A colony of elephant seals took over a beach in Northern California during the government shutdown when there was no staff to discourage the animals from congregating in the popular tourist area, an official said.

KATHMANDU, June 21: Goal from the teenage star Mbappe sealed the victory for France against Peru.

Oghenekaro Etebo's own goal and a Luka Modric penalty gave Croatia a winning World Cup start against Nigeria in a poor Group D match in Kaliningrad.

KATHMANDU, June 4: Skipper Shakti Gauchan picked up three wickets, opening the bowling for Province 5 and forcing Province 6 to bundle-out for paltry 55 runs in 22.5 overs in the ongoing Inter-provincial Prime Minister Cup at Kirtipur on Sunday.

ITAHARI, May 13: Jhapa’s Jessica Gurung has won the gold medal winning two titles in the seventh Pushpalal Memorial National Badminton Tournament on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, April 6: Kathmandu Goldens defeated Biratnagar Kings in a last ball thriller where Gyanendra Malla hit a six to seize the win by 5 wickets.

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Nepali Congress has finalized the name of the House of Representatives members under PR electoral system.

BHAKTAPUR, Dec 28: Madhyapur Thimi Municipality has sealed the under-construction building of Tuberculosis Hospital at Madhyapur Thimi-4.

NICOSIA, Sept 27: A Harry Kane hat-trick saw Spurs notch their second win in as many games in Group H of the Champions League, beating Cypriot champions APOEL Nicosia 3-0 in Cyprus on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 5: The Ministry of Supplies has sealed four shops selling branded items in Durbar Marg, Kathmandu, on Monday. Issuing a statement, the ministry said an inspection team led by the Minister for Supplies Shiva Kumar Mandal found the shops conning consumers.

LONDON, August 12: Arsenal had to come from behind twice to beat Leicester City 4-3 in a thriller as the Premier League season got off to a flying start on Friday with Arsene Wenger's substitutions turning the match around at The Emirates.

POKHARA, Jan 24: CMG Club Sankata advanced into the semifinal of Aaha-Rara Gold Cup Football Tournament on Tuesday defeating Narayanganj FC of Bangladesh 2-0 at the Pokhara Stadium in Pokhara, Kaski.

KATHMANDU, Nov 18: The monitoring panels deployed from the Ministry of Health have sealed 37 clinics in the Kathmandu Valley in the past five days. The clinics were found violating the rules related to setting up, operation and upgrade, officials said.

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: A team from Ministry of Health on Monday raided 34 clinics and pharmacies in Kathmandu and Lalitpur.

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: Ministry of Information and Communications has reached task execution agreements (TEAs) with the subordinate bodies and departments for result-bearing expeditions.

KATHMANDU, Aug 30: It has been revealed that Surya Gas Industry refilled cooking gas cylinders of substandard quality without conducting hydraulic test and sent them to market for sale.