North Korea: US not seeking regime change, says Rex Tillerson

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America : The US government is not seeking a regime change in North Korea, the secretary of state says, amid tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons programme. “We’re not your enemy,” Rex Tillerson said, adding that the US wanted a dialogue at some point. Meanwhile, a senior Republican senator said President Trump considered going to war with…

Tearing ballot papers undemocratic: Chairman Oli

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    Kathmandu : CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli said tearing ballot papers would weaken democracy.  During a programme organized by Madan Bhandari Foundation to mark the 66th birth anniversary of then General Secretary of CPN-ML, Chairman Oli said the people’s multi-party democracy propounded by Bhandari had finely incorporated the idea of empowering local governments. …

Yeti Carpet Industry catches fire, property worth over Rs 1.5 billion gutted

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    Bhaktapur : Property worth more than Rs 1.5 billion has been gutted in a massive fire at Yeti Carpet Industry in Bhaktapur Municipality-2. The fire that started from 11:30 pm on Saturday was brought under control at 7:30 am today with the help of eight fire engines. Manager of the Industry, Dharmendra Yadav,…

animal parts and trophies destroyed

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    Chitwan : Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, has said that animal parts and trophies were destroyed to discourage the poaching of wildlife. Inaugurating the programme organised to destroy animal parts and trophies at Kasara today, the Foreign Affairs Minister said that the body parts and trophies of wildlife have no…