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Nepal increases security after pro-monarchy supporters clash with police,
Updated : 18 hours, 35 min ago IST
Security forces have been mobilised around the Bhaktapur residence of controversial businessman Durga Prasai, who is leading the protests, while his supporters have been arrested from various locations in Kathmandu.
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Subroto Cup Junior Boys: Manipur, Mizoram, Jharkhand schools qualify for q
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Mizoram beat Mamta Modern School, Vikaspuri, New Delhi, 3-2 in a tight contest and T.G English School, Bishnupur, Manipur got the better off Shri Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya, Bhaktapur, Nepal 3-0, while Jharkhand comprehensively beat Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Maheshpur, Pakur, Jharkhand 5
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“Water bike” craze drives tourists to ancient city of Bhaktapur in Nepal
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Water cycling introduced in the Na: Pukhu pond on the way to Bhaktapur Durbar Square is attracting more tourists and passersby to get a new experience of pedalling over the water.
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Festival of summer gifts 'Yala Panchadan' celebrated in Nepal's Lalitpur
Updated : 3 months ago IST
In the celebrations, barefooted monks walked around the ancient town receiving alms and chanting hymns and prayers. This festival is celebrated by Vajrayana Buddhists, especially Shakyas and Bajracharyas, from the Newar community of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Panauti and Banepa.
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Nepal: China launches five "Silk Roadster" projects under Belt and Road In
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Nepal ratified the BRI's framework agreement in 2017. Six years later, however, not a single project from the programme has begun in Nepal, despite the fact that the government has chosen nine projects to be carried out under the framework. Chinese officials said that the platform was a nove
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Nepal prepares to immerse in festivity with start of longest chariot festi
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The festivity is back again in Nepal as Rato Machindranath, the Red God of the Himalayan nation on Friday ascended the sky-scrapping chariot which would tour around the city for months.
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Nepali town painted red as it welcomes new year
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Celebrated annually on the second day of the new year, devotees carry idols of different deities in a total of 32 palanquins, singing and dancing to traditional beats. The dawn of red starts with the touring of the palanquins by devotees who take three rounds of the Balkumari Temple.
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Former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli casts vote in Bhaktapur
Updated : 1 year ago IST
KP Sharma Oli claimed that the new parties will not be able to gather votes to even become national parties.
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A festival in Nepal to stop bedwetting in children
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], July 27 (ANI): As soon as the effigy of demon deity Ghantakarna falls down sending plumes of smoke into the air with sounds of burning grasses, parents carry their children and make them jump across the fire holding them tightly.
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Thousands of voters rush out of Kathmandu to native places for Friday's el
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], May 11 (ANI): Thousands of voters living in Kathmandu but registered in districts outside the capital rushed to their native places to exercise their franchise in Friday's local elections.
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Nepal enforces odd-even rule for vehicles in Kathmandu Valley as COVID-19
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 20 (ANI): Local authorities of Kathmandu Valley have enforced an odd-even rule for vehicles starting from Friday midnight as COVID-19 cases continues to surge in recent weeks.
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COVID: Nepal starts inoculating 12-17 year olds
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Bhaktapur [Nepal], January 10 (ANI): Nepal has started inoculating its population in the age group of 12-17 years with anti-COVID vaccines as the infection fueled by the Omicron variant continues to grip the nation.
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