Month: November 2010

Miss Little Culture, Pokhara is Tushar Dube

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A beauty and talent contest among the girls aged 6-12 years was held in Pokhara recently. The winner among the 9 contestants was Miss Tushar Dube.

The first runner up of the contest was Miss Ishma Gurung and second runnerup was Pringja Gurung. Ishma was also the Most Confident and Pringja also received the Best Cultural Dress title.

This should be the most rewarding contest as every contestant received at least one title. The title winners were:

  1. Miss Tushar Dube – Miss Little Culture
  2. Miss Ishma gurung – First runner up – Miss Little Culture and Most Confident
  3. Miss Pringja Gurung – Second
    runner up – Miss Little culture and Best Cultural Dress
  4. Miss Liza Koirala – Viewer’s Choice – Most Cute
  5. Miss Liza Pun – Most Disciplined
  6. Miss Sushma Poudel – Most Friendly
  7. Miss Ashminta Pun – Best Performence
  8. Miss Jesika Pun – Most Cute
  9. Miss Sophiya Kunwar – Best Smile

I wonder if they had some more titles and they didn’t have contestant to award the title.

US government nightmare – WikiLeaks released US diplomatic cables – 2600 cables from Kathmandu

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A website popular for releasing secret military and government documents, WikiLeaks has started releasing more than 251,000 cables from various embassies all around the world. The website says that the cables from the US Embassy in Nepal counts 2600.

According to the chart in the WikiLeaks website, cables from Kathmandu are:

  • Secret – 84
  • Confidential – 1399
  • Unclassified – 795

That makes a total – 2278. I have no idea what other 322 cables are related to.

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Miss Sherpa 2011 to be held on

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Kala Sanskriti Sanrakchyan Kendra is going to organize the 2011 edition of Miss Sherpa. The organization has told that it has received the permission to organize the beauty contest from the Sherpa Association of Nepal. The slogan of this year’s contest is "Promote Culture, Save Identity".

miss-sherpa

Last year’s Miss Sherpa was not that successful due to the less number of participants. This year the organizers have already started the promotion to attract a large number of Sherpa beauties to participate in the contest.

The winner of the contest will receive a sum of Rs. 50,000. The first runner up and second runner
up will receive Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 20,000 respectively. Miss Sherpa 2011 will also be appointed the ‘Sherpa Cultural Ambassador’.

The final contest will be held in the first half of January, 2011 in Pragya Pratisthan, Kathmandu.

Winnie Langley gave-up smoking at 102 and died within a year

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What does that mean? Quitting kills?

A lady, Winnie Langley, who smoked for more than 95 years and made headlines when she lit the cigarette from the candle on her 100th birthday cake, died almost at the age of 103. That was just one month short of her 103rd birthday, on July 27, 2010, to be precise.

Winnie started smoking at the age of 8 and never stopped until she was persuaded to stop it at the age of 102. She used to say that cigarettes helped calm her nerves during the world wars. She outlived her husband, son and all of her 10 step-children.

When her her eyesight got worse and she couldn’t see the end of a match she was persuaded to stop smoking just before Christmas of 2009 (about 7 months before she died). But, the real reason might be something else. As she couldn’t afford the cost of cigarette, she had already cut her 5-cigarettes-a-day routine to one-a-day. (Photo credits – croydonguardian)

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Namrata to organize a concert to help Kumar Kancha

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In a latest news, Namrata Shrestha is told to be organizing a huge concert on December 18, 2010 to raise fund for the treatment of bed-ridden singer Kumar Kancha. Well known singer, Kancha, had recently went through spinal cord surgery and

Namrata has recently finished shooting of one of her movies “Miss U…” and another movie, “Purle Days”, is yet to commence. She has made a wise use of her free time by hosting the concert featuring the popular singers in Nepal. Currently, Namrata is searching for the sponsors of the event.
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Dinesh DC denies wrongdoing allegation

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In response to the news about refusing to handover the charity money to the rightful owner and his arrest in the case, Dinesh DC has denied any such wrongdoings.

Dinesh is running a reality TV show called "Pratibha ko Khoji" and he had collected money to help treat a sick child. The mother of the child accused Dinesh DC of trying to avoid handing over the money to them. A television ran an interview with the child’s mother, Laxmi Parajuli, who accused Dinesh of keeping the charity money to himself.

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Yamaha Motorcycle Race 2010 held in Kathmandu

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Samar Manandhar and Manish Shrestha have won the Second Yamaha Motorcycle race organized by Morang Auto Works. The competition was held in the National Trading compound, Singadurbar. The organizer had specially made the racing track for the competition.

There were 46 contestants each in R-15 and FZ competition. Samar was the winner of R-15 competition and Manish won FZ competition. Benjamin Gautam and Prashant Timsina were placed the second respectively. The participants had to drive 4-5 laps to complete the race.

The winners each got a cash prize of Rs. 20,000 and they will represent Nepal in the race to be held in Chennai, India. The second place winners received cash prize of Rs. 10,000 each.

UPDATE by Suraj Krishna Mali: There were a total of 96 participants in both R15 and FZ catogies. In R15 and FZ catogory Mr. Samar Manandhar and Mr. Manish Shrestha was winner accordingly. As the winners they represented Nepal in Chhenai Championship, India, to be held in January of 2011. As the second place winners Mr. Benjamin Gautam and Karan Khatiwada got Rs. 20,000 cash prize each for R15 and FZ category and Mr. Prashant Timsina and Mr. Bibek Kumar Mandal got Rs. 10000 cash prize as a Third place in each category respectively.

Miss Newa 2010 audition held in Hotel Malla

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The audition for the beauty contest to be held among the members of Newar community was held on November 27, 2010, Saturday in Hotel Malla in Kathmandu. Out of a total of 46 women present for the audition, 35 beauties were selected for the final contest, to be held on December 30, 2010.

Most of the selected candidates come from Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Banepa, Shyanjga, and Pokhara. A Newar from New Delhi, India, Miss Pooja Shrestha is one of the finalist of the event.

Mr. Hari Darshan Shrestha, an engineer, Mr. Bhai Raja Tuladhar, DGM of Prime Bank, Mr. Manoj Shrestha, an Industrialist and Mr. K.M. Ranjitkar, the GM of Hotel Malla were judge for the au
dition of the 6th Miss Newa. Congratulation for all the participants.

The grooming session for the selected candidates, a month-long closed-camp, starts from the 15th of Mangsir 2067. The 5th edition of Miss Newa 2009 was held on December 30, 2009 and Yogita Maharjan was the Miss Newa 2009.

Miss Air Hostess is an actress, Kajol Khadka

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Miss Kajol Khadka has become the Miss Air Hostess after defeating 21 contestants in an event held at the Rastriya Naachghar in Kathmandu. Kajol has received Rs. 35,000 in cash along with the Miss Air Hostess title.

All the contestants were the students taking Air Hostess training at Flight Tech International and Flying Institute. The whole event was simulated as an actual flight in "SA 101 of Sangrila Airlines". The captain of the 1:30 hour flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi was Captain S. Shrestha.

The first runnerup of the title was Miss. Urusha Shrestha and second runnerup was Manisha Gurung. Urusha and Manis
ha received the prize money of Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively.

Kajol has acted in the leading role in her upcoming movie "Deshle ragat maage." The movie is directed by Badri Adhikari.

20 year old Miss Air hostess, Kajol Khadka, is 5.4” tall and weighs 48 Kg. She is doing her first year in Bachelor in Business Studies (BBS).

Artist Dinesh DC arrested

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Accused of collecting money in the name of disabled people and keeping it for himself, artist Dinesh DC was arrested by the police on November 28, 2010.

Dinesh was released after he handed over the amount to the person in the presence of DSP Dipak Thapa of Mahargung police station.

Dinesh DC had been collecting money through a Kantipur television program named "Khoji Prtibhako" for the treatment of Sanjog Parajuli, a disabled person . He had collected a sum of Rs. 35,000 for the treatment but he kept the money to himself instead of handing over to Sanjog.

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Did media fuel Manisha Koirala divorce rumor ?

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Times and again it is proven that, nothing is private in the life of a celebrity. In a latest example, Manisha’s minor disagreement and a hasty Facebook post has created further headache to Manisha’s married life. The original Facebook post was deleted within a few hours and the current post is much better saying, she was “super happy” with her partner.

In the context of divorce rumor in media, the sources closer to Manisha are suspecting one of the Indian medias for not letting the rumor subside. The unnamed Indian media is told to be particularly interested in Manisha Koirala gossips and was responsible to blow the minor event out of proportion. I suspect, they might be pointing towards a Nepali daily, Himalaya Darpan, published from Silgudi, India. Himalayan Darpan, in its Nov. 23 Tuesday’s edition, published a front page article with title “Manisha wants divorce”.

The Manisha family source however, couldn’t deny the misunderstanding between Manisha and Samrat. But, it is also told that the event was minor misunderstanding, not big enough to warrant divorce. Manisha’s parents are told to be saddened by the divorce rumor in the media.

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"Haat Lagyo Sunya" – first comedy movie of Rajesh Hamal

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A comedy movie "Haat Lagya Sunya" will be the first comedy movie of the top actor Rajesh Hamal. The movie on script/dialogue of Diwakar Mainali will be made in the direction of Bijaya Bikram Basnet.

The movie will star Rajesh Hamal, Jharana Thapa, Kiran KC, Sushil Pokharel, Shiva Acharya, Gopal Dhakal (Chhande), Babir Parajuli among others.

Following photos were taken at the inauguration ceremony of the movie (photo credits – Purushhottam Basnet).

Other photos can be viewed in our Photo Gallery.

Gopal Bhutani – A Nepali who could never became a Nepali Citizen

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It’s a sad day, a successful Nepali film personality, Gopal Bhutani, has died. I am more saddened by the fact that the Nepal government never offered him his birthright of Nepali citizenship.

After pressure from the persons in film sector, the government had agreed to fulfill his “last wish”. But, the officials from the Home Ministry called an hour after his death to offer the citizenship certificate.

Born as Gopal Tamang in Ilam, Eastern Nepal, Bhutani went to work in Bollywood in 1940s. When he returned back, the government officials refused him the citizenship due to the title “Bhutani” in his name.

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When police break the rules

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The following photo raises a serious concern towards the social responsibilities of the Nepalese police force. They are supposed to teach the people to obey the rules and be safe. But the officer in charge of this group has risked the lives of these people and have given a wrong message to the general public.

I hope they will realize their mistake and act responsibly in the future. The photo taken by Deepkiran Sharma in near Mahankalsthan temple, Military Hospital, and Bir Hospital.