LETTERS All are equal I was surprised by the news “Petty kings’ regal titles legit, says SC” published in THT on March 18 regarding the verdict of the Supreme Court (SC) in response to the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Om Prakash... 23 Mar, 2005
Most teachers lack training for multi-grade teaching: Study Renu KshetryKathmandu March 15:Over 64 per cent schools in the mountainous and the hilly regions do not have adequate teachers as per the number of grades and most of the teachers in these regions are compelled to take classes for more than one grade... Travel 15 Mar, 2005
ONCE-OVER 25 houses looted:RAUTAHAT: An armed gang of dacoits looted goods worth Rs 500,000 from 25 houses of four VDCs of the district on Tuesday. According to Rautahat district police office, one gang was responsible for the looting of houses at Suruatha,... Travel 10 Mar, 2005
ONCE-OVER Attack on NTV flayed:Kathmandu: Reporters Without Borders has condemned a raid by hundreds of Maoist rebels who ransacked and torched the public Nepal Television (NTV) in Kohalpur on 23 February. “It is unacceptable that the press, gagged on one... Travel 01 Mar, 2005
SOI Group celebrates anniversary Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, January 3: SOI Group Pvt Ltd — a leading business house — celebrated its anniversary recently in Kathmandu. While speaking at a programme organised on January 1, Captain R P Pradhan, executive chairman of the... 01 Mar, 2005
SC verdict on petty kings on March 17 Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, February 17:The Supreme Court (SC) said today that it will pronounce its verdict regarding a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging a legal provision which still allows conferment of the title of petty Kings on... Horoscopes 17 Feb, 2005
Cabinet can ratify Convention 169 Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 20:Minister of Local Development Krishna Gopal Shrestha said today that the government could ratify the ILO Convention 169 on the indigenous issues with the special cabinet decision. Shrestha was addressing the... Horoscopes 21 Jan, 2005
Ministry to increase food for education quotas Renu KshetryKathmandu, January 17:The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) is planning to increase the quota for food for education programmes as the demand of food by girl students is on the rise.Purna Bahadur Ranabhat, programme director of Food... Horoscopes 18 Jan, 2005
Food for education If attendance is one yardstick, the food for education scheme is a remarkable success in the Tarai and conflict-hit areas. Primary schools are teeming with students, who, in the absence of the programme, would have been chasing cattle in the fields.... 18 Jan, 2005
82 teams given climbing permits Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 1:The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation had given permission to 82 expedition teams from 19 different countries to scale thirty mountains from August to December last year. Among others, they were... Horoscopes 02 Jan, 2005
Statue seized POKHARA: Security forces seized a statue from a Russian national in Jomsom, the district headquarters of Mustang on Monday. The security forces informed they discovered the statue in his bag while conducting a search. The security forces however,... Travel 07 May, 2004
Royal couple gets civic receptions Himalayan News ServiceBaglung, April 4:King Gyanendra and Queen Komal received the civic reception at a programme organised today at district headquarters Baglung bazaar on the behalf of the local people of Baglung district.Earlier, chairman of... Travel 05 Apr, 2004
