India to honour Pokhara youth for chivalry

  BHIBHU BHUSAL POKHARA : Bishnu Prasad Shrestha (35) of Baidam in Pokhara was returning home after 17 years of service at Ranchi-based 7/8 Gorkha Regiment in the Indian state of Jharkhanda on September 2, 2010 following his retirement. All of a sudden, the Mourya Express Rail on which he was travelling ground to a halt at Chitaranjan forest in West Bengal at midnight. Taking advantage, a group of 40 robbers brandishing swords and knives...

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Orange Income High

Photo : Tubal Sapkota Dolakha : Farmers of various Village Development Committees (VDCs) of the district, deemed to be appropriate for orange production, have been successful to earn up a high chunk from the orange sale this year. Farmers of Pawati, Phask, Gairimudi, Sunkhani including other VDCs of Dailekh said they had raised their income level this year with the sale of orange. Ram Sharan Bhujel of Dolakha Pawati-7 sold out orange worth Rs....

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Women Attraction Floriculture

 Photo : Tubal Sapkota  Dolakha : A group of women of Dolakha district headquarters, Charikot, has started floriculture in a commercial manner. A group of seven women of and around Charikot has initiated the cultivation of flowerings by establishing Karunamaya Flower Nursery. Women engaged their collective efforts on floriculture under the leadership of Shanta Kumari Thakuri, who has long been involved in gardening. The Nursery has been set...

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Bid to promote NTY 2011 in Malaysia

Charumati Buddhist Mission Nepal (CBMN) is going to organise 'Nepali Cultural and Ritual Exhibition' in different cities of Malaysia from Jan. 20 to Feb. 4. The programme aims to promote Nepal Tourism Year (NTY) 2011 by providing information about different cultural, ritual and heritages of Nepal, according to CBNM. A documentary directed in Lumbini, Kapilvastu, Devdaha, Ramgram, Swoyambhu, Pashupatinath, Manakamana and Pokhara will be shown in the...

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