Bilateral trade relations betweenIndia and Nepal figured prominently as Commerce Minister AnandSharma met Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav and PrimeMinister Madhav Kumar Nepal here.Sharma who is here to attend the South Asia Free TradeAgreement (SAFTA) meeting, called on Prime Minister Nepaltoday, Indian Embassy officials said.Sharma, who had met President Yadav yesterday also paidobeisance at the...
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Security issues and other mattersof mutual concern came up for discussion when Home SecretaryG K Pillai called on Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal heretoday.Pillai, who is in Kathmandu for the two-day bilateralsecurity meeting with his Nepalese counterpart Govinda Kusum,met Premier Nepal and Home Minister Bhim Rawal.During his talks with the two Nepalese leaders, mattersof mutual concern and security...
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Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Wednesday called on the Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and discussed with him the current political situation as well as the peace process in the Himalayan Kingdom.Mr. Sharma is the first high-ranking Minister to visit Nepal after the Madhav Nepal government assumed office in May this year.“India is for peace, stability and development...
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived here for a three-day religious visit to the Himalayan nation.During his stay, Mr Rajapaksa will visit Lumbini and meet Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and other leaders.This is the second visit of Mr Rajapaksa in a year. He had cut short his earlier trip to the country due to a terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan...
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Stop world's largest animal killing fair in Nepal: Activists < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateCampaigners cutting across different religions Sunday asked the Nepal government to stop a prominent religious fair in the Terai plains where at least 500,000 animals and birds will be sacrificed at the end of this month.'By perpetuating such a mass massacre in the name of religion, culture and tradition in...
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three-day security talks between the home ministers of India and Nepal, scheduled to have started in New Delhi Tuesday, have been postponed indefinitely due to the mounting turmoil in Nepal.Nepal's Home Minister Bhim Rawal, accompanied by Home Secretary Govinda Prasad Kusum and the chiefs of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and National Investigation Department, was to have continued talks on combating...
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Kathmandu, Nov 1 : Campaigners cutting across different religions Sunday asked the Nepal government to stop a prominent religious fair in the Terai plains where at least 500,000 animals and birds will be sacrificed at the end of this month."By perpetuating such a mass massacre in the name of religion, culture and tradition in the 21st century, we are projecting Nepal as a barbaric country," said Pramada...
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The three-day security talks between the home ministers of India and Nepal, scheduled to have started in New Delhi on Tuesday, have been postponed indefinitely due to the mounting turmoil in Nepal.Nepal's Home Minister Bhim Rawal, accompanied by Home Secretary Govinda Prasad Kusum and the chiefs of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and National Investigation Department, was to have continued talks on...
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Kathmandu, Nov 2: Nepal's Maoist party, set on a collision course with the government, Monday failed to disrupt the opening of an India-aided polytechnic institute in the east by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.Nepal flew to Biratnagar city in Morang district to inaugurate the Manmohan Memorial Polytechnic established with an Indian assistance of NRS 460 million.India had agreed in 2003 to help build...
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KATHMANDU: A nearly decade-oldstruggle finally resulted in sweet victory for Nepali grandpop Min BahadurSherchan Sunday when amidst thundering applause PM Madhav Kumar Nepal unveiledin public a Guinness World Record certificate testifying the 78-year-old to bethe oldest man to have conquered Mt Everest, the highest peak in theworld.“Mt Everest is one of the few means that has helped keepNepal in the...
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