KATHMANDU, (IANS) – Nepal is witnessing a growing call for the restoration of the Hindu state. The erstwhile Hindu state adopted a federal, secular, and democratic identity in 2008. The changes took ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at a revered temple in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday to celebrate one of the country’s biggest religious festivals. In the Bankali ...

Members of the Rashtriya Prajatantra Party demonstrate to demand the restoration of Nepal’s constitutional monarchy and Hindu state (Sipa photo by Prabin Ranabhat via AP Images). This emergence of ...

KATHMANDU, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of devout Hindus thronged a temple in southern Nepal where thousands of animals and birds were sacrificed this week, amid an outcry from animal rights ...

On November 23, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, calling for the restoration of the monarchy and the country’s prior position as an officially Hindu state (currently, ...

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims from India crashed in southern Nepal Thursday, killing at least seven occupants and leaving several others injured. Police said the victims in early morning accident ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Once the only Hindu kingdom in the world, Nepal was declared a secular state by its parliament in 2006, and the monarchy was abolished two years later. Now, with a new constitution ...

Hindu holy men were joined by devotees and the public Friday at a revered temple in Kathmandu where they lit up marijuana cigarettes during an annual festival despite prohibition and warnings by ...

A religious festival in Nepal where thousands of animals are sacrificed to a Hindu goddess began on Tuesday despite calls to end the bloodshed. The two-day Gadhimai festival kicked off at a Hindu ...