News tagged 'Buddha'

China evacuates 100,000 as floods threaten heritage site

Aug 19, 2020

SHANGHAI: Floods on the upper reaches of China’s Yangtze river forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday and threatened a 1,200-year-old world heritage site. Staff, police and volunteers used sandbags to try to protect the 71-metre (233-foot) Leshan Giant Buddha, a UNESCO World Heritage site in southwestern Sichuan p...

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After Nepal’s response to Buddha-issue, India says no doubt over Lumbini being his birthplace

Aug 9, 2020

KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in response to Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar’s claim that Lord Buddha was an Indian, had stated that Buddha’s place of birth is undeniably Lumbini. It further stated that historical and archaeological facts support the fact. Subsequently, the External Affairs Ministry of India issued a ...

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Tourism infrastructure development continues

Jul 4, 2020

KATHMANDU, JULY 3 Although the country is in a lockdown, infrastructure development activities under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) have continued. Organising a press meet today, Tourism Minister Yogesh Bhattarai unveiled the progress report of infrastructure development during the lockdown period. Among the national p...

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2,562nd Buddha Jayanti

Apr 30, 2018

Devotees and visitors throng on the premises of Swayambhunath stupa to mark the 2,562nd Buddha Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, at Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, on Monday.  ...

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Buddha Air to add three Airbuses to its existing fleet!

Oct 12, 2017

KATHMANDU, Oct 11: Buddha Air has completed 20 years of non-stop dedicated service. It had begun its first service here in Nepal with a one-hour-long mountain flight by Witchcraft 1900 D manufactured in the United States of America. Buddha Air that operates flights mainly in urban areas of Nepal holds around 63 percent of the market. It has n...

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तीन वर्षमा ३२ लाखले गरे लुम्बिनी भ्रमण

यमबुद्धको शव काठमाडौं ल्याइयो

Jan 29, 2017

चर्चित र्‍याप गायक यमबुद्धको शव शनिबार काठमाडौं ल्याइएको छ। युवा �...

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गायक यमबुद्धको शब शनिबार ल्याइदैं

Famous rapper Yama Buddha found dead

Famous rapper Yama Buddha no more