BBC: Successor David Cameron called her a "great Briton" and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death. Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990. She was the first woman to hold the role. She will not have a state funeral but will be accorded...
KATHMANDU, March 18: Former minister Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta was released from jail late Monday morning after he completed his 13 months jail term for corruption. Gupta walked out of the Dillibazar prison at around 11:40 am today to an overwhelming reception by his...
KATHMANDU, March 17: With the authority at Tribhuvan University (TU) declining to accept his resignation, Professor Bhagwan Koirala, director of TU Teaching Hospital (TUTH) has taken leave from some days. Dr Koirala, who had submitted his resignation a few weeks ago citing...
LONDON, March 16: Nepal Army (NA) Colonel Kumar Lama, who was arrested in UK on charges of committing torture during insurgency era in Nepal, has been released on Friday. Lama was released after depositing a bail amount of 10,000 pound sterling, on condition that he would...
KATHMANDU, March 14: India, the US, the UK and China have welcomed the formation of Interim Election Government led by Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi. Issuing a press statement on Thursday, Indian government commended the people of Nepal and the political parties representing...
BBC: A baby girl in the US born with HIV appears to have been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, researchers say. The Mississippi child is now two-and-a-half years old and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection. More...
KATMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepalese woman mountaineer has been recognized by Guinness World Records for climbing Mount Everest twice in the same climbing season. Nepal's Tourism Minister Posta Bahadur Bogati handed over the certificate issued by Guinness World Records to...
KATMANDU, Nepal AP – An official says Nepal's government has ordered issuance of citizenship certificates with the label third gender for people who do not wish to be identified as male or female. Activists hailed the decision, saying it was an achievement...
AP: The government of Nepal summoned the British ambassador in Katmandu on Friday to protest the arrest of a Nepali army officer in the United Kingdom over allegations of torture reportedly committed during the Himalayan's nation's decade-long Maoist insurgency. Deputy...
BBC: Capita were contracted by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) in September to track down 174,000 illegal immigrants. Among those contacted by text and email were a woman with a UK passport, and a man with a valid visa who had invested £1m in a UK business. Capita said some...
BBC: A man has been arrested in the UK suspected of committing torture during the civil war in Nepal in 2005, police have said. Metropolitan Police officers arrested the 46-year-old man in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, on Thursday. The Met is the UK force responsible for...
A female student gang-raped on a bus in India's capital Delhi has died at a Singapore hospital, doctors say. "The patient passed away peacefully at 4:45am on 29 Dec 2012," a statement from the hospital said. The patient's family had been by her side, it added. The...
REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, Dec 28: People from various walks of life turned up in front of the Prime Minister´s residence in Baluwatar on Friday demanding justice to Sita Rai (name changed), who was robbed by an official of the Department of Immigration (DoI) and allegedly...
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Nepal’s population has risen to 26,494,505 over the past 10 years — an increase by 3,34,3081, according to a new census, with the annual growth rate of 1.35 per cent. Women in the country outnumber men by almost 80 lakh, with female...
AFP KATHMANDU — The leader of Nepal's Maoists proposed a new unity government Tuesday, offering political rivals the pick of the top cabinet posts in a bid to end a deadlock crippling the restive Himalayan nation. Maoist party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal told AFP he...
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s President Ram Baran Yadav has given political parties until next week to agree on a candidate to replace caretaker Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, opening the door for a change of leadership in the unstable Himalayan nation. Nepal has been in a...
A court in Japan has formally acquitted a Nepalese man who spent 15 years in jail for a murder that he did not commit. BBC : Govinda Prasad Mainali said that the Japanese government, police and anyone else involved in his case should now apologise to him and his family. The...
Two British soldiers shot dead by a man wearing Afghan police uniform have been names as Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter and Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar of 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles. British Gurkhas shot dead in 'green on blue' attack named Lt...
Republica SIRAHA, Oct 30: An understanding reached on Monday to destroy a pond being built by Indian nationals encroaching upon the no-man´s land and private land of Nepali citizens at the bordering Sukhchaina VDC-4 in Saptari district. After the pressure from the...
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NEW YORK, Oct 30: At least 13 people were killed Monday in the United States and Canada as the megastorm Sandy slammed into the US East Coast, tearing down trees and power lines with hurricane-strength gusts. Local officials in New York, New Jersey,...
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