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Nepal to resume international flights on selected destinations from September 1
News | Aug 22, 2020, 04:08 PM ISTGovernment of Nepal has decided to resume International flights in selected destinations starting from September 1 abiding by safety measures.
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Landslides disrupt vehicular movement on Nepal's Prithvi Highway
News | Jul 21, 2020, 01:28 PM ISTVehicular movement on Prithvi Highway in Nepal was disrupted on Monday due to landslides triggered by incessant rainfall at different places.
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Temples remain shut in Kathmandu as devotees offer prayers on third Monday of 'Sawan'
News | Jul 20, 2020, 11:20 AM ISTIn the ongoing pious month of 'Sawan,'devotees offered prayers outside Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu.
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Swarm of locusts attacks Nepal's Kathmandu
News | Jul 01, 2020, 11:10 AM ISTThe fear of locusts has grown wider in the country. The swarm of locusts attacked in Nepal's capital Kathmandu.
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Nepal's lower house passes new map which includes India's Kalapani, Lipulekh
News | Jun 13, 2020, 11:01 PM ISTNepal's lower houses of Parliament on June 13 passed a controversial bill which validate country's claim on Indian territory.
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COVID-19 further spread in Nepal as people from India coming without proper checking: PM Oli
News | May 25, 2020, 11:40 PM ISTNepal Prime Minister KP Oli on May 25 said the people from India are coming into the country without "prospering checking" which has contributed to the further spread of coronavirus in the Himalayan country.
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Mahashivratri: Over 6,000 saints offered prayers at Kathmandu's Pashupatinath Temple
World | Feb 21, 2020, 07:36 PM ISTMore than 6,000 saints, including from India, have arrived in Kathmandu for offering prayers at the famed Pashupatinath Temple on Friday on the occasion of Mahashivaratri, the festival dedicated to Lord Shiva.
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Nepal to include yoga in school curriculum
World | Jan 13, 2020, 01:29 PM IST"Through an integrated approach, certain topics about yoga will be included as part of the compulsory subjects such as English and Nepali. However the students can make choice between yoga, Ayurveda and natural medicine as optional subjects," said Kapri, adding that these courses will be implemented from the upcoming academic session.
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Nepal completes 83% of post-earthquake reconstruction
World | Dec 27, 2019, 12:21 PM ISTPost-2015 earthquake, Nepal government officials reported that 83 per cent of the reconstruction has been completed. The reconstruction work was put on fast track as it entered its fifth year.
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Pak missions in Dhaka, Kathmandu new dens of ISI operations
India | Oct 20, 2019, 08:49 AM ISTThe role of the Pakistan Ambassador to Nepal, Mazhar Javed, is also under the scanner for fomenting anti-India sentiments in key Nepalese groups influential in Kathmandu.
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China inks most ambitious rail deal to connect Tibet with Kathmandu
World | Oct 14, 2019, 08:58 AM ISTNepal shares a long border with Tibet and is home to around 20,000 Tibetan exiles. Every year some 2,500 Tibetans illegally enter Nepal crossing Tibetan border on their way to Dharamshala to meet the 84-year-old Dalai Lama.
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5 Chinese nationals arrested for stealing money from ATM in Kathmandu
World | Sep 01, 2019, 07:48 PM ISTPresenting the arrested here on Sunday, the police said they had seized Nepalese Rs 12.64 million and some foreign currencies from them.
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Pakistan embassy official in Kathmandu helped Dawood aides carry fake Indian currency racket
India | Jun 07, 2019, 11:19 AM ISTSources said that Rs 2,000 Indian currency notes are being printed by Inter Services intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan at a high security printing press in Karachi. While D-Company is one of the distributors for FICN, a major bulk of fake notes are being smuggled into Bangladesh through the sea route.
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Buddha Air starts its journey from Kolkata Airport
India | May 27, 2019, 05:09 PM IST"On its inaugural flight, 56 passengers arrived from Nepal's capital city Kathmandu by flight number U4 163," an official statement of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport said.
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'Terrorism great threat to peace and security': BIMSTEC calls for holding accountable states encouraging terror
World | Aug 31, 2018, 08:35 PM ISTThe declaration issued at the end of the two-day BIMSTEC summit called for identifying and holding accountable States, non-State entities that encourage, support or finance terrorism.
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PM Modi arrives in Nepal to attend 4th BIMSTEC Summit
India | Aug 30, 2018, 09:24 AM ISTPM Modi was welcomed by Nepal's Defence Minister Ishwar Pokhrel upon arrival.
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PM Modi in Nepal: 'India stands shoulder to shoulder with the people of Nepal'
World | May 11, 2018, 10:18 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart K P Sharma Oli today jointly inaugurated a direct bus service between Janakpur and Ayodhya - the two sacred cities for Hindus.
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Nepal: Confusion between ATC and pilot led to Kathmandu plane crash
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US-Bangla Airlines aircraft crash-lands at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan airport, at least 50 dead
World | Mar 12, 2018, 06:59 PM ISTAs many as 71 persons, including four crew members, were on-board when the incident happened. While 37 were Bangladeshis, 32 were Nepalis, one Chinese and one Maldivian nationals.
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US-Bangla airlines passenger aircraft crashes at Nepal's Kathmandu airport, 20 dead
News | Mar 12, 2018, 04:41 PM IST