Kathmandu,  Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has been removed as the parliamentary leader of Nepal Communist Party amid an internal turbulence within the Himalayan nation's ruling party that has triggered a fresh political crisis.

Oli was removed from the position following a meeting between Pushpa Ka

Hong Kong, Hong Kong's high court has granted bail to pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person charged under a controversial new security law.

Lai, 73, was remanded in custody earlier this month but will now be placed under house arrest. He was ordered to pay a $1.3 million bond, the B

Islamabad, The Imran Khan government in Pakistan appears to be bracing for a taste of its own medicine with outright uproar from those now in opposition that harks back to memories of then long march by Khan and his party which at that time had stayed on for over three months.

A similar offensive has now been plan

New York, US president elect Joe Biden has named two more Indian Americans to plum appointments in the post-Trump world: Gautam Raghavan is coming in as Deputy Director in the Office of Presidential Personnel and Vinay Reddy will be the Director of Speechwriting, according to a statement on Tuesday from the transition team.

New Delhi, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Wednesday met troops deployed in harsh winter conditions at forward locations at the Line of Actual Control and reviewed the prevailing tense situation with China. General Naravane also reviewed troops preparedness at the forward location.

General Narav

New Delhi, A PIL has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the West Bengal government to ensure protection to opposition leaders as a prerequisite for a free and fair Assembly election scheduled next year.

Citing news reports, the plea said Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in his recent visit to the

New Delhi, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday addressed agitating farmers at the Singhu border on the phone and assured them of her full solidarity with their movement, a TMC statement said.

A delegation of five MPs of the Trinamool Congress including Derek O'

New Delhi, Paying tribute to former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh on his birth anniversary, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asserted that PM Narendra Modi drew inspiration from the late leader and would not let interests of farmers to be hurt.

"I remember and salute Chaudhary Charan S

Thiruvananthapuram,  A CBI Special Court on Wednesday sentenced Catholic priest Thomas M Kottur to two life terms and co-convict Sister Steffi to life imprisonment for the murder of Sister Abhaya in Kottayam 28 years ago. Judge K Sanilkumar also imposed fines of Rs 5 lakh each on the two convicts.

Kottur has

Azamgarh (UP), After Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), now the Bhim Army has announced that it will field candidates in the 2021 panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh.

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad said that he decided to contest the panchayat elections as "atrocities on Dalits were increasing in rural areas" of t