A judicial panel has submitted a report to Nepal's government into riots that rocked the Himalayan kingdom in late December over alleged anti-Nepal comments by a Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan, an official said Saturday. Diplomat's expulsion pre-empts Nepali police questioning Police here feel thwarted in their efforts to further question the senior Pakistani diplomat who was ordered to leave Nepal by Saturday, after a raid at his residence revealed 16 kg of explosives. There was high drama as a senior Pakistani diplomat, caught here with 16 kg of explosives, put up stiff resistance when Kathmandu Police raided the house where he was putting up. The Nepal government will launch a nationwide campaign this month to eradicate diseases related to Vitamin A deficiency among some three million children, official sources said. Nepal ready for talks with Maoist rebels Nepal's centrist government is ready for talks with Maoist rebels to end a bloody conflict in the Himalayan kingdom, Deputy Prime Minister Ram Chandra Poudel said Sunday.
Maoist rebels extend talks offer to Nepal govt.
Maoist rebels have extended an offer for talks to Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's government after two violent attacks on police forces last week in which some 60 policemen were killed. Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto said it is up to her husband Asif Zardari to decide whether he should remain active in Pakistani political life. The leader of a Pakistani fundamentalist Islamic party told a huge public rally on Monday Islam was facing aggression from world powers and that Muslims had a right to defend themselves. Sri Lanka's top foreign investment regulator is being hauled over the coals in the country's first high-profile bribery probe, but the government admits that it is only the tip of an iceberg. Kumaratunga leaves on foreign trip Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga left Colombo Thursday for an unknown destination, a day after her government survived an opposition bid to topple it.