After paying a visit to soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni arrived in Kathmandu on a two-day visit to interact with Nepalese cricketers and meet fans on Saturday.
Hundreds of Indian pilgrims have been stranded in Nepal on their way to Kailash-Mansarovar in Tibet as Chinese authorities stopped them at the border entry point saying that their vehicles did not have route permit.
The Everest hunt for climbers began with a tragedy in Nepal with three mountaineers one each from Germany, Canada and South Korea - perishing while returning after scaling the world's highest summit, officials said.
The girls aged 6 and 9 were among three Indian survivors of the crash in which the Dronier aircraft got buried after hitting a mountain peak straddling the airport.
Speaking about the COVID-19 pandemic in Parliament on Tuesday, Oli said it has become very difficult for Nepal to contain the spread of the deadly virus due to the flow of people from outside.
Shannu Khatun, 35, is a beggar who has to earn a living for her family including her physically challenged husband, eight-year-old daughter and twin sons. She sold one of her sons for Rs 62 to a Nepalese couple at Forbesganj Railway Station.
The plane crashed in the suburbs of Mora Kalu village, killing 12 civilians and five crew members and destroying five to six houses, the Pakistan army said.
A comparative feature that reveals the true extent of the damage caused by Saturday's earthquake to Nepal's history.
At least three people were killed and seven others injured today in a bomb attack in the Nepalese capital where a number of government offices, including that of the prime minister, are located.
'Manmohan Singh's fond hope of avoiding conflict over territory by 'making borders irrelevant' is increasingly difficult to realise in a world where institutional restraints on aggression are weakening and the new game in town is unalloyed power play,' notes T N Ninan.
The Indian media is facing flak for its coverage of the earthquake disaster in Nepal.
On his first official visit after becoming the prime minister of Nepal, Baburam Bhattarai on Saturday said all "misunderstandings" have been "dispelled" and a "new chapter" has been opened up in Indo-Nepal ties. The Nepalese prime minister also assured New Delhi of developing a mechanism to check the Fake Currency Notes circulation on Indo-Nepal border.
India and Nepal on Friday signed a Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, which will help in reducing the cost of doing business by entrepreneurs of the two countries.
Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala was greeted with protests on Wednesday at in relief camps as anger spilled over to the streets.
Ten Indians were among 19 people killed on Sunday when a small plane carrying them crashed and broke into pieces at Kotdanda hills near the Nepalese capital while returning from a sight-seeing trip around Mount Everest.
India's unpopularity coincides with China lengthening its shadows in Nepal, says Rajeev Sharma.
Bikini killer Charles Sobhraj's hopes for an early release from jail were dashed after the Nepalese Supreme Court quashed a review petition moved by the notorious international criminal. The apex court on Monday quashed the review petition filed by Sobhraj seeking a fresh look into his sentencing, court sources said. Sobhraj, 67, who has been convicted in the 1975 murder of American woman Connie Joe Bronzich, is serving a life term in the central jail of Kathmandu.
'China can't stop any company from relocating to India.'
The Dhaka to Kathmandu US-Bangla Airlines flight, with 67 passengers and four crew members on board, caught fire after it careened off the runway and ploughed into a football ground near the Tribhuvan International Airport on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday had simple vegetarian meal prepared by an Indian chef for lunch after his arrival on a two-day official visit.
A group of 44 Indians have been evacuated from Abidjan, the capital of civil war-torn Ivory Coast, to neighbouring Ghana, taking the total number of Indians who have been shifted in last one week to 110.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's special envoy Shyam Saran started hectic parleys with Nepalese leaders on Thursday to help form a consensus government amidst deepening political crisis in Katmandu.
Over a dozen aftershocks jolted Nepal on Wednesday, keeping people on edge a day after a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake killed 76 people in the Himalayan nation that had just begun to rebuild itself following the devastation from the temblor less than three weeks ago.
All Indian nationals, who were stranded in Simikot and Hilsa of Humla district in far-west Nepal, safely returned to Kathmandu on Wednesday.
Former crown prince Paras Shah is accused of firing an illegal pistol inside the Chitwan National Park during a brawl with daughter and son-in-law of Koirala. Paras, the only son of the deposed king Gyanendra was notorious for his playboy lifestyle and had got into several escapades in the Nepalese capital's night spots.
NorthEast United FC were held to a thrilling 3-3 draw by Chennaiyin FC at the GMC Stadium, in Bambolim
World champion Viswanathan Anand survived a scare against young Anish Giri of Holland before salvaging a draw in the 12th and penultimate round of the 73rd Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee.
The aircraft belonging to the private Agni Airlines, was carrying 11 passengers and three crew members. It crashed near Shikharpur village in Makawarnur district, about 80 kilometers south of Kathmandu. The German-built Dornier plane was en route to Lukla, a popular trekking spot in the Everest region of eastern Nepal, from Kathmandu when the accident occurred, the Himalayan Times reported
Waving red flags, 5000 militant cadres forced their way into the Durbar Square city centre where their chief Prachanda declared Kathmandu valley as the Newa Autonomous State.
SCEB failed to make use of a numerical advantage to settle for a 1-1 draw against FC Goa
In a deteriorating neighbourhood, only Bangladesh offers a ray of hope, writes Brigadier (retd) S K Chatterji.
Chhewang Nima, a Nepalese Sherpa famous in mountaineering circles for climbing the Mount Everest 19 times, has gone missing after being struck by an avalanche while nearing the peak of Mount Baruntse in Nepal. Chhewang was leading an expedition of seven people when he went missing on Saturday, said Sherpa Shangri-la Treks and Expedition, the company for which he worked.He was fixing ropes at an elevation of 7,045 metres while guiding the expedition.
Nepalese teenager Khagendra Thapa Magar has been named the world's smallest man, after being just two feet tall.
The 73rd Tata Steel Chess in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands, saw the first shock result of the tournament when World No 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway blundered and went down to talented Anish Giri of Holland in a mere 22 moves.
As the court delivers its verdict on Thursday on the conviction of the Talwars in 2008 double murder case in Noida, here's a timeline in the case.
Former Nepalese Crown Prince, who was involved in a brawl at an upmarket tourist resort, was arrested by police on Tuesday for firing his gun in the air following an argument with the family members of Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister Sujata Koirala.
The Union home ministry has sought a report from the Maharashtra government over the deportation of a Nepalese student at the Film and Television Institute of India for alleged 'anti-India activities.'
As it signed its first oil trade deal with Nepal ending India's monopoly over fuel supplies, China on Wednesday expressed readiness for "friendly" talks with India to stabilise the landlocked country, reeling under acute fuel shortage due to a blockade of border points with India.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday emphasised the need for all political parties in Nepal to sink their differences and come together to push the peace process as he met his Nepalese counterpart Madhav Kumar Nepal.
