Nepal News archive for 01 April 2010

Expedition In the Park: Foraging For Insects – New York Times (April 1, 2010) – [read more]
He survived malaria in the Amazon, burned leeches off his body with cigarettes in Nepal, infiltrated the cricket-fighting underworld in Shanghai, and ate fried locusts in Niger. Now Hugh Raffles, author of “Insectopedia,” an acclaimed new book on …

Local Couple to Scale Mt. Everest for Disabled Athletes – NBC Los Angeles (April 1, 2010) – [read more]
Paul and Denise Fejtek are training in the mountains of Southern California for the climb of a lifetime. On Easter, they leave for Nepal to begin a two-month trek to the summit of Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Standing at 29,000 …

Ten Phenomena That the Scientific Community Can’t … – The Epoch Times (April 1, 2010) – [read more]
Bigfoot, or Sasquatch as it is called in North America’s Pacific Northwest, is also known as the Yeti or Abominable Snowman in the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet, and as the Yowie in Australia. In 1951, mountaineer Eric Shipton photographed a …

CullmanTimes.com, Cullman, Alabama – Cullman Times (April 1, 2010) – [read more]
My brother Sam was in Nepal and got home a few weeks ago. He stayed with us after he got home. He just left.” For now, Daphne is finishing her senior year and waiting to hear about her National Merit status. National Merit Scholarship winners will …

Sherpa set to scale heights again – Virgin Media Music (April 1, 2010) – [read more]
A veteran Sherpa guide says he is planning to climb Mount Everest for a record 20th time while cleaning up tons of rubbish, campaigning for Nepal’s tourism industry and carrying the ashes of Edmund Hillary. Apa says he will attempt to scale the 29 …

Today In History – Danbury News-Times (April 1, 2010) – [read more]
… people are reported killed as Soviet troops rush crowd of protesters in a central square of Georgian capital, Tbilisi. 1990 – A three-decade ban on political activity is lifted in Nepal, and hundreds of thousands celebrate. 1991 – U.N.

Sherpa will scatter Hillary’s ashes on peak – Independent Online (April 1, 2010) – [read more]
Kathmandu – A Nepali Sherpa will scatter the ashes of Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mount Everest, on the top of the world, more than two years after the death of the climbing hero. Hillary, who climbed Everest in 1953 along with Nepal’s …

Swami Ramdev’s yoga camp concludes in Nepal – New Kerala (April 1, 2010) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Apr 1 : A six-day yoga science camp organized by the Patanjali Yoga Peeth Nepal and instructed by Swami Ramdev concluded in Kathmandu on Thursday. The yoga camp attracted 35,000 participants including Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal …

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Yoga science camp concludes in Nepal (April 1, 2010) – [read more]

A six-day yoga science camp concluded in Nepali capital Kathmandu on Thursday. The yoga camp, organized by the Patanjali Yoga Peeth Nepal and instructed by yoga guru Swami Ram dev, attracted 35,000 participants including Prime Minister Madav Kumar Nepals.

Sherpa to scatter the rest of Sir Ed Hillary’s ashes on Everest (April 1, 2010) – [read more]

A Nepali sherpa will scatter the rest of the ashes of Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mount Everest, on the top of the world, more than two years after the death of the climbing hero.

Nitish not allowed to visit Nepal (April 1, 2010) – [read more]

Patna, April 1 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was denied permission by the central government to visit Nepal to attend the post-death rites of former Nepal prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who died last month, official sources said Thursday.

Net connects rural Nepal to ‘telemedics’ (March 31, 2010) – [read more]

Patients in rural Nepal will soon be able to consult specialist doctors over the Internet as part of an innovative scheme to improve healthcare in remote areas of the Himalayan country.

Nepal PM consulting leaders of Madhes-based parties (March 31, 2010) – [read more]

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has been in consultation with leaders of the Madhes based parties to defend the efforts of the Unified CPN to topple his government.

Ousted Nepal King Eyes Comeback Chance? (March 30, 2010) – [read more]

The deposed king has set tongues wagging by his increasing public appearances after a period of low profile following the collapse of his army-propped government in 2006.

Koirala, a key architect of peace in Nepal: Yoga Guru Ramdev (March 29, 2010) – [read more]

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has termed former Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala as the champion of democracy in the Himalayan nation.

Prachanda, fellow Maoists flock to Ramdeva s camp (March 29, 2010) – [read more]

Notwithstanding his anti-India outbursts, Nepala s Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal a Prachandaa seems to have developed an affinity with Indian yoga guru Ramdev.

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An Indian ambassador remembers GP Koirala (April 1, 2010) – [read more]
Professor Bimal Prasad recalls his days in Kathmandu as India’s ambassador to Nepal when GPK was the Prime Minister.
By Dinesh Wagle
Bimal Prasad, in a way, is the first ‘official’ Indian to observe very closely the transformation of Girija Prasad Koirala from a leader on the street to the prime minister of a majority government. Professor [...]

Narayan Wagle comes up with Mayur Times! (March 31, 2010) – [read more]
Palpasa Café writer comes up with his second novel- Mayur Times. Will be released on 10 April (28 Chaitra) in Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal.
Journalist Narayan Wagle is all set to launch his eagerly awaited second book Mayur Times. Written in the backdrop of Nepal’s current conflict, Mayur Times revolves around Nepal’s transitional crisis, according nepa~laya, the [...]