Forest ministry blocks Fewa foot track plan POKHARA: The forest ministry has prohibited the ongoing construction of a foot track around the Fewa Lake. The move came in the view of possibility of destruction of the Rabiban Forest on the bank of the lake and the chance of the lake being... Travel 18 Jun, 2008
Cycle, horse tracks along Fewa planned Pokhara, May 31:With an aim to control pollution and encroachment of land around the Fewa Lake, the City Development Committee Kaski has initiated the construction of foot path, bicycle track and horse track, president of the committee Bishwo Prakash... Travel 01 Jun, 2008
Botched bungalows In the event of an earthquake measuring 8 or higher on the Richter scale, 60 per cent of infrastructure in Kathmandu will collapse, largely owing to their violation of building codes during construction. In Pokhara, of 1,500 houses built each year,... 29 May, 2008
On the apple pie trail Kathmandu:Let’s go out of Kathmandu,” quipped the spouse over his morning cuppa. It had been some time since we moved to the languid Himalayan kingdom. Just as we were discussing where to go, one of our friends called. They were heading for a close... Travel Abroad 08 Mar, 2008
TLF captures royal land Pokhara, June 6: The pro-Maoist Tam-uwan Liberation Front (TLF) today claimed it has captured over 50 ropanis of land in Pokhara belonging to the royal family. It said the group has also hoisted party flags on the land.TLF cadres said while one plot... Travel 07 Jun, 2007
ONCE-OVER Body found in FewaPOKHARA: The body of a youth, who went missing in Fewa Lake a week ago, was found floating on the waters on Tuesday. Manish Pariyar, 22, of Godavari in Kathmandu, went missing while kayaking in the lake. His body was handed over to... Travel 07 Jun, 2007
ONCE-OVER UML man abductedRAUTAHAT: Unidentified men on Monday night whisked away Bharat Bhattarai, the village committee secretary of the CPN-UML in Rautahat from his house at Rangapur VDC-3, Bhattarai’s relatives said on Tuesday. In a statement, chief of the... Travel 30 May, 2007
Campaign to rid Fewa of hyacinth kicks off Pokhara, May 11:A month-long campaign to rid the Fewa Lake of water hyacinth kicked off here today.Some 60 paid workers in the coordination of the Phewa Lake Environment Improvement Committee (PLEIC) have started removing hyacinth from Dhalkewar and... Travel 12 May, 2007
BIZ BRIEFS Fewa festival startsPOKHARA: The 4th Fewa Festival began at Pokhara yesterday amidst much fanfare. The festival is aimed at increasing domestic and foreign tourists on the occasion of the Nepali New Year. Celebrated by the side of Fewa Lake, the... 08 Apr, 2007
Go get your dose of thrill pill Kathmandu:It goes without saying that owing to her immense wealth of natural resources and amicable climatic conditions, Nepal is emerging as one of the best destinations for adventure sports in the world. And the need to exploit this opportunity is... Travel Abroad 09 Mar, 2007
Trip of our lifetime The students of Class IX of NK Singh Memorial EPS School were taken to Pokhara on an educational on January 7. Though we left at eight in the morning, we were stranded at Kalimati due to a road blockade. We were finally on our way at 4:30 pm and... Travel Abroad 17 Jan, 2007
Wonderful Pokhara moments The students of Classes XI and XII were taken on a trip to the lovely city of Pokhara.We started early and sang songs along the way, stopped for lunch at Kurintar and when we saw the signboard saying ‘Welcome to Pokhara’, our joy knew no bounds.At... Travel Abroad 10 Jan, 2007
