‘Indian Idol’ winner Prashant Tamang forays into Nepali movies

KATHMANDU - He started his career as a cop and in 2007 shot to fame when he won the popular music contest “Indian Idol”. Now Prashant Tamang has hit the headlines once again by “joining” the British Gurkhas and “tying the knot”.

Top Nepali actress jives with Maoist supremo, in public

KATHMANDU - A feisty Nepali actress has done a testosterone-pumping act in public with none other than Nepal’s Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, getting the Maoist supremo to jive with her.

Buddhist model is new Miss Nepal

KATHMANDU - A 20-year-old popular Buddhist model and music video star Thursday prevailed over Nepal’s Maoists as well as 14 other contenders to walk off with the Miss Nepal 2009 crown held under the shadow of Maoist threats.

Miss Nepal vanquishes Maoists

KATHMANDU - Despite repeated warnings by the former Maoist guerrillas, Nepal’s biggest and most popular beauty pageant Miss Nepal was off to a flying start Thursday after being forced to shelve the contest last year.

Miss Nepal hopes to outsmart Maoists by dropping Dabur tag

KATHMANDU - After being blocked by the Maoists, Nepal’s oldest and best known beauty pageant, Miss Nepal, is finally scheduled to be held Thursday without drawing attention to its Indian sponsor, Dabur Nepal, which is thought to be the actual target of the former guerrillas.

Star’s sex video shows changing face of Nepal society

KATHMANDU - From being a much-sought-after model and the highest paid music video star, 22-year-old Nepali beauty Namrata Shrestha effortlessly sashayed into Nepal’s film industry last year with the hit musical of the year “Sano Sansar” (Small world).

Bollywood’s fight to make Sobhraj film doomed to fail

KATHMANDU - Bollywood’s fight to make a film on yesteryear’s crime maestro Charles Sobhraj is doomed to fail with his lawyers ready to drag the filmmakers to court if they make a film on him without his permission.

Nepal shoots down Bollywood’s Sobhraj plan

KATHMANDU - Upcoming Bollywood star Neil Nitin Mukesh’s plan to make a new film on crime maestro Charles Sobhraj and have the protagonist copy Sobhraj’s `mannerisms’ has been shot down by Nepal’s prison authorities, who said he would never be allowed to meet Sobhraj in prison.

No spicy acts for Indian, Australian divas in Nepal

KATHMANDU - Though former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell aka Ginger Spice kicked up a furore in Nepal by hugging and kissing Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal in public, Indian and Australian singing divas, who too are currently touring the Himalayan republic for a good cause, are not spicing up their acts with similar encores.

‘Spicy’ kiss lands Nepal PM in controversy

KATHMANDU - When he became the new prime minister four months ago, Nepal’s veteran communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal was criticised strongly for spurning the verdict of the people, who had voted against him in last year’s election, causing him to lose both his constituencies.

Hindi out in Nepal but Indian celebrities still very much in

KATHMANDU - Branded an Indian language, Hindi has been given the thumbs-down in Nepal as the medium of official work.

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

KATHMANDU - 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.

Miss Nepal beauty pageant to be held in September or October

KATHMANDU - The popular Miss Nepal beauty pageant will be held either next month or in October, the event’s organisers, The Hidden Treasure, have said.

Nepal bar offers Michael Jackson theme cocktails

KATHMANDU - King of pop Michael Jacksons untimely death last week spurred fresh public interest in him worldwide. Now an enterprising restaurant in Kathmandu, a city that was not in the singers ken, is hoping to cash in on that.

Shiney Ahuja’s arrest hogs Nepal media (Lead)

KATHMANDU - The news of rising Bollywood star Shiney Ahuja being sent to police custody on the charge of raping his teenaged domestic help has been splashed in the Nepali media, getting more prominence than the upcoming visit of Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon.

Shiney Ahuja’s police predicament grips Nepal

KATHMANDU - The news of rising Bollywood star Shiney Ahuja being sent to police custody on the charge of raping his teenaged domestic help has been splashed in the Nepali media, getting more prominence than the upcoming visit of Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon.

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