Kathmandu: Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Wednesday briefed the House of Representatives about the devastation caused by the Bhotekoshi floods, saying that “determination and courage” are needed to fight the crisis. Flash floods, triggered by a collapse or avalanche of ice and rock near the Nepal-Tibet border, devastated towns and villages in northern and…
At bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2026, Brokk will arrive with a proposition that may look slightly mischievous in a construction-equipment market where bigger machines still tend to attract the bigger conversations. Its demolition robots are small enough to make a conventional excavator look almost theatrical, but that is hardly the comparison Brokk is interested in. For…
Kathmandu: The death toll from Nepal’s devastating flash floods rose to 1,127 on Wednesday as rescuers are racing to find thousands still missing a week after the Himalayan disaster, police said. According to the Nepal Police, 348 more dead bodies were recovered from Chitwan, 217 from Nawalparasi East, 190 from Nawalparasi West and 155 from…
Varanasi (UP): The water level of the Ganga river has crossed the warning mark here, prompting the district administration to suspend all boat operations and step up monitoring of flood-affected areas, officials said on Wednesday. According to the Central Water Commission, the water level of the river in the district was recorded at 70.29 metres,…
Kathmandu: Nepalese authorities on Wednesday urged people living in the central, western, and eastern parts of the Himalayan Nation to remain alert after water levels in three major rivers have crossed their alert levels following rainfall in different parts of the country. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology’s Flood Forecasting Division, the Sun…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday conducted searches in multiple states as part of a money laundering investigation linked to “fraudulent” toll collection at various NHAI plazas, officials said. They said about 14 premises in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi-NCR and West Bengal were brought under the searches. The…
Pune: V D Savarkar never hated Muslims and his writings showed ways for their progress, but Congress MP Rahul Gandhi portrayed him as an “extreme hater of Muslims,” the Hindutva ideologue’s grandnephew Satyaki Savarkar has claimed in a Pune court. During the cross-examination in the special court on Tuesday, Gandhi’s lawyer Milind Pawar also submitted…
Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has met World Bank President Ajay Banga and discussed further strengthening the partnership between India and the international finance institution to deepen corporate, infrastructure and municipal bond markets. Sitharaman met Banga on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting, in Asheville, on Tuesday. The…
Washington: The United States has dramatically escalated its confrontation with Iran, with President Donald Trump asserting that Washington has “almost total control” of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz while making clear that he is in no hurry to revive diplomatic negotiations with Tehran. Trump’s latest stance comes as the fragile US-Iran ceasefire has effectively…
Bengaluru: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell short of a century in the first innings and then missed out on a half-century in the second, yet that mattered less to him, as has always been the case with the 15-year-old. His two knocks did their job for East Zone, who cruised into the Duleep Trophy 2026 final on…
