Nepal on Tuesday banned an Indian couple from mountain climbing in the country for 10 years after they tried to fake a successful ascent of Mount Everest with digitally altered photographs, officials said.
Expressing concern over the recent Maoist activities, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a recent meeting with a UML team in Delhi had said that the unity between the Nepali Congress and UML be strengthened.
a procession by fans of Indian Idol Prashant Tamang clashed with locals, following dispute over passage for an ambulance near the Siliguri Sub-divisional hospital on Friday.
Four Babbar Khalsa terrorists were arrested in Chandigarh Tuesday morning, a day after three militants of the outfit, including its India operations chief, were taken into custody in Delhi.
Their common agenda was to destabilise peace, democracy and the political set-up through insurgency and violence in both countries, Pandey said.
'We keep saying that we have a very close historical, cultural, linguistic and religious affinity with Nepal. Then why be so insensitive that we cannot find time to talk to them for more than 5-6 months'
'There is an observable difference between Nepalis and Lankans and the rest of us.' 'It would serve us well to understand where this difference comes from and, if it is something that is better in some way, how it is that we can access it,' says Aakar Patel.
Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala's father Prakash Koirala, who was \nexpelled from the Nepali Congress party for openly supporting the royal takeover, has been made a minister after his induction into the cabinet by King Gyanendra.
The government also wanted to defame Pakistan, a key accused said.
Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist Leninist) leader K P Sharma Oli has been made deputy premier and foreign minister.
'The world does not care about the tension on our border.' 'India has to emerge as a strong economic power.' 'Respect comes when the world sees a country with a direction and leadership that has a vision,' points out Ramesh Menon.
Two Nepalese expeditions to the Mt. Everest will be carrying the red flag of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to plant on the peak if they are able to make it to the top.
A 43-year-old seasoned Indian mountaineer died in the Himalayas after he fell ill while descending Mount Dhaulagiri in Nepal.
But that is unlikely to deter NGOs planning their first protest march in Kathmandu on Thursday.
Poverty prevented Kami finishing his studies as a child. At 68, he goes to school six days a week to complete his studies and escape a lonely home life.
A Royal Commission to probe corruption cases against politicians.
Koirala, top leader of the seven-party coalition fighting against the King's direct rule, will have his heart check-up at the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi.
Two student leaders were arrested and the offices of the Communist Party-UML ransacked by the police ahead of a May 1 anti-King rally.
The Congress party on Monday expelled former Member of Parliament Mani Kumar Subba from the party for six years with immediate effect for contesting election as an independent candidate from Tezpur Lok Sabha seat after he was denied ticket by the party.
Leaders jailed after the King took over the country are being denied proper medical care, say family members and political parties.
Nepal has entered Basain, based on a famous novel of the same name by Darjeeling-born Lila Bahadur Chhetri, for the Oscars
Ramon Magsaysay winner Anshu Gupta, whose non-governmental organisation Goonj has been leading the relief efforts in Nepal which was ravaged by a devastating quake in April this year, speaks to Ankita Mishra.
Maoist supremo Prachanda had a narrow escape when his vehicle was targeted with a roadside bomb in western Nepal on Wednesday.
He died in New Delhi on Thursday at the age of 78.
Bharatvani, when it is complete, will revive languages in India that are on the verge of extinction.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
When the deadly earthquake battered Nepal last week, major temples in Kathmandu' Darbar Square were razed to the ground, but the home of a nine-year-old girl worshipped as a living goddess remained almost unscathed.
The party's research department team, which Rajya Sabha member M V Rajeev Gowda heads, has sifted through the suggestions received in the last five months, and the manifesto is slated to be released later this month, reports Archis Mohan.
'The deepening of China-Nepal relations need not cause heartburn in India,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'Chamling's legacy is toxic.' '7 out of 10 teenagers in Sikkim abuse drugs.' 'The youth are dying and the future looks bleak.'
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The team would be questioning Abdul Lateef, Dilip Bhuel and Yousuf Nepali.
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