Nepal: PM-in-waiting Balen Shah creates history by beating Oli in Jhapa

IANS | March 7, 2026 6:50 PM

Kathmandu, March 7 (IANS) Rapper-turned-politician Balen Shah has secured victory from Jhapa-5 in eastern Nepal in the elections for the House of Representatives, defeating former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli by a wide margin in what was described as a battle for the next prime ministership.

130 Maoists with 124 weapons surrender in Telangana

IANS | March 7, 2026 5:59 PM

Hyderabad, March 7 (IANS) In the biggest-ever surrender by Maoists in Telangana, 130 cadres of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) laid down their arms before Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy here on Saturday​