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Ribery‚ Robben combine to give Bayern victory

Sun, 26 May 2013 09:07:11 +0545

LONDON: A brilliant Franco-Dutch move involving Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben in the final minutes settled a memorable all-German Champions League final as Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at Wembley on Saturday.
Frenchman Ribery's backheel allowed Dutchman Robben to break through a gap in the Dortmund defence and dance round g...Read More

Complete understanding an elusive idea: Says Khanal

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:13:41 +0545

KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal today ruled out the possibility of reaching complete political understanding among parties in relation to the Constituent Assembly election.
Khanal’s remark comes at a time when voices are being raised to accommodate dissident groups to hold the polls.
Khanal, who is also coordi...Read More

3 Nepalis hurt in Kabul attack

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:12:22 +0545

KATHMANDU: The Nepali Embassy in Pakistan, which concurrently looks after Afghanistan, today denied any Nepali national was killed in Friday’s terrorist attack on the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) office in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Ambassador Bharat Raj Paudyal, quoting a fellow Nepali worker in the IOM office, said at ...Read More

Deuba faction to meet Koirala on internal rift

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:11:21 +0545

KATHMANDU: The faction led by senior Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba is planning to meet party President Sushil Koirala to urge him to ‘correct recent appointments in the party’.
Koirala’s decision to make appointments in 42 departments of the party has irked the Deuba faction and given rise to fierce criticism...Read More

TMDP in bid to cobble Madhesi forces up

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:03:22 +0545

KATHMANDU: Tarai Madhes Democratic Party Chairman Mahantha Thakur took the initiative to end political untouchability among some Madhesi leaders by organising an informal gathering, but his goodwill gesture, as anticipated, was cold-shouldered by some Madhesi parties — Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Nepal, MJF-Democratic and Sadhbhavana Party....Read More

Yarsa hunt shuts Mugu schools

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:02:29 +0545

GAMGADHI: With most of the students heading to the upper belt for collection of yarsagumba and their teachers leaving for the district headquarters to appear in Teachers’ Service Commission examination, most of the schools in the remote parts of the district have been shut.
While most of the teachers are in Gamgadhi for the past two...Read More

Deal with Exim for Pokhara airport soon

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:46 +0545

POKHARA: Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Ram Kumar Shrestha today claimed that the government was going to strike an agreement with Exim Bank of China which has pledged to provide loan for the construction of the proposed Pokhara Regional International Airport.
Speaking at an interaction organised by Pokhara chapter of t...Read More

Gautam Buddha a philosopher of all religions: Regmi

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:02 +0545

BHAIRAHAWA: The 2557th Buddha Jayanti was observed amid a special programme in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, today.
Inaugurating the programme, Chairman of the Interim Election Council Khil Raj Regmi pledged government’s full support in the development, promotion and conservation of the holy place and necessary budget for...Read More

Village waits for docs‚ leaders to look at it

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:58:05 +0545

DIPAYAL: Uchhakot village in Doti has produced as many as 15 doctors; several others from here have become ministers and many have held powerful posts at policy-making level, but the look of this village has hardly changed for several years.
The village is still deprived of basic facilities like roads, hospitals, schools and drinking wat...Read More

Regional power games stalled meet: Syria oppn

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:46:12 +0545

ISTANBUL: Regional bids for influence over Syria’s divided opposition have stalled progress at a key meeting of the war-torn country’s main opposition group, blocking discussions on whether to hold peace talks with the regime, opposition members told AFP today.
The Syrian National Coalition is supposed to decide during its thr...Read More

Pro‚ anti-Gay activists

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:44:29 +0545

MOSCOW: Russian police say they detained at least 30 gay rights campaigners and their opponents at an unsanctioned rally in Moscow. The campaigners tried to unfurl banners denouncing the Kremlin-backed homophobic legislation in front of Russia’s lower house of parliament, but were attacked by Orthodox Christian vigilantes carrying icons an...Read More

Female suicide bomber injures 12

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:43:02 +0545

MAKHACHKALA: A female suicide bomber identified as a widow of two killed Islamists blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan today injuring at least 12, including two children and five police officers.
The bomber detonated an explosives-laden belt in the central square in the provincial capital, Makhachkala, Dagestan&rsqu...Read More

Assad forces shell Qusair‚ 4 killed

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:41:39 +0545

BEIRUT: Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad shelled a strategic western town today in their heaviest barrage of a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from there, activists said.
Pro-Assad troops, including fighters from the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, have been trying to push rebels out of Qusair. The Syrian state media said tro...Read More

British spies 'tried to recruit' Islamist attacker

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:40:16 +0545

LONDON: Britain’s intelligence agencies came under fresh scrutiny today over claims that MI5 tried to recruit one of two Islamists accused of butchering a soldier in London.
Abu Nusaybah, who says he is a childhood friend of murder suspect Michael Adebolajo, was arrested by counter-terrorism police shortly after making the claims on...Read More

17 die in school bus fire

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:38:38 +0545

LAHORE: Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early today when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their minibus to be engulfed in flames, police said.
Police officer Ijaz Ahmad said five children were also injured, three of whom were listed in critical condition, in the blaze in Gujrat about...Read More

World Thyroid Day observed

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:07:26 +0545

KATHMANDU: The World Thyroid Day (WTD) was observed today with the theme ‘make a difference to life; think thyroid, think life’. Various programmes were organised on the occasion to promote awareness and understanding of thyroid health.
Dr Dina Shrestha, consultant endocrinologist at the Norvic International Hospital, said th...Read More

Elderly killed in fire

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:05:22 +0545

KATHMANDU: Nhuchhelal Maharjan, 78, of Pandechhap, Kirtipur, died when his mudhouse caught fire on Friday. According to police, the fire spread to other parts of the two-storey house from the kitchen at around 10:30 am when Maharjan was cooking food. Police and local residents doused the blaze and recovered the man’s charred body later. Ma...Read More

Buddha Jayanti marked across the country

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:04:38 +0545

KATHMANDU: Buddhist communities throughout the country organised various programmes today to observe the 2557th Buddha Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism and messenger of peace., who was born in Lumbini in Nepal. On the occasion, the government and leaders of various political parties extended greetings and ...Read More

WOREC records 227 VAW cases in a month

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:03:22 +0545

KATHMANDU: Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) today said cases of violence against women are on the rise, saying it documented a total of 227 VAW cases in the month of Baishakh (mid April-mid May). It came across 105 cases of domestic violence, 10 murders, 65 rapes and 19 cases of social violence. WOREC said five attempted rape cases, s...Read More

Three Chinese mountaineers rescued

Sat, 25 May 2013 22:01:21 +0545

BHADRAPUR: Three Chinese mountaineers who were taken ill at the base camp of Mt. Kanchanjanga (28, 208 feet) have been rescued and sent to the capital by helicopter for treatment.
Those rescued mountaineers are Yangzechngul, Uangzhang and Dengluo (woman), according to Chief District Officer of Taplejung, Ki...Read More

Sapkota claims govt not focusing on election

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:49:34 +0545

KATHMANDU: The spokesperson for the Unified CPN-Maoist today said that the incumbent government will have to step down if it fails to hold election within mid-December.
Addressing a regular press briefing at the party headquarters in Kathmandu, Agni Sapkota expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of the Khil Raj Regmi-led governmen...Read More

One killed‚ 14 injured

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:48:48 +0545

OKHALDHUNGA: One person was killed and 14 others injured when a bus heading to Katari from Okhaldhunga met with an accident at Kettuke-3, Baluwakhani along the Okhaldhunga-Harkapur road section along the Siddhicharan Highway on Saturday morning. The deceased has been identified as Dinanath Ghimire, 63, of Chandragadhi-8, Jhapa. There were a tota...Read More

Ban urges parties to stick to their timetable

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:46:43 +0545

KATHMANDU: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the political parties in Nepal to maintain momentum by overcoming all residue political obstacles to ensure next election within the existing timetable.
Issuing a press statement late yesterday, the UN chief also encouraged all the stakeholders to be glued to the 11-point a...Read More

Woman found dead in forest

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:46:02 +0545

BARA: The body of a 28-year-old woman, who had gone missing yesterday afternoon, was found in a forest in Tangiyabasti, Bara, today. The deceased has been identified as Pramila Lohani of Haraiya in Bara.
Police suspected it to be a case of rape and murder. The body has been sent to Narayani Sub-regional Hospital, Birgunj, for post-mortem,...Read More

VDCs lagging far behind on waste management front‚ govt to act soon

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:43:58 +0545

KATHMANDU: The government is planning to launch waste management programme in 10 adjoining village development committees in Lalitpur district. In a bid to manage cities waste, village development committees, where majority of the people live, are entirely neglected on the waste management front. There are 3,913 village development committees an...Read More

Baidhya will be back home when he wakes up: Dahal

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:43:23 +0545

KATHMANDU: The Chairman of the CPN-Maoist Mohan Baidhya is in deep slumber and, of course, dreaming too. That’s what the Chairman of the Chairman of the
Unified CPN-Maoist, the party from which Baidhya broke away and formed his party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal thinks.
Dahal today said that the day when Mohan Baidhya will return to ...Read More

India ambassador visits Sadbhawana Party chief

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:40:58 +0545

KATHMANDU: Ambassador of India to Nepal Jayant Prasad visited Sadbhawana Party Chairman Rajendra Mahato at the Bir Hospital today and enquired about his health. Ambassador Prasad was accompanied by Deputy Chief of Mission Jaideep Majumdar.
Mahato, who had been staging a hunger strike since Tuesday was evicted from the protest site and ad...Read More

Fraudster caught

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:40:19 +0545

KATHMANDU: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has arrested Keshav Lama Pakhrin (32) of Netragunj, Sarlahi, who had been absconding after the Foreign Employment Tribunal on April 2 sentenced him to two years in jail and imposed a fine of two lakh rupees on him for defrauding seven foreign job seekers of one million rupees.
The defenda...Read More

Workers fall to death

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:38:19 +0545

KATHMANDU: Two workers died after they fell off under-construction houses in separate places of the Kathmandu Valley on Friday, police said. Krishna Gurung, 27, of Fulbari, Okhaldhunga, died after he fell off the fourth floor of Karmu Tamang’s house in Swoyambhu. Investigators said he died while receiving treatment at the Balaju-based Jana...Read More

Two in bid to extort manpower agent held

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:37:35 +0545

KATHMANDU:Police arrested Arjun Lama (35) and Kaman Singh Tamang (30) of Kavre district while they were trying to extort Mohamad Mustaque, the proprietor of Panchakumari-based Sanna International Recruiting Services in the Capital, yesterday.
Plainclothes cops surrounded the office acting on intelligence inputs that a two-member gang was...Read More

Three Star hammer Deshbhakta; RCT win

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:35:00 +0545

KATHMANDU: Skipper Santosh Sahukhala scored a hat-trick as Laxmi Bank Three Star Club trounced Deshbhakta Youth Club of Nawalparsi 6-0, while Ranipokhari Corner Team (RCT) edged Nepal APF Club 2-1 in the Group ‘B’ matches of the Gurkha Cup here at the Dasharath Stadium today.
Apart from Sahukhala, midfielder Yogesh Gurung and ...Read More

Gurung lifts title

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:32:31 +0545

KATHMANDU: Maj Ganga Bahadur Gurung won the title of the Ballantine’s Monthly Medal Golf Tournament here at the Royal Nepal Golf Club on Saturday. The 17-handicap golfer Gurung scored net 66 to lift the title. Capt ML Thapa came second at 67, while Neeraj SJB Rana finished third on count back after he was tied with Mithun Rai, Shree Jay Ac...Read More

Rogers to return with Los Angeles Galaxy

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:30:51 +0545

NEW YORK: Former US soccer international Robbie Rogers, who came out as gay and retired from the game in February, is to join Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy, USA Today reported on Friday.
The newspaper’s website said Rogers had agreed terms with the Galaxy and the team later announced a press conference for a “player a...Read More

Sherpa wins Gokarna Monthly Medal

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:29:37 +0545

KATHMANDU: Ang Dendi Sherpa won the title of the Surya Nepal Gokarna Monthly Medal Golf Tournament here at the Gokarna Golf Club today.
Sherpa played a round of six-under 66 to register three-stroke victory over Brian Fawcett. Fawcett finished runner-up on count back after he was tied on 69 with Rekha Ghimire. Ghimire ended up as second r...Read More

Dravid hints retirement from IPL

Sat, 25 May 2013 21:27:55 +0545

KOLKATA: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid has indicated that he will retire from the IPL, after the Champions League T20 this year.
“I am 41 and 12 months are a long way ahead,” was Dravid’s reply to a media query on whether he will play the next season of the IPL. With the Royals qualifying for the Champions Leagu...Read More