Nepal’s Maoist PM yields to brotherly love
October 28th, 2011 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 28 (IANS) Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai Friday broke away from the official policy of his once underground organisation not to participate in religious rituals by taking ... Read more...
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Fear grows as Nepal church escapes bomb attack
August 29th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 29 (IANS) Two years after a bomb attack on a church in Kathmandu valley killed three people during mass and injured nearly a dozen, Nepal's minority Christian community ... Read more...
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Nepal police kill three kidnappers
July 6th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 6 (IANS) Three people, alleged to be kidnappers who opened fire on a police patrol, were killed in a forested area in southern Nepal Tuesday.Police said a posse ... Read more...
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Hindu group calls for shutdown in west Nepal
June 22nd, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 22 (IANS) Western Nepal remained paralysed Tuesday as a little-known Hindu organisation enforced a shutdown demanding the restoration of Hinduism as the state religion, the second such disruptive ... Read more...
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Another Hindu militant group on rise in Nepal?
June 6th, 2010 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 6 (IANS) A year after a militant Hindu group came into prominence by engineering a bomb attack on a church in Kathmandu valley that killed three women, another ... Read more...
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‘Nepal church, mosque bombers funded by Indian groups, armed by ULFA’
December 30th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 30 (IANS) Three months after being caught for masterminding attacks on churches and mosques in Nepal, the chief of an underground organisation that persecuted Christians and Muslims says ... Read more...
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No import of Nepal’s Maoists, arms to India: Home secretary
November 7th, 2009 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Nov 7 (IANS) India's Home Decretary G.K. Pillai Saturday wound up bilateral security talks with Nepal here with no progress in the new extradition treaty proposed by New ... Read more...
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Four Indians arrested for Nepal official’s abduction
August 15th, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 15 (IANS) In a joint operation by the police of India and Nepal, four Indians have been arrested for the abduction of a Nepali telecom official who went missing last ... Read more...
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‘Angels & Demons’ rakes in Rs.19 mn in India over 1st weekend
June 1st, 2009 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Tom Hanks-starrer "Angels and Demons", which released in India Friday mostly across single-screens has grossed around Rs.19 million in its first weekend.
The movie that has already ... Read more...
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‘Angels and Demons’ to be released in four languages May 29
May 18th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Tom Hanks-starrer "Angels and Demons", which is currently on the top spot at the US box office, will release in India May 29 in four languages - ... Read more...
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Nepal keeps fingers crossed as India announces polls
March 3rd, 2009 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 3 (IANS) Nepal has its fingers crossed after its southern neighbour India announced general elections in April and May, anticipating that a change in guard in New Delhi will impact ... Read more...
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Nabbed Nepal journalist flaunts Indian links
February 5th, 2009 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 5 (IANS) A high-flying Nepali journalist who was arrested by Nepal police Tuesday for allegedly aiding an underground armed organisation in trying to extort money from a businessman, apparently flaunted ... Read more...
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Nepal arrests journalist with top India links
February 4th, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Feb 4 (IANS) Nepal police Wednesday said they have arrested a well known Nepali journalist whose contacts include the high and mighty in Nepal as well as India.Rishi Dhamala, whose media ... Read more...
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Bhutan jails refugee reporter for over 7 years
January 21st, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Jan 21 (IANS) A 20-year-old exiled journalist of Nepali origin has been sentenced to jail for seven and a half years for terrorist activities by the royal government of Bhutan even ... Read more...
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Nepal government signs pact with Terai rebels
December 26th, 2008 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 26 (IANS) Nepal's Maoist-led government Friday held formal talks with an armed rebel group active in the southern Terai plains and signed an agreement as part of its ongoing effort ... Read more...
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One burnt to death, 17 missing in Nepal rebel attack
December 2nd, 2008 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 2 (IANS) One person was burnt to death and 17 people were missing after armed rebels early Tuesday attacked a passenger bus in southern Nepal near the border with India, ... Read more...
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Terai rebels kill municipal officer in Nepal
October 25th, 2008 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Oct 25 (IANS) As Nepal's Maoist government failed to start negotiations with underground rebels from Terai even three weeks after the formation of a ministerial talks team, blood continued to spill ... 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’s armed groups begin unity talks in Bihar: report
September 28th, 2008 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sept 28 (IANS) Fourteen armed underground organisations from Nepal, including factions of former Maoists, have begun secret talks in the Indian state of Bihar close to the border to explore the ... Read more...
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Kathmandu serial blasts mastermind dies in police ‘encounter’
August 31st, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 31 (IANS) The chief of a shadowy underground outfit who had claimed planning the serial blasts in Kathmandu last year that killed three women and triggered a massive security alert ... Read more...
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Terai armed group chiefs at large after massive jailbreak
August 14th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 14 (IANS) At least four top leaders of underground armed groups were at large Thursday along with nearly 50 other prisoners after a massive jailbreak in southern Nepal the day ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoist chief Prachanda now gets peace award (Lead)
June 16th, 2008 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 16 (IANS) In a sign of the changing times, Prachanda, the chief of Nepal's Maoist party who led a relentless 10-year guerrilla war against the state to overthrow ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoist chief to get top peace award
June 16th, 2008 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 16 (IANS) The chief of Nepal's Maoist party, who led a 10-year savage guerrilla war against the state in a bid to overthrow the Shah dynasty of kings and establish ... Read more...
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25 killed in clashes between Turkish soldiers, rebels
May 11th, 2008 - 12:11 am ICT by admin
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Istanbul, May 10 (DPA) The Turkish military Saturday said it killed 19 fighters of the banned underground organisation, the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), in clashes in which six Turkish soldiers also died. ... Read more...
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Vote for change drives Maoist victory in Nepal
April 12th, 2008 - 11:34 am ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 12 (IANS) An overwhelming desire for change and increase in the number of young voters, many of whom cast their ballot the first time, drove the astounding victory ... Read more...
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Nepal keeps its date with destiny
April 10th, 2008 - 11:02 am ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 10 (IANS) Defying the spectre of violence that killed nine people, frequent blasts and a shutdown called in the Terai plains, Nepal Thursday kept its date with destiny, ... Read more...
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Slain Nepal candidate’s killer caught in India
April 5th, 2008 - 11:05 am ICT by admin
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 5 (IANS) The man alleged to be responsible for the killing of a communist candidate in Nepal has been arrested from a hideout in India, Nepal police said. ... Read more...
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