ONCE-OVER Indian assistanceKATHMANDU: The government of India has agreed to provide Rs 29.4 million for the construction of a Nursing Campus building in Morang. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed between the Embassy of India, District... Travel 07 Oct, 2006
ONCE-OVER Drive against sacrifice :Itahari: Shrastha Manch of Itahari on Saturday staged a programme at the local Dakshinkali Temple against the large-scale animal sacrifice that occurs mainly during the Dashain festival. Members of the Manch urged locals, who... Travel 30 Sep, 2006
CRIME WATCH Robbers’ held :KATHMANDU: Three members of a group were arrested from Baluwatar on Monday while they were planning to carry out robberies in the valley, SP at the Valley Crime Investigation Branch, Hanumandhoka, said, adding three others, Bipin Thapa... Horoscopes 16 Aug, 2006
Remote Chitwan cave awaits publicity Chitwan, July 14:The ancient and archeological Nok Cave situated in remote mountainous Lothar VDC of Chitwan district is awaiting publicity for promotion as tourist site. The historic cave situated at 1,550m in the northern slope of Kamenchuli... Travel 15 Jul, 2006
ONCE-OVER Royals to visit Solu ITAHARI: King Gyanendra and Queen Komal are scheduled to leave here for Solukhumbu district in the Sagarmatha Zone on Sunday. The royal couple are visiting Solukhumbu to acquire information on the state of affairs in the district... Travel 01 Jul, 2006
once-over DFO padlockedGAIGHAT: Employees of the Udayapur District Forest Office padlocked the office gate on Monday demanding release of three Chitwan National Park employees, who are in police custody. The daily work of the office was obstructed by the lock... Travel 26 Jun, 2006
Rs 1m for martyr’s kin BAGLUNG: The government on Saturday provided one million rupees in cash and a letter of felicitation to the family of Govinda Nath Sharma, who was killed during the Jana Andolan in Parbat. Wives of the deceased, Gita and Bhagawati received the cash and... Travel 24 Jun, 2006
Probe team returns to Kathmandu Pokhara, June 21 :The high-level judicial probe commission led by former Supreme Court judge Krishna Jung Rayamajhi, which reached here on Monday to probe incidents of human rights violation during Janandolan-2 in different districts of Gandaki and... Travel 21 Jun, 2006
UML, Maoists lock horns over Parbat DDC affair Kathmandu, June 20 :Leaders of the CPN-Maoist and UML today locked horns over the incident in Parbat where the Maoists have appointed one of their cadres as the acting president of the District Development Committee (DDC).According to a report, the... Travel 21 Jun, 2006
Probe team to leave for west Kathmandu, June 12 :A team including chairperson of the High Level Investigation Commission and former Supreme Court judge Krishna Jung Rayamajhi and member Ram Prasad Shrestha are to leave Kathmandu tomorrow for the mid-western and far-western region... Horoscopes 12 Jun, 2006
Once-over Property lootedNEPALGUNJ: Alleged Maoists on Friday night looted a house belonging to CPN-UML Gobre Prasad Barma and also beat up six persons in Khurd Khajura of Banke. Around 60 looters, claiming to be cadres of Madheshi Morcha of the Maoists, looted... Travel 03 Jun, 2006
Maoists release ten persons Surkhet, May 30:The Maoists yesterday released ten persons, including five teachers of the proposed Kalapani Lower Secondary School, Surkhet, whom they had abducted on May 17.The Maoists released the abductees after much pressure from human rights... Travel 31 May, 2006