Holi (pronounced "holy") will be celebrated locally on March 11 and 12, with a program organized by the Capital Region Nepali Madhesi Pariwar on March 11 in Schenectady and at the Albany Hindu ...

Nepal is facing acute shortages of fuel, cooking gas, medicines and other supplies because of a two-month long blockade of the main border crossings with India by people demanding greater ...

Kathmandu [Nepal], March 7 (ANI): Holi festivities kicked off in Nepal on Friday with the ancient Chir tradition -sacred bamboo Chir was upraised at the Basantapur Durbar Square, a UNESCO World ...

Nepalese Madhesi protesters, a marginalized group in the southern plains, chant slogans during a protest in Janakpur, some 300km south of Kathmandu, in this June 12, 2017 file photo. The protests came ...

Holi, the festival of colours is being celebrated with fanfare and religious fervour in Nepal; Holi is also known as Phagu Poornima in Nepal. People from all age groups celebrating Holi with ...

Shortages of fuel and other necessities are set to continue in Nepal despite a constitutional amendment agreed by politicians. 700,000 people have been pushed into poverty amid fuel and food shortages ...

(New York) – The Nepal authorities should immediately withdraw sedition charges and unconditionally release rights campaigner Chandra Kant Raut, who was arrested for his expression of peaceful ...

The Madhesi parties were amongst the most vocal proponents of federalism. Ever since the 1950s, when Nepal first became a democracy, Madhesi activists have been agitating for autonomy.