The Himalayan Times RSS Breaking news, views, reviews http://thehimalayantimes.com/rss_check.php Absence of docs kills woman at Accham ACCHAM: Jasu Devi, 23, of Barala-1 died due to excessive bleeding after giving birth to a baby boy on Sunday morning.
She died due to non-attendance of licensed medical practitioner at the local health post, confirmed a local Ram Prasad Jaisi.
With no availability of doctors at the health post, locals are hit hard here.
Moth...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzgy Sun, 27 May 2012 22:02:57 +0545 CSK vs KKR: Dhoni's Chennai starts favourite in IPL-5 final CHENNAI: Two-time defending champion Chennai Super Kings will start as the overwhelming favorite in the Indian Premier League (IPL-5) final against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday following two dominating performances in the playoffs that saw them seal a place in the final for the fourth time in five years.

Chennai packed off star-studde...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzUw Sun, 27 May 2012 21:08:58 +0545 Syria blames rebels for Houla massacre AMMAN: Facing growing world outrage over the killing of at least 109 people in a restive town, Syria on Sunday accused rebels of carrying out the massacre, in which dozens of children perished.

Images of bloodied and lifeless young bodies, lain carefully side by side after the killings in Houla on Friday, triggered shock around the globe...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzQ5 Sun, 27 May 2012 20:57:15 +0545 At least 22 militants killed in Yemeni fighting ADEN: At least 22 Islamist militants were killed in overnight clashes and an air strike in southern Yemen, where government troops are fighting rebels linked to al Qaeda, a local official and residents said on Sunday.

Around 15 of the dead were killed in fighting north of the militant stronghold of Jaar, a town in Abyan province that has...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzQ4 Sun, 27 May 2012 20:54:30 +0545 Kylie Minogue packs a punch with Timebomb LONDON: Kylie Minogue looks Breathe-taking in her latest single Timebomb, reported British daily The Sun on Sunday.

The 43-year-old shows off her amazingly-toned tush in her new video and dares to bare A LOT of flesh.

Wearing a torn, black, stringy ensemble, she looks amazing in the tiny, strategically-placed outfit

Offic...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzQ2 Sun, 27 May 2012 20:08:50 +0545 Cosmopolis marks Pattinson's departure from vampires CANNES: Robert Pattinson has gone from playing a vampire to depicting another kind of bloodsucker — a billionaire financier whose world crumbles in the course of a nightmarish cross-town drive in "Cosmopolis."
The "Twilight" heartthrob stars in David Cronenberg's Cannes Film Festival entry as sleek, self-centere...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzQ0 Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:39 +0545 CA area tense after agitators‚ police clash KATHMANDU: The scuffle ensued between the agitating Brahmin -Chhetri Samaj and police personnel deployed on the premises of the Constituent Assembly (CA) at Nayabaneshwor has left over 50 persons injured, on the day to promulgate the new statute.
The brawl took place after the fomenting Brahmin-Chhetri Samaj breached the prohibited areas ...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzQx Sun, 27 May 2012 19:51:52 +0545 BBC presenter arrested in Zimbabwe‚ lawyer says HARARE: A BBC radio presenter has been arrested in Zimbabwe and charged with working without a permit, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday.

Petroc Trelawny was detained in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city, on Thursday while attending an arts festival, Munyaradzi Nzarayapenga said.

The presenter, who denies the charges, was sent to...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzQw Sun, 27 May 2012 19:35:40 +0545 Stosur‚ Kuznetsova breeze past first hurdle at French Open PARIS: Major champions Sam Stosur and Svetlana Kuznetsova quickly made their way into the second round of the French Open on Sunday, both winning in straight sets on the opening day of the clay-court tournament.

The sixth-seeded Stosur, who won last year's U.S. Open title and reached the final at Roland Garros in 2010, beat Elena Baltac...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzM5 Sun, 27 May 2012 19:34:39 +0545 Greek exit‚ Spain's woes put euro zone in jeopardy PARIS: Central banks and companies risk making a grave error if they do not brace for a possible Greek exit from the euro zone, Belgium's foreign minister said on Friday, rattling markets already alarmed by Spain's deteriorating finances.
Greek elections are scheduled for June 17 and could hasten the country's departure from the curren...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzM3 Sun, 27 May 2012 19:01:10 +0545 MJF cadres set NC party office on fire SARLAHI: Irate cadres aligned to Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) set on fire the Sarlahi-based district party office of the Nepali Congress (NC).
The seething party workers of the MJF torched the party office at 4 pm.
The NC has ridiculed and condemned the incident which took place on the day to promulgate the new constitution.
...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzM2 Sun, 27 May 2012 19:00:22 +0545 Iran refuses IAEA visit to suspect nuke site DUBAI: The U.N. nuclear watchdog has not yet given good enough reasons to visit an Iranian site where it suspects there may have been experiments for developing nuclear weapons, Iranian media said.
The Parchin complex is at the centre of Western suspicions that Iran is developing atom bombs despite Tehran's repeated denials of any such a...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzM0 Sun, 27 May 2012 18:21:32 +0545 Biz community plagued by doubts about new statute KATHMANDU: Industrialists and businesspersons, who have waited for timely constitution seeking investment-friendly environment in the country, have been disappointed lately due to lack of consensus on the disputed issues in the constitution among top leaders of the major political parties.

Just some hours ahead of the CA deadline, they s...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzMz Sun, 27 May 2012 18:11:46 +0545 UDMF leader terms talks unfruitful KATHMANDU: Coordinator of Broader Madhesi Front and Chairman of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Nepal Upendra Yadav has said that the talks among the major political parties were not positive until now.

Emerging from the Prime Minister's Official Residence, Baluwatar, after the meeting, Yadav said the Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML) were not...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzMx Sun, 27 May 2012 18:04:52 +0545 Protests rise to crescendo outside CA premises KATHMANDU: Just ahead of some hours for the Constituent Assembly (CA) term expiry, different groups have chanted slogans and staged protests for and against the ethnicity federalism before the CA building in New Baneshwor.

Different organisations and ethnic groups are demanding identity-based federalism while the other groups are for nat...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzMw Sun, 27 May 2012 18:00:29 +0545 Syria denies it was behind attack that killed 90 DAMASCUS: The Syrian government denied Sunday its troops were behind an attack on a string of villages that left more than 90 people dead, blaming the killings on "hundreds of heavily-armed gunmen" who also attacked soldiers in the area.

Friday's assault on Houla, an area northwest of the central city of Homs, was one of the b...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzI5 Sun, 27 May 2012 17:36:26 +0545 Jhapa transporters call off week-long strike BHADRAPUR: Public transport service, which was closed for the past one week, in the district has been resumed today.

Transportation services came into operation from this morning after the administration assured to guarantee security of the public transport. The transport entrepreneurs had launched an agitation including strike from May...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzI3 Sun, 27 May 2012 16:32:46 +0545 Solukhumbu village puts 13 locals atop Everest SOLUKHUMBHU: A total of 13 persons of a village in Solukhumbhu district successfully scaled the world's highest peak Mount Everest on Saturday.

Thirteen Sherpa people along with eight US citizens reached atop Mt Everest on May 26, according to Ang Dawa Sherpa, Liaison Officer of the Ministry of Tourism. The climbers reached the peak fro...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzI2 Sun, 27 May 2012 16:31:10 +0545 Bhadrapur marks R-Day with sanitation drive BHADRAPUR: A sanitation programme was conducted in Bhadrapur, the district headquarters of Jhapa, today on the occasion of the republic day. Security personnel, locals and officials were present to clean some 500 meters road from Trade Union Chowk to District Administration Office, Jhapa.

On the occasion, Coordinator of District-Level Re...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzIy Sun, 27 May 2012 16:20:13 +0545 Baidhya faction to announce stance KATHMANDU: A separate meeting of the Maoist hard-line faction led by senior Vice-chairman Mohan Baidya 'Kiran' is underway at the office of party sister wings' office in Buddhanagar. The meeting is expected to make public the faction's voice just ahead of the looming Constituent Assembly deadline.

Maoist politburo member Pampha Bhusa...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzIx Sun, 27 May 2012 16:15:45 +0545 Kathmandu private schools shut over uncertainty KATHMANDU: All private schools in Kathmandu have been closed today considering rising uncertainty with the looming deadline of the Constituent Assembly (CA).

Private and Boarding Schools' Organization of Nepal (PABSON) said that all schools in the Kathmandu district have been shut down for one day as possible demonstrations, rallies and...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzIw Sun, 27 May 2012 16:10:34 +0545 F1 WAGs bask in limelight in Monte Carlo LONDON: How’s this for a winning Formula?
McLaren fans Jessica Michibata and Nicole Scherzinger team up in Monaco — just like their British racing driver boyfriends, reported British daily The Sun on Sunday.

Model Jessica, 27, who’s dating Jenson Button, and former X Factor judge Nicole, 33, Lewis Hamilton’...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzE5 Sun, 27 May 2012 16:05:08 +0545 Dissolution of CA‚ or statute at hand through miracle KATHMANDU: Big guns, who are making their last-ditch attempt to break the tough nut of federalism though consensus and promulgate a new statute by the midnight are still at fuss over the number, size, naming and mapping of the federal states, which indicates that breakthrough is possible only if some miracle took place at the eleventh hour.
...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzE4 Sun, 27 May 2012 15:59:34 +0545 Jessica Lowndes dating athlete Jeremy Bloom LONDON: Actress Jessica Lowndes has found love with former Olympic athlete Jeremy Bloom, according to reports.
The star was recently spotted cuddling up to a new man and editors at Life & Style magazine have now identified the mystery male as Bloom.
The 30 year old sportsman competed for the U.S. ski team in the 2002 and 2006...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzE2 Sun, 27 May 2012 15:13:02 +0545 Lady Gaga Indonesia concert off after threats JAKARTA: Pop diva Lady Gaga on Sunday cancelled her Indonesian concert with promoters saying the security threat was too serious after Islamic hardliners promised "chaos" if she entered the Muslim nation.

The promoters had indicated that a deal was being hammered out to tone down the June 3 concert in Jakarta, but the US star'...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzE1 Sun, 27 May 2012 14:57:43 +0545 Security fears prompt Lady Gaga to scrap Indonesia show JAKARTA: Lady Gaga is canceling her sold-out show in Indonesia over security concerns after Muslim hard-liners threatened violence if the pop diva went ahead with her "Born This Way Ball."
Protesters said Lady Gaga's sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt youth in the world's most populous Muslim country. Polic...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzE0 Sun, 27 May 2012 14:57:03 +0545 Iran's Ahmadinejad urges unity against 'evil' TEHRAN: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged the country's newly-elected parliament on Sunday to stand with him against "evil ones" who he says have encircled the nation.

The president's address to the opening session of the parliament was seen as an appeal to conservative opponents who crushed Ahmadinejad's allies in...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzEz Sun, 27 May 2012 14:54:12 +0545 Saudi Crown Prince heads abroad for medical tests RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef has left the country for a trip that includes medical tests.

The official Saudi Press Agency says the heir to the throne will undergo the tests during what was described as a "personal vacation." The report Saturday gave no other details on Nayef's location.

Nayef, who is in h...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzEy Sun, 27 May 2012 14:47:57 +0545 Activists: Bomb hits security vehicle in Syria BEIRUT: Activists say that a bomb has struck a security vehicle in the Syrian capital of Damascus, causing casualties.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees say Sunday's blast occurred in the upscale neighborhood of Mazzeh.
The LCC said the blast occurred near a military airpo...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzEx Sun, 27 May 2012 14:43:55 +0545 Tsonga out for fun more than title at French Open PARIS: Local favorite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has virtually no chance of winning this year's French Open title but he will try to at least enjoy himself when he starts his campaign on Sunday.
The fifth seed, who said last week that no Frenchman could prevail at Roland Garros this year, will be third on Court Philippe Chatrier against Russian ...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzEw Sun, 27 May 2012 14:43:19 +0545 Mali Tuaregs‚ Islamist rebels agree to merge‚ create new state BAMAKO: Mali's Tuareg rebel National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and Ansar Dine Islamist militants have agreed to merge and create an independent Islamic state in the north of the country, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday.

The deal between MNLA, which has said it wants an independent secular state in the north, and th...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzA5 Sun, 27 May 2012 14:43:19 +0545 Drop in oil price not to ease risk for airlines PARIS: Airlines are still in for financial turbulence despite a recent fall in oil prices, with many at risk of posting major losses as the cost of their top input remains historically high.
"If fuel prices remain at a reasonably low and stable level, of course it'll be favorable to operations of the company," Wang Jian, board ...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzA4 Sun, 27 May 2012 14:34:38 +0545 'People would not apologise lawmakers if no statute' KATHMANDU: The Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) has appealed to all people to hit the streets peacefully to pile pressure on leaders for constitution writing.
Issuing a press statement today, Chairman of NEFIN Raj Kumar Lekhi has asked the leaders to draft the new constitution even by voting in the Constituent Assembl...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzA2 Sun, 27 May 2012 14:28:32 +0545 Vatican plunges in scandal with butler's arrest for leaks VATICAN CITY: The Vatican's inquisition into the source of leaked documents has yielded its first target with the arrest of the pope's butler, but the investigation is continuing into a scandal that has embarrassed the Holy See by revealing evidence of internal power struggles, intrigue and corruption in the highest levels of the Catholic Chur...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzA1 Sun, 27 May 2012 14:25:30 +0545 Nation on alert as statute deadline looms KATHMANDU: Nepal stood on the brink of fresh political turmoil on Sunday as wrangling over the young Himalayan republic's first federal constitution ground towards a midnight deadline.
A new constitution is widely seen as crucial to helping end the instability that has plagued Nepal since the end of a Maoist-led civil war in 2006 and sub...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzAz Sun, 27 May 2012 14:00:05 +0545 Republic in Crisis: Who to blame? KATHMANDU: Nepal prepares to celebrate the Republic Day this year on May 28 tomorrow more enthusiastically than before even if the country reels under uncertainties for lack of constitution by the May 27 deadline of Constitutional Assembly which ends today.
It has been four years that Nepal has ushered into an era of republicanism from m...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzAx Sun, 27 May 2012 13:02:50 +0545 Statute should include agreed issues‚ says NC KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress has proposed to promulgate constitution by incorporating agreed issues among parties, and to take those not agreed to transformed parliament.
This proposal was forwarded by the meeting of central members and central officials of the party held at the residence of party president Sushil Koirala.
Informin...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNzAw Sun, 27 May 2012 12:51:35 +0545 Commission should be pro-people NEPALGUNJ: Speakers at a programme have stressed on the need that the basic pillars of human rights should be norms of democracy, press freedom and independent judiciary.
At an interaction programme organised here Saturday to mark the 13 Th anniversary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), participating speakers suggested that...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjk5 Sun, 27 May 2012 12:38:32 +0545 Canal to be built with World Bank aid BIRATNAGAR: The Ramgunj Irrigation System (canal) is going to be built with World Bank cooperation in Sunsari district under the Sunsari Morang Irrigation Project.
World Bank will provide 80 percent of the total cost of Rs. 100 million and the rest 20 percent will be borne by the Nepal government.
The system will be handed over t...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjk4 Sun, 27 May 2012 12:34:31 +0545 New libraries to be established in 40 schools of Dhading GAJURI: Libraries are going to be published in forty school of Dhading district.
Agreement has been reached for operating such libraries between the Prayas Nepal Dhading and the schools for running School Library Programme at a day-long workshop organized for headmasters of the schools.
At the programme, District Administration O...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjk3 Sun, 27 May 2012 12:30:50 +0545 India PM seeks to heal bad blood on Myanmar visit SITTWE: In northwest Myanmar, where the Kaladan River flows out into the Bay of Bengal, the two giant arms of a half-built wharf enfold the estuarine mud with steel and concrete.
Their embrace is fraternal - Myanmar's giant neighbor India is funding the new port in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State - but also strategic.
The po...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjk0 Sun, 27 May 2012 11:58:45 +0545 Donovan hat-trick as U.S. hit five past Scots JACKSONVILLE: Landon Donovan struck a superb hat-trick as the United States crushed Scotland 5-1 in a friendly international on Saturday handing the Scots one of their most humiliating defeats.
Juergen Klinsmann team's fifth successive win was a sparkling performance against a woeful Scotland team who were unable to match the speed and ...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjkz Sun, 27 May 2012 11:53:48 +0545 Is Obama Really A 'Twoosh Master'? We Say No WASHINGTON: The President called himself as a "Twoosh master," referring to when someone uses all 140 characters in a tweet, in a video from a Twitter Q&A he did on Thursday. We'd like to dispute his claim of social media mastery.
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Because we can't take everythin...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjky Sun, 27 May 2012 11:49:12 +0545 Japan's Irie eyes Olympic swim revenge on Lochte TOKYO: Japan's Ryosuke Irie is looking forward to the London Olympics for an opportunity to avenge his loss to American Ryan Lochte in the men's 200 metre backstroke last year.
At the world championships in Shanghai, Irie had to be satisfied with the silver medal behind Rochte, who clocked one minute 52.96 seconds to win the gold.
...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjkx Sun, 27 May 2012 11:37:54 +0545 Fired for being 'too hot' NEW YORK: A New Jersey woman said that she was dismissed from a temporary job at a New York lingerie warehouse because her male employers felt she was too busty and dressed too provocatively for the workplace.
Wearing a form-fitting sequined black dress and black leather, sequin-studded boots, Lauren Odes, 29, said her Orthodox Jewish emp...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjg3 Sun, 27 May 2012 08:38:49 +0545 Singapore's ruling party loses by-election SINGAPORE: Voters dealt Singapore's ruling People's Action Party its third electoral setback in a year, allowing the opposition to hold onto a Parliament seat in a by-election Saturday.
Workers' Party candidate Png Eng Huat, a 50-year-old businessman, won 62 percent of about 21,700 votes cast in Hougang district, while PAP candidate D...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjg1 Sun, 27 May 2012 08:12:50 +0545 Talks fail‚ CA dissolution inevitable KATHMANDU: With talks among the four major political forces failing to cut ice a day before the Constituent Assembly’s term expires, dissolution of the CA is almost inevitable unless there is a miracle tomorrow.
In a bid to forge consensus, a second round of talks was held from 9:00 to 11:00 pm but the parties failed again to agree....Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjg0 Sun, 27 May 2012 01:04:50 +0545 NC‚ UML mulling no trust motion against PM KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML are thinking of registering a no trust motion against Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai to challenge the political legitimacy of the government in the event the Constituent Assembly is dissolved tomorrow.
If they succeed, they could argue before the President that the Bhattarai-led government...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjgz Sun, 27 May 2012 00:57:19 +0545 Nembang warns leaders of chaos KATHMANDU: Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subas Nembang today met leaders of the four political forces at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar twice and told them that the country would plunge into yet another phase of ‘confrontation’ if the new constitution was not adopted by tomorrow.
“I met t...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjgy Sun, 27 May 2012 00:53:09 +0545 Emerging scenarios post-CA KATHMANDU: As things stand, four scenarios are likely to develop.
The political leadership engaged in marathon talks to sort out statute issues wrapped their talks in the evening – somewhat nervous about the developing scenario, angry and pointing fingers at each other, and perhaps, frustrated that their myopic vision would cost th...Read More ]]> http://thehimalayantimes.com/rssReference.php?id=MzMzNjgx Sun, 27 May 2012 00:51:16 +0545