KATHMANDU, June 7: Nepal Sports Council (NSC), Nepal Olympic Committee, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports have been requested to look into the selection of tennis squad for the forthcoming Asian Games to be hosted in Indonesia from August 18 to September 2.

KATHMANDU, May 20: A writ petition was filed at the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday seeking a mandamus to the Constitutional Council (CC) headed by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to appoint the chief justice (CJ) at the earliest.

BIRATNAGAR, May 3: The Office of District Attorney (ODA), Morang, has filed a case in the infamous 33 kg gold smuggling case, accusing 63 people including six police officials of racketeering, gold smuggling, kidnapping and murder.

NASHVILLE, April 23: A nearly naked gunman wearing only a green jacket and brandishing an assault rifle stormed a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville early Sunday, shooting four people to death before a customer rushed him and wrestled the weapon away.

BIRGUNJ, April 9: Local people's representatives here have urged the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to be more proactive in preventing corruption taking place at the offices related to development and construction from being institutionalised.

HETAUDA, Mar 27: Speaking during the special hour of today's Provincial Assembly meeting of Province 3 in Hetauda, the PA members demanded death sentence to the guilty in a girl rape case.

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court Thursday demanding its order for immediate issuance of the upper house ordinance by the president.

LONDON, Dec 3: Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya is set to face an extradition hearing in London that should determine whether he is sent back to India to face money laundering allegations related to the collapse of several of his businesses.

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: The government has repeatedly announced, since Fiscal Year 2012/13, that it would help to increase pashmina wool production in Nepal by giving special emphasis to improve conditions for chyangra (mountain goat) farming in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Aug 31: The Election Commission and various security agencies have sought a total of Rs 2 billion for the upcoming third phase of the local polls scheduled for September 18.

KATHMANDU, August 28: Acting president of ruling Nepali Congress (NC) Bimalendra Nidhi has alleged that the chairman of the main opposition CPN-UML, K P Oli, had solicited Chinese support to "derail federalism" in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, July 31: Cooperation and collaboration among all the stakeholders has been stressed for addressing the traffic problem in the Kathmandu Valley.

KATHMANDU, July 12: Lawmakers have suggested the Industry Ministry that it introduced regulations to enforce the Industrial Enterprises Act.

KATHMANDU, July 5: A section of lawmakers, airing their views in the special hour of the Legislature-Parliament meeting today, stressed the need for formulating laws required for operating the local levels in the aftermath of the completion of local elections in six provinces.

KATHMANDU, June 26: The number of people being arrested for possessing and smuggling of banned drugs is increasing day by day in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, June 10: Stakeholders have sought role of community for settling dispute related to natural resources at the local levels.

Britain's Prince Harry sought counselling in his late twenties to help deal with the grief of losing his mother more than a decade earlier, he told the Telegraph newspaper.

KATHMANDU, March 26: Almost all districts in tarai have demanded additional security forces for the upcoming local level elections, arguing that the existing pool of security personnel falls short of meeting the security needs of the region which is likely to face bigger threats from polls-opposing forces.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The Freedom Forum has sought information from 60 colleges affiliated with the Tribhuvan University (TU).

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: The stakeholders have pressed for the implementation of decisions taken by the seventh academic assembly of Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA).

KATHMANDU, Dec 26: The indigenous nationalities leaders have said the bill related to the formation of an Indigenous Nationalities Commission introduced by the Social Justice and Human Rights Committee of the Legislature-Parliament would do nothing in terms of protection and promotion the rights of indigenous people if it is passed as it is.

KATHMANDU, Dec 23: The government is pressing for coordination among all the state organs in order to bring about a sense of responsibility and duty to eliminate violence against women (VAW).

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: An alliance of girl students under the Joint Students' Union Thursday marched across the Shantibatika, Ratnapark, demanding action against those involved in the killings of Laxmi Pariyar of Kavre and Kanchan Bhujel of Nuwakot.

KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Common citizens are harassed and charged with public offence cases due to lack of clear and comprehensive policy and laws, according to a new research report.

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: As many as 55 individuals have registered an application at the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), demanding the property details of CIAA Chief Commissioner Lokman Singh Karki