Protests in Nepal over parliament extension
May 29th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 29 (IANS) The first protests started Sunday soon after Nepal's major parties agreed to extend parliament's term by three months more with an ethnic organisation calling a general ... Read more...
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Surprise strike paralyses Nepal
April 27th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 27 (IANS) With only 30 days left for the framing of the country's new constitution, nine ethnic and indigenous groups Wednesday enforced a surprise strike in Nepal, paralysing ... Read more...
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Another Hindi row starts in Nepal
April 10th, 2011 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 10 (IANS) Three years after Nepal erupted in violence and saw the rift between its hill and plains people deepen over Vice President Paramananda Jha taking his oath ... Read more...
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Echoes of Julian Assange case in Nepal rape charge
March 9th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 9 (IANS) A rape charge, similar to the controversial case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has now surfaced in Nepal with an American tourist filing a complaint against ... Read more...
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Attacks on Christians again in Nepal
July 28th, 2010 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 28 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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Indian encroachment triggered Nepal violence, says ethnic leader
December 6th, 2009 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 6 (IANS) The general strike called Sunday by Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas after six people were killed in clashes between security forces and squatters in the far west of the ... Read more...
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Indian pilgrims’ van stoned during Nepal Terai turmoil
February 9th, 2009 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 9 (IANS) A group of Indian pilgrims had an unnerving experience while travelling through southern Nepal during a shutdown when their vehicle was stoned by ethnic protesters.The police in Rupandehi ... Read more...
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Nepal’s Terai paralysed as Buddha’s ’sons’ go on warpath
February 7th, 2009 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 7 (IANS) Once regarded as Nepal's food bowl, the fertile Terai plains along the border with India were hit Saturday by a two-day shutdown as the Tharus, an indigenous community ... Read more...
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Buddha’s ’sons’ oppose quota, call Terai shutdown
February 1st, 2009 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 1 (IANS) The decision by Nepal's Maoist government to reserve 45 percent seats in all state and public service enterprises for disadvantaged communities has begun to reap a whirlwind with ... Read more...
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Anti-Madhes protesters shut down Nepal’s Terai region
July 10th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 10 (IANS) Twenty-two ethnic organisations opposing the creation of a single state for people of Indian origin Thursday shut down Nepal's Terai plains, blocking highways near the Indian ... Read more...
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Prehistoric fortress in Egypt excavated
May 29th, 2008 - 6:23 pm ICT by admin
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Cairo, May 29 (DPA) Archaeologists have discovered the remains of the largest ancient fortified city in Sinai peninsula while exploring the old Horus military road, which once connected Egypt to Palestine, Egypt's ... Read more...
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