Nepal in News
- Nepal's president has backed the choice of a three-year-old girl to be worshipped as a living goddess, officials said Monday -- upholding age-old tradition despite the Maoist government's atheist stance. - Nepal's HIV/AIDS policies and programs have failed to address the problems of women living with HIV/AIDS in the country, HIV-positive women with Shakti Milan Samaj -- a social organization working on behalf of women living with HIV/AIDS -- said during a press conference on Wednesday, the Rising Nepal reports. - NEPAL: Nepal’s Maoist president has endorsed the choice of a three-year-old girl to be worshipped as a goddess, officials said Monday, upholding an age-old tradition despite his government’s atheist stance. - Kathmandu, Oct 6 :: Nepal Home Minister Bamdev Gautam has said that the army integration will be completed without hassles. Addressing an interaction programme here today, Gautam said, "We will soon form a special committee as per the constitutional provision. - Kathmandu, Oct 6 : The Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala has said that the Maoist leaders are deceiving the people in the name of blending democracy and communism in Nepal. - Kathmandu, Oct 6 : Former General Secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) Madhav Kumar Nepal is likely to lead the high-level political coordination committee. - Kathmandu, Oct 6 : Three Indians were among the first foreigners to feel the pinch of the anti-sleaze drive begun by Nepal's new Maoist government, landing behind bars for allegedly having sex in a restaurant in a border town. - By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Oct 6 : A bomb exploded in Nepal's turbulent southern plains Monday morning injuring three children and marring the celebration of the Himalayan republic's biggest festival Dashain, despite a truce called by warring armed groups. - Two people were killed and 29 others injured in separate accidents in different parts of Nepal on Sunday, reported the local media house's website eKantipur. Two died and over 10 were injured when a passenger bus met withan accident near Kaluwapur in the Mahendranagar-Dhangadi Highway in Kailali district, situated some 470 km of western Nepal on Sunday. The bus packed with Nepalis returning home ... - Kathmandu - Nepal's main living goddess known as Kumari of Kathmandu city is set to be replaced after the incumbent came of age, official reports said Monday. Matina Shakya, 3, will be installed as the Kumari of Kathmandu on Tuesday coinciding with t...
