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Indian citizens advised to defer travel to Nepal until situation stabilises: MEA

India on Tuesday advised its citizens to defer their travelling plans to Nepal until the situation stabilises in the neighbouring country following the death of 19 people in widespread protests which also resulted in the resignation of Prime Minister

BY / Tuesday, 9 September, 2025

Security heightened at Indo-Nepal border in Bengal; trucks, tourists stranded

Security has been stepped up at the Indo-Nepal border in West Bengal in the wake of the Gen Z movement in the Himalayan country that has claimed 19 lives and injured scores of people. At least 100 Indian truck

BY / Tuesday, 9 September, 2025

ECI to intensify scrutiny of groups seeking status of political party

The ECI on Tuesday decided to step up scrutiny of applicants seeking registration of their associations as a political party and issued instructions for an intensified verification of the antecedents of the founding members, an official said. “To remove

BY / Tuesday, 9 September, 2025

CP Radhakrishnan elected new Vice President

NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan was on Tuesday elected as the new Vice President, securing a comfortable victory in what was billed as a rare ‘South vs South’ electoral contest. Announcing the results, Rajya Sabha Secretary-General P.C.

BY / Tuesday, 9 September, 2025

Nepal PM Oli steps down; crisis-prone nation plunges deeper into chaos

Faced with the intense pressure from Gen-Z protests that resulted in the death of 19 people, Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned from his post on Tuesday afternoon. Oli submitted his resignation letter to President Ram Chandra Poudel,

BY / Tuesday, 9 September, 2025

VP election: Three parties to abstain from voting, 12 MPs not to cast vote

Three parties have decided to abstain from the Vice-Presidential election. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of Odisha, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of Punjab, and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) of Telangana have chosen to stay away and will

BY / Tuesday, 9 September, 2025

Vice Presidential election to be held today

The election for the post of Vice President of India is being held on Tuesday, September 9, with voting set to take place from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the New Parliament Building in New Delhi. The contest

BY / Tuesday, 9 September, 2025

Nepal Gen-Z protest: PM Oli orders probe, denies social media shutdown policy

Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of at least 19 people after a Gen-Z led protest against corruption and the ongoing ban on social media platforms spiraled into violence across Kathmandu and

BY / Tuesday, 9 September, 2025

Guterres calls on Nepal govt, protesters to hold discussions

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the Nepal government and the protesters to hold peaceful discussions to resolve their differences that have led to clashes and the death of at least 19 people. “Nepal enjoys, I think, a very

BY / Tuesday, 9 September, 2025

Will accept Seoul’s security requirements for map data transfer: Google

Google said on Tuesday it will accept the South Korean government’s security requirements to remove coordinates for the Korean region from its map in order to secure approval to export high-precision map data overseas. “We are announcing two more

BY / Tuesday, 9 September, 2025

Anarchists and reactionaries infiltrated Gen-Z movement, confirms Nepal minister after 19 die in anti-govt protests

Hours after at least 19 people were confirmed dead and over 300 injured during the anti-government protests by the youths that rocked Kathmandu on Monday, Nepal’s Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung, who also serves as

BY / Monday, 8 September, 2025

SC orders Rs 25 lakh compensation to man who remained in jail despite serving full sentence

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Madhya Pradesh government to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to a man who spent around five additional years in jail despite having already served his full sentence. The matter pertains to

BY / Monday, 8 September, 2025
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