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  Facebook raises funds for Nepal earthquake victims

  World | May 02, 2015 12:50 IST

  Kathmandu: Social networking website Facebook has raised funds over $10 million within two days to support earthquake-torn Nepal.The Himalayan nation was rattled by a powerful earthquake measuring 7.9 on Richter Scale on April 25 which

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  Fear looms large as people of Kathmandu return to homes

  World | May 02, 2015 12:24 IST

  Kathmandu: Though thousands of residents of the Nepali capital living in tents since a devastating quake jolted the country last week, have started to return to their houses, the fear of the temblor's return is

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  No possibility of finding more quake survivors, says Nepal govt

  World | May 02, 2015 9:31 IST

  Kathmandu: A week after a massive earthquake hit Nepal, Nepal's government ruled out the possibility of finding more survivors buried in the rubble."It has already been one week since the disaster. We are trying our

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  Nepal govt renews its appeal for more tents, food supplies

  World | May 02, 2015 8:31 IST

  Kathmandu: Nepal's government renewed its appeal to international donors to send tents, tarpaulins and basic food supplies in the wake of last weekend's devastating earthquake, saying some of the items being sent are of little

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  Over 2,50,000 buildings damaged in Nepal quake

  World | May 01, 2015 16:32 IST

  Kathmandu: Around 1.4 lakh buildings have been completely destroyed in Nepal due to the powerful temblor that flattened houses and uprooted electric poles and trees besides killing over 6,300 people.The 7.9-magnitude Saturday earthquake, the country's

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  Nepal earthquake: 5 major losses to Nepal's historic structures!

  World | May 01, 2015 14:44 IST

  The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that took the lives of over 6,000 people could only be described as a never ending 'nightmare.'During this disaster the country witnessed many of its cultural heritages turning into rubbles and losing

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  Top 11 Major News Events for today!

  India | May 01, 2015 10:00 IST

  1. Foreign Secretary to visit NepalForeign Secretary S. Jaishankar will visit quake-hit Kathmandu today to take stock of the situation. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval would also be accompanying the Foreign Secretary during his visit

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  Nepal quake toll may go up to 15,000; two miraculously rescued

  World | April 30, 2015 22:54 IST

  Kathmandu: Miraculous pullouts of a teenaged boy and a woman alive today lifted the gloom on a rainy day while three fresh aftershocks kept people on edge, even as Nepal's Army Chief feared that the

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  Nepal may let Everest climbs restart despite massive quake

  World | April 30, 2015 21:29 IST

  Kathmandu, Nepal: Despite a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake that triggered a landslide that killed 19 people at Everest base camp, government and trekking officials in Nepal said Thursday that expeditions to summit Mt. Everest may

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  India dispatches 8,450 tents to quake-hit Nepal

  India | April 30, 2015 21:20 IST

  New Delhi: A total of 8,450 tents were dispatched to Nepal on Thursday for people affected by the devastating earthquake, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said here.An NDRF statement said 750 tents received from

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  Quake-hit Nepal's capital slowly returns to normalcy

  World | April 30, 2015 20:56 IST

  Kathmandu:  Five days after a powerful earthquake jolted Nepal, its capital is slowly limping back to normalcy, with shops opening in several areas and electricity being restored partially in the quake-hit country.  There is also

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  Teenager rescued from rubble 5 days after Nepal quake

  World | April 30, 2015 17:09 IST

  Kathmandu: A long-absent noise — cheers — rang out in Nepal 's capital Thursday as rescuers pulled a teenager alive from the earthquake rubble he had been trapped in for five days. The joy interrupted

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  Nepal economy shattered by quake, recovery to take years

  World | April 30, 2015 16:49 IST

  Kathmandu: What took moments to flatten will take years to rebuild.In mere seconds a powerful earthquake devastated a swathe of Nepal. Rebuilding the impoverished Himalayan nation's fragile economy will require a long slog, financed by

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  We work in consultation with Nepal, says India

  India | April 30, 2015 14:53 IST

  Kathmandu: India made it clear on Thursday that its rescue teams were working in consultation with Nepalese authorities, after coming under attack from a section of the Nepalese media.India has the largest rescue team in

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  Nepal earthquake death toll rises to 5,489

  World | April 30, 2015 12:36 IST

  Kathmandu: The toll in the massive earthquake that devastated Nepal has risen to 5,489, the Nepalese home ministry said on Thursday.As many as 10,965 people were injured.According to the National Emergency Operation Centre, Sindhupalchowk is

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  After quake, epidemic fears surround Nepal

  World | April 30, 2015 17:48 IST

  Kathmandu: After the deadly earthquake which has caused death of more than 5000 people, Nepal fears an epidemic in the open camps designated for the victims.Due to unhygienic sanitation conditions and lack of water supply

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  500-year-old Kathmandu temple turned to rubble after quake

  World | April 29, 2015 16:39 IST

  Kathmandu: The devastating earthquake that struck the Nepalese capital has turned the 500-year-old Kashtamandap temple to rubble, killing several under the debris of the historic structure from which the city derives its name.Incidentally, on the

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  Nepal declines help from Taiwan, New Zealand

  World | April 29, 2015 14:28 IST

  Kathmandu: Overwhelmed with the foreign aid pouring in and finding it difficult to direct it to the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit the Himalayan nation, Nepal has declined help from Taiwan and New

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  A cold, dreary night out in the open in Kathmandu

  World | April 29, 2015 13:20 IST

  Kathmandu: Kathmandu's quake survivors are spending miserable nights under leaking plastic sheets and small tents in the open, fearful of aftershocks and anguished by skyrocketing prices of essential commodities.This IANS correspondent went to Tundi Khel,

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  #NepalDevastated: Life slowly moving to normalcy in Kathmandu

  World | April 29, 2015 11:02 IST

  Kathmandu: Life in Nepal's capital Kathmandu is slowly moving towards normalcy on Wednesday after the Himalayan nation was hit by a devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale on April 25.Over 600 aftershocks of