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Nepal's climate diplomacy faces a test of delivery

Kathmandu, Oct. 8 -- Tuvalu, a Pacific island with around 11,000 people, has secured a $36 million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world's largest multilateral climate fund, for coastal a... Read More


Police cannot have unbridled rein over mobile phones

Nepal, Oct. 8 -- Of late, the police have increasingly been eyeing the mobile phones of people they arrest. Whether in the case of former chief justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana, where the authorities a... Read More


25 years, many slogans: Modi's journey from 'Acche din' to 'We will do it'

India, Oct. 8 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has coined a new slogan to give impetus to his ambitious plan for a developed India by 2047: "We will do it". On Wednesday, he completed 25 years in publ... Read More


Court gives ED custody of suspended KPSC chairman

BENGALURU, Oct. 8 -- A special court in Bengaluru on Wednesday remanded suspended Karnataka Public Service Commission chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar and commission member B V Geetha to Enforcemen... Read More


Fight for survival: Can October 9 'memorial rally' galvanise BSP?

India, Oct. 8 -- LUCKNOW Facing an existential political crisis and a heavily eroded voter base, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has called for a show of strength in Lucknow on October 9 to m... Read More


Take inspiration from Modi's life: Haryana Speaker

Karnal, Oct. 8 -- Addressing the Vikasit Bharat Seva Sankalp Sabha on the completion of 25 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public service, Haryana assembly Speaker Harvinder Kalyan on Wednesda... Read More


Haryana Congress demands caste census, meets guv over 'lack of counting mechanism'

Chandigarh, Oct. 8 -- The Haryana Congress on Wednesday demanded a caste census, as the current process does not have a clearly defined caste-counting mechanism. A party delegation led by former chie... Read More


EC to tally January 2025, post-SIR lists for inclusion of voters in Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, Oct. 8 -- The Election Commission (EC) has decided to give an enrolment opportunity to voters who were included in the January 7, 2025 electoral rolls but excluded from the April 10, 2026 fin... Read More


Pratibha moves EC to block parties from using Virbhadra's name

Shimla, Oct. 8 -- Former Congress state president Pratibha Singh on Wednesday wrote to the chief election commissioner, requesting the poll panel to prevent the registration of any political party usi... Read More


CAPF deployment in Delhi raised to 26,000 ahead of Saturday protest

New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Around 11,000 additional personnel from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) are being deployed in the Capital for the next few days ahead of a massive protest call by the Cock... Read More