Kathmandu: A seven-member parliamentary sub-committee was set up Wednesday to assess the impact of the devastating Rasuwa flash flood on Nepal's economy and examine issues related to climate finance, officials said. The panel was formed at a meeting of the Finance Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) held at Singhadurbar, according to officials in the Parliament...

New York: The price of oil surpassed USD 100 a barrel for the first time in almost six weeks after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. The most heavily traded contract for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, settled at USD 97.89 before...

New Delhi: The BJP received nearly Rs 1,473 crore at its central headquarters alone during the last five state assembly elections, more than seven times the Rs 207 crore in net receipts reported by the Congress across its central and state units, according to expenditure statements filed with the Election Commission (EC). The Congress, whose consolidated expenditure...

Bhubaneswar/Baleshwar: A day after at least five orangutans were rescued from a forest in Odisha's Baleshwar district, a joint probe was launched by the state police's STF and the WCCB on suspicion that an international wildlife smuggling racket might be behind the animals' sudden appearance here. State Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia Wednesday said the...

New Delhi: Delhi airport operator DIAL Wednesday said it has filed an FIR against 63 social media handles for circulating misleading content regarding flooding and waterlogging at the airport last week. September 4, 2026, the arrival forecourt of the airport's Terminal 3 witnessed temporary water accumulation following heavy rainfall. DIAL said it has lodged a First Information...

New Delhi: The judiciary is not, and cannot be, averse to criticism, the Supreme Court has said while cautioning that such criticism be voiced through the appropriate forum and in a fair, rational mechanism. The observations by a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana came while closing suo motu proceedings...

Dhaka: Amid escalating attacks on minorities across Bangladesh, two Hindus, including a woman, were killed in separate incidents, raising fresh concerns over the safety of the minority communities in the country, local media reported. In one of the latest incidents, 45-year-old Alif Chandra Dutta, a Hindu goldsmith, was killed after unidentified assailants attacked him with a sharp...

Mumbai: Hindi film couple Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra are the latest celebrities to jump on the popular 80s trend on Instagram, in which AI is used to image people in that time period. On Wednesday, Kiara took to the Stories section of her official Instagram handle and dropped a captivating portrait of herself and Sidharth, rocking the vintage fashion...

New Delhi: A full-blown confrontation is on the cards in Balochistan. With the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) stepping up attacks in the region, Pakistani establishment finds itself on the backfoot. The establishment has now planned to set up several death squads in the region to beat the BLA. The establishment has roped in the Islamic State and...

Colombo: An Indian national who was killed during a deadly riot at a prison in Sri Lanka's western coastal town of Negombo in July was buried under special police protection, authorities said. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) told the Negombo Magistrate's Court Tuesday that the burial of the 73-year-old inmate September 2 was carried out in accordance...