India's hopes of winning the AFC Challenge Cup football tournament went up in smoke after they suffered a 0-2 defeat to Philippines here today.

This was India's second defeat in the tournament - the

India's hopes of winning the AFC Challenge Cup football tournament went up in smoke after they suffered a 0-2 defeat to Philippines here today.

This was India's second defeat in the tournament - they

A 72-year-old man from a remote valley in southwestern Nepal was on Sunday declared the shortest man ever documented after being measured by Guinness World Records officials.

At least three people were killed and five wounded in an explosion near government offices in Kathmandu on Monday, police said, in the first bomb attack in the Nepali capital for three years.

The dev

A 72-year-old man from a remote valley in southwestern Nepal was on Sunday declared the shortest man ever documented after being measured by Guinness World Records officials.

Chandra Bahadur Dangi st

A leopard dragged away and devoured a 14-year-old girl in western Nepal in what is thought to be the fifth deadly attack by the same animal in just two months, police said on Thursday.

The youngster

A 72-year old Nepalese has sought inclusion of his name in Guinness World Records, claiming to be the shortest living man on the globe.

Family members of Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who is just 22 inches

Nepalese authorities on Monday detained some 65 Tibetans, including 32 women, who were travelling from India to the capital, police said.

The Buddhist monks and nuns, who were travelling in a bus, w

Nepalese police have arrested former commerce minister Shyam Sundar Gupta in connection with the abduction of an Indian origin businessman.

A police team arrested Gupta, who is also a member of parl

In a bid to woo its land-locked southern neighbour, China on Saturday offered $135 million in aid to Nepal to beef up its infrastructure and security during a brief surprise visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.