Tag: Kathmandu

During his visit, General Pande will call on the President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba who is also the Defence Minister, and will hold delegation- level talks with his counterpart, Gen Sharma, where both sides will discuss wide range to issues related to military and defence cooperation, according to Nepal Army.

Bollywood actor Anupam Kher had recently shared a heart-touching video on his social media account. In the video, a homeless Indian girl was seen begging on the streets of Kathmandu. But what took Anupam and everyone else by surprise was the girl’s fluent English.

Bhubaneswar: Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, who is on a 10-day visit to Nepal, visited the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu for the first time today. The Puri seer was invited by Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and the Pashupatinath Temple Board. After his arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Sunday, […]

Bhubaneswar: To spread awareness on peace and harmony and encourage people to take up cycling, a group of eight members have begun a cycle rally from Cuttack to Kathmandu today. The trip organised by the Bhubaneswar Cycling and Adventure Club was flagged off at the Cuttack Barabati stadium. Social activist and founder of KIIT University […]

Kathmandu: Nepal’s central bank has announced the ban of Indian currency notes with denominations above Rs 100. The Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Sunday issued a circular for the institutions licensed by it notifying them about the ban, reports Xinhua news agency. Nepal’s cabinet in December had decided to ban the use of these currency […]

Kathmandu: Nine climbers, including five South Korean nationals, who were part of a trekking expedition, were killed after a snowstorm destroyed their base camp on a Himalayan peak in western Nepal, the police said on Saturday. Wangchu Sherpa, Managing Director at Trekking Camp Nepal said that five Korean climbers — of Koreanway Gurja Himal Expedition […]

New Delhi: India will build a strategic railway link between Raxaul in Bihar and Kathmandu in Nepal to enhance people-to-people contact and allow bulk cargo movement with the landlocked neighbour. The announcement was made after delegation-level talks between Indian and Nepalese officials chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart K.P. Sharma Oli, […]

Kathmandu: An aircraft of the US-Bangla Airlines from Dhaka to Kathmandu crash landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) here on Monday, officials said. TIA spokesperson Prem Nath Thakur said the aircraft careened off the runway during landing and crashed onto a football ground near the airport, catching fire. Seven people were rescued. No death […]

Kathmandu: Having recovered from a disappointing draw against Nepal in their last match, India are expected to face an uphill task when they take on defending champions Iraq in a Group D encounter of the AFC U-16 Championship 2018 Qualifiers at the Halchowk Stadium here on Sunday. “Yes, obviously boys were feeling a bit down following […]

Kathmandu: Eleven Indian nationals have been arrested for gambling from a private house in Western Nepal’s famous tourist hub of Pokhara, police said Saturday. The police also seized Rs 9.74 million cash from them. They were found gambling in a private house situated in Nayabazaar of Pokhara Metropolitan City, 200-kilometre West of Kathmandu, police said. […]

The toll in the massive earthquake that devastated Nepal rose to over 2,300 today, the government said

Yoga guru Ramdev, who is in Kathmandu for a yoga camp, is safe, his spokesperson said today after a massive earthquake shook Nepal and parts of India on Saturday morning, causing widespread devastation

The Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu was indefinitely shut today after a massive earthquake rocked Nepal just before noon, resulting in the cancellation of all the eight subsequent return flights from India bound for the capital city

Bhubaneswar: Body of Odisha mountaineer Kalpana Das, who died above the balcony area on Mount Everest while descending from the summit on May 23, was brought to Kathmandu today. Sherpas had successfully brought Kalpana’s mortal remains to the base camp yesterday night from the spot where she died. However, her body could not be air-lifted […]

Kathmandu: One person was killed and 99 others were injured after a massive storm hit several villages in Nepal’s Kailali and Kanchanpur districts, authorities said on Friday. The storm hit several areas in the two adjoining districts at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday, according to the National Emergency Operations Centre. Roads have been blocked as trees and […]