Hong Kong police shoot man in day of violence and chaos

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Kong kong : A policeman has shot a protester during another day of violent demonstrations in Hong Kong. Footage posted on Facebook showed the officer drawing his gun before grappling with a man at a roadblock. When another man approached wearing a face mask, the officer fired at him, hitting him in the torso. As…

Sudurpaschim minister resigns after forgery charge

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Dhangadhi : The Sudurpaschim provincial state minister for industry, tourism and environment, Prakash Rawal, has resigned. Recently, the Kanchanpur District Court had registered a case against the ruling Nepal Communist Party leader among 16. The defendants have been accused of forging share transaction documents to embezzle property worth Rs 157 million belonging to Jana Jyoti…

Kalapani controversy: House committees invite PM and foreign minister for discussion

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Kathmandu : The state affairs and good governance committee of the federal parliament has asked Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to attend a committee meeting to discuss the issue regarding the newly publicised map of India. The committee secretariat asked the Prime Minister to attend the meeting scheduled for Monday. The committee wants to take…

Pompeo attacks Russia and China in Berlin speech

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Berlin : US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned of the dangers posed by Russia and China, and called on Nato to grow and confront “the challenges of today”. On a visit to Berlin, Mr Pompeo said methods used by China to suppress its own people would be “horrifyingly familiar” to East Germans. And…

Cyclone Bulbul makes landfall amid India and Bangladesh evacuations

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Bengal : More than two million people in India and Bangladesh have been evacuated as Cyclone Bulbul hits the Bay of Bengal. The storm made landfall at midnight local time (18:30 GMT) on Saturday, near Sagar Island in Indian West Bengal, and is expected to unleash surges as high as 7ft (2m). Two people have…

Ayodhya verdict: The man who helped Lord Ram win

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Ayodhya :  For more than a decade, he sat in musty courtrooms, representing a Hindu God in one of the country’s most contentious and deadly disputes. In court papers, Triloki Nath Pandey, is described as the “next friend” of the infant Lord Ram. The deity was one of the litigants in the long-running dispute over…

North Korea fires two “ballistic missiles” into Sea of Japan

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North Korea : North Korea has fired two unidentified “projectiles” into the sea, the South Korean military says. According to Japan’s Defence Ministry, the objects “appeared to be ballistic missiles”. If confirmed as a missile test, it would be the North’s 12th such launch this year. That missile was, in theory, able to carry a…

Court decision on Mahara’s custody expected today

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Kathmandu : Kathmandu District Court will on Thursday decide if former Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara needs to be further remanded in custody or not. Mahara, who has been charged with attempt to rape,  after an official complaint was filed against him by the victim, a parliament secretariat staffer. The district court has extended his custody…

Kapilvastu man killed in police firing for breaching curfew

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Kapilvastu : A civilian has died in Krishnanagar in Kapilvastu district after getting hit by a bullet fired by the police on Thursday afternoon. Police had opened fire at the locals who violated the curfew imposed by the local administration following clashes between two religious groups. The deceased has been identified as Suraj Kumar Pandey….

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: US releases first images of raid on compound

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Syria : The US military has published the first footage of the raid in northern Syria that resulted in the death of the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group. Grainy video showed troops firing at militants on the ground as they flew towards the compound where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hiding before they moved…