Kathmandu, July 2 (IANS) Nepal’s Foreign Minister, Shishir Khanal, has clarified that the Indian helicopter intercepted in Nepal’s airspace in the western border district of Darchula on June 10 had entered Nepali territory due to adverse weather conditions. Responding to lawmakers’ oral questions related to his ministry during Wednesday’s meeting of the National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament, Minister Khanal said that the Nepali government had received information indicatin…
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Kathmandu, March 23 (IANS) Nepal has decided to allow solo foreign trekkers to visit designated restricted areas, ending the existing permit system that previously allowed access only to groups. The country has designated 15 areas across 13 mountain districts bordering China as restricted zones, where foreigners cannot travel without obtaining special permits and fees to the authorities. The areas include Upper Mustang, Taplejung, Sankhuwasabha, Solukhumbu, Dolakha, Rasuwa, two areas of Gorkha, …