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A seat reserved for Lord Hanuman in a theatre where Prabhas-starrer “Adipurush” was screened, in Vijayawada on June 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao The Mayor of Kathmandu, Balendra Shah, on June 18 ordered all cinema halls in the Nepalese capital to stop screening of all Bollywood films. The order came three days after … Read more
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ appointed Narayan Prakash Saud, a Nepali Congress leader, as Foreign Minister on Sunday, after holding the portfolio for seven weeks himself. Domestic politics is so fractured that he was struggling to keep a stable Cabinet — Sunday’s was the eighth expansion since his appointment as the Prime Minister … Read more
Recovery effort: Rescuers pull out the body of a victim who was killed in a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal. | Photo Credit: PRAKASH MATHEMA At least 69 of the 72 passengers onboard Yeti Airlines flight 691 died when the plane crashed in Nepal on Sunday. This is the country’s third deadliest aviation … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was denied permission by the Ministry of External Affairs to visit Nepal, where she was invited by the Nepali Congress to participate in a convention, starting December 10. Banerjee was scheduled to attend the three-day convention at Kathmandu from December 10-12 on the invitation of the Nepali Congress, the … Read more
New Delhi: Nepal’s Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Friday tried to maintain equidistant from India and China and claimed that Kathmandu has always maintained good relations with both its big neighbours and disallowed its soil from carrying out detrimental activities against any of its neighbours “We always maintained with our both neighbours. We never … Read more
KATHMANDU: Chinese ambassador Hou Yanqi on Thursday met Nepal Communist Party‘s executive chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, who claims control over the ruling party after removing Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli from the posts of the party’s parliamentary leader and chair. The meeting at Prachanda’s residence in Khumaltar – which lasted for about 30 … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Dec 07, 2020) NEW DELHI: In a sign that Nepal is unlikely to back down on the Kalapani dispute, despite the renewed engagement with India, its foreign ministry has listed publication of its new map among the highlights of Nepal’s foreign policy this year. This comes ahead of foreign … Read more
KATHMANDU: Chinese Defence Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe will visit Nepal on Sunday and meet the country’s top leadership, the foreign ministry here announced on Saturday. During his one-day working visit, Wei, also a State Councillor, will pay a courtesy call on President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli. “The Chinese Defence … Read more
In March earlier this year, the Nepal government had decided to cancel the climbing season at the Mt Everest due to coronavirus. (Reuters file photo) It was May 2019. Life was going on as usual. US President was denying climate change. The largest democracy in the world had handed out a thumping victory to Narendra … Read more
Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane is set to visit Nepal next month to attend a traditional ceremony where he will be accorded the honorary rank of General in the Nepalese Army. Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane | PTI Despite the diplomatic row over a new map issued by Nepal, Indian Army Chief Gen … Read more