Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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Posted: 20 Dec 2011 06:07 AM PST


6yo man injured while fighting midnight thieves
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: An elderly man was hurt while retaliating a gang of thieves in Ichangunarayan of Kathmandu on Monday night. According to the police, landlord Padam Prasad Gauchan (66) ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 06:07 AM PST


Karzai wants immediate halt to NATO night raids
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday demanded an immediate halt to controversial NATO-led night raids and for foreign forces to stop entering Afghan homes, his ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 06:07 AM PST


8th leather and footwear expo kicks off in Kathmandu
RSS KATHMANDU: The Eighth Leather and Footwear Expo was kicked off in the capital on Tuesday. Leather Footwear and Goods Manufacturers Association of Nepal said that the expo was organised to help ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 06:07 AM PST


'New education policy soon'
RSS HETAUDA: Minister for Education Dina Nath Sharma has said that the government was doing necessary homework to unveil new education policy after amendment to the existing education policy as an ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 06:07 AM PST


India cold wave takes toll on homeless‚ elderly
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: The cold wave death toll in northern India has risen to 39, reports emerging from Indian media agencies claimed. Dipping temperature claimed majority of deaths in the state ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 06:07 AM PST


LeAnn Rimes displays skinny appeal in Mexico
AGENCIES LONDON: For most people the week before Christmas means dashing round for last-minute gifts. But for LeAnn Rimes it was a case of sun, sea and looking very skinny indeed as she relaxed ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 06:06 AM PST


Maoist secy roots for Nepali Congress-led national consensus govt
CP Gajurel Secretary of ruling UCPN (Maoist) party, CP Gajurel has said that it is high time that a national consensus government under the leadership of main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) be ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:28 AM PST


22 killed in Nepal cold spell
The Nepal Electricity Authority also declared 10 hours of power cuts per day, starting on Tuesday. The state owned-utility blamed receding water levels in reservoirs that drive hydropower plants. - ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:28 AM PST


Arrest warrant for Iraq VP to spike tensions
REUTERS BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities issued an arrest warrant for Sunni Muslim Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi on Monday for suspected ties to assassinations and bombings, a decision likely to fuel ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:28 AM PST


Indian cabinet expected to approve anti-graft bill
India's cabinet was expected to approve a landmark anti-corruption bill which was the focus of nationwide demonstrations in August that rocked the government. An official in prime minister ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:28 AM PST


Pakistan leads Bangladesh by 132 runs
ASSOCIATED PRESS DHAKA: Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan took six wickets to help dismiss Pakistan for 470 as the visitors took a 132-run first innings lead in the second test against Bangladesh ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:28 AM PST


Venus Williams pulls out of NZ tourney to recover
Venus Williams, of the United States, waits for the start of an exhibition tennis match against Italy's Francesca Schiavone in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 3, ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:28 AM PST


Lange parts ways with Shepard after almost 30 years
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard have separated after nearly 30 years together. A publicist for Lange confirmed the split Monday. People magazine first reported the ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:28 AM PST


Rai and Baraili to be honoured
RSS KATAHMANDU: Dhankuta Prativa Pratishthan has decided to honor different litterateurs by Dhankuta Prativa Prize. Pratishthan has decided to honor singer Krishna Bhakta Rai and comedian Samir ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:28 AM PST


Dhading agro festival to kick off in March
RSS DHADING: The 'First Dhading Agriculture, Tourism and Industrial Festival-2068' is being organised from March 2-8. The festival would be organised with the main theme of ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:28 AM PST


'No practical and applied educational policy'
RSS BARDIBAS: Participants at a public hearing programme on 'Textbook and Scholarship Management' termed the existing educational policy impractical and non-applied. The views were ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:28 AM PST


Mystery surrounds son set to succeed Kim Jong Il
ASSOCIATED PRESS PYONGYANG: With the sudden death of his father, Kim Jong Un went from being North Korea's "Respected General" to "Great Successor" - a heady and uncertain ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:27 AM PST


Apple scores limited victory in smartphone patent war
REUTERS TAIPEI: Apple Inc scored a narrow victory against Taiwan's HTC Corp in a patent lawsuit over smartphone technology that will set the stage for further battles between rival makers in ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:27 AM PST


Oil above $94 in Asia on hopes of stronger US data
ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: Oil prices climbed above $94 a barrel Tuesday in Asia, buoyed by gains in stock markets and in anticipation of improved U.S. economic data. Benchmark crude for ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:27 AM PST


Police patrolling effective in Putali Bazaar
RSS SYANGJA: Cycle patrolling launched by District Police Office, Syangja in the district headquarters, Putali Bazaar, has been very effective. The police started patrolling in the area with six ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:27 AM PST


Kim's 11-ace debut round recalled on Twitter
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's death was noted on Twitter as an epic loss to golf, with hundreds recalling the Stalinist state media's reports of ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:27 AM PST


2,766 Nepali migrants get amnesty in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur (The Kathmandu Post/ANN) - The government of Malaysia since August has granted amnesty to more than 2,700 Nepali workers who were staying in the country illegally. A Malaysian daily, ...

Posted: 20 Dec 2011 03:27 AM PST


Nepal witnesses significant increase of Chinese tourists
KATHMANDU, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- Nepal has witnessed a significant increase of Chinese tourists in the first 11 month of 2011. Their number grew by 74.4 percent as compared to the corresponding ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:58 PM PST


NT plans increasing subscribers to 13m
Nepal Telecom (NT), the state-owned telecom giant has targeted to increase its subscriber base to 13 million within the next three years by adding at least 5 million new subscribers in its telecom ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:58 PM PST


Govt. to buy 5,000 ton from domestic sugar mills
The government is soon purchasing 5,000 tons of sugar from domestic sugar mills with a view to intervene soaring sugar prices in the market. The sugar price has skyrocketed as high as Rs. 90 per ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:58 PM PST


Maoist bandh cripples life
A bandh called by Unified CPN (Maoist) to protest the killings of seven squatters in Dudejhari forest of Kailali by the Nepal police and Arm Police Force (APF) has brought the nation to a complete ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:58 PM PST


Govt issues guideline to send trainee workers in Japan
The government has issued a guideline to send Nepalese industrial trainee workers in Japan under the industrial training assistance of Japan International Training Co-operation Organisation ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:58 PM PST


Chinese company to invest 51 pc in West Seti project
China National Machinery Import and Export Company, a Chinese government venture has agreed to invest 51 per cent share in West Seti Hydropower ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:58 PM PST


Kareena Kapoor the great gambler
AGENCIES MUMBAI: Few people know that Kareena Kapoor can play poker really well. She's so good at it that she even taught her Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu co-star Imran Khan how to play blind poker ...

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:58 PM PST


'Electric fence' to check tusker rampage
RSS KANCHANPUR: 'Electric Fence' has been set up in Hattisar so as to protect elephants being reared in Shuklaphanta from wild tuskers' attack. The fence has been constructed with ...

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