Kathmandu: Newly-elected President Bidhya Devi Bhandari was sworn in on Thursday as the first female president of Nepal.
Bhandari was administered the oaths of office and secrecy by Chief Justice Kalyan Shrestha at the presidential palace, Xinhua news agency reported.
Bhandari was elected to the post on Wednesday after she clinched an over-whelming victory in the presidential poll defeating Nepali Congress candidate Kul Bahadur Gurung.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is also minister of overseas Indian affairs, announced the changed format of India's engagement with its diaspora
The fire department received a call on Monday afternoon about a fire in an apartment on the second floor of the residential building
Tony Singh is set to host Scotland's prestigious Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards (HITA) 2015
A coast guard search team on a plane Tuesday spotted what appeared to be a floating body, orange objects and an oil slick in the high seas about 400 kilometres west of the northwestern Philippine city of Laoag.
Artefacts sold off at auctions in London, New York, Paris and other places include chairs, tables and designs of the French architect of Swiss origin.
Ensaf Haidar and a few dozen other demonstrators chanted "Stop torture!" and Free Raif!" in Tuesday's protest, which was organized by Amnesty International.