KATHMANDU, March 26: Seven companies have expressed interest in leasing two Airbus narrow-body aircraft to the national flag-carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) for international flights. The NAC is seeking to lease Airbus A320-200 series aircraft with a capacity of 158 seats.
KATHMANDU, Aug 19: Mohan Ghimire, the Ward Chairman of Musikot Municipality-1 Paudiamarai,was found dead. Ghimire had posted a poignant farewell message on his Facebook account at approximately five in the morning before hanging himself to death in a tree at 7:30 AM.
Jalpaiguri: Hills outfits across political camps have long been seeking Scheduled Tribe status for 11 “left out” Nepali communities. They now want the BJP-led government at the Centre to deliver.
Representatives of GNLF, Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists (CPRM), All India Gorkha League (AIGL) and others, who met Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi recently, expect a decision ahead of the Bengal assembly polls.
They fear that Gorkha leader Bimal Gurung, who has switched loyalty and is supporting chief minister Mamata Banerjee, will corner BJP and its allies on the ground that the state government had sent a favourable recommendation to the Centre six years ago.