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Nepal’s youngest prime minister takes the oath of office

KATHMANDU, Nepal, March 27, 2026 (AP) — Nepal’s youngest prime minister took the oath of office Friday after his party won a landslide victory in elections earlier this month, and following a youth-led uprising that toppled the government in September. Balendra Shah was appointed prime minister by President Ram Chandra Paudel Friday after his Rastriya Swatantra Party won nearly two-thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, in the March 5 polls. Shah, the 35-year-old political outsider widely known as Balen, will lead a government tasked with navigating deep public frustration with Nepal’s established

No proposal of imposing lockdown: FM Sitharaman

New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said there is no proposal to impose a lockdown in the country in the wake of the West Asia war, and asked politicians to refrain from rumour mongering and creating fear psychosis among the people. The minister also said the government will remain on its “toes” to keep fiscal deficit under check while ensuring the burden of rising global crude oil prices does not fall on the common man. Replying to a discussion on the Finance Bill, 2026, in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said that while several countries

Silver plunges Rs 11,250/kg, gold drops Rs 1,900 in Delhi

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New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Precious metal prices dropped up to 5 per cent, with silver plunging by Rs 11,250 to Rs 2.30 lakh per kilogram, while gold declined to Rs 1.47 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the white metal slumped Rs 11,250, or nearly 5 per cent, to Rs 2,30,000 per kg (inclusive of all taxes) from Wednesday’s closing level of Rs 2,41,250 per kg. Bullion markets remained closed on Thursday on account of Ram Navami. Gold of 99.9 per cent purity depreciated by Rs 1,900, or

‘We will still pay same amount we were paying before’: Pawan Khera slams Centre after excise duty cuts on petrol, diesel

AICC spokesperson Pawan Khera.

New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday questioned the claims made by the Narendra Modi government that the announced excise duty cuts on petrol and diesel provide relief for the common public, arguing that it benefits oil marketing companies instead of consumers. He said that the consumers will continue to pay unchanged retail prices at fuel stations.  Speaking to ANI, Khera asked for whom this ‘favour’ was being bestowed. He further pointed out that it pertained to what the government calls a “Special Additional Excise Duty”, which implied that it was “superfluous”. “For whom was it reduced?

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