Police in Nepal on Friday arrested the main man behind the stage in the capital Kathmandu on March 28 in which two persons died. The Nepal Police said in a statement that Durga Prasai, who was involved in violent protests in Tinken, Kathmandu, was arrested along with his bodyguards from Jhadi district from India’s border. … Read more
Kathmandu: Authorities in Nepal have over 100 people as the government investigates the deadly violence that occurred during a protest march organised by the supporters of the former king Gyanendra Shah, seeking the restoration of the constitutional monarchy in the Himalayan country. Parts of Kathmandu on Friday witnessed a tense situation after pro-monarchy protesters pelted … Read more
Kathmandu: Nepali riot police lobbed tear gas, fired water cannon and used rattan sticks on Friday to break up a protest rally demanding the restoration of constitutional monarchy, and at least two people were killed in the violence, police said. Authorities said they had to use force to stop thousands of protesters breaking into an … Read more
Bahraich (UP): A joint team of Sashastra Seema Bal and Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a South Korean woman who was “illegally” entering India through Nepal by changing her name from the border in this district, officials said on Sunday. Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Durga Prasad Tewari told reporters that a foreign national was … Read more
There was no immediate report of any damage caused by the tremor. Kathmandu: An earthquake measuring 4.3 magnitude was recorded in western Nepal on Tuesday. However, there was no immediate report of any damage or causality by the tremor. The National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre said that it recorded the 4.3 magnitude earthquake with … Read more
Kathmandu: A controversy erupted in Nepal after photographs of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were displayed at a pro-monarchist rally organised here to welcome former king Gyanendra Shah. As soon as Gyanendra, 77, landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport from Pokhara on board the Simrik Air helicopter on Sunday after visiting religious places in … Read more
New Delhi: Nearly seventeen years ago – on May 28, 2008, to be exact – Nepal abolished a 239-year-old Hindu monarchy, with Gyanendra Shah as king, and brought the curtain down on a decade-long civil war that had killed over 16,000 people. The Hindu-majority nation was reborn as a federal, secular republic. On Sunday, thousands … Read more