Nepal’s former royalty now faces a different court
March 3rd, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 3 (IANS) The giant halls in Nepal's former royal palace, glittering with immense chandeliers, stately oil paintings of former kings and stuffed, life-sized tigers, once epitomised power and ... Read more...
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Indians chronicle Nepal Maoist war on screen
February 17th, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 17 (IANS) It was an unusual scene in Kathmandu Thursday with two top leaders of Nepal's Maoist party - chairman and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda ... Read more...
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Dabur Nepal admits error, pays NRS 50 mn security deposit
January 6th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 6 (IANS) Embroiled in a manufacturing row since last month and now also under probe for revenue discrepancies, Indian multinational Dabur India's independent group company Dabur Nepal has ... Read more...
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`Tees Maar Khan’ claims new victim - in Nepal
December 21st, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 21 (IANS) "Tees Maar Khan", the "great" Indian criminal, the likes of whom are born only once in a blue moon, and who "steals, cheats and cons ... Read more...
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Nepal’s ex-crown prince released on bail, gets hero’s welcome (Lead)
December 16th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 16 (IANS) Nepal's controversial former crown prince Paras Bir Bikram Shah Thursday triumphantly walked out of police custody on bail after being arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening the ... Read more...
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China pressures Nepal to disrupt Tibetan polls
October 4th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 4 (IANS) Nepal's giant northern neighbour China pressured the Himalayan republic into disrupting the 15th general election held by Tibetan refugees to choose a new prime minister and ... Read more...
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Nepal remains lost in poll labyrinth
September 26th, 2010 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 26 (IANS) Deepening distrust between Nepal's two biggest parties derailed the prime ministerial election Sunday, even after an unprecedented eighth round of voting, with most lawmakers not taking part in ... Read more...
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Former crown princess presides over ‘Mrs Nepal’ contest
August 29th, 2010 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 29 (IANS) As Nepal still hesitates to bid a final adieu to the crown, the women in the deposed royal family have been the first to adapt ... Read more...
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We’re being persecuted: Sobhraj lawyer
August 2nd, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Aug 2 (IANS) 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 ... Read more...
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Nepal Army absolves schoolgirl’s murderer
July 16th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 16 (IANS) As the world celebrated the 12th International Justice Day Friday, human rights defenders condemned Nepal Army's acquittal of an army major found guilty of torturing a schoolgirl to ... Read more...
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Nepal bans school book after Muslim outcry
June 21st, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 21 (IANS) The Nepal government Monday banned a school textbook after growing outcry by Muslims over an "objectionable" illustration depicting Prophet Mohammed as a woman-like figure and containing "erroneous interpretations" ... Read more...
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Nepal Christians begin vigil for new constitution
April 20th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 20 (IANS) For the first time in Nepal's history, its minority Christian community Tuesday joined the socio-political process, beginning a "vigil" to ensure that the new constitution would be enacted ... Read more...
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Wasted chances make 2009 Nepal’s annus horribilis (Flashback 2009)
December 30th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 30 (IANS) Begun on a high note after a historic election consolidated peace and the former Maoist guerrillas led Nepal's first ultra-left government, 2009 saw the nascent ... Read more...
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Nepal readies to recognise third gender voters
November 18th, 2009 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Nov 18 (IANS) Close on the heels of the Indian election authorities recognising third gender voters, Nepal's Election Commission has also begun a massive project to grant recognition to ... Read more...
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Nepal court admits first case against former royals
October 13th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Oct 13 (IANS) For the first time in Nepal's history, its former royal family has been slapped with a law suit by a common law wife, who is ... Read more...
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Nepal’s beleaguered envoys ‘talk’ through the lens
July 1st, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 1 (IANS) They have been under continuous fire from the Maoists as well as royalists and nationalists for allegedly overstepping their roles and intervening in the internal ... Read more...
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Are gods turning against Nepal’s Maoist government?
May 4th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 4 (IANS) When King Gyanendra's army-backed reign ended three years ago followed by the abolition of monarchy in the world's only Hindu kingdom, it did not come as a surprise ... Read more...
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After Pashupatinath, Nepal faces new row over Living Goddess Kumari
March 5th, 2009 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 5 (IANS) After a raging controversy over the appointment of priests at the revered Hindu shrine of Pashupatinath in Kathmandu, now it is the turn of Kumari, Nepal's famed ... Read more...
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Row stops worship at Nepal’s Pashupatinath temple
January 1st, 2009 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Jan 1 (IANS) For the first time in the history of Nepal's revered Pashupatinath temple, devotees were unable to offer worship to the centuries-old deity after a row erupted between the ... Read more...
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Nepal king prays for divine intervention
May 12th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 12 (IANS) With just 17 days left for the abolition of his two-century-old ancestral throne, Nepal's distressed King Gyanendra Monday sought divine intervention once again, offering animal sacrifices ... Read more...
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Nepal gets its first gay lawmaker
May 1st, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by admin
Kathmandu, May 1 (IANS) A 35-year-old gay rights activist, who last year won an award considered the Gay Nobel, has become Nepal's first homosexual lawmaker, marking a social revolution in the traditional ... Read more...
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Maoists bag majority, Prachanda to lead government
April 19th, 2008 - 7:11 pm ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 19 (IANS) Nepal's Maoists, who are fighting an election after nearly two decades, finally reached simple majority in the first phase of the crucial poll held this month, ... Read more...
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King Gyanendra visits Hanumandhoka against Nepal Government’s orders
November 14th, 2007 - 2:32 am ICT by admin
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