Armyman killed bike accident

SANTOSH SINGH SARLAHI, Feb 24: A Nepal Army soldier was killed in a motorcycle accident at Laxminiya, Mohottari on Sunday morning. Bhuwan Bahadur Chingring of Chandranigahapur-based Amardal Battalion was killed when his motorcycle (Ja 5 Pa 2018) lost control and rammed into a bridge in Laxminiya-5 along the East-West Highway. The armyman, who hailed from Bardibas-1, Mahottari, was killed on...

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Madhes leaders want 2008 voter list if polls by mid-June

GANI ANSARI KATHMANDU, Feb 24: At a time when top leaders of the UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC), CPN-UML and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) are trying to forge consensus on fresh polls, second-rung Madhesi leaders have warned that the latest voters´ list, in which about 11 million voters have been included so far along with their photos and biometrics, will not be acceptable to...

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Paras’ condition deteriorates further

KUALA LUMPUR, FEB 24 - The health condition of former crown prince Paras Shah , who suffered a major heart attack last Tuesday in Bangkok, has deteriorated further and remains critical, doctors involved in his treatment have said. A medical update issued by the Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, where Shah has been undergoing treatment, said that the patient has developed bleeding in his stomach...

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Anti-corruption protesters rearrested at KATHMANDU

KATHMANDU, FEB 24 - Police arrested four anti-corruption campaigners from Shanti Batika, Ratnapark, in the Capital on Sunday. Anti-corruption campaigners Shyam Lal Sah, Sharada Bhusal Jha, Sangita Thapa and Binod Mandal were arrested at about 9 am from the Batika where they had launched fast-unto-death campaign. The campaigners had also been arrested on Friday in front of the Commission for...

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Norah Jones excited about Oscar performance

Jazz singer Norah Jones, the multiple Grammy winning daughter of sitar legend Ravi Shankar, is all excited about performing at the upcoming Oscars ahead of her first India tour in March. The 33-year-old is set to perform the song Everybody Needs A Best Friend from the soundtrack of Ted at the Academy awards ceremony on Sunday. The track was co-written by Norah and Seth MacFarlane, the director...

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WiMAX :: Wireless Broadband Internet Service

Nepal Telecom (NT) is launching the 4G WiMAX IEEE 802.16e service first time in Nepal. Nepal Telecom proudly offers WiMAX broadband internet service with greater flexibility at unmatched price offer. WiMAX service is available throughout the country. NT as a market leader in Wireless Internet, will enhance its service, coverage and quality by delivering next generation technology to the subscribers....

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Free health camp in Gulmi

GULMI, Feb. 23: Thousands of service recipients have thronged a free health camp at Ranibas of Gulmi district. The specialist health camp is being organized by the Civil Servant Women´s Association, Kathmandu. People from Baglung, Palpa and Arghakhanchi districts have also thronged the free health camp. According to General Secretary of Association Urmila Bhusal, services on heart, maternity...

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Class IX girl gang-raped in West Bengal

A class IX student was gang-raped inside a tea garden in Jalpaiguri district and the accused were arrested, the police said today. The victim girl, along with her friends, were going from Kalchini to Hamiltonganj on cycles when they were chased by three men. While others managed to flee, one failed and the accused picked her up and raped her inside Kalchini Tea Garden last evening, Alipurduar...

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Brokers offer to show flats to 17-year-old girl, rape her

Two real estate agents raped a 17-year-old minor in a hotel on the pretext of showing her property in Kandivli late on Thursday. After receiving a tip-off about their location, the police arrested the duo from Virar yesterday. The victim has been living alone in a rented apartment on Kandarpada, Dahisar (East), ever since her family returned to their hometown. Since she wanted to purchase a...

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Five years on, no justice for British teen raped in India

AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NEW DELHI, Feb 23: The mother of a British teenager who was raped and left to die on a Goa beach five years ago has blasted India´s "rubbish" legal system over the stalled trial into her daughter´s death. Scarlett Keeling was only 15 years old when her bruised and half-naked body was found on a beach in the Indian resort state of Goa in February 2008. Two men were arrested...

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Traffic police to clean road every Saturday

KATHMANDU, FEB 23 - The Traffic Police on Saturday launched a campaign of washing and cleaning the roads in the Capital. The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division will undertake the campaign every Saturday. Under the campaign, some 300 personnel under the Valley Traffic Police Division will clean the roads for about two hours. As part of the campaign, the Division today carried out road cleaning...

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Task force to hash out legal issues related to CJ-led govt

CHIRANJEEVI DHUNGANA The task force will meet at 2 p.m. this afternoon KATHMANDU: The major political forces have come to an understanding to let the eight-member task force to deal with the nitty-gritty of apparent legal and constitutional hurdles related to the proposed election government that the parties are mulling over to form under Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi. The meeting of UCPN-Maoist,...

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