In a sign of growing concern at the failure of Nepal's major parties to reach an understanding on power-sharing, India's new Ambassador Rakesh Sood Sunday met top Maoist leaders - the fourth such meeting in less than three weeks.
Preparations are underway at the Birendra International Convention Centre (BICC) in the capital from Sunday for the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly (CA).
As the countdown for declaring Nepal a republic begins with only weeks left for the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly to take place, King Gyanendra has reportedly said that he just wishes for a "respectable status" even though that means according him cultural and religious rights only.
A total of 170 students of Dhakannaya (Baitadi)-based Nepal Rastriya Primary School have been forced to study out in the open after the school building collapsed due to the impact
The wheel of a Machindranath chariot rolls through the city of Patan in Kathmandu May 11, 2008. Locals celebrated the Machindranath chariot festival which signifies good harvest and lasts two months.
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