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From jail to parliament: Nepal's Tikapur carnage mastermind sworn-in as MP

Kathmandu (Nepal), Jan 04 (ANI): House of Representative member-elect from Kanchanpur-1, Resham Chaudhary, was sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP) on Thursday. Speaker of House of Representatives, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, administered the oath of office to Chaudhary. Chaudhary is facing charges of murder, attempt to murder and robbery along with 56 others, and is an accused in the 2015 Tikapur riots. He also claimed the Tikapur incident to be a political one and suggested for the political resolution over the issue warning ethical violence might spread in the future. Chaudhary is the main accused in the lynching of eight police personnel and an infant in Tikapur of Kailali district in August 2015. Chaudhary won the House of Representative election from Kailali-1, securing more than double the votes secured by his rival Madan Kumar Shah.

Mega Bank MUFG stresses on economic prosperity of Japan

Tokyo (Japan), Jan 03 (ANI): Japanese Mega Bank MUFG is developing world business market dynamically. As per the strategy Southeast Asia is the most important region. In the significance all tenure are also indefinite to create. Through partner bank in that region, MUFG aims to contribute to raise economic prosperity and enrich people's social life. Japanese hospitality and bank skill that were cultivated in long history merge to local power of partner banks. Its strong tie guarantees economic prosperity.

Casio contributes to education in Thailand

Bangkok (Thailand), Jan 03 (ANI): Multi formulas scientific calculators are proving to be a boon for students for the advanced mathematics competition. This "Math Competition" was held in Thailand to solve the problem of advanced mathematics. In Southeast Asian countries, "STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)", which promotes education specialized in science, has been actively introduced. This "math competition" was held in cooperation between "OBEC (Office of the Basic Education Commission)" of the Ministry of Education of Thailand and Japan Company "Casio". In Thailand, students who are excellent in Mathematics challenge this exam. The calculator used in this competition is the scientific calculator produced by "CASIO". Students must use scientific calculators to solve the problem within an hour of time limit. The purpose is to use a scientific calculator to solve math problems and compete with each other to an increase in the interest of students in math

Watch: London welcomes New Year 2019 with fireworks display

London (United Kingdom), Jan 01 (ANI): Amazing fireworks display was held at London's giant Ferris wheel. People thronged the place to witness the fireworks and welcome New Year 2019. People around the world celebrated the New Year with full fervor.

Cold wave continues to grip North India

New Delhi, Jan 01 (ANI): Cold waves continued to grip North India due to decrease in temperature on Tuesday morning. A layer of fog enveloped various cities including Lucknow. Temperature in Delhi was recorded at 5 degrees Celsius. The situation is set to remain the same in the coming days. This comes after snowfall in hilly areas.

Watch: Special aarti performed at Siddhivinayak Temple on New Year

Mumbai, Jan 01 (ANI): Special aarti was performed at Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai on the occasion of New Year. Devotees throng the temple to offer prayers on the first day of the New Year. People around the world welcomed the New Year with full fervor.

Watch: Devotees take holy dip in Prayagraj's Sangam

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 01 (ANI): People took holy dip in Ganga River on the occasion of New Year. Devotees in large number thronged at Triveni Sangam. People around the world welcomed the New Year with full fervor.

New Year festivities in Australia kick-starts with fireworks

Sydney (Australia), Dec 31 (ANI): As 2019 is almost here, Australia has started the New Year festivities. People are seen walking on Sydney Harbour Bridge to celebrate the welcoming of 2019.

Bangladesh polls: Sheikh Hasina casts her vote

Dhaka (Bangladesh), Dec 30 (ANI): Bangladesh went to polls today amid high security. Over 600,000 security personnel have been deployed across the nation. Sheikh Hasina cast her vote in Dhaka. Sheikh Hasina has served as the Prime Minister of the country since 2009. There are over 100 million registered voters in the country. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is the main opposition of Sheikh Hasina's Bangladesh Awami League in the elections.

2 Vietnamese tourists killed in Giza blast

New Delhi, Dec 29 (ANI): A roadside explosion in Egypt claimed lives of two Vietnamese tourists and injured a dozen other tourists, the Egyptian Interior Ministry has confirmed. The Egyptian Interior Ministry stated that the tourist bus was occupied with two Egyptian citizens, including the bus driver and the other one representing the tourism company, while the rest of the passengers included 14 Vietnamese people. The Interior Ministry also said that further investigation into the matter is underway.

19 killed in protests against soaring bread, fuel prices in Sudan

New Delhi, Dec 28 (ANI): The agitation between the anti-riot police and protesters over rising bread and fuel prices in Sudan has claimed 19 lives, including two security personals and injured 219 people, the Sudanese government has confirmed. The Sudanese government had increased the price of bread from one ($0.02) to three Sudanese pounds ($0.063). Moreover, prices of fuel were reportedly doubled, which led to widespread agitation all over the North African country. Activists have called on people to take to the streets again over the next few days.

Pro-Khalistan organization honours Pak army chief, nexus uncovered

Toronto (Canada), Dec 28: Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa was recently honoured by a pro-Khalistan Organisation based in Canada for "opening the Kartarpur Corridor". The event, titled as 'An Evening of Honour and Dignity', saw Sukhminder Singh Hansara who is a well known Khalistan activist based in Canada, along with other Canadian hardliners presenting a gold-plated certificate to Consulate General of Pakistan Imran Ahmad Siddiqui. Pakistan has become favourites of all the pro-Khalistan organizations around the globe who want to disturb peace in India. Pak Consulate General too vouched for "strengthening ties" with the anti-India elements. Islamabad and its spy agency, the ISI, has forever been pumping millions of dollars to revive the dead anti-India movement, but after failing to garner any support from Sikhs living across the world, Pakistan has now started to openly support the pro-Khalistan movement. Proof for Islamabad's notorious agenda came on the auspicious occa

RJP-N blames incumbent government of ethnic discrimination

Kathmandu (Nepal), Dec 27 (ANI): The disgruntled Madhesh-based party, the Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal, has blamed the incumbent government of discriminating the MPs on the basis of ethnicity. Rajendra Mahato, co- coordinator of the party during the first day of the third session of the parliament, alleged the incumbent government of discrimination referring to the delay in the release of MP Resham Chaudhary. The third session of the federal parliament of Nepal began from December 26after a gap of three months. This session of the parliament is also considered as the 'bill session' and it is majorly mandated to go through discussions of drafts of bills and their endorsements. As per the constitutional provision, laws inconsistent with the constitution either need to be amended or replaced by new ones within March 5, 2019 which marks the completion of one year of the first meeting of the federal parliament.

People in Myanmar consume Ajinomoto for tasty and healthy meal

Naypyidaw (Myanmar), Dec 27 (ANI): Myanmar is multi-ethnic country which is enriched by all kinds of delicious dishes. And here "AJI-NO-MOTO" products are so popular that they became an essential part of many families' choice of taste. Ajinomoto Group produces and sells various seasonings and processed foods in more than 130 countries and regions global wide. The Group's products have been used and loved by people all over the world, including Myanmar. "AJI-NO-MOTO" is made in the most sophisticated factory in Thilawa Special Economic Zone. The factory is clean, hygienic, and organized, in order to make pure products which are safe and trustworthy. In order to deliver reliable products to people in Myanmar, The Ajinomoto Group established Myanmar Ajinomoto Foods in February, 2016. The company lives up to their corporate motto, "EAT WELL, LIVE WELL" and all of the employees are working hard to deliver deliciousness to people. Myanmar Ajinomoto Foods has opened 2 new sales stock points

Mohajir lawmaker Ali Raza Abidi's assassination was masterminded by Pak intelligence agencies: Nadeem Nusrat

Washington DC (USA), Dec 27 (ANI): Voice of Karachi Chairman Nadeem Nusrat categorically accused Pakistan intelligence agencies for killing Mohajir lawmaker Ali Raza Abidi. In a hard hitting statement, Nusrat also his killing was not only due to his being an activist but because he was a Shia Muslim. In his attack on Pakistani military establishment, Nusrat said, "Ali Raza Abidi's assassination was masterminded by Pak intelligence agencies. Their hired mercenaries killed him. Ali raza abdi were warned over and over they wanted him to shut down his social media account, to stop critizising the high headedness of Pakistani military. He was maily attacked because he was a Shia Muslim." Abidi was prominent Mohajir political leader and former member of Pakistan's national assembly. He was killed in Karachi by two gunmen riding on a motorbike outside his doorstep when he was returning from his office.

People demonstrate in PoK over non-payment of salaries

PoK, December 25, 2018:- These people who spent their entire career in a state of subservience to Islamabad directed government of Pakistan occupied Kashmir, are compelled to demonstrate against the same authority in order to demand the rightful share of their pension. Expressing their resentment, a large number of protestors gathered in Muzaffarabad and raised slogans against the officers of Azad Kashmir Logging and Sawmills Corporation also known as AKLASC demanding their salaries and pensions. The protests that have been seeking the payment of blocked salaries and pensions from the authorities for years have witnessed a sudden escalation of late with more and more people expressing solidarity with the former employees. Protestors say that government has been making false promises for years and has not been doing anything to walk the talk.

India has to support people of Balochistan: Muttahida Quami Movement

London (UK), Dec 24, 2018: Muttahida Quami Movement's (MQM) founder leader Altaf Hussain has asked India and Indian ruling and opposition parties in his address to the party's designees and workers, writers and intellectuals based in Chicago, the United States of America. He said that Indian Prime Minister, ruling BJP party and the leaders of Indian National Congress should commemorate 'Balochistan Day' in retaliation of Pakistan's bullying commemoration of 'Kashmir Day' as India occupied territory as claimed by Pakistan. He said, "India has to openly support the people of Balochistan. Kashmir has always been a disputed territory between India and Pakistan while the case of Balochistan is totally different as it is a wholly occupied territory under the military's guns." He further added that, "If Pakistan claims that India has occupied Kashmir so the claim is automatically reversed as Pakistan's military establishment is the aggressor against Balochistan which was an independent state

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 7 years in prison

Islamabad (Pakistan), Dec 24 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been sentenced to seven years in prison by an accountability court in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference. Monday's sentence in the money laundering and tax evasion case came a day ahead of Sharif's 69th birthday. Dawn reported that the Sharif has also been charged with a fine of USD 2.5 million in the case. However, the bench, headed by Accountability Court Judge Arshad Malik, acquitted him in the Flagship Investments reference. The Judge, had earlier turned down Sharif's request for more time in the two cases, as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had stated that granting more time could further delay verdict in the graft cases. Earlier this month, Pakistan's Supreme Court had asked the accountability court to wrap up the corruption cases by December 24, after previously granting it seven extensions to conclude the NAB references. The trial against the Sharif family had started on Sep

Indonesia tsunami leaves 168 dead, 745 injured

Jakarta (Indonesia), Dec 23 (ANI): At least 168 people have lost their lives in the devastating tsunami that struck the Sunda Strait on Saturday night, with 745 people being reported as injured by Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency. Furthermore, the natural disaster has destroyed 558 houses as 30 people are still missing, CNN quoted Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the head of the agency as saying. Over nine hotels, 60 restaurants and 350 boats have also been heavily damaged in the disaster. "We are still gathering information, "Nugroho stated while adding, "The worst hit area is Pandeglang district, along the coastal area, including residential and tourist areas in the Tanjung Lesung beach, Lesung beach, Teluk Lada, Panimbang and Carita beach." The tsunami struck tourist and residential areas on the night of December 22, after underwater landslides that were triggered by a volcanic eruption according to Indonesia's meteorological, climatological and geological agency. The tsunami ha

Trump signs a prison reform bill into law

New Delhi, Dec 22 (ANI): US President Donald Trump signed 'First Step Act' into law which is a prison and sentencing reform bill, on December 20. According to CNN, the new law will turn federal prisons towards rehabilitation. The bill was passed in the Senate and in House earlier this week. On the occasion, Trump tweeted, "Today, it was my great honor to sign the #FirstStepAct - a monumental bi-partisan win for the American people!". The law aims at handling severe sentencing policies that result in several people going to prison for long time. It provides protection to women and juveniles serving in the federal prison system. Trump also signed the 'Countering weapons of Mass Destruction Act 2018' earlier in the day.