Nepal News

Dabur juice-laden truck used to smuggle hashish from Nepal: report

The Nepal police Tuesday arrested two Indians near the India-Nepal border while trying to smuggle out hashish hidden between cartons of fruit juice manufactured by Dabur Nepal, wholly owned subsidiary of Indian ayurvedic giant Dabur India, a TV report said.10:33 PM on October 14

3 killed in Nepal as festival truce ends

A blast in a market in southern Nepal Tuesday, the last day of a long Hindu festival celebrated throughout the Himalayan republic, killed three people and signified the end of a truce called by armed groups.9:01 PM on October 14

3 killed in Nepal as festival truce ends

A blast in a market in southern Nepal Tuesday, the last day of a long Hindu festival celebrated throughout the Himalayan republic, killed three people and signified the end of a truce called by armed groups.8:33 PM on October 14

Controversial composer brings grief to Sobhraj's family

A highly controversial American composer has brought grief to Charles Sobhraj's new family in Nepal by making 'jokes' about the alleged serial killer's life and lifestyle, which were aired as authentic expert information by a Nepali television channel Monday.8:01 PM on October 14

Three killed in Nepal blast

Three members of a family were killed Tuesday when a bomb exploded at a busy market in Nepal's southern district of Rauthat, a media report said.7:01 PM on October 14

Defiant 'Mrs Sobhraj' takes on the world

Defying the new wave of negative publicity following her claim that she had married yesteryears' 'Bikini killer' Charles Sobhraj in a traditional Nepali ceremony in prison Thursday, Nihita Biswas, the 20-year-old Nepali woman, Sunday strode into Kathmandu's Central Prison saying she was visiting her 'husband'.6:31 PM on October 12

Nepal still a monarchy in Indian embassy website

In an era when people are accessing the Internet to get the latest information, the Indian embassy in Nepal seems left behind. Having not updated their website for at least six years, it still calls the Himalayan republic a 'parliamentary democracy with constitutional monarchy'.5:00 PM on October 12

Nepal still a monarchy in obsolete Indian embassy website

Nepal is a constitutional monarchy whose recent highest-level contact with neighbour India is the visit by King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya and the Indian government is supporting Nepal's fight against Maoist terror activities. This is not information from history books but statements from the current website of the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu that has apparently not been updated for at least six years.3:00 PM on October 12

India's help not needed for Terai talks: Madhesi leader

Even as Nepal's government sent two emissaries to the border areas to establish contact with the warring armed groups, an influential leader from Terai plains Saturday said neighbour India's help was not needed to hold parleys with the underground factions.7:00 PM on October 11

Braving China anger, Dalai Lama's envoy on Nepal mission

For the first time since the government of Nepal closed down the office of the Dalai Lama's representative in Kathmandu, a top envoy of the exiled Tibetan leader is on a fact-finding mission in the new Himalayan republic, a move that is bound to anger Nepal's giant neighbour China.1:30 PM on October 11

Nepal jail authorities dismiss Sobhraj wedding as gimmick

A day after Charles Sobhraj's Nepali fiancee Nihita Biswas announced that she had tied the knot with the murder convict, Nepal's Central Jail authorities rejected the claim, calling it a gimmick to generate media hype.5:32 PM on October 10

Sobhraj ties the knot

On Wednesday, when Nepal celebrated the culmination of its biggest Hindu festival Dashain, non-Hindu Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj too had a reason to rejoice after tying the knot with his 20-year-old Nepali fiancee Nihita Biswas after a tumultuous courtship marked by media glare and controversy.8:31 PM on October 09

Nepal plane crash kills 18, probe ordered

Eighteen people, mostly Western tourists, were killed when a small plane crashed and went up in flames in Nepal's mountainous north Wednesday while the country was busy celebrating Dashain, its biggest festival.6:32 PM on October 08

12 Germans among 18 killed in Nepal plane crash

Eighteen people, including 12 German and two Australian tourists, were killed when the plane they were travelling in went up in flames in remote northern Nepal Wednesday.2:33 PM on October 08

18 killed in Nepal plane crash

A small plane carrying 19 people Wednesday crashed in Nepal's remote mountainous north, killing all but the pilot and turning the celebration of the country's biggest festival Dashain into mourning.12:00 PM on October 08