Tag: Nepal
Nepal plane crash kills 18
A small passenger plane has crashed during landing in Nepal's Everest region, killing 18 people believed to be mostly German tourists, Nepalese officials say.[MORE]
Skydivers make unprecedented jump over Everest
Three skydivers made the first ever parachute jump over Mount Everest on Sunday, organisers and participants said, culminating years of preparation.[MORE]
Gurkha soldiers win historic British settlement case
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The Gurkha take their name from the eighth century Hindu warrior Saint Guru Gorakhnath, and fight they did, many of them with little fight left in them to reach the High Court for the right to settle in Britain.[MORE]
Gurkhas win right to stay in Britain
The Gurkhas have won their High Court battle for the right to settle in Britain.[MORE]
Safety fears cancel Miss Nepal beauty pageant
The organisers of the beauty pageant, Miss Nepal, have had to cancel it because of concerns about safety. [MORE]
Gurkhas enlist Lumley in UK residency battle
Retired Gurkhas from Nepal have launched a High Court battle in London for the right to live in the United Kingdom.[MORE]
Hundreds protest against Nepal crackdown on 'nude' discos
Hundreds of disco workers protested in Kathmandu on Monday against a Government crackdown on "nude dancing" in its bid to improve the deteriorating law and order.[MORE]
Wild elephant kills four in Nepal village: police
A wild elephant has killed at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, in a village in south-east Nepal, police said.[MORE]
Nepal abolishes slave labour system
Nepal's Maoist-led coalition Government has abolished the Haliya system, a slavery-like condition, by freeing about 20,000 poor people from the hands of moneylenders and landlords, a cabinet minister said.[MORE]
Disease fears for flood-devastated India, Nepal
Hundreds of thousands of flood victims huddled into makeshift camps in India and Nepal face major disease outbreaks.[MORE]
British woman eyes skydive record over Everest
A British woman plans to make a parachute jump over Mount Everest hoping to become the first woman ever to skydive over the world's highest peak, organisers said on Sunday.[MORE]
Nepal agrees on govt under new Maoist PM
Nepalese politicians have agreed on the makeup of the nation's first post-royal government, with Maoist leader Prachanda as Prime Minister, ending weeks of political deadlock.[MORE]
Nepal's former guerrilla chief sworn in as PM
A former Maoist guerrilla leader who led a decade-long insurgency against Nepal's Hindu monarchy has been sworn in as the Himalayan republic's first prime minister.[MORE]
Former Maoist rebel elected as Nepalese PM
Former Maoist rebel leader Prachanda has been elected as Nepal's first republican Prime Minister.[MORE]
1,000 Tibetan protesters arrested in Nepal
Stick-wielding police in Nepal's capital Kathmandu have arrested at least 1,000 Tibetan exiles as they protested outside a Chinese embassy building, police and witnesses said.[MORE]
Dozens of inmates on the run after Nepal jailbreak
More than 50 prisoners, including dozens linked to armed political groups and criminal gangs, have overpowered their guards and escaped from a jail in southern Nepal, police said.[MORE]
Search on for new Nepalese 'goddess'
Religious authorities in Nepal have begun the search for a girl who could be as young as three or four to serve as the new Kumari, or the virgin "living goddess", in a centuries-old tradition.[MORE]
Cambodia's ruling party win confirmed
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen is on course for another five years in office after confirmation that his party won the general election two weeks ago. [MORE]
Nepal parties miss deadline to form government
Nepal's former Maoist rebels and mainstream parties have failed to meet a deadline to form a new government, leaving the Himalayan nation in political limbo, an official has said.[MORE]
Buddhists arrested after Kathmandu anti-China protest
Security forces in Nepal have broken up a demonstration in Kathmandu by about 2,000 Buddhists angry about China's policies in Tibet. [MORE]
Tibetans protest in Nepal on eve of Olympics
An estimated 1,500 Tibetans have staged a protest in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, expressing their anger towards China on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, police and eyewitnesses said.[MORE]
Maoists scrap Miss Nepal pageant
A contest to choose the next Miss Nepal has been cancelled after Maoist female lawmakers denounced the beauty pageant.[MORE]
At least 9 dead on K2, grave fears for missing
Nine climbers killed and at least three missing after ice collapse on K2.[MORE]
South Asia leaders urge joint terrorism fight
The leaders of South Asia called for a coordinated fight against terrorism as a regional summit overshadowed by worsening ties between key members India and Pakistan, opened on Saturday.[MORE]
Nepal's first president sworn in
The first President of newly-republican Nepal has been sworn into office, but the country remains in political limbo, with the former Maoist rebels refusing to form a government under him.[MORE]
