Newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister Sujata Koirala on Wednesday lost her cool and walked angrily towards her critics in the Central Committee of the Nepali Congress, the party she belongs to.
In what is being seen here as a disturbing indication of Indian diplomacy falling short of expectations in the Middle-East, one of Saudi Arabia's most powerful and influential royal family members Turki al-Faisal has openly urged US President Barack Obama to push India and Pakistan to "fix" the Kashmir issue for his AfPak policy to make any progress.
In an apparent bid to o consolidate his grip over the 22-party alliance government, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Monday appointed Sujata Koirala, daughter of Nepali Congress president G P Koirala, as Deputy Prime Minister.
He is counsel for Hafiz Saeed, and in Monday's triumph in court, he has added to India's frustrations.
In a demand that may have strategic geopolitical implications for India, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has asked China to extend the Beijing-Lhasa railway line to Kathmandu.
Maoist leaders, who have often been criticised for being insensitive to religious beliefs, are now taking care not to offend religious sentiments of people, especially Hindus.
A young Arab gasps for breath as he tears down the street, his feet pounding rhythmically on the asphalt.
Not only was Nero a Roman emperor, it turns out he may also have been the father of the revolving restaurant.
In the event of an Indo-Pak nuclear war, India will emerge the ultimate "winner" after wiping off Pakistan but lose up to 500 million of its own people, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Taylor Branch has claimed in his 700-page book The Clinton Tapes.
1957: The Great Leap Forward Based on Mao's vision of a China that would outrun the West, the Great Leap Forward policy was wrought with difficulties.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel today led her party to win yet another term.
Peter Varghese, the new Australian High Commissioner to India, has said there is need to constructively engage China, let it have a voice in regional and international fora and encourage it to play by the rules as part of a strategy to ensure that its rise does not destabilise.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her challenger — ministerial colleague and Foreign Minister — Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) battled on Saturday to win over a large pool of undecided voters on the last day of campaigning before a federal election.
Three hundred years is a long time for a person to command the world's consistent attention, and yet, that is precisely the kind of hold Dictionary Johnson continues to exercise on the popular imagination.
Even as the debate over gay rights continues in India, Germany could soon have a Foreign Minister who is openly gay.
One reason why Pakistan doesn't appear to be sincere in its action against Lashkar-e-Toiba founder and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Sayeed is slowly emerging.
The Moon is generally thought to be a dry place, although scientists have long suspected that ice might be trapped in cold, permanently shadowed craters.
Ignoring the UN, the Nepal government on Thursday decided to go for fresh recruitment to fill up vacant posts in the Nepal army.
US President Barack Obama delivered a stern speech to the leaders of the world's nations on Wednesday morning, challenging them to live up to their responsibilities even as he acknowledged that the US has fallen short on many fronts.
Hitler is in the news again. This time, he's been caught in bed. According to newswires, Das Comitee, a Hamburg advertising agency has come out with a 45-second AIDS commercial aired on German TV and in cinemas recently, for awareness group Regenbogen. It shows a couple having sex and as the ad progresses, the man's face turns into Hitler's as he looks straight into the camera.
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