Russian killed in Nepal chopper crash

KATHMANDU - A Russian was killed and five people injured when a helicopter crashed in a mountainous district in northern Nepal Sunday.

Nepal animal lovers hope India will curb fair slaughter

KATHMANDU - With Nepal’s coalition government refusing to ban the biggest slaughter of animals ever at a religious fair in the Terai plains, the republic’s animal lovers are now pinning their faith on neighbour India putting a brake on the killings.

Nepal minister’s slaps cost India dear

KATHMANDU - Five stinging slaps delivered by a junior Nepal minister to a senior bureaucrat have cost India dear, causing bilateral trade to come to a virtual standstill for five days.

Ace climber missing in Nepal after fall

KATHMANDU - An ace mountaineer with over 1,500 ascents who survived being trapped by avalanches in Pakistan is missing in northern Nepal since he fell during a solo climbing expedition.

Maoists ignore Nepal government’s call for talks, continue stir

KATHMANDU - Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas Friday kept up their siege on the heart of the government in the capital for the second consecutive day, ignoring a plea by beleaguered Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to call off the stir and open talks.

Nepal Maoists picket Singha Durbar, dozens injured

KATHMANDU - Cadres of the Unified CPN (Maoist) clashed with riot police while staging protest outside the country’s administrative center, Singha Durbar, as part of their second -phase protests against President Ram Baran’s move to overrule the erstwhile Maoists government’s decision to sack the then army chief, General Rookmand Katawal.

India, Nepal home ministers to discuss security cooperation

KATHMANDU - The home ministers of India and Nepal would discuss greater security cooperation to combat cross-border terrorism in South Asia next week when Nepal’s Home Minister Bhim Rawal arrives in New Delhi on a three-day visit.

MPs hurt in clashes as Maoists cripple Kathmandu

KATHMANDU - Sporadic violence erupted and at least a dozen Maoist lawmakers and an ex-deputy prime minister were injured in clashes with security forces as Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas encircled the heart of the government in the capital Thursday and brought it to a standstill.

Nepal lifts ban orders to avert violence during Maoist protests

KATHMANDU - Faced with the spectre of violence erupting in the Nepal capital Thursday after the former Maoist guerrillas warned they would go ahead with protests despite a ban, the coalition government Wednesday said it was lifting prohibitory orders.

GP Koirala’s health improving

KATHMANDU - The health of former Nepal Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala who has been kept under medical observation, is gradually improving, doctors said today.

Nepal capital fears violence as government clamps ban orders

KATHMANDU - After a series of peaceful street protests by the former Maoist guerrillas against the communist-led government of Nepal, violence could erupt Thursday in the capital following the ruling alliance’s decision to clamp prohibitory orders on large tracts of area around Singha Durbar, the bastion of the government.

Police bust Indian-run sex racket in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU - Nepal police have busted a major call girl racket being run by an Indian with tentacles in major Indian metros and with audacious plans to expand internationally. This comes within a week of police uncovering a Chinese sex workers’ network here.

Indian’s budding sex empire in Nepal busted

KATHMANDU - Within a week of uncovering a Chinese sex workers’ network here, Nepal police have now busted a budding sex empire run by an Indian with tentacles in major Indian metros and with audacious plans to expand internationally.

Nepal civil servants on warpath after minister runs amok

KATHMANDU - Nepals civil servants went on the warpath Wednesday after a junior minister ran amok, assaulting the topmost bureaucrat of a Terai district.

Thousands stranded as Maoists lay siege to Kathmandu valley

KATHMANDU - Thousands of people, including the disabled, sick and children, were left stranded on the highways leading to Kathmandu valley as Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas Tuesday enforced a blockade to press their demand for a new government even as the ruling alliance warned the siege was against the peace pact.

Pakistani couple behind fake Indian money trade in Nepal

KATHMANDU - A Pakistani couple have been found to be involved in running a fake Indian currency network in Nepal.

China follows Indian cue, enters Nepal’s hydropower sector

KATHMANDU - Nepal’s northern neighbour China has picked up the cue from its business rival in the region India to gradually consolidate its toehold in this water-rich country’s hydropower sector.

Search for survivors as 16 die in Nepal bus accident

KATHMANDU - At least 16 people - mostly students and pilgrims - were killed on the spot and over two dozen injured in western Nepal Sunday when a bus plunged off the road into a gorge, police said.

Prachanda predicts news government in Nepal within a week

KATHMANDU - Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, the chief of Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas, Sunday predicted that the political crisis gripping the country for more than five months would end within a week with the formation of a new all-party government headed by his party.

16 dead in Nepal bus accident

KATHMANDU - At least 16 people were killed and over two dozen injured in western Nepal Sunday when a commuter bus met with an accident, police said.

UN says Nepal parties should fix president’s powers

KATHMANDU - Ignoring a rebuff by Nepal’s ruling parties, who have asked the UN not to intervene in the republic’s internal matters, a top UN official is suggesting that the parties fix the powers of President Ram Baran Yadav, whose action almost six months ago triggered a fresh crisis in the Himalayan nation.

No import of Nepal’s Maoists, arms to India: Home secretary

KATHMANDU - India’s Home Decretary G.K. Pillai Saturday wound up bilateral security talks with Nepal here with no progress in the new extradition treaty proposed by New Delhi. He also scotched allegations that Nepal’s Maoists and their arms were being “imported” to India to fan anti-government violence in the sub-continent.

India-Nepal security talks focus on open border, extradition