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Charles Sobhraj's wife to show world who's the Bigg Boss

The 23-year-old, who became an instant celebrity three years ago when Sobhraj -- doing time in a Kathmandu prison -- announced they had fallen in love, will take part in the upcoming fifth series of the show.
Section: Entertainment  | Thursday, September 29, 2011 16:45 IST

Nepal plane crash: Grieving families wait long for last remains

The Tribhuban University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, where the autopsies began on the 19 bodies on Sunday, said the process would not be over before Monday night.
Section: World  | Monday, September 26, 2011 18:43 IST

Quake hits Nepal's mainstay tourism industry

The Kanchenjunga conservation area in eastern Nepal that is close to the epicentre of Sunday’s tremor, is out of bounds for tourists.
Section: World  | Wednesday, September 21, 2011 15:27 IST

62 per cent of Nepali women feel domestic abuse is right!

The Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010, covering 24 of Nepal's 75 districts, focused on the state of women and children in two regions most vulnerable to disasters and the most underdeveloped: the midwest and the farwest.
Section: World  | Sunday, September 18, 2011 23:45 IST

Bihar court sentencing Nepali Maoists causes ripples in Nepal

The Patna High Court in Bihar last week sentenced a former Nepali Maoist minister, at least six sitting MPs and other senior party officials to two to six years’ jail in absentia and fined them between Indian Rs375,000 and Rs700,000.
Section: India  | Monday, September 12, 2011 17:34 IST

Nepal activists seeking new constitution ape Anna Hazare

Women activists in Nepal and human rights workers championing women's rights have begun a hungerstrike in capital city Kathmandu.
Section: World  | Friday, August 19, 2011 18:33 IST

$99 million World Bank aid for Indo-Nepal border energy pact

The funding is meant for the landmark Nepal-India Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (NIETTP) that will provide Nepal with at least 100 MW of additional electricity, to supplement its current electricity generation capacity of 698 MW and help minimise power blackouts.
Section: India  | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 20:15 IST

Nepal campaigners call for end to animal sacrifices

Deposed king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah refused to lend his voice to the campaign led by his niece-in-law, saying he was a "Hindu first".
Section: World  | Wednesday, November 24, 2010 18:45 IST

Nepalese man gets back hand gifted to goddess

A 23-year-old man who had chopped off his left hand and offered it to the Hindu goddess of power in eastern Nepal has regained the mutilated limb after doctors battled for nine hours to graft it back.
Section: World  | Thursday, August 9, 2007 13:49 IST

Indians held captive in Nepal hotel

Two Indians are languishing in a Kathmandu hotel where they have been held captive for over three months for no fault of theirs.
Section: World  | Tuesday, August 7, 2007 22:21 IST
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