Nepal News archive for 01 January 2010
Some ring in New Year differently - Hattiesburg American (January 1, 2010) - [read more]
In other countries, some exchange gifts, ring bells and make spiced punch. Others don’t even celebrate it in January. If William Carey University freshman Menuka Pudasaini, 20, were back home in Maharajganj, Nepal, she would be waiting until April to …
Vestal club to hold book drive - Press & Sun-Bulletin (January 1, 2010) - [read more]
The books will be resold and the profits used to purchase books for schools and libraries in Nepal, or donated to organizations throughout the United States.
Tourism prospects bright in W. Visayas - Global Nation (January 1, 2010) - [read more]
BRIGHTER prospects await the economy of Western Visayas this new year, according to government officials. Prospects for the tourism industry in the region would be bright in 2010, said tourism regional director Edwin Trompeta. Trompeta said tourism …
Top 10 fantasy holidays for wannabe poets, cowboys - Vancouver Sun (January 1, 2010) - [read more]
SYDNEY - From authentic Indian palaces fit for maharajas to Wild West-style cowboy ranches for would-be John Waynes, travel companies and hotels are offering luxury packages to help people live out their fantasies for real. Men’s website AskMen.com …
Capuano secures visa for girl to attend slain father’s funeral - WHDH.com (January 1, 2010) - [read more]
Dangol’s widow’s uncle believed that the daughter was being used as a pawn to ensure the family’s return to Nepal. Capuano said the embassy was just following protocol. “Their job is to be conservative and their job is to check out stories.
Renowned wildlife enthusiast and author Billy Arjan Singh dies - Thaindian.com (January 1, 2010) - [read more]
… the Kapurthala family, Billy had settled down several decades ago in his farm, almost in the middle of a thick forest in Lakhimpur-Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh along the Indo-Nepal border. It was entirely on account of his efforts that this …
Rare griffon vulture sent to safari park - The Daily Star (January 1, 2010) - [read more]
It often can be noticed in northwest India, Nepal, West Bengal, Bangladesh and East Assam during winter. The rescued griffon is brown and 1.2-metre long.
Bihar on high alert as reports say terrorists sneaked in - Zee News (January 1, 2010) - [read more]
Patna: A high security alert was sounded in Bihar Friday following intelligence reports that six Pakistani-trained terrorists have entered the state from Nepal, officials said. Bihar police chief Anand Shankar said that a high security alert has been …
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Home ministry seeks report on Nepali woman’s ‘abduction’ (January 1, 2010) - [read more]
New Delhi, Jan 1 : The home ministry Friday sought a report from the Maharashtra government following reports that Neetu Singh, a Nepali citizen and a final-year student at Pune’s Film and Television Institute was reportedly deported at the behest of her influential husband Amaresh Singh, a Nepali Congress politician.
Elephant soccer draws crowds in Nepal (January 1, 2010) - [read more]
They may appear large and bulky, but during a soccer game, these elephant calves in Nepal proved nimble on their feet at the annual elephant festival.
Wasted chances make 2009 Nepal’s annus horribilis (December 31, 2009) - [read more]
Begun on a high note after a historic election consolidated peace and the former Maoist guerrillas led Nepal ’s first ultra-left government, 2009 saw the nascent republic plunge into chaos with the political parties squandering opportunities of stability.
Beijing to increase aid and trade with Nepal (December 31, 2009) - [read more]
Beijing pledged to bolster aid and trade to Nepal on Wednesday, state media said, one day after Nepal’s prime minister said his government would not tolerate anti-China protests in the Himalayan nation.
It’s already new year in Nepal (December 30, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 30 While the rest of the world has begun an eager countdown to the new year, which will be ushered in from Thursday midnight, it is already 2010 in the exotic Himalayan land of Nepal.
Accidental refugees from Somalia play waiting game (December 30, 2009) - [read more]
Somali refugee couple Hasan Ali Hasan, centre, and Asha Ali Maow, second left, with their children in their one-room apartment in Kathmandu Youssuf Abdullahi Mohammud was just 16 when he arrived in Nepal in 2007, the victim of a people trafficker who had promised to take him to Europe from his native Somalia.
Three dead in Nepal blast (December 29, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Three people were killed and two others injured on Monday when a bomb suspected by police to be left-over from Nepal’s civil war went off in the southwest of the country, officials said.
China’s Tibet photography exhibition opens in Nepal (December 29, 2009) - [read more]
The Third China’s Tibet Photography Exhibition was held here on Monday in Nepali capital Kathmandu.
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Controversial Promotion of the Year: Toran Singh is No. 2 of Nepal Army (December 24, 2009) - [read more]
By Kamal Raj Sigdel and Phanindra Dahal
In a controversial move that has angered many including some western donor countries and agencies, the government today (Thursday) promoted Maj. Gen. Toran Jung Bahadur Singh as Chief of the General Staff, the second-in-command of Nepal Army. The government had put the promotion on hold for six months in [...]
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