Nepal News

Nepal's Hindi war: vice-president asked to take oath at 4 p.m.

The growing turmoil in Nepal over Vice President Paramananda Jha having to take his oath of office and secrecy again in Nepali headed for a climax Sunday with the government asking him to take afresh the oath at 4 p.m. and a defiant Jha indicating he was going on indefinite leave.2:02 PM on August 30

Bombers target Nepal's vice-president again

Nepal's embattled Vice-President Paramananda Jha, who had survived unscathed a bomb attack near his residence Friday, had a second narrow escape Saturday after police unearthed another bomb and defused it.9:30 PM on August 29

On his 51st birthday, MJ lives on - in Nepal

More than two months after he died of a drug overdose, which has now been ruled as homicide, `King of pop' Michael Jackson lives on - in Nepal.2:00 PM on August 29

Nepal vice president gets death threats over Hindi

Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Saturday ordered stringent action as embattled Vice President Paramananda Jha, caught in a snowballing row for taking oath of office in Hindi, received death threats with a bomb blast near his residence.1:31 PM on August 29

Nepal's Hindi war: Embattled vice president strikes back

Nepal's ongoing 'Hindi battle' saw a new twist Friday with embattled Vice President Paramananda Jha, who had been ordered by the apex court to re-take his oath of office in Nepali by Sunday or face dismissal, striking back.7:00 PM on August 28

Nepal's Hindi war: embattled vice president strikes back

Nepal's ongoing 'Hindi battle' received a new twist Friday with embattled Vice President Paramananda Jha, who had been ordered by the apex court to take afresh his oath of office in Nepali by Sunday or face dismissal, striking back.5:30 PM on August 28

Nepal police arrest dozens as Hindi row escalates

Nearly two dozen protesters were arrested Thursday for torching copies of a controversial Supreme Court judgment that has ordered the second-highest official in the state to take his oath of office in Nepali or face removal, escalating Nepal's ongoing Hindi row.4:32 PM on August 27

New Sobhraj battle from Oct 29

Nepal's Supreme Court said it will start hearing from Oct 29 yesteryear's 'Serpent' Charles Sobhraj's appeal in a nearly 30-year-old murder case that, for the first time in a crime career spanning two decades and several continents, found him guilty and put him behind bars with a life term.3:00 PM on August 27

Nepal's Hindi war: Pressure mounts on vice president

With only four days left for a Supreme Court ultimatum to end, Nepal's embattled Vice President Paramanada Jha, who triggered an unprecedented furore by taking his oath of office in Hindi last year, faced redoubled pressure Wednesday with both his own party and the Maoists asking him to quit.2:30 PM on August 26

Nepal village evicts Pune worker over swine flu fear

An ailing man who returned home in far western Nepal after falling ill in India's Pune city has been thrown out of his village due to mistaken fears that he had contracted swine flu and could infect others.1:00 PM on August 26

Could Charles Sobhraj be free in 2013?

Trapped in a legal labyrinth in Nepal after the Himalayan republic became the first country to find him guilty of murder, yesteryear's formidable crime maestro Charles Sobhraj could finally walk out a free man in 2013.12:00 PM on August 26

Nepal hops on to PAN bandwagon

Taking a cue from India, Nepal's new government has begun a campaign to up tax collections by making it mandatory for individual earners and institutions to have a permanent account number (PAN).3:32 PM on August 25

Who killed Nepal's king? Another theory surfaces

Eight tumultuous years after the massacre of Nepal's king Birendra and his entire family in the tightly guarded royal palace, fresh theories are still surfacing in this country about who plotted the bloodbath.2:32 PM on August 25

Permanent account number now mandatory in Nepal

Taking a cue from its southern neighbour India, the new government of Nepal has begun a campaign to increase tax collections by making it mandatory for individual earners as well as institutions to have a permanent account number (PAN).2:30 PM on August 25

India, Nepal pop stars team up for anti-trafficking drive

Pop stars from Nepal and India are teaming up for a series of concerts in Nepal's main cities for an anti-trafficking campaign sponsored by MTV.12:31 AM on August 25