Indian President’s entourage includes 60 members

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px;"> <a href="http://www.nagariknews.com/uploads/media/2016/October/mukharji.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for भारतीय राष्ट्रपतिको पोखरा भ्रमणको तयारी अन्तिम चरणमा" border="0" height="263" src="http://www.nagariknews.com/uploads/media/2016/October/mukharji.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Kathmandu, Nov 2: The entourage of visiting President of India Pranab Mukherjee includes 60 members including Dr Subhash Bhamre, Minister of State for Defence.</div> <br /> <div class="wpInsert wpInsertInPostAd wpInsertMiddle" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 5px; padding: 0px;"> </div> <a href="http://www.nagariknews.com/uploads/media/2016/October/mukharji.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-align: justify;"> Other members in the entourage are four members of the Loksabha and Rajyasabha, Omita Paul, Secretary to the President and Foreign Secretary Dr S Jaishankar, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-align: justify;"> Besides, high-ranking officers of India’s security bodies, officials from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and media persons are in his delegation. RSS</div>

Indian President’s entourage includes 60 members

Kathmandu, Nov 2: The entourage of visiting President of India Pranab Mukherjee includes 60 members including Dr Subhash Bhamre, Minister...

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Fashionmandu in Sydney

<a href="http://np.sabkura.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/11391419_659702700831572_8787556512586412915_n-200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="11391419_659702700831572_8787556512586412915_n" border="0" src="http://np.sabkura.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/11391419_659702700831572_8787556512586412915_n-200x300.jpg" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify;">Sydney,  Fasionmandu, a fashion program in Sydney to showcase Nepali arts and culture in the world’s stage and to provide to platform for new emerging talents is going to be organized.</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-align: justify;"> Models from Nepal and other different countries will take part in that program. And Nepali and Aussie beauties in particular will be the show-stoppers as said in a press conference held in Sydney.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-align: justify;"> 20 models will be taking part where 6 will be from Nepal and the rest from the other countries. Organized by kgarira.com, event’s choreography will be done by Italian choreographer Tito. The event will showcase some of the Nepal’s finest ornaments, jewels, attires, western attires and jewels as well as attires of Christian and Hindu brides.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-align: justify;"> Nepali fashion designers Bishwa Gautam, Amit Baral and kate mary will be partaking in the show. Talking to press conference organizer Archana Thapa said “this is one of the most important and beneficial program we are going to do. This shall allow Nepali models living in Australia a stage and to open up new possibilities in their modelling career.” She also promised this event to be the best done by Nepali people down under.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 26px; text-align: justify;"> Sydney’s SMC conference center will the venue for the program on August 29 where former Miss Nepal Shristi Shrestha, Miss teen Australia Global Sonny Turner, Miss Australia Best Model Luis Broeng just to name a few will be there. Event’s jewelry designing will be done by  R.B diamond jewelers and Tuga bai Kehzed. Money collected from the event will be donated to a charity for orphans, organizers said.</div>

Fashionmandu in Sydney

Sydney,  Fasionmandu, a fashion program in Sydney to showcase Nepali arts and culture in the world’s stage and to provide to platform for ne...

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Two women fall to death in Baitadi

<a href="https://news.sabkura.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/benighat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Two women fall to death in Baitadi" border="0" height="300" src="https://news.sabkura.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/benighat.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Baitadi, Oct 28: Two women died in separate cliff fall-related incidents at Ganjari and Dashrathchand Municipality of Baitadi. They suffered the tragedy while cutting grass (to be used in roofing the house).</div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> Rajmati Dhami, 37, of Kotila, Ganjari-4 fell from a cliff near to her home Thursday and died while cutting thatching grass.</div> </span><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Similarly, a 30-year-old woman of Sankatte of Dashrathchand Municipality-6 suffered the same fate earlier Wednesday, District Police Office Baitadi’s Deputy Superintendent of Police Balnarsingh Rana said.</span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> It is the compulsion for the Baitadi folks to go to a cliff to collect thatching grass, risking their lives. Cliff fall deaths are frequent in the district, it is said. RSS</div> </span>

Two women fall to death in Baitadi

Baitadi, Oct 28: Two women died in separate cliff fall-related incidents at Ganjari and Dashrathchand Municipality of Baitadi. They suffer...

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Taste of America served in Kathmandu

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;"> <a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/People-enjoy-A-Taste-of-America.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="People enjoy A Taste of America" border="0" height="266" src="http://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/People-enjoy-A-Taste-of-America.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">KATHMANDU:</strong> Candles lit the way that was decorated with flower petals welcoming guests. As one walked down the stairs inside Hyatt Regency, Boudha on September 16, the aroma of varieties of food items wafted tantalising one. As one reached Rox Garden, the varieties of food stalls made one want to grab a plate immediately.</span></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At ‘A Taste of America’ organised by the Embassy of the United States of America regional cuisines from America were served. American Chef Mark Tafoya was here with varieties of dishes from the Northeast, Pacific, Midwest, Southwest, and West parts of the US. Teaming with the chefs of Hyatt, Chef Mark presented these regional American dishes for the Capital’s food lovers.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was indeed a good chance for Nepalis to enjoy American varieties. Be it the Barbeque Pork or Corn Bread or Caesar Salad, there were more to try, with choices for vegetarians too like Potato Salad, Vegetarian Barbeque, Red Beans Rice. Cioppino, Ham on Cheese Biscuit, Coleslaw, New York Cheese Cake, Pumpkin Pie and other regional food items were a novelty for many.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The event is organised to celebrate food. Many Nepalis are immigrating to America and we have been learning about the food culture. I am here to share food business and also help business entrepreneurs and share expertise here in Nepal and also learn about the food culture of the country,” shared Chef Mark.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We are hugely excited to have Mark Tafoya in Nepal for two weeks, to have him demonstrate cooking for you to working with some of our grantees that are trying to support women entrepreneurs who are serving communities with home-based cooking,” shared Alaina B Teplitz, US Ambassador at the event.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: Himilayan Times.</span></div>

Taste of America served in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU:  Candles lit the way that was decorated with flower petals welcoming guests. As one walked down the stairs inside Hyatt Regenc...

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Kanchanpur Bhailo

<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Kanchanpur-bhailo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://thehimalayantimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Kanchanpur-bhailo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Girls in Kanchanpur district pose for a photograph while they play Bhailo to mark the annual Tihar festival on Monday, October 31, 2016. Photo: RSS</span>

Kanchanpur Bhailo

Girls in Kanchanpur district pose for a photograph while they play Bhailo to mark the annual Tihar festival on Monday, October 31, 2016...

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Public holidays during state visit by presidents of India, China

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Alu2whE9qB0/WBLkdCxLh2I/AAAAAAAAA1Y/3fpc5ILm7WYjtT3ms6UbYsvQU_seK7pVACLcB/s1600/holiday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Alu2whE9qB0/WBLkdCxLh2I/AAAAAAAAA1Y/3fpc5ILm7WYjtT3ms6UbYsvQU_seK7pVACLcB/s320/holiday.jpg" width="320" /></a>Oct 27, 2016- The government has declared public holidays during the upcoming state visit to Nepal by the Presidents of India and China.<br /> A meeting of the Council of Ministers today decided to give the government holidays during the state visit b<br /> President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, is arriving here on a three-day visit on coming November 2.<br /> Likewise, the meeting appointed Dipendra Acharya, a resident of Jhangajholi of Sindhuli, the chair of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries Development Committee. More, the meeting decided to upgrade the Thankot-Chitlang Ganeshman Road. RSS </div> <br />

Public holidays during state visit by presidents of India, China

Oct 27, 2016- The government has declared public holidays during the upcoming state visit to Nepal by the Presidents of India and China. A...

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British Carmaker Caterham Debuts Bespoke Model Created in Partnership with Harrods

<div article-sharing="" class="article-top-sharing article-sharing ng-isolate-scope" data-track="body-top" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 0px 5px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://blogs-images.forbes.com/kristintablang/files/2016/10/Harrods-Caterham-1200x675.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://blogs-images.forbes.com/kristintablang/files/2016/10/Harrods-Caterham-1200x675.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <ul class="article-fbs-sharing " style="-webkit-margin-after: 0px; -webkit-margin-before: 0px; -webkit-padding-start: 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">British auto manufacturer  partnered with London luxury department store Harrods in creating a special edition of its Seven sports car to mark the launch of Caterham Signature, the company’s first formalized personalization service. Powered by a Ford Duratec 1999cc engine, the bespoke edition—known as the Harrods Caterham—is based on Caterham’s Seven 420R, which boasts a top speed of 136 mph, produces 210 bhp, and can hit 60 mph in 3.8 seconds.</span></ul> </div>

British Carmaker Caterham Debuts Bespoke Model Created in Partnership with Harrods

British auto manufacturer  partnered with London luxury department store Harrods in creating a special edition of its Seven sports car to...

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Indian Bank Authorities Say 3.2 Million Debit Cards Hacked

<div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://s3.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Debit-card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="http://s3.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Debit-card.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="320" /></a>Indian banks scrambled Friday to contain the damage after finding that more than 3.2 million debit cards may have been hacked.</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Several banks, including the government-run State Bank of India, advised customers to change their personal identification numbers. The banks have recalled thousands of debit cards and blocked others that they fear have been hacked.</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The breach is thought to have been caused by malware on an ATM network.</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Finance Minister Arun Jaitely said Friday the government was investigating how the security breach occurred.</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The National Payments Corporation of India that controls all retail payments systems in India said banks had received complaints from customers that their cards had been used fraudulently in China and USA. The NCPI has alerted banks that 3.2 million cards were affected.</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> On Friday, NCPI's managing director and CEO, Abhaya Prasad Hota, sought to reassure customers that financial authorities had stepped up precautions.</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Necessary corrective actions already have been taken," Hota said. "There is no reason for bank customers to panic."</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The NPCI, in a statement, said a total of 13 million rupees ($195,000) were withdrawn fraudulently, mainly in China and the United States, in transactions affecting 19 banks and 641 customers.</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The State Bank of India, the country's top lender, said about 620,000 of its more than 200 million cards were "vulnerable" due to the security breach.</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> India's Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said the government was tracking how the security breach took place.</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "In this cyber world, all transactions leave a trail. We will track the trail. Locate the point of origin of the breach and government will act swiftly on this," Das said.</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Apart from SBI, other Indian banks include the Bank of Baroda, IDBI Bank, Central Bank and Andhra Bank that have replaced debit cards. Among private sector players, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Yes Bank have advised customers to change their identity numbers or change their cards.</div> <div itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Proxima-Nova, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> source: AP</div>

Indian Bank Authorities Say 3.2 Million Debit Cards Hacked

Indian banks scrambled Friday to contain the damage after finding that more than 3.2 million debit cards may have been hacked. Several ba...

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Lungs Transplant

<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px;"> <a href="http://files.newsinlevels.com/200007607-450ab46051/01_surgery-880584_960_720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://files.newsinlevels.com/200007607-450ab46051/01_surgery-880584_960_720.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white;"></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Imogen Bolton, a baby girl from Britain, was desperately ill in her first month of life. She was tiny and frail, and in and out of hospital, with a rare condition which left her struggling to breathe.</div> <br /> <div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Today, she is a healthy child thanks to an astounding transformation – she has two new lungs which doctors transplanted when she was just five months old. She is possibly the youngest double recipient of lungs in Europe.</span></div> <div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Children can wait years for donors, and in some cases, a donor never comes, but Imogen was incredibly lucky – her match came within days. The operation was complex, and the doctors had to use a magnifying glass because of the tiny lungs and airways about the size of a small straw.</span></div> <div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white;">The girl is now home happy and healthy, but her parents are very aware that for Imogen to get her donor lungs, another set of parents lost a child.</span></div> <span style="background-color: #ecebec; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span>

Lungs Transplant

Imogen Bolton, a baby girl from Britain, was desperately ill in her first month of life. She was tiny and frail, and in and out of hospit...

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Cat Festival in Tokyo

<div style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p6Lnl9Efr4M/WAlrwK13HKI/AAAAAAAAA1E/-Nv2wCmAxnko_2_rB3jMjBXdAwS4FEDNgCLcB/s1600/97_Maneki_Cat_Festival_in_Ise%252C_2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p6Lnl9Efr4M/WAlrwK13HKI/AAAAAAAAA1E/-Nv2wCmAxnko_2_rB3jMjBXdAwS4FEDNgCLcB/s400/97_Maneki_Cat_Festival_in_Ise%252C_2013.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The annual ghostly cat festival happened in Tokyo. Locals painted their faces, wore masks, or just popped on some cat ears to parade through an area famed for its love of cats.</div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Japanese designer Okameya Yuko organised the festival and said that she wanted to celebrate Halloween, autumn and cats all in one parade.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> It seems that it was a hit, with one participant saying that it was amazing and impressive because people put a lot of work into their cosplays.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #1b1b1b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Japan is a country that loves cats – it introduced cat cafés and Hello Kitty to the world. There's even enough love for stray cats in Tokyo, which are a common sight. A person could say that Japan is a pretty pawsome place.</div> .

Cat Festival in Tokyo

The annual ghostly cat festival happened in Tokyo. Locals painted their faces, wore masks, or just popped on some cat ears to parade thro...

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Glimpse of Buddha’s remains to public

<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://news.sabkura.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/35DC095300000578-0-image-a-46_1467385249020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img alt="Glimpse of Buddha's remains to public" border="0" height="212" src="https://news.sabkura.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/35DC095300000578-0-image-a-46_1467385249020.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kathmandu, Oct 16: Ashti Dhatu, the remains of the Gautam Buddha, has been put on a display for public view at the Pulchowk-based Aksheshwor Mahabihar ( Buddhist temple).</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is the customary that the Ashti Dhatu is put on display for the people’s view on the day of Ashwin Shukla Poornima every year.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The remains were brought here from Sri Lanka in 1966. The visitors can catch the glimpse of the Asti Dhatu until 16:00 pm today.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Myanmar’s Ambassador to Nepal visited the Mahabihar, to observe the Asti Dhatu . RSS</span><br /> </div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span>

Glimpse of Buddha’s remains to public

Kathmandu, Oct 16: Ashti Dhatu, the remains of the Gautam Buddha, has been put on a display for public view at the Pulchowk-based Akshesh...

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Landslide blocks road to Barah Chhetra for past three days

<a href="http://assets-cdn.ekantipur.com/images/third-party/natural-disaster/1310201606470413102016025903baraha-chetra-pahiro-1000x0-1000x0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://assets-cdn.ekantipur.com/images/third-party/natural-disaster/1310201606470413102016025903baraha-chetra-pahiro-1000x0-1000x0.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Oct 13, 2016- </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; line-height: 1.6;">Landslide triggered by incessant rains has blocked a road near Sapatakoshi Bridge connecting Sunsari and Udaypur districts thereby halting vehicular movement and trapping thousands of passengers for the past three days.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"> The incident occurred on Tuesday when a large mass of soil tumbled from Krishna Veer (cliff) and 17 number Veer blocking the Chatara-Barah road section. Passengers heading from Dharan to Bhjopur, Dhankuta, Udaypur and Barah Chhetra have been left stranded due to the landslide. Barah Chhetra is a popular pilgrimage in the east. </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"> "The new Saptakoshi Bridge connects Sunsari and Udaypur. The road was always in risk due to lack of adequate measures to control landslides," said one local Raju Ghimire.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"> According to him, vehicles heading towards Udaypur and Barah Chhetra have come to a grinding halt for the past three days due to the landslip. He added that locals have cleared debris to some extent and formed a temporary path for pedestrians.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"> Due to the road blockage, people travelling for Dashain Festival are facing hard times reaching their destination.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"> A local Ramesh Bista said that there are landslips in half-a-dozen places along the Chatara-Barah road due to incessant heavy rain. Bista attributed government's apathy towards the miseries of the travellers.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"> According to Ghimire, it was failure on the part of political parties and other stakeholders to not give proper attention to the road that is regarded as an alternative highway. "When government has already spent millions of rupees for the construction of the new bridge, why couldn't it focus on upgrading the road in this region?" he questioned.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source: kathmandupost</div>

Landslide blocks road to Barah Chhetra for past three days

Oct 13, 2016-  Landslide triggered by incessant rains has blocked a road near Sapatakoshi Bridge connecting Sunsari and Udaypur districts ...

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Dipayal-based NEA sub-station catches fire, properties worth Rs150 m damaged

<a href="http://assets-cdn.ekantipur.com/images/third-party/entertainment/12102016012106121020161113017279624-600x0-1000x0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="http://assets-cdn.ekantipur.com/images/third-party/entertainment/12102016012106121020161113017279624-600x0-1000x0.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Oct 12, 2016- Properties worth Rs150 million were damaged during a fire at Dipayal-based Nepal Electricity Authority Sub-Station on Wednesday.</span></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> An electrical short-circuit in one of the transformers at the sub-station commenced the fire at around 3 am this morning prompting damages to the feeder and other three equipment and power cut at Doti and Achham, informed District Police Office SP Dilliraj Bista.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The fire was brought under control with the help of locals, police and staffers at the NEA sub-station after three hours.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source: <a href="http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-10-12/dipayal-based-nea-sub-station-catches-fire-properties-worth-rs150-m-damaged.html" target="_blank">kathmandupost</a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </span></h2>

Dipayal-based NEA sub-station catches fire, properties worth Rs150 m damaged

Oct 12, 2016- Properties worth Rs150 million were damaged during a fire at Dipayal-based Nepal Electricity Authority Sub-Station on Wedne...

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How did Dashain kite flying come to Nepal? Five reasons you should be flying one right now

<a href="http://english.onlinekhabar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/kiteflying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="http://english.onlinekhabar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/kiteflying.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="http://english.onlinekhabar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/kiteflying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There was a time when kites were flown all round the year in Kathmandu, so the story goes. Whenever people of the Valley had time to spare, they would go to the fields with their lattai and start flying their kites. They would not think much about the inconvenience the birds of the Valley were facing.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Every day, a number of birds got entangled in the manjha and others suffered cuts. This ruffled their feathers (literally).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A delegation of birds met the king and demanded that the people be stopped from flying kites. The king and the birds then reached a deal, which came to be known as the Treaty of Kathmandu.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The treaty says kites cannot be flown during the winter, the spring, and the summer. It can only be flown when the monsoon ends and the afternoon westerly winds starts to blow–exactly when Dashain sets in.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> So why do we need to continue this tradition?<br /> <br /> 1.Kites send a message to Indra, the god of rains, to stop the rain as the rice fields do not need more water. Legend has it that Dashain was originally celebrated during the Nepali month of Chaitra. But because farmers were busy in the fields during Chaitra, it was decided that the festival would be celebrated after the rainy season when the farmers would be free.<br /> <br /> 2.Kite flying brings prosperity to the family. Legends say that flying kites brings good fortune to the family. When you fly kites, you are welcoming the forces of good and piety, and this of course brings you good luck.<br /> <br /> 3.When you fly kites, you are contacting and honoring your ancestors. When you fly kites, your ancestors in heaven see the colorful objects and feel that you are remembering them. What other sport would do that!<br /> <br /> 4.Kites guide recently released souls to heaven. It is believed that the souls of people and animals that die on earth find a way towards heaven when you fly kites. The kites join the sky with the earth, something that no other object does.<br /> <br /> 5.There’s not much to do during Dashain. Well, all said and done Dashain is a holiday for everyone. This includes the staffers at your favorite restaurant and your favorite shopping malls. So, flying kites is the best thing you can do during Dashain!<br /> <div> <br /></div> <span style="font-size: xx-small; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://english.onlinekhabar.com/2016/10/06/387612" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Source: </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">onlinekhabar</span></a></span><br /> <br /> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.7; margin: 15px auto auto; max-width: 840px; padding: 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -1px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.7; margin: 15px auto auto; max-width: 840px; padding: 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1a1a1a; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.7; margin: 15px auto auto; max-width: 840px; padding: 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div>

How did Dashain kite flying come to Nepal? Five reasons you should be flying one right now

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DGCA may issue new advisory on Samsung Galaxy Note7 on planes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://images.indianexpress.com/2016/10/galaxy-note-7-explosion-big.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="samsung, samsung galaxy note 7, DGCA, samsung galaxy note 7 explosion, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, aviation regulator, samsung galaxy note 7 recall, samsung galaxy note 7 fire, tech news, technology" border="0" height="250" src="http://images.indianexpress.com/2016/10/galaxy-note-7-explosion-big.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Aviation regulator DGCA may issue a fresh advisory on the use of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on board aircraft after getting latest inputs from its US counterpart, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The DGCA is already in touch with FAA on the issue and the fresh advisory is likely to be put in public domain by next week, a senior DGCA official said, two days after a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, apparently a replacement device, caught fire on a US airline flight.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Samsung officially recalled one million of its Galaxy Note 7 mobile phones sold before September 15 after finding that some of their batteries had exploded or caught fire. The company, however, said that until it was able to retrieve the device, it cannot confirm that this incident involves the new Note 7.</span></div> <a href="http://images.indianexpress.com/2016/10/galaxy-note-7-explosion-big.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Earlier, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had completely banned the use of Galaxy Note 7 on board flights as also carrying them in checked-in baggage, which it partially lifted on September 30.</span></div>

DGCA may issue new advisory on Samsung Galaxy Note7 on planes

Aviation regulator DGCA may issue a fresh advisory on the use of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on board aircraft after getting latest inpu...

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Inside the incredible underground ice cave where 'humans once lived'

<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/10/09/110673212-ice-cave-austria-large_trans++gsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdEbgHFEZVI1Pljic_pW9c90.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/10/09/110673212-ice-cave-austria-large_trans++gsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdEbgHFEZVI1Pljic_pW9c90.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img alt="Dachstein ice caves austria Salzkammergut " border="0" height="200" src="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/10/09/110673212-ice-cave-austria-large_trans++gsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdEbgHFEZVI1Pljic_pW9c90.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><b>Spectacular images capture the inside of a stunning ice cave in the picturesque Dachstein mountain range in Austria.</b></b></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Explorers took a tour of the Eisriesenhoehle (ice cave) near Obertraun, located around 300 kilometres southwest of the Austrian capital Vienna.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/10/09/110673212-ice-cave-austria-2-large_trans++gsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdEbgHFEZVI1Pljic_pW9c90.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="ice cave " border="0" height="200" src="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/10/09/110673212-ice-cave-austria-2-large_trans++gsaO8O78rhmZrDxTlQBjdEbgHFEZVI1Pljic_pW9c90.jpg" width="320" /></a>Visitors can tour the unique cave, which was only re-discovered in 1910, to see a ‘wondrous underground world of natural ice sculptures and formations’ which began forming 500 years ago.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There is also a nearby Mammut (mammoth) cave of which more than 70 km of passageways have been explored. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> They can explore the labyrinth of ice caves which stretch out for almost 30 miles between the months of May to October.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: black;">“The ice is formed by water which seeps from the Dachstein plateau down into the cave through small cracks and joins in the cliff,” the Dachstein Salzkammergut website explains.</span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “When outside temperatures lie above freezing but the caves still contain very cold air, the penetrating water freezes and forms magnificent ice shapes which define the magic of the giant ice cave.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There is also evidence that suggests tribes may have lived in the caves during the Ice Age.  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The World Heritage region in Dachstein with its clear lake, fertile meadows and locations tucked into the cliff sides offers the perfect conditions for settlement,” the site added. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Humans settled here during the Ice Age, as proven by the discovery of a cave bear bone in the ice cave which has been artistically bored through.”</div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The caves attract between 80,000 and 180,000 visitors every year.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Meanwhile, these incredible photos capture the eerie beauty of the world’s largest cave in Vietnam.  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> source: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/09/inside-the-incredible-underground-ice-cave-where-humans-once-liv/" target="_blank">telegraph</a></div> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/10/09/110673212-ice-cave-austria-3-large_trans++ek9vKm18v_rkIPH9w2GMNvl_bi2RExISIc6CxmLUK94.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/10/09/110673212-ice-cave-austria-3-large_trans++ek9vKm18v_rkIPH9w2GMNvl_bi2RExISIc6CxmLUK94.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>

Inside the incredible underground ice cave where 'humans once lived'

Spectacular images capture the inside of a stunning ice cave in the picturesque Dachstein mountain range in Austria. Explorers to...

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Facebook in talks with White House to explore "free" internet for all

<div style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <a href="http://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2015/10/30/1f2a6566-2f61-4628-a1d9-1feb0350e097/thumbnail/620x350/779545ee709621689f0600ecd8877b7f/zuckerberg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2015/10/30/1f2a6566-2f61-4628-a1d9-1feb0350e097/thumbnail/620x350/779545ee709621689f0600ecd8877b7f/zuckerberg.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Facebook has been in talks with the White House as it explores launching a version of free internet access to Americans who are not currently connected, CBS News has confirmed. </div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: justify;"> The Washington Post first reported details of Facebook’s discussions and its hopes to launch an app known as Free Basics, citing multiple people familiar with the plan. <a data-modal-async-url="/videos/103b9d07-38b7-47bf-8b6c-396fb9871cc0/xhr" data-modal-options="{"position": "absolute", "checkIE": "true"}" data-omniture-track="trackVideoOverlayView" data-omniture-track-data="{"siteSection":"CBSN","siteHier":["CBSN"],"pageType":"video","mediaTitle":"Facebook launches Craigslist-style \"Marketplace\"","mediaId":"103b9d07-38b7-47bf-8b6c-396fb9871cc0","mediaType":"content_video","topicId":["8a37c65b-cbd4-4bcb-b0d6-fb0eac279178"],"topicName":["CBSN"]}" data-open="modalAsync" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/facebook-launches-craigslist-style-marketplace" id="relatedVideoContainer" style="color: #b12124; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Roboto, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"></a></div> <figure class="gallery overlay-video" style="display: inline !important; margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: justify;"> Free Basics previously faced a steep uphill battle when it launched in India. The service, in partnership with wireless carriers, let Facebook offer communities streamlined versions of Facebook and other online services — a limited, simplified internet, so to speak — without charging for data use. Free Basics was <span class="link">shut down by Indian regulators</span> in February because it provided access to only certain pre-approved sites and services rather than the entire internet. </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: justify;"> “Facebook isn’t a company that hits a roadblock and gives up,” Zuckerberg said at the time. “We take the hits and try to get better.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: justify;"> Now, the social media giant is taking preliminary steps to explore launching Free Basics in the United States. Free Basics would not directly pay for users’ data use, but would allow users to stretch their data plans in partnership with local wireless carriers, the Post reported. </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: justify;"> The app would provide access to news, information and health services. Facebook has not elaborated more on what the Free Basics user experience would be like. </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: justify;"> Critics have raised ethical questions about proposals like Free Basics, arguing that they risk tilting the internet to represent a small number of powerful companies who are part of such services over the relatively democratic ideals that rule the internet now.</div> <div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> The app is a key pillar in <span class="link">Mark Zuckerberg’s long-term vision</span> to connect the entire world to the internet through a range of different approaches. Through Facebook’s <span class="link">Internet.org initiative</span>, the company has long-term ambitions to bring internet access to the remaining two-thirds of the world that doesn’t have it. Facebook is discussing its plans with U.S. officials in hopes that the project will be viewed favorably by the government and can avoid a repeat of what happened in India, the Post reported. </div> </span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: justify;"> “Imagine the difference an accurate weather report could make for a farmer planting crops, or the power of an encyclopedia for a child without textbooks,” Internet.org’s mission statement says. “Now, imagine what they could contribute when the world can hear their voices. The more we connect, the better it gets.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: justify;"> Facebook did not share details about its talks with the White House to CBS News, but provided the following statement:</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: justify;"> “While we have nothing to announce, Facebook’s mission is to connect the world and we’re always exploring ways to do that, including in the United States.”</div> <div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">source: <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-white-house-explore-free-internet-for-all/" target="_blank">cbsnews</a></span></span></div>

Facebook in talks with White House to explore "free" internet for all

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Hanging Out at Home May Be the Key to Family Happiness

<a href="http://cdn-img.health.com/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/1474396265/GettyImages-532032099_0.jpg?itok=9421zk9Y" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img alt="happy-family-kids-couple-kiss" border="0" height="224" src="http://cdn-img.health.com/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/1474396265/GettyImages-532032099_0.jpg?itok=9421zk9Y" width="400" /></a><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sometimes, it can seem like the only way to spend enjoyable time together as a family is to do something new and different—like taking a far-away vacation. But a new study offers some good news for families who aren’t going anywhere for a while: Leisure time spent at home may actually be a more effective way to foster true, long-lasting happiness.</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Yes, trying new experiences and visiting new places can be great for bonding with your kids. But when researchers at Baylor University surveyed more than 1,500 people about the types of family leisure they’d taken part in in the past year, they found that those who stayed home and participated in familiar activities more often were actually happier than those who'd ventured out and been more adventurous. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “That may be because when the brain is focused on processing new information—such as taking part in an unfamiliar activity with unfamiliar people in a new location—less ‘brain power’ is available to focus on the family relationships,” lead author Karen K. Melton, Ph.D., assistant professor of child and family studies, said in a press release.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> RELATED: Old-Fashioned Niceties That Deserve a Comeback</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Previous research has shown that people are more likely to feel truly engaged—a concept known as “flow”—when they’re participating in structured activities bounded by rules, rather than unstructured free time. Engagement is one of the three elements of happiness, the authors wrote in their study, along with positive emotion and meaning.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> All types of leisure activity have the potential to provide these elements and provide satisfaction within families, the authors wrote. But because time spent at home doing everyday activities can mimic this type of predictable, structured environment, they hypothesized that families would be more likely to achieve flow, or true engagement, during these seemingly mundane moments.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The study, which included survey responses from both parents and their 11- to 15-year-old kids, didn’t examine exactly what families were doing in their homes—only whether their activities were familiar or unfamiliar.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> RELATED: 11 Fun Things to Do On a Rainy Day</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Melton noted that some experts recommend eating together as one of the best ways to bond as a family, and discourage passive activities like watching television. But families should question one-size-fits-all advice for happiness, she added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “For some families, quality togetherness is having dinner together or playing games; for others, it may be hobbies, videos or TV, music,” Melton said. “At the end of the day, what matters is that we are social beings who crave a sense of belonging and connectivity.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, the authors did acknowledge a "discrepancy between best practices and reality.” In other words, not everyone will relate to the notion that staying home will bring them happiness and better relationships.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> RELATED: The Only Parenting Advice You Really Need</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Often when individuals get home they have no idea what to do there,” they wrote, adding that sometimes people don’t know how—or don’t try—to define family goals and foster environments that encourage engagement. “This may signify a need for leisure education regarding family leisure activities at home or education on intentional family practices,” they wrote.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ultimately, says Molton, it may be true that the family that plays together stays together—but that when it comes to truly enjoying that play time, not all activities are created equal. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The best predictor of happiness for families may be spending quality time together in familiar activities inside the home,” she says. “And that’s great news for families who have little time or few resources.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://realsimple.com/" target="_blank"> source: RealSimple.com</a></div>

Hanging Out at Home May Be the Key to Family Happiness

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Another truck plunges into the Trishuli river

<a href="https://news.sabkura.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/trisuli-river.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img alt="Another truck plunges into the Trishuli river" border="0" height="180" src="https://news.sabkura.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/trisuli-river.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chitwan, Oct 7: One person died and another was seriously injured when a truck fell into the Trishuli river below the road in a place called Charkilo in Chandibhanyang-6 on the Muglin-Narayangadh road section.</span></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The incident reportedly took place at around 1:00 early today when the truck (Na.4Kha. 8552) went out of control and fell into the river 80 meters below from the road. The truck driver Bikash Gurung,25, of Kabilas-2 died while his assistant Charlas Gurung of Kabilas-9 was seriously injured, according to the District Police Office, Chitwan. Injured Gurung is undergoing treatment at Chitwan Medical College. RSS</span></div>

Another truck plunges into the Trishuli river

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Just how healthy is it to eat meat?

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://il6.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/6361079/thumb/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://il6.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/6361079/thumb/1.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although a vegetarian diet has many health benefits, eating meat may not be so terrible for you either, as long as you include plenty of vegetables, too, according to a new study.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">In the study, the researchers looked at how different diets affected the types of bacteria in people's guts, and the levels of certain compounds that those gut bacteria produce. They found that not only did the people who ate vegetable-filled diets generally have higher levels of bacteria previously linked to plant-based diets, they also had higher levels of molecules called short-chain fatty acids, which gut bacteria produce and which are beneficial for health.</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-top: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But diets that also included meat — such as the Mediterranean diet — didn't necessarily spell disaster for gut health. People in the study who closely followed the Mediterranean diet (and ate very little meat) had higher levels of short-chain fatty acids than those who followed it less closely.</span></div>

Just how healthy is it to eat meat?

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Nepal to have own satellite: Minister Rai

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 11.5px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://assets-cdn.ekantipur.com/images/third-party/miscellaneous/060720160554092711201504113624112015043328Sherdhan_Rai_Communication__871777246-1000x0-1000x0-1000x0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="258" src="http://assets-cdn.ekantipur.com/images/third-party/miscellaneous/060720160554092711201504113624112015043328Sherdhan_Rai_Communication__871777246-1000x0-1000x0-1000x0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Jul 6, 2016- Minister for Information and Communications Sherdhan Rai says that Nepal is to have its own satellite.</div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 11.5px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Minister Rai said this in the meeting of the Legislature-Parliament today while responding to the questions raised by lawmakers during discussions on the topics related to the Ministry under the Appropriation Bill, 2073.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said that the service of giving prior information on disasters through mobile phones to the people in the flood and landslide-prone districts has been started.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Stating that a committee has been formed for revising the National Broadcasting Policy and the Online Media Operation Guidelines, he said the management reforms have been initiated in the different bodies under the Ministry.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He said the required home work was being done for providing 50 percent concession to journalists for medical treatment and that the information and communication sector was to be recognised as an industry in the context of increasing investment in the sector.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The institutional capacity of the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the National News Agency would be enhanced, the film sector would be made dynamic, the postal services would be rendered more professional, a security press committee would be formed, the telephone service would be expanded and new towers would be constructed in the 240 election constituencies, Minister Rai further said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Similarly, he informed the Parliament that the community information centres would be expanded, attention would be paid to the technical reform and quality of services of the Nepal Telecom, the 'My Call, My Share' programme under the My Contribution for the Nation scheme would be initiated and that the repair of telecommunication services would be speeded up in the earthquake-affected districts.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Information and Communications Minister also informed that the Mass Media Policy was at a stage of being presented in the Council of Ministers and expressed the belief that it would address the problems seen in the media sector.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Lawmaker Prem Suwal asked a supplementary question to the Minister's reply. RSS</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 11.5px;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

Nepal to have own satellite: Minister Rai

Jul 6, 2016- Minister for Information and Communications Sherdhan Rai says that Nepal is to have its own satellite. Minister Rai sai...

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Infant dies in inferno in Makawanpur

<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Hetauda, Oct 5: A four-month-old child was killed in a house fire at Khoplang in Bhaise-7 in Makawanpur district on Tuesday night.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">According to the District Police Office (DPO), Makawanpur, the fire broke out at Sagar Timilsina’s house after the thatched roof caught fire from the traditional oil lamp his daughter, Shristi Timilsina, was toying with.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Shristi died on the spot.</span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.nepalipatra.com/images/posts/1470896675baby-unknown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Image result for शिशुको मृत्यु" border="0" src="http://www.nepalipatra.com/images/posts/1470896675baby-unknown.jpg" /></a></div> <div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Similarly, two persons of the same family got injured in the incident. Six-year old Barsha Timilsina and four-year-old Badal Timilsina are receiving treatment at Suparetar Barrack at Bhaise in the district. Properties worth Rs 200,000 were destroyed in the fire, said DPO, Makawanpur. RSS</span></div>

Infant dies in inferno in Makawanpur

Hetauda, Oct 5: A four-month-old child was killed in a house fire at Khoplang in Bhaise-7 in Makawanpur district on Tuesday night. Accordin...

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boy Killed by Lightning.

<a href="https://news.sabkura.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mritu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Lightning kills boy" border="0" height="300" src="https://news.sabkura.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/mritu.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Damauli (Tanahun), Oct 5: A boy was killed after he was struck by lightning at Jamune VDC-9 in the district on Tuesday night.</div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Local resident Sushil Mishra, 13, was sleeping in his home with his mother Bishnu Maya when the incident occurred, police said.</span></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Bishnu Maya, 40, injured in the lightening strike, was referred to Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara after preliminary treatment at Damauli Hospital, police said. RSS</span></div>

boy Killed by Lightning.

Damauli (Tanahun), Oct 5: A boy was killed after he was struck by lightning at Jamune VDC-9 in the district on Tuesday night. Local res...

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Change your eating, change your life

<a href="http://cdn-img.health.com/sites/default/files/styles/400x400/public/migration/img/web/2015/06/eating-habbits-opener-400x400.jpg?itok=rsbl4TOT" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="change eating habits" border="0" height="400" src="http://cdn-img.health.com/sites/default/files/styles/400x400/public/migration/img/web/2015/06/eating-habbits-opener-400x400.jpg?itok=rsbl4TOT" width="400" /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;">Nutrition experts dole out a ton of advice about how to eat well—and, most importantly, not lose your mind doing it. But there are some tips that stand the test of time, and that experts themselves follow. (Because yes, they're human, too.)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span> <h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: source-sans-pro, "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: -5px;"> Eat lunch like a king</h2> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> You've heard to make breakfast the biggest meal of your day, but you may not be <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">that</i> hungry when you wake up. In fact, "your biggest meal should be around noon when your digestion is at its peak and you can feed your body when it actually needs fuel," says Dr. Lipman. That means you don't need a huge meal at dinner only to sit and catch up on <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">True Detective</i> and then go to bed. But "big" doesn't mean burger and fry big. At lunch, emphasize protein and greens, like a hearty bowl of lentil soup and kale salad. Another bonus: after dinner you won't have the feeling you need to unbutton your pants.</div>

Change your eating, change your life

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Leaders face tough balancing act

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 11.5px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://assets-cdn.ekantipur.com/images/third-party/entertainment/30092016083413nepal-map-1000x0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="261" src="http://assets-cdn.ekantipur.com/images/third-party/entertainment/30092016083413nepal-map-1000x0.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Sep 30, 2016- An uphill task of accommodating diverse interests stare at the governing CPN (Maoist Centre) and Nepali Congress as they look to redraw federal boundaries to bring the disgruntled parties on board without minimising the influence that the top leaders of major parties hold in the existing federal setup.  </div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 11.5px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The government may have to alter the map of up to four provinces to address the grievances of the agitating communities, including Madhesi and Tharu. According to interlocutors, the government and Madhesi parties have reached an informal understanding to carve a province in the western plains, while they explore options to end the row over the so-called five disputed districts—Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Kailali and Kanchanpur.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But a section of both the ruling parties and the main opposition UML are unlikely to support such alterations given the numerical advantages they hold over the current federal setup and subsequent backlash they fear they might face in their constituencies.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Some influential leaders from across the party line have already warned of stern protest against the proposed changes in the boundaries. On Sunday, seven parliamentarians representing Province 5 warned against any changes in demarcation after Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal pledged to form a Tharuhat province from Nawalparasi to Bardiya during an informal negotiation with Madhes-based parties.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to the proposal, the hill districts of Province 5 will be realigned with hill-dominated Province 4 and Province 6. The government is likely to face even bigger resistance in the Farwest and the East where senior leaders, irrespective of party line, are championing the cause of regional and ethic politics to secure the long-term electoral interests.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Madhesi parties have been demanding an expansion of Province 2 further east. They want to include Tharu strongholds of Kailali and Kanchanpur in the Tharuhat/Tharuwan province. But Madhesi leaders believe that top leaders of the ruling parties themselves are against the revision.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Top leaders, including NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba, UML Vice-chairman Bhim Rawal and Maoist leader Lekh Raj Bhatta, are against meeting Tharu groups’ demand to establish a united Tharuhat from Nawalparasi to Kanchanpur.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In an all-party meeting held earlier this month, Rawal had warned against revising boundaries without justifying its significance arguing that it could ignite protest elsewhere in the region.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At a press conference held days after the Kailali carnage that claimed the lives of nine security officials and a toddler last year, Deuba promised to ensure “all political and cultural rights together with special rights” to the Tharu community but rejected the idea of united Tharuhat province. But in a change of tack, Deuba has promised to end grievances of the Tharus</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> but has not offered anything so far.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “The problem is he [Deuba] never says no. But he</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> seems unwilling to offer anything either,” Chairman of Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party Mahanta Thakur</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> told the Post, when asked whether Deuba’s harsh position was causing delay in negotiations.   </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Tharu groups have been protesting against a forced integration of Tharu strongholds of Kailali and Kanchanpur in Province 7, arguing that the proposition of United Farwest, the premise on which the province was carved, seek to disenfranchise the Tharu community. Kailali was the epicentre of last year’s protest that claimed the lives of more than 50 people in the plains.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Despite the fact that they account for 6.6 percent of the country’s total population, the pocket areas of the indigenous Tharus communities have been split into five provinces.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Although the NC’s official position on integration of Kailali and Kanchanpur remains unclear, Deuba, who won from Kailali and Dadheldhura constituencies, has vehemently rejected the demand. The Congress chief risks losing support in both the constituencies if he deviates from the stance of a United Farwest. Besides losing the support in Dadeldhura, Deuba also risk losing Pahadi support base in Kailali if he supports the demand. UML’s Rawal, who has properties both in the hills and plains in his constituencies, faces the same fate.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In the East, leaders from Province 1, including UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and NC leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula, have repeatedly ruled out possibilities of integrating parts of Morang and Sunsari into Province 2. While he was still in charge of the government, former PM Oli had refused to integrate even an inch of land from Province 1 to Province 2.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Even as the formation of a Tharuhat province from Nawalparasi to Kailali remains at the heart of the ongoing negotiation between the government and the Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha, the proposal is likely to be heavily contested.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Soon after PM Dahal floated the proposal to carve</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> a plain-only province from Nawalparasi to Bardiya,</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> several lawmakers representing Province 5 including</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, deputy Parliamentary Party</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> leader of the ruling CPN (Maoist Center), alongwith six other parliamentarians, threatened to protest against the move.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Revising the current boundaries will ignite protest both in the hills and plains. The current boundaries should not be altered at any cost,” Rayamajhi told Parliament on Sunday.  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> If that happens, the hill districts will have to be merged with the hill Province 4 and Province 6. Rayamajhi, who was elected from Arghakanchi and sees himself as a key face in Province 5, will have to compete with political heavyweight like NC senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel, among others, if his district is merged with Province 4.</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

Leaders face tough balancing act

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Foreigner with fake Facebook account swindling Nepalis, say police

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;"> <a href="http://www.a2zcomputex.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fake_facebook_user-600x450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://www.a2zcomputex.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fake_facebook_user-600x450.jpg" width="400" /></a><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"></strong></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">KATHMANDU: </strong>Police said they have recently noticed that a foreigner has been defrauding many Nepalis by sending friend requests on Facebook with a fake name.</strong></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"> The Metropolitan Police Crime Division said, the person, who would identify himself as Kane Johnson on Facebook, has been sending friend requests to Nepalis, especially women, and develop intimacy, but ultimately leaving them swindled of millions of rupees for false hopes.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"> The person would tell his Facebook friends that he had sent them various gifts worth as much as Rs 4 million, and demand Rs 300,000-Rs 400,000 for tax clearance at the Airport.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"> Consequently, the gullible Nepalis would send the money via an account of a Nepali person before they would know that they were deceived.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"> According to police, the person has already received Rs 3.2 million from various persons from Nepal so far.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"> The person has also assured many women of marrying them, claimed police.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"> The MPCD said it is probing the case in coordination with the victims.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: justify;"> Meanwhile, police warned members of the public against accepting friend requests from unknown persons on social networking sites including Facebook.</div>

Foreigner with fake Facebook account swindling Nepalis, say police

KATHMANDU:  Police said they have recently noticed that a foreigner has been defrauding many Nepalis by sending friend requests on Facebo...

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Facts about India

<a href="http://factsd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/facts-about-india.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="facts about india" border="0" height="266" src="http://factsd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/facts-about-india.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 18px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> India facts: Facts about India that will amaze you, these quick facts about India are startling and fun to read. India, officially known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country in the world. It is governed under a parliamentary system and consists of 29 states and 7 union territories. It has unique and unparalleled diversity of religions, languages and culture. The society, varied and complex in its rich heritage, is among the oldest in the world.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <br /> <h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 34px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -0.7px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> Facts about India</h2> <span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 18px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Droid Serif", serif; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 50px; position: relative; quotes: none; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 0.75em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <ul> <li>A 2013 law states that non-residents of India and foreign visitors may not take rupees, the Indian currency, out of the nation. Making it mandatory for the non-resident Indians and foreigners to convert all of their Indian cash to some other currency before leaving the country.</li> <li>Khari Baoli, Delhi, India is the world’s largest spice market.</li> <li>It is the land of rice that grows unbelievable variants like white, red, brown, sticky and even black! Black rice is found only in India and China and is also known as forbidden or magic rice.</li> <li>India is home to bhot jolokia, one of the hottest chillies in the world. Also called “ghost chilli”, it is grown in North East states and is more than 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce.</li> <li>India has the lowest meat consumption in the world per person, which does not come as a shocker since 40% of the population is vegetarian.</li> <li>Marigold flowers are used as decoration for Hindu marriages and are a symbol of good fortune and happiness.</li> <li>Indian border guards are photographing cows in villages in the eastern state of West Bengal and issuing them with identity cards, to stop smuggling of cattle from India to neighboring Bangladesh.</li> <li>The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982</li> <li>Only about 1 in every 100 marriage in India ends in divorce, one of the lowest rates in the world.</li> </ul> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">During WWII, India produced the largest volunteer army in world history: over 2.5 million men. At least 38 Indians received the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.</span></blockquote> </div>

Facts about India

India facts: Facts about India that will amaze you, these quick facts about India are startling and fun to read. India, officially known a...

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What went on at the hospital that 'experimented' on child patients?

<div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/9F55/production/_90398704_astonhall-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/9F55/production/_90398704_astonhall-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dozens of people who were child patients at a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s and 70s claim they were experimented on with a so-called truth serum. "I was your typical 60s teenager," says Marianne. At the age of 14, she [was] sent to Aston Hall, a "mental deficiency hospital". Many claim they were experimented on by the hospital's medical superintendent Dr Kenneth Milner using a drug called sodium amytal. It is known as a "truth serum" for its supposed ability to retrieve ... memories.Former patients ... remember being locked in a small treatment room with a mattress on the floor. Some say their hands were tied with bandages before they were injected. Marianne says she had an internal examination in the room, which was embarrassing and unnecessary, and other patients have alleged sexual abuse by Dr Milner. Some experts believe Dr Milner was trying to help his young patients talk about a sexual trauma they had either repressed or were uncomfortable talking about when fully conscious. But because patients under the influence of sodium amytal are semi-conscious, in a highly suggestible state, there is a danger that asking leading questions can make them believe something happened that, in fact, didn't. "It is not a truth serum," says Prof Elizabeth Loftus, an expert in memory from the University of California, Irvine. "When it comes to the recovery of pristine, accurate, allegedly repressed memories, it's a danger." The authorities are now investigating what happened at Aston Hall Hospital</span></span>.</div>

What went on at the hospital that 'experimented' on child patients?

Dozens of people who were child patients at a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s and 70s claim they were experimented on with a so-called ...

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