Authorities have imposed a curfew on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each other.

Authorities have imposed a curfew in Birgunj, a city in southern Nepal bordering India, after tensions flared between Hindu and Muslim groups following the vandalism of a mosque over the weekend.

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 ...

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, 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 ...

KATHMANDU, NepalKATHMANDU, Nepal — Thousands of Indian pilgrims arrive at daybreak at Pashupatinath, the most revered Hindu temple in Nepal, after traveling long distances in buses. Hawkers greet them ...

The growing calls from pro-monarchist Hindu hardliners to re-establish monarchy and abolish secularism to declare Nepal a Hindu state, is a threat to religious minorities, say minority community ...

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 ...