WORLD
Five dead, including the gunman, in Texas nursing home shooting: official
Five dead, including the gunman, in Texas nursing home shoot...
TEXAS, July 29: Five people were shot dead, including the suspected gunman, in a Friday night attack at a Texas nursing home and the home of one of the people slain, city officials said.
Jul 29, 2018
SOCIETY
Parliamentarians demand strong action against culprits
Parliamentarians demand strong action against culprits
KATHMANDU, July 29: Parliamentarians have demanded the government step up its efforts to arrest the culprit(s) involved in the rape and murder of 13 year Nirmala Panta of Bhimdutta municipality-2 in the federal parliamentarian meeting today.
Jul 29, 2018
WORLD
UPDATE: Woman, her two great-grandchildren found dead in California fire
UPDATE: Woman, her two great-grandchildren found dead in Cal...
REDDING, July 29: Human remains believed to be that of a missing elderly woman and her two great-grandchildren were found at a home destroyed by a monster wildfire raging in Northern California, officials said on Saturday, raising the death toll from the blaze to five.
Jul 29, 2018
WORLD
Ecuador's President says wants to find solution to Assange case without trouble
Ecuador's President says wants to find solution to Assange c...
MADRID, July 29: Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno stressed the need on Saturday to find a solution to the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange which would protect his rights and would not create problems for Ecuador.
Jul 29, 2018
POLITICS
Parliamentary hearing of CJ to conclude on Monday
Parliamentary hearing of CJ to conclude on Monday
KATHMANDU, July 29: The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee will meet on Monday to decide whether to endorse the recommendation made by the Constitutional Council to appoint Dipak Raj Joshi as the new Chief Justice.
Jul 29, 2018
WORLD
Palestinian teenager jailed for slapping soldiers leaves prison
Palestinian teenager jailed for slapping soldiers leaves pri...
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi left prison Sunday after an eight-month sentence for slapping two Israeli soldiers, an episode captured on video that made her a symbol of resistance for Palestinians, a prison service spokesman said.
Jul 29, 2018
WORLD
Record drought grips Germany's breadbasket
Record drought grips Germany's breadbasket
GERMANY, July 29: Withered sunflowers, scorched wheat fields, stunted cornstalks -- the farmlands of northern Germany have borne the brunt of this year's extreme heat and record-low rainfall, triggering an epochal drought.
Jul 29, 2018
Lifestyle
RESEARCH: Extinction of hundreds of species due to deforestation, over-fishing and climate...
RESEARCH: Extinction of hundreds of species due to deforesta...
Time is running out for the tropics: Extinction of hundreds of species due to deforestation, over-fishing and climate change is 'imminent' unless we act NOW, new research warns.
Jul 29, 2018
My City
Rato Machhindranath awaiting permanent temple
Rato Machhindranath awaiting permanent temple
KATHMANDU, July 29: As per traditional rules, it was Bungamati’s turn to initiate the chariot procession of Rato Machhindranath, after a 12 long year hiatus. However, the locals were not satisfied with the construction of the chariot and deemed the overall procession irregular. A few days after the...
Jul 29, 2018
SOCIETY
Butwal-Palpa road obstructed
Butwal-Palpa road obstructed
BUTWAL, July 29: Landslides triggered by continuous rainfall since early this morning has blocked the Butwal-Palpa section of the Siddhartha highway.
Jul 29, 2018