Nepal MP thanks PM Modi for relief aid, says focus is on saving maximum lives

August 27, 2026 9:33 PM

Nepal MP thanks PM Modi for relief aid, says focus is on saving maximum lives

Nepal’s ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party MP Vidushi Rana on Thursday expressed gratitude to India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sending aid whenever a disaster strikes the Himalayan nation. She said the focus of PM Balendra Shah-led government is to save maximum lives. Nepal has been reeling under the impact of devastating flash floods along the country’s border with the Tibet region that killed at least 165 people and left a trail of destruction. “I am really, really thankful to P...

Death toll rises to 162 in Nepal flash floods

August 27, 2026 9:40 AM

Death toll rises to 162 in Nepal flash floods

The death toll in the massive flash floods in Nepal rose to 162, leaving scores, including security personnel and foreign tourists, missing, and sweeping away properties in one of the country’s worst disasters in recent years, according to a media report. The flash floods on Wednesday wreaked havoc across three districts in Nepal. It was caused after an avalanche blocked the flow of the Lhende tributary of the Bhotekoshi and first hit Timure, near Nepal’s border with China at Rasuwagadhi, ...