Kathmandu: One of the key suspects in the Kanpur train derailment in November has been arrested from Tribhuvan International Airport here after being deported from Dubai. A special team of Nepal Police arrested Samshul Hoda along with three others. Hoda has been detained from the Tribhuvan International Airport yesterday, said Deputy Inspector General of Police […]

Kathmandu: Yoga guru Ramdev has landed in a controversy in Nepal after a media report claimed that Patanjali Ayurved group invested more than Rs 150 crore in the country without official approval. The Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act requires any foreign investor to get permission from the Investment Board Nepal or the Department of […]

Nepal: Maoist chief Prachanda was on Wednesday elected by lawmakers as Nepal’s Prime Minister for a second time. The 61-year-old leader promised to lead the nation toward economic development and work as a bridge between communities following deadly protests over a divisive new Constitution. Though Pushpa Kamal Dahal — better known by his nom de […]

Mangaluru : Nine tourists from Dakshina Kannada, who had been to Pokhara in Nepal, are safe and on their way back to Nagarkot. Vathika Pai from Nirmala Travels said nine persons from different parts of the district had left Mangaluru a few days ago to Pokhara, which is about 80 km from the epicentre of […]

Kathmandu : Two people, including a child, were killed when an elephant went on rampage in a Nepal village on Sunday. The elephant killed Upendra Mahato, 30, and two-and-half-year-old Hiriya Mahato at Haripur-1 in Sarlahi district, around 230 km from here, reports Xinhua. While Upendra was attacked and killed in his field, Hiriya was killed […]

Imphal : An earthquake of slight intensity, measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, jolted Churachandpur region of Manipur today. The quake, which struck at 3.37 AM today, was measured 4.2 on the Richter scale, the India Meteorological Department said. The epicentre of the quake was located at 24.3 degrees north on the latitude and 93.1 […]

Kathmandu : At least 90 pilgrims, mostly Indians, were killed today when an overcrowded bus skidded off the road and plunged into the Gandak Canal in southern Nepal. The bus was carrying135 Hindu pilgrims, mostly from Uttar Pradesh, to a temple in Nawalparasi district, 150 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu, police officials in Nawalparasi […]

New Delhi: Two girls and four young women who were forced into prostitution have been rescued from the capital’s red light area, Delhi Police said Tuesday. They were brought to the city five months ago from different parts of India and Nepal one after another by a 26-year-old man, a police official said. The man, […]

Bangalore: Even as the state is reeling under drought conditions and when the government has made it a point to ministers and officials against going on foreign tours, the State BJP President has sprung a surprise by embarking on a foreign tour along with his family on May 7, Monday. Eshwarappa and family is expected […]