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Nepali capital records half crimes in last 3 years  -  16 Nov 2008
Xinhua,17 (Xinhua) -- Nepali capital Kathmandu Valley recorded nearly half of the reported cases of major crimes in the country in the last 3 years,

Veggie drinkers tend less toward crime  -  16 Nov 2008
Kantipur Online,At the same time, Kathmandu Valley has become a hotbed of criminal activities like kidnapping, armed robbery, bank fraud and theft.

Statues of Nepal kings to lose pride of place  -  16 Nov 2008
Hindu,...a merchant who became a national hero after reportedly turning sand into gold and paying the debt of entire Kathmandu valley residents to the state.

Capital’s gangsters align and realign  -  Nov 15, 2008
Kantipur Online,Gangsters often ditch their group leaders and join another criminal gang or form criminal group on their own in Kathmandu Valley. Police say the capital's

ADB survey fast tracks link between Valley and Birgunj  -  Nov 9, 2008
Himalayan Times,...completed the first phase of the survey for the construction of the proposed fast track, which will link the Birgunj dry port and the Kathmandu Valley.

Pride of Place Living heritage in Kathmandu  -  Oct 26, 2008
Inquirer.net,By Augusto Villalon MANILA, Philippines - Three independent royal city-states once stood next to each other in Kathmandu Valley. After the unification of

KMC to Start Digital Mapping from This Fiscal Year  -  Nov 12, 2008
Himalayan Times,KMC had started the project in coordination with the Kathmandu Valley Mapping Project (KVMP). The programme could only complete the task of numbering houses

Less crime reported in Valley this Tihar  -  Oct 31, 2008
Kantipur Online,However, nobody was arrested in Bhaktapur, the other district in the Kathmandu Valley. According to Kathmandu Police, 33 people involved in 15 different

Over 70000 will perform Chhath Pooja in Valley  -  Nov 3, 2008
Kantipur Online,...more than 70000 devotees will take part in the celebration, preparations for the Chhath festival has been completed in the Kathmandu Valley on Monday.

Volunteer Travel Guide Nepal - Volunteering Abroad Nepal www ...  -  Nov 5, 2008
PRLog.Org (press release),From the hot Indian plains and steamy southern Tarai lowlands, the terrain crosses the Kathmandu Valley and rises to the frozen heights of the Himalayan

Nepal to fall 879 years behind  -  Oct 26, 2008
Economic Times,...in terms of years — and go 879 years back officially from Wednesday following a long campaign by Kathmandu Valley’s rich and powerful Newar community.

Camilla holds paw-wow for Nepal dogs  -  Nov 15, 2008
Thaindian.com,...official residence in London, to launch an international campaign for restoring the Patan royal palace complex in Kathmandu valley’s Lalitpur district.

KMC Floats The Concept of Satellite Cities  -  Nov 10, 2008
Himalayan Times,...haphazard development of the Kathmandu Valley, according to Devendra Dongol, chief of the physical development and construction department of the KMC.

A true mind and body experience in Nepal  -  Nov 6, 2008
Easier (press release),Special Guest Teacher Vaidya Madhu Bajra Bajracharya will deliver insightful lectures, including a field study in the Kathmandu Valley.

Nepal Samwat enters New Year 1129  -  Oct 29, 2008
Kantipur Online,Jatra that are celebrated in the Valley. This calendar, Nepal Samwat, is being revived, especially in the Kathmandu Valley, over the last three decades.

Xmas birding in Nepal's top three  -  Nov 4, 2008
Easier (press release),Tour’ exploring Chitwan NP, Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve and the forested hills of the Kathmandu Valley, departing London 20th December 2008.

Journalists attacked in separate incidents in Nepal  -  Nov 3, 2008
Media For Freedom,Meanwhile, DB Thokar (Gyamjo), editor of "Janapratirodh Weekly" based in Kavre, a neighbouring district in the Kathmandu valley, was attacked by two locals

SCBNL, TEC join hands  -  Nov 13, 2008
Kantipur Online,TEC will conduct at least 15 screening camps targeting 6000 OPD cases till July 2009 for the underserved population of Kathmandu Valley and neighbouring

Selling poverty  -  Nov 13, 2008
United We Blog,To know this it is only necessary to observe the hundreds of hostels for children in the Kathmandu Valley that are supported by Westerners.

The Annapurna Circuit In Pictures  -  Nov 9, 2008
OUTDOORSmagic,By Susan The Annapurna Circuit has long been one of the classic Himalayan treks. At 300km in length, taking in altitudes up to 5500m, it's no stroll in the

Prachanda's multiparty pickle  -  Oct 22, 2008
Asia Times Online,...workers and peasants, has described a Maoist plan to create a province for the Newar ethnic and linguist group within the Kathmandu valley as "fatal".

Population-based Universal Health Care in the New Era of Nepal *  -  Oct 24, 2008
International Nepal Solidarity Network,Given that all human lives are equal, there was no reason to concentrate all the health care services in the Kathmandu valley unless the goal was only to

Defense Minister refutes meeting absconding Bibidh  -  Nov 9, 2008
E Kantipur,However, Home Minister Gautam failed to show up at today’s house session as he is said to be out of the Kathmandu Valley. Media recently reported that Magar

Volunteer Abroad in Nepal Patan Kathmandu Bhaktapur Medical Nurse ...  -  Oct 30, 2008
PRLog.Org (press release),The city is situated in Kathmandu Valley , along with the cities of Patan and Bhaktapur where our other volunteer programs are located.

Casino staff to launch week-long agitation  -  Oct 26, 2008
Economic Times,They have also announced one hour of 'Chakka Jam (traffic blockade)' tomorrow starting from 10 am, two hours of 'Chakka Jam' on Tuesday and Kathmandu valley

Festival time, so even the most ideological give way  -  Nov 9, 2008
Narooma News,...endorsed the centuries-old religious ritual of selecting a female child as the "Living Goddess" or Kumari for two cities in the Kathmandu Valley.

Govardhan Pooja observed, Mhapooja tonight  -  Oct 29, 2008
Kantipur Online,The fourth day of Yamapanchaka or Tihar festival is also about worshiping oneself, especially by people from Newar community living in the Kathmandu valley,

11 killed, 9 injured in road accidents  -  Oct 31, 2008
Kantipur Online,Kathmandu Valley winesses 170 cases of accidents a month on an average, according to the traffic police. Traffic police say drunk-driving to 'mark festival

No facilities for fuel quality test: NOC  -  Nov 6, 2008
Kantipur Online,...on the government to find the reason behind the spate of engine trouble seen in two-wheelers in parts of the country including the Kathmandu Valley.

Business as usual for street vendors  -  Oct 31, 2008
Kantipur Online,KATHMANDU, Nov 1 - The government decided on Friday to allow street-vendors to continue their business at venues allocated during Tihar until further notice

Community news  -  Nov 12, 2008
Middletown Press,New Jindaks for Tibetan Monasteries and Nunneries in the Kathmandu Valley" with Jan Willis, Professor of Religious Studies, Wesleyan University.

Weekend calendar  -  Nov 13, 2008
Middletown Press,New Jindaks for Tibetan Monasteries and Nunneries in the Kathmandu Valley" with Jan Willis, Professor of Religious Studies, Wesleyan University.

Special security arrangements in capital for Tihar  -  Oct 28, 2008
Kantipur Online,KATHMANDU, Oct 28 - Special security arrangements have been made from Tuesday until the end of Tihar festival in the three districts of the Kathmandu valley

"Ex-king will enter politics, sooner or later"  -  Nov 11, 2008
Kantipur Online,The 62-year-old, who has been beholding the happenings at the royalties’ resort in the outskirts of the Kathmandu Valley for the past 35 years, said,

Conflict transformation ends after integration: UML Chieftain  -  Oct 26, 2008
Kantipur Online,Speaking at a programme organised by the Kathmandu Valley Chapter of Press Chautari Nepal in the capital today, Khanal said that there is no alternative to

Footpath shops to remain until Tihar  -  Oct 22, 2008
Nepalnews.com,After the agreement, the street vendors have called of the shutdown strike in Kathmandu valley scheduled for Thursday. The government crackdown on footpath

2008-10-23 Nepal eyes wind farms to tide over power crisis  -  Oct 23, 2008
New Energy Matters (subscription),Nepal is celebrating 2008-09 as the "Renewable Energy Year" and plans to have nearly 20MW of wind power installed in the Kathmandu valley during this period

Global Handwashing Day messages spread across Nepal  -  Oct 22, 2008
UNICEF (press release),And drivers from the Rickshaw Pullers Association raised awareness inall corners of the three major Kathmandu Valley cities. Their rickshaws were decorated

New King of Bhutan, Human Rights and Bhutanese Refugees  -  Nov 10, 2008
NewsBlaze,At the time of Dharmaraja Namgyal, Bhutan's relationship was not only with Gorkha but also with the Malla Kings of Kathmandu Valley and the Sen Dynasty

'We want to help our motherland, but we need legal status'  -  Oct 26, 2008
Nepalnews.com,It is the first time we celebrated NRN Day out of Kathmandu Valley and I think it has significant meaning. Many NRNs have shown concern over the fragile

Survey forecasts windfall in wind power  -  Oct 21, 2008
Himalayan Times,This year’s budget has stated that 20 MW of wind power will be generated in the fringes of the Kathmandu Valley on the basis of Public-Private Partnership

Trekking auf dem Dach der Welt - Ein Abenteuer (Teil 2)  -  Nov 6, 2008
Gießener Zeitung,Fakt allerdings ist: Das Kathmandu-Valley hat in den letzten 30 Jahren einen derartigen Bevölkerungszuwachs erlebt, dass die noch politisch eigenständigen

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