The CAN Infotech finished yesterday. We have posted the news about the event it in the main site. One of my friends has taken the photos for our visitors to see how the Infotech looked like.
It was the sixth and final day on February 6, 2011.
Category: Event
Swastani Brata Katha (Audio and Mantra)
Listen to Swastani story here.
Swastani Brata Procudure
Recital of each Chapter of the Swastani Brata Katha is posted here (first 7 chapters more will be updated in near future).
This year’s Swastani Brata Katha starts from January 19, 2011 and lasts for a month. The Swasthani Brata Katha is a story recited everyday by one of the member of the household and other members listen to the story. Every day one chapter of the Swastani book is read.
There are procedures to start the story and end it properly. Following is the mantra told at the start of the story:
Bryan Adams concert in Nepal – security nightmare and high ticket price
Concert Background
The Bryan Adams concert is being organized by JPR Events and is supported by ODC Network. The organizers have told that Adams’ agent Roi Lamb was here to evaluate the venue for the event, the hotel where the singer will stay, and the security situation.
Bryan Adams concert – ticket start at 2K
The Canadian singer, Bryan Adams, has confirmed the date and timing of the concert to be held in the Dashrath Stadium, Kathmandu. The organizers have finalized the ticket rate ranging from Rs. 2,000 to a maximum of Rs. 6,000.
In a press meet organized last week in Soltaee Hotel, the organizers of the concert told, more than 15,000 police and private security guards will be present for the security of the concert to be held on Saturday, Falgun 7 (February 19, 2011). The day is also the celebrated as the Democracy Day in Nepal.
Bryan Adams will arrive in Kathmandu on February 18 and will stay for two days. He will return on the next day.
The total capacity of the Stadium in Kathmandu is only 18,000. So, the organizers will only sell 15,000 tickets. The tickets are being sold through Manakamana Bikash Bank.
For the concert the stage design and sound system will be done by Total Production from India. Four huge screens will also be erected in the stadium during the concert.
On Feb. 19, the stadium will open at 2PM. At 6PM Nepali bands will perform for an hour. Bryan Adams will start his performance at 7PM and will finish at 9PM.
In his 32 years-long singing career, Bryan has won a number of awards including Grammy Awards, American Music Award, and Canadian Grammy Awards. Apart from music, he is popular for his photography skill. His photographs are published in magazines like vogue, Esquire, Zoo Magazine, among others.
A Gurkha soldier, who fought 30 train robbers
Latest Related news (25 MAR 2011) Gurkha solider gets Britain’s second highest medal for bravery
Bishnu Shrestha, a brave Gurkha soldier in Indian Army, defeated 30 train robbers while returning home after a voluntary retirement. The Indian army, is going to awarded Bishnu with Sourya Chakra, Bravery Award and Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha medals during the Indian Republic Day celebration on January 26 .
While in the train, Maurya Express from Ranchi to Gorakhpur, on September 2, 2010, 35 year-old Bishnu saved a girl about to be raped by the train robbers in front of her helpless parents. After looting the train, when the robbers started to strip a 18 year old girl in front of him, he couldn’t contain his calmness. He took out his khukari and took on the a group of 30 robbers, alone. In the fight, he killed three of dacoits and injured eight others. Remaining dacoits fled the scene to save their lives.
In recognition to his bravery, his regiment has given Bishnu a cash reward of Rs. 50,000 and it has also terminated his voluntary retirement, so that he could get a customary promotion after he receives the medals. In addition to that, he will also receive a cash rewards from the government, special discounts in international air tickets, and discounts in Indian railways train tickets.
UPDATE:
Updated according to a news in Indian newspaper Times of India of September 4, 2010. The report of Indian Army awarding Soury Chakra proved to be wrong as his name was not included in the official Indian Army site.
Miss Teen Green 2011 is Riya Acharya
In an event held on January 15, 2011 in Pragya Bhawan, Kamaladi, Kathmandu, Miss Teen Green 2011 title was awarded to Miss Riya Acharya. Among a total of 26 contestants and Najma Mathema and Rashmita Ranjitkar became the first and second runners ups respectively.
In an initiative of Galaxy Modeling Agency and Spring Nepal with a slogan “Hariyo Ban Nepal ko Dhan.†The event was inaugurated by Anuradha Koirala, the chairperson of Maiti Nepal, as the chief guest. In the event, Miss Republica Teen Nepal, Kreety Tamang Lama walked in the ramp to mark the start of the event.
The judging panel consisted of actor Bhuwan KC, actor Dinesh DC, choreographer Prashant Tamrakar, Miss Nepal 2010 first runner up – Sahana Bajracharya, Puspa Joshi, Film Director – Narayan Puri and Rajya Shree Shrestha.
Miss Beer ??
The girls in an odd t-shrit with a beer’s name in big letters on the front looked very cheap.
The infamous “Real Juice” in front of the judges gives an impression that the event was sponsored by Dabur Nepal.
Miss Newa 2010 is Sugena Shakya
In an event held on December 30, 2010, Sugena Shakya of Lalitpur, Jawalakhel was crowned the Miss Newa 2010 title.
Sugena had to compete with 36 participants from all over the country. In addition to the Miss Newa title she also won the title of "Miss Nepal Language". Sugena was awarded a gift hamper of Rs. 25,000.
The first runner-up of Miss Newa contest was Lashata Shrestha of Maharajgunj and second runner-up Nisha Shakya of Thahiti, Kathmandu. Lasala and Nisha each received gift hampers equivalent to Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively.
In addition to regular titles, five more beauties were awarded district ambassadors. District ambassadors of Shyangja was Puja Shrestha, Kaski – Manjin Ranjitkar, Dhulikhel – Deepa Sonju, Banepa – Subi Kayastha and Makawanpur – Meera Balami.
Mero Cinema Popular Award – Voting going on for the winner
The nomination for the best movie are:
In the similar manner, there are 17 categories and the completion is among 39 movies released in the year 2010 form January t
o November. Please visit merocinema.com to vote for your favorite choice in each categories. A person can only vote once in each category on a given day.
With due respect and support to the award ceremony, I have some reservation on the fairness in popular votes method to choose the winner. A latest example is the Time person of the year selection. Time magazine asked its readers to select the person of the year – the Wikileaks founder was leading by a vast majority of popular votes. But, the final announcement was different from what everybody expected – the Facebook guy Mark Zuckerberg won the Time Person of the Year.
5th NRN Regional Conference to be held in Dubai
The details of the conference can be downloaded as pdf files.
Online movie award – Merocinema Popular Awards announced
The website will ask the movie lovers all around the world to select best in the 15 different categories and vote for them.
There is no doubt that the "virtual award" is a new experiment in Nepal. We have seen the online voting system to be biased and the best (and the busiest) artists usually are defeated in such polls.
Although merocinema has posted about the support from various personnel from the Nepali movie industry, details on the timeline, rules, methodology, and prizes are not publicized yet.
We wish all the best to the new experiment in the Nepali movie industry.
Miss Little Culture, Pokhara is 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:
- Miss Tushar Dube – Miss Little Culture
- Miss Ishma gurung – First runner up – Miss Little Culture and Most Confident
- Miss Pringja Gurung – Second
runner up – Miss Little culture and Best Cultural Dress - Miss Liza Koirala – Viewer’s Choice – Most Cute
- Miss Liza Pun – Most Disciplined
- Miss Sushma Poudel – Most Friendly
- Miss Ashminta Pun – Best Performence
- Miss Jesika Pun – Most Cute
- Miss Sophiya Kunwar – Best Smile
I wonder if they had some more titles and they didn’t have contestant to award the title.
Miss Sherpa 2011 to be held on
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".
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.
Namrata to organize a concert to help Kumar Kancha
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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Yamaha Motorcycle Race 2010 held in Kathmandu
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
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.
