Kathmandu, June 5, Within 24 hours of inducting eight new members into the cabinet, Nepal’s new coalition government headed by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was plunged into a fresh crisis Friday with a key ally threatening to withdraw support.
Kathmandu, June 4, Ten days after he became Nepal’s new prime minister, replacing Maoist premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal Thursday finally expanded his three-member cabinet with eight new ministers from three more parties.
Kathmandu, June 4, Once known for his adroitness in escaping from the most stringently guarded prisons across the world, yesteryear’s crime maestro Charles Sobhraj now seems fated to languish in Nepal’s dingy central jail for life with a lower court Thursday delivering a guilty verdict that has grave implications for the murder case he has been fighting for six years.
Kathmandu, June 4, Once known for his adroitness in escaping from the most stringently guarded prisons across the world, yesteryear’s crime maestro Charles Sobhraj now seems fated to languish in Nepal’s dingy central jail for life with a lower court Thursday delivering a guilty verdict that has grave implications for the murder case he has been fighting for six years.
Kathmandu, June 4, Nepal’s ruling Communist party and the Maoists Thursday joined forces to condemn the growing “encroachment” of the republic’s border areas by India and “atrocities” by India’s border security forces while student organisations said it would launch street protests.
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3, Internationally acclaimed Malayalam filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s “Oru Pennun Randu Annum” swept the State Film Awards winning five main awards. He says it will lure the people to theatres to see his movie.
Kathmandu, June 3, Hundreds of Nepali villagers have fled their homes alleging assault and intimidation by Indian security forces at the border but the Indian embassy here says it has no such information, media reports here said Wednesday.
Kathmandu, June 2, Nepal police Tuesday said they had made a breakthrough in investigating the deadly blast that ripped through the prayer hall of one of the oldest Catholic churches in the country a week ago, killing three women and injuring at least 14 others.
Kathmandu, June 1, India is concerned at the delay in the formation of a full-fledged government in Nepal even though the Himalayan republic chose a new prime minister to replace Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda eight days ago.
Kathmandu, June 1, Their dream to visit Mt Kailash, one of the holiest pilgrim spots in the world, and take a dip in the revered Mansarovar lake in Tibet has turned into a nightmare for hundreds of Indian tourists who remain stranded in mountainous northern Nepal for four days.