KATHMANDU,SEP 11 : Representatives of the protesting ‘Gen Z’ group, Nepalese President Ramchandra Paudel and Army Chief Ashok Raj Sigdel were holding talks at the army headquarters in Bhadrakali on Thursday to pick a leader to run an interim government, sources said. Former chief justice Sushila Karki, Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah and two others were […]Continue Reading
NEPAL, SEP 10 : Nepal’s Gen Z protesters, who forced the ouster of Prime Minister KP Sharma-led government, have laid out a series of political and social demands, calling for sweeping reforms in governance and investigation into assets looted by politicians over the past three decades. The movement has declared that all those who lost […]Continue Reading
NEPAL,SEP 9 : Nepal was plunged deeper into political turmoil on Tuesday after President Ram Chandra Poudel resigned, just hours after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli stepped down amid massive anti-corruption protests that have rocked the Himalayan nation. The twin resignations come as demonstrators, largely driven by Gen Zers’ anger over corruption and nepotism, Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, SEP 9 : India on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the ongoing unrest in Nepal, following violent protests against a government-imposed social media ban that left at least 19 dead and over 300 injured. “We are closely monitoring the developments in Nepal since yesterday and are deeply saddened by the loss of many […]Continue Reading
NEPAL, SEP 8 : At least 16 people were killed and several injured on Monday as Nepal police opened fire on protesters demonstrating against a government ban on social media sites in Kathmandu. “Sixteen people have sadly died,” Shekhar Khanal, spokesman for the Kathmandu valley police, told AFP. “About 100 are under treatment, including police.” […]Continue Reading
KATHMANDU,JAN 7 : Atleast 32 were killed and 38 injured as a strong earthquake struck Tibet region on Tuesday morning. According to Chinese media, the earthquake led to the collapse of many buildings in Tibet with tremours felt in neighbouring Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and northern parts of India. According to the China Earthquake Networks Center […]Continue Reading
KATHMANDU, AUG 23 : At least 14 people were killed and 16 others injured after an Indian tourist bus veered off the highway and fell 150 metres into the fast-flowing Marsyangdi River in central Nepal on Friday, authorities said. The bus from Gorakhpur was heading towards the capital, Kathmandu, from the resort town of Pokhara […]Continue Reading
NEPAL,JULY 24 : A passenger plane carrying 19 people crashed during takeoff in Kathmandu on Wednesday, killing 18 and leaving the pilot as the sole survivor, police in the Nepali capital told news agency AFP. The plane belongs to the domestic Saurya airline and was en route to the resort town of Pokhara, an important […]Continue Reading
KATHMANDU,JULY 12: As many as 65 people were believed missing in Nepal after two buses were swept by a landslide triggered off the highway and into a swollen river Friday, officials said. The two buses with 63 passengers, and two drivers went missing in the Trishuli river in the landslides at Simaltal area along the […]Continue Reading
NEPAL,AUG 24 : Six Indian pilgrims were among seven people killed when the bus they were travelling in plunged some 50 metres from a mountain road in Nepal’s Madhesh province, a media report said on Thursday. The accident happened in the early hours of Thursday in the province’s Bara district when the bus carrying pilgrims […]Continue Reading
