Lok Sabha adjourned amid continued opposition protests

December 2, 2025 3:38 PM

Lok Sabha adjourned amid continued opposition protests

The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Tuesday after repeated disruptions by opposition MPs demanding an immediate discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 states and Union Territories. The House, which reconvened at 2 pm after two earlier adjournments, was forced to adjourn again within minutes as opposition members entered the well, raising slogans. The Lok Sabha had earlier functioned for only brief periods during the day, with Question Hour and routine...

Zubeen Garg death case: Assam SIT to meet Singapore Police for details of singer’s last moments

October 21, 2025 12:29 PM

Zubeen Garg death case: Assam SIT to meet Singapore Police for details of singer’s last moments

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the untimely demise of Assam's cultural icon Zubeen Garg, is set to meet the Singapore Police Forces on Tuesday to obtain details of the singer’s final moments while he was in Singapore. Garg passed away on September 19 while on a yacht with members of the Assam Association in Singapore, along with his manager Siddharth Sharma, bandmates Shekharjyoti Goswami and Amritprabha Mahanta, and his cousin Sandipan Garg. All of the aforementioned individua...

Nepal’s deadly protests hammer tourism sector as arrivals fall 30%

September 16, 2025 9:22 AM

Nepal’s deadly protests hammer tourism sector as arrivals fall 30%

Nepal’s deadliest protests in decades erupted just as the country entered its peak tourist season, dealing a blow to businesses that had been preparing to welcome trekkers from around the globe to experience its world-famous trails. Shops, pubs and restaurants lining the neatly organized alleys of places like Thamel — Kathmandu's bustling tourist hub — remained largely deserted, even after reopening in the aftermath of a violent anti-corruption protest that left 72 dead over 2,000 injured...

Young activists who toppled Nepal’s government now picking new leaders

September 15, 2025 9:00 AM

Young activists who toppled Nepal’s government now picking new leaders

A former DJ and his obscure Nepalese non-profit used a social media app popular with video gamers to drive massive protests and become the unlikely power brokers in installing the country's new interim leadership. Sudan Gurung, the 36-year-old founder of Hami Nepal (We are Nepal), used the Discord messaging app and Instagram to mobilise massive demonstrations that forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign, in the deadliest political crisis to hit the Himalayan nation in decades, a dozen p...