ECONOMY
Saturday morning’s Pokhara-Jomsom flights canceled
Saturday morning’s Pokhara-Jomsom flights canceled
POKHARA, May 11: All commercial flights in the Pokhara-Jomsom sector scheduled for Saturday morning have been canceled in light of the Muktinath visit of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Issuing a notice to airmen (NOTAM), Jomsom airport has informed all airlines companies not to schedule their f...
May 12, 2018
WORLD
Riding on Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi's future, PM Modi's 2019 gambit, Kumaraswamy's survival
Riding on Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi's future, PM Modi's 2019 g...
Karnataka's politics is just like Bengaluru's fickle weather: A blast of hot air now, and a freezing cold breeze the next minute. The assembly polls are more than a mere fight between the Congress, BJP and JD(S).
May 12, 2018
ECONOMY
Modi’s visit could boost religious tourism, entrepreneurs say
Modi’s visit could boost religious tourism, entrepreneurs sa...
KATHMANDU, May 11: One aspect of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Nepal is religious. He started his third visit to Nepal as a prime minister by landing at Janakpur where he worshipped at the Janaki Temple before flying to Kathmandu on Friday.
May 12, 2018
POLITICS
Oli, Modi vow to expedite air, water, rail connectivity
Oli, Modi vow to expedite air, water, rail connectivity
KATHMANDU, May 11 : Prime Minister KP Oli and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have agreed to strengthen air, waterways and rail connectivity of Nepal so as to transform Nepal from a landlocked to a land-linked and water-linked country.
May 12, 2018
ECONOMY
Renovation of Bhotekoshi Hydro to take another year and a half
Renovation of Bhotekoshi Hydro to take another year and a ha...
SINDHUPALCHOWK, May 11: The 45 megawatt Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project, whose construction was hindered time and again because of natural disasters that hit the project one after another, will possibly take one and half more years to come into operation.
May 12, 2018
ECONOMY
Fuel import bill climbs 34%
Fuel import bill climbs 34%
KATHMANDU, May 11: The import of petroleum products has gone up significantly in the first three quarters of the current fiscal year, making it a prime contributor in further exacerbating the yawning trade deficit of the country with India.
May 12, 2018
SOCIETY
Indian PM Modi reaches Muktinath Temple
Indian PM Modi reaches Muktinath Temple
KATHMANDU, May 11: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two day official visit to Nepal at the invitation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, has landed in Jomsom.
May 12, 2018
POLITICS
Indian PM Modi leaves for Muktinath
Indian PM Modi leaves for Muktinath
KATHMANDU, May 11: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two day visit to Nepal at the invitation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, has left for Jomsom to pay homage to Muktinath Temple on Saturday morning.
May 12, 2018
SOCIETY
UK MPs at The British College
UK MPs at The British College
KATHMANDU, May 11: Members of the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union (BGIPU) toured The British College at Trade Tower, Thapathali, Kathmandu on Wednesday.
May 12, 2018
SOCIETY
Construction of Kanya Mandir School starts with US aid
Construction of Kanya Mandir School starts with US aid
KATHMANDU, May 11: US ambassador Alaina B Teplitz, National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) Chief Executive Officer, Yuba Raj Bhusal and other government officials held a joint groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of Kanya Mandir Secondary School - the first all-girls' school in Kathmandu o...
May 12, 2018