Kathmandu

Child among four killed in Nepal in police firing at charter protest

Police in Nepal fired rubber bullets into a crowd of demonstrators killing four people including a four-year-old boy, officials said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of clashes over a plan to set up a federal system.

Sep 16, 2015, 12:24 PM IST

Nepal rejects proposal to make it a Hindu nation

Nepal's Constituent Assembly on Monday rejected calls to remove the key term secularism from the new Constitution and revert the Himalayan nation to a Hindu state, triggering protests by Hindu activists.

Sep 14, 2015, 19:16 PM IST

Anti-constitution agitation hits life in plains, eastern Nepal

Normal life was severely hit in eastern Nepal on Thursday as an ethnic group called a separate two- day general strike in nine districts of the region, demanding that the districts be merged into one federal province in the draft constitution.

Sep 10, 2015, 22:18 PM IST

Exim Bank extends USD 1 bn of LoC to Nepal

Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) Wednesday said it has extended a Line of Credit (LOC) worth USD 1 billion to Nepal for financing hydropower, irrigation and infrastructural development projects.

Dec 03, 2014, 19:42 PM IST