IN BRIEF Lightning kills oneKATHMANDU: Sher Bahadur Lama, 24, was killed on Monday when lightning struck his house at Baluwa in Kathmandu. Police said four others escaped unhurt. The thunderbolt also damaged two storied house of Sahila Lama of the same... Horoscopes 29 Mar, 2005
MIDWAY : Fear of felines Abhaya Raj Joshi: It was just an ordinary day, like any other one. I woke up late as usual and ate my breakfast at lightning speed to rush to the school. The sun was shining bright and I was brimming with confidence. “Just an ordinary day,” I... 24 Feb, 2005
MIDWAY : My guardian angel Barsha Ghimire: It was the freezing month of December and rained cats and dogs that particularly dark night. Streaks of lightning bolts followed by deafening thunderclaps made me shiver with cold and fear. I was nervous since there were no taxis around... 01 Feb, 2005
Rain disrupts play in Centurian Test Agence France PresseCenturion, January 23:A lightning storm stopped play early on the third afternoon of the fifth and final Test between South Africa and England at Centurion Park on Sunday. England were 79 for three at the stoppage in reply to South... 23 Jan, 2005
Flintoff slices through South African middle order Associated PressCenturion, January 22:England’s Andrew Flintoff took two wickets in one over after tea to send South Africa tumbling to 247 for nine when lightning and bad light brought an early end to play on Saturday in the fifth Test. Flintoff... 22 Jan, 2005
Small things bright ’n beautiful God loved the flowers and invented soil.” — Jacques DevalKathmandu: She probably shares God’s passion for Nature’s little beauties and named it Petals. No, this is not the name of a new flower store but the name of the latest beauty parlour in... Travel Abroad 22 Jan, 2005
AGENDA : This dying Earth is weeping so... Natural calamities are very hard to predict even in developed countries like the US and Japan. Till date no system, which can detect natural calamities, precisely, has been developed but its effects can be minimised.• Don’t panic• Don’t rush... Travel Abroad 08 Jan, 2005
ONCE-OVER Show cause to govt bodiesKathmandu: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday issued show cause notices to the government authorities on why they have been discriminating women while recruiting police personnel. A single bench of justice Badri Kumar Basnet... Travel 22 Jun, 2004
MIDWAY : Begging trends Prem Thapa I woke up to a faint voice from my mid-day nap. At the door stood a sadhu: Shanti ke naam pe dedo, he called out. Ever since the staff strength was culled, I was the only one at the sales counter. Unimpressive as the tourist influx was, a... 17 Jun, 2004
TOPICS : Forced conscription roils Russians Fred Weir Olga and Grigory Ossovsky lost one son in military service and have struggled long to keep their second boy out of the Army. They blame Russia’s system of universal male conscription for devastating their family and say it’s time Kremlin... 18 May, 2004
ONCE-OVER Dhading DDC chief quits DHADING: The nominated chairman of Dhading district development committee (DDC), Mohan Kumar Shrestha, resigned at a press conference organised in the district headquarters, Dhading Bazaar, on Sunday. Explaining that a new... Travel 07 May, 2004
SNIPPETS 2,800 machineguns seizedHONG KONG: Hong Kong customs officials have seized 2,800 sub-machineguns and 25,000 unloaded magazines being shipped to the United States from Malaysia, the government said on Monday. While shipping arms through the territory is... Women 04 May, 2004
