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18th polio case of this year reported in Tank

Pakistan, Aug. 2 -- A newly confirmed case of polio in Khyber Paktunkhwa's Tank district has brought the total number of polio cases in Pakistan this year to 18, the Regional Reference Laboratory for ... Read More


Student unions push for merit-only teacher recruitment

Kathmandu, Aug. 2 -- While mother parties are openly advocating for higher reservation quotas for temporary teachers in permanent postings, their student wings are demanding total free competition to ... Read More


SC stays HC verdict restoring protected status to Kanjurmarg landfill

India, Aug. 2 -- The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Bombay High Court verdict that had restored the status of the Kanjurmarg dumping ground to a 'protected forest'. The stay order has paved the wa... Read More


"I don't think you have an idea...": Rahul Gandhi claims Arun Jaitley sent to "threaten" him

New Delhi, Aug. 2 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that the NDA government had sent the late Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to "threaten" him for trying to fight against the fa... Read More


Lottery shop owner arrested for accidental firing in Dharavi

India, Aug. 2 -- A lottery shop owner who illegally possesses a country-made pistol was arrested on Thursday in connection with the accidental firing in Dharavi last week that injured a 32-year-old wo... Read More


Dahal-Sharma feud dominates Maoist Standing Committee meet

Kathmandu, Aug. 2 -- The internal feud between Chairman of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Deputy General Secretary Janardan Sharma dominated the party's Standing Committee that kicked ... Read More


Donald Trump rattles markets again with new tariff levies

India, Aug. 2 -- US President Donald Trump formally imposed a 25% tariff on Indian exports late on Thursday in a sweeping executive order that hit dozens of trading partners with new levies, escalatin... Read More


Mithi River fraud: EOW submits charge-sheet against two middlemen

India, Aug. 2 -- A 7,000-page charge-sheet has been submitted against two alleged middlemen involved in the Mithi River desilting fraud. Police said the charge-sheet also names deputy chief engineers ... Read More


No expulsion, no transfers: Sabah Education Dept refutes viral claims about students in Zara Qairina case

KOTA KINABALU, Aug. 2 -- Three students who were among 60 people questioned by police in the investigation into the death of Zara Qairina Mahathir remain enrolled at the same religious school in Sabah... Read More


Mumbai auto driver abruptly halts ride mid-way, then questions woman's life choices: 'rItni door kyun job liyar'

India, Aug. 2 -- A passenger who booked an auto to her office claimed she faced an unusual situation after the driver stopped the ride midway and then allegedly questioned her life choices. The indivi... Read More