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Twin earthquakes strike Nepal

The first tremble measuring 4.8 was felt in Dhading, 75 km west of capital Kathmandu, then another measuring 3.2 at the...

31 May 2020 2:35 PM IST

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj (C) sits in an aircraft departing from Kathmandu to France, on December 23, 2022. - French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, was freed on December 23 after spending almost 20 years in a Nepali prison. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Revisiting the Serpent' saga: My encounters with...

Sobhraj first got in touch with me in 1997. He rang my office at Channel Four TV, UK, where I was a commissioning editor

31 Dec 2022 12:21 AM IST

Rescuers pull the body of a victim who died in a Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara on January 16, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Nepal air crash: Blot on aviation safety

The Nepal crash involved a 15-year-old ATR turbo-prop aircraft, which may have evolved from the bullock carts of...

17 Jan 2023 12:15 AM IST

Unlike in the past, China no longer counsels Nepal to keep on good terms with India. (Representational Image/ANI)

Anand K Sahay | China tilt by Kathmandu to disturb ties with India

If a question is seen as having attained immediacy or maturity, in the India-Nepal case the time is now. And the reason...

6 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

Former Britain Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (Photo: AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | How I know that BoJo tells lies He's been doing it...

At least five of his nominations are of internal functionaries who know what went on with him and what went on in the...

24 Jun 2023 12:00 AM IST

These include knob-billed Duck, Red-naped Ibis, black-headed Ibis, large Egret, grey Heron, Indian Moorhen, Western Spot-bill Duck, red-wattled Lapwing, Black-winged Stilt, Greater Flamingo and the painted Stork.

Nepal reports outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu

It was the first outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu in the country since 2017, OIE said in a report posted on its...

30 May 2018 9:18 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Kathmandu will host reception in PM Modi honour

A grand welcome gate decorated with national flags of Nepal and India as well as posters of Oli and Modi will also be...

7 May 2018 12:38 AM IST

Members of a Chinese surveying team head for the summit of Mount Everest, also known locally as Mt. Qomolangma. China and Nepal have jointly announced on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, a new height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. (AP)

Nepal bans three Indian climbers for six years for faking Mt Everest...

The climbers had received the certificates of climbing the 8,848.86m mountain by submitting false details to the...

11 Feb 2021 6:18 PM IST

Gerard admits his hook-up with Brandi

Gerard admits his hook-up with Brandi

Gerard Butler has finally cleared things up regarding his hook-up with model Brandi Glanville. Speaking to Howard Stern...

13 March 2013 10:18 PM IST

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What makes Nepal, Lanka more civilised?

Nepal also has the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism and one of its most spectacular temples is Swayambhunath, also in...

7 May 2017 12:25 AM IST

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Indian Army men climb Mount Everest without using oxygen cylinders

The four soldiers have become the first team to climb earth's highest peak without supplementary oxygen.

3 Jun 2017 4:50 PM IST