Posts Tagged ‘nepal’

New Delhi, Apr.6 (ANI): Ambassador A. Peter Burleigh today assumed duties as the Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. Mission in India. Ambassador Burleigh's interim appointment by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reflects the U.S. Government's emphasis on assuring highest-level representation and continuity in U.S. Indian relations. Ambassador Burleigh's substantial diplomatic experience and many years in South Asia will provide leadership of the U.S.ission in ... Full story

Kathmandu, Apr 6 (ANI): A shutdown called by 18 different Left wing parties including CPN (Maoist) led by Matrika Yadav crippled normal life in Nepal on Monday. The strike was called to prevent mass assemblies called by the Unified CPN (Maoist) in various cities. The shutdown has affected transportation as both long and short-route vehicles remained off the road. The activists vandalised and torched some public vehicles ... Full story

Mumbai, Apr 2 (ANI): Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi has said that the poll panel would consider whether the ration card could be used as a valid identity proof during the upcoming national elections. "This has been pointed out that ration card doesn't have a photograph and it is considered objectionable. We are reviewing it whether this should be an acceptable document or not," said Quraishi. Although voter ... Full story

New Delhi, April 1 (ANI): Mariah Carey's hubby has gifted his wife a pup just few weeks ahead of their one-year wedding anniversary. Nick Cannon, who tied the knot with the singer at her Bahamian estate in last April, got his diva partner an eight-week Jack Russell terrier, reports China Daily. He said: "I got her a short-haired Jack Russell terrier - a girl named Cha-Cha. She's ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 31 (ANI): Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunas urged the government on Tuesday to strengthen the micro economic system for speeding up the growth process in rural India and take measures for the betterment of women. Addressing a two-day conference on women of South Asia, Partners in development, Yunas, a Bangladeshi banker and economist who founded ... Full story

Leh, Mar 30 (ANI): A bank run for street children at Leh in Kashmir has enabled them to become self- reliant. A non-government organisation called Leh Nutrition Project started the Children Development Khazana (Bal Vikas Bank) in 2005 with the support of 'Butterflies', Programme with Street and Working Children, an NGO based in ... Full story

Maharajganj (UP), Mar 30 (ANI): Security along the India-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh has been beefed up ahead of the upcoming general elections. According to Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), security has been beefed up and precautionary steps are being taken to ensure peaceful elections. The security personnel are keeping a close vigil on people crossing the border by checking their belongings. "We have been instructed that in ... Full story

Kathmandu, Mar 27 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood urged cooperation from the Nepal Government for maintaining security along the border in view of the upcoming general elections in India. Sood urged this during the meeting with Prime Minister Prachanda here on Thursday. Nepalnews quoted PM's press advisor Om Sharma as saying ... Full story

London, Mar.27 (ANI): Gurkha veterans, who have fought wars for Britain, will be given the right to stay in this country following a "legal first" in which the High Court had to enforce its own ruling against the Government. The news came as the Gurkhas returned to court to enforce a legal victory they won last September, when a High Court judge ruled that the ... Full story

Gangtok, Mar 26 (ANI): Around 50 cyclists, including foreigners, took part in the 2nd Kanchenjunga International mountain biking expedition, which began in Sikkim recently. The mountain biking expedition, which concludes on March 30, is organized by the State Tourism Department in association with Sikkim Tourism Development Corporation Limited. There were participants from United States, Europe, ... Full story

Kathmandu, Mar 17 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood met Prime Minister Prachanda at latter's official residence in Baluwatar on Tuesday. According to Prachanda's press advisor Om Sharma, they discussed army integration,onstitution drafting process and the present political situation. They also discussed about the participation of the Nepali Congress (NC) in the government. The meeting between the two comes at a time when the Nepali Congress ... Full story

Mysore, Mar 14 (ANI): A company in Mysore, is working overtime, ahead of the general elections, to manufacture the indelible ink used to dye the tip of each voter's finger to prevent repeat voting. The company named Mysore paints and Varnish Limited was established in 1935 with the ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 13 (ANI): Nepal has requested India to expedite construction of transmission lines damaged by Koshi floods and the cross border lines so that the amount of power imported from India could be increased. During the fourth high-level secretarial meeting of the Joint Committee on Water Resources (JCWR) between Nepal ... Full story

London, Mar 8 (ANI): A recent cost of living survey by The Economist Magazine has revealed that five of the ten cheapest locations in the world hail from the Indian subcontinent. Moreover, apart from the two top spots, Asia boasted four of the five cheapest cities - Karachi in Pakistan, Mumbai and New Delhi ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 8 (ANI): Bollywood director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Rang De Basanti' will be screened at the ongoing SAARC Film Festival in Abu Dhabi. Another major attraction of the festival is the Pakistani film 'Khuda Ke Liye', which will be also screened. The film features Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah in a cameo as a Muslim scholar clarifying the tenets of Islam during a court case. A ... Full story

Kathmandu, March 7 (ANI): The two-day trade talks between Nepal and India concluded on Friday with Nepal winning major concessions from the India Kantipur quoted Surya Prasad Silwal, joint-secretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies, who led the Nepali delegation as saying, India has agreed to exempt excise and other duties while Nepal imports goods from India with Indian currency. "This provision is the same ... Full story

Kathmandu, Mar 6 (ANI): India has agreed to provide technical aid to Nepal for upgrading the central food laboratory and the laboratory of the Department of Standards and Meterology (DoSM). This assistance will help to harmonize the standards and accreditation system between the two countries. The agreement to this effect ... Full story

Kathmandu, Mar 3 (ANI): The international media mission has urged the Nepal Government to ensure press freedom by shielding journalists and media houses from attacks. The mission headed by President of the Asia Journalists' Association (AJA) Sang-Ki Lee here on Monday asked the administration to bring perpetrators to justice. Expressing concern about the worsening situation of freedom of press Nepal, they urged the government to ... Full story

Kathmandu, Mar 3 (ANI): SKathmandu, Mar 3 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has cut short his stay in Nepal in wake of attack on Lankan cricket team at Lahore in Pakistan on Tuesday. Rajapaksa has cancelled his trip to Lumbini. He had arrived Nepal yesterday on a three-day visit on the invitation of his Nepali counterpart President Dr Ram Baran Yadav. During his visit, ... Full story

Kathmandu, Feb 27 (ANI): The visiting Chinese delegation led by Assistant Chinese Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi has handed over the draft of 'Peace and Friendship Treaty' to acting Foreign Secretary Suresh Prasad Pradhan here on Thursday. China proposed for a new Friendship Treaty in order to address the changed political ... Full story