Sikhs For Justice claims a US court identified an Indian agent involved in a plot to kill chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. The agent allegedly paid $15,000 for the assassination. Nikhil Gupta, facing charges of murder-for-hire, was arrested and extradited to the US. Gupta is set for trial later this year.

Sachs is a professor at Columbia University, where he was formerly director of The Earth Institute. He worked on the topics of sustainable development and economic development

On Tuesday, a team led by Chandra Shekhar Kumar Prasad Yadav, vice president of the Madhes Province Committee of the Nepali Congress, submitted a memorandum to the chief district officers of Parsa and Bara, urging the government to ban Indian media supporting the monarchy in Nepal