Ecuadorian Catholic priest Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari was killed when a heavy crucifix and a statue of Jesus Christ fell from the wall behind the altar during a livestreamed Mass at the
Nine-year-old Parum Gurung is a digital wizard from Lame Ahal, Pokhara. When Nepal banned TikTok in 2024, he managed to override the ban. In October 1959, when I first walked across Nepal,
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“Ke gar diye ko chhora!” (what have you done, son!) rebuked a dying King Birendra when Prince Dipendra perpetrated the Palace massacre, literally wiping out the Shah dynasty by a fusillade of
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On India’s 79th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alluded to India’s strategic sovereignty (autonomy) while dealing with US tariffs, while honouring Op Sindoor, a non-contact undeclared war. Britain had ruled over
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Op Sindoor may have moved from Page One to Page Three. But it won’t go away as PR people are making hay while the sun shines. In the 90-hour non-contact aerial skirmish,
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The latest civilian attack in Pahalgam by Pakistan-backed terrorists not only shattered a long — standing unspoken pact against targeting tourists but also reignited calls for retribution, hinting at a dangerous new
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In my nearly 66 years of trekking and travelling in Nepal, from a Second Lieutenant to a General, in every rank, I have savoured Nepal at its best – from dawn to
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I am in Tikapur, Kailali District, on the India-Nepal border, having been in Nepal since March 11, when I arrived in Kathmandu. I have travelled to Pokhara, Nepalganj, Salyan, Rolpa and Ghorai
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Returning to Pokhara, Nepal, during the current weather-fickle Holi season what struck me was the reignition of the debate on the revival of monarchy in a carefully orchestrated campaign driven by the
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Last week, Home Minister Amit Shah held a review meeting of Manipur under the President’s Rule and also discussed the trade routes to Myanmar with the border areas no longer under Junta’s
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As a Mukti Jodha (freedom fighter – that’s what Bangladeshis call Indian Army personnel who fought the Liberation War), I’m appalled at the recent turn of events, the mayhem in Dhaka and
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In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is de jure numero uno. He sits next to him at meetings and in Parliament and like most another minister, regularly invokes
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The tourist-undiscovered jewel is Siracha in the Gulf of Thailand, 90 km southeast of Bangkok and 30 km north of Pattaya. Ascott Group’s Oakwood Hotel is your strategic compass to assimilate Siracha
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After four years of civil war in Myanmar, India has quietly changed its policy towards the Junta from one of total and unfailing support following its coup against democracy to one of
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In Kathmandu, I observed that Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli’s visit to China has become a hot potato in the chilly Kathmandu valley. The China visit is being portrayed by his Unified
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My Diwali and Tihar vacation in Nepal is continuing. Here is a flash report from Pokhara. After a turbulent 18-month rule, in which former Prime Minister Prachanda had to seek a vote
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