NEW DELHI, Sept 15: Two days after he was granted bail and walked out of prison after six months, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced his shock resignation from the top post at a party meeting this afternoon.

NEW DELHI, Sept 15: The government on Friday scrapped the minimum price thresholds for onion and basmati rice to boost outbound shipments and enhance farmers' income.

ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN), September 13: An accountability court has rejected the petitions of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, seeking acquittal in the £190 million corruption case under the amended National Accountability Ordinance of 1999, Dawn reported.

BEIJING, Sept 13: Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world’s major economies, in an effort to address its shrinking population and aging work force.

NEW DELHI, Sept 13: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail by the Supreme Court - which found his "prolonged incarceration amounts to unjust deprivation of liberty" - following his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in June, in connection with the alleged liquor excise policy case, according to India mediareports.

Sitaram Yechury, renowned Indian communist leader, passes away at 72

Published On: September 12, 2024 05:26 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 12: Sitaram Yechury, a prominent Indian communist leader and General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has passed away at the age of 72.

NEW DELHI, Sept 10: A new mpox case has been detected in India, the government confirmed, but said that the case was an isolated one and a "travel-related infection" after a man recently travelled to India from a country that is experiencing the outbreak.

Drones, dolls, dung: Killer wolves spark panic in India

Published On: September 5, 2024 08:23 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS

LUCKNOW, Sept 5: Hundreds of Indian police have been deployed to search for a pack of wolves who are reported to have killed nine people, eight of them children, wildlife officials said Monday.

KYIV, Sept 4: Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, one of Ukraine’s most recognizable faces on the international stage, submitted his resignation on Wednesday before an expected Cabinet reshuffle.

Indian state passes law seeking death penalty for rape

Published On: September 4, 2024 10:40 AM NPT By: Agencies

KOLKATA, Sept 4: An Indian state, shaken by weeks of protests demanding justice after the rape and murder of a doctor, passed a law on Tuesday that could lead to the execution of rapists.