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A festival in Nepal to stop bedwetting in children
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], July 27 (ANI): As soon as the effigy of demon deity Ghantakarna falls down sending plumes of smoke into the air with sounds of burning grasses, parents carry their children and make them jump across the fire holding them tightly.
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Thousands of voters rush out of Kathmandu to native places for Friday's el
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], May 11 (ANI): Thousands of voters living in Kathmandu but registered in districts outside the capital rushed to their native places to exercise their franchise in Friday's local elections.
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Nepal enforces odd-even rule for vehicles in Kathmandu Valley as COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 20 (ANI): Local authorities of Kathmandu Valley have enforced an odd-even rule for vehicles starting from Friday midnight as COVID-19 cases continues to surge in recent weeks.
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COVID: Nepal starts inoculating 12-17 year olds
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], January 10 (ANI): Nepal has started inoculating its population in the age group of 12-17 years with anti-COVID vaccines as the infection fueled by the Omicron variant continues to grip the nation.
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Devotees thank gods by covering body with cow dung, lit oil-lamps in Nepal
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], October 15 (ANI): Quite a few Hindu devotees in Nepal performed a unique ritual on Vijaya Dashami on Friday: they lied down, covered the body with cow dung and placed lit oil-fed lamps over it to thank the gods for answering prayers.
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Monsoon mayhem: Nepal continues to record loss of lives and properties
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhaktapur/ Kavrepalanchok [Nepal], July 10 (ANI): A flooded workplace every monsoon brings no surprise to Ram Krishna Shilpakar, a wood architect of Bhaktapur, as water in the Hanumante River always makes its way into his tin thatched structure, where he has been making wooden scriptures sin
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COVID-19 vaccine drive resumes in Nepal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], June 9 (ANI): Stalled for several months due to shortage of COVID-19 vaccine, the inoculation drive in Nepal resumed on Tuesday after it received one million shots of China-made Vero Cell last week.
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Early rains put smiles on face of Nepali farmers despite pandemic woes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], June 4 (ANI): Terraces on slopes of Changunarayan Hill echoed with chattering of farmers in a melody as they plant paddy saplings made favourable by the pre-monsoon climatic effect.
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Festival to mark arrival of Nepali New year kicks off in Kathmandu amid CO
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 11 (ANI): Despite the rising cases of COVID-19 in Nepal, the Taumadhi square of Bhaktapur city on Saturday was packed with revellers and devotees who came here to participate in the annual event Biska Jatra (fair), which signals the arrival of Nepali New Year.
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Ihi: Marriage between Girl and "wood apple"
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], December 14 (ANI): Dressed in a red saree, Newari girls below 10 years get ready to marry with wood apple, a tradition that has continued for centuries.
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Lockdown in Kathmandu Valley extended for a week
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Aug 26 (ANI): Chief District Officers (CDOs) of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur unanimously agreed to extend lockdown imposed in the Valley for another week owing to surge in COVID-19 cases in last seven days.
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Nepal's government offices to be closed for 15 days amid surge in COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 7 (ANI): Amid the continuous surge in coronavirus cases in Nepal, the Chief District Officers of Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur) has decided to close operations of government offices for 15 days.
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