DIRIYAH, April 21: Just outside Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, a group of elementary school children are on a field trip at Diriyah, where engineers and construction workers are busy restoring a 17th-century fortress, mosques and clay-colored structures that were once the ruling family’s seat of power.

TANAHU, Dec 4: As the candidates intensify their election campaign for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections due on December 7, Nepali Congress central committee member and the Provincial Assembly candidate, Pradip Poudel has used a drone for canvassing for votes.

NRNA uses EVMs for its election

October 17, 2017 03:00 am

KATHMANDU, Oct 17: Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) has used electronic voting machine (EVM) for the first time to elect its new leadership, in Kathmandu on Monday. In the 8th NRNA international conference, which started on Friday, voters simply clicked on the photos of their chosen candidates on the computer screen to nominate their candidates. “

PARIS, June 6: A police officer shot and wounded a man who attacked officers with a hammer near Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday, Paris police and a police union official said.

LONDON, April 16: Unlike last season's title race, Tottenham knows it isn't on the wrong side of a popularity contest in its pursuit of Chelsea.

Social media is now a prime way to market oneself. And Twitter in particular is a great resource for personal branding, allowing virtually anyone to share opinions and content efficiently across the globe.

TV show host Ellen DeGeneres, whose voice featured in "Finding Dory", has used the 2016 animated film to criticize US President Donald Trump's immigration ban.

Singer The Weeknd still turns to drugs when he needs help with his music.

Alia Bhatt’s two earlier releases in 2016 clicked at the box office and won her accolades for her performance. In her upcoming big-ticket film “Dear Zindagi”, she plays a young woman who forms a bond with her therapist, played by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

KATHMANDU, Oct 30: It started with a photograph of a smirking, young man wearing a heavy-metal band T-shirt and selling tea on the streets of Kathmandu. It has become a wildly popular blog chronicling street life in the Himalayan nation of Nepal.

MOSCOW, Sept 7: Topless models have been sent onto the streets of Russia in an attempt to slow down speeding drivers.