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.
President Barack Obama gave a shout-out to an Indian-American kid who recently made history by becoming the first person to earn a second Global Finalist award in the 2015 Google Science Fair.
Hardeep Saini, former principal of Golden Hillock School, is accused of not taking appropriate steps when a teacher at Golden Hillock School told Muslim students that their religion is the "true religion" and people from other faiths were "ignorant".
Martin Singh, 37, said he had been working in the breakdown recovery company RAC with his wife, Ruby, for two months. But greeting his wife with a friendly kiss cost him his job as a customer service manager
Ashish Lata Ramgobin, 45, appeared in the Durban Magistrate's Court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to the charge. She was released on $3,776 bail
The US has made "the long bet" on India as an important partner in advancing their collective security interests in the South Asian region, according to a senior Obama administration official.
Badal said he saw a "deep-rooted conspiracy by some powerful forces" trying to revive militancy in the state.