Ramesh Lamsal and Narayan Dhungana, KATHMANDU: Roads in Kathmandu, the federal capital, look almost deserted in the midst of the Dashain festival holiday. Traffic on the roads, which used to see heavy traffic on other days, is very sparse. Although comparatively a good number of private vehicles can be seen operating, the public vehicles are less in number. It seems this has given respite to the capital from the heavy traffic of normal days. There is festival atmosphere in Kathmandu now.......

By COLLEEN LONG, WASHINGTON (AP): Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan left an immigration policy conference Monday without speaking after protesters shouted him down. McAleenan was scheduled as the keynote speaker at Georgetown University Law Center during an annual immigration law and policy conference held by the nonprofit immigration think tank Migration Policy Institute. He was expected to take questions from the audience, made up mostly of immigration policy experts,......

BAITADI: The closure of Nepal-India border in Baitadi in view of the election in the neighbouring Pithoragarh district on the eve of Dashain has caused troubles for Nepalis. The decision to seal off the border for the security reason has caused problems for those Nepali returning their homes for the Dashain. It has hampered trans-border business activities as well, complained Devdutta Bhatta of Dashrathchand municipality-1. Baitadi's Chief District Officer Anand Poudel said the border was......