KATHMANDU (TIP): In an effort to address Nepal’s post-earthquake housing crisis, a new initiative is underway to harness the Himalayan country’s abundant bamboo resource to rebuild its devastated communities and promote sustainable livelihoods. On April […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain’s Prince Harry will travel to Kathmandu next month on a maiden visit to Nepal and meet people affected by last year’s devastating earthquakes. The prince will visit Nepal between March 20 and […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Emergency workers have found the bodies of 19 people killed when their plane crashed into a mountainside in western Nepal with the loss of all 23 passengers and crew, police said on Feb […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Promising to end Nepal’s internal problems soon, Prime Minister KP Oli on Tuesday said the proposed political committee to address the demands of the Madhesis will be formed before his fence-mending India visit […]
KATHMANDU: India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Kathmandu later on Tuesday to offer condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Sushil Koriala, deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs Kamal […]
KATHMANDU (TIP) : Former Prime Minister of Nepal and Nepali Congress president Sushil Koirala passed away due to Pneumonia at his residence early on February 12. He was 79. Koirala, who was elected Prime Minister […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): An unwieldy coalition of lawmakers trying to implement Nepal’s first democratic constitution is finding common cause with protesting minority groups, isolating Prime Minister KP Oli and increasing the risk his government could fall […]
Many people involved in the massive evacuation of Indian expatriates from Kuwait in 1990 are disappointed at the mischaracterization of the role of the politicians, diplomats and airline officials in Airlift, a new Hindi film based […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal may have some differences with India but can never show enmity towards the country, deputy prime minister CP Mainali said on January 27, in a climbdown from his earlier hardline stance. “There […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal’s last monarch Gyanendra Shah has not paid his electricity dues for the last 10 years, the state-owned Nepal Electricity Authority said on Wednesday. Gyanendra, after vacating the Narayan Hiti Royal Palace here […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal’s agitating Madhesi Front and the three major parties on Janyary 5 formed a task force to find a common ground and narrow their differences over the new Constitution in a bid to […]
Building upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative of inviting all SAARC leaders to his swearing-in ceremony in May 2014, the neighbourhood continued to be the primary focus of India’s foreign policy in 2015. While relations with […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal will grant free visas to visitors from neighbouring China as the Himalayan nation seeks to rebuild its tourist industry after two devastating earthquakes in April that killed nearly 9,000 people. The first […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): A mild tremor measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale rocked central Nepal on Monday. The aftershock was recorded at 3.52am with epicentre at Dolakha district, 85km east of Kathmandu, according to the National […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal’s parliament on Wednesday passed a long-delayed law to pave the way for rebuilding after April’s massive earthquake, ending months of bickering that paralysed reconstruction despite donor pledges of billions in aid. The […]
DALLAS, TX (TIP): The 2nd annual DFW South Asian Film Festival kicks off its programming from February 19th to 21st, 2016, at locations in downtown Dallas and Plano. The opening night film, Miss India America, will screen on Friday, Feb. 19th at the Hoglund Foundation Theater of […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Police in Nepal detained about 50 activists protesting outside the Indian Embassy on Thursday to demand an end to a monthslong blockade of supplies from India. The protesters held banners demanding India halt […]
NEW DELHI (TIP) Visiting Nepal Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Kamal Thapa met Indian leaders at New Delhi on December 4. He extensively briefed them on the current Nepal crisis. Nepal Ambassador in India […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal’s Indian-origin Madhesi leaders on Monday submitted their 11-point demand to the goverment during their first meeting with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to end the political logjam, but no breakthrough emerged from […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Large white tents and tin shacks scatter the hills near Kathmandu. They house some of the thousands who lost their homes in the devastating earthquake in April -and are the most visible sign […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Bindu Ghimire’s chemotherapy appointment is approaching, but supplies of the drugs the 61-year-old desperately needs are in short supply as a political crisis in her native Nepal deepens. Protests at the border with […]
BHAKTAPUR (TIP): In a dusty studio, Indra Kaji Shilpakar painstakingly carves intricate patterns into a wooden panel, one of a small group of highly-skilled craftsmen Nepal is relying on to rebuild its cultural heritage after […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal’s parliament has elected a Communist leader who has long campaigned for women’s rights as the Himalayan nation’s first female President. Parliament speaker Onsari Gharti announced that Bidhya Devi Bhandari of the Communist […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): The Indian government may have agreed to ease the transit of some trucks into Nepal but the annual Dasain (Dussehra) festival this year will be a subdued affair in the Himalayan country. Food […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Citing the example of American India Foundation (AIF), dedicated to catalyzing social and economic change in India, an Indian-American business and philanthropy leader has advised donors to treat philanthropy as an investment. If […]
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