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Thai top court sends former PM Thaksin Shinawatra to one year in jail

Bangkok, Sept. 9 -- Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to serve one year in jail, local media reported. The ruling relates to a previous conviction w... Read More


Punjab: Ahead of Modi's visit: Farmers to get rRs.r20k per acre for crop damage: Mann cabinet

Chandigarh, Sept. 9 -- Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab, the state cabinet on Monday approved a flood relief package, including Rs.20,000 per acre compensation to farmers for cr... Read More


Security stepped up along border areas amid unrest in Nepal

Bahraich, Sept. 9 -- The India-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh was placed under a heightened security blanket on Tuesday after violent protests in Nepal disrupted cross-border movement and triggered ala... Read More


Congress top brass strategises with Bihar leaders

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi deliberated with party leaders from Bihar here on Tuesday amid ongoing seat-sharing talks among "mahagat... Read More


Macron names close ally Lecornu as new prime minister

France, Sept. 9 -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday named defence minister and his close ally Sebastien Lecornu as the new prime minister to resolve a deepening political crisis as protests... Read More


Haryana: Abhay Chautala gears up for mega rally on Devi Lal's birth anniversary

Rohtak, Sept. 9 -- Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supremo Abhay Singh Chautala has begun mobilising party cadres for a massive show of strength on September 25 in Rohtak to mark the birth anniversary ... Read More


Nepal ex-PM Jhalanath Khanal's wife dies as house set on fire by protesters in Kathmandu

India, Sept. 9 -- Rajyalaxmi Chitrakar, the wife of former Prime Minister, Jhalanath Khanal died of burn injuries on Tuesday after her house was set on fire by protestors in Nepal's Dallu. She was rus... Read More


Russian man gets stabbed in New Delhi railway station, left with no money: 'Police threw me away because.'

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- A 26-year-old Russian man has shared his painful story on Reddit. He has been stuck in India since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war. He originally came from Taganrog in the R... Read More


Nepal's youth uprising leaves PM Oli isolated, army unlikely to extend support

NEW DELHI, Sept. 9 -- Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli is running out of options as a youth-led uprising shakes the political order, with even the army appearing unwilling to come to his side. W... Read More


Hooda slams Haryana govt over flood compensation

Chandigarh, Sept. 9 -- Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday claimed that the compensation announced by the BJP-led state government for the flood-hit farmers is "woefully ina... Read More