In a stellar show of indomitable spirit, Arunima Sinha became the first woman in the world to conquer Mt. Everest with prosthetic legs, when she successfully climbed the world's highest peak Tuesday. The 26-year-old scaled the peak at 10.55 a.m. carrying the tri-colour. The achievement coincides with the 60th anniversary of the first conquest of the Mt Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay May 29, 1953. Groomed by the first Indian woman to scale Mt. Everest Bachendri Pal at the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) in Uttar Kashi, Arunima completed her expedition journey from Kathman...
Published On: 2013-05-21

DETROIT: Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper's songs. Eight Mile Style filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit on Monday, alleging that a Facebook ad that was broadcast online last month copied music from Eminem's 2000 song "Under the Influence." The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/10LFB2N ) the 30-second ad was featured in a webcast by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to announce Facebook Home, an interface for Android phones. The complaint says ad agency Wieden+Kennedy of Portland, Ore., copied Em...
Published On: 2013-05-21

BERLIN: Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany. Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs March 28 when Bieber failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal after landing in Munich. He had until midnight Friday to produce those documents. Customs spokesman Thomas Meister said after offices opened following a holiday weekend that officials received no documents. He said the customs authority will formally transfer ownership of the animal to the German state on Tuesday. Bieber will then have six weeks to contest the decision. It wasn'...
Published On: 2013-05-21

PRAGUE: Rail passengers searching for love in the Czech capital need look no further than the daily commute as the city makes plans to designate carriages on its underground trains for singles. Prague transport company Ropid wants to set aside carriages on some or all of its trains for singles seeking a soul mate, a service that could launch by the end of this year. The city-owned company will start polling passengers to determine whether they would be interested. Spokesman Filip Drapal said the initiative was one of the activities the city-owned company hoped would lure people out of their...
Published On: 2013-05-21

QUINCY: Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild — from an acupuncturist. Dexter and Fletcher Moon, juvenile Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, remained calm as acupuncturist Claire McManus gently tapped more than a dozen needles into their grayish-green, leathery skin during a therapy session intended to decrease inflammation and swelling on their front flippers, restore a full range of motion on those limbs and help the animals regain their appetites. "There a...
Published On: 2013-05-21

PRABUDHA JUNG KHADKA is the managing director of Red Carpet Nepal – Endless Entertainment, an event management company established in 2007. Also the director of Khadka Complex, he is planning to launch agro farm business within this year. Khadka shares his passion for cars with THT Auto Plus. MY FIRST DRIVE I first drove a Toyota SE limited. MY CRUISING PARTNER Currently I am driving a Honda Brio. Its steering mounted audio controls, interiors, design, luxury and overall performance are impressive. HOW I MASTERED DRIVING We had a Land Cruiser and so I wanted to learn to drive ...
Published On: 2013-05-21

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday: 1. TORNADO ROARS THROUGH OKLAHOMA CITY SUBURBS The twister, with winds up to 200 mph, reduces block after residential block to ruins and leaves dozens dead. 2. A RARE AND DEADLY COINCIDENCE Monday's powerful storm followed roughly the same route as a killer twister that slammed the region in 1999. 3. THE PATH THAT LED TO A $1.1 BILLION PAYDAY David Karp dropped out of high school, then created Tumblr, which has been acquired by Yahoo in a blockbuster deal. 4. WHO WAS OUT OF THE LOOP...
Published On: 2013-05-21

KATHMANDU: If you are planning to buy a new bike then Honda is coming up with its latest offering — CB Trigger 150 cc. According to a source at Syakar Trading Company, authorised distributor of Honda two-wheelers in Nepal, the bike will be launched in domestic market by August. “We are very optimistic about the bike, as it’s stylish yet has really impressive performance,” the source said. However, he said the price of the bike has not been fixed. According to him, they expect the new CB Trigger to outperform their own Dazzler 150 cc, in order to stand its ground a...
Published On: 2013-05-20

KATHMANDU: Sipradi Trading Pvt Ltd, authorised distributor of Tata Motors, launched its premium hatchback — all-new Tata Vista D90 — in the Nepali market on May 20. The latest offering from the Tata stable was jointly unveiled by Gurinder Singh, country manager for Nepal and Bhutan, passenger vehicles business unit, Tata Motors and Shambhu Dahal, chief executive officer at Sipradi. “The Vista D90 is altogether a new car which is power-packed, has first-in-class technologies and sportier looks for thrill-seeking car buyers,” said Singh, adding that they have been re...
Published On: 2013-05-20

LONDON: Two microscope slides bearing the blood of former Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi are to go on sale in London on Tuesday and are expected to fetch from 10,000 pounds to 15,000 pounds. The slides were obtained in 1924 when the father of the Indian independence movement was recovering from an appendectomy near Mumbai. He was thought to have donated the blood to the family he was staying with at the time. "To Gandhi devotees, it has the same status as a sacred relic to a Christian," said Richard Westwood-Brookes, a historical documents expert at Mullock's auctioneers which is sel...
Published On: 2013-05-20