At a time when some Indian experts and observers are voicing support for the pro-monarchy and pro-Hindu movement in Nepal, New Delhi has clarified that it has no role in such activities. In a meeting ...

When a king arrives, his people bow. The same happened on 9 March in Nepal, when former King Gyanendra Shah landed in Kathmandu from Pokhara. People shouted slogans in his support and carried a ...

A backpacker detained in the US is back home in Wales after an emotional airport reunion, her father has confirmed. Becky Burke, 28, had been held in a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...

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Holi takes place in March during spring. Traditionally, it is celebrated for one week in Nepal. Holi begins on the eighth day of the waxing moon in the lunar calendar, marked by the installation of ...

Nearly seventeen years ago - on May 28, 2008, to be exact - Nepal abolished a 239-year-old Hindu monarchy, with Gyanendra Shah as king, and brought the curtain down on a decade-long civil war that ...