Truckers defy Kathmandu blockade
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More lorry drivers are defying the indefinite Maoist blockade of Nepal&#39;s capital, Kathmandu, which is entering its fourth day.
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Military helicopters provided air cover to vehicles ferrying crucial supplies to the Nepali capital on Sunday, as a blockade called by Maoist rebels stretched into its fifth day, a senior army officer said.
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Threats from Maoist rebels in Nepal brought business in the Himalayan kingdom to a halt yesterday, as traffic blockades kept supplies from the capital, Kathmandu. There is only about 10 weeks&#39; worth of food in the city, and many travellers ...
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In Nepal, a Maoist guerrilla blockade has shut down major highways leading into the capital Kathmandu. Residents are stockpiling food to brace for the impact after a week of rebel violence has left a hundred people dead.
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Life was paralysed in eastern and central Nepal Friday due to an indefinite blockade of highways by Maoists to protest the killing and detention of their cadres by government forces, leading to sharp increase in commodity prices and stockpiling of
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The Philippine government deployed trucks and vans to carry thousands of stranded commuters to work as bus and jeepney drivers went on strike to protest rising fuel prices, crippling Manila and other parts of the country.
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The fear of attack kept most vehicles off roads leading to Nepal's capital for a second day on Thursday as authorities sought talks to end a siege called by Maoist insurgents.
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Military helicopters provided air cover to vehicles ferrying crucial supplies to the Nepali capital on Sunday, a senior army officer said, as a blockade called by Maoist rebels stretched into its fifth day.
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KATHMANDU: Hundreds of people queued up outside petrol stations in Nepalâs capital on Friday fearing fuel shortages after Maoist rebels called for a ban on vehicles entering the city.
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Maoists in Nepal on Tuesday lifted the weeklong economic blockade that had virtually paralysed Kathmandu. A joint statement issued by the six organisations affiliated to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist
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Trucks carrying diesel and gas drove into fuel-starved Katmandu on Tuesday after the government stepped up highway security, arriving for the capital's first deliveries since they were disrupted by a week-old general strike.
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New Delhi, August 21 (NNN): An indefinite nationwide strike of truckers protesting against the imposition of service tax on Saturday evoked mixed response with a section of transporters in Karnataka and Tamilnadu staying away from the protest.
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Lorries with loudspeakers drive through Burma's main city, Rangoon, warning people not to join mounting protests.
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Hundreds of people queued up outside petrol stations in Nepal's capital on Friday fearing fuel shortages as a rebel ban on vehicles entering the city entered a second day.
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KATMANDU, Nepal The Nepali capital was largely cut off from the rest of the country on Wednesday after Maoist rebels threatened to attack any vehicles traveling on main roads, in a virtual blockade of Katmandu to press their demands for the release of ...
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Fuel supplies to the Nepalese capital almost run out because of road blockade in the south, officials say.
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KATHMANDU : Maoist rebels have staged their first ever blockade of the capital cutting supplies to Kathmandu, a city of some 1.5 million people.