New Delhi, March 25 – The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Wednesday cracked a major international arms trafficking module with links to Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, operating from the Walled City area of the national capital. Ten key operatives of the interstate network have been arrested, and...
Kathmandu, March 24 Nepal police have arrested an Indian and a Thai national in two separate cases on charges of drug trafficking.The Thai national, Yongyut Thuion, 39, was arrested along with 3 kg and 345 grams of marijuana from the entrance of the Tribhuvan International Airport on Monday...
Kathmandu, March 24 At least 11 security personnel were injured in a violent crackdown on a protest against the alleged open cross-border drug trade in the border region of Nepal's Lumbini province on Tuesday.The incident occurred in the Bardia district bordering India, where protesters...
March 24, New Delhi — The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu celebrated the Golden Jubilee Scholarship Day, honoring Nepali students who have benefited from the flagship program.Established in 2002 to commemorate 50 years of India-Nepal economic cooperation, the scholarship now supports 200 students...
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New Delhi, March 24 – The Central Committee of Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which won the general election on March 5, is scheduled to meet on Thursday afternoon to elect its Parliamentary Party leader, according to reports from Kathmandu.The party is likely to nominate the...
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New Delhi, March 23 There is a need to create regional dependence rather than relying on global supply chains, whether in energy security, health security, or other areas. BIMSTEC Secretary General Indra Mani Pandey said this, according to a statement issued by Assocham on Monday.The key...
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Gurugram, March 23 Gurugram police have busted a cyber-fraud gang operating from the Philippines and have arrested a man associated with them, officials here said on Monday.The accused, identified as Rahul Kumar (30), was responsible for operating and delivering illegal SIM boxes, they said...
Kathmandu, March 23 Nepal has revised its trekking permit policy for restricted areas, allowing individual foreign tourists to obtain permits for trekking that were previously only issued to groups of two or more.The restricted areas mainly lie in the remote mountain region near the China...
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Kathmandu, March 23 – Nepal has decided to allow solo foreign trekkers to visit designated restricted areas, ending the existing permit system that previously allowed access only to groups.The country has designated 15 areas across 13 mountain districts bordering China as restricted zones...
Kathmandu, March 23 An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck the Sudurpaschim province of Nepal on Monday afternoon.There have been no immediate reports of any loss of life or property damage.According to the Earthquake Monitoring and Research Centre, the tremor was recorded at 1:14 pm. The...
Mumbai, March 23 Amid disruptions in the Middle East, a report released on Monday revealed that travel preferences have shifted in recent weeks, with more travelers opting for alternative international and domestic destinations, while Asian locations are seeing a surge in bookings this month...
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Kathmandu, March 22 Two teenagers from India were reportedly swept away while swimming in a river in Nepal’s Palpa district on Sunday, according to a media report.Faran Ansari, 17, and Aman Ansari, both from Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, went missing while swimming in the Tinau river...
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Kathmandu, March 22 Restrictive orders were reimposed on Sunday in Kapilvastu district of southern Nepal, where a clash between two communities had turned violent.As the situation remained tense, the District Administration Office in Kapilvastu reimposed the orders in parts of Maharajgunj...
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Kathmandu, March 21 Six people were injured after a clash between two communities turned violent, prompting the local administration to impose restrictive orders for an indefinite period in the Kapilvastu district in southern Nepal on Saturday.The Kapilvastu District Administration Office...
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Kathmandu, March 21 Glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalaya are melting at an accelerating rate, with ice loss rates doubling since 2000, even as they lost 12 per cent of their area between 1990 and 2020, according to two reports released by ICIMOD on Saturday.The reports were published to...
Kathmandu, March 21 Two Indian nationals died on Saturday after being hit by a local bus in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.Padam Upadhyay and Satish Kumar Kushwaha, both Indian nationals working in Kathmandu, sustained serious injuries after being hit by a private bus in the Bhotebahal area...
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New Delhi, March 20 A sharpshooter linked to the Rohit Godara-Jitender Gogi gang and accused in an NIA case related to a grenade attack on two nightclubs in Gurugram, was arrested by Delhi Police after going missing for nearly two years since skipping bail in 2024, officials said on Friday.The...
Kathmandu, March 20 Twenty-three Indian nationals have been rescued from a brick kiln in Nepal's Madhesh province, police said on Friday.The Human Rights Commission, Madhesh Province office, rescued the Indian nationals from Assam from the Baba Dharmaraj Brick Kiln in Dakneshwori...
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Kathmandu, March 20 Over 82,000 Nepalis have registered from the Gulf region, of whom around 6,000 nationals have enlisted as being 'unsafe', a foreign ministry official said on Friday.Nepali nationals living in the Gulf have registered themselves through an online registration system...
Kathmandu, March 20 – The Nepalese government confirmed on Friday that a Nepalese national working on a vessel navigating the maritime corridor of the Strait of Hormuz has been detained by Iranian authorities amid the ongoing war involving the US, Israel, and Iran.The news of the detention of...