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At least 11 persons have been killed when a passenger bus met with an accident at Melkharka in  Dadeldhura  district  on Sunday morning. The bus (Na 5 Kha 789), en route to Kailali from Bajura, fell some 300 meters down the road. Thirty-five others have been injured in the accident. Dadeldhura DSP Krishna Prasai informed that 10 among the injured are in critical condition. They are admitted at sub-regional hospital in Dadeldhura The accident occurred at 5 am this morning. source-ekantipur.com

Paul Walker, star of the "Fast and Furious" films, died Saturday in a single-car accident and explosion. According to TMZ the actor died in a car accident and explosion in Southern California. The online report states the accident occurred in Santa Clarita, just north of Los Angeles. The actor was reportedly riding in a Porsche that lost control for an unknown reason and hit a post or tree before bursting into flames. Multiple sources have told TMZ that Walker and another person were killed in the accident. At this point, it is unclear what caused the accident or who exactly was behind the wheel when it took place. According to the report, the actor was in Santa Clarita for a car show to support the relief effort for the Philippines typhoon and was taking friends for rides in a new Porsche. The crash took place during a test drive. source-mtv.com

A section of leaders from the CPN-Maoist that boycotted the recently held Constituent Assembly (CA) elections have stood in favor of participation in the new CA, though with a condition.  Some key leaders of CPN-Maoist have even approached senior leaders of Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML to convey their willingness to participate in the new CA provided they are given “respectable” number of seats, according to political sources.  The CPN-Maoists leaders have proposed increasing the CA seats through an amendment to the Interim Constitution-2007-- something Nepali Congress and CPN -UML have opposed so far.  A senior NC leader confirmed that the CPN-Maoist leaders had forwarded such a proposal, but refused to divulge the details. “They have demanded an amendment to the interim constitution to participate in the freshly elected Constituent Assembly. We have told them to wait till the final results of elections are out,” said the leader asking not be named.  Though NC a...

 As the country gears up to celebrate the World AIDS Day , stakeholders have said that the prevalence of HIV among adults (age group of 15 to 49) is gradually decreasing and if the trend is maintained till 2015, the country is sure to meet the millennium development goals for HIV/AIDS. The World Aids Day is marked every year on December 1 and has a theme of "Shared Responsibility: Strengthening Results for an AIDS-Free Generation" for this year. According to a report of the National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC), which will be released on Sunday, the prevalence rate is now 0.28 percent (in 2012). It was 0.3 percent in 2011, 0.33 in 2010 and 0.39 in 2009. The prevalence rate looks into 15 to 49 years age group, which is more prone to being infected with the HIV. The MDGs-6 has set fixed targets for HIV/TB and Malaria and other disease. The MDGs 6 has a target to halt and begin to reverse by 2015 the spread of HIV/AIDS, which has already been achieved in 2011. ...

Sharad Vesawkar once again rescued Nepal helping the team finish third in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers defeating home team UAE by five wickets on Saturday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Nepal required 11 from the last over and Vesawkar hammered two sixes in the first and second delivery to surpass the 132 run target set by UAE source_ .kantipuronline.com

Our clowns could learn a thing or two from our cricketers when it comes to working as a team. We will be playing in the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup next year in Bangladesh. Who would have thought that one day Nepal would be playing in a World Cup event? We are all proud of our lads and hope they will do well in the T20 World Cup. Our cricketers should give motivational speeches to our clowns and inspire them to work together to write the constitution on time. I think our political parties should host their own T20 cricket matches and settle their differences over a game of cricket instead of using their cadres to bash each other up and making our lives miserable by shutting down schools, businesses and highways. We hear media reports about how our government wallahs have promised our lads Rs 1 million each. That’s great news but let’s hope it won’t turn out to be another publicity natak and they will really receive the dough instead of bad cheques. Yes, the Sports Ministry will for...

Get ready for a melodious evening, Kathmanduites! Award-winning Bollywood playback singer Mohit Chauhan has arrived in Kathmandu on Friday for his much awaited concert taking place today at Tundikhel.  Chauhan will be performing live from 6 pm onward, but you can spend the afternoon at the open ground, nibbling at the variety of delicacies at the food stalls which will be all set at 11 in the morning. Also, to warm you up for the big gig, the much loved Nepali singer Nima Rumba and popular Nepali reggae group Joint Family Internationale will be performing live 2 pm onward. source-myrepublica.com

Happy Bear-thday! A Florida toddler's birthday became 800 times more paw-some Saturday when a black bear crashed the party. The Orlando party was going for about 30 minutes before the bear burst in through a fence. The adults in attendance say they made sure the kids didn't get near the animal "because they don't' know about the dangers with the bears," Yvette Picasso told WKMG 6. Florida Fish and Wildlife officers shot the 200-pound bear with a tranquilizer and took it away in a pickup truck for relocation, according to WCSC. Bears just want to have fun. Last month, a bear broke into a Russian home and ate some borscht before scampering off into the woods. And last year, a beer-craving bear family of four ripped off the wall of a cabin in Norway, then chugged 100 cans of beer. source: huffingtonpost.com

Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala has said  that new constitution would be promulgated  within a year by preparing the draft of the constitution within the first six month of the Constituent Assembly (CA) formation. At a meeting with the entrepreneurs here Friday, Koirala said that parleys with political parties were on to write the new constitution and form the new government based on a consensus.  He expressed confidence that works of economic development would be taken ahead after maintaining political stability in the country. President Koirala said that the country would be taken to path of economic development as environment for business would be created after political stability in the country. "We are committed to promulgating the constitution by forging consensus on federalism and form of governance first and then creating environment for economic development," President Koirala said. source- myrepublica.com

A Tennessee high school teacher was set on fire by one of her students, cops said. WATE reports that Gabriela Penalba, 23, turned her back to her class on Monday morning at West High School in Knoxville when a 15-year-old male student set her hair and shirt ablaze using his lighter, police said. Students quickly put the fire out. Gawker notes that the student allegedly "exploited the commotion" by throwing the lighter out the window and fleeing before being captured by police. The quick thinking of her students helped Penalba avoid any burns, according to WBIR. The student faces aggravated assault and evading arrest charges. His name has not been released because he's a minor and has not been charged as an adult. source: huffingtonpost.com

Nepal has lost to Afghanistan in the semifinal match of the ongoing ICC World T20 qualifiers in UAE on Friday, despite ensuring T20 World Cup berth in Bangladesh in 2014. Nepal batted first and posted a meager target of 91 runs, which Afghanistan chased down in 15 overs at the loss of three wickets only. Nepal's Abinash Karna took two wickets spending 17 runs in three overs. Earlier, Afghanistan chose to field first after winning the toss. Nepal scored total 90 runs with the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Sharad Vesawkar scored 27 runs, the highest by the team.  Gyanendra Malla scored 14 runs while Nepal’s captain Paras Khadka was out after 13 runs. Afghanistan’s Samiullah Shenwari claimed three wickets while Izatullah Dawlatzai took two wickets against Nepal. Nepal and Afghanistan both have already qualified for the ICC T20 World Cup 2014 scheduled to be held in Bangladesh in March next year. However, the winner of this match will advance to the fi...

After four years of hard work, Mul Chowk, the central courtyard of the Patan Durbar Square , has been restored to its original grandeur with the support from the US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.  According to officials involved with the restoration project, over 75 percent of the work has already been completed in the palace area while other restoration works are being carried out. "The Eastern gate, Bahadur Shah's palace, among others, have been restored," said Rohit Ranjitkar, Nepal Program Director of Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust. The other components which need restoration include the Royal bath and Sundari Chowk which fall under the Patan palace complex.  The (AFCP) extended a financial support of $1.1 million for the project. Over 100 craftsmen were involved with the restoration process everyday for four years.  (भिडिओ तल छ) Six months ago, artefacts and treasures dating back to the Malla period were discovered at the Mul Chowk ...

Two have been reported dead in a bus accident in Nawalparasi. The accident happened in Tamsariya of Nawalparasi along the East-West highway on early morning Friday. The deceased are Sagar Pun, aged 14 and Mamchu Adhikari, aged 3 of Nepalgunj. Both died while undergoing treatment in Nawalpur Hospital in Kawasoti. The 44 others that were injured have been taken to local hospitals for treatment. The bus Na 4 Kha 6368 heading for Manakamana from Nepalgunj overturned along the roadside after the driver lost control.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You have to make an appearance today. You will feel better after it is done; besides, you really don’t mind meeting this responsibility. Join a loved one or friend in the late afternoon. Choose a favourite pastime. Tonight: Be where the action is. AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Some of you could be making travel plans for next month, while others might be addressing your Christmas cards. A call in the late afternoon takes you away from the reverie and into the moment. Tonight: Check in with an older relative or friend.  PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): Be sensitive to a partner or friend. After all the socializing, you will want to kick back and relax together. Even though you might have been under the same roof for Thanksgiving, you could have very different stories to share. Tonight: Where there is good music. ARIES (March 21-April 19): You can’t seem to indulge someone enough, whether you are participating in the Black Friday shopping frenzy or simply hangin...

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: World’s top batsman and former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara has congratulated Nepal for securing Twenty20 World Cup spot, on Thursday. Writing in his twitter account, Lara said, “The Nepal team did amazingly well and what I notice since I saw them in Bermuda is that they are playing with more confidence.” In the tweet message, Lara reiterated to visit Nepal soon. “I know I promised to come to Nepal and didn´t at the end as I was advised that it was elections at the time and made no sense. I will be there soon,” Lara wrote. On Wednesday, Nepal had qualified for World Cup Twenty20 to be played next year in Bangladesh beating Hong Kong in the world cup playoff match. source:  http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=65221

Good news to all Nepalese living abroad. Now you can watch Nepali TV channels live from all around the world. Enjoy! source:www.lyngsat.com

KATHMANDU, NOV 28 - UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal has left for  India  n Capital New Delhi on Thursday morning to meet his ailing daughter Gyanu KC Dahal. Gyanu, Dahal’s elder daughter, is undergoing treatment for breast cancer in Fortis Hospital in Noida.  Speaking to media persons at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Dahal said that his visit was purely for familiar reasons. Dahal's spouse Sita is accompanying in the visit. source: ekantipur.com

A new study has promising results for those battling male infertility. Researchers at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii have shown that male mice with only two genes from the Y chromosome can successfully produce offspring. The same team previously demonstrated that only seven genes from the Y chromosome were necessary, which means that researchers are getting closer to breeding mice without any contribution from the Y -- or male -- chromosome at all. As the BBC reported it, "Scientists have practically obliterated the ultimate symbol of maleness in DNA, the Y chromosome, and believe they may be able to do away with it completely." The study started off by genetically engineering male mice to lack the Y chromosome, thus making them entirely infertile. Researchers then made the mice "male" again by adding back two genes (Sry and Eif2s3y) for sperm production: one that would make them grow testes and one that would cause ...

Watching sport can make you fitter, according to research Sunday that said viewing other people exercise increases heart rate and other physiological measures as if you were working out yourself. The study, published in the international journal Frontiers in Autonomic Neuroscience, showed that when watching a first person video of someone else running, heart rate, respiration, skin blood flow and sweat release all increased. They returned to normal at the conclusion of the "jog". Researchers said that importantly, for the first time, it was shown that muscle sympathetic nerve activity increased when people watched physical activity. "Recording this nerve activity provides a very sensitive measure of the body's physiological responses to physical or mental stress," said one of the lead researchers Vaughan Macefield, from the School of Medicine at the University of Western Sydney. "We know that the sympathetic nervous system -- which supplies the ...

This teacher is basically winning the Internet as the above photo  continues to be making its way across the world and into viral territory . Over the course of the past few days alone, the photo has been shared at least  16,200 times on Facebook, and "liked" at least 607,400 times on Facebook . Teaching young students about Internet security is certainly necessary these days. According to Reuters,  while Facebook enforces an age minimum of 13 years old, as of 2012, there were 5.6 million Facebook users in violation of that rule .  Many young kids also have Instagram , even though the social network has the same age minimum. source: huffingtonpost.com

Even while Coke sales are declining, the soft drink giant is still putting its advertising on hold to focus on a more important cause. Coca-Cola announced last week that the company is suspending its brand advertising in the Philippines so that it can donate its entire ad budget to typhoon relief efforts. The company has so far donated more than $2.5 million in cash and in-kind contributions. “We wish to express our heartfelt solidarity to all Filipinos in these difficult times,”Carlos Salazar Lomelín, Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola FEMSA, the bottling company of the Philippines, said in a press release. “It is in times like these when the Philippines sets an example of resilience and good spirit, and where our values of supporting ourselves as a team come at its best.” The death count for Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms on record, has surpassed 5,000. Still, 1,611 remain missing. Experts say that rebuilding houses, schools, roads and bridges i...

Imagine going fishing off the coast of Miami -- and instead catching a rare and massive beast that appears straight from the Mesozoic era (or all of our nightmares). The well-known shark fisherman who snared the 800-pound sea creature below told ABC News it was like "a dinosaur." “It was very old. It had barnacles all over it,” said Captain Mark Quartiano, a controversial charter boat operator known as "Mark the Shark." The creature was a whopping 14 feet from head to tail. Quartiano identified the monster as the rarely seen dactylobatus clarkii, or hookskate, according to Local10. The hookskate is a species about which very little is known thanks to its penchant for living on muddy sea bottoms up to 1,000 feet deep. But it might be something else entirely: GrindTV spoke with George H. Burgess of the Florida Museum of Natural History, who identified the beast as dasyatis centroura, a roughtailed stingray that normally grows only to 660 pounds but pac...

        Nepal will finally be able to play in the coming  ICC Twenty20  World Cup  happenning from March 16 to April 6 in Bangladesh. This is one of the greatest achievement of the Nepali cricket team.  Watch full news and celebrations.

The commission formed to investigate the causes of the accident of Nepal Airlines Corporation’s (NAC) Twin Otter aircraft 9N-ABO in Jomsom blamed “human error” for the crash. The plane had skidded off the runway and plunged 25 meters down the Kali Gandaki River while landing at Jomsom airport on May 16. There were 21 people, including three crew members, on board, but no human casualties were reported. Unveiling the report on Tuesday, the commission’s member-secretary Buddhi Sagar Lamichhane said the pilot, Deependra Pradhan, did not follow the instructions of the control tower. “There was no technical problem in the airplane,” he said. According to the commission, the pilot attempted to land the plane on Runway-06 despite the control room warned of high air wave speed. “The plane was suggested to land on Runway- 24 instead of Runway-06,” it said. The report said the plane went out of control due to high-speed landing on the short runway. The crew members did not follow the s...

NEW DELHI - A special  CBI  court on Monday convicted dentist Rajesh Tawlar and his wife Nupur Talwar for killing their daughter Aarushi and servant Hemraj. Special  CBI  judge Shyam Lal held the couple guilty of murder and destruction of evidence under section 302 and 201 of Indian Penal code (IPC) respectively. Rajesh Talwar was also separately held guilty, under section 203, of registering a false FIR. Soon after the judgment, Talwars issued a statement saying they were deeply disappointed and hurt by the verdict. The two were taken into custody immediately after the verdict.The court will hear the arguments on the quantum of sentence on Tuesday. The verdict comes almost five-and-a-half years after the sensational double murder was committed. The  CBI  had accused the parents — Rajesh and Nupur Talwar — of being the killers, going by circumstantial evidence, testimony of witnesses and forensic reports. The Talwars had all along claimed that "they have be...

Has the self-driving car at last arrived? The Google car knows every turn. It never gets drowsy or distracted, or wonders who has the right-of-way. Illustration by Harry Campbell. Human beings make terrible drivers. They talk on the phone and run red lights, signal to the left and turn to the right. They drink too much beer and plow into trees or veer into traffic as they swat at their kids. They have blind spots, leg cramps, seizures, and heart attacks. They rubberneck, hotdog, and take pity on turtles, cause fender benders, pileups, and head-on collisions. They nod off at the wheel, wrestle with maps, fiddle with knobs, have marital spats, take the curve too late, take the curve too hard, spill coffee in their laps, and flip over their cars. Of the ten million accidents that Americans are in every year, nine and a half million are their own damn fault. A case in point: The driver in the lane to my right. He’s twisted halfway around in his seat, taking a picture of the Lexus that I’m ...

An underwater hotel opens in Africa Joining  a list of other experimental under-the-sea hotel rooms   in Florida, Sweden and the Maldives, the underwater room at   Manta Resort   on remote Pemba Island in Tanzania’s Zanzibar Archipelago immerses guests 4m below the surface. The room sits on the bottom of a three-level floating structure, located 250m from shore in the Indian Ocean. Above and below each of the room’s eight windows, spotlights illuminate the sea life that swims by. Frequent visitors include a trumpet fish known as Nick, as well as squid and octopus at night. Above the underwater space, guests can climb a ladder to the water level, which contains a bathroom and lounge, or ascend to the rooftop to soak up the sun or lay beneath the stars. The floating structure was designed by Swedish artist Mikael Genberg, who also constructed the structurally similar  Utter Inn  in Sweden’s Lake Malaren. For this project, he sought a more remote location with...

DHARAN, SEP 24 - Police arrested Ramesh Khadka, 44, on the charge of raping a seven-year-old Dalit girl in Barahachhetra-2 in Sunsari. According to Sub-inspector Dhan Kumar Shrestha of the Chatara Police Post, an inebriated Khadka, a resident of Barahachhetra-4, rape  d the girl on Sunday after luring her into an abandoned building belonging to the Sunsari Morang Irrigation Project by giving her Rs 20. The victim said Khadka had threatened to take harsh action if she disclosed the incident. The incident came to light as she told her sister about the incident. Police were able to nab the culprit as the minor knew the location of Khadka’s house, although she was ignorant about his name. The victim was taken to the Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences on Sunday for medical examination. The report is due, police said. source: ekantipur.com

Top five parties Votes CPN (UML) 570762 Nepali Congress 539607 UCPN (Maoist) 346788 RPP-N 162511 RPP 62437 Source: nepalnews.com

Election Commissioner Ayodhi Prasad Yadav has said that there would be no compromise on the voting process and the election results. Speaking at an interaction program in Kathmandu Sunday, Yadav made it clear that the election process cannot be reviewed as demanded by the UCPN (Maoist). “Elections were historically free and fair. We expect that the political parties will move ahead accepting the election results,” Yadav said. “All the election materials were seal-packed and there was no hanky-panky from our side,” the Commissioner stressed, adding that any dissatisfied individual or party has the right to go through the process of the Constituent Assembly Court. The management, voting and vote counting processes were trustable, he said. “It was, therefore, impossible to change the ballot boxes or play with the ballot papers." source: nepalnews.com

Four people were killed when a van carrying  pilgrims  returning from Pathibhara Temple, a famous pilgrimage site in Taplejung district, met with accident in Jhapa district on Sunday. The ill-fated van (Me 1 Ja 1137) got trapped between two buses (Me 4 Kha 7561) and (Ba 1 Ja 8674) while trying to overtake at around 4 PM, in Buttabari stretch of East-West highway. According to Area Police Office Birtamod, the deceased have been identified as Sanjiv Uprety (27) of Durgapur, Jhapa, Jamuna Oli (36) of Anarmani, Sagar Karki (15) and Bhima Karki (48) of 35, Jalthal-8. Eight more passengers injured in the incident are undergoing treatment at the local hospital. source:ekantipur.com