KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Nepal’s former royal family held a rally Wednesday demanding the restoration of monarchy in the Himalayan nation. They gathered around the statue of ...

When Army chief Gen Ashok Raj Sigdel addressed the nation Tuesday, there was a portrait of Prithvi Narayan Shah, the monarch who unified Nepal, in the background. To many in Nepal, which burst into ...

Nepal's political turmoil deepened this week as mass protests against corruption, unemployment, and political instability turned violent, leaving at least 20 people dead. The immediate spark was a ...

In the 1760s, Prithvi Narayan Shah raised one rupee from each household and travelled down to Banaras to buy weapons for his military conquests. While there, he saw that the Hinduism practiced even in ...