Gopal Sharma

Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest to climb Everest

May 14, 2019 at 4:45 a.m.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's...

Amnesty for Nepali war crimes could undermine peace, U.N. warns

August 24, 2021 at 1:37 p.m.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal risks more bloodshed in the future if a planned panel set up to investigate crimes committed during a decade-long civil war is given the power to...

Nepali TV host earns Guinness record for longest talk show

August 24, 2021 at 7:35 a.m.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Nepali television host has earned the Guinness world record for the longest television talk show in a marathon discussion about the founder of Buddhism which lasted...

Chief justice to lead Nepal’s interim government to elections

August 24, 2021 at 5:55 a.m.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's chief justice will take over as the head of an interim unity government on Thursday, the country's main political parties said, a move aimed at ending...

Cannabis-smoking ascetics light up Nepal festival

May 14, 2019 at 4:28 a.m.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Ringed by an endless stream of pilgrims at an ancient temple in Kathmandu, Hindu holy man Mahant Ramnaresh Giri sat naked and puffed on a pipe filled...

Cannabis-smoking ascetics light up Nepal festival

August 24, 2021 at 5:50 a.m.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Ringed by an endless stream of pilgrims at an ancient temple in Kathmandu, Hindu holy man Mahant Ramnaresh Giri sat naked and puffed on a pipe filled...

Nepal begins Bengal tiger census, India to match

August 24, 2021 at 3:41 a.m.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Hundreds of wildlife experts carrying sophisticated cameras began combing the forests in Nepal's southern plains on Tuesday in the Himalayan nation's biggest campaign yet to count the...

Nepal Maoist PM says to accept unity government for May polls

August 22, 2019 at 1:37 p.m.

HETAUDA, Nepal (Reuters) - Nepal's Maoist prime minister said on Saturday he was ready for a unity government to oversee May elections, in an attempt to break a deadlock threatening...

Nepal Maoist PM says to accept unity government for May polls

August 24, 2021 at 3:35 a.m.

HETAUDA, Nepal (Reuters) - Nepal's Maoist prime minister said on Saturday he was ready for a unity government to oversee May elections, in an attempt to break a deadlock threatening...

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Kathmandu

May 10, 2019 at 2:16 a.m.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, is an ancient town dotted with Hindu and Buddhist temples, a riot of color and dust with clogged streets where stray cows and dogs...

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