According to reports, Dipendra had been drinking heavily, smoked large quantities of hashish and had "misbehaved" with a guest, which resulted in his father, King Birendra, telling his oldest son to leave the party.
The drunken Dipendra was taken to his room by his brother Prince Nirajan and cousin Prince Paras.One hour later, Dipendra returned to the party armed with an H&K MP5, a Franchi SPAS-12 and an M16 and fired a single shot into the ceiling before turning the gun on his father, King Birendra. He then shot his uncle Dhirendra in the chest at point-blank range when he tried to stop Dipendra. Prince Paras suffered slight injuries and managed to save at least three royals, including two children, by pulling a sofa over them. During the attack, Dipendra darted in and out of the room firing shots each time.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed shock and sadness over the death of veteran musician and composer of national anthem Amber Gurung.
“Late Gurung who immensely contributed to Nepali music throughout his life would always shine as a never-fading star in the sky of Nepali music,” read a statement issued by PM Oli.
He said Nepal and Nepali people will always be indebted to Gurung for his enormous contribution.
“I was stunned by the demise of musician Gurung, a shining star of Nepali music who composed Nepal’s national anthem,” said PM’s statement. PM Oli has expressed his condolences to the bereaved family of Gurung.
The height of Gurung’s patriotism that began from the composition of ‘Naulakhe Tara Udaya’ reached its pinnacle after he composed the national anthem, read the statement.
Also, former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba expressed grief on the demise of Gurung and sympathised the bereaved family.
Gurung, 79, passed away during treatment at Dhapasi-based Grande International Hospital in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.
He suffered from high blood pressure, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease.
Four months back, Kala Kshetry was only a home-creator. She invested the majority of her energy cooking, doing the dishes, washing garments, and dealing with her family.
Today, Kala works as a general technician for Khidmah LLC, a private company based in Abu Dhabi. Her days now are spent fixing ACs and general home appliances for a girls’ school.
"I was being met for the central cleaner's post. In any case, the questioner inquired as to whether I was occupied with filling in as an expert," she included. "Obviously, I declined it at first." Such works, she used to accept, were "unsatisfactory" for ladies.
Kala finally agreed to give it a try after learning about the added benefits. She underwent a rigorous training at a CTEVT centre in Kathmandu for a month. The training was supported by Nepal government and Aasha Foundation, an organisation that works with women migrants.
Her diligent work and center would pay off. In March, she was shortlisted for the position with 19 other ladies. They would turn into the primary gathering of ladies professionals to seek after livelihood in the center east.
Kala is part of a new wave of Nepali women who are pushing the envelope and are seeking employment in mostly-male dominated sectors other than domestic help--where they are more vulnerable to sexual abuse and exploitation.
More than 90 percent of 13,000 women going aboard in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year had taken up jobs other than domestic help, according to data compiled by the Department of Foreign Employment. Today, a majority of Nepali women are primarily seeking employment in manufacturing, retail, hospitality and service sectors.
Rosie Rai, 31, at first needed to be a columnist. In any case, in the wake of getting a four year college education in reporting in 2008, she chose to pick a vocation in inside configuration. She began off as an aide to an engineer fashioner for a private firm in Dubai. Today, Rai fills in as an inside outline specialist for Furniture Practice, a firm giving complete outfitting arrangement and planning situated in Dubai. She had worked for two diverse organizations prior.
“It’s a very competitive market where people are judged for their capacity rather than origin or nationality,” said Rai, a resident of Belbari in Morang. Encouraged by her professional success and future prospects, Rai recently enrolled at a private university in Dubai for a master’s in interior design.
Changing trend
Of late, a growing number of Nepali women have been taking jobs in the formal sector across the Gulf and in countries like Malaysia. It is a major paradigm shift from the days when Nepali women largely migrated abroad as household workers.
“My skills are going to be useful even when I return to Nepal. I can easily make a living as long as I have a skill and the required experience,” says Sabina Neupane, who is also a female technician at the company where Kala works.
Both Sabina and Kala earn around Rs54,000, which is a decent pay for a trainee worker. The company also provides her with accommodation, food, transportation and telephone facilities.
Women employed in the industrial and service sectors work in a relatively open environment. This makes it easier for Nepali diplomatic missions to oversee their general well-being and extend required assistance during contingencies.
Missions in the Gulf often struggle to trace Nepali women doing domestic jobs as a majority of them use illegal channels to reach there.
Nicholas McGeehan, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, believes that domestic work makes “women particularly vulnerable to physical, sexual and psychological abuses as they have to work in private homes”.
Officials at Nepali missions in the Gulf also admit that female domestic workers are more vulnerable to exploitation than industrial workers. Nepali embassies in the Gulf had rescued and repatriated more than 3,000 women since 2012 after they fell prey to abuse and exploitation.
"By and large, the government office needed to send them back looking for help from Non-Resident Nepali Associations or from the backing gave by the Foreign Employment Promotion Board. It is to a great degree difficult to give pay, not to mention equity," said Uday Raj Pandey, previous Nepali diplomat to Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad Ali has kicked the bucket at the age of 74, a family representative has said.
The previous world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world's best-known sportsmen, kicked the bucket at a healing facility in the US city of Phoenix in Arizona state subsequent to being conceded on Thursday.
He was suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson's disease.
The funeral will take place in Ali's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, his family said in a statement.
Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Ali shot to fame by winning light-heavyweight gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Nicknamed "The Greatest", the American beat Sonny Liston in 1964 to win his first world title and became the first boxer to capture a world heavyweight title on three separate occasions.
He eventually retired in 1981, having won 56 of his 61 fights.
The previous heavyweight champion was experiencing respiratory issues
He was suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson's disease.
The funeral will take place in Ali's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, his family said in a statement.
Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Ali shot to fame by winning light-heavyweight gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Nicknamed "The Greatest", the American beat Sonny Liston in 1964 to win his first world title and became the first boxer to capture a world heavyweight title on three separate occasions.
He eventually retired in 1981, having won 56 of his 61 fights.
The previous heavyweight champion was experiencing respiratory issues
India ought not stake case to the celebrated around the world $200 million Kohinoor precious stone as "it was neither stolen nor coercively taken away", the middle told the Supreme Court on Monday.
Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, appearing for the government on Monday, said this was the stand of the Culture Ministry. He also told the court that the 105-karat Kohinoor diamond was handed over to the East India Company by Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Of course, in 1850, the Marquess of Dalhousie, who was the British representative general of Punjab, constrained Punjab's Maharaja Ranjit Singh to "blessing" the precious stone to Queen Victoria in 1850.
Solicitor General Kumar on Monday also also said the response of the Ministry of External Affairs on this issue is yet to come.
The Supreme Court on Monday requested that the Center record a point by point answer inside six weeks.
The court had on April 9 asked the Centre to clearly state its position on bringing back the diamond. It was hearing a petition filed by the All India Human Rights and Social Justice Front.
At the time, Chief Justice T.S Thakur inquired as to whether it is clear that it needs the case to be released, on the grounds that the administration would confront an issue in the event that it asserted the precious stone later on.
People have been demanding the return of the 105-carat stone for decades now.
Individuals have been requesting the arrival of the 105-carat stone throughout recent decades.
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