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Man arrested in Kathmandu for hurling shoe at former Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Mar 1 (ANI): A man was arrested in Kathmandu for hurling a shoe at Nepal Communist Party (NCP) co-chairperson and country's former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal during the latter's address at an event in Kathmandu on Sunday.
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Nepal's Prime Minister Oli to undergo second kidney transplant on March 4
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Mar 1 (ANI): Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will undergo a second kidney transplant at a state-run hospital in Kathmandu on March 4, his party's spokesperson informed on Sunday.
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Nepali communication minister resigns over bribe allegations
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 21 (ANI): Nepal's Minister for Information, Communication, and Technology, Gokul Baskota on Thursday resigned from his post after an audiotape of him bargaining for a commission of security printing press got leaked.
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Sadhus arrive at Pashupatinath ahead of Maha Shivaratri
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 20 (ANI): Thousands of sadhus from across India and Nepal have started arriving at the Pashupati area of the Himalayan nation ahead of the festival of Maha Shivaratri.
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Tharu community stages protest in Kathmandu as demands remain unaddressed
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 19 (ANI): Members of the Tharus minority group on Tuesday staged a protest in Nepal's capital city of Kathmandu, demanding the release of those imprisoned during the Madhesh Movement that roiled the Himalayan nation in 2015.
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Nepalis evacuated from coronavirus-hit China sent to quarantine facility i
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 17 (ANI): 175 Nepali nationals evacuated from the coronavirus-hit Chinese province of Hubei have been sent to a quarantine facility set up at Kharipati in Bhaktapur district of the Himalayan country.
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Nepal donates 100,000 masks to China amid coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 8 (ANI): Nepal has donated 100,000 protective masks to China, which is battling against the new strain of coronavirus that has claimed the lives of 722 people in that country alone, Nepali Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced.
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Nepali Congress obstructs Parliament proceedings
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 7 (ANI): Nepal's main opposition party Nepali Congress on Friday obstructed the House of Representatives proceedings for the second consecutive day as a mark of protest over the indictment of party's deputy leader Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar on corruption charges.
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Let's vacate Parliament to shelter evacuees: Nepali lawmaker jabs govt ove
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 5 (ANI): Nepal's Federal Socialist Party MP Pradeep Yadav on Tuesday hit out at the central government over its failure to finalise the location to set up quarantine facilities, and sarcastically proposed that those to be rescued from coronavirus-hit Wuhan city in C
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Nepal working to evacuate citizens from coronavirus-hit China
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 3 (ANI): The Nepali government said on Monday it is working to evacuate its citizens from China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak that has reported 361 deaths.
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Saraswati Puja performed in Nepal schools on Basant
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 30 (ANI): Several schools across Nepal on Thursday performed Saraswati Puja on the occasion of Basant Panchami, a prominent Hindu festival that marks the arrival the spring season as per the Hindu calender.
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School built with India's assistance handed over to Nepal
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 28 (ANI): The Indian government on Tuesday handed over newly-built school buildings of two educational institutions in the Syangja district of central Nepal.
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