Kathmandu, Sep 2 – Nepal’s security forces have seized gold worth over NRS 10 million that was being smuggled by road from India and arrested two men, an official said Thursday. According to the Nepal Armed Police Force authorities in Kathmandu, a Hyundai car that had crossed into Birgunj city in southern Nepal Wednesday evening [...]
Kathmandu, Sep 2 – The Bhagvad Gita – containing Lord Krishna’s teachings and regarded as the essence of the Hindu religion and philosophy – is one of the most influential books in the world, but not much is known about its sequel, the Anugita. Janmashtami, Lord Krishna’s birthday, is perhaps the perfect occasion to remember [...]
Kathmandu, Sep 1 – A supremely confident Sadikshya Shrestha, who would like to see world-class scientists emerge from Nepal, beat 17 other finalists to become Dabur Special-Hidden Treasure Miss Nepal 2010 at a scaled-down pageant here Wednesday, marked by opposition by the Maoists and a campaign against the main sponsor – Dabur Nepal. Shrestha, who [...]
Kathmandu, Sep 1 – As 18 young women wait for the curtain to go up and the Miss Nepal 2010 pageant to start at the Tribhuvan Army Officers’ Club in Kathmandu Wednesday evening, it’s a tense time for all concerned – the participants, the organisers and the main sponsor, Dabur Nepal. Nepal’s oldest and most [...]
Kathmandu, Sep 1 – After a novel based on the story of Karna, the tragic prince in the Mahabharata abandoned at birth, and a play from the perspective of Gandhari, the queen mother who lived life blindfolded after her marriage to a sightless prince, Nepal is now set to woo London with yet another interpretation [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 30 – India’s oldest insurance company, the 103-year-old National Insurance Company Ltd (NIC), has been hit hard by last week’s plane crash in Nepal with its sole office abroad having been the insurer for all 14 people on board as well as the 15-seater Dornier aircraft. NIC, which began its foray in Nepal [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 30 – Four years after a fierce Maoist uprising ended with the loss of over 16,000 lives, thousands of families shattered by the 10-year ‘People’s War’ say they are yet unable to overcome their grief as over 1,300 people remain missing. As the world Monday observes the International Day of the Disappeared, the [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 29 – The smear campaign by a section of Nepal’s disgruntled media against Indian joint ventures intensified Sunday with fierce new propaganda that also targeted the Indian embassy in Kathmandu. Nepal’s private media house, the Kantipur Group, began spearheading a campaign asking the Indian embassy to apologise after the group distorted the embassy’s [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 29 – As Nepal still hesitates to bid a final adieu to the crown, the women in the deposed royal family have been the first to adapt to their new role as civilians. Former Crown Princess Himani, who retained her popularity even during the height of the anti-monarchy movement in 2006 that saw [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 27 – Indian ayurvedic giant Dabur India’s Nepal unit, Dabur Nepal, is under a virulent smear campaign by a section of Nepal’s disgruntled media, finally causing the Indian Embassy in Nepal to express concern. Though a few other Indian joint ventures in Nepal, including PepsiCo, have also faced attacks by some newspapers and [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 27 – The government of Nepal Friday came out strongly in support of an embattled South Korean, whose claim to be the first woman to have tamed all the 14 highest peaks in the world is now being doubted by her own country’s top climbing body. After enduring a similar dispute in April, [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 27 – When they fought an armed war for 10 years that killed over 16,000 people, Nepal’s Maoist guerrillas sought to ban Hindi films in the Hindu kingdom to establish their nation’s own, distinct cultural identity. But now, with the war over and struggling with peace, the former rebels are seeking cultural sustenance [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 26 – Born a nondescript Chhabilal Dahal to a struggling farmer in southern Nepal, the chief of Nepal’s astounding Maoist guerrilla movement became a global phenomenon after he adopted the nom de guerre Prachanda, meaning awesome. After his People’s Liberation Army fought a 10-year ‘People’s War’ successfully to wreak upheaval in the sleepy [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 26 – There were no film festivals, exhibitions or special trains named after her. But the sisters at the Missionaries of Charity in Nepal remembered their founder, India’s ‘saint of the gutter’ Mother Teresa, by holding a special mass for her and prayers. ‘In Kolkata, everyone knows of Mother Teresa and her house,’ [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 25 – From Oct 1, India’s national carrier Air India will lose its monopoly on the Kolkata-Kathmandu-Kolkata sector with independent Nepali airline Buddha Air beginning its inaugural flights between the two cities. The 13-year Nepali airline, which went international this month by becoming the first foreign airline to fly to the Buddhist kingdom [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 24 – As soldiers of the Nepal Army aided by police began to hunt for mangled and badly burnt bodies in a village Tuesday after a private aircraft exploded mid-air, killing all 14 people on board, including six foreign tourists, the government ordered a probe into the accident. The Hindu festival of raksha [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 24 – Soldiers of the Nepal Army aided by police began to collect scattered and badly burnt body parts in a village Tuesday after a private aircraft exploded in mid-air, killing all 14 people, including six foreign tourists, on board. The festival of Raksha Bandhan, when sisters pray for the long life of [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 24 – After failing to elect a new prime minister Monday despite five rounds of vote spread over a month, Nepal’s parliament will now hold an unprecedented sixth round of election Sep 5 amidst growing protests at home and concern among the world community. It is likely to be the last chance for [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 24 – The festival of Raksha Bandhan, when sisters pray for the long life of their brothers, turned into stark tragedy in Nepal Tuesday as all 14 people on board a private aircraft, including seven foreign tourists, were killed in a crash near Kathmandu. The 15-seater Dornier aircraft flown by domestic carrier Agni [...]
Kathmandu, Aug 24 – The festival of Raksha Bandhan, when sisters pray for the long life of their brothers, turned into stark tragedy in Nepal Tuesday as all 14 people aboard a private aircraft carrying tourists were killed following a crash near Kathmandu. The flight by domestic airline Agni Air headed towards northern Nepal was [...]
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