Nepal 'to scrap' royal allowance
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Nepal's government decides to stop paying an annual allowance to King Gyanendra and his family, reports say.
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Nepali political parties were making last ditch efforts on Monday to try and convince the former Maoist rebels not to quit the interim government and to withdraw their planned protests in a row over the monarchy.
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The government came a step closer to abolishing the monarchy that has ruled this Himalayan nation for centuries on Wednesday when the leading party announced its support for declaring Nepal a republic, officials said.
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Nepal's government is accused of "inaction" over a group of elephants suffering from tuberculosis.
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Nepal's provisional parliament approved a motion to abolish the monarchy on Friday, as part of negotiations with former Maoist rebels to underpin a fragile peace deal.
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Nepal's embattled government offered  to meet a demand by Maoist rebels to end their blockade of the  capital on Friday after the guerrillas set off two bombs in and  around Kathmandu, officials said.
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The British government moved Wednesday to stop the export of a jeweled headband once owned by Edwina, Lady Mountbatten, a leading fashion figure of the 1920s and wife of the last British viceroy of India.
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The government on Thursday bowed to pressure to improve conditions for Nepalese Gurkha soldiers who have served in the British armed forces for two centuries, granting them full pensions and other rights.
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Nepal's King Gyanendra is forced to pay tax for the first time in the history of the monarchy.
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KATMANDU: Nepal&#39;s King Gyanendra postponed his 11-day visit to India on Thursday due to the death of former Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, his office said.
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KATMANDU, Nepal -- King Gyanendra dismissed Nepal's government and declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, saying leaders had failed to restore peace or hold elections. It was the second time he has taken direct control of the Himalayan kingdom in three years.
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Foreign ambassadors in Nepal are snubbing birthday celebrations for the country&#39;s king, officials said Thursday, in a further sign that the embattled monarch is headed for the door.
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Maoist rebels fighting to set up a communist republic in Nepal have urged foreign donors to cut off support to the impoverished nation where 12 people, mostly soldiers or policemen, died in rebel violence on Tuesday.
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Nepal's interim parliament is due to hold a debate on a call for the abolition of the country's monarchy.
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Nepal's government is due to hold talks with former Maoist rebels, after they said they were leaving the cabinet.
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Nepal's King Gyanendra is counting on a highly loyal army to keep his hold on the throne after seizing power, suspending civil rights and enforcing emergency rule in the Himalayan state, analysts say.
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Former Maoist rebels say they have resigned from Nepal's government in a row over the future of the monarchy.