According to report, Upadhaya died at around 5 and 6 PM of May 9, 2011. The dead body will be brought back by a 17 member mountering team lead by Dawa Steven Sherpa.
xNepali team offers heartily condolence to the family of the brave-hearted Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay and we wish his soul rest in peace.
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Update: Latest report – Osama bin Laden’s body is currently kept at Bagram Airbase, just north of Kabul in Afghanistan.
In a statement, the US president Barack Obama has told that the US is in possession of the dead body of Osama bin Laden.
Osama bin Laden, believed to be the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 terror attack in the US is killed in US operation in Pakistan. US President Barack Obama said in an address on Sunday that a small team of Americans killed bin Laden in a firefight on Sunday, May 1, 2011.
The former president, in office during the terror attack, George W. Bush has hailed t
he death of the most sought-after terrorist of all times.
The Sept. 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington killed more than 3,000 people. Al-Qaida is also accused of carrying out 1998 bombings with 231 deaths in US embassies in Africa, 2000 USS Cole attack in Yeman, killing 17 American sailors and a number of other attacks.
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Apr 2, 2011 @ 11:30
Nepal Medical Association (NMA) expressed its deep concern over the deaths and suffering of the victims who consumed the elephantiasis prevention drug distributed by the government. At least seven people died and around 700 took “seriously ill†in the last three days, according to unofficial reports.
Elephantiasis is a disease that causes thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the lower body, caused by small, threadlike parasitic worms spread by Culex female mosquitoes.
The government administered two free different drugs — Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) and Albendazole — to 14.5 million people aged above 2 years in 36 districts on March 26 and 27 and they began showing adverse side effects from Wednesday.
High rate of deaths and illness are being reported from Banke, Bardiya, Saptari, Dang and Okhaldhunga districts. In Banke alone, two persons died and more than 500 took ill. Two died in Saptari and 50 people were referred to BP Koirala Memorial Hospital, Dharan. One person died in Dang and one in Okhaldhunga. By Friday evening, more than 100 similar cases have been registered in various health institutions, hospitals across the country.
Meanwhile, medical teams are in field studies in Banke, Bardiya, Saptari and Dang and will prepare report by Sunday. “The drugs cause various side effects like high fever, severe headache, vomiting, diarrhoea and dizziness, but not death,†Dr Biswa Raj Khanal, senior Public Health Administrator at EDCD, said. He added, EDCD has been administering the anti-elephantiasis pill for the last 50 years and Albendazole for last 20 years at the recommendation of WHO.
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Royal prince and princess seal their marriage with the historic kiss on the Buckimgham Palace balcony. With this Kiss, the wedding is over for public.
As the wedding wraps up, News24 seems to be reviving the April first prank started by the Himalayan Times. The news channel claims that Prince William and his newly wed wife Kate are coming to Nepal for their honeymoon.
While broadcasting the royal wedding live, it says preparations are being made for their week-long trip to the Himalayan country.
Here is the video clip of the news by Nepali TV channel:
But this time, the story is different according to an Indian television news channel. The channel claims that thousands of villagers in seven border districts of Bihar have lost their land and homes to encroachers from Nepal – triggering a significant rise in violence and conflict along the state’s border with the Himalayan Kingdom.
On Thursday, the online news of CNN-IBN, a prominent Indian news channel, reported :
The land grab, it appears, has its genesis in a warped century old border treaty. The Indian authorities’ inability to ensure pillars demarcating the border stays intact, making it worse.
According to CNN-IBN news, villager Rashud Ansari, has said, Nepal is occupying the land which should be part of Bihar as all the papers for that land are with India and are from India. The local authorities are well aware about this issue but their hand seems tied down. It further writes, “A lot of people here are leaving their homes and are going to other towns because of the amount of problem Nepal is creating in illegally occupying our land,” said Ramesh Kamgaar, a villager.
The report further said, the 600 Km long open Indo-Nepal border is being patrolled by the Sashatra Seema Bal or SSB, India’s border security force. Yet, pillars demarcating the border are regularly uprooted.
CNN-IBN cited Indian intelligence reports which estimates as below: –
716 International border pillars have disappeared along the Indo-Nepal border.
The report referred the Sugauli treaty signed by the British in 1816, declaring the river Mahakali as the border between the two countries and said the treaty is meaningless as the river has changed course several times southwards into Indian land.
Anuja Baniya was praised everywhere for the news about her returning a bag containing Rs. 9.1 million and a diamond necklace to the rightful owner on April 9. This news was first published in Kantipur Daily and was covered in a number of other newspapers. Even the President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav called Baniya to appreciate her deeds.
But on Friday, a question was raised on the validity of the story when Baniya requested Kathmandu Police to find out the number of Poudel. Baniya told that the number was deleted from her mobile.
The photo on the newspaper itself was a fake. Anuja is the one on the left whereas the photo on the right is that of her friend Mamata Adhikari
Kumar Baniya, cousin of Anuja, told that he couldn’t believe the story of Anuja finding money and returning it.The President´s Office had also asked Morang Chief District Officer to cross-check to find out the truth behind the incident.
The Morang’s CDO has transferred the responsibility to Sunsari’s CDO Ram Prasad Thapaliya saying the matter did not fall under his jurisdiction.
Baniya claimed that she indeed found the bag and returned it to its owner. She has appealed Poudel to come in front of public.
Poudel is said to have withdrawn the sum from IME, Itahari, and traveled to Dharan to purchase land for his daughter. However, IME Itahari´s manager Darshan Shrestha, said that nobody had withdrawn that much money from the branch since April 2.
UPDATE: Kantipur has told that the news was incorrect and has apologized for the mistake
The Indian spiritual leader Sathya Sai Baba has passed away.
After complications related to heart and respiration, Sai Baba was hospitalized on March 28. He didn’t recover and passed away on Sunday morning at 6:25 am.
Sathya Sai Central Trust, in a media conference held at 11:00 am, has announced that the body will be kept in display in Sai Kulwant Hall on Monday and Tuesday, before performing the final rituals.
The 85-year-old spiritual leader was considered an incarnation of God by many of his followers. Before the final announcement a minister Geeta Reddy and other senior government officials held a conference. The state government has deployed more than 6,000 police
to the town for security of the general people and VIPs.
On April 9, Purushottam Poudel of Sitapaila, Kathmandu was heading to his daughter’s house at Dharan-9 and absentmindedly left the bag when he got off the vehicle. He had received the cash from a IME Itahari branch that he had transferred from the Capital. Poudel was thinking to take the money to his daughter, Sudha Pokharel for the purpose of purchasing a house.
But Poudel became hopeless when he came to know about it and returned to Kathmandu without informing the police. Fortunately, the bag was found by honest Anuja Baniya while travelling in Dharan. Baniya, a permanent resident of Jhulke of Bhojpur, has been staying in Dharan of Sunsari, with her uncle and aunt. She is an ordinary woman with just normal education.
When nobody claimed the bag, Baniya took it to her residence thinking to return it to the rightful owner with the help of documents that the bag possibly contained. She was dumbstruck when she opened the bag and found Rs. 9.1 million cash and a diamond necklace.
Baniya found the owner’s telephone number from the documents inside the bag and informed Poudel at his residence of finding the bag by telephone. Then Poudel came to Dharan on April 12 and received the money after three days.
According to Anita Karki, a relative of Poudel, he offered Rs. 200,000 to Baniya as a cash reward but she refused it. Poudel later tried to gift her, the diamond necklace but she refused it too.
Baniya spent some time with Poudel family after handing over the cash and valuables, but she refused to give her address and contact number. “People may not believe it. But it’s a true story of this remarkable women’s honesty,†said elated Pokharel, 65.
Mar 3, 2011 @ 10:40
The man named by Narayan Gharti of Dubidanda VDC-2 killed his own daughter Tekmati Thapa, 20, son-in-law Top Bahadur Basnet, 21, their six-month-old daughter and neighbor Chandra Thapa. The reason behind the killing is a mystery. The incident took place on Wednesday morning.
Police have already arrested the man on charges of man slaughter. The police are still investigating the reason behind the mass murder.
In yet another case, a mother and a daughter were found murdered in Madhesa-5 of Sunsari district on Wednesday morning. It has been identified that Mother, Tika Poudel, 24, was found hanging in an electric pole and her daughter Ashika Poudel’s body was found abandoned nearby it.
The police have suspected Umesh Poudel, husband of Tika Poudel, and taken him into custody. The investigation is on for this murder case.
Details of KP Bhattarai death in a separate post.
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Hamal was reported to be living in tents in the open area to be safe from any damages caused by earthquake. This is a good news for the fans of Rajesh Hamal and we hope he will return back as soon as possible.
According to the Japanese prime minister, this event is the biggest crisis in Japan after the World War 2. About 10,000 people are feared to have died in the earthquake. About a dozen Nepali living in Japan are reported to be missing.
The contest was sponsored by Sky-Shop-Smart Shoes.
The current title holder is Khagendra Thapa Magar, of Nepal, who is 26.4in or 2ft 2.41in tall. He was declared to be the shortest man in the world and recorded his name in Guinness World Records in 2010.
According to British tabloid magazine the Sun, the 17-year-old, who is tinier than a one-year-old, will take the title-smashing five inches off the current record when he turns 18 on June 12.
The titchy teen has not grown since his first birthday, struggles to walk and cannot stand up for long, the paper reported.
But he beams with pride when talking about his likely world record.
He told the Sun: “If I were the smallest man in the world, it would be very cool.”
Junrey lives with his parents and three younger – but taller – siblings in a village in a remote region of the Philippines’ Zamboanga del Norte province.
A Guinness world Records spokesman confirmed that they would be considering Balawing’s claim when he turns 18, which is when candidates for this title can officially apply for the record.
This year, the 71 year old Slim’s fortune leap-frogged by almost $21 billions to reach $74 billion. Bill Gates, 55, has become a distant second with $56 billion worth of fortune. That was according to the Forbes’ World’s Billionaires 2011.
After death, Bhattarai’s body was taken back to his home, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Ashram in Badegaun.
Political Career
Bhattarai started his career as a journalist.
Always loosing election
Elections were never favorable to Bhattarai. He lost most of the election he was candidate of:
The first (and
, the only one) election he won was the election of BS 2056 from Parsha -1.
Fun loving and Pan icon, umbrella and Surahi
Bhattarai was popular for making fun of stuffs. He used to make fun of himself and others but, in good faith. People used to enjoy his company due to the fun-loving nature.
He was addicted to Pan (betel leaf), the habit he started during his exile in India. His favorite ‘Pan Pasal’ in New Road, Kathmandu became popular due to the fact that it was Kisunji’s favorite destination.
As for the property, Kisunji used to say that the only thing he has his own were an umbrella and a waterpot “Surahi”. He didn’t have his own h
ouse. The house he was living in his last days was given to him by the government.
Good bye Kishunji!
Feb 1, 2011 @ 16:49
This time the UML politburo member and Gandaki zonal coordinator Khagaraj Adhikari was slapped by his own party’s cadre in front of public in Gorkha. The identity of the UML cadre has not been yet disclosed.
Police tried to take away the slapper but Gorkha Chairman of UML Ram Sharan Basnet objected saying that the incident will be a great splash in media.
Feb 2, 2011 @ 01:00
According to the police, the innocent persons will be released after the minor questioning while the guilty ones will be punished according to law.
Feb 3, 2011 @ 17:01
Famous Nepali actress Richa Sharma has decided to become a dancer and a prostitute. She has signed a movie named ‘Highway’, about to be directed by Dipak Rauniyaar. In this movie, Richa will be playing the role of a dancer turned prostitute. Other characters in this movie include Binay Shrestha, Saugat Malla, and reporter Rabindra Mishra will be supporting in this movie.
Feb 3, 2011 @ 19:56
UPDATE – UML Chairman Jhal Nath Khanal is elected the 34th prime minister of Nepal
Feb 6, 2011 @ 07:50
After the CPN-UML Chairman Jhalanath Khanal was elected prime minister of Nepal, Devi Prasad Regmi, a person who slapped Khanal in public, is being showered with congratulations.
Regmi has been busy on the phone since yesterday taking all the nationals and international calls for congratulations. According to Regmi, he was anxious about the election since Thursday only. It was obvious as the man who he slapped secured the prime ministerial berth. When asked about his reaction to Khanal being the prime minister, he said, “I remember my slap to him. I hope now he has learned the lesson and changed for good.†Regmi now wants Khanal to more focus on development of the country rather than the development of his dear and near ones.
Feb 7, 2011 @ 16:34
Maoists want Home Ministry; this was one of the agreements reached by the Maoists with the current avowed prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal. Leaders of Unified CPN Maoists threatened not to join the government if it failed to abide by the agreement reached between the two parties. Maoist Secretary CP Gajurel questioned, “If we do not get Home Ministry as per agreement, why should we join the government?â€
Feb 9, 2011 @ 23:34
It came as a miracle of Facebook for Narbada Pyakurel of Hetauda Municipality-5, when she was re-united with her long-lost son through Facebook.
Narbada and her family were living in dismay when the son went missing 13 years ago. The reunion was made possible by a very popular networking site Facebook. The family, with the hope of finding their son, entered Amir into Facebook search over a period of time. After long wait, she found her son’s profile in the Facebook with her son’s picture. Happiness knew no bounds when they found the lost son via Facebook search feature.
It was later known that Narbada’s son Amir had been working as the administrative chief to a renowned Mumbai hotel.
Feb 9, 2011 @ 23:37
Due to increasing demand and insufficient supply of the electricity in the country, it is the responsibility of every citizen to minimize the use of electricity and do not misuse it. NEA has been encouraging general people to use CFL to minimize power consumption and get less bill.
However, at this electric shortage period, the staff at NEA in Pulchowk was found misusing the electricity. A heater in a working room was left on while no one was working in the office.
What kind of message does NEA sends to the country by setting such example? Why blame general people for misusing electricity while the own NEA staff is misusing the electricity in the room?
Feb 11, 2011 @ 01:28
A Nepali lady was decorated with a prestigious award in Australia. Miss Indra Ban was awarded by the Australian government for significant contribution in the welfare of the Nepali community in Australia, sources say.
Ban has been staying in Australia since 1976 when she was admitted to New South Wales University as a student. With the help of few other friends she formed the first Nepali Students Union in Australia. Ban has become the first Nepali citizen to receive such prestigious award from the Australian government.
Feb 13, 2011 @ 17:43
Outgoing minister for home affairs Bhim Rawal is still misusing a luxury SUV belonging to the government.
According to the report, Rawal is said to have used another private vehicle number plate of existing minister replacing the original number plate. Government vehicles normally must be returned after 24 hours of being out of ministerial position.
It has also been reported that Rawal had misused five government vehicles during his ministerial position.
Feb 13, 2011 @ 17:44
After losing the post, Rabindra Shrestha, ex-minister for General Administration has eloped with a girl half his age. It was reported that Shrestha was missing since Sunday after new prime minister took oath of office and secrecy.
Shrestha family, who has been living in Bhaktapur, had filed an application at UML headquarters, Balkhu to find Rabindra Shrestha.
A source said, Shrestha, 50, is living with a girl, with whom he had affair since past few months.
Feb 14, 2011 @ 16:58
Eight casinos which have been delinquent to pay royalties are in the verge of shutting down. They are on tracking to losing their operating licenses. Tourism Ministry have been told to shut down Casino Rad, Casino Anna, Casino Royale, Casino Shangri-la, Fulbari Casino, Casino Venus, Casino Grand and Casino Nepal. They all have failed to clear their outstanding royalties dues within 35-day deadline set but the Department of Revenue Investigation.
Feb 16, 2011 @ 04:16
Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal is ready to hand over the Home Ministry to the Unified CPN Maoists based on his promise while signing seven-point agreement with Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
A source has revealed that PM Khanal took the step to keep intact the alliance with UCPN Maoists. According to the source, senior UML leader and former PM Madhav kumar Nepal is convinced that the tentative power sharing was discussed at high level where he was also present as prime minister.
However, Oli-Nepal group, who has been against the idea of giving the Home Ministry to Maoists, is yet to be convinced with PM Khanal’s decision on the Home Ministry.
Feb 16, 2011 @ 16:50
Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal has agreed to give 11 ministries to UCPN Maoist including Home and Foreign Affair. During a meeting at Baluwatar on Wednesday morning, PM Khanal and the Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal have both agreed to appoint 11 ministries from UCPN Maoist.
Dahal apparently proposed Khrishna bahadur Mahara as the leader of the Maoist cabinet. Meanwhile, PM Khanal also communicated with Dahal to retain eight ministries including defence and water resources, a source revealed.
Madhesi Janadhikari Forum is also learnt to demand energy ministry if they decide to join the government. The formal announcement of the ministries will be made upon Dahal’s return to Kathmandu from Pokhara.
Feb 18, 2011 @ 23:26
Rabindra Shrestha, the former minister, who eloped with the girl half his age, is relieved from the entire party membership due to his immoral activity. The UML decided to sack him after his disappearance with his 22-year-old girl friend.
The CPN UML Disciplinary Commission was forced to dismiss Shrestha as the party’s sentiment was badly hurt after his unlawful relationship hogged the media headlines. Further investigation on Shrestha is under track to study the issue and implement necessary action against him.
Feb 18, 2011 @ 23:28
The political drama takes another twist as UCPN Maoists decides not to join the government until the current Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal completely abides by the seven-point pact.
The Maoists took the decision after the prime minister failed to persuade his party members to give home ministry to Maoists. Maoists have been claiming for the Ministry of Home Affairs. However, the UML party’s rival faction- Madhav Kumar Nepal and KP Oli have been putting pressure on Khanal not to hand over the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Maoists.
Feb 21, 2011 @ 16:49
It was the night to remember as Canadian singer Bryan Adams rocked the Kathmandu city on Saturday night. It was for the first time in the history of Nepal that any internationally renowned singer such as Adams performed in front of 20,000 music lovers at Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu. He sang more than a dozen songs including famous songs ‘here I am’, ‘summer of 69′, ‘Back to you’, ‘Everything I do, I do it for you’. The excitement of the attendees knew no bounds when Adams arrived at the stage that night. The show went on for an hour and a half.
The stage was well set for Bryan Adams to perform. It was astonishing how the stage set up changed as soon as Adams started singing his first welcome song. The light system was much improved and the background display was astounding right after local Nepali Bands finished performing. The crowd went mad when Adams started singing his famous songs in front of a huge crowd in Dashrath Stadium at Tripureshwor, kathmandu.
It may prove a fortune for developing country such as Nepal with the presence of such singer. The doors have opened for Nepal for more famous western musicians to come and perform in Nepal. Adams has promised to send the message to the world how Nepal looked like.
Nepali bands, however, have much to learn from the veteran singer. The quality of an international singer really stood out. The attendees at the stadium proved that by a huge welcome when he stood at the stage.
Feb 21, 2011 @ 16:51
Some Nepalese working in Libya sought help when the Libyan government started cracking down on protesters. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked Nepali’s Cairo-based mission to remain on high alert and take measures steps if any situation occurs that might threaten Nepalese working in Libya.
Nepalese workers in Libya have been making frequent calls to Cairo mission for immediate help if required. The mission has been instructed to keep track of the situation and consult other missions of SAARC countries and act accordingly.
There are about 2,000 Nepalese working in Libya. The ministry has also urged Nepalese not get involved in protests but instead remain on alert and seek support if needed.
Feb 22, 2011 @ 17:07
The metropolitan traff
Feb 24, 2011 @ 00:47
A pregnant woman gave birth to a child with help of mobile light due to load shedding in district hospital Parbat. The district hospital could not make the alternative arrangement of load-shedding and therefore, the child had to be delivered under mobile light. According to source, the hospital was forced to carry out child delivery in mobile set light due to power crisis in wards. This happened due to excessive use of heaters in-doors and quarters of hospital.
Feb 24, 2011 @ 13:52
The former forest minister Deepak Bohara including dozens of government officials were found guilty of deforestation in the country. A high-level government team has recommended action against Bohara and other government officials who were found guilty of deforestation in the country. A high-level Judicial Commissions 2010 has sought action against many government officials and representatives from community forests found involved in rampant deforestation in the country.The commission is led by former Chief Judge of Patan Appellate Court Govinda Prasad Parajuli. The report was submitted to the Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal on Wednesday.
Feb 26, 2011 @ 19:15
A Nepali NGO bagged an international award worth US$ 100,000; Manahari Development Organization (NDO), a Makwanpur based NGO (www.mdi-nepal.org) received the UNEP Sasakawa Award 2010/11.
The award is given for the cause of poverty alleviation, environment conservation and social development sectors. Among the two award receivers, another was given to an organization of Guatemala.
Executive Director Khop Narayan Shrestha received the award in Nairobi, Kenya in a program on Wednesday. The awarded organization said that the amount will be spent in development works in Makwanpur.
Feb 26, 2011 @ 19:25
If the current stock is not replenished on time, Nepal Oil Corporation will run out of petroleum products in a week.
NOC is forced to import lesser petroleum products as it failed to pay Indian Oil Corporation the money on time. There are minimal petroleum products in stock. Only about 3,500 kilolitres of diesel and 1,600 kilolitres of petrol left at Thankot depot according to the NOC official. These stocks will be enough for only six more days to meet the normal demand of Kathmandu valley.
Feb 28, 2011 @ 03:30
The gold price may go up this week in the market as gold’s international price is on the rise. The price of this precious metal reached a five-month high of US$ 1211.9 per ounce on Friday at the COMEX Division of the New York Merc. As Nepal’s gold price is determined by the international price, the Nepali consumer may see more rises on gold price coming days. The price of Gold rose to domestic market to Rs. 34,130 per tola and expected to go higher.
Feb 28, 2011 @ 17:18
The Sadhus with blood shed red eyes with dreadlocks were found freely selling hashish and marijuana-both considered as delicacies of Lord Shiva. Sadhus claimed that they never forced people to buy them but they (people) voluntarily approached to Sadhus to buy them.
However, ascetic Swami Hari Das from Nagaland, India, said that those who sell marijuana in the name of Lord Shiva are not real Sadhus. He added, “real Sadhus are never in need of money, so they do not have to sell drugs for money.â€
