News from Nepal

Sending the strongest signal of deterioration in ties with Pakistan in the wake of the September 18 Uri attack, India Tuesday announced it will not attend the 19th SAARC summit in Islamabad in November. Official sources claimed Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan too have reservations on attending the summit. The announcement was made by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) which said “increasing cross-border terrorist attacks in the region and growing interference in the internal affairs of member states by one country have created an environment that is not conducive to the successful holding of the 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad”. MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup also tweeted: “Regional cooperation and terror don’t go together.” A day earlier, Prime Minister  Narendra Modi  had told officials at a meeting on the Indus Waters Treaty that “rakt aur paani ek saath nahin beh sakta” (blood and water cannot flow together). In London last Saturday, Pakistan Prime Minister Na...

Joint Statement on the State visit of Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal to India Posted on Joint Statement on the State visit of Prime Minister of Nepal,  Rt. Hon’ble Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ to India  (15-18 September, 2016) The Rt. Hon’ble Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Prime Minister of Nepal, and Ms. Sita Dahal are on a State visit to India from 15-18 September 2016 at the invitation of the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi. The delegation includes the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Mr. Ramesh Lekhak, members of the Legislature-Parliament, and other senior officials of the Government of Nepal. During the visit, Rt. Hon’ble Prime Minister of Nepal was accorded ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 16 September 2016. He paid courtesy call on the Hon’ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee, and held talks with th...

Sep 27, 2016- The death toll in the bus accident at Marpak of Dhading district has climbed to 19, after an injured passenger succumbed to injuries during treatment at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Kathmandu. Eighteen people died on the spot when a passenger bus met with an accident at Labangphedi of Marpak on Tuesday, Dhading District Police Chief Sharad Kumar Khatri said. Dr Pratap Narayan Sah at TUTH’s emergency confrimed the death of one passenger at the hospital. The injured passengers were airlifted to Kathmandu by two helicopters for treatment.

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Kathmandu, Sept 20: Police, this evening, made public a group exploding bombs at different schools in the Kathmandu Valley on Tuesday morning. They were involved in organized crimes in the name of political party.  During a press conference, the police paraded Shankar Lakhe from Dimapokhari, Ramechhap and Chandra Bahadur Tamang from Lampangtar, Sindhuli.  At the conference, Additional Inspector General of Police, Pratap Singh Thapa, said they were found affiliated to the Communist Centre (Maoist), All Nepal Independent Students' Centre and Young Communist Force.  Eight along with these two were arrested by the police two months back for committing arson on a van of Ideal Model School, Dallu, and a case filed on arson. Later they were released on general bail from Kathmandu District Court.  Mastermind behind the bombing is coordinator of the Student's Centre Min Devkota and coordinator of Young Communist Force Suman Shrestha.  The party was formed by the combat...

Inaruwa, Sept 21: The District Administration Office, Sunsari has banned the boat operation in the Saptakoshi River for the time being. The DAO Sunsari took the decision to suspend the punting in the river until the further decision, following frequent incidents of boat sinking in the river.   A meeting of the District Security Committee took a decision to this effect. It may be noted that status of nine individuals went missing in the Saptakoshi River boat sinking that happened last Saturday is yet to be known. They all feared dead as chances of rescuing them alive are slight, police said. Search for the missing in the incident is going on in the fifth day today too, Sunsari's Superintendent of Police Poshraj Pokhrel said.