Thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu to mark "Shravan Sakranti," the beginning of the holy month of Shravan dedicated to Lord Shiva. Long queues of worshippers ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A lockdown has been imposed and security heightened in a city in southwest Nepal to prevent clashes between Hindus and Muslims. Trouble began over the weekend over a ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — 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.

Thanks largely to his perseverance and advocacy, Christian churches in Nepal—which was officially a Hindu state until 2007—have gained legal recognition for the first time.

Nepal is a Hindu majority country that turned secular just a few years ago. Communal violence is not common in the South Asian country. Article Topic Follows: AP National News Jump to comments ↓ ...

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, Nepal (AP) — 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.

KATHMANDU, Nepal >> Despite quickly escalating tensions between Hindus and Muslims, the night passed peacefully after a lockdown was imposed and security heightened in a city in southwest Nepal ...

A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims has crashed in Nepal, causing the deaths of six Indians and one Nepalese person. Several others were also injured in the incident.

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Catholic church in Nepal says it has received threatening phone calls from a person claiming to belong to an underground Hindu group that bombed the church three years ago.