Nepal sets up six border observation posts near China border, more on the wayIn the last six months, Nepal has opened around 90 BOPs along the border with India and China. Sources familiar with the matter told TOI th...
15 Oct, 2020, 02.04 PM IST
Nepal wakes up to 6.0 magnitude earthquake, no damage reported"An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred around Ramche of Sindhupalchok district at 5:19 am," the National Seismological Centre tweeted min...
16 Sep, 2020, 07.58 AM IST
Mild tremor measuring 4.3 jolts Nepal againThe aftershock was recorded at 7:41 am, with its epicentre located at Sindhupalchok district, 75 km northeast of Kathmandu.
31 Dec, 2015, 10.51 AM IST
US to train 300,000 people on building safe houses in NepalBaliyo Ghar (strong house) is a five-year, USD 8 million project that will train local masons, carpenters, engineers and affected homeowner...
28 Oct, 2015, 08.11 PM IST
Nepal keen on reopening Chinese trade routes as blockade continuesNepal seems keen on reopening its trade routes to China across the Himalayas shut after the devastating earthquake of April last.
06 Oct, 2015, 10.30 AM IST
4.2 magnitude mild tremor shakes NepalThe aftershock was recorded at 07:22 am with epicentre at Syaulebazaar of Sindhupalchok district, according to the National Seismological C...
01 Aug, 2015, 07.43 PM IST
US marine chopper crash in Nepal killed 13 people: Nepalese armyThe US Marine Corps helicopter that crashed in Nepal while carrying out earthquake relief last month killed 13 people, including a woman, a...
05 Jun, 2015, 09.51 PM IST
Nepal Earthquake: 200 Buddhist monks, nuns killedAround 1000 monasteries have collapsed due to the April 25 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks in Nepal.
22 May, 2015, 01.14 PM IST
Wreckage of missing US chopper found in Nepal; toll reaches 117The recovered bodies are being ferried to Kathmandu. Local police officials say hundreds of security personnel including US Marines.
15 May, 2015, 06.25 PM IST
Education for nearly 1 million children in quake-hit Nepal in jeopardy: UNICEFNearly 1 million children in Nepal will not be able to return to school unless urgent action is taken to provide temporary learning spaces ...
08 May, 2015, 10.46 PM IST
Rescuers struggle to deliver aid to remote areas in quake-hit NepalRescuers raced against time to search for survivors still feared trapped under mountains of debris in quake-hit Nepal where over 5,000 peop...
29 Apr, 2015, 12.17 PM IST
Nepal floods, landslides kill 240, India announces Rs 3 croreIndia has also arranged three helicopters and one airplane is on standby at the border for disaster relief operation on call of the Nepal g...
16 Aug, 2014, 11.21 PM IST
Nepal flood-landslide kills 62, India announces Rs 3 crore relief assistanceRecent flood and landslide triggered by heavy rain in central and western Nepal left nearly 220 people dead over the past two weeks.
16 Aug, 2014, 09.34 PM IST
Kosi floods: Bihar government orders forcible evacuation"Our latest estimates show 4.25L persons living around Kosi could be affected if the river swells drastically. We are trying to move them."
03 Aug, 2014, 04.50 PM IST
Bihar govt on alert, seeks army help over Kosi flood threatThe Central government, Vyasji said, has dispatched seven additional companies of NDRF from Kolkata to help its 8 companies deployed in Sup...
02 Aug, 2014, 08.46 PM IST