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  • Nepal India to discuss cross-border crime

    Nepal and India have decided to discuss cross-border crime to curb this menace on the 1,700-km border shared by the two countries, an official said here Sunday. "A secretary-level meeting is scheduled for June first week. Exact date will be fixed soon. Cross-border crime will be a key feature of the meeting," Nepal's Home Ministry spokesperson Shankar Koirala told Xinhua. In the meeting, Home ...

  • Indo-Nepal Army Mountaineering Expedition Team climb Mount Everest

    The Joint Indo-Nepal Army Mountaineering Expedition Team successfully climbed Mount Everest. According to the Nepal Army Directorate of Information, the first team of the Joint expedition reached the world's highest peak at nine local time this morning. From the Indian army five, including Major R. M Jamwal , Mingmamagar Gurung, Sudhir Singh, Chhatar Singh and Sukvir, have reached the summit. ...

  • Nepal considers plan to expand fibre coverage

    Nepal's minister for information and communications Madhav Prasad Paudel has said the government is committed to improving its fibre-optic links in the country, specifically through the deployment of optical networks along highways and trunk roads. e-Kantipur notes that the state's backing of the plan comes at a time when its efforts to roll out the district optical fibre project are ...

  • Nepal takes issue with troubled BBC’s Everest video

    (21 mins ago) A British mountaineer's interview with the UK state broadcaster BBC on his smart phone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy in Nepal where the government is calling the broadcast ';illegal'', officials said. Mountaineer Daniel Hughes went live on BBC via his smart phone from the 8,848-meter peak on Sunday morning. It was also seen on Asia ...

  • Nepal investigating Everest call

    A BRITISH mountaineer's interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast "illegal", officials said Monday. British mountaineer Daniel Hughes gave a live video interview to the BBC on his smartphone from the 8,848-metres (29,029-feet) peak on Sunday morning. "This is the world's ...

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The Last Kiss

The Last Kiss

The Last Kiss is a remake of a 2001 Italian film of the same title by writer/director Gabriele Muccino, who specializes in domestic melodrama (he was recently imported to the U.S. to direct The Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith). Screenwriter Paul Haggis (Crash ... ...

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  • Chinese climber dies while ascending Lhotse in Nepal

    A Chinese climber, Xiaoshi Li, 58, died in wee hours of Monday while attempting to climb Lhotse mountain in Sagarmatha region, expedition organizer said."Li died due to sickness on his way to Lhotse peak," Nivesh Karki, manager of Seven Summit Treks Pvt. Ltd., the expedition organizer said. Li had fallen sick two days ago."Mr. Xiaoshi Li, citizen of Republic of China got altitude ...

  • WWF Nepal celebrates 20 years of conservation partnerships

    WWF Nepal celebrates 20 years of conservation partnerships WWF Nepal celebrated its 20 years of office (1993-2013) by recognising partnerships, from the national to the grassroots level, that helped shape Nepal’s conservation landscape. At a special ceremony organized to mark this day in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park in Nepal’s Terai Arc Landscape on Sunday, more than 70 ...

  • ANAs 31st will be different from past conventions Maharjan

    Samir Maharjan is the coordinator of the 31st Convention of the Association of Nepalese in America. Based in New York, he has been involved in Nepali jewellery business. Nepalnews' Rajendra Pokhrel talked to Maharjan about ANA and ts preparations for its 31st convention, which is to take place in Westchester, New York from July 4-6. How would you describe ANA? Could you give short history ...

  • Students to bring light to Nepali village

    Four UNL students and a partner living in Nepalplanned and raised money to install a hydroelectric generator in the Nepali village of ...

  • NC leader says parties involved in hefty preparations for November polls

    NC leader says parties involved in hefty preparations for November polls A senior leader of Nepali Congress has assured that the much-awaited election to the Constituent Assembly (CA) will be held within November this year. Krishna Sitaula, who is general secretary of Nepali Congress, informed that the four major parties have focused all their attention towards making necessary preparations ...

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