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- Nepal minister sounds warning to Maoist government
New Delhi, Jan 29: A senior minister from Nepal's Terai plains has threatened to look for an alternative to the Maoist-led government if the country's three major political parties fail....
- Nepal okays Trans-Asia Railway Network pact
Kathmandu, Dec 21: Nepal has endorsed a pact that will enable it connect the railway lines it is planning to develop with Asian and European networks to facilitate the uninterrupted movement of....
- Nepal to import electricity from India
Kathmandu, Dec 15: Power-starved Nepal, facing long outages, plans to import electricity from India at commercial rates, said a minister.
Minister of State for Energy Suryaman Dong s....
- Nepal snubs Indian call for second consulate
Kathmandu, Oct 27: Despite the apparent bonhomie during Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai's maiden official visit to New Delhi this month and his assertion that it created trust bet....
- My visit a new chapter in Indo-Nepal relations: Nepal PM
New Delhi, Oct 23: A day after the two countries signed three pacts, including an investment protection agreement, Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on Saturday described his visit t....
- Nepal PM's visit: India to push for consensus, new constitution
New Delhi, Oct 19: With political uncertainty persisting in Nepal, India is expected to push for consensus to spur an inclusive peace process and the framing of a new constitution during Prime ....
- A nostalgia trip for Nepal PM in India
New Delhi, Oct 19: It will be a time for nostalgia and camaraderie when Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on Thursday meets his old college mates from Jawaharlal Nehru University, lo....
- India, Nepal to seal power, infrastructure deals
New Delhi, Oct 16: India will roll out the red carpet for Nepal's Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai when he comes here later this week - an important trip during which New Delhi will unveil ....
- Nihita eyes Bigg Boss fame, Sobhraj eyes European Parliament
Kathmandu, Oct 1: As 23-year-old Nihita Biswas Sobhraj becomes the first Nepali to take part in Bigg Boss reality show on Indian television from Sunday, her 67-year-old "celebrity" husb....
- All 19 on board dead in Nepal plane crash
Kathmandu, Sep 25: A small aircraft crashed near here today morning, killing all 19 people on board, but the grief and anxiety of the victims' families was compounded after they were handed....
- After ITC venture, Manipal plans exit from Nepal
Kathmandu, Sep 16: In a major blow to the image of Nepal's new Maoist government, India's influential Manipal Group of Companies is planning its exit strategy just a month after another....
- Scrap court verdict against Nepal Maoists, Bhattarai tells India
Kathmandu, Sep 13: As outrage grew in his party over an Indian court sentencing 11 of its leaders to imprisonment, Nepal's new Maoist Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai today held a meeting w....
- Indian court sentencing Nepal's Maoists causes ripples
Kathmandu, Sep 12: The reported ruling by an Indian court slapping 11 Nepali Maoist leaders with prison and other punishments has created ripples in Nepal.
The Patna High Court in Bih....
- Nepal's strong Chandigarh connections
Chandigarh, Aug 30: It is not usual for the head of a state and the leader of the government of that country to have a strong bond with a city in another nation. But that is true for Nepal -- i....
- New Indian envoy's arrival in Nepal delayed
Kathmandu, Aug 10: The arrival of India's ambassador-designate to Nepal, Jayant Prasad, has been delayed with Nepal's foreign ministry saying it had no immediate information when he wo....
- Indian tourists duped, assaulted in Nepal
Kathmandu, Aug 2: When Sunil Gautam, a resident of Patna in India's Bihar state, went on a visit to Nepal's pilgrim city Janakpur across the border, he had no idea about the heavy price....
- Nepal silence on Mumbai blasts shows drift in India ties
Kathmandu, July 14: More than 24 hours after 17 people were killed in serial blasts in India's business capital Mumbai and 131 people injured, Nepal's major parties remained oblivious t....
- Blinkered vision harms trade, Indian aid in Nepal
Kathmandu, July 8: Indian assistance worth over Rs.3,000 crore, meant to boost Nepal's trade, economy and public welfare, faces obstruction in the Himalayan republic due to vested interests....
- Indian casino king gets court reprieve in Nepal battle
Kathmandu, July 5: A chartered accountant from New Delhi, who after building a casino empire in Sri Lanka and then losing it seemed poised for a repeat history in Nepal, has been handed a repri....
- Nepal Maoists say no to export-oriented power projects
Kathmandu, June 20: Nepal's Maoists have decided not to allow any hydropower project that intends to export the generated power, a decision that immediately impacts Indian group GMR as wel....
- Nepal red tape threatens India's Everest heroine
Kathmandu, May 29: A hero's welcome and red carpet await Anshu Jamsenpa, the first Indian and the second woman to conquer Mt Everest, the word's highest peak, twice in less than a fortn....
- First woman from India's northeast conquers Everest
Kathmandu, May 11: As new records begin to be written on Mt Everest, a 25-year-old woman from India's Arunachal Pradesh state has become the first Indian to peak the world highest mountain....
- Nepal's border battle film stokes anti-India sentiments
Kathmandu, May 11: India's home minister calls up his counterpart in Nepal and orders him to drop the demand for a new inspection of the border between the two neighbouring countries, warni....
- Indian fake currency gangs chose Nepal star-hotel for deals
Kathmandu, May 6 A three-star hotel in capital city Kathmandu's premier business location became the venue chosen by Indian currency counterfeiters to run their operations in Nepal and bey....
- Nepal seeks Rs.3 bn credit guarantee from India
Kathmandu, May 2: Ahead of a looming constitutional and parliamentary crisis, Nepal's cash-strapped coalition government has now sent an SOS to India, seeking a Rs.3 billion credit guarante....
- Maoists keen to improve ties with India, Prachanda tells Krishna
Kathmandu, April 22: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna today held one of the most crucial meetings of his three-day visit to Nepal, discussing bilateral relations and attacks on Ind....
- Nepal minister with Indian passport, Tibetan ID, forced to quit
Kathmandu, April 22: Nepal's new government suffered a major diplomatic embarrassment with a newly appointed minister from Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal's ruling party being forced t....
- Krishna visit success hinges on meeting with Prachanda
Kathmandu, April 21: The success of Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's three-day visit to Nepal will depend, to a large extent, on his meeting with Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal D....
- Krishna holds bilateral talks, sets stage for Nepal PM's visit
Kathmandu, April 20: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna today began bilateral talks in Nepal, according top priority to ties with the neighbouring country and setting the stage for P....
- After Mumbai dabbawallahs, Nepal's hijras bless British royal wedding
Kathmandu, April 20: Six years after Mumbai's famed dabbawallahs - who meticulously supply lunch-boxes to lakhs of office-goers - offered wedding gifts to Prince Charles and his second wife....
- Krishna to go to Nepal on official visit on Wednesday
New Delhi, April 19: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will be travelling to Nepal on Wednesday on a three-day official visit.A press release of the ministry of external affairs sai....
- Arundhati walks with different comrades in Kathmandu
Kathmandu, April 18: Booker prize winner and social activist Arundhati Roy walked with comrades of a different kind in Kathmandu today on her maiden visit to the Himalayan republic.However, it ....
- Indian external affairs minister to visit Nepal
Kathmandu, April 17: Two months after Jhala Nath Khanal became the new prime minister of Nepal, India is sending its External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to the country to inquire about the f....
- Nepal PM keen to visit India before May deadline
Kathmandu, April 12: Nepal's new Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal is keen to make a state visit to India before May 28, the deadline by which his government has to promulgate a new constitu....
- Indian trader's killing causes uproar in Nepal
Kathmandu, April 11: An Indian trader was shot dead in the latest incident in a series of gun attacks in Nepal's capital, prompting businessmen to stage protests here today.
Anjan....
- Nepal dismisses Indian state's 'claim' to Buddha birthplace
Kathmandu, April 7: Dismissing reports that the adjoining Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was building a replica of Lumbini, the Nepali city where Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born....
- Deposed Nepal king heads for India again
Kathmandu, March 10: Nepal's deposed king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah is leaving for India today to attend a family wedding, making it the second visit to the neighbouring country in four mon....
- 'Indian' hitman attacks Dawood's aide in Nepal jail
Kathmandu, March 10: A former Nepali minister's son, believed to be an associate of terror kingpin Dawood Ibrahim and arrested last year, was shot at inside Nepal's most tightly guarded....
- Dawood aide shot at in Nepal jail
Kathmandu, March 10: A former Nepali minister's son, believed to be an associate of terror kingpin Dawood Ibrahim and arrested last year, was shot at inside Nepal's most tightly guarded....
- After Nepal Lever, ITC and Dabur Nepal face indefinite closure
Kathmandu, March 9: As Hindustan Unilever's subsidiary in Nepal lies closed, two other blue-chip Indian companies, ITC and Dabur India, also face similar threats over their joint ventures i....
- Nepal: 'Quit India' fighter PM dies at 87
Kathmandu, March 5: Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, lovingly dubbed the "saint prime minister" of Nepal for an exemplary political life untarnished by any scandal, and an active participant i....
- Nepal, India say Jai Shambhu
Kathmandu, March 2: Transcending religious and geographical boundaries, hundreds of thousands of devotees today flocked to scores of ancient Hindu temples scattered all over Nepal and India to ....
- Sonal Mansingh's disciple leads Pashupatinath's prayers in Nepal
Kathmandu, March 2: As hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees today celebrate Maha Shivaratri, the festival of the deity worshipped as the lord of all living beings, a 46-year-old classical da....
- Indian ban to hit Pashupatinath's festival in Nepal
athmandu, Feb 20: When devotees celebrate the night of Lord Pashupatinath, the Hindu god who is both the destroyer and saviour of the world, the rituals are going to be sorely hit, thanks to a ....
- Nepal: Thrilled Kathmandu now awaits Satyajit Ray
Kathmandu, Feb 16: Though he lives in Texas, Nepali environmental engineer Rajendra Bhattarai has a strong link with Bengal -- in the form of film maestro Satyajit Ray.
"I love Ra....
- Nepal president arrives in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Feb 4: Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav, who is to be the chief guest at the 31st annual convocation of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), arrive....
- Now Goutam Ghosh to wow Nepal cinegoers
Kathmandu, Jan 30: After wowing audiences at the 41st International Film Festival of India held in Goa last year and winning the best film award, Indian director Goutam Ghosh will now be castin....
- India seeks diversified cooperation with Nepal on Republic Day
Kathmandu, Jan 26: India celebrated its 62nd Republic Day in Nepal today by wishing for diversified India-Nepal cooperation in the days to come.
"India remains steadfast in its co....
- Kolkata college readies red carpet for old boy - Nepal's president
Kathmandu, Jan 25: On Friday, when Calcutta Medical College celebrates its 177th Foundation Day, the festivities will include laying out the red carpet for an old boy who rose to international ....
- Indian foreign secretary's Nepal visit ends
Kathmandu, Jan 20: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao made a low-key departure from Nepal today after wrapping up her three-day visit to Nepal.
Rao, the first senior Indian officia....
- India wants peace and progress in Nepal: Nirupama Rao
Kathmandu, Jan 19: Calling for the need of better sense to prevail in Nepal, India's Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao harped on the necessity to put an end to the political stalemate in the c....
- Nepal Maoists ask India to scrap all 'unequal' pacts
Kathmandu, Jan 19: Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao Wednesday met the chief of Nepal's opposition Maoist party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, and conveyed India's concern ....
- No supply of lethal equipment to Nepal Army, says India
New Delhi, Jan 17: India today dismissed media speculation about supplying arms to Nepal, saying New Delhi had not provided any lethal equipment to the Nepal Army since 2005.
"The....
- Nepal president to visit alma mater in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, Jan 17: Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav will be chief guest at the annual convocation at his alma mater Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in February....
- India pays tribute to Nepali stars in Mumbai
Kathmandu, Jan 16: India will celebrate its Republic Day here in a unique way this year, toasting maestros with Nepali roots who became legends in India such as artist Laxman Shrestha, Bollywoo....
- Indian held with crude bombs in Nepal
Kathmandu, Jan 12: An Indian man has been arrested from a town in eastern Nepal, near the border with India, after searches revealed he was carrying four crude bombs, police said today.
- Vivekananda movement grows in Nepal on 148th anniversary
Kathmandu, Jan 11: More than a century after his death, the electrifying ideology of 19th century Indian philosopher and social reformer Swami Vivekananda is gathering momentum in neighbouring ....
- Nepal government asked to recall envoy to India
Kathmandu, Jan 9: Thirty MPs cutting across party lines today asked Nepal's caretaker government to recall the country's ambassador to India, Rukma Shumsher Rana, following his alleged ....
- Late Indian-origin godman to boost Nepal's tourism
Kathmandu, Jan 9: Four years after he died, controversial Indian-origin godman Chinmoy Kumar Ghose - called Sri Chinmoy by disciples - will have his memory resurrected with followers unveiling ....
- Bihar legislator 1st Indian to hit Nepal headlines in 2011
Kathmandu, Jan 2: As Nepal kicked off its tourism year today, along with 10 other foreign visitors, a legislator from Bihar became the first Indian to hit the headlines in the Himalayan republi....
- Indian nabbed in Nepal with firearm
Kathmandu, Jan 2: Police arrested an Indian near the India-Nepal border today for allegedly carrying a firearm.
Preliminary reports said Munna Lal Kurmi, a resident of Balarampur in I....
- India rejects reports of training Nepali Maoists
New Delhi, Dec 29: The government today rejected media reports on Nepali Maoists being trained in India, terming them "baseless and unfounded".
"We have seen some media re....
- New book claims Indian role in Nepal palace massacre
Kathmandu, Dec 29: A former senior military officer at Nepal's royal palace, who drew flak for the massacre of King Birendra and nine others in 2001, is now rattling new skeletons with his ....
- Indian casino king's kingdom crumbles in Nepal
Kathmandu, Dec 28: A billion-dollar gambling industry built up in Nepal by a chartered accountant from New Delhi, which encompassed seven casinos and employed nearly 7,000 people, has been left....
- 36 Indians have miraculous escape in Nepal
Kathmandu, Dec 25: Three dozen Indian pilgrims and their Nepali guide had a lucky escape Christmas day morning when their bus jumped off the road and fell nearly 15 metres while heading towards....
- Santa makes an epic journey - to Nepal
Kathmandu, Dec 22: Four years after the Hindu kingdom of Nepal became a secular republic where Christians no longer face state persecution, guess who is making an epic journey here this Christm....
- Indian army chief arrives in Nepal to receive honour
Kathmandu, Dec 20: The chief of Indian Army, Gen Vijay Kumar Singh, arrived in Kathmandu today on an official three-day visit to cement ties with the Nepal Army and receive the honorary rank of....
- Dabur godown in Nepal raided, sealed after irregularity complaint
Kathmandu, Dec 20: Nepal's Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) today raided the godown of Indian FMCG giant Dabur India's independent group company in Nepal, seali....
- India's Medanta ties up with Nepal hospital
Kathmandu, Dec 17: Personal surgeon to the presidents of India since 1991 and founder of a sprawling multi-super speciality medical institution in New Delhi, Naresh Trehan will be signing an ag....
- Ousted Nepal crown prince in gun brawl with minister's kin
Kathmandu, Dec 13: Still simmering dangerously over the abolition of monarchy and the loss of his legacy, Nepal's ousted crown prince Paras hit the headlines today for a gun brawl with the ....
- Nepal fails to do justice to Manisha Koirala
Kathmandu, Dec 10: Manisha Koirala, Bollywood's reigning diva in the 1990s, returns to her roots in Nepal after more than two decades today with the release of her much-awaited new Nepali f....
- India's Manipal group forced to shelve expansion plans in Nepal
Kathmandu, Dec 10: Though on the verge of celebrating a century in Nepal, India's Manipal group finds its expansion plans in this country shrivelling thanks to the host government's fai....
- Nepal villagers try to set Indian border guard ablaze
Kathmandu, Dec 9: A mob in a southern village of Nepal clashed with a group of marauding Indian border patrol guards today and tried to set one of the men ablaze.
Surendra Kumar Chaud....
- Among bank head honchos, Indians get lowest salary in Nepal
Kathmandu, Dec 3: Nepal may be one of the poorest nations in the world and India may have one of the fastest growing economies, but the head honchos of Nepali banks take home pays that are way ....
- With India on UNSC, Nepal Maoists rethink strategy
Kathmandu, Dec 1: With India assuming a seat on the UN Security Council after 19 years, Nepal's opposition Maoist party will have to do some quick rethink of its old strategy of projecting ....
- India pushes for bilateral investment protection pact with Nepal
Kathmandu, Nov 29: The Indian government and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) are pushing for a quick inking of a Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA) with Nepal, whose tr....
- Nepal Maoists condemn Indian operation against rebels
Kathmandu, Nov 28: A year after India started paramilitary operations against its own outlawed Maoist party and nearly five months after security forces killed a top guerrilla leader, Nepal'....
- Indian JV bags Rs.840 mn Terai road deal in Nepal
Kathmandu, Nov 24: Indian joint venture GR Gawar has become the first company to be signed up for a prestigious road construction project in Nepal's Terai plains to be built with the assist....
- Indian Army officer's daughter is Nepal's new global hero
Kathmandu, Nov 22: The daughter of a former Indian Army colonel has become Nepal's new global hero, receiving a prestigious American award for her relentless work to prevent the trafficking....
- Manisha Koirala may bring Bollywood to Nepal
Kathmandu, Nov 21: Almost two decades after she left Nepal to carve out an illustrious career in neighbour India's film industry, Bollywood diva Manisha Koirala is now seeking to bring Boll....
- Nepal rebuts Indian charge of training Maoists
Kathmandu, Nov 13: The diplomatic standoff between India and Nepal after the former's allegation that Nepal's Maoist party was training Indian Maoists deepened today with a senior Nepal....
- India's life-saving gift gathers dust in Nepal
Kathmandu, Nov 9: A gift from the Indian government that cost NRS 149 crore and could have saved thousands of lives in Nepal has been gathering dust for two years, lying unused, thanks to the p....
- India steps up agro-diplomacy in Nepal
Kathmandu, Nov 8: New Delhi is stepping up its agro-diplomacy in Nepal's Terai plains, known as the "food bowl" of the country, pledging more than NRS 300 million for the constructi....
- Nepal orders probe into Maoist attack on Indian envoy
Kathmandu, Oct 26: Fearing a diplomatic cold war with India and its fallout, Nepal's caretaker government finally extended an olive branch to the southern neighbour, ordering an investigati....
- 'Hundreds of Indian girls hired to dance nude in Nepal'
Kathmandu, Oct 24: Taking advantage of the long festival season in Nepal, groups from India's Bihar state across the border are bringing hundreds of Indian women to the Himalayan republic t....
- PNB joint venture to enter microfinance in Nepal
Kathmandu, Oct 5: Indian public sector Punjab National Bank's joint venture in Nepal, Everest Bank Ltd (EBL), is now seeking to enter the microfinance segment in the Himalayan republic foll....
- Dabur unleashes star power to push product in Nepal
Kathmandu, Oct 2: In India, Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan and stars like Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee have promoted its products. Now FMCG giant Dabur is using the same strategy in Nepal t....
- Indian doctor is Nepal's heart king
Kathmandu, Sep 26 (IANS) As World Heart Day is celebrated globally today, Indian doctor Bharat Rawat and his wife Anjali are preparing something special for a special heart patient admitted to their h....
- Indians shine again on Nepal's silver screen
Kathmandu, Sep 26: Nearly 20 years after Indian artistes found a niche in Nepal's film industry, they are set for a resurgence this year, with a director and three actors making a comeback.....
- PNB JV's merger bid in Nepal bounces
Kathmandu, Sep 24: The bid by Indian public sector Punjab National Bank (PNB)'s joint venture in Nepal, Everest Bank Ltd (EBL), to merge with another Nepali bank thus creating one of the bi....
- Dabur gets divine aid in Nepal
Kathmandu, Sep 24: Ayurvedic giant Dabur India's subsidiary in Nepal, Dabur Nepal, has received an unexpected "divine" boost after being targeted by a relentless smear campaign in t....
- Indian animal vaccine maker partners with Nepali corporate group to facilitate export
Kathmandu, Sep 20: Leading Indian animal vaccine maker Hester Biosciences Ltd has entered into a collaboration with a veteran Nepali corporate group to extend its wings overseas for export.
- Indian doctor dies in Nepal highway crash
Kathmandu, Sep 18: A 32-year-old eye doctor from eastern India died in Nepal after being injured in a highway crash.
Anjum Medi from Anil Nagar in Guwahati died in eastern Nepal after....
- Indian jewellers strike gold in Nepal's cinema
Kathmandu, Sep 15: At Kedarnath Road in Muzaffarpur town of India's Bihar state, the Sarafs are still remembered as a family of jewellers. But in Nepal, the family business has undergone a ....
- Seven Indian firms in fray for Nepal's first recycling plant
Kathmandu, Sep 14: As Nepal seeks to build its first waste recycling plant in partnership with the private sector, Indians are leading the pack for the 20-year project with seven of the eight t....
- India accused of spoiling Maoist chances in Nepal
Kathmandu, Sep 12: Fresh India bashing has started in Nepal with one of the Communist leaders accusing New Delhi of having spent millions of rupees to prevent the Maoists from coming to power a....
- Nepal Maoists allege India behind Chinese bribe tape
Kathmandu, Sep 5: Facing a growing public debate in Nepal on whether the opposition Maoist party had sought NRS 500 million from friends in China to bribe over four dozen MPs ahead of a crucial....
- Indian envoy meets Nepal PM amid India bashing
Kathmandu, Sep 5: Amid growing India bashing by Nepal's opposition Maoist party and a section of the Nepali media, India's Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood today met caretaker Prime Mini....
- India partners Nepal to spread Krishna's voice
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....
- National Insurance hit hard by Nepal plane crash
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 ab....
- Nepal war long over, but 1,300 still missing
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....
- Nepalese media group targets Indian ventures
Kathmandu, Aug 29: The smear campaign by a section of Nepal's disgruntled media against Indian joint ventures intensified today with fierce new propaganda that also targeted the Indian emba....
- Bollywood gives Nepal's beleaguered Maoists a break
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 nat....
- Prachanda plagued by the 'P' curse
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 ....
- Aircraft with 14 on board crashes in Nepal
Kathmandu, Aug 24: A small passenger aircraft with 14 people on board crashed in Nepal's Makwanpur district today morning, a media report said.
The aircraft was en route to Lukla ....
- Tenzing's tribe angered by polygamy, polyandry slur in Nepal
Kathmandu, Aug 23: The Sherpas of Nepal, the hardy mountaineering people made famous by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first man to summit Mt Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary, are demanding that the....
- Ex-Nepal king's son-in-law ready to mediate with Manmohan
Kathmandu, Aug 19: Undeterred by the bad publicity that dogged him after being arrested by police for disorderly conduct in a night club after closing hours, Nepal's deposed king Gyanendra&....
- Maoist MP who cast slur on Indian official quits
Kathmandu, Aug 19: A Maoist MP who triggered a furore with his allegation that an Indian Embassy official in Kathmandu had threatened him has now quit even as his former party threatened to exp....
- 'Peepli Live' coming alarmingly alive in Nepal
Kathmandu, Aug 18: As the audience wonders whether Natha, the poor farmer from Peepli village, will kill himself to save his family and land in Aamir Khan's latest hit production "Peepl....
- Indian shows where there's a wheel, there's a way in Nepal
Kathmandu, Aug 15: When Pritam Singh first came to Nepal from Jammu as an 18-year-old in 1957 - 10 years after India had become independent - Nepal, though never colonised by the British, was v....
- India comes to Maoist MP's aid in Nepal
Kathmandu, Aug 14: Overlooking a series of strident allegations by Nepal's Maoists, India today came to the aid of a woman MP of their party who has been grappling with death after receivin....
- When seven Nepal brothers served the India Army
Kathmandu, Aug 13: In Manakamna, a town in western Nepal's Gorkha district, seven brothers will be glued to their television sets on Aug 15, India's Independence Day. The Thapa brothers....
- Man with 32 wives inspires Nepal film
Kathmandu, Aug 13: An 86-year-old former soldier, who married 32 times, has inspired the current commercial hit "Kanyadan" in Nepal with his 31st wife's son making it and acting in ....
- Miss Nepal faces old nemesis Ms Maoist
Kathmandu, Aug 11: Though struggling for more than a month to form a new government, Nepal's Maoist party however indicated today that they remained unwavering about a secondary target: Mis....
- Pakistani held with fake Indian notes in Nepal
Kathmandu, Aug 10: A Pakistani, posing as a physically challenged man, was caught at Kathmandu's international airport while trying to smuggle in fake Indian currency -- with a face value o....
- Indian embassy responds to Nepal foreign ministry on threat
Kathmandu, Aug 10: Nepal's foreign ministry has begun investigating the allegations by a Maoist lawmaker that he was threatened by an official at the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu and receive....
- Sobhraj to seek review of murder conviction
Kathmandu, Aug 10: Charles Sobhraj is seeking a review of the Nepal Supreme Court decision convicting him of the murder of an American tourist and upholding his life sentence.
The 66-....
- Nepal PM asked to explain Indian embassy 'threat'
Kathmandu, Aug 9: A Nepali lawmaker's charge that he was threatened by two senior officials of the Indian embassy in Kathmandu has prompted a parliamentary committee to summon caretaker Pri....
- Nepal MP claims threats by Indian officials; embassy rubbishes
Kathmandu, Aug 7: A Nepali lawmaker, who left his ethnic party from the Terai plains to join the Maoists, has created a furore with charges that he was threatened with abduction and worse by In....
- India blamed as Nepal premier poll fails again
Kathmandu, Aug 6: The surprise visit by India's special envoy Shyam Saran on the eve of the prime ministerial election in Nepal has come under fire with the fourth round of the poll today f....
- India, Nepal join hands to protect wildlife
New Delhi, Aug 5: India and Nepal have signed an agreement to jointly protect wildlife in the Himalayan region along the border, an wildlife conservation society official said.
Beside....
- Nepal army, Maoist fighters begin fresh sabre-rattling
Kathmandu, Aug 4: Four years after a peace agreement ended the decade-old Maoist insurgency in Nepal, the army is locked in a fresh dispute with the former guerrillas with both sides vowing to ....
- Indian found dead in Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Aug 4: A 42-year-old Indian working in a goldsmith's shop in Kathmandu was found dead in his rented room in the capital, police said.
Uttam Das, who was from Gopiganj i....
- Bikers chop off man's arm in Nepal road rage
Kathmandu, Aug 3: Two bikers, alleged to be drug addicts, chopped off the arm of a public bus driver in southeastern Nepal in full view of passengers in a bout of road rage, accusing him of del....
- We're being persecuted: Sobhraj lawyer
Kathmandu, Aug 2: Once respected as a scrupulous researcher and human rights activist, Nepali lawyer Shakuntala Thapa is today persecuted in her own country, she says, thanks to her decision to de....
- Nepal police seize 10 stolen Indian vehicles
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), July 29: Nepal police have seized 10 stolen Indian vehicles near the Indo-Nepal border, about 30 km from Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district.
"Nine mot....
- Attacks on Christians again in Nepal
Kathmandu, July 28: Attacks on Christians have resumed in this country with a mob breaking a 68-year-old Indian Army veteran's ribs for praying in a church in western Nepal, an activist has....
- China jails Tibetan fugitives deported by Nepal
Kathmandu, July 28: Seven years after triggering international condemnation by violating a "gentlemen's agreement" and handing over a group of fleeing Tibetan refugees to China, Nep....
- India keeps close watch on Kosi, 'Bihar's sorrow'
Kathmandu, July 26: With the crisis of 2008 still fresh in mind, when a rain-gorged Kosi river wreaked havoc in southern Nepal and India's Bihar state, India has begun de-silting the mighty....
- Nepal PM race fiasco again as MPs snub leaders
Kathmandu, July 23: In an unprecedented turn of events, even in Nepal's unpredictable politics, today's election to choose a new prime minister after a failed attempt 48 hours earlier h....
- Nepal PM impasse makes West restive
Kathmandu, July 23: Growing restive at the protracted impasse over electing a new prime minister in Nepal, western governments have begun to show concern that it may affect the turbulent countr....
- Mumbai mum meets sudden death in Nepal airport
Kathmandu, July 23: A 47-year-old woman from Mumbai, who was in Nepal for a vacation with her son, died a sudden death while waiting for their flight back home to India, police said.
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- Nepal braces for marathon PM race
Kathmandu, July 22: With Nepal's parliament refusing to elect a new prime minister on Wednesday - the third in less than two years - the country is now braced for a marathon election Friday....
- New Maoist-communist government or failed poll in Nepal?
Kathmandu, July 21: As Nepal's parliament readied to hold the third prime ministerial election in less than two years, the turbulent republic swung between a new communist-Maoist coalition ....
- Battle for new Nepal government hots up
Kathmandu, July 19: With just two days left for Nepal to hold its third prime ministerial election in less than two years, the battle for the top job hotted up today with the major parties leav....
- India expresses fresh concern over Nepal passports
Kathmandu, July 17: Three months after the Nepal government scrapped a passport deal with India and awarded it to a French company, the growing controversy over the issue has made India express....
- Nepal parties to write new statute from weekend
Kathmandu, July 15: After frittering away 24 months, Nepal's major parties today said they would start working on the new constitution from Saturday.
The two biggest ruling partie....
- Verdict on Charles Sobhraj postponed
Kathmandu, July 14: In a cruel twist to his seven-year battle for freedom in Nepal, the Supreme Court here toda again postponed the final verdict on a murder case against Charles Sobhraj, sente....
- No evidence against me: Charles Sobhraj
Kathmandu, July 14: As his sensational seven-year battle against a three-decade-old murder conviction draws closer, Charles Sobhraj, once dubbed various monikers by the press, some flattering, ....
- Nepal Maoist guerrilla gets gangster rap
Kathmandu, July 13: The 'People's Liberation Army' (PLA) under Nepal's opposition Maoist party, which helped the guerrillas wage a 10-year war but now is preventing them from fo....
- 11 killed as late monsoon wreaks havoc in Nepal
Kathmandu, July 12: At least 11 people were killed as a late monsoon brought misery in Nepal, triggering landslides and fears about a possible breach in the Kosi barrage that two years ago wrea....
- Nepal asks India to lift 1,000-rupee note ban
Kathmandu, July 11: Less than a fortnight after an Indian minister was detained in Nepal for carrying banned Indian currency notes, Nepal has reiterated its call to India's banking transact....
- Marwari don becomes Nepal's most wanted
Kathmandu, July 9: A 30-year-old from the Marwari community, the clan with the Midas touch in both India and Nepal, is now among Nepal's most wanted, after a series of murders and kidnaps b....
- Nepal seeks Paul, the oracle
Kathmandu, July 9: After he finishes predicting the winner of the World Cup, would Paul, the octopus, now revered as Paul, the oracle, like to take up a new assignment?
Nepal, lying i....
- India shutdown saves Nepal villagers' lives
Kathmandu, July 7: A general strike enforced in India by the opposition parties on Monday to protest against price rise may have inconvenienced millions in the country but in neighbouring Nepal....
- Nepal cracks down on Dalai Lama's birthday celebrations
Kathmandu, July 6: Mindful of China's displeasure, Nepal's caretaker government today cracked down on the birthday celebrations of exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, preventing mass....
- Dark reasons for India's exit from Nepal passport deal?
Kathmandu, July 6: Less than three months after Nepal's coalition government cancelled a contract with India to print Nepali passports - a deal which would have allayed India's growing ....
- Indian dies after Kailash pilgrimage
Kathmandu, July 5: A 60-year-old Indian from Gujarat died after pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, one of the holiest religious sites venerated by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists.
Himmat Lal Ch....
- Nepal's 'Living Goddess' passes acid test
Kathmandu, July 3: An extraordinary 15-year-old girl, who never went to school after being chosen as a 'Kumari' or 'Living Goddess' of Nepal revered by thousands of Hindus and B....
- Nepal Maoists blame India for failure to form government
Kathmandu, July 3: With only four days remaining for forming a new government supported by all parties in parliament but failing to make any headway in talks with its traditional rivals, Nepal&....
- India out of Nepal's new passport deal
Kathmandu, July 2: Amid growing security concerns in India about the misuse of Nepali passports, Indian companies seeking to bid for a fresh passport deal in Nepal have crashed out due to unfav....
- Air India loses labour battle in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 30: India's flag carrier Air India has lost a protracted labour battle in Nepal with the country's apex court ruling that the airline would have to abide by Nepal's ....
- Indian minister held for flouting currency ban
Kathmandu, June 30: In a potentially embarrassing situation for the Indian government, Nagaland Home Minister Imkong L. Imchen was detained here today for flouting a currency ban that is punish....
- Maoist held for Hindu leader's murder in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 28: Police today took into custody a local Maoist leader from southern Nepal to question him about the murder of the chief of a militant Hindu organisation.
Zamil Mian....
- Indian toddler drowns in jacuzzi on Nepal holiday
Kathmandu, June 28: A summer vacation in Nepal turned into bleak tragedy for an Indian couple from Bihar with their three-year-old daughter drowning in a jacuzzi in an upmarket resort.
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- Suspected terrorist held in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 27: An armed Indian, suspected of being involved in terrorist activities, has been arrested in Nepal.
Ibrahim Musalman, a resident of Bahraich in India's Uttar Pra....
- No Nepal arms on ship detained near Kolkata: Army
Kathmandu, June 27: Nepal's army today rejected media reports that a ship detained by Indian authorities on way to Kolkata port contained arms and explosives belonging to Nepali soldiers, d....
- Nepal Terai tense after Hindu leader's murder
Kathmandu, June 27: Nepal's main hub for trade with India, Birgunj, simmered with tension today as traders and Hindu groups erupted in protests following the murder of the chief of a newly-....
- No Nepal arms on ship detained near Kolkata: Army
Kathmandu, June 27: Nepal's army today rejected media reports that a ship detained by Indian authorities on way to Kolkata port contained arms and explosives belonging to Nepali soldiers, d....
- Briton seeks to clear dead Indian heroes' Everest record
Kathmandu, June 25: Almost 15 years after they died trying to create an Indian record on Mt Everest, a British mountaineer is seeking to help the three Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) heroes ....
- Nepal seeks to regulate money withdrawals in India
Kathmandu, June 22: Faced with a growing shortage of Indian currency, Nepal's apex bank has introduced a new regulation to govern the withdrawal of money from Indian banks.
From t....
- India helps fill gap in hallowed Nepal pilgrim shrine
Kathmandu, June 21: Thousands of pilgrims will now have their journey to one of the most hallowed religious destinations made easier, thanks to the new dharamshala -accommodation for budget tou....
- 'Rajneeti' gives Nepal Maoists a break from politics
Kathmandu, June 21: Fatigued and frustrated by their fruitless one-year war to topple the government, Nepal's opposition Maoist party took a break from politics to recharge their batteries ....
- Manisha Koirala weds Nepali businessman, grand feast on Sunday
Kathmandu, June 19: In a fairytale wedding, Bollywood actor Manisha Koirala tied the knot with Nepali businessman Samrat Dahal in a traditional Nepali ceremony today morning after an elaborate ....
- Nepal's growing pornography trade preys on women
Kathmandu, June 16: Nepali women are increasingly being forced to work in the Himalayan republic's growing domestic pornographic industry, a report has warned.
The US government&#....
- After Kosi dam, Nepal protesters target GMR, Satluj
Kathmandu, June 14: Even as 15 Maoist organisations vowed to prevent work on the mega 3,300 MW Sapta Kosi Multipurpose Project signed between the governments of India and Nepal, local organisat....
- Woman gangraped in Hindu group's Nepal office
Kathmandu, June 11: A Hindu organisation that triggered a controversy five years ago when it supported the army-backed bloodless coup by King Gyanendra has run into fresh controversy after a 52....
- Nepal in fresh Dalai Lama row
Kathmandu, June 11: As Nepal stepped up its crackdown on Tibetan refugees under pressure from China, the ruling alliance was left red-faced after its MPs were found to have gone on a junket to ....
- GSI team to survey in Nepal for Sapta Kosi project
Kathmandu, June 9: A three-member team from the Geological Survey of India (GSI) will arrive in Nepal on Saturday to begin a survey amidst tight security for the controversial Sapta Kosi multip....
- Nepal Maoist chief skips statute meet for resort rest
Kathmandu, June 7: Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the revolutionary who as Prachanda had led a 10-year war demanding a people's constitution in Nepal, skipped a key constitution committee meeting toda....
- After GMR, Maoists oppose mega India-Nepal power project
Kathmandu, June 6: After bringing to a halt work on a medium-sized hydropower project by Indian infrastructure company GMR's joint venture in Nepal, the opposition Maoist party is now threa....
- India pays tribute to Buddha's bard in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 4: Chittadhar Tuladhar, one of Nepal's best-loved ethnic authors who wrote an epic on Gautam Buddha, will receive a fresh lease of life nearly two decades after his death, w....
- Maoists keep GMR power project under siege in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 4: Four months after Maoists obstructed work on a hydropower project in northwest Nepal, the venture with high Indian stake continues to lie paralysed with the Nepal government ....
- Nepal PM faces new hurdle
Kathmandu, June 3: Saved from a dire constitutional crisis last month by the opposition Maoist party but now at loggerheads with it once more, Nepal's government faces a fresh hurdle next m....
- Public wrath makes Nepal revoke state honours
Kathmandu, June 2: Bowing to mounting public outrage, Nepal's beleaguered government today decided to withdraw the state honours conferred on two controversial security personnel, though a ....
- Nepal minister forces Mumbai temple marriage to end: Report
Kathmandu, June 2: Under growing public fire for conferring state honours on controversial security personnel, Nepal's coalition government today caused fresh outrage when the official medi....
- Indian cops nabbed with hashish in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 2: Two Indian policemen have been caught with hashish in a border district in Nepal, the official media said.
Indra Bhanu Rai and Umesh Yadav, two policemen employed i....
- India advised Nepal king to destroy Maoists: Report
Kathmandu, June 1: Nine years after the massacre of Nepal's royal family, an aide of the slain king said the Maoists were not averse to an ornamental king while neighbour India had advocate....
- Nepal Maoists begin fresh campaign to topple PM
Kathmandu, June 1: After a brief respite when they buried the hatchet and bailed the government out of a dire constitutional crisis, Nepal's opposition Maoist party today stepped up their c....
- 16-year-old Noida boy returns after scaling Mt Everest
New Delhi, May 31: Sixteen-year-old Noida boy, Arjun Vajpai, who has become the youngest Indian to climb Mt Everest, today said that while the expedition itself was "fun", it was scary ....
- Death of a dream in Nepal
Kathmandu, May 28: Protests and scathing criticism of the major political parties began to mount in Nepal today after the dream of a new constitution shattered and a unprecedented crisis loomed....
- UN urges Nepal to save derailed peace process
Kathmandu, May 28: As a dire constitutional crisis threatened to engulf Nepal from midnight with its interim parliament and ruling coalition headed for dissolution, the UN urged the political p....
- Nepal PM offers to quit within 48 hours
Kathmandu, May 28: Faced with an unparalleled constitutional crisis from today midnight, Nepal's embattled Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal finally bowed down before the Maoist demand for ....
- Another Black Friday threatens Nepal, crisis at midnight
Kathmandu, May 28: Regarded as an ill-omen day when most of Nepal's national tragedies occurred, yet another Black Friday dawned in Nepal with a constitutional crisis looming from midnight ....
- Shadow of emergency dulls Buddha birth anniversary in Nepal
Kathmandu, May 27: The shadow of emergency and President’s rule only a day away dulled Buddha Purnima festivities in Nepal, the birthplace of the Buddha, even as the world celebrated the 2,554t....
- Red-carpet welcome for Everest's youngest Indian hero
Kathmandu, May 26: When he quietly flew out of Kathmandu last month with the aim of conquering Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world, very few people outside his family and circle of friend....
- Pakistani caught with fake Indian currency in Nepal
Kathmandu, May 26: Police have arrested yet another Pakistani courier smuggling fake Indian currency into Nepal using Bangladesh as a transit route to evade suspicion.
Mohammad Jamil,....
- Nepal begins to mourn 'death' of fledgling constitution
Kathmandu, May 26: Three popular Nepali actors began to mourn the "death" of Nepal's fledgling constitution even as a politician threatened to go on an indefinite hungerstrike.
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- I was betrayed, says Nepal's last king
Kathmandu, May 26: Two years after he lost his crown and was compelled to leave the palace of his forefathers to begin life as a commoner, Nepal's last king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah has fi....
- Nepal concerned over attacks on Nepalis in India
Kathmandu, May 25: There is growing concern in Nepal over the attacks on Nepalis and Nepali-speaking people in north-east India that are reported to have left 17 dead and forced thousands to fl....
- Poor geography lands Indian minister in Nepal custody
Kathmandu, May 23: An Indian minister who wanted to take part in an election campaign ended up in the custody of Nepal police instead since bad geography made her stray into the neighbouring co....
- Season's first Indian conquest of Mt Everest goes unnoticed
Kathmandu, May 19: The first Indian summitting of Mt Everest this season has gone virtually unnoticed with the western press, which dominates mountaineering news, ignoring it while Nepal's ....
- Nepal reopens tainted passport deal
Kathmandu, May 17: Nepal today reopened a deal to buy new passports after an earlier contract awarded to an Indian company had to be scrapped due to protests by lawmakers.
The foreign....
- Indian Cultural Centre in Nepal in drinks row
Kathmandu, May 13: The newly opened Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) here, an Indian initiative to strengthen the subcontinent's cultural ties abroad, has hit the headlines in Nepal for a diffe....
- Indian kills father in Nepal after Mumbai dreams turn sour
Kathmandu, May 12: A young man from Uttar Pradesh pursued his father to Nepal and killed him in broad daylight after his Mumbai dreams turned sour.
Babloo Ansari, the son of a tailor ....
- Indian killed while visiting relatives in Nepal
Kathmandu, May 11: An Indian man was shot dead by unidentified attackers in western Nepal while visiting his relatives, police said.
Israeli Ansari had come from India's Uttar Pra....
- Call for Hindu Nepal at Mumbai meet
Kathmandu, May 10: A three-day religious meet that kicked off in India is seeking fresh action to restore Nepal as a Hindu state.
The international meet on Hinduism that began on Sund....
- Tagore's paintings under threat in Nepal
Kathmandu, May 10: As the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore begins in India, some of his legacy lies unrecognised and unappreciated in neighbouring Nepa....
- Hindu vigilantes attack Maoist protesters on Nepal-India border
Kathmandu, May 6: More than a dozen Maoist leaders were hurt and two vehicles torched along the Nepal-India border today as Hindu vigilantes attacked Maoist protesters enforcing an indefinite c....
- All eyes on India as Maoist strike reaches fifth day in Nepal
Kathmandu, May 6: All eyes turned to Nepal's neighbour India today as a Maoist protest kept the country paralysed for the fifth day in a row, with the ruling parties failing to reach an und....
- Nepal PM to brief Indian envoy as strike enters fourth day
Kathmandu, May 5: As an indefinite strike clamped by Nepal's opposition Maoist party continued to paralyse the nation for the fourth consecutive day today, embattled Prime Minister Madhav K....
- Nepal Maoists train May Day gun on India
Kathmandu, May 1: As tens of thousands of people in red T-shirts and red caps and waving the red flag of Nepal's opposition Maoist party paralysed Kathmandu on May Day today, ahead of an in....
- Nepal PM refuses to quit, stage set for collision
Kathmandu, April 30: Though caught in a deepening crisis, Nepal's embattled Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, however, refused to step down today as he returned from the SAARC Summit in Bh....
- Nearly 20 terrorists entered India via Nepal: Indian envoy
Kathmandu, April 29: Nearly 20 terrorists slipped into India from Nepal in 2009 using the open border between the two countries while fake Indian currency worth almost Rs.2 crore was seized in ....
- 8,000 schools closed as Nepal Maoists call indefinite strike
Kathmandu: Close on the heels of the UN expressing deep concern at the loss suffered by Nepal's children due to mounting strikes called by the political parties, former Maoist guerrillas to....
- Soon, a 550-km long India-Nepal trade route: Chidambaram
Pantoka (Bihar), April 24: The government will soon move a proposal for a 550-km-long road along the India-Nepal border to promote trade between the two countries, Home Minister P. Chidambaram ....
- Cured leprosy patients ready to conquer Mt Everest
Kathmandu, April 22: Nearly three decades ago Raj Kumar Shah, then nine, had a traumatic experience that changed his entire life.
The son of a poor farmer contracted leprosy, still re....
- Security alert as Nepal asks Maoists to stop military training
Kathmandu, April 22: Nepal's embattled government put security forces on alert today and asked the opposition Maoist party to stop giving military training to its cadre nationwide ahead of ....
- Maoists to seek no-trust vote against Nepal PM
Kathmandu, April 21: After vacillating for almost a year, Nepal's opposition Maoist party today decided to seek a no-trust vote against Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.
"Thi....
- After Nepal government, India conveys concern to Maoists
Kathmandu, April 14: A day after formally conveying its displeasure to the Nepal government for scrapping a deal with an Indian state-owned company to print Nepali passports, India today convey....
- India conveys displeasure to Nepal on aborted passport deal
Kathmandu, April 13: Two days after Nepal's embattled government was compelled to cancel a controversial deal with India to print new Nepali passports, India today expressed its displeasure....
- Politicisation of Nepal passport deal regrettable: India
Kathmandu, April 13: Two days after Nepal's government was compelled to cancel a deal with India to print new Nepali passports, India today said it was a matter of regret that the issue had....
- Nepal's Maoist chief to get poetic justice
Kathmandu, April 13: Concerned at the way Nepal's major parties continue to bicker for power while the peace process and the new constitution lie in danger, a group of writers has decided t....
- Nepal's government to fall over aborted deal with India?
Kathmandu: After a growing row among Nepal's major parties resulted in the ruling coalition scrapping a deal with India to print Nepali passports, speculation was rife in Nepal's media ....
- Nepal cancels passport deal with India
Kathmandu: The Nepalese government had to cede to consistent pressure and declare null and void the contract it had given to India for publishing Machine Readable Passports.
The cont....
- Nepal government scraps passport deal with India
Kathmandu: Under growing pressure from all sides and with the opposition Maoist party having announced a general strike on Monday in protest, Nepal's cornered government today said it was s....
- Maoists call for Nepal closure against passport deal with India
Kathmandu: Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who had pledged not to call any more general strikes, have gone back on their word and called for a nationwide strike on Monday to pressure the ....
- Start talks with Maoists, Nepal peers tell India
Kathmandu: Though India's Home Minister P. Chidambaram has ruled out holding talks with the Maoist guerrillas, Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas urged New Delhi to open dialogue, warning....
- Nepal apex court summons PM over Indian deal
Kathmandu: The controversy triggered by Nepal's coalition government signing a passport contract with an Indian company continued to grow today with the country's top court summoning th....
- Nepal's passport deal with India taken to court
Kathmandu: The growing controversy in Nepal following the government's decision to award a sensitive passport contract to an Indian company continued to snowball with two individuals now ch....
- Two Indians among eight killed in Nepal fires
Kathmandu: With rapid deforestation, dwindling water resources and a feeble past monsoon turning Nepal into a combustible tinder box, two Indians became the latest victims as fires began spread....
- Nepal PM summoned over Indian passport deal
Kathmandu: The uproar in Nepal over the government's decision to award a prestigious passport deal to an Indian company continued today with a parliamentary committee summoning Prime Minist....
- Send Nepal's dancing bear Rubina to India: Rights activists
Kathmandu: For years, Rubina, the "dancing bear", wandered through Nepal's villages with her gypsy master, beaten, starved and her hair plucked out by superstitious villagers in the....
- Teenaged Everest challenger knocks on doors for funds
Kathmandu: She had been frantically trying to meet Bollywood's reigning badshahs Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar, though Bhagyashree Sawant is no star-struck autograph hunter. The 18-year-o....
- Ramdev is a cultural bridge between India, Nepal: Nepal PM
Dhulikhel (Nepal): Yoga guru Ramdev is a symbol of friendship between Nepal and India because he is using Indian yoga to bridge the divide between the two nations, Nepal Prime Minister Madhav K....
- Yoga comes to Maoist firebrand Prachanda's aid
Kathmandu: Like thousands of others in Nepal, the country's Maoist chief Prachanda has also got hooked on to yoga.
Over the past couple of months, the chairman of the Unified Comm....
- India's yoga power scores a hit in Nepal
Kathmandu: India's soft power once again scored a victory when Nepal connected with Patanjali's ancient yoga at a week-long fitness and alternative therapy camp in the Himalayan country....
- I am not eyeing records, says India's youngest Everest challenger
Kathmandu: Unlike other teens, his heroes are not cricketers or movie stars. In fact, he hardly ever watches cricket matches and films don't interest him. Instead, Arjun Vajpai, 16 years an....
- Haryana teacher sets sights on Mt Everest
Kathmandu: For a person who had her first glimpse of a mountain in a poster when she was 18 years old, physical education teacher Mamata Sodah has come a long way. She is now set to scale Mt Ev....
- BJP leader calls for Hindu state again in Nepal
Kathmandu: A little-known Hindu organisation's call for reinstatement of a Hindu state in Nepal received an unexpected support here from a visiting top leader of India's Bharatiya Janat....
- Mob attacks police after Indian teen's rape in Nepal
Kathmandu: A police post was attacked by enraged crowds in southern Nepal for two consecutive days after an Indian teenager, belonging to a minority community, was allegedly raped by a sub-insp....
- Rajnath Singh attends Koirala cremation
New Delhi: A two-member Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delegation led by former party president Rajnath Singh today attended the funeral of former Nepal prime minister Girija Prasad Koiral.
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- Koirala's last journey begins
Kathmandu: Mourned by thousands, including world leaders, Nepal's peace architect and former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala's last journey started today, marking the end of an era....
- After Koirala who? The question plagues Nepal
Kathmandu: With the death of Girija Prasad Koirala on the eve of the promulgation of a new constitution, the question of who would assume the mantle of leadership is plaguing Nepal.
K....
- Fight over India bid drives Nepal to passport disaster
Kathmandu: April 1 bodes to be no laughing matter for Nepal with the fledgling republic heading for a passport disaster as the ruling parties continue to bicker over a bid by an Indian company ....
- Nepal hikes duty to stop gold rush to India
Kathmandu: Gold becomes dearer in Nepal from this week to prevent rampant smuggling to India after the Indian government hiked duty on gold.
Heeding the urging by gold dealers, Nepal&....
- Nepal army chief refuses to induct Maoist fighters en masse
Kathmandu: Nepal Army chief General Chhatraman Singh Gurung has refused to hire fighters from the opposition Maoist party's guerrilla army en masse.
Gurung, who became army chief ....
- Everest superstar eyes 20th summit
Kathmandu: Fifty-year-old Apa Sherpa, who has become almost as legendary as the mountain that has been his permanent pursuit, is aiming to break his own incredible record by summiting Mt Everes....
- Indian don tried to kill another Nepal media owner: Police
Kathmandu: After blaming jailed Indian ganglord Babloo Srivastav for the daylight gunning down of a Nepali media tycoon in Kathmandu exactly a month ago, Nepal police say the underworld don als....
- Two Indians held in Nepal for bid to kidnap schoolgirl
Kathmandu: Two Indian men have been arrested in western Nepal for allegedly trying to kidnap a schoolgirl, police said.
Molazim Mian, 38, and Mohammad Mahim, 30, both residents of Mot....
- Indian-origin media baron shot dead in Nepal
Kathmandu: Less than a month after a controversial media magnate was gunned down in daylight in the best-protected area of the capital, a media tycoon of Indian origin was shot dead by unidenti....
- Yechury meets Nepal president in bid to end stalemate
Kathmandu: Concerned at the protracted political stalemate in Nepal, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has sent its politburo member Sitaram Yechury to hold dialogue with Nepal's....
- Nepal Maoists accuse India of instigating Tibetans
Kathmandu: Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas have accused India of instigating anti-China activities in Nepal.
The Maoist mouthpiece, the Janadisha daily, today said Nepal was beco....
- Nepal's Buddha epic to boost birthplace campaign
Kathmandu: As Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today kicks off a campaign to draw 1 million tourists to the country next year, the campaign will receive a boost from the launch of ....
- Indian monk charged with murder in Nepal
Kathmandu: Nepal's police have formally charged an Indian monk belonging to the renowned Bharat Sevashram Sangh order with murder following the death of a six-year-old boy who was entrusted....
- Indian monk arrested in Nepal
Kathmandu: A 40-year-old monk from India's renowned social service organisation Bharat Sevasharm Sangha, known especially for relief work during disasters, has been arrested in Nepal after ....
- 58-yr-old starts Haj pilgrimage from Nepal - on cycle
Kathmandu: A 58-year-old Muslim preacher from southern Nepal has embarked on a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, two of the holiest Islamic shrines located in Saudi Arabia - on a bicycle.
- Indian CEO spreads message of insurance and Vivekananda in Nepal
Kathmandu: During his lifetime he had wished to visit Nepal and Tibet twice but failed to do so. But now, in his 148th birth anniversary year, Swami Vivekananda, one of India's most progres....
- India, Nepal sign four agreements
New Delhi: India and Nepal signed four agreements on transport and education after discussions between Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today afternoon.
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- India objects to Nepal minister's comment on media tycoon's murder
Kathmandu: India today objected to the reported comment by Nepal's minister and government spokesman that a controversial Nepal media tycoon with links to Pakistan was killed due to the pre....
- Maoists stop work at another Indian venture in Nepal
Kathmandu: As Nepal's first President Ram Baran Yadav began his maiden state visit to India to cement ties with the neighbouring country, the country's former Maoist guerrillas have pre....
- Nepal President arrives on Monday on state visit
New Delhi: Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav will arrive in India on Monday on a four-day state visit, which will be marked with the signing of several bilateral agreements.
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- Nepal, India agree to tackle terrorism
Kathmandu: Nepal and India today said they have agreed to cooperate closely to tackle the menace of terrorism and extremism as Indian foreign minister S.M. Krishna ended his three-day official ....
- Krishna to leave for Nepal on Friday
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will leave for Nepal on Friday on a two-day official visit, his first since assuming office, said a statement here today.
"At the....
- Nepal's India-trained director bridges divide with his art
Kathmandu: Seven years after he made his last film in Nepal, the lone Indian director here is poised to make a comeback with his new movie exploring the psyche of Nepalis and people of Nepali o....
- Why is Maharashtra Police silent, asks Neetu's family
Kathmandu: Reacting to the statement issued to Nepal's media by former MP Amresh Kumar Singh that his estranged wife Neetu Singh was deported by the Indian police over complaints by her fat....
- Ahead of Krishna's visit, Maoists to begin anti-India protests
Kathmandu: Ahead of Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's visit to Nepal from Jan 15, the opposition Maoist party will start anti-India protests that will climax in torching bilat....
- I am the real victim: abducted Nepali woman's husband
Kathmandu: The influential husband of Nepali student Neetu Singh, whose deportation by Indian police for allegedly "anti-Indian activities" triggered an outcry in India, says he was the....
- Army chief's comment on Nepal Maoists not our view: India
Kathmandu: Ahead of Indian Army chief Deepak Kapoor's first official visit to Nepal, the Manmohan Singh government distanced itself from the controversy raked up by the general with a repor....
- Neetu Singh's husband to return to Nepal
Kathmandu: Caught in a raging controversy in India after the deportation of his estranged wife Neetu Singh by the Maharashtra Police, Nepali power broker Amresh Kumar Singh is returning to Kath....
- Karat seeks Chidambaram's help in Nepali deportation case
New Delhi: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP Brinda Karat today sought Home Minister P. Chidambaram's intervention in "an unjust case" of a Nepali student at a Pune film i....
- Nepal Maoists ask India to clarify army chief's remark
Kathmandu: Terming a recent remark by the Indian Army chief as "naked intervention in Nepal's internal affairs", this country's former Maoist guerrillas, who are seeking to get ....
- 'Holy amulets' land Indian in unholy row in Nepal
Kathmandu: An Indian has been arrested along with his Nepali partner for selling products described as amulets having supernatural powers in the Himalayan nation after complaints from some loca....
- 'Holy amulets' land Indian in unholy row in Nepal
Kathmandu: An Indian has been arrested along with his Nepali partner for selling products described as amulets having supernatural powers in the Himalayan nation after complaints from some loca....
- 'Holy amulets' land Indian in unholy row in Nepal
Kathmandu: An Indian has been arrested along with his Nepali partner for selling products described as amulets having supernatural powers in the Himalayan nation after complaints from some loca....
- Nepal Maoists backtrack on challenge to New Delhi
Kathmandu: Within 24 hours of Nepal's Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda throwing a challenge to the Indian government, the former guerrilla party today backtracked on the dare, sayi....
- 300 old pilgrims stranded by Maoist strike
Kathmandu: Over 300 pilgrims, in their 70s and more, have been stranded in a border town near India due to the three-day general strike called by Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas that has k....
- Indian foreign minister to visit Nepal
Kathmandu: Against a backdrop of deepening political crisis in Nepal, New Delhi is sending its External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to Kathmandu next month for consultations with the country&....
- Maoist strike paralyses Nepal, cuts transportation links with India
Kathmandu: As talks with the government failed, Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas today enforced a three-day general strike nationwide, shutting down transport, industries and educational in....
- Indian's murder triggers violence in Nepal town
Kathmandu: Enraged transporters went on rampage today in Nepal's biggest industrial town Birgunj, bordering India, vandalising vehicles and calling an indefinite strike after an Indian tran....
- Ousted Nepal king on four-week India visit
Kathmandu: Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas today allowed their former arch enemy, deposed king Gyanendra, to travel to the Kathmandu airport unhindered to board a flight to India despite a....
- Indian encroachment triggered Nepal violence: ethnic leader
Kathmandu: The general strike called today by Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas after six people were killed in clashes between security forces and squatters in the far west of the country w....
- Jaipuria Group's Pepsi venture under Maoist attack in Nepal
Kathmandu: India's Ravi Jaipuria Group, which is the sole bottler of Pepsi in north India and Nepal, has shelved its plans to expand in the Himalayan republic after being virtually shut dow....
- India, Nepal resume security talks in Kathmandu
Kathmandu: India and Nepal resume talks in security cooperation in Kathmandu today to review the progress of the high-level commitments made between the two governments during Nepali Prime Mini....
- Nepal ministers talk global warming in icy Everest heights
Kathmandu: Nepal's coalition government today basked in the global limelight with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal leading a historic meeting of his cabinet in the shadow of Mt Everest, th....
- Nepal offers gay weddings on Mt Everest slope
Kathmandu: As Nepal's embattled government makes a statement on climate change by holding a cabinet meeting on Friday in the lap of Mt Everest, a Nepali innovator is offering an even bigger....
- 16 held in Nepal for anti-India protests
Kathmandu: Sixteen people were arrested in Kathmandu on Tuesday for trying to block the way to the Indian embassy in protest against a treaty signed in the 19th century.
Phanindra Nep....
- Indian among four dead at Nepal's controversial fair
Kathmandu: The most controversial religious fair in Nepal's Terai plains, where thousands of birds and beasts are doomed to be slaughtered next week, has fallen into more disrepute with the....
- Nepal's Maoist Chief Prachanda on mystery visit to Singapore
Kathmandu: Nepal's Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, whose party has threatened to call an indefinite shutdown if its demand is not addressed by Friday, flew to Singapore today in ....
- ICRA forms joint venture in Nepal
Kolkata: Credit rating agency ICRA today signed a pact with Himalayan Infrastructure Fund Ltd of Nepal to set up a joint venture to replicate its rating businesses in that country, the company ....
- India, Nepal home ministers' meet put off due to turmoil
Kathmandu: The three-day security talks between the home ministers of India and Nepal, scheduled to have started in New Delhi on Tuesday, have been postponed indefinitely due to the mounting tu....
- India, Nepal home ministers to discuss security cooperation
Kathmandu: The home ministers of India and Nepal would discuss greater security cooperation to combat cross-border terrorism in South Asia next week when Nepal's Home Minister Bhim Rawal ar....
- Indian's budding sex empire in Nepal busted
Kathmandu: Within a week of uncovering a Chinese sex workers' network here, Nepal police have now busted a budding sex empire run by an Indian with tentacles in major Indian metros and with....
- Manipal hospital under fresh attack in Nepal
Kathmandu: The Manipal Teaching Hospital, run by India's Manipal Group as a joint venture with the Nepal government, has come under fresh attack from locals, causing its outdoor unit for pa....
- Maoists announce blockade of Kathmandu valley, international airport
Kathmandu: Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, whose ultimatum to the coalition government ends on Nov 1, have warned they would launch a blockade of Kathmandu valley and the Himalayan nation....
- India-Nepal trade pacts to be signed next week
Kathmandu: India and Nepal will sign a revised trade treaty and an agreement to control unauthorised trade from a third country in Kathmandu next week, nearly two months after the two neighbour....
- World's 'most wanted' criminals making Nepal their home
Kathmandu: The man trying to cross into India through the Kakarbhitta border check post in eastern Nepal's Jhapa district caught the attention of police though he presented a valid passport....
- India-aided largest project in Nepal battles security threat
Kathmandu: Associated with three prime ministers as well as the current president of Nepal, the republic's largest India-aided project is battling growing security threats with 21 junior do....
- ITC seeks option to Nepal's troubled Terai
Kathmandu: Frustrated by the continuous turbulence in Nepal's Terai plains and threats by over 100 armed groups, Indian tobacco major ITC is seeking a backup for its tobacco factory where p....
- 40 killed as late rains spread disaster in Nepal
Kathmandu: At least 40 people were killed and thousands displaced as late rains continued to lash western Nepal for over 72 hours, spreading a flood-wrought disaster after a meagre monsoon caus....
- 36 killed in landslides in Nepal
Kathmandu: Unseasonably heavy rains in western Nepal left a trail of destruction on Tuesday, killing at least 36 people and injuring several others, official said.
Government official....
- Diwali in India spells danger for Nepal
Kathmandu: Every autumn, as India celebrates Diwali, the festival of lights, it spells danger for neighbouring Nepal where smuggled fireworks from Indian cities pose a severe fire hazard.
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- Mahatma's dream lives on in Nepal
Kathmandu: Sixty-one years after he died, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's dream of self-reliance lives on in Nepal.
The spinning wheel that became one of the integral symbols associa....
- Nepal ignores UN call on Charles Sobhraj
Kathmandu: Even as Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returned to Kathmandu today after assuring the UN General Assembly that his government was "fully committed to the protectio....
- Rao's Nepal visit highlights India's security concerns
Kathmandu: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao's Nepal visit will be followed by a meeting between the home secretaries of the two countries to discuss the 'entire gamut of bilateral ....
- 'Spicy' kiss lands Nepal PM in controversy
Kathmandu: When he became the new prime minister four months ago, Nepal's veteran communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal was criticised strongly for spurning the verdict of the people, who had....
- Protests smoulder as Pashupatinath's 'sons' want their legacy back
Kathmandu: Forty-eight hours after the attack on Indian priests at Nepal's hallowed Pashupatinath temple and the ensuing outcry in India, protests against the appointments still continued t....
- Don't insult us, Pashupatinath priest tells Nepal
Kathmandu: Smarting under the continuing attacks on Indian priests and the allegation that they were siphoning off the offerings made by devotees at the altar of Pashupatinath, one of the holie....
- India condemns attack on Indian priests in Nepal
Bangalore/New Delhi: India today condemned the attack by Nepali Maoists on two Indian priests at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu.
"We are aware of the attack by Maoists on t....
- Hindi row continues in Nepal as PM expands cabinet
Kathmandu: The row over the use of Hindi as Nepal's official language continued today with a defiant politician taking his oath of office in Hindi as Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expan....
- Hindi out in Nepal but Indian celebrities still very much in
Kathmandu: Branded an Indian language, Hindi has been given the thumbs-down in Nepal as the medium of official work.
However, Indian celebrities continue to be courted by Nepal for th....
- Ex-king's aides condemn Indian media slur on Paras
Kathmandu: Deposed king Gyanendra's aides today condemned reports in the Indian media about links between Pakistan-based terror kingpin Dawood Ibrahim and Nepal's former crown prince Pa....
- Nepal's VP asked to take oath at 4 p.m.
Kathmandu: The growing turmoil in Nepal over Vice President Paramananda Jha having to take his oath of office and secrecy again in Nepali headed for a climax today with the government asking hi....
- Nepal vice president gets death threats over Hindi
Kathmandu: Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today ordered stringent action as embattled Vice President Paramananda Jha, caught in a snowballing row for taking oath of office in Hin....
- Nepal's Hindi war: embattled VP strikes back
Kathmandu: Nepal's ongoing 'Hindi battle' received a new twist today with embattled Vice President Paramananda Jha, who had been ordered by the apex court to take afresh his oath of....
- Take oath again or face dismissal: Nepal's vice president
Kathmandu: The flaming row over the use of the Hindi language for official work in Nepal, which split the republic afresh last year, is now headed for a climax with the apex court ordering the ....
- India offers 'full support' to Nepal's peace process
New Delhi: India today offered its "full support" to the peace process in Nepal, with both countries also saying they would hold discussions on reworking their Treaty of Peace and Frien....
- India to give Nepal Rs.20 bn for infrastructure projects
New Delhi: India has pledged assistance of Rs.20 billion to Nepal for infrastructure projects, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told visiting Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.
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- India, Nepal discuss revised bilateral trade treaty
New Delhi: With India-Nepal trade expected to touch Rs.15,000 crore ($3 billion) this fiscal, commerce ministers of the two countries today discussed a proposed revised treaty to widen the scop....
- Nepal PM lures Indian investment, assures security
New Delhi: Promising to push the peace process in Nepal, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Wednesday unveiled a slew of initiatives, including an industrial security plan, to attract Indian ....
- Take oath in Nepali, government tells VP
Kathmandu: The Nepal government has asked its Vice President Paramananda Jha to take his oath of office once again in Nepali. Jha had taken the oath in Hindi.
But, ahead of Prime Mini....
- 4,000-year-old Mahabharata relic found in Nepal?
Kathmandu: A structure found in the Kathmandu valley is a divine relic that goes back 4,000 years to the time of the epic Mahabharata, says an Indian seer who is in Nepal for a month's ritu....
- India thought I was pro-China, I wasn't: Prachanda
London: Nepal's former prime minister Pushpa Kumar Dahal Prachanda claims India thought he was closer to Communist China than to India, but says it was wrong to think so.
Prachand....
- India, Nepal discuss extradition treaty, peace process
New Delhi: India today discussed a host of issues, including the revision of friendship and trade treaties and a revised extradition pact, when External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna held talks....
- Nepal foreign minister on India visit
Kathmandu: Nepal's Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala today left for New Delhi for a five-day goodwill visit at the invitation of Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, saying it would....
- Economic diplomacy top agenda for Koirala's India visit
Kathmandu: When Nepal's Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala begins her five-day India visit on Monday, the first by the new Nepal government's foreign minister, economic diplomacy will top ....
- Nepal foreign minister set for four-day India trip
New Delhi: Nepal's Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala is set to arrive in the national capital for a four-day visit next week.
This is the first visit by Koirala after the new Nepal ....
- Nepal foreign minister set for four-day India trip
New Delhi: Nepal's Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala is set to arrive in the national capital for a four-day visit next week.
This is the first visit by Koirala after the new Nepal ....
- Man claiming to have plotted Nepal royal family massacre held
Kathmandu: Moving quickly after a 59-year-old man claimed to have had plotted the assassination of Nepal's King Birendra and nine more members of the royal family in the tightly guarded pag....
- Youth who ran over five Indians surrenders
Kathmandu: As Nepal condemned the grisly accident in the heart of the capital on Wednesday in which six pedestrians, including five Indians, were struck down by a speeding car, its driver, a 21....
- India-Nepal land dispute threatens tiger reserve
Susta (Bihar): The presence of illegal settlers is threatening wildlife in the Susta region of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve as forest staff don't patrol the area because of a territorial dispu....
- Last Nepal king plans further India visit
Kathmandu: For the second time this year, Nepal's last king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah is planning a visit to India, this time to attend not one but two weddings in the family.
The....
- New Nepal PM to visit India on Aug 18
Kathmandu: Almost three months after he was sworn in as republican Nepal's second prime minister, veteran communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal will begin his much-awaited visit to India on A....
- Landslides kill nine in Nepal
Kathmandu: At least nine people were killed and four injured after landslides hit three districts in western Nepal, officials said today.
The landslides followed heavy monsoonal rains....
- Doon School old boy could be Nepal's new envoy to India
Kathmandu: A 72-year-old history scholar and a former student of India's elite Doon School is being considered for the post of Nepal's new ambassador to India.
Rukma Shumsher ....
- Nepal's Hindi battle escalates
Kathmandu: The battle over the use of Hindi for official work, that has pitted southern Nepal against the rest of the country, escalated today with embattled Vice President Parmananda Jha appea....
- No arms deal with India: Nepal PM
Kathmandu: Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal today dismissed reports in the Nepali and Indian media that his government was on an arms-shopping spree in India, saying they were "....
- Peace process in Nepal has stagnated: UN
United Nations: Efforts to bring stability in Nepal are suffering setbacks, Karin Landgren, the special representative of the UN secretary-general for Nepal, said here.
"The peace....
- UN extends Nepal mission
United Nations: The UN Security Council today decided to extend its mission in Nepal by six months until January next year.
The decision was taken through a vote by the Security Counc....
- Prachanda asks Nepal not to buy arms from India
Kathmandu: 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 wou....
- Fakes from India mar Nepal's once-thriving rudraksha trade
Kathmandu: 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 th....
- India, Nepal defence ministers to meet on Tuesday
Kathmandu: The defence ministers of India and Nepal will hold talks in New Delhi on Tuesday, the first meeting of its kind since the attempt by King Gyanendra four years ago to rule his kingdom....
- Enter the new dans of Nepali politics
Kathmandu: 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 honorar....
- Free child soldiers fast, UN chief tells Nepal
Kathmandu: 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 &#....
- Nepal's oldest green resort closes
Kathmandu: 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 ....
- After jumbos, tigers bare fangs between India, Nepal
Kathmandu: 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.
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- Nepal's defence minister to visit India
Kathmandu: Nepal's Defence Minister Vidya Bhandari will be going to India on Monday.
According to Bhandari's secretariat, the minister, who is recuperating from blood cancer, ....
- Tuskers create bad blood between India, Nepal
Kathmandu: 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 si....
- Indian minister to visit Nepal
Kathmandu: Less than a month after India sent its Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to Nepal, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal is arriving in Kathmand....
- India concerned about lack of progress in Nepal's peace process
New Delhi: India on Thursday voiced concern at the floundering peace process in Nepal that has jeopardised the framing of its constitution and reiterated its commitment to support the Himalayan....
- Woman kidnapped in Kathmandu, trail leads to India
Kathmandu: Amid increasing incidents of lynchings triggered by suspicions of kidnapping, Nepal police today said they had rescued an abducted young woman who was being taken across the border t....
- Indians losing millions due to currency ban in Nepal
Kathmandu: Delhi-bound Anil Kumar Sharma had a traumatic experience in Nepal during his recent visit.
The 40-year-old was stopped from boarding his flight at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan....
- Indians losing millions due to Nepal currency ban
Kathmandu: Delhi-bound Anil Kumar Sharma had a traumatic experience in Nepal during his recent visit.
The 40-year-old was stopped from boarding his flight at Kathmandu?s Tribhuvan Int....
- Over 100 dead, 4,000 hit as diarrhoea hits Nepal
Kathmandu: Over 100 people have been killed and more than 4,000 affected as Nepal's ancient enemy diarrhoea struck remote districts, reports said.
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- Indian firm to be called to repair Kosi barrage in Nepal
Kathmandu: Indian wagon-maker Jessop and Company Ltd will be asked to undertake an unusual project in Nepal: repair the nearly five-decade old barrage on the Kosi river that has been flooding s....
- Indian held in Nepal for recruiting kids for monastery
Kathmandu: A 40-year-old Indian has been detained by police for trying to recruit nearly a dozen children from a remote village in northernmost Nepal, touching the border with Tibet.
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- Royalists celebrate as Nepal's last king conquers family curse
Kathmandu: Thousands of men, women and children, dressed in their finery, flocked to celebrate Nepal's last king Gyanendra's 62nd birthday as drummers rolled out thundering beats and da....
- 7 killed in Nepal's Viagra war
Kathmandu: Six people have been arrested after a turf war over what is known as Nepal's 'herbal Viagra' erupted in a remote northern district, resulting in the death of seven villag....
- Nepal government would fall within weeks: Prachanda
Kathmandu: Maoist chief and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda today said the month-old ruling coalition of new premier Madhav Kumar Nepal would fall 'within weeks' and ....
- Five Indians narrowly escape lynching in Nepal
Kathmandu: Five Indian men narrowly escaped being lynched in Nepal today on suspicion of being child lifters after growing public fears over an increase in the number of kidnappings. They inste....
- Maoist protests disrupt Menon's Nepal visit
Kathmandu: Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon's two-day visit to Nepal was disrupted today by nationwide protests called by the Maoists to vent their anger at the government for rev....
- Black flags shown to Menon in Nepal, four arrested
Kathmandu: Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, on a two-day visit to Nepal today to give fresh impetus to the obstructed peace process and foster better ties with the new government, fa....
- Nepal gives world its first Rajbanshi Gita
Kathmandu: It is available in languages as diverse as Hebrew and Hungarian. Now the Bhagvad Gita - a scriptural classic that provides the essence of Hindu philosophy - has been rendered in an a....
- Heaven then, hell now: 1997 Kailash pilgrim
Kathmandu: When she first went on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, joining the tour organised by India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in 1997, Aruna Pratapsinh Rathore, an official with....
- Nepal's first woman deputy PM dead
Kathmandu: Shailaja Acharya, the only woman politician in Nepal to have been a deputy prime minister, died here early today after a long battle with Alzheimer's and pneumonia.
The....
- Bihar minister inspects Kosi embankment repair
Kathmandu: The Bihar government today sent its Minister of Water Resources Bijendra Prasad Yadav to southern Nepal to inspect the repair of the breached embankment of Himalayan river Kosi known....
- 10 Indians killed during Kailash pilgrimage
Kathmandu: At least 10 Indians were killed while attempting to undertake the pilgrimage to the Mount Kailash in Tibet and the nearby Mansarovar lake, venerated by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains al....
- India continues to be under fire in Nepal
Kathmandu: Rejecting the Indian embassy's statement that there had been no violation of the international border or attacks on Nepalis by Indian security forces, two separate Nepali teams t....
- Nepal PM swears in eight new ministers
Kathmandu: Ten days after he became Nepal's new prime minister, replacing Maoist premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal on Thursday finally expanded his t....
- India concerned at Nepal's delay in forming govt
Kathmandu: India is concerned at the delay in the formation of a full-fledged government in Nepal even though the Himalayan republic chose a new prime minister to replace Maoist chief Pushpa Ka....
- Third Indian churchgoer hurt in Nepal blast is dead
Kathmandu: A 45-year-old homemaker from Kerala became the third Indian churchgoer to die in Kathmandu valley's Patan Hospital after sustaining grievous injuries during the blast in a Cathol....
- Sons of soil shut down Kathmandu valley
Kathmandu: Nearly two dozen people were injured as skirmishes broke out between riot police and protesters here today. A community that has been residing in the Kathmandu Valley for more than 1....
- Nepal prime minister offers olive branch to India
Kathmandu: After blaming India for the failure to sack the army chief and accusing it of interfering in his country's internal matters, Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dah....
- Indian envoy to Nepal meets Koirala
Kathmandu: As the bitter battle between Nepal's ruling Maoist party and army chief General Rookmangud Katawal showed no sign of any resolution, India's Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood ....
- India increases Gorkha pensions to Rs.10 bn
Kathmandu: While Nepali soldiers employed in the Gurkha regiments of the British Army are fuming over Britain's decision to offer full settlement rights to only about one-ninth of the 36,00....
- GMR trouble in Nepal resolved: Menon
Kathmandu: Work has resumed at the project site of Indian company GMR Energy in western Nepal after obstruction by locals since Sunday, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said on Wedn....
- Shivshankar Menon to hold talks with Rajapaksa, key leaders
Colombo: Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon who arrived in Colombo late Thursday will hold talks with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the foreign minister and leaders of key political pa....
- Pashupatinath row not to hurt India-Nepal ties: Indian envoy
Kathmandu: Though the growing dispute over the ouster of Indian priests at Nepal's revered Pashupatinath temple has saddened some Indians, it would however not hurt India-Nepal ties, India's to....
- Pashupatinath in Nepal declared prohibited area (Roundup)
Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu: As violence and public anger continued to mount over the ruling Maoist party's intervention in Nepal's revered Pashupatinath temple, the 17th century temple and its surroundings....
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