Saturday, December 31, 2011

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Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:06 AM PST


India's PM worried by budget deficit
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday in his New Year's message to the nation that controlling the government's budget deficit is a ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:06 AM PST


Nadal beats Federer in Abu Dhabi exhibition
Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Roger Federer from Switzerland during the final day of the Abu Dhabi Mubadala Tennis Championship, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:05 AM PST


Egypt arrests Christian over anti-Prophet posting
ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have detained a Coptic Christian student accused of posting a drawing of Islam's prophet on Facebook that triggered two days of violence in ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:05 AM PST


Iran delays missile test
REUTERS TEHRAN: Iran delayed promised long-range missile tests in the Gulf on Saturday and Tehran signaled it was ready for fresh talks on its disputed nuclear program. Iran's state media ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 08:05 AM PST


Nepali citizen convicted for attempt to rape, let off
NEW DELHI: A 60-year-old Nepalese national has been convicted for attempting to rape a physically and mentally challenged minor girl by a Delhi court but it let him off as he had already spent ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:23 AM PST


JYC beat TAC; Three Star NRT played a draw
RAJENDRA CHAPAGAIN POKHARA: Samsung Jawalakhel Youth Club (JYC) edged Tribhuvan Army Club 1-0, while Mega Three Star Club and New Road Team (NRT) played a 2-2 draw in the Red Bull 'A' ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:23 AM PST


France beat China in Hopman Cup tie
China's Li Na beat Marion Bartoli of France 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 in their women's singles match in day one of the Hopman Cup Tennis Tournament in ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:23 AM PST


Obama urges voters to keep pressing for change
US President Barack Obama, seen here December 20, has told Americans to keep reminding Congress of what is at stake in their lives, as he predicted change in 2012 -- the year in which he will seek ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:23 AM PST


Williams F1 co-founder Head quits board
Patrick Head, co-founder of Williams F1 in 1977 with Frank Williams and currently director of engineering, has stepped down from the stable's board of directors. Head, seen here in 2004, will ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:23 AM PST


Minister Kiranti for conservation of heritage
RSS KATHMANDU: Minister for Culture, Gopal Kiranti on Saturday has said the Ministry is planning to formulate a policy for the conservation of various historic heritages across the country. At a ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 06:23 AM PST


Bomb 'kills two soldiers' in northwest Pakistan
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE MIRANSHAH: A bomb ripped through a military vehicle on Saturday killing two Pakistani soldiers in a village in the restive northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan, a ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:50 AM PST


Syrian opposition groups set rules for 'transition'
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NICOSIA : The Syrian National Council (SNC) opposition group has signed a political agreement with another faction of dissidents laying the ground rules for a ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:50 AM PST


Putin says 'nothing unusual' in Russian protests
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE MOSCOW : Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday said there was nothing unusual in the mass protests against his domination of Russia, describing the turbulence as the ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:50 AM PST


Hours until 1st NASA probe arrives
ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: NASA is counting down the seconds until its twin spacecraft bound for the moon make back-to-back arrivals over the New Year's weekend. The washing machine-size ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:50 AM PST


New Year cheer starts early in time-jumping Samoa
ASSOCIATED PRESS APIA: The New Year's Eve parties started a whole day early on the South Pacific island nation of Samoa, after a hop across the international date line transported the country ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:50 AM PST


Fire breaks out at Makkhan house
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: A fire has broken out at a house in Makhhan near the Basantapur Durbar area of Kathmandu on Saturday afternoon. Fire brigade and locals are trying to contain teh fire. ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 04:49 AM PST


Pakistani troops' fire wounds border guard
ASSOCIATED PRESS SRINAGAR: An Indian official says Pakistani troops fired small arms and mortars on an Indian patrol near the highly militarized Kashmir border and an Indian guard was wounded. A ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:18 AM PST


Peace Brings More Violence Against Women
KATHMANDU, Dec 31, 2011 (IPS) - Four months after her murder, you can see Rosy Maharjan flashing the two- finger victory sign - from a Facebook page. With police arresting the 21-year- ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:18 AM PST


Prithivi highway sans passenger buses
RSS KASKI: The Prithvi Highway saw no passenger bus today due to mounting clash between the Gorkha Transport Entrepreneur Committee and the Prithvi Highway Bus Operator's Committee. ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:18 AM PST


Will Hollywood still shower the love on Obama
In this Oct. 12, 2010 file photo, actor George Clooney speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington after meeting with President Barack Obama about his recent trip to Sudan. Hollywood, ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:18 AM PST


33 killed as Cyclone Thane hits southeast India
People walk past fallen trees as they run for cover from heavy rain in Pondicherry, India, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. India's weather office has warned residents along parts of the country's ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:18 AM PST


Seventeen dead as Syrians stage mass protests
REUTERS BEIRUT: Syrian security forces, undaunted by the presence of Arab League observers, have killed at least 12 protesters as hundreds of thousands demonstrated against the government of ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:18 AM PST


Another car fire reported in Hollywood
A Los Angeles Fire Department engine arrives at a fire in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles on Friday Dec.30,2011. An arsonist torched car after car early Friday, sending firefighters ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:17 AM PST


Elephant attack claims one more
RSS BHADRAPUR: One person lost his life in a wild elephant attack in Jhapa district on Friday. With this, the death toll by tusker attack reached three in Jhapa district in one month. According ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:17 AM PST


US seals $3.48B missiles‚ technology sale to UAE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: The United States has reached a deal to sell $3.48 billion worth of missiles and related technology to the United Arab Emirates, a close Mideast ally, as part of a ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 03:17 AM PST


Confusing politics hindering constitution drafting in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Nepal saw a lot of political upheavals in the year 2011 with two new governments and uncompleted major tasks. The year 2011 saw two prime ministers -- from Communist ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:57 AM PST


Journalist Neupane passes away
RSS KATHMANDU: Journalist Tara Neupane passed away at his own residence in Thankot of Kathmandu, last night. Long suffering from asthma and pneumonia, Neupaney, 58, had been active in journalism ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:57 AM PST


Transport comes to halt along Prithvi highway
RSS CHITWAN: The Prithvi Highway Bus Operators Committee, Chitwan Branch, has obstructed the road at Anptari of Bharatpur since early morning today, saying their staffs, workers and entrepreneurs ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:57 AM PST


Vehicles ply without permit in Jumla
RSS JUMLA: Vehicles have been running without the permission of the Department of Roads on the 92 km portion from Manma of Jumla and Kalikot border to Talcha Airport of Mugu district. As it is ...

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 12:57 AM PST


Tek Kumari's death postpones Maoist CC
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: The Central Committee (CC) meeting of the UCPN-Maoist has been deferred till tomorrow. The CC meet which was called at 11 am, has been postponed till Sunday, owing to the sad ...

Friday, December 30, 2011

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Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:46 AM PST


Duo arrested with 18.5kg hashish
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: Policemen have nabbed duo Raj Kumar Ghale (29) and Som Bahadur Tamang (32) of Balchhe VDC-8, Nuwakot on the charge of ferrying hashish at Banasthali in Kathmandu on Thursday ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


Bomb kills 2 people in northwest Pakistan
ASSOCIATED PRESS KHAR: A government official says a bomb has exploded outside a market in a Taliban stronghold in northwestern Pakistan, killing two people. Tariq Khan, a local government ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


Disqualified PLAs shut 15 districts of mid-west
RSS NEPALGUNJ: Demanding their rehabilitation, the former Maoist combatants, who were disqualified during the UNMIN verification, imposed a mid-west regional Bandh on Friday. According to ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


North Korea vows no softening despite new leader
In this image made from KRT video, North Korea's next leader Kim Jong Un is seen during a memorial service for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, Dec. ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


Man found dead in Bagmati banks in Kupondole
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: Police said a man was found dead on the banks of Bagmati River in Kupandole of Lalitpur on Thursday. Police sent the dead body to the Patan Hospital for post mortem. The ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


UML SC makes Oli the third man
"THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: The CPN-UML Standing Committee on Friday endorsed the 10-point political proposal on the party unity put forth by party Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal, and decided to ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


Sitapaila woman burns self after a fight with hubby
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: A 39-year-old woman has tried to commit suicide in Sitapaila of Kathmandu by burning herself on Thursday evening. Following a quarrel with her husband at around 9 pm last ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


Industry Ministry "content" with progress in its projects
RSS KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Industry (MoI) has claimed that its physical progress in the first four months of the current fiscal year was 69.21 per cent while financial progress was 69.75 per ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


Public Youth starts new bachelors course
RSS KATHMANDU: The Public Youth Campus in the capital has started the programme of Bachelors in Travel and Tourism Management (BTTM) from this year. Rector of the Tribhuvan University (TU) Prof. ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


Israel warms up to New Year's‚ Soviet-style
ASSOCIATED PRESS RISHON LEZION: For years, many Israelis got a little jittery as New Year's Eve approached. Their neighbors, some of the nearly 1 million Soviet citizens who flocked to the ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko moved to jail-prison service
REUTERS KIEV: Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, sentenced to seven years in prison for abuse of office, has been moved to prison from a detention center where she has been held ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


Some crew still aboard burning Russian nuclear sub
In this framegrab image from Ru-RTR Russian state channel, smoke rises from a dock where the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine is for repairs at the Roslyakovo shipyard in the Murmansk region, Russia, ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


Syrian opposition calls marches to main squares
ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT: Syria's opposition is calling on its re-energized protest movement to march to main squares around the country after the Friday prayers. The call comes as the ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


46 houses gutted in Saptari village fire
RSS SAPTARI: Property worth tens of million rupees was gutted after a fire spread to 46 houses at Mandal Tole of Pakari VDC in Saptari district, on Thursday night. The fire started from a cowshed ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST


Sharma stresses on reform of education sector
RSS GULMI: The education sector should be kept away from the politics for educational reform in the country, Minister for Education Dinanath Sharma said. According to him, the problems erupted in ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:36 AM PST


Friday disappears in Samoa's great leap forward
Samoans go to bed Thursday and will wake up on Saturday in an historic timezone switch which the Pacific island state's prime minister says will take the country forward to a more prosperous ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:36 AM PST


Maoists extend Tamu Lhosar wishes
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: The UCPN-Maoist has extended greetings to the Gurung community, and wished for peace, happiness and prosperous life of all Nepalis on the occasion of Tamu Lhosar festival. ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:36 AM PST


Jamaica's opposition wins elections in a landslide
Jamaica's former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller shows her inked finger after casting her ballot in parliamentary elections in Kingston, Jamaica, Thursday Dec. 29, 2011. Jamaica is holding ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:35 AM PST


Economy gaining momentum‚ housing shows a pulse
REUTERS WASHINGTON: New U.S. claims for jobless benefits rose last week but the underlying trend pointed to an improving labor market, while regional factory data showed the economy gaining ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:35 AM PST


Israeli air strike kills leader of al Qaeda affiliate in Gaza
REUTERS GAZA: Israel killed the leader of an al Qaeda-inspired faction in an air strike on the Gaza Strip on Friday, accusing him of launching short-range rockets into the Jewish state. Militants ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:35 AM PST


Recriminations over India's stalled anti-graft law
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. India's government faced fierce criticism in the media and from the opposition on Friday after it failed to push through its flagship anti-corruption law ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:35 AM PST


At least 13 killed in Venezuela tanker truck fire
Bystanders watch at a burned bus at the site of an accident that killed at least 13 people in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. A tanker truck filled with gasoline crashed and burst into ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:35 AM PST


Karnali concludes its first science exhibition
RSS JUMLA: The first science exhibition of Karnali Zone so far has been concluded at Kanika Nisha Higher Secondary School in Jumla district. National bird Danfe, electronic cable car, ammonia gas, ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:03 AM PST


Thai flood death toll hits 780
ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Thai authorities say the death toll from floods that devastated vast parts of north and central Thailand has reached 780 confirmed dead with three people still missing. ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:03 AM PST


Russia submerges nuclear submarine to douse blaze
REUTERS MURMANSK: Russia said it had won the battle with a raging blaze aboard a nuclear submarine on Friday by submerging the stricken vessel at a navy shipyard after hours of dousing the flames ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:03 AM PST


6 indicted in Internet-based car-selling scheme
ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES: A federal grand jury indicted six foreign nationals on charges that they defrauded hundreds of customers out of more than $4 million in bogus Internet car sales, ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:03 AM PST


Afghan-NATO raids kill‚ capture Taliban commanders
ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL: NATO says joint raids with Afghan forces have killed at least three and captured 11 Taliban commanders and facilitators who provided logistical support and weapons to ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:03 AM PST


Security personnel involved in hunting and smuggling wildlife
RSS BANKE: Security personnel themselves have intensified wildlife hunting and smuggling in the forest of Baghauda area across Rapti district, complained locals. Animal hunting and smuggling ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:03 AM PST


Disqalified ex-combatants bandh cripples life in Mid-west
RSS PYUTHAN: Normal life in Pyuthan district has been adversely affected since early Friday morning due to shutdown enforced by excluded Maoist ex-fighters in mid-western region. The short-route ...

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 01:03 AM PST


Mexican candidate sees possible Pemex listing
Josefina Vazquez Mota, presidential candidate of Mexico's ruling conservatives, the National Action Party (PAN), talks to Reuters in Mexico City December 29, ...

Thursday, December 29, 2011

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Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST


Nepal's 'singing nun' shares the sound of music
But this 40-year-old is no ordinary devotee, for Dolma -- better known by her moniker "The Singing Nun" -- is the most unlikely of music stars, touring the world to change the lives of ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST


Verdict of Russian court welcomed
RSS KATHMANDU: The Srimadbhagawat Publicity Service Association has welcomed the annulment of the case filed to ban the new publication of the translated Russian version of Bhagawat Geeta. The ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST


Police blamed for involvement in poaching
RSS BANKE: Locals have complained that security personnel themselves have been involved in wildlife poaching from the forest of Baghauda region, across the Rapti river in Banke district. Locals ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST


PMO inducts members in Investment Board
RSS KATHMANDU: A meeting of the Investment Board (IB) held on Thursday decided to nominate more members in the Board. The meeting held at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) decided to nominate ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST


VP Jha extends Tamu Loshar wishes
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: Vice President Paramananda Jha has extended greetings to the Gurung community and wished for peace, happiness and prosperous life of Gurungs as well as all Nepalis on the ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:58 AM PST


Asian stocks mostly down on Europe bank worries
ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK: Asian stock markets were mostly lower Thursday as traders shied away from riskier assets as the year drew to a close, but hopes for a successful bond issue in Italy ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Greek tax officials on strike
ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS: Greek tax officials have walked off the job at the start of a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures that have included salary cuts, as the government struggles to ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Ex-PLA's bandh hits Kailali
RSS DHANGADHI: Normal life of Kailali district has been hit hard on Thursday due to the Bandh called by ex-PLA combatants of the UCPN-Maoist, who are on agitation demanding implementation of past ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Ratnanagar Mahotsav to rock Chitwan after New Year
RSS CHITWAN: Preparations for the Ratnanagar Mahotsav have been expedited, which is scheduled to be held from January 11-19, 2012. The festival would be organized in Tikaulichaur of Ratnanagar ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Python attacks Australian infant
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE SYDNEY: An Australian infant was attacked by a python which wrapped itself around his body and attempted to suffocate him, his terrified mother said Thursday, recalling his ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Worst year in decades for elephants
ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG: It's been a disastrous year for elephants, perhaps the worst since ivory sales were banned in 1989 to save the world's largest land animals from extinction, ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Fire guts property in Mahottari
RSS BARDIBAS: Property worth Rs. 300,000 was gutted in an inferno which broke in Sonama VDC-6 of Mahottari district on Thursday. The fire which broke out in the house of Ram Kishun Kurmi while ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Lawmaker Nepali calls SC verdict faulty
RSS BARDIBAS: Constituent Assembly (CA) Lawmaker and the central member of Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party Ganesh Nepali accused the Supreme Court (SC) of interfering in the rights of the ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Police shoot 7 'terrorists' in China's Muslim west
ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING: Police in China's restive Central Asia border area fatally shot seven members of a Muslim ethnic group in what officials said Thursday was an attempt to end a ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


North Korea hails nuclear‚ military feats of Kim Jong-il
Vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of North Korea Kim Jong-un (front C), his uncle Jang Song-thaek (behind Kim) and Chief of General Staff of the Korea ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


India's PM‚ anti-graft law face parliament test
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NEW DELHI: India's government and ruling Congress party faced a key test to its proposed flagship anti-corruption law on Thursday, with the upper house of parliament set ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Nepal's slow peace process
peace and constitution drafting processes once again appear to be stalling. There are a number of reasons why this has been the case. There is first the issue of the unresolved differences regarding ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 03:34 AM PST


Elephants race, play soccer in Nepal gala
CHITWAN, Nepal — Soccer-playing elephants used all four feet and even their trunks trying to score goals. Racing pachyderm thundered to the finish line to the cheers of the crowds. And in the ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Australia defeat India by 122 runs in 1st test
Rahul Dravid of India is bowled by James Pattinson of Australia during the fourth day of the first test match in Melbourne, Australia on Thursday Dec. 29, ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


leaders to fuel on war of ideology
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: The Maoist Central Committee(CC) meeting-- which commenced amidst the intra-party rifts, with the party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal prioritizing on peace and statute, and the ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Japan's tsunami refugees brace for harsh winter
Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster refugees, Ishio Abe (R) and his wife, next to their temporary accommodation in Ishinomaki city in Japan. As the mercury plunges in the country's ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Myanmar warehouse blast kills 17
Rescue workers carry a body from the site of a blast in Myanmar's Yangon on December 29. The large pre-dawn explosion at a warehouse in Yangon on Thursday killed at least 17 people and injured ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Abortion allowed if woman's life at risk
Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a campaign stop at the Westside Conservative Club breakfast,Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011, in Urbandale, ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Cuban Jewish leaders meet with jailed American
In this photo taken Monday Dec. 26, 2011 and provided to the Associated Press by Adela Dworin, American government contractor Alan Gross, center, poses for a photo with Cuban Jewish leaders Adela ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


North Korea begins memorial for Kim Jong Il
In this image made from KRT video, Kim Jong Un, center, Kim Jong Il's youngest son and successor, walks next to his father's hearse during a funeral procession for the late North Korean ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:11 AM PST


Arab observers fan out across Syria
Arab monitors head to three more Syrian cities on Thursday to check if government forces are complying with a peace plan after a delegation to Homs, center of the uprising against President Bashar ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:10 AM PST


Malaysia proposal video wins hearts worldwide
ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: After watching an emotional video of Malaysian Timothy Tiah propose to his girlfriend, "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest hailed it as a heartwarming coda ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:10 AM PST


Accomplice of abductors in police net
RSS KALAIYA: The District Police Office, Bara arrested Nanda Lal Saha (55) of Dharmanagar-9 accusing him of hiding abductors. Some unidentified persons kidnapped Mahendra Chaudhary (50) of Bara, ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:10 AM PST


Tourists arrival up at Buddha's birthplace
RSS KAPLIVASTU: The inflow of tourists has surged in Tilaurakot, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, when there are few days to go to bid farewell to the Nepal Tourism Year-2011. Number of foreign ...

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 01:10 AM PST


Nepal's slow peace process
peace and constitution drafting processes once again appear to be stalling. There are a number of reasons why this has been the case. There is first the issue of the unresolved differences regarding ...