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Title defenders Janakpur Bolts finish last

Kathmandu, Dec. 8 -- In a spectacular downfall, the defending champions, Janakpur Bolts, finished at the bottom in the second season of the Nepal Premier League. In Sunday's fixture with the Karnali Y... Read More


Oops - US Education Department asks sacked employees to please come back temporarily

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The US Department of Education has asked hundreds of employees it dismissed earlier this year to temporarily return to work as it struggles with a backlog of school discriminatio... Read More


6 months on, Maha's state scholarships yet not paid out to students

India, Dec. 8 -- Parents across the state continue to complain that their children have not received the scholarship amount from the state's primary and secondary school scholarships even after the re... Read More


IndiGo crisis disrupts MLAs' travel plans to Nagpur for winter session

India, Dec. 8 -- Nagpur is set to host the winter session of the state legislature beginning today even as MLAs from across Pune and western Maharashtra are still on their way to the city owing to the... Read More


Can controversy on Vande Mataram finally end?

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- This year in the month of September Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto addressed the United Nations General Assembly with two greetings that, incidentally, had the same meaning... Read More


Breakdown in Polar Vortex to unleash more bitter cold waves across US, Central Virginia schools closed Monday

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- A fresh blast of cold Arctic air reportedly sent temperatures plunging below zero in parts of the upper Midwest this weekend after record cold hit the nation's Heartland last week... Read More


Top Indian companies join red-hot sovereign cloud race

New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- Larsen & Toubro Ltd. aims to establish a sovereign cloud as part of its initiative to build data centres in the country, becoming the third homegrown company after Tata Consultanc... Read More


Punekars back democracy but fear fake news, Jnana Prabodhini survey shows

India, Dec. 8 -- After a year of political upheaval and delayed civic elections, residents are taking a harder look at how they're governed, a new survey by the Jnana Prabodhini Foundation (JPF) sugge... Read More


MVA boycotts tea party, citing Mahayuti corruption, agrarian distress, unconstitutional conduct

India, Dec. 8 -- The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Sunday boycotted the government's customary tea party on the eve of the legislature's winter session, citing unprecedented agrarian distress, the g... Read More


Vasai schoolgirl death: Three education officers suspended for neglecting their duty

India, Dec. 8 -- Three officials from the Palghar Zilla Parishad's education department have been suspended for alleged negligence, following an inquiry into the death of a 13-year-old student last mo... Read More