A community portal about Nepal with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Nepal, officially the Kingdom of Nepal , is a landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia, bordered by China to the north and by India to the south...
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A community portal about Nepal with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Nepal, officially the Kingdom of Nepal , is a landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia, bordered by China to the north and by India to the south, east and west. Nepal is a kingdom of various geographical features, and is culturally rich. More than 80% of Nepalese follow Hinduism, which is higher than the percentage of Indian Hindus, making it the single most Hinduic nation in the world. For a small territory, the Nepali landscape is uncommonly diverse, ranging from the humid Terai in the south to the lofty Himalayas in the north. Nepal boasts eight of the world's fourteen highest mountains, including Mount Everest on the border with China. Kathmandu is the capital and largest city. The other main cities include Bharatpur, Biratnagar, Bhairahawa, Birgunj, Janakpur, Pokhara, Nepalgunj, and Mahendranagar. The origin of the name Nepal is uncertain, but the most popular understanding is that it derived from Ne and pal.
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Dhruba Adhikary
Supporters of Communist Party of Nepal Maoist chant anti-government slogans as they march through a street calling for a nationwide general strike in Katmandu, Nepal. (AP Photo) If everything goes according to the agreed schedule, Nepal will have a new constitution by May 28, 2010. Under that statute, the country becomes a republic based on a federal setup. And the... Read Full Story
Two people were killed after about 50 armed Maoists stormed into a village in Bihar, police said Tuesday.
The incident took place late Monday in Tariani Chapra village in Sheohar district, about 200 km from here.
"About 50 armed Maoist guerrillas attacked the village and shot dead two people Monday night," police officials said. Four people were seriously injured.
The district authorities have deployed security forces in the village and launched combat operations against the... Read Full Story
Hundreds of protesters torched vehicles and vandalized shops in western Nepal on Saturday after three people died in clashes between police and illegal forest settlers, a human rights group said, amid heightened political tensions in the Himalayan nation. Nepal's Human Rights Commission urged the government to immediately investigate the violence that erupted as police tried to remove thousands of illegal squatters in a forest in Kailali district, about 400 miles (640 kilometers) west of the... Read Full Story
At least five people, including a police officer, were killed after violent clashes erupted between police and Maoist supporters in western Nepal, media reports said Saturday.
The clashes erupted Friday after police tried to evict thousands of illegal settlers occupying forest land in Kailali district, about 400 kilometres west of the capital, Kantipur newspaper reported.
The Maoist-aligned squatters had been illegally occupying forest land and constructed huts to start a... Read Full Story
Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas Sunday allowed their former arch enemy, deposed king Gyanendra, to travel to the Kathmandu airport unhindered to board a flight to India despite a general strike called by them. Read Full Story
Thousands of people across Nepal, including hundreds of Indians, were left in dire straits as the Maoists went on a fresh vandalising spree Sunday to enforce a stringent general strike after at least seven people were killed in a western village following clashes between landless squatters and security forces. Read Full Story
Kabir Jung Rana is a Nepalese bank clerk by profession, but this week he took a break to butcher buffalo at the world's biggest animal sacrifice. Worshippers travelled long distances, many coming from neighbouring India, to attend the Gadhimai festival which is held every five years in southern Nepal to appease the Hindu goddess of power. "It is not an easy task to kill the animals but once I entered the slaughtering field with my sword I felt blessed with some kind of divine power and that... Read Full Story
Suspected Maoists shot dead three people, including two cousins, and wounded a police constable by triggering a landmine in West Midnapore district Friday, police said.
The three victims, all members of a resistance forum against the ultras in the Lalgarh belt of West Bengal, were abducted from their house under the Belpahari police station area Thursday.
The bodies of Badri Soren, Nimai Singha and Phani Singha were found in the Shimulpal area Friday, said an officer at the state... Read Full Story
Capital city Kathmandu and other districts were hard-hit Sunday by a general strike called by Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas after clashes between security forces and homeless squatters during a demolition drive killed at least six people and triggered arson and looting in farwestern Nepal. Read Full Story
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec. 4 (UPI) --
Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and his Cabinet met Friday on Mount Everest to highlight the adverse impact of climate change on the Himalayas.
Nepal and his 23 ministers were flown by helicopters to Kalapatthar, at an altitude of 17,192 feet, near the base camp of the world's tallest peak, Nepalnews.com reported.
After their brief meeting, the leaders returned to Syangboche near the foot of the 29,035-foot Everest, where they planned to... Read Full Story
