Plane crash in Kazakhstan kills 22

REUTERS"There was no fire‚ no explosion. The plane just plunged to the earth" KYZYL TU: A passenger plane crashed in thick fog near Kazakhstan's commercial capital of Almaty on Tuesday, killing all 22 people on board, an emergency services official said.The Canadian-built Bombardier Challenger CRJ-200 was en route from the city of Kokshetau in northern Kazakhstan to Almaty in the southeast when...

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Reduced health budget will hamper MDG efforts: Experts

KATHMANDU: Reduction in health budget could create obstructions in meeting the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDG) target, health experts warned today.Babu Ram Marasini, chief of Health Sector Reform Unit at the Health Ministry said the budget cut will adversely affect efforts to meet the MDG target.Although the country is showing progress in so far as child mortality rate and maternal mortality...

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Displaced journos return to Dailekh

KATHMANDU, JAN 29 -A group of Dailekh-based journalist s, who fled to Surkhet following threats from the Maoist party workers, some six days ago, returned to the district on Tuesday.Twenty-two journalists affiliated to various local and national media houses fled the district and reached Surkhet after UCPN (Maoist) activists threatened them with their lives for reporting and pressurizing the government...

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Egypt in show of defiance against Islamist leader

ASSOCIATED PRESSCAIRO, Jan 29: Protesters battled police for hours in Cairo on Monday and thousands marched through Egypt´s three Suez Canal cities in direct defiance of a night-time curfew and state of emergency, handing a blow to the Islamist President Mohammed Morsi´s attempts to contain five days of spiraling political violence.Nearly 60 people have been killed in the wave of unrest, clashes,...

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Drive against plastic bags during Swasthani fest

KATHMANDU, JAN 28 -In a bid to control pollution in Sankhu’s Shalinadi, a campaign has been launched to limit the excessive use of polythene bags during the month-long Swasthani festival, which begun on Saturday.Under the campaign, a joint initiative of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), the Nepal Scouts, Force Nepal and other stakeholders, environment-friendly bags will be distributed to...

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NEA recovers dues in Birgunj

BIRGUNJ: After the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Distribution Center, Birgunj started leakage control campaign, it could recover remarkable amount of dues.It raised Rs. 25.6 million after cutting the power lines of 533 customers in the first six months of the current fiscal year 2012/13.The Centre said that last year, the NEA had recovered some 96.46 percent of the dues which was 15.86 percent...

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No chance‚ baby!: Maoist chair to NC‚ UML

SHREERAM SIGDEL & HARI SHARMAPM BOYCOTTED: Local and Indian journalists walked out when Prime Minister Dr. Bhattarai went to dais to address the functionPARASI: Unified CPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday stated that the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML cannot make it to the power for a decade, and offered a suggestion to the parties to give up their longing for the government...

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Man gets 18 years for raping daughter

CHITWAN, Jan 21: The Makawanpur district court on Monday sentenced a man to 18 years in jail for raping his own daughter. Judge Tek Narayan Kunwar convicted Shukra Raj Meghi, a resident of Bhainse VDC in Makwanpur, for raping his minor daughter. The 38-year-old was arrested by police on February 1, 2012. The police had filed a rape case against him at the district court on February 26. In her...

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Middle-aged women happier than men

A survey has found middle-aged women are more satisfied with their sex lives as they get older, despite having less sex and admitting that their partners have performance issues in the bedroom. Men, on the other hand, say they are less satisfied as time goes by, Daily Mail reported. In a survey of 1,000 heterosexual couples, it was found that while nearly three-quarters of married or cohabiting...

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Three Star extend lead on top

KATHMANDU, JAN 19 - Leaders Three Star Club were all but assured top spot in the first round of the Red Bull Martyrs’ Memorial ‘A’ Division League after their 3-0 win over Sankata Club while Iceberg Madhyapur Youth Association boosted their chances of survival  with a 1-0 victory over fellow relegation strugglers Samsung Jawalakhel Youth Club on Friday. With only one game to be played in...

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15 burned bodies found at Algeria gas plant

ALGIERS : Algerian special forces on Saturday found 15 burned bodies at the desert gas plant attacked by al Qaeda-linked fighters, a source familiar with the unfolding hostage crisis there said. An investigation was in progress to try and identify the bodies, which were found after the Algerian army launched an operation to free dozens of foreign and Algerian workers at the gas plant. There was...

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Bhattarai shoots letter to British PM‚ UN

KATHMANDU: Nepali Ambassador to United Kingdom Suresh Chalise today handed over Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai’s letter addressed to his British counterpart David Cameron on Colonel Kumar Lama’s arrest. Confirming this to THT, MoFA Assistant Spokesperson Durga Bahadur Subedi said, “Ambassador Chalise handed over the letter on behalf of PM Bhattarai to the officials at the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth...

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WINTER RAINS are here: Respite for farmers; people hit

KATHMANDU, JAN 19 - Thunderstorms accompanied by heavy rain and snowfall, particularly in the hilly and high mountainous parts in West Nepal, brought some respite for farmers on Friday, while it also affected normal life as mercury plummeted in these areas. Farmers heaved a sigh of relief as they welcomed the rain s in their dry fields of wheat and barley crops, seasonal vegetables and fruits....

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MacBook Pro- With Retina Display (Introduction )

"We wanted a screen as vivid as your imagination. A screen where everything you see is vibrant, detailed, and sharp. With the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, we created the world’s highest-resolution notebook display. The only thing that even comes close? The supercompact 13-inch model. They’re two of a kind. And in a class all their own" -Apple Multimillion-pixel view. When...

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Single women break tradition

A group of single (widowed) women of Ramechhap broke the age-old social taboo, which often barred them to take part in all forms of social activities. A group of 51 single women went against the prevailing tradition by wearing crimson clothes, bangles and red tika, which, according to the Hindu tradtion, are the domain of the women who have not widowed. Amidst a programme organised by Single...

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Sri Lanka beat Australia by four wickets

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan 18: Sri Lanka defeated Australia by four wickets after bowling out the home side for an embarrassing 74 in the third one-day international at the Gabba on Friday to take a 2-1 series lead. An inswinging onslaught from Sri Lanka´s bowlers led to the demolition of the home side in 26.4 overs, their lowest ODI score for 27 years. At one stage Australia were 40-9 before putting...

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4 killed‚ 34 injured as bus veers off road in Dhading

DHADING: Four people were killed and 34 others injured when a passenger bus (Na 4 Kha 6170) veered off the road and fell down on the bank of Trishuli River at Pida VDC–2, Ghatbesi of Dhading on Friday pre-dawn darkness. Three of the victims,including two Indian nationals, in the fatal bus fall along the Prithvi Highway have been identified, according to police. All four were killed on the spot. The...

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Rain, landslide, snowfall cripples life in Bajhang

BAJHANG, JAN 18 - Transportation has come to a grinding halt in Bajhang district due to landslide triggered by incessant rain fall since Thursday afternoon. Snowfall is also recorded in Chainpur,Sribhabar, Khopade, among other regions of the district since early this morning Khopade-Bajhang road stretch, Bhade and Mouribagar along Jayaprithvi Highway has been obstructed due to the flood. Hundreds...

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Saraswati edges RCT in thriller with Mdabela hat-trick (with photos)

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: Yona Elias Mdabela continued his impressive form in the Martyrs Memorial Red Bull A Division Football League as he scored a hat-trick to guide Simrik Saraswati Club to a thrilling 4-3 victory over McDowell´s Ranipokhari Corner Team (RCT) on Wednesday. Mdabela, who scored six goals against Mahindra Bansbari in his side´s previous league match, scored a hat-trick against RCT on...

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Collapse of apartment building in Egypt kills 25

CAIRO: An eight-story apartment building collapsed Wednesday in the port city of Alexandria, killing at least 25 people in the second deadly accident to hit the country in as many days, according to police and health officials. Mohammed el-Sharqawy, a senior official at the Health Ministry, said at least 12 people also were injured and that rescue teams were searching for survivors under the rubble....

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Nepal move one step up in FIFA standings

KATHMANDU: Nepal has managed to move one step up in the FIFA World rankings for the month of January. Nepal managed to accumulated 83 points to jump up to the 170th position. In South Asia Maldives are ranked on top. Spain is still in the summit, while Germany and Argentina are placed second and third respectively. The rankings for South Asian teams are: Teams Ranking Maldives 159 India...

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NT EVDO :: Wireless Broadband Internet

What is EVDO? EVDO (Evolution Data Optimized), also known as CDMA2000 1xEvDO, is a telecommunications standard for the wireless transmission of data through radio signals, typically for broadband Internet access. It uses multiplexing techniques including code division multiple access (CDMA) as well as time division multiple access (TDMA) to maximize both individual user's throughput and the overall...

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25 injured in Kaski bus accident

POKHARA, Jan 16: Twenty-five people were injured, two critically, when a passenger bus met with an accident at Armla VDC near Pokhara in Kaski district, on Wednesday morning. Five children among the injured are Ayush Pariyar, two, Prabin Pariyar, six, Syechchha Pariyar, five, Swastika Pariyar, 10 and Prajal Gurung, 14, according to police. Radhadevi Bhattarai, Lal Kumari Nepali, Usha Pariyar,...

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Girl says man raped her, with boyfriend's help

KAVRE, JAN 16 - A girl has lodged a complaint at the Metropolitan Police Circle at Bouddha in Kathmandu, saying that she was rape d by a man with the help of her boyfriend . The complaint said she was rape d by one Akash Shrestha, a friend of her boyfriend Umesh Upreti, in a Nagarkot-based hotel last Friday night after lacing her food with drugs. Based on the complaint, police arrested both...

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Two Nepali killed in Malaysia

KATHMANDU, JAN 16 - Two Nepali youths were killed at Hulu Terengganu in Malaysia on Tuesday evening. The youths, identified as Pramod Kumar Raya, 30, and Kumar Paswan, 26, were killed when an oil machine, used to make palm oil, exploded at the company where they were working. Another local also lost his life in the accident. The address of the deceased is yet to ascertained. Four other...

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High-ranking H&B officials sucked in as probe deepens

KATHMANDU, JAN 15 - High-ranking officials of H&B Development Bank are being sucked in as the police probe deeper into a good for payment cheque scam. Police had arrested another eight employees of the development bank including...

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Nepal, India to jointly promote domestic religious sites

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Nepali and Indian travel agents are jointly launching a travel package to promote Lumbini and other Nepali religious sites, and increase the flow of foreign tourists to Nepal. The religious tourism package is being launched at the Nepal-India Joint Travel Mart scheduled to begin in Lumbini from Tuesday. The package aims to promote major Buddhist religious sites in Lumbini...

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Made-in-Nepal : apps for your smartphones

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Five minutes before the usual electricity cuts, Pranita Nepal’s iPhone blinks with notification from ‘BattiGayo’ and she’s mentally prepared for the load shedding. A 20-year-old student, Nepal shares that the app has made it easier for her to access information about load shedding hours. Plus, she can customize the notifications as early as an hour before the load shedding...

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