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India likely to probe ex-militant’s arrest from Nepal border

KATHMANDU: India’s Ministry of Home Affairs is contemplating an inquiry into the detention of suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Liyaqat Ali Shah from near the Indo-Nepal

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In this March 22, 2013 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan smiles after arriving at the government airport Vnukovo II, outside Moscow, Russia.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
A diplomatic star is born in Chinese first lady

BEIJING (AP) — Glamorous new first lady Peng Liyuan has emerged as Chinese diplomacy’s latest star, cutting a very different profile from her staid predecessors on her debut official visit

In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, North Koreans work at computer terminals inside the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang, North Korea.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Experts: NKorea training teams of ‘cyber warriors’

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, the focus remains fixed on North

Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf speaks during a news conference in Dubai March 23, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammad Abu Omar
Ex-President Musharraf returns to Pakistan for elections

KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former President, Pervez Musharraf, returned home on Sunday after nearly four years of self-imposed exile to contest elections despite the possibility of arrest and a threat

Refugee children carry food received as aid and belongings salvaged from ruins of the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp near Mae Hong Son March 24, 2013. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Fire in Thai refugee camp kills 36

BANGKOK- A fire swept through a remote camp in northwestern Thailand for refugees from Myanmar, killing 36 and destroying hundreds of make-shift shelters, officials said on Sunday. The fire, which

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From Pillar to Post: 11 Nepali dancers in Sri-Lankan quagmire

KATHMANDU: Popular social media fueled anti-VAW movement- #OccupyBaluwatar and #TIARape – has been raging in Nepal’s capital for some months now. But living conditions of Nepali women inside the country

madheshi janadhikar forum Nepal chairman Upendra yadav
Yadav rakes up old issues as conditions to join CA elections

KATHMANDU: An influential leader from a Madhesh-centric political party has warned to boycott the proposed Constituent Assembly elections, if his party’s demand were not addressed by the High Level Political

CPN UML Chairman Jhalnath Khanal
Khanal says his party only can quash capitalist and radicals

KATHMANDU: CPN UML Chairman Jhalnath Khanal has claimed that his party only has the credentials and capacity to tackle capitalist and radical forces in the nation. Speaking at a program

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TU’s teaching hospital rejoices as Bhagwan’s return ensured

KATHMANDU: Most of the officials associated with the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital rejoiced on Sunday as the university’s council conceded to the demands of the institution’s director Dr Bhagwan Koirala.

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Nepali hangs himself in Malaysia

SahaAlam, Malaysia: A Nepali man in his late forty’s hanged himself from a ceiling fan of his residence here on March 20. The deceased identified as Madan Kumar Shrestha, originally