Everything you need to know about Kotra Bahadur Ganj: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Kotra Bahadur Ganj: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kathmandu, May 12 (IANS) Eight people jailed for rape, burglary and smuggling escaped from a prison in Nepal by digging a tunnel, officials said Sunday.
Lucknow, May 10 (IANS) In a blow to the Akhilesh Yadav government, a Barabanki district court Friday dismissed its request to withdraw cases against alleged terrorists Tariq Qasmi and Khalid Mujahid, involved in the 2007 serial blasts in Gorakhpur.
Allahabad, May 1 (IANS) A young girl, gang-raped by two men in a moving car in Allahabad two days ago, Wednesday said policemen and a government hospital's woman doctor threatened her in an attempt to hush up the matter, police said.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Nepal's former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', who is also the head of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the country's largest party, Tuesday held "very good talks" with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during which he emphasized that his party was in a "new phase politically and ideologically" and wanted good relations with India.
Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday withdrew the case aggainst Tariq Qasmi, prime accused in the Gorakhpur bomb blasts of May 22, 2007 which left six people, including a woman, injured.
Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) Three teenagers were drowned Wednesday morning in a river while performing Navratra rituals in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A five-year-old kindergarten student was sodomised by his schoolteacher here in the capital, police said Thursday.
New Delhi, April 4 (ANI): A group of 34 state civil service offficers promoted to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and undergoing the 113th induction training programme at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday.
Lucknow, April 2 (IANS) Nine people were killed and over two dozen injured Tuesday when the tractor trolley in which they were going home from a religious ceremony fell into a deep roadside gorge in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
Wellington, Apr. 2 (ANI): An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had heart surgery four times is heading to Mount Everest to try for a third ascent of the world's highest peak.
Wellington, Apr. 2 (ANI): An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had heart surgery four times is heading to Mount Everest to try for a third ascent of the world's highest peak.
Lucknow, April 2 (IANS) With a new team in place at the national level, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh will discuss strategy for the next Lok Sabha polls at the party's two-day conclave in Chitrakoot beginning Wednesday.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) A 50-year-old school teacher was Friday shot dead inside her house by a man who had approached her to rent a room, police said.
New Delhi, Mar. 26 (ANI): The Government of South Korea is fully committed to support Korean entrepreneurs to set up their units in Rajasthan as part of overall bi lateral relations between the two countries.
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) A 22-year-old man shot himself dead after a tiff over a trivial issue with his brother in the capital Sunday, police said. No suicide note has been found.
New Delhi, Mar. 12 (ANI): The Government of South Korea is fully committed to support Korean entrepreneurs to set up their units in Rajasthan as part of overall bilateral relations between the two countries.
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) South Korean automobile parts and electronic components manufacturers are eager to set up their production units in Rajasthan's upcoming special economic zone, a senior official said Monday.
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A Nepali cook was arrested here for murdering his cousin and her husband in their house and escaping with Rs.1 lakh and jewellery, said police Thursday.
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The decomposed bodies of a Nepali couple were found inside their house here, police said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Three fire service officials received burn injuries while attempting to douse a blaze at a shop here Wednesday, an official said.
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A murdered elderly property consultant's Nepali domestic help and his four fellow-countrymen were Sunday arrested here, police said.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Two people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed and many injured when a two-storey building collapsed here Wednesday evening, police said.
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Three brothers were brutally beaten up by the family of one of their relatives and their associates here Wednesday morning, said police. One of the brothers is critical, and another suffered gun-shot wounds.
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) A 20-year-old man was shot dead while his teenage girl friend is battling for life after being shot here Sunday in what police suspect to be a case of honour killing.
Georgetown, Jan 29 (IANS/CMC) Dru Bahadur is the new president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) as this country continues efforts to resolve a lingering dispute that has prevented it from hosting first class and international matches.
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud has directed his men in the northwest tribal region to abide by a peace accord with the government, a media report said Sunday.
New Delhi, Jan. 11 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee today led the nation in paying tribute to late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 47th death anniversary.
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A 28-year-old married woman, stated to be mentally disturbed, was critically injured after she jumped in front of a moving Metro train here Thursday, police said.
Lucknow, Jan 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav has yet again courted controversy by saying that the state's Samajwadi Party (SP) government is considering giving government jobs to loyal party workers.
Lucknow, Jan 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav has yet again courted controversy by saying that the state's Samajwadi Party government is considering giving jobs to loyal party workers.
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Furious at his offer of marriage being rejected, a man stabbed his 20-year-old former girlfriend to death Monday near a bustling market here, police said. The jilted lover has been arrested.
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) A woman, appearing to be in her late 20s, jumped off a flyover here Thursday evening after failing in the civil services exam and was admitted to hospital in a critical condition, police said.
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) A woman, appearing in her late 20s, jumped off a flyover near Akshardham temple Thursday evening and is in a critical condition, police said.
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Within a week of a 23-year-old woman being gang-raped by six men in a moving bus in the capital, a 40-year-old woman has alleged that she was raped in her house by three men at knife-point Wednesday, police said. Two of the accused have been arrested.
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Five policemen were injured early Thursday when a drunken bar manager rammed his car in the barricades put up for checking vehicles in east Delhi, an official said.
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Five policemen were injured early Thursday when a car hit them near Akshardham temple in the capital, police said.
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Five policemen were injured early Thursday when a car hit them near Akshardham temple in the capital, police said.
Islamabad, Dec 10 (IANS) Faction and sub-factions within militant forces are battling each other and opening up "new threats and new risks of even greater violence", said a Pakistani daily Monday.
Jaipur, Dec 7 (IANS) South Korean firms are keen to set up an exclusive manufacturing zone in Rajasthan, encouraged by the success of the Japanese cluster at Neemrana, state government officials said here Friday.
Amritsar, Nov 25 (IANS) At a time when India and Pakistan are looking at cementing trade ties through the Attari?Wagah land border, trade has taken a hit after huge quantities of heroin hidden inside cement bags were seized in Punjab.
New Delhi, Nov. 6 (ANI): Noted criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday questioned Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's potential as a leader, saying the latter is an 'illiterate' who is about to be dumped on this country.
Lucknow, Nov 3 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the Rail Coach factory in her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareily Nov 7, a railway official said Saturday.
Kathmandu, Nov 2 (IANS) China is going to open a cultural centre in Nepal in its bid to augment the cultural bond between the two neighbouring countries, Xinhua news agency said.
Kathmandu, Oct 12 (IANS) The London Paralympics Committee has warned that it would perform the last rites of a Nepali official who died during the 2012 London Games if it does not hear from the man's kin by Tuesday.
Amritsar, Oct 8 (IANS) In the biggest seizure of heroin so far, customs officials here Monday seized nearly 105 kg heroin from cement bags that arrived from Pakistan on a goods train.
New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) A 40-year-old woman, who was admitted to a government hospital after she consumed poison after killing her two step-children, died when she jumped from the hospital building Friday morning, police said.
New Delhi, Oct.4 (ANI): Tragedy struck the family of an out-of-work Kingfisher Airlines staffer on Thursday afternoon, when his wife committed suicide due to financial woes.
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) The Kovalam Literary Fest 2012 offloaded the first leg of its intellectual booty in a daylong literary fair in the capital themed on contemporary world literature. The next leg will be in Kerala over the weekend.
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, among others, paid floral tributes in the Central Hall of parliament Tuesday on the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.
On the eve of the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, President Pranab Mukherjee Monday conferred the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2012 to ISRO scientist Tessy Thomas at an award function in Rashtrapati Bhawan.........
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Sept 16 (ANI): A landslide in Kullu has left the Manali- Leh Highway blocked for more than 14 hours, leaving people stranded amidst chaos and traffic bottlenecks.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) While the police denying any role in his death, Vinod Singh Negi's widowed mother and married sister in Uttarakhand have lost their sole breadwinner in the killing of the young man in alleged police firing in east Delhi Sunday night.
Washington, August 30 (ANI): Jyothi Amge, 18, of Nagpur, India, met Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, of Nepal, in Italy, where the pair took pictures for the 57th edition of the Guinness World Records 2013.
Washington, August 30 (ANI): Jyothi Amge, 18, of Nagpur, India, met Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, of Nepal, in Italy, where the pair took pictures for the 57th edition of the Guinness World Records 2013.
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Four people, three Nepali nationals and an Indian, have been arrested in the capital for sending women from Nepal to Gulf countries on fake passports and documents, police said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Three Nepalis have been arrested here for killing a compatriot, police said Monday.
New Delhi, Aug 27 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday stuck to its demand for Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's resignation over the CAG report on coal blocks allocation even as the latter is all set to make a statement in both houses of Parliament justifying the government's stand on the issue.
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) A 26-year-old youth was arrested for sexually assaulting an eight-month-old girl here, police said Friday.
London, Aug 11 (IANS) India's Basanta Bahadur Rana created a national record but that could only ensure him a 36th place in the men's 50km walk at the London Olympics here Saturday.
London, Aug 10 (IANS) The following is the schedule of events involving Indian athletes at the Olympic Games Saturday:
London, July 31 (IANS) India athletics coach Bahadur Singh says he will be happy if his 14 wards better their career best performance at the London Olympics.
Lucknow, July 9 (IANS) Seven people, including three women and a child, were killed when a car they were in rammed into a state transport bus in Muzaffarnagar Monday morning, police said.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) A 42-year-old Delhi Police head constable was killed here after a speeding mini-truck hit his bike, police said Friday.
Islamabad, June 26 (ANI): In yet another setback to the polio eradication campaign in Pakistan, the Mullah Nazir group in South Waziristan has banned polio vaccinations in the agency till the United States halts all drone strikes in the tribal region.
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) An Indian diplomat in London has written a mythological adventure novel drawn from the vast repertoire of Indian spirituality and metaphysics.
Kathmandu (Nepal), June 17 (ANI): The Nepal Cricket Association has appointed Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the their brand ambassador.
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Two labourers working for the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) died Saturday after inhaling poisonous fumes while cleaning a sewage treatment plant in east Delhi's Kondli area, police said.
Ghaziabad, June 1 (IANS) The headless body of a software engineer was found near railway tracks here Friday, police said.
Yangon, May 29 (IANS) India's last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar, lay buried here for nearly 130 years in a forgotten grave until 1991 when his final resting place was chanced upon during digging.
Nay Pyi Taw, May 27 (IANS) Manmohan Singh, the first Indian prime minister to visit Myanmar in 25 years, arrived Sunday in its new capital on a three-day trip that will lay a roadmap for trade and connectivity with the oil-rich neighbour.
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay homage at the mausoleum in Myanmar of Bahadur Shah Zafar, India's last Mughal emperor who died in Yangon in 1862 after the British exiled him.
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he will seek to strengthen relations with Myanmar during a three-day visit starting Sunday.
Kathmandu, May 26 (IANS) A 73-year-old Japanese lady who climbed Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, this past week has been awarded by the Guinness World Records.
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Manmohan Singh goes to Myanmar Sunday on a three-day visit, the first trip to the Southeast country by an Indian prime minister in a quarter century, during which the two countries are expected to seal new initiatives to expand trade, connectivity and energy cooperation.
lucknow, May 21 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Monday gave additional charges of the Greater Noida Development Authority and the Yamuna Expressway Authority to senior Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Rakesh Bahadur.
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) A 27-year-old man was stabbed to death while his younger brother was critically injured when they resisted four bike-riding assailants' bid to rob them in the capital, police said Wednesday.
Jaipur, May 15 (IANS) Upset over a fight with his girlfriend, a 22-year-old man Tuesday shot himself with a gun in front of police officials inside the girls' hostel of Government Engineering College in Jhalawar, police said.
Melbourne, May 15 (ANI): A Nepali man who was named the shortest man alive earlier this year by the Guinness World Record wants to climb the world's highest peak, Mount Everest.
Kathmandu, May 12 (IANS) Around 200 people in Myagdi district in western Nepal fell sick in the last four days with an unidentified disease, reports said Saturday.
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A 28-year-old man Friday was crushed to death under a Delhi Police bus in the national capital, police said.
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) A 53-year-old businessman who ran a button factory was shot dead here by two men, police said Wednesday.
Varanasi, April 29 (ANI): A massive fire broke out in a residential building in the wee hours of Sunday in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. No casualties reported.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A 35-year-old woman, a mother of four, was found murdered inside her house in the national capital, police said Saturday and added her husband is the prime suspect.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Nine seats short of the majority mark in south Delhi corporation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now trying hard to woo party rebels who won as independents from the area as well as councillors from smaller parties.
New Delhi, Apr 3 (ANI): Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, popularly known in the Army as Sam Bahadur, who passed away on June 27, 2008, would have been 98 year old today. He will live long in the memory of the people of India and inspire generations of officers in the country.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), March 26 (IANS) The body of a property dealer was found Monday dumped in a box-bed in a Vaishali locality apartment here. Police suspect it to be case of murder.
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday observed while punishing six persons, including a bank manager, that corruption was a major roadblock in India's development.
Islamabad, Mar 14 (ANI): At least 15 suspected militants were killed when two unmanned US drones hit them in the South Waziristan Agency, officials have said.
Islamabad, Mar 14 (ANI): At least 15 suspected militants were killed when two unmanned US drones hit them in the South Waziristan Agency, officials have said.
London, Feb 27 (ANI): Nepal, which is home to the world's highest peak -Mount Everest, has added another height-related record to their collection - that of the world's shortest man.
London, Feb 27 (ANI): Nepal, which is home to the world's highest peak -Mount Everest, has added another height-related record to their collection - that of the world's shortest man.
New York, Feb 3 (ANI): A 72-year-old man in Nepal says he is just 1 foot, 10 inches tall, which would make him as the shortest adult human in Guinness World Records' history.
New York, Feb 3 (ANI): A 72-year-old man in Nepal says he is just 1 foot, 10 inches tall, which would make him as the shortest adult human in Guinness World Records' history.
New Delhi, Jan 16 (ANI): India and Nepal on Monday discussed cooperation in countering cross-border crimes and terrorist activities during Home Secretary-level talks between the two countries.
New Delhi, Nov 24 (ANI): M. Ganapathi, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday highlighted India's efforts to engage with the African Nations on issues related to global security, especially piracy and terrorism on the Somalian coast.
Islamabad, Nov 12 (ANI): The most powerful militant leader in Pakistan's North Waziristan border region has threatened to tear up a peace accord and turn his fighters against the government.
Kathmandu, Oct 24 (ANI): Under sharp criticism from various quarters including his own party UCPN (Maoist) for signing the Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (BIPPA) agreement with India during his recent visit to New Delhi, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai on Monday said such criticisms were "baseless and inaccurate".
Peshawar/Miramshah, Sept 16(ANI): Rifts have cropped up among militant outfits in Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency for the first time, according to a newspaper report.
Kolkata, Sep 3 (ANI): Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Harka Bahadur Chettri has said people demanding the creation of a separate Gorkhaland state would agitate if the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Bill does not fulfill its promises.
Islamabad, August 31(ANI): Abdul Shakoor Turkistani, a Chinese Uyghur, has taken control of the overall command of foreign militants in Pakistan's tribal region.
