Terai

The Pilibhit tiger that created a spectacle as it was seen tamely sitting on a wall even as hundreds of people almost surrounded is probably one of the many "sugarcane tigers" seen in the Terai region. But is it a domesticated or a pet animal?

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (Binoy) faction chief Binoy Tamang on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding a separate state for the people of the Darjeeling hills, Terai and Dooar areas of West Bengal.

Non-fixation of minimum wages for workers and closed tea gardens are the main poll issues in West Bengal's tea belt where the Lok Sabha elections will be held in the first two phases.

These opinions ranged, at one end of the spectrum, from the Rashtriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N), a recently formed conglomerate of the numerous disgruntled Terai parties, to the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) or UML at the other end, with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) falling in between while tilting to the Left,...

The Gandhi family stronghold Amethi, represented in parliament by Rahul Gandhi, and the temple town of Ayodhya are among the areas voting today in the fifth of seven-phase elections in Uttar Pradesh. A 57.36 per cent turnout was recorded till 5 pm across the 11 districts - including five bordering Nepal - that are voting today. In an increasingly a...

The fifth phase voting will be held for 51 seats in 11 districts today. The districts include Amethi, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar (considered in central UP), and Bahraich and Shravasti in Terai region. This phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017 will witness the participation of over 1.84 crore voters which include 96 lakh women.

Uttar Pradesh votes for the fifth of its seven-phase elections today. The voting is being held across 11 districts, including five bordering Nepal. The 51 seats where polling is being held includes Amethi - the borough of the Gandhi family, which is represented in the Lok Sabha by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. The shrill campaign that had s...

Nepal has abruptly cancelled all agreements with Indian construction firm ILFS to build a USD one billion expressway project, connecting the Nepalese capital with the southern Terai region near the Indian border.

What a disaster for 56 inches of Indian diplomacy! Instead of Nepal buckling to the pressure mounted on them by Modi and Swaraj, "paradoxically, the blockade has brought Nepal and China even closer".

A mild tremor measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale today struck Nepal's eastern Terai region bordering India.

An ailing Sadbhawana Party president Rajendra Mahto today stoutly denied that the Madhesi Morcha, an alliance of four parties of Nepal's Terai region demanding amendment to the country's statute, has split.

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the political developments in the Himalayan nation.

Nepal police shot dead four Indian-origin Madhesis blockading a key highway in Terai over the new Constitution as violence returned to the country already reeling under acute shortage of essential goods, prompting India to express "distress" at the loss of lives.

The UN has warned that Nepal's children, already hit by the devastating earthquakes, are facing a new humanitarian crisis as the country reels under political strife and blockade in the Terai region bordering India, severely impacting their health.

India on Sunday told Nepal that it was looking forward to steps being taken by its government to "credibly" address the challenges faced by the country including in the Terai region at the earliest during a meeting between the Foreign Ministers of the two countries.

The Pilibhit tiger that created a spectacle as it was seen tamely sitting on a wall even as hundreds of people almost surrounded is probably one of the many "sugarcane tigers" seen in the Terai region. But is it a domesticated or a pet animal?

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (Binoy) faction chief Binoy Tamang on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding a separate state for the people of the Darjeeling hills, Terai and Dooar areas of West Bengal.

Non-fixation of minimum wages for workers and closed tea gardens are the main poll issues in West Bengal's tea belt where the Lok Sabha elections will be held in the first two phases.

These opinions ranged, at one end of the spectrum, from the Rashtriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N), a recently formed conglomerate of the numerous disgruntled Terai parties, to the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) or UML at the other end, with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) falling in between while tilting to the Left,...

The Gandhi family stronghold Amethi, represented in parliament by Rahul Gandhi, and the temple town of Ayodhya are among the areas voting today in the fifth of seven-phase elections in Uttar Pradesh. A 57.36 per cent turnout was recorded till 5 pm across the 11 districts - including five bordering Nepal - that are voting today. In an increasingly a...

The fifth phase voting will be held for 51 seats in 11 districts today. The districts include Amethi, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar (considered in central UP), and Bahraich and Shravasti in Terai region. This phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017 will witness the participation of over 1.84 crore voters which include 96 lakh women.

Uttar Pradesh votes for the fifth of its seven-phase elections today. The voting is being held across 11 districts, including five bordering Nepal. The 51 seats where polling is being held includes Amethi - the borough of the Gandhi family, which is represented in the Lok Sabha by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. The shrill campaign that had s...

Nepal has abruptly cancelled all agreements with Indian construction firm ILFS to build a USD one billion expressway project, connecting the Nepalese capital with the southern Terai region near the Indian border.

What a disaster for 56 inches of Indian diplomacy! Instead of Nepal buckling to the pressure mounted on them by Modi and Swaraj, "paradoxically, the blockade has brought Nepal and China even closer".

A mild tremor measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale today struck Nepal's eastern Terai region bordering India.

An ailing Sadbhawana Party president Rajendra Mahto today stoutly denied that the Madhesi Morcha, an alliance of four parties of Nepal's Terai region demanding amendment to the country's statute, has split.

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the political developments in the Himalayan nation.

Nepal police shot dead four Indian-origin Madhesis blockading a key highway in Terai over the new Constitution as violence returned to the country already reeling under acute shortage of essential goods, prompting India to express "distress" at the loss of lives.

The UN has warned that Nepal's children, already hit by the devastating earthquakes, are facing a new humanitarian crisis as the country reels under political strife and blockade in the Terai region bordering India, severely impacting their health.

India on Sunday told Nepal that it was looking forward to steps being taken by its government to "credibly" address the challenges faced by the country including in the Terai region at the earliest during a meeting between the Foreign Ministers of the two countries.