Sufi singer Kailash Kher to perform in Kathmandu concert
April 13th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Apr. 13 (ANI): Popular Sufi singer Kailash Kher will perform at a concert at Kathmandu's Soaltee Crowne Plaza Hotel on Wednesday evening.Kher's performance style is uniquely his and he executes it ... Read more...
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Sufi singer Kailash Kher to perform at Kathmandu concert
April 13th, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Apr. 13 (ANI): Popular Sufi singer Kailash Kher will perform at a concert at Kathmandu's Soaltee Crowne Plaza Hotel on Wednesday evening.Kher's performance style is uniquely his and he executes it ... Read more...
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12th PM poll fails as warring parties hold Nepal hostage
October 10th, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 10 (IANS) While Nepal celebrated its biggest religious festival Dashain - symbolising the victory of good over evil - the nation ironically remained gripped by instability and pessimism ... Read more...
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Nepal’s ex-king says it all in a few words
October 9th, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 9 (IANS) As he started his dynasty's ritual worship of Dashain, Nepal's biggest Hindu festival, the country's deposed king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah is still smarting under ... Read more...
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Growing calls in Nepal to halt animal slaughter during Dussehra
October 6th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 6 (IANS) When she was eight, Pramada Shah nee Rana remembers how she threw a tantrum when her grandmother ordered a goat to be bought and sacrificed as ... Read more...
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India-Nepal extradition treaty starts moving
September 28th, 2010 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Sep 28 (IANS) More than 50 years after India and Nepal signed an extradition treaty, New Delhi's push to ink an updated version with more teeth has finally ... Read more...
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Indian among 23 killed in Nepal church collapse (Lead)
September 30th, 2009 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 30 (IANS) A get-together during the festive season in Nepal turned to stark tragedy early Wednesday when 23 Christians, including an Indian, were crushed to death in a church instituted ... Read more...
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Indian among 23 Christians killed in Nepal church collapse
September 30th, 2009 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Subject:Indian among 23 Christians killed in Nepal church collapse
1sud30Nepal-Religion/SocietyIndian among 23 Christians killed in Nepal church collapseKathmandu, Sept 30 (IANS) A get-together during the festive season in Nepal turned into a ... Read more...
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Nepal soothsayers predict Obama win
October 27th, 2008 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 27 (IANS) They made predictions - some with success and some without - about the end of the country's royal dynasty and the end of the Maoist insurgency. Now Nepal's ... Read more...
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Sobhraj faces dark Diwali
October 20th, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 20 (IANS) While the rest of Nepal celebrates Diwali, the festival of lights, it is however going to be a bleak period for Charles Sobhraj, who is fretting at the ... Read more...
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3 killed in Nepal as festival truce ends (Second Lead)
October 14th, 2008 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 14 (IANS) A blast in a market in southern Nepal Tuesday, the last day of a long Hindu festival celebrated throughout the Himalayan republic, killed three people and signified the ... Read more...
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3 killed in Nepal as festival truce ends (Lead)
October 14th, 2008 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 14 (IANS) A blast in a market in southern Nepal Tuesday, the last day of a long Hindu festival celebrated throughout the Himalayan republic, killed three people and signified the ... Read more...
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Nepal President, PM greet nation on Dashain
October 9th, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Oct 9 (ANI): Nepal President Dr. Rambaran Yadav and Prime Minister Prachanda today greeted the nation on the occasion of Bada Dashain.
In his message, Dr. Yadav said, "I pray for ... Read more...
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18 killed in Nepal plane crash (Second Lead)
October 8th, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 8 (IANS) A small plane carrying 19 people Wednesday crashed in Nepal's remote mountainous north, killing all but the pilot and turning the celebration of the country's biggest festival Dashain ... Read more...
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18 killed in Nepal chopper crash
October 8th, 2008 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 8 (IANS) The celebration of Dashain, Nepal's biggest festival, turned into mourning Wednesday as a helicopter carrying 19 people crashed in the mountainous north, killing all but the pilot.Twelve German ... Read more...
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Blast mars Nepal’s biggest festival
October 6th, 2008 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 6 (IANS) A bomb exploded in Nepal's turbulent southern plains Monday morning injuring three children and marring the celebration of the Himalayan republic's biggest festival Dashain, despite a truce called ... Read more...
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Amnesty for some prisoners, but Sobhraj’s hopes dashed
October 5th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 5 (IANS) He had hoped to celebrate Christmas - and freedom - with his girlfriend and little daughter in Paris. But now it turns out Charles Sobhraj, once known as ... Read more...
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Dabur Nepal resumes work after 27 days amid unease (Lead)
September 25th, 2008 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 25 (IANS) After remaining closed for 27 days due to labour trouble, Dabur Nepal resumed work at its factory in southern Nepal Wednesday night.However, it was an uneasy resumption with ... Read more...
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Unholy row in Nepal over secular budget
September 20th, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 20 (IANS) Violence erupted in Basantapur Durbar Square, the heart of Kathmandu city and a prime tourist draw where the palace of living goddess Kumari is located, early Saturday morning ... Read more...
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