Students unions enforce chakkajam

KATHMANDU, March 21: Some 11 different student organizations, including Nepal Students Union (NSU) and All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU), enforced a chakkajam (transport strike) in front of various colleges across the country from 8:30 am to 10:00 am on Thursday. They held the chakkajam protesting against the high level political mechanism´s proposal of nominating an ´anti-democratic´...

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Rockets explode in southern Israel as Obama visits

JERUSALEM: Two rockets exploded in a southern Israeli town near the Gaza border on Thursday, the second day of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to the Jewish state, Israeli police said. One of the rockets damaged the yard of an Israeli home but there were no immediate reports of injuries. There were also no immediate claims of responsibility issued in Hamas Islamist-ruled Gaza....

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Govt gears up for ‘adjusted budget’

KATHMANDU, MAR 21 - The government has started preparations to introduce an “adjusted budget ” for the current fiscal year within mid-April. Finance Minister Shankar Koirala has directed ministry officials to prepare for such a budget . However, the officials said the nature of the upcoming budget will be that of a full budget , no matter whatever name is given. Minister Koirala, talking...

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Sanjay Dutt gets 5 years in jail in Mumbai blasts case

NEW DELHI, MAR 21 - Actor Sanjay Dutt has been convicted by the Supreme Court today in the Arms Act case that he was booked under in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. He has been given a 5-year jail sentence. He has served 18 months in jail already. The actor was arrested in April 1993, a month after the serial blasts that ripped Mumbai apart and left 257 people dead and over...

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