Tag: Nepal

Kathmandu: A woman was rescued alive from rubbles of a collapsed building after 128 hours in Nepal, which has been hit by a massive earthquake on April 25, a media report said. Krishna Devi Khadka, 24, was rescued by a joint team of Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Israeli rescue team from Janasewa Guest House […]

A third flight of the Indian Air Force landed here today evening with 266 people onboard from Kathmandu, taking to 1,342 the total number of Indian nationals evacuated from quake-hit Nepal since the first plane landed late on Saturday night

The US today said it is working closely with the government of Nepal to provide assistance and support in the wake of the devastating earthquake. The US envoy in Kathmandu has announced $1 million for emergency assistance

Most earthquakes originate from compressional or tensional stresses built up at the margins of the huge moving plates that make up the earth's surface

Indian meteorological officials on Sunday forecast fairly widespread rain and thundershowers over Nepal till Monday

Vodafone India today announced it was cutting down its call rates as part of its efforts to help people reach out to their friends and families in earthquake-hit areas of Nepal

President Pranab Mukherjee today condoled the deaths due to the earthquake in India and spoke with the governors of the affected states to inquire about the relief operations being undertaken

Over 700 people were killed and many more injured when a massive earthquake -- lasting about 20 seconds -- and several strong aftershocks caused widespread devastation in Nepal. India too was affected

Aiming to lend a helping hand to the people affected by the massive earthquake that hit Nepal today, telecom service providers in India have slashed their call rates or made it free

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

All 18 people, including a foreigner and an infant, on board a small plane were feared killed on Sunday when it crashed in bad weather while on its way from a popular tourist resort to a town in western Nepal

Top leaders of Nepal's vanquished Maoists party today launched a soul searching session on how to recover from a humiliating defeat in the November 19 polls

Kathmandu: Indian investments in Nepal are set to get another boost with two Indian firms -- an Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS)-led consortium and Oriental Structural Engineers -- getting in the fray to construct a major road project seen as one of the Himalayan country's national pride.

Kathmandu: The much-talked about pact on the Kathmandu-Kerung rail project, a cross-border rail network between Nepal and China, is in the final stage of signature, said Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Krishna Bahadur Mahara. Speaking at a programme organised by the China Study Centre and the Nepal Institute for Strategic Centre on […]