Bomb suspected inside Spice Jet; flights halted at TIA

KATHMANDU: All flights have been temporarily brought to halt at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Kathmandu on Saturday following the suspection of bomb inside the Spice Jet aircraft flying to Delhi.

Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai with his wife Hisila Yami pose and US President Barack Obama and first lady Michele Obama pose for photograph

Buddha's Air plane crash in Lalitpur; 18 killed

KATHMANDU: An aircraft owned by Buddha air crashed while returning from a mountain flight to TIA on Wednesday at Kotdanda near Godavari on the north-eastern part of Kathmandu Valley.

While preparing to land, the 9NAE K1900 aircraft had lost its communication with the airport from 7:31 am this morning.

Including the crew, 19 people were on board, the preliminary information suggested.

According to Buddha Air, "16 were foreigners and JD Tamrakar was the captain of the plane. At least eight passengers are said to be from Tamilnadu of India. Asmita Shrestha, air-hostess also couldn't escape the tragedy."

It has been learnt that Captain JD Tamrakar is ex-Minister’s Ramkrishna Tamrakar's son.

“A person has been found alive and is being rescued, while dead bodies are found scattered around the incident site,” said Superintendent of Police Bhog Bahadur Thapa. According to Thapa, the weather condition is bad and affecting the rescue operation.

According to a local resident Chranjeevi Acharya, 10 dead bodies have been found yet, whose identities are still unknown.Police team and locals are involved in the rescue operation, Shrestha said.

Mother’s Sacrifice during the Japan Earthquake

This is a true story of Mother’s Sacrifice during the Japan Earthquake.After the Earthquake had subsided, when the rescuers reached the ruins of a young woman’s house, they saw her dead body through the cracks. But her pose was somehow strange that she knelt on her knees like a person was worshiping; her body was leaning forward, and her two hands were supporting by an object. The collapsed house had crashed her back and her head.

With so many difficulties, the leader of the rescuer team put his hand through a narrow gap on the wall to reach the woman’s body. He was hoping that this woman could be still alive. However, the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure.He and the rest of the team left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reasons, the team leader was driven by a compelling force to go back to the ruin house of the dead woman. Again, he knelt down and used his had through the narrow cracks to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement,” A child! There is a child! “The whole team worked together; carefully they removed the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a 3 months old little boy wrapped in a flowery blanket under his mother’s dead body. Obviously, the woman had made an ultimate sacrifice for saving her son. When her house was falling, she used her body to make a cover to protect her son. The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up.

The medical doctor came quickly to exam the little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cell phone inside the blanket. There was a text message on the screen. It said,” If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” This cell phone was passing around from one hand to another. Every body that read the message wept. ” If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” Such is the mother’s love for her child!!

When Riding

Here are the rules for the young bike riders from Bigyan Raj Sharma, the head of the Traffic Police Department. It is his 11 major requests to all the teenage riders of today.
1 Do not ever modify your bike because chances are that you might make it look better but the balance between the parts will get affected- a major cause of accidents.

2 On a Zebra Crossing, do not forget to realize that the people crossing the road have the first priority to do so and you must accordingly slow down your vehicle.

3 If any traffic police asks you for money, never give it to them. If they insist, always ask for a valid reason and a receipt.

4 Do not answer your cell phone while riding. Try avoiding all types of conversations while riding.

5 If any police personnel asks you for a document, do not hesitate to give it to them. Do not attempt to run away, as this could create a bigger issue

6 If you hit someone while riding, although accidentally, the best thing to do is to surrender and help the victim. Do not in any case leave the site of accident as this could play against your benefit.

7 Every bike should have a knee/leg guard. This relatively decreases the chances of a serious leg or a knee injury during times of
uncalled accidents.

8 Park in a safe, authorized parking place. Even though it costs a few bucks, it will be worth it and is the right thing to do. Importantly, because this lessens the traffic congestion.

9 Do not drink and ride. Our police personnel have breathalyzers that can correctly identify if you are drunk.

10 Misbehaving with the police personnel can result to suspension of your license and imprisonment in major cases.

11 But in case, if  the traffic police is misbehaving with you or if you have any traffic related problems you may call 9851068124 or 103 and your complaints will be heard!

Traffic police woman gets hit n run

Traffic themselves are not secure..

World's FASTEST SkyZip in POKHARA!

Look's like there is soon to be another reason to visit Pokhara! In a month's time High Ground Adventures will be introducing SkyZip which is more or less an extreme version of zip wire. Upon completion the SkyZip in Pokhara will become the world's fastest, steepest and longest in the world. Quiet a triple threat there, I've done a zip-wire in England but that was from a tree and I tell you it's amazing! I just wonder what the thrill would be like doing it from top of a hill that is 600 meters high, going the distance of 1.8km at 160km/h. Should be intense right? Their official site is still under construction with a countdown which states it will be up and running in 12 days but you can check out the Facebook page to see what this is really about. There are videos of other SkyZips around the world and digital images of what the site will look like etc!

Watch the video of a ZipLine in Haiti and that'll give you a clearer idea of what one can expect.

PS. They are recruiting so if you guys are laying idle then check out the vacancies on their FB page.

Dream girl

The video is a continious of dream gal part 1, where ankit cannot find his dream gal. He thinks that dream is only a dream and it not possible to find her but finds someone else

Dharan

Old Bhedetar

New Bhedetar

Dharan is a city in Koshi Zone, Sunsari district, eastern NepalAcity of Ex-Gorkhas, unity in diversity, Dharan lies right at the foot of hills, but the transformation when coming from Terai is dramatic. In the distance of 540 KM fromKathmandu, the city is highly rich with different culture, religion, natural beauties and modern development. Beautiful roads, remarkable homes and natural beauty aren't all that makes Dharan. It embraces cleanliness, openness, friendly hill people and their smiles. Dharan grew after British setup the `Gurkha Recruitment Center' in 1953, which helped many Nepalese earn employment. Two ethnic groups namely Rais and Limbus used to constitute the major portion of Gurkah soldiers. These groups came from the eastern region of Nepal, and Dharan was their center for training. The population mainly consists of Mongolian origins. Dharan is Famous for temples, scenery and cleanliness.

Some of the terrific features of the city,A Queen of Eastern Nepal,have been succeeded to attract the domestic and international tourists including south Asian in thousands of number with in a year. Bhedetar hill, all season cold, in the north of city is mostly liked by domestic and Indian tourists. View tower and Charles pointare popular to view the whole hill, mountain and tarai of eastern region. A total view of Dharan, Itahari and Biratnagar towns are possible from these points.The Tamor and saptakoshi rivers running from the north and west border of Dharan have always been dream of courageous rafters for white water rafting and bath

Dharan is Famous for:  It is known for having B. P. Koirala Institute of Health and Science, over 25 Temples and holy sites, and scenery  making it one of the important pilgrimage destinations of Nepal, and Dharan is also the gateway to Nepal's popular tea growing region `Dhankuta'. It is also known as environmentally friendly city, and a land of friendly and lovely hill people with with smiling faces.

How to Reach Dharan: By bus or micro-van from Kakarbhitta or Biratnagar. From Itahari, Dharan is only 20 minutes bus journey and Itahari is well connected to all the other cities of Nepal. So anybody can come to Itahari and then take a micro van or bus to Dharan. Kakarvitta and Biratnagar both are on India-Nepal border and both are well connected to other major cities from Indian side. There are direct long distance bus routes from Kathmandu and Pokhra .

What to See and Do:Temples like Dantakali, Budhasubba, Pindeshwori are places you shouldn't miss. Budhasubba is famous for bamboos that dont have tips. Couples write their names on the bamboo with the belief that they will have a long relationship. B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan is one of the best medical colleges in Nepal. You will find the institute great.

While you are in Dharan do not miss to go for rafting from Tamor river to Koshi.

Bhedetar (Sheep's Butte) is a beautiful hillside only about 15km (and straight up) from Dharan. It marks the end of the Tarai (plains) and the beginning of the foothills of the Himalaya. There are a number of lodges along the way providing a nice view down to the south.

You can view the scenic beauty of Dharan from Charles Point Bhedetar. You can visit many greenery parks like the Hariyali Park, Yalambar Park and Saptarangi park. You can see many wild animals wondering around in these parks.

Places to Visit in Dharan

Temples: Dharan is one of the holy places of Nepal. It has numerous temples; Pindeshwar temple, Dantakali temple, Pancha Kanyan temple, and Buddha Subba temple. Many Hindu pilgrims visit holi temples located in this region as well as those located in other parts of Makwanpur District of Nepal

The Mountain Views of Bhedetar: Bhedetar is located 9 Kilometer away from Dharan. When the sky is clear (especially during Autumn season), one can witness magnificent views of the Himalayan range, and enjoy fresh Himalayan breeze.

Pakhri Bash: Small hill village which had the British base camp built to Recruit Gurkha Army. Some British monuments can be found here.

Dhankuta / Hile - Tea Gardens and Bazaar: From Dharan, about 50 Kilometers of what is the most scenic drive in Nepal takes you to a place where your imagination of greenery gardens are revealed. Some say, come to Dhankuta, if you want to walk in the clouds. Meet the clouds, village folks, and greet the awesome enchanting tea gardens here, and learn some on organic tea and tea processing units in Nepal. If you are a tea lover, you will enjoy visiting a privately owned tea garden and factory named Guranse. Also visit Hile, a hill town situated at 1850 meter altitude, which is just 6 Kilometer from Dhankuta for the Hile Bazaar and gracious people.

Basantapur: This hill is located about 90 KM from Dharan, and about 1 KM from Hile. It is the starting point for trekking to Kanchanjunga base camp. Beyond the hill, beautiful forests Rhododendrons (Guranse in Nepali) can be seen. Guranse is the Nepal's national flower.

Raja Rani Hill: Excellent spot to view Kanchenjunga, Khumbakarna, Makalu and Mt.Everest. The hill is located 20 Kilometer from Dharan.

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on richter scale has rocked Sikkim, INDIA which was felt in Eastern parts of Nepal and also in the main capital Kathmandu and Pokhara. Three pedestrians including a man and his daughter were killed after a compound wall fell on them at Lainchaur, Kathmandu. Apparently a part of the compound of British Consulate has fallen to pieces. Those killed have been identified as Sajan Shrestha, 36, and his eight-year old daughter Anisha of Gorkha and one other man Bir Bahadur Majhi.  

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Binod Gautam: Will Kathmandu sleep today? All people in the street. God save all people #sept18earthquake

Rabin Gurung: No damage at samakhusi area it seems.

Arjun: whole ktm is sooo noisy!!

Dinesh Wagle: I ducked under the table throught as I saw this building shaking and heard colleagues screaming out of fear. I thought death was close


Promise Tamang: Felt a big earthquake just a couple minutes ago.... I was freaking out trying to find where Steve was ...what a traumatizing experience