UN concerned over delays in Nepal’s peace processKATHMANDU - The UN Friday expressed worries over delays in Nepal’s peace process by squabbles among political parties. Landslides kill nine in NepalKATHMANDU - At least nine people were killed and four injured after landslides hit three districts in western Nepal, officials said Friday. Gayatri Devi’s ‘kin’ in Nepal mourn her deathKATHMANDU - Two days after her death due to protracted illness, Rajmata Gayatri Devi, born in the royal family of Cooch Behar and married to the dashing ruler of the erstwhile kingdom of Jaipur Sawai Man Singh, is being mourned by her ‘kinsmen’ in Nepal. Top Nepal Maoist leader’s daughter arrested in FranceKATHMANDU - The daughter of a top Maoist leader in Nepal has been arrested in France for travelling without documents while seeking asylum from the French government. Expelled student leads attack on Indian priest in NepalKATHMANDU - A 40-year-old priest from India’s Jharkhand state, teaching underprivileged children in Nepal for almost a decade, has been attacked by a group led by an expelled student. Brit actress Lumley hailed as ‘Nepali cheli’KATHMANDU - British actress Joanna Lumley was hailed as ‘Nepali cheli (daughter)’ and felicitated for her remarkable contribution to the Gurkha cause and successful campaign to allow Gurkha soldiers and their families to settle in Britain. Brit actress Lumley meets Nepal President, PMKATHMANDU - British actress Joanna Lumley, who is in Nepal on a five day visit after spearheading a high profile campaign to allow Gurkha soldiers and their families to settle in Britain, met President Rambaram Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala separately. No arms deal with India: Nepal PMKATHMANDU - Nepal’s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Sunday dismissed reports in the Nepali and Indian media that his government was on an arms-shopping spree in India, saying they were “baseless rumours”. Brit actress Lumley set for heroine’s welcome in NepalLONDON/KATHMANDU - British actress Joanna Lumley will get a heroine’s welcome and reception when she lands in Nepal on Sunday afternoon, for spearheading a high profile campaign to allow Gurkha soldiers and their families to settle in Britain. UN discourages renewal of Indian military aid to NepalKATHMANDU - Amidst the growing controversy over the resumption of Indian military assistance to Nepal, the UN Friday said such a gesture would violate the peace pact between the former Maoist guerrillas and ruling parties that ended a decade of violence in the Himalayan nation. There were cries of pain everywhere: Nepal accident survivorKATHMANDU - A 55-year-old bicycle mechanic from India’s Birsinghpur village recounted in stunned disbelief how a pilgrimage to Nepal turned into death and pain in pre-dawn darkness. Indian pilgrim, 96, wife, 90, killed in road accidentKATHMANDU - A pilgrimage to the revered Pashupatinath temple of Nepal turned into a death trap for a group of Indian pilgrims with three dying in an early morning road smash in western Nepal Friday. No rest for Nepal’s royal ghostsKATHMANDU - More than eight years after its royal family perished in a shocking massacre in the tightly guarded palace and 14 months after the kingdom of Nepal gave the coup de grace to its once-revered institution of monarchy, the royal ghosts have been resurrected with the new government announcing it would rebuild the massacre site. Prachanda asks Nepal not to buy arms from IndiaKATHMANDU - Former Nepal prime minister and current opposition leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has asked the new government of Nepal not to resume buying arms from India, warning that it would hit the ongoing peace negotiations adversely. Solar eclipse bodes ill for India, Nepal, China, says soothsayerKATHMANDU - One of Nepal’s best-known astrologers, a globe-trotter who has attended astrological meets in Britain, Japan, France and Germany, warned that Wednesday’s solar eclipse would cause further unrest in India, Nepal and China. Nepal PM breaks eclipse tabooKATHMANDU - Nepal’s new Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Wednesday took the lead in watching the much-acclaimed longest solar eclipse of the century, breaking an old taboo that in the past forbade Nepalis from venturing out during the phenomenon. Fakes from India mar Nepal’s once-thriving rudraksha tradeKATHMANDU - Once the world’s only Hindu kingdom, Nepal used to be famous for its rudrakshas, the berry that is believed to have supernatural powers and is used as a prayer bead. Thanks to the invasion of duplicate beads from India, traders in Nepal today lament that the rudraksha business is fast losing its credibility and authenticity. India, Nepal defence ministers to meet TuesdayKATHMANDU - The defence ministers of India and Nepal will hold talks in New Delhi Tuesday, the first meeting of its kind since the attempt by King Gyanendra four years ago to rule his kingdom with the help of the army. Enter the new dans of Nepali politicsKATHMANDU - Nepal’s President Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal are amongst the top leaders with a new martial feather in their caps. They all have been conferred honorary dans — the traditional black belt in taekwondo. Nepal’s ‘biggest’ artists in distressKATHMANDU - They are Nepal’s ‘biggest’ artists. Yet Khem Prasad and Sundar Kali are in a sore plight now, on the verge of losing both their jobs and muse. Free child soldiers fast, UN chief tells NepalKATHMANDU - In his new report on Nepal, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the discharge of child soldiers from Maoist camps “long overdue” and urged the government to do it at a “brisk pace”. Nepal’s oldest green resort closesKATHMANDU - Nepal’s oldest green resort, founded in the early 1960s by a legendary British tourism entrepreneur who also gave this country its famous elephant polo tourneys, has been forced to shut down after its lease expired and the new government was not able to extend it immediately. Nepal’s child soldiers to be freed finallyKATHMANDU - Some of them took up arms when they were as young as 12. Some did it because their parents were dead and some to avenge a dead relative. After jumbos, tigers bare fangs between India, NepalKATHMANDU - After marauding elephant herds created bad blood between Nepal’s border villages and India, now big cats are threatening to strain ties between the two neighbours. Nepal’s defence minister to visit IndiaKATHMANDU - Nepal’s Defence Minister Vidya Bhandari will be going to India Monday. According to Bhandari’s secretariat, the minister, who is recuperating from blood cancer, will be undergoing a check-up at New Delhi’s Apollo Hospital after her arrival. ‘Maoists planned to kidnap Nepal’s crown prince, kill army chief’KATHMANDU - When Nepal’s royal family was at the peak of its power, the Maoist guerrillas, who were trying to dethrone the king, had plotted to give the monarchy a massive jolt by killing the chief of the army and kidnapping the crown prince, a report said Wednesday. India gives Nepal $1.6m to fight floodsKATHMANDU - Within 48 hours of Indian Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal visiting Nepal to inspect the repaired embankment of the Kosi river that had created havoc in both countries last year, India gave Nepal NRs.131.6 million (about $1.6 million) to fight floods. Nepal’s trade deficit with India to rise to 57.3 percentKATHMANDU - Hampered by a power crisis, poor rainfall, double-digit inflation and internal turmoil, Nepal’s trade deficit with foreign countries is going to rise in the current fiscal, with the gap in its business with India alone, its biggest trading partner, expected to rise to 57.3 percent. Tuskers create bad blood between India, NepalKATHMANDU - A part of eastern Nepal is simmering with anger against the Indian authorities and its own officials with wild elephants playing havoc and no compensation or permanent solution in sight. India concerned about long-term solution for Koshi Dam breachKATHMANDU - India’s Minister for Water Resource and Parliamentary Affairs Pawan Kumar Bansal has said India is concerned about the long-term solution for Koshi Dam breach. |
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