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Number of visitors to Lumbini in 2012 increased, but failed to reach target number
KATHMANDU – Nearly 760,000 visitors, including foreign and domestic, visited Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, in western Nepal, during Lumbini Visit Year 2012. The government had targeted to bring one million visitors during the period. Records at the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) show that the visitors to Lumbini increased…
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South Asia
Funeral Ceremony Held For A Victim Of Firing Incidents In Karachi, Pakistan
People attend the funeral ceremony of a victim in Karachi, southern Pakistan, on Jan. 9, 2013. At least five people were killed and many others were injured in different firing incidents in Karachi on Wednesday, local media reported. <Xinhua/Masroor>
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South Asia
People Mourn In Funeral For An Indian Soldier Killed By Pakistani Soldiers In Kashmir
Mourners gather around the body of Indian Army soldier Lance Naik Hamraj who was allegedly killed by Pakistani soldiers on the line-of-control in Kashmir, during his funeral in Mathura district, Utter Pradesh state, northern India, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. India summoned Pakistan’s top diplomat in New Delhi Wednesday to formally…
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South Asia
Local Residents Protest Against Power Cuts In Srinagar, Indian-Controlled Kashmir
Local residents shout slogans as they block a road during a protest against unscheduled power cuts on the outskirts of Srinagar, summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Jan. 8, 2013. Locals said that only three hours of power supply was provided daily for the past several weeks, which led to the…
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South Asia
People Hold Protest Against U.S. Drone Strikes In Multan, Central Pakistan
People shout slogans during a protest rally against US drone strikes in central Pakistan’s Multan on Jan. 8, 2013. At least eight people were killed and four others injured in two separate U.S. drone strikes launched in the wee hours of Thursday morning, according to local media reports. <Xinhua/Stringer>
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South Asia
Fire Destroys About 100 Shanties In Dhaka, Banladesh
People gather around a destroyed slum after a fire at Mohakhali area in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, on Jan. 8, 2013. About 100 shanties were destroyed in the accident, fire brigade said. People gather to retrieve their belongings after a fire in a slum at Mohakhali area in Dhaka, capital…
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East Asia
Energy myths
Which of the following statements is true? The United States now has a 100-year supply of natural gas, thanks to the miracle of shale gas. By 2017 it will once again be the world’s biggest oil producer. By 2035 it will be entirely “energy-independent,” and free in particular from its…
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South Asia
Nepali Gov’t officials divided over how to deal with killer elephant
killing Dhurbe, the elephant KATHMANDU – Three weeks after the local administration mobilized security personnel to kill a wild elephant named Dhurbe of the Chitwan National Park after it killed an old couple entering their home in a village on 14 December, the whereabouts of the elephant has not been ascertained for…
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South Asia
Cold Spell Attacks Kathmandu, Recording The Lowest Of 0.7 Degree C
A milk vendor, dressed in warm clothes, talks to a shopkeeper on a winter morning in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. The temperature in the Kathmandu Valley was recorded at its lowest of 0.7 degree Celsius (33 degrees Fahrenheit) for this year on Sunday morning, according to news reports.…
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South Asia
Thousands Of Indians Play Traditional Instrument To Create A Guinness Record
Indians wearing traditional Assamese attire play the khol, a traditional percussion instrument of Assam, in an attempt to create a Guinness record, in Titabar, about 350 kilometers (219 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. A total of 14,833 people participated in the event, according to officials. A…
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