rare glimpse into a little-known group of elite, high-altitude warriors.
February 12, 2020 15:28 pm
ANKARA, Feb 12: Turkey will strike Syrian government forces anywhere it sees in northern Syria if another Turkish soldier is hurt, and it could use air power, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
November 22, 2019 20:00 pm
SEOUL, Nov 22 : The animosity between Japan and South Korea is entwined with the history of Japan’s 1910-45 occupation of the Korean peninsula, the mobilisation of forced labour at companies, of women in wartime brothels, and a row over the ownership of islets in the sea between the two nations.
June 24, 2019 12:45 pm
TOKYO, June 24: Oil prices climbed on Monday as tensions remain high between Iran and the United States, with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying “significant” sanctions on Tehran would be announced.
June 21, 2019 09:01 am
WASHINGTON, June 21: The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued an emergency order prohibiting U.S. operators from flying in an overwater area of Tehran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman due to heightened tensions.
May 18, 2019 11:12 am
BAGHDAD, May 18: When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Iraqi officials in Baghdad last week as tensions mounted between America and Iran, he delivered a nuanced message: If you’re not going to stand with us, stand aside.
March 18, 2019 08:36 am
KATHMANDU, March 18: The ongoing tension between India and Pakistan has left various implications that have transcended beyond their national borders. One of the areas where the tension has left serious ramification of global proportion is aviation safety.
February 5, 2019 21:05 pm
RUKUM (East), Feb 5: Locals in Rukum East have staged a demonstration demanding implementation of the decision to announce Golkhada as the capital of Rukum East. They have demonstrated in Golkhada as part of pressure on the government to declare it as the capital of Rukum East in line with the decision of the then Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government.
June 30, 2018 13:18 pm
NEPALGUNJ, June 30: Two people died from electric shock as a high tension electric wire got snapped and hit a house at Mehbanpur of Raptisonari Rural Municipality-6 in Banke.
February 12, 2018 10:54 am
SEOUL, Feb 12: South Korea said on Monday it will try to arrange more reunions for families divided by the Korean War and seek to lower military tensions with North Korea as the first steps towards establishing grounds for a rare summit between the two Koreas.
August 25, 2017 16:05 pm
BIRGUNJ, Aug 25: Mayoral aspirants of two groups have clashed in Birgunj two days after Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) decided to take part in the third phase of local elections.
July 17, 2017 15:47 pm
SEOUL, July 17: South Korea offered Monday to talk with North Korea to ease animosities along their tense border and resume reunions of families separated by their war in the 1950s.
June 21, 2017 00:10 am
KATHMANDU, June 21: Qatari ambassador to Nepal Yousuf Mohammad Ahmed Mommad Al-hail has said that Qatar government will not let any Nepali migrant worker face difficulties due to the recent diplomatic tensions seen in the Gulf region.
March 11, 2017 01:10 am
KATHMANDU, March 11: Nepal has protested against the killing of a Nepali national by Indian security personnel in the bordering Ananda Bazar in Kanchanpur district on Thursday.
March 6, 2017 10:16 am
KATHMANDU, March 6: Exhibition Road in Kathmandu has remained tense since early morning as voting for electing Free Student Union in Ratnarajya Laxmi Campus could not begin.
March 2, 2017 00:50 am
BANEPA, March 2: Dhulikhel Hospital has courted controversy after the death of a patient who was admitted there for the treatment of aliments related to uterus and gall bladder.
February 27, 2017 15:13 pm
GORKHA, Feb 27: With the Free Students Union election just around the corner, tension has flared in both of the colleges in the district.
February 23, 2017 14:14 pm
BIRATNAGAR, Feb 23: Tension has flared in Biratnagar after a dozer rammed into a college student on Thursday.
December 24, 2016 13:02 pm
LAHAN, Dec 24: Main opposition party CPN-UML has held a district level- orientation program in Lahan in the district on Saturday.
October 13, 2016 13:52 pm
UDAYAPUR, Oct 13: The tension that flared over the murder of a woman has subsided following an agreement among the all party talks at Area Police Office, Beltar.
October 6, 2016 17:54 pm
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: Pakistan's media regulator has launched a crackdown on companies airing Indian television channels and content, officials said on Thursday, after an escalation of violence in the disputed Kashmir region between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
September 1, 2016 12:26 pm
NEPALGUNJ, Sep 1: Tension flared after a ‘group of nationalist youth force’ put up a monument of late King Birendra Birabikram Shah at Dhamboji Chowk in Banke district on Thursday.
August 30, 2016 14:28 pm
KATHMANDU, Aug 30: Tension ran high at a meeting called by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at Baluwatar to dwell on the demands raised by Madhesi Adivasi Janajatis and Tharus on Tuesday.
July 28, 2016 12:21 pm
SAPTARI, July 28: Tension has run high in the no man’s land near Tilathi VDC boarding India after Indian side started constructing dam in the southern part of the district since early Thursday.
July 3, 2016 11:57 am
JANAKPUR, July 3: A vehicular strike has been enforced at Pidari Chowk in the city on Sunday demanding to release CPN (Maoist Center) Central Leader Ram Chandra Mandal and other cadres of CPN (Maoist Center), Nepali Congress (NC) and Federal Socialist Forum Nepal (FSFN).