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Ruckus, vandalism in Nepal's Province 5 Assembly as dispute over fixing pr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 5 (ANI): Several chairs and tables of Province 5 state Assembly were broken and microphones destroyed as dispute over naming the provincial capital faltered on Monday.
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Nepal's Lumbini missed thousands of Indian tourists this year due to COVID
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Lumbini [Nepal], August 20 (ANI): Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha is missing tourists this year due to the global pandemic situation. Otherwise, thousands of Indians visit this UNESCO World Heritage Site annually.
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Nepal: Celebrating Buddha Jayanti under spell of Lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 7 (ANI): It should have been abuzz with worshippers, serpentine lines and people chanting hymns of "Om Mane Padmey hum" in and around Swayambhunath on occasion of Buddha Jayanti but this year it all was absent.
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PM Modi praises IBC for observing Buddha Purnima as prayers week for COVID
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) for dedicating the Buddha Purnima festival to the frontline workers around the globe, who are engaged in tackling the COVID-19 crisis.
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Will KCR give citizenship to those behind planting explosives, asks BJP MP
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Warangal (Telangana) [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Targeting Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Karimnagar BJP MP Bandi Sanjay on Wednesday asked whether Rao wants to give citizenship to all those who were b
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Nepal hosts Tripitaka chanting ceremony
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Rupandehi [Nepal], Nov 18 (ANI): Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha echoed with the verses of Tripitaka, the traditional scriptures for the Buddhists, as about one thousand Buddhist pilgrims from 25 countries including India, Thailand, Myanmar, and Nepal chanted the Tripitaka for three d
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Buddhist circuit train between India and Nepal to run between October 19-2
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 18 (ANI): The Indian Railways will run its first Buddhist Circuit train between India and Nepal from October 19 to October 26.
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Verdict of 2007 Hyderabad blasts today, survivors await justice
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 27 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court on Monday will pronounce the judgement in the 2007 Hyderabad twin bomb blasts case, two days after the 11th anniversary of the incident.
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Pak team to go to Nepal to probe ex-officer's disappearance
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Pakistan has decided to send a police team to Nepal to investigate the disappearance of Lt. Col. (Retired) Habib Zahir, who went missing earlier this month from Lumbini.
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