Nepal ready to resolve border issue with India: Foreign Ministry
Kathmandu, May 8: Nepal on Friday said it is committed to resolving the border issue with India through diplomatic channels. “We have already made public our views regarding Lipulekh. We have also expressed our view regarding the proposed Kailash Mansarovar journey between India and China via Nepalese territory, Lipulekh,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lok Bahadur Chhetri said. Nepal is willing to resolve the issue in accordance with the spirit of close and friendly relations existing between Nepal and India, Chhetri said. His comments came days after India firmly rejected the Himalayan nation’s objection to the upcoming Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via the long-established Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand, dismissing Kathmandu’s territorial claims over the region as an “unilateral artificial enlargement” that New Delhi finds “untenable.” New Delhi’s sharp reaction came after the Nepalese foreign ministry objected to preparations by India and China for the annual pilgrimage via Lipulekh Pass, claiming the region belongs to it. (PTI)
Bomb explodes at Dutch premier’s party headquarters
The Hague, May 8: A bomb that was pushed through a letter slot exploded at the party headquarters of Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten but didn’t injure anyone, and the centrist leader vowed Friday not to be intimidated by the attack. Police said they had arrested a 37-year-old suspect in the bombing late Thursday at the headquarters of the centrist D66 party in The Hague, but declined to release any further details including any suspected motive. The attack took place during a meeting of about 30 members of the party’s youth wing. (AP)
Police free 2 people after hostage alarm at German bank
Berlin, May 8: Police in Germany entered a bank in a small German town Friday and rescued two people from a locked room, hours after officers were called to respond to a hostage situation. Regional police said they were alerted to the situation at the Volksbank branch in Sinzig at about 9 am local time. They said they believed there were “several perpetrators and hostages” in the bank and the driver of an armoured van was a hostage. Shortly before 3 pm, police said special forces entered the bank and freed two people unhurt from a locked room. Police said they found no hostage-takers. They said that the perpetrator or perpetrators appeared to have left immediately after locking the two people into the vault, but it wasn’t clear how that happened. (AP)
6 killed, 13 hurt as mortar shell hits civilian area in Pakistan
Peshawar, May 8:At least six people were killed and 13 others injured when a mortar shell exploded in a civilian area in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The incident took place in the Durrani Banda area of Hangu district when police were engaged in an operation against the terrorists who fired mortar shells that landed in the civilian area on Thursday. (PTI)
