London: Hindutva is clear that your ‘karma bhoomi’ is where your loyalties lie and for British Hindus that is the UK, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday. Addressing a large diaspora celebration entitled ‘Celebration of Oneness’, attended by hundreds of community leaders, students and volunteers of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS)…
Kathmandu: The Indian tunnel rescue team, who are continuing to work alongside with Nepalese Army have made a temporary track inside the Chilime tunnel in flood-hit Rasuwa district to allow more heavy equipment to reach the affected areas, authorities said on Saturday. The teams also dug deeper on Friday to drain out water, which was…
Warsaw: India has been in continuous touch with both the Ukrainian and Russian sides and is trying to see if there are ideas and suggestions that can be developed in some way that will contribute to the mitigation or the cessation of the conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. Jaishankar, who arrived…
Moshav Aviel (Israel): Chants of “Hare Rama Hare Krishna” reverberated through northern Israel’s Moshav Aviel, as hundreds of Krishna devotees, most of them Jews, gathered from across the country to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami. Janmashtami marks the birth of Lord Krishna, who is revered as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The cultural centre at the pastoral…
Kathmandu: Two men have been rescued alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project 10 days after the Bhotekohi flash floods disaster. They have been identified as Kabir Maharjan, 45, and Sanjay Sah, 30. Maharjan was working as a mechanical supervisor on the project, while Shah was a foreman, according to the Public…
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz as “Trump Strait,” asserting US control of the vital waterway even as fighting raged there with Iran. It is the latest in a series of geographical name changes floated by Trump, and comes after he claimed US sovereignty over the strait that…
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said he did not think India and Iran were talking of a trade deal, and many countries around the world talk to the regime in Tehran. Rubio’s remarks came during an interview on The Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News Radio in response to a question…
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…
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…
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…
