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Pappu used to illegally bring narcotic drugs from India and supply in different parts of the country, including Kathmandu. (Photo: File/Representational)

Indian national arrested in Nepal for drug trafficking

The Nepal Police nabbed Pappu Shah, a resident of Arariya district in Bihar, following information provided by another drug peddler.

04 Nov 2017 3:14 PM

Security personnel, including those from the Nepal Army and Armed Police Force, rescued 16 injured passengers who had fallen into the river in the accident along the Prithvi Highway. (Representational Image | Photo: File)

Nepal: Bus veers off road, plunges into river; kills 19, injures 16

Mishaps are common in the Himalayan nation and occur mostly due to poor infrastructure and reckless driving.

28 Oct 2017 8:15 PM

Nath, who married 22-year-old Ramesh Nath Yogi in May, initially feared that her in-laws would not welcome her -- a transgender woman (Photo: AFP)

Transgender couple finds acceptance in rural Nepal

Many transgender people in the country still struggle to be open about their identity despite progressive laws in Nepal.

09 Oct 2017 12:32 PM

India and China had locked in a standoff in the Sikkim sector after Chinese troops began constructing a road near the Bhutan trijunction. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

As Indo-China dispute resolves, Nepal says no action of China will hurt its citizens

Upadhyay said he was happy that the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops at Doklam had been resolved.

13 Sep 2017 2:47 PM

Nepal PM Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (Photo: AFP)

Nepal Parliament endorses laws barring criminals, corrupt from contesting polls

Nepal is set to hold two rounds of provincial and federal elections in November and December this year

05 Sep 2017 3:40 PM

Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at the press conference. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Improving Indo-Nepal relations is must: Nepal PM

During his visit to India, Deuba signed agreement over eight issues, out of which four are to ease the way for India to assist Nepal.

28 Aug 2017 9:39 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hand with his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba before their meeting in New Delhi. Deuba is on a four-days visit to India. (Photo: AP)

Amid Doklam standoff, Nepal PM assures all support, cooperation to India

The border spat began with India opposing to China’s road construction near strategically important Chicken’s neck.

25 Aug 2017 2:00 PM

India's Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri handed over the keys of the vehicles to the representatives of various organisations at a function in the premises of Indian Embassy in Kathmandu on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

On its 71st Independence Day, India gifts 30 ambulances to Nepal

A function was organised in Kathmandu to mark the 71st Independence Day of India.

15 Aug 2017 9:00 PM

Heavy rainfall has lashed Nepal for the past four days, swelling several Himalayan rivers beyond the danger mark and causing flooding and landslides at many places in the country. (Photo: AP)

Death toll in Nepal floods, landslides rises to 78

The monsoon havoc which started on Friday has affected 27 districts spanning from the eastern, central to the western regions.

14 Aug 2017 5:06 PM

Twenty one districts have been badly hit by flooding and landslides. (Photo: AP)

Nepal floods, landslides leave at least 55 dead; 200 Indian tourists stranded

The meteorological department forecast said central and western plains were likely to receive more rainfall over the next couple of days.

14 Aug 2017 8:46 AM

Families perched on trees with young children overnight as flood waters swept away homes in a village in southern district of Chitwan, local media reported. (Photo: AP)

Nepal: Death toll from floods, landslide rises to 40

Torrential downpours have destroyed homes and infrastructure in more than a dozen districts since Friday morning.

13 Aug 2017 4:00 PM

EAM Sushma Swaraj meets with FM of Bhutan Damcho Dorji on sidelines of BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers' meet (Photo: MEA India Twitter)

Sushma Swaraj meets Bhutanese foreign minister amid Sikkim standoff

The meeting comes in the backdrop of the current standoff in Doklam a tri-junction between India, China and Bhutan.

11 Aug 2017 5:24 PM

Many communities in Nepal view menstruating women as impure and in some remote areas they are forced to sleep in a hut away from home during their periods, a custom known as chhaupadi. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational)

Nepal criminalises isolation of menstruating women after teen’s death

The new law stipulates a three-month jail sentence or a 3,000 rupee fine, or both, for anyone forcing a woman to follow the custom.

10 Aug 2017 12:55 PM

Nepal's new prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba waves to the media at the Parliament House in Kathmandu (Photo: AP)

Nepal criminalises banishing women from home during menstruation

Supreme Court banned chhaupadi more than a decade ago but it is still followed in parts of Nepal, particularly in remote western districts.

09 Aug 2017 6:48 PM

Last month a transgender woman and her husband were issued a marriage certificate by a district office, a first in Nepal.(Photo: AFP)

Hundreds of Nepal’s gay community members to march for equal rights

In recent years the gay community has started using the festival to call attention to its demands for equal rights.

08 Aug 2017 7:12 PM

Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister as well as Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara (L) on Monday called for a peaceful resolution between India and China over the border standoff. (Photo: AFP)

Not in favour of war, resolve border standoff with talks: Nepal to India, China

Nepal will face dire consequences in case a war between India and China breaks out, halting the trade and supplies from India.

08 Aug 2017 8:30 AM

Legal experts said that the couple could also face allegations of polygamy, which is illegal in Nepal, as Yogi has an existing wife, and 2 children, prior to this marriage. (Photo: AFP)

First in Nepal: Man, transgender woman register for marriage without law

In 2013 Nepal introduced grant of citizenship with a third gender option and began issuing passports reflecting the same in 2015.

06 Aug 2017 10:19 AM

Nepalese stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station in Local election. (Photo: AFP)

Nepal votes in second round of crucial local election

The first phase of local polls was held on May 14 in Provinces 3, 4 and 6 though the local polls were earlier scheduled for two phases.

28 Jun 2017 1:54 PM

Nepal's newly elected prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, center, waves to the media at the Parliament House in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo: AP)

Sher Bahadur Deuba elected Prime Minister of Nepal

Sher Bahadur Deuba played a key role in bringing the Madhesi parties on board for the second phase of the local-level elections.

07 Jun 2017 2:58 PM

Deuba is likely to form a small Cabinet tomorrow which will be expanded in a few days and some of the Madhesi parties are also likely to join the coalition. (Photo: PTI)

Sher Bahadur Deuba to become Nepal prime minister for fourth time

The election was postponed from Sunday to today after the main opposition CPN-UML launched a protest over re-election in a ward.

06 Jun 2017 1:18 PM

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