Keeping awake eases impact of traumatic events
January 18th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) Staying awake after experiencing a traumatic event greatly mitigates its effect, but falling asleep only worsens such an impact.If the traumatic scene is revisted or ... Read more...
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Nepali president meets visiting Chinese leader
November 8th, 2011 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Nov 7 (IANS) Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav met visiting Chinese leader Liu Qi in Kathmandu Monday.Yadav said the Nepali government firmly adheres to One-China policy and will not ... Read more...
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Nihita eyes Bigg Boss fame, Sobhraj eyes European Parliament
October 1st, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 1 (IANS) 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" ... Read more...
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Missing Rajasthan official traced to Chandigarh
September 4th, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 4 (IANS) Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Naveen Jain, who had gone missing from a restaurant in Rajasthan?s Alwar district earlier this week, was Sunday traced to Chandigarh ... Read more...
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Missing Rajasthan official’s wife hospitalised
September 3rd, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 3 (IANS) The wife of missing Rajasthan official Naveen Jain was Saturday admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital here after she took ill, an ... Read more...
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Rajasthan officer ‘disappears’
August 30th, 2011 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 30 (IANS) An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer went missing from a restaurant in Rajasthan's Alwar district Tuesday morning, leaving behind a note for his wife and son ... Read more...
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Nepal’s strong Chandigarh connections
August 30th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 30 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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PM congratulates Bhattarai, invites him to India
August 29th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Congratulating Nepal's newly-sworn-in Prime Minister, Baburam Bhattarai, India has underlined its commitment to helping build "a more stable, democratic and prosperous Nepal" and invited ... Read more...
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Ballot battle in Nepal parliament Sunday for new PM
August 25th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 25 (IANS) After failing to choose a consensus prime minister within the 10 days' time given by President Ram Baran Yadav, Nepal's warring parties will now hold a ... Read more...
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Nepal braces for another battle of ballot
August 24th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 24 (IANS) With the 10 days' time given to Nepal's warring parties by President Ram Baran Yadav to name a new consensus prime minister running out Wednesday evening, ... Read more...
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Nepal parties get three more days to form government (Lead)
August 21st, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 21 (IANS) Echoing past history, Nepal's warring parties failed to name a new consensual prime minister as the week-long deadline given by President Ram Baran Yadav ended at ... Read more...
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UN concern as Nepal’s government formation deadline ends
August 21st, 2011 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 21 (IANS) A concerned UN sent its envoy to Nepal as the deadline for forming a new government neared its end Sunday with the two main rivals still ... Read more...
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Battle hots up for Nepal PM’s post
August 16th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 16 (IANS) The battle for Nepal's new prime minister hotted up Tuesday with the major parties stepping up negotiations after President Ram Baran Yadav gave them till Sunday ... Read more...
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Nepal president wants new government by Sunday
August 15th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 15 (IANS) Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav Monday gave the warring parties time till next Sunday to form a national government after Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal tendered ... Read more...
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Crisis in Nepal as PM quits (Lead)
August 14th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 14 (IANS) Nepal was plunged into a crisis Sunday with embattled Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal tendering his resignation late night after days of vacillating.The communist leader, who ... Read more...
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Nepal PM tenders resignation
August 14th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 14 (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal Sunday evening tendered his resignation to President Ram Baran Yadav, after six months and 11 days in the top post.As ... Read more...
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Abandoned suitcases trigger panic in Kathmandu
June 9th, 2011 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 9 (IANS) Five years after a civil war ended in Nepal, terror still continues to stalk the uneasy republic, as the panic triggered by the discovery of two ... Read more...
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Nepal government faces legal battle after reprieve
June 7th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 7 (IANS) Ten days after it was saved from dissolution, Nepal's Communist-led government faced a legal battle Tuesday with the apex court asking to explain why it amended ... Read more...
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Nepal Parliament’s budget session to begin from May 2
April 27th, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Apr. 27 (ANI): The budget session of the Nepal Parliament will begin from May 2.The office of the country's President, Dr Ram Baran Yadav, has sent a letter to Speaker Subas ... Read more...
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India committed to working for democratic, peaceful Nepal: Krishna
April 20th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Apr 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, who arrived here on a three-day official visit on Wednesday, said that India is committed to working for a democratic and peaceful ... Read more...
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S.M. Krishna to visit Nepal for three days
April 19th, 2011 - 4:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 19 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will pay a three-day official visit to Nepal from Wednesday.This would be Krishna's second visit to Nepal after becoming External Affairs Minister.Krishna ... Read more...
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Krishna to go to Nepal on official visit Wednesday
April 19th, 2011 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will be travelling to Nepal Wednesday on a three-day official visit.A press release of the ministry of external affairs ... Read more...
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Ex-Nepal army chief to launch new party
April 15th, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 15 (IANS) A controversial former chief of Nepal's army, who was instrumental in the collapse of the republic's first Maoist government two years ago, is now poised to ... Read more...
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12 new ministers to take oath in Nepal on Wednesday
April 12th, 2011 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Apr.12 (ANI): Nepal's Prime Minister, Jhala Nath Khanal, has expanded his eight-member cabinet by inducting five United Marxist Leninist (UML) leaders as cabinet ministers and seven others as state ministers. The ... Read more...
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Nepal’s Maoists finally return to power (Lead)
March 4th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 4 (IANS) After the fall of their government in May 2009, Nepal's former guerrilla party, the Maoists, finally returned to power Friday despite a protracted battle over power-sharing.In ... Read more...
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Tripura tribal woman’s death sparks ethnic tension
February 20th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 20 (IANS) The death of a 26-year-old tribal woman, a candidate of a tribal-based party for the upcoming local body elections, has sparked off ethnic tension in western Tripura, police ... Read more...
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Police deny woman died due to security rehearsal
February 5th, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) Police here Friday refuted reports that a 65-year-old woman died as her ambulance got stuck in a traffic jam caused due to a security rehearsal.According to the reports, ... Read more...
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Manmohan congratulates Nepal’s PM-elect Khanal
February 4th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday congratulated Jhala Nath Khanal on his election as the prime minister of Nepal and underlined that he looked forward to working ... Read more...
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Nepal president arrives in Chandigarh
February 4th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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Staff strike hits Chandigarh medical institute
February 3rd, 2011 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 3 (IANS) Health services, including surgeries, at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) were hit by a three-day strike launched by operation theatres' technical staff here Thursday, ... Read more...
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Nitish Kumar meets Nepal President
February 3rd, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 3 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called on Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav here on Thursday.Both leaders discussed crucial issues, like floods and their effects in both areas.Kumar ... Read more...
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Country will come out of political crisis: Nepal president
January 28th, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) An ongoing political crisis in his country notwithstanding, Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav Friday expressed confidence that the Himalayan country would emerge successfully out of it."Everything is going ... Read more...
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Nepal to hold fresh PM election Feb 3
January 27th, 2011 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 27 (IANS) Unable to elect a new prime minister even after 16 rounds of vote held throughout last year and failing two deadlines set this month for ... Read more...
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Nepal deadline ends, parties fail to form new government
January 26th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 26 (IANS) The crisis gripping Nepal since the resignation of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal last year deepened Wednesday as the extended deadline given by President Ram Baran ... Read more...
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Nepal mulls options as government formation deadline looms
January 25th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 25 (IANS) As a presidential deadline for the formation of a new government loomed closer, Nepal's warring parties failed to reach an agreement and began seeking options for ... Read more...
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