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Oct 29, 2016- At the friendly invitation of the President Bidya Devi Bhandari, President of the Republic of India Mr Pranab Mukherjee is paying a three-day State Visit to Nepal from 2 to 4 November 2016. According to the schedule about the Indian President's visit made public today by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Bidya Devi Bhandari will receive the President of India at the Tribhuvan International Airport on 2 November 2016. The visiting dignitary will be accorded a ceremonial reception. Mukherjee will meet with President Bhandari at Shital Niwas. The President of Nepal will host a State Banquet in honour of the President of India. Vice President Mr Nanda Bahadur Pun and Prime Minister Mr Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" will call on His Shri Mukherjee. Prime Minister will also host a dinner in honour of the visiting dignitary. The President of India will attend a reception to be hosted by the Ambassador of India to Nepal.

Kathmandu, Oct 28: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat has said his India visit was successful and fruitful.  Talking to media-persons at Tribhuvan International Airport upon his arrival from India, on Friday, Minister Dr Mahat said, "The India visit was fruitful. We put up the past agreements, projects and assistances with India. We have got positive response; its results will come soon." Dr Mahat was in New Delhi to take part in the ministerial-level meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission that took place on October 27. The minute of the agreements were signed by both sides and exchanged each other for the implementation of various past projects and agreements that failed implementation on various reasons and delayed much. 

Jumla, Oct 28: Nepal's biggest lake, Rara, has become a popular destination for both internal and external tourists with access to road reaching there.  It may take some more time to gain popularity at every levels. However, the number of people visiting Rara during two weeks after Dashain this year has reached around 2,600. In this context, tourism entrepreneur Gopal Bam said, "There was no mobility of tourists during rainy season. But, this time around, daily 150 to 200 tourists have reportedly visited the Rara Lake after two days of great Dashain festival". 

KATHMANDU, Oct 28: The Nepal-India Joint Commission has finalized the projects for utilization of grants and loans offered by the government of India, for reconstruction work in areas that were worst hit by earthquake in April and May, 2015. A meeting of the joint commission that concluded in New Delhi on Thursday, decided to clear the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for roads, the Mahakali bridge and irrigation works to be implemented through the concessional loan provided by the Indian government in 2014. The two sides decided on expeditious completion of phase I of the Terai roads, availing of new concessional loans for the development of Terai roads phase II and some other projects; early completion of two ongoing cross-border railway link projects, namely Biratnagar-Jogbani and Bardibas-Bijalpura-Jaynagar; and initiation of work on three other agreed cross-border rail link projects, namely Nepalgunj-Nepalgunj Road (Kohalpur), Kakarbhitta-New Jalpaiguri and Bhairahawa...

 (Prashanna Pokharel)  Barpak (Gorkha), Oct 26: Over 18 months into the earthquake that claimed nearly 9,000 lives, injured over 21,000 and destroyed hundreds of houses and structures, residents of Barpak in Gorkha, the epicentre of the disaster, are still crying for a roof over their heads. The quake survivors have braved one chilling winter and two monsoons just with the hope for relief and their proper rehabilitation. And they are almost sure to face another harsh winter too with rehabilitation nowhere to be seen at least at present. There were reports that many quake survivors were killed due to cold since the disaster while other victims, particularly pregnant and postnatal women, children and elderly people are suffering the most due to various difficulties. Although the National Reconstruction Authority, the government body authorised to carry out post quake-reconstruction, claimed that it has been distributing the grant amount to rebuild damaged houses, th...

Kathmandu, Oct 26: Are you buying firecrackers to explode during Tihar for fun and gaiety? Beware, here is how deleterious effect of the firecrackers blast can be- one can suffer cancer!  The Primary Health Development Centre (PHDC) has urged one and all to be cautious while blasting explosive substances as firecrackers during the festivals like Dipawali and Chath as they are hazardous to human health and environment. Chances are that the smoke of such firecrackers, namely Bhuichampa, could infect the lungs, cause cancer and heart attack, according to the Centre's Acting Director Shantaram Mulmi. Mulmi explained that the white flames in the burning firecrackers contain harmful substances as aluminum which could adversely impact human's mind and lung. "The red flame in the burning firecracker contains lithium and strontium which could retard the growth of bones in babies," he underscored. 

KATHMANDU:  Nepal has been ranked as one of the best countries in the world to visit in 2017, according to Lonely Planet’s annual Best in Travel list. Publishing the travel list for 2017 on Tuesday, the world’s renowned travel guide has said that Nepal is the hottest destination for all budget travellers while the country came out on the fifth place among top 10 countries of the list “Nepal is the world’s number one destination in terms of service and value,” the Best in Travel 2017 list which showcases the top 10 countries, cities, regions and best value destinations for next year, added. The ‘travel bible’ notes that natural disasters can’t even keep Nepal down for long. “The 2015 earthquakes caused devastation, but what is most striking from a traveller’s perspective is not how much was lost but how much remains.” Landmark temples crumbled, but others came through with just the odd tile out of place, and whole swathes of the country escaped serious damage, includin...