Kathmandu, March 9 – Determined to prevent anti-China demonstrations in Tibet Wednesday, the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese annexation, Beijing has snapped most links between the former Buddhist kingdom and its neighbour Nepal.
The bridge connecting northern Nepal with Tibet – the Friendship Bridge – has been effectively closed by the Chinese [...]
Kathmandu, March 7 – Ahead of the 51st anniversary of a failed uprising by Tibetans against the invasion and annexation of their country by China, Nepal police Sunday arrested the envoy of exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama in Kathmandu.
Thinley Gyatso, the ‘ambassador’ of the Dalai Lama, whose ‘government in exile’ sits in Dharamshala in India, [...]
Kathmandu, March 7 – After blaming jailed Indian ganglord Babloo Srivastav for the daylight gunning down of a Nepali media tycoon in Kathmandu exactly a month ago, Nepal police say the underworld don also plotted the murder of another Nepali media owner but failed.
Police say they arrested a 19-year-old boy from Kathmandu Friday after investigations [...]
Kathmandu, March 7 – Bhumika Shrestha, who became the first Miss Pink Nepal, is an icon of the transgender community. And she is also its first member to take the plunge into politics.
The 23-year-old last month formally became a member of the Nepali Congress (NC), the largest party in the ruling coalition. ‘Politicians have the [...]
Kathmandu, March 5 – Two Indian men have been arrested in western Nepal for allegedly trying to kidnap a schoolgirl, police said.
Molazim Mian, 38, and Mohammad Mahim, 30, both residents of Motihari district in eastern India’s Bihar state, were arrested in Syangja district Thursday, police said.
The two men, who were running a small business in [...]
Kathmandu, March 5 – The panel of lawmakers entrusted with drafting the new constitution of Nepal Friday rapped three of the top political leaders on their knuckles, accusing them of not being serious about the statute as the nascent republic failed to keep a major date with destiny.
The Constitutional Committee, which has been mandated to [...]
Kathmandu, March 4 – In addition to growing attacks on the media and businessmen, Nepal has also witnessed a sharp rise in violence against women despite the new government’s public pledge to end all violence against women in 2010, a report released ahead of International Women’s Day said.
In the first two months of 2010, there [...]
Kathmandu, March 2 – Less than 24 hours after a media tycoon of Indian origin was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southern Nepal, the Indian managing director of an Indian-owned medical college survived a daring attack on his life in the most secure area of the capital Tuesday, police said.
Nagender K Pampati, an MBA [...]
Kathmandu, March 2 – Less than a month after a controversial media magnate was gunned down in daylight in the best-protected area of the capital, a media tycoon of Indian origin was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Nepal’s restive southern plains adjoining the border with India. Two local rebel groups have claimed responsibility.
Arun Singhania, [...]
Kathmandu, March 2 – Less than a month after a controversial media magnate was gunned down in daylight in the best-protected area of the capital, a media tycoon of Indian origin was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Nepal’s restive southern plains adjoining the border with India.
Arun Singhania, the 50-year-old publisher of the Nepali daily [...]
