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3 newly appointed ministers to take oath of office in Nepal

Kathmandu, Sep 15 (PTI) Three ministers inducted by Nepal’s caretaker Prime Minister Sushila Karki into her cabinet will be sworn in on Monday. Karki, 73, the Himalayan nation’s first woman prime minister, assumed office on Sunday. Later in the day, President Ramchandra Paudel appointed Kulman Ghising, former managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority; Rameshwor Khanal, former finance minister; and Om Prakash Aryal, advocate and advisor to Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, as ministers on Karki’s recommendation. The newly appointed ministers will take the oath of office and secrecy at the President’s Office at Sheetal Niwas in the Maharajgunj area of Kathmandu,

Truck driver abducted, rescued for ex-IAS probationer Puja Khedkar’s house

Mumbai, Sep 15 (PTI) A truck driver, allegedly abducted after a road rage incident in Navi Mumbai, has been rescued from the house of former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in Pune, police said on Monday. Khedkar has been accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. The alleged abduction took place on Mulund-Airoli road in Navi Mumbai township on Saturday evening when Prahlad Kumar (22) was driving his concrete mixer truck, the police said. The truck brushed against a sports utility vehicle, following which an argument took place between Kumar and two

Gold prices ease in future trade as traders await Fed policy decision

New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Gold prices fell Rs 148 to Rs 1,09,222 per 10 grams in the domestic futures market on Monday, mirroring a weak global trend as market participants stayed cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s policy decision. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), the most-traded October futures fell Rs 148 or 0.14 per cent to Rs 1,09,222 per 10 grams in a turnover of 15,852 lots. The December contract also moved lower, shedding Rs 111 or 0.10 per cent to Rs 1,10,323 per 10 grams in 5,656 lots. “Gold hovered around Rs 1,09,000 per 10 grams,

Ex-British soldier goes on trial for Bloody Sunday killings

LONDON, September 15, 2025 (AP) — Families of the victims and survivors of the 1972 Bloody Sunday, in which British soldiers opened fire and killed 13 unarmed civil rights marchers and injured 15 others in Northern Ireland, have fought for justice for five decades without a single person being held accountable in court. That could change after Monday when a former British soldier goes on trial on charges of murder in the shooting of two men and the attempted murders of five others. The ex-paratrooper, identified only as a “Soldier F” and concealed from view in court behind blue floor-to-ceiling

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