Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a former close ally of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez into custody in a corruption investigation that has threatened to topple the leftist government.The probe into Jose Luis Abalos, a former transport minister and Socialist party heavyweight who helped propel Sanchez to power in 2018, is one of several corruption affairs rattling his fragile minority coalition.Abalos, his ex-adviser Koldo Garcia and another former senior Socialist figure, Santos Cerdan, are suspected of pocketing kickbacks for the awarding of public contracts for sanitary equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic.Abalos and Garcia will be remanded in custody without bail...
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday praised US President Donald Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he would end his Ukraine offensive if Kyiv withdrew from territory Moscow claims at its own otherwise his army would take it by force.The Russian army has been slowly but steadily grinding through eastern Ukraine in costly battles against outnumbered and outgunned Ukrainian forces.Washington has meanwhile renewed its push to end the nearly four-year war, putting forward a surprise plan that it hopes to finalise through upcoming talks with Moscow and Kyiv.
Kathmandu, Nov 27: General Secretary of the CPN (UML), Shankar Pokhrel, has expressed the view that absence of social security has increased dissatisfaction in the society.At a programme on 'Contribution-based social security scheme: Current situation and way ahead' organised by General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) here Thursday, he mentioned that social security scheme would be a medium to end anarchy.Stating that the CPN (UML) had forwarded social security scheme by internalizing the public welfare concept, he mentioned that senior citizens security programme was introduced for the first time during the premiership of Man Mohan Adhikari and contribution-based social...
Kathmandu, Nov 27: The State-run media have been aligned with social security fund (SSF).The media houses running under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology were brought under SSF on the occasion of the 8th Social Security Day on Thursday. A signing ceremony was held at the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Minister in the presence of Prime Minister Sushila Karki and Minister for Communication, Jagdish Kharel.Executive Director at SSF, Kaviraj Adhikari, and senior officials from State-run media signed the document, formally tying up the offices to SSF. The media were- Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), Gorkhapatra Corporation, Public...
काठमाडौं – धरानमा एमालेको ११औँ राष्ट्रिय महाधिवेशनसम्बन्धी तयारी बैठकमा दुई गुटबीच कुटाकुट भएको छ। नगर पार्टी कार्यालयमा भएको छलफलको बीचमै विवाद चर्किँदा ईश्वर पोखरेल समूहका अनिल राजधामी कुटिएका हुन्। बिहीबार दिउँसो युवा प्रतिनिधि छनोट प्रक्रियालाई लिएर आन्तरिक सहमति गर्ने कि निर्वाचनमा जाने भन्ने विषयमा छलफल सुरु भएको थियो । सोही विषयमा उठेको मतभेद झडपमा बदलिएको […]