Nepal News

209 By Dr. S.Chandrasekharan http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/%5Cnotes6%5Cnote550.html Having failed to reach a consensus on condemning the action of the President, the Maoists have taken to the streets.

Once the destination of trekkers and pilgrims, the Himalayan Shangri-la of Nepal is now becoming a hub of foreign sex workers with a bustling network of international procurers and clients.

At least 16 people were killed and more than two dozen injured Sunday when a passenger bus plunged off a mountain highway in western Nepal, police said.

The Nepal-India home secretary-level meeting concluded in Kathmandu Saturday with the two sides agreeing to cooperate with each other in regulating the border and checking cross-border crimes and human trafficking.

Nepal-India home secretary level talks on bilateral cooperation on border security and the extradition treaty, among others, started in Kathmandu on Friday.

The Manipal Teaching Hospital, run by India's Manipal Group as a joint venture with the Nepal government, has come under fresh attack from locals, causing its outdoor unit for patients to be closed indefinitely.

NEW DELHI: Activities of Maoists along the border, smuggling of fake Indian currency notes and border management are high on the agenda at the Home Secretary level talks between India and Nepal beginning in Kathmandu on Friday.

By Shweta Srinivasan, Kathmandu/Pokhara, Nov 5 : 'Heading for Nepal? Be sure to hit the casinos.' These words of encouragement came from family and friends urging me to chance a game or two at the famous gambling destinations in Nepal.

Unified Communist Party of Nepal supporters dance during a protest against the government outside the government administration building at Singha Durbar in Kathmandu yesterday Nepal's opposition Maoists have called off a blockade of the country's main airport after coming under international pressure over the planned protest, a party spokesman ...

Bariyapur , Nov.4 : Plans by Hindu devotees to sacrifice over 500,000 animals during a two-day festival in Nepal this month has angered animal rights activists, who are demanding that the 300-year-old ritual to be banned.

Mountaineer Apa Sherpa, left, who holds the record for most climbs of Mt Everest, Nepalese minister Deepak Bohara, centre, and mountaineer Dawa Steven Sherpa during a press conference in Kathmandu yesterday Nepal's cabinet plans to meet at the base camp of Mount Everest this month to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of ...

KATHMANDU: After months of being in denial mode, the Nepalese Maoists have come out openly extending "full support and cooperation" to the naxalites in India, days after Home Minister P Chidambaram mentioned about a possible arms supply from them.

KATHMANDU: The government is to hold a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas ahead of next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen, a minister said Monday.

A Maoist activist covers his face with a Nepal flag during a protest in front of the Kathmandu municipality office in Kathmandu yesterday As Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas yesterday stepped up their protests against the ruling alliance, asking for its dissolution, the government said it was not planning to deploy the army to crack down on the ...

Kathmandu: Campaigners cutting across different religions yesterday asked the Nepal government to stop a prominent religious fair in the Terai plains where at least 500,000 animals and birds will be sacrificed at the end of this month.

NEPAL'S Maoists said on Sunday they would launch protests aimed at destabilising the government in a dispute over the military that led to the Maoists' fall from power in May.

Rajapaksa, who is on a three-day official visit of Nepal, also inspected the Lankan pilgrims guest house built in Lumbini.

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Oct 30 : Ahead of their announced blockade of government offices, the Kathmandu valley and Nepal's only international airport, the republic's former Maoist guerrillas Friday asked neighbour India not to intervene, saying it was an internal matter of Nepal.

Bangladesh News.Net Friday 30th October, 2009 India is considering granting passage to trucks from Nepal going to Bangladesh, media reports said.

A group of Maoists attacked Nepali Congress leaders including former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Parliament member Gagan Thapa in Chitawan district in Nepal.