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South Indian actor Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, known as Vijay, announced his retirement from acting. After a career of 33 years in the film industry. He started his career at a very young age as a child artist in the Tamil film at the age of 10 and at 18, he resumed acting with the film Nalaiya Theerpu (1992). He made the announcement on Saturday during the audio launch of director H. Vinod’s film ‘Jana Nayakan’ in Malaysia. He is currently 51 years old and ‘Jana Nayakan’ will be his last film.

He formed his political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam last year and now his party is able to contest the Tamil Nadu assembly elections in 2026. Addressing the fans, Vijay said, “Only one thing is important to me. People come to the theatre and stand in line for me. So I want to stand for them for the next 30-33 years. I am retiring from cinema for these fans.”

He said that he had to face all kinds of criticism from the first day of his career. Despite this, his fans were always with him. He said that he would never forget the love and support he received in the last 33 years.

The Nepal Police has collected Rs 402. 5 million in revenue in the month of Mangsir (November 17 to December 15) of the current fiscal year 2025/26.

This amount of revenue was collected in connection with law enforcement and various actions.

According to the Central Police Spokesperson, Deputy Inspector General of Police Abhi Narayan Kafle, the police have collected revenue of Rs 179.5 million from the seizure of illegal goods, Rs 123. 8 million from the implementation of court rulings, Rs 71. 5  million from traffic fines, and Rs 8. 94  million from the seizure of illegal gold and silver.

Spokesperson Kafle said that Rs 6. 44 million was seized from those involved in 'Hundi' or illegal transfer of money, Rs 8. 90 million from unaccounted sources, Rs 2. 76 million from illegal extraction of riverine construction materials, Rs 287 thousand from seized illegal timber, and Rs 702 thousand from those trading in illegal livestock and birds.

Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) Nepal Chairman Upendra Yadav and Janata Samajbadi Party Co-Chair Renu Yadav signed a party unification agreement on Monday. 

Earlier on Sunday, an understanding had been reached between the Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party and Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal to move forward with unification. 

The leaders agreed to unite the parties to protect and promote the federal democratic republic and safeguard the rights of the Madhes region and the Madhesi people.

Majority of central committee members of Janata Samajbadi Party would join the party led by Upendra Yadav, said a leader Pradeep Yadav of JSP Nepal. 

He opined that the unification was announced keeping the wish and expectation of Madhesi people in mind, as unity between the JSP Nepal and Janata Samajbadi Party was indispensable in the changed political context.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 10. 53 points to close at 2, 622. 88 points on Monday.

Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 1. 47 points to close at 455. 31 points.

A total of 10,037,307-unit shares of 317 companies were traded for Rs 1. 49 billion.

Meanwhile, SY Panel Nepal Limited (SYPNL) was the top gainer today with its price surging by 10. 00 percent.

Likewise, Wean Nepal Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (WNLB) was the top loser as its price fell by 10. 00 percent.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 4. 40 trillion.

The Nepali Communist Party (NCP) has decided not to include the names of the leaders, who already became lawmakers and ministers, in the proportional representation list of the House of Representatives. 

As per the consensus reached among the top leaders of the party, the names of party leaders, who already have served as lawmakers under the first-past-the-post election or proportional representation system as well as member of the National Assembly, would not be included in the proportional list, shared Chief Secretary of the NCP, Ganesh Man Pun. 

As per the election schedule, the political parties participating in the March 5 elections to the House of Representatives have to submit the closed list under the PR system by this afternoon. 

The political parties have to submit the closed list for 110 seats under the PR system.

Nick Kyrgios won tennis’s latest Battle of the Sexes against Aryna Sabalenka in a dispiriting contest in Dubai that veered uneasily between exhibition, gimmick and outright circus, The Guardian reported. 

The Australian, who has won only one competitive singles match since the end of 2022 and has slipped to 671 in the world rankings, was sweating heavily and breathing hard as early as the fifth game of the match. Yet to no one’s great surprise, the extreme power of his serve, combined with the spin and velocity of his groundstrokes, proved too much for the women’s No 1 player.

“It was a really tough match,” the 30-year-old Kyrgios insisted after his 6-3, 6-3 victory. “ I didn’t know what to expect. She broke my serve numerous times and honestly she was hitting some amazing shots. She is a hell of a competitor. It could have gone either way," according to The Guardian. 

Two popular leaders have formed an alliance ahead of March parliamentary elections in Nepal that will challenge the older parties which have dominated the Himalayan nation's politics for over three decades, party officials and analysts said on Monday, Reuters reported. 

Rapper turned-Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah, known as Balen, a popular elected official, joined the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) or national independent party, led by a former TV host-turned politician Rabi Lamichhane on Sunday, party officials said.

They said under the agreement with RSP, 35-year old Balen will become the prime minister if the RSP wins the March 5 elections while Lamichhane, 48, will remain the party chief.

Both have vowed to address the demands raised during the "Gen Z" or youth-led protests against widespread corruption in September in which 77 people were killed and led to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigning, according to Reuters. 

Sixteen people have been killed and three left injured after a fire tore through a nursing home for elderly residents in northern Indonesia, local authorities say, BBC reported. 

The fire department was alerted to a fire at Damai retirement home in the city of Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, on Sunday night at around 20:30 local time (12:30 GMT).

Many victims were found inside their rooms, the city's fire and rescue agency chief Jimmy Rotinsulu told news agency AFP, adding that they were likely elderly residents who were resting for the evening when the fire broke out, according to BBC.