Kathmandu / Oct 30: The Supreme Court has ordered the police administration to produce 12 gamblers before the court on Thursday. Responding to a habeas corpus petition registered at the apex court seeking the release of the 12 gamblers including Indra Bahadur Shrestha and gangster Balaram Sapkota aka ‘Bale’, a single bench of justice Purushottam […]
Kathmandu / Oct 29: The most important day of Tihar, the festival of lights, was observed on Tuesday. Sisters throughout the country offered ‘tika’ to their brothers while wishing them happiness, long life and prosperity on the occasion of Bhaitika. Brothers seated at a specially anointed place around which a trail of mustard oil was […]
Kathmandu / Oct 29: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Ishwor Pokharel has said that the government will respect the people’s faith in the Guthi system. He further urged one and all not to have any misconceptions whether the government will respond positively to the people’s sentiments in the Guthi tradition. Addressing a program […]
Bhaktapur / Oct 28: Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said intra-party betrayal in the by-election would be intolerable and unforgivable. Speaking at a reception organised by NC district working committee, Bhaktapur at Dudhpati today, he said betrayal like in the previous election would not be acceptable. “There is no option than to arise […]
Kathmandu / Oct 28: Gai Puja, Goru Puja or ox worship and Govardan Puja are being observed throughout the country today on the fourth day of the five-day-long Tihar festival celebrated mainly by the Hindus across the country. This year, Gai Pooja and Goru Pooja have fallen on the same day, today. The cows are […]
Kathmandu / Oct 27: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who returned home today after attending the 18th NAM Summit in Baku of Azerbaijan, has said Nepal would gradually augment its role in Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). “NAM could settle the dispute within some of its members through dialogue and work more actively to reduce global in […]
Kathmandu / Oct 27: Himalaya Airlines is starting direct flights to Beijing, China from Sunday. The airline will depart to Beijing’s new airport – Daxing International Airport – at 8:30 am and will reach the Chinese capital at 4:10 pm local time. Himalaya Airlines will use Airbus A320 aircraft with eight business class and 150 […]
Kathmandu / Oct 27: Kukur Tihar, Laxmi Puja being observed today, the second day of Tihar festival this year, by worshipping, garlanding and feeding dogs and cows. In Kukur Tihar, dogs are worshipped as protectors of the house. A dog is the most loyal friend to human beings, and according to Hindu myth, dogs are […]
Kathmandu / Oct 25: Tihar, the second largest festival of Nepali Hindus started today. Also known as Yam Panchak, the festival is observed for five days. The first day of Yam Panchak is observed as Kaag Tihar by feeding crows. Today, Hindus offer foods to Kaag (crows), which are regarded as messengers in the Nepali […]
Pokhara / Oct 26: The Kaski District chapter of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has recommended Bidhya Bhattarai, widow of the late tourism minister Rabindra Adhikari, as the party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election in Kaski Constituency-2. A meeting of the NCP Kaski District Committee on Friday unanimously decided to recommend Bhattarai as the […]