Kathmandu, March 7 Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was on Saturday heading towards a landslide victory in Nepal’s first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests, shattering the dominance of established political parties. The RSP has won 34 seats with a clean sweep in all 10 constituencies of Kathmandu district […]
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New Delhi, March 7 Poland is looking forward to expanding defence cooperation with India, particularly in advanced drone technologies, a Polish Foreign Ministry official said on Friday. Michal Baranowski, Under Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, told PTI Videos that Poland possesses some of the best drones in the world, both for […]
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By Yoshita Singh New York, March 7 A Pakistani man with ties to Iran has been convicted here for plotting to assassinate US President Donald Trump and other American politicians to avenge the death of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in 2020. Asif Raza Merchant, 48, was convicted by a federal […]
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By Sajjad Hussain Islamabad, March 7 In the first post-Iran war economic shock, the Pakistan government, in an overnight decision, has increased petrol and high-speed diesel prices by PKR 55 per litre each, the highest-ever hike. Addressing a press conference just before midnight, Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq […]
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New York/Washington, March 7 The US said it has given “permission” to India to buy Russian oil that is on ships already floating on waterways with a view to easing supplies around the world amid the West Asia conflict. “The world is very well supplied in oil. Yesterday, the Treasury (Department) agreed to let our […]
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Jakarta (Indonesia), March 6 Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday. Hafid in a statement to media said that she just signed a government regulation that will mean children under the age of 16 can no longer have accounts on high-risk digital platforms, including […]
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New Delhi, March 6 Two days after a US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast, Iran on Friday warned that the attack on an “unarmed ship cannot go with impunity.” The Iranian frigate, IRIS Dena, was returning home after participating in the Milan multilateral naval exercise hosted by India. At […]
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Colombo, March 6 The Sri Lankan Navy on Friday said 204 of the 208 Iranian personnel on board IRINS Bushehr have been “safely” transferred to the port of Colombo, two days after another Iranian frigate was sunk near the island nation. Four sailors are remaining on the ship which had developed trouble in one of […]
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Chandigarh, March 5 A 45-year-old social media influencer of Punjabi origin, Nancy Grewal, was stabbed to death in Canada with her mother in Jalandhar on Thursday claiming that she used to receive threats to her life. Nancy was murdered in LaSalle in Ontario on March 3. On social media, Nancy used to express her opinions […]
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By Shirish B Pradhan Kathmandu, March 6 The newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by former rapper Balendra Shah, was leading in the early counting of votes on Friday in Nepal’s first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests led to the downfall of the K P Sharma Oli-led coalition government. The RSP […]
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