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Kathmandu: An emotional letter written by 11-year-old Radhika Mahato to Prime Minister Balendra Shah has intensified public debate around Nepal's ongoing eviction campaign. Her handwritten appeal emerged after authorities demolished her family's makeshift home in Kathmandu, leaving them displaced and struggling for shelter and schooling. The child questioned the government's actions, writing, "Our family members voted for the Bell symbol, your party in the March 5 election. Why did you demolish our house? Where should we live and study now?" The letter, published by Ratopati, drew widespread attention for its raw expression of fear and helplessness. Life disrupted after demolition Radhika, a…

New Delhi: Iranian Foreign Minister  Seyed Abbas Araghchi, who is in New Delhi to attend the two-day BRICS foreign ministers' meeting, travelled aboard an aircraft named "Minab168", a symbolic reference to the 168 girls killed in a missile strike on a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab during the US-Israel war on Iran.  Araghchi arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday on a three-day official visit to India. This is the first high-level diplomatic engagement from Tehran since the outbreak of the US-Israel war with Iran more than two months ago. Araghchi to hold talks with Jaishankar The two-day talks,…

Beijing: During their bilateral meeting in Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday said the Taiwan issue was the most important matter in US-China relations and warned that the two countries could come into conflict if it was not handled properly, state news agency Xinhua reported. Xi Jinping further stated that safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is the biggest common denominator between China and the US. "The Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-US relations," Xi said, according to state broadcaster CCTV. "If mishandled, the two nations could collide or even come into conflict, pushing…