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“May all dreams in your eyes, all desires in your heart and all hopes in your life blend together to give you the most Happiest New Year”

Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN) is coordinating participation of Nepalis trekking agencies and adventure tour operators in the Adventure Travel Show being held on Feb 18 and 19 in San Francisco, USA. TAAN will select a maximum of 10 member agencies for participation in the travel show on first come first serve basis. The participation fee for the expo has been fixed at Rs 90,000 (one representative only), which is non-refundable. Participants will have to bear hotel accommodation, visa fees and all other expenses on their own. Travel and Adventure Show is one of the popular travel and adventure shows in US. It is organized annually in six US cities – Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Wahsington DC and San Francisco.

Muktiram Dahal

Muktiram Dahal, the peasant worker father of UCPN (Maoist) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal, passed away at his own residence in Chitwan Saturday night. He was 85-years-old.

Dahal, who had returned home in Baidiknagar, Bharatpur-6 only a week ago after undergoing treatment at Janamaitri hospital in the capital for two months, breathed his last at around 10 pm last night.

Afflicted with kidney and urine related problems since long, he underwent an operation for prostate gland while in Kathmandu.

The Maoist chair reached Chitwan with his family members yesterday night after learning about his father’s death.

There was a large gathering of Maoist party leaders, cadres and sympathizers at Dahal’s residence in Chitwan since early morning today to pay final tribute to the dead body of Dahal which was draped in party flag.

Preparation is being made to perform final rites at famous religious shrine Devghat shortly.

The late Dahal is survived by his two sons and five daughters. nepalnews.com

KATHMANDU, OCT 06 – Nepali people, especially Hindus, are observing Vijaya Dashami, the tenth and the most important day of the Dashain festival, across the country and abroad on Thursday by receiving Tika and Jamara as the token of Goddess Durga along with the blessings from their elders.

To mark the day, people visit their families and relatives to receive Tika—a mixture of rice, yogurt and vermillion—and Jamara—seedlings of wheat and other corns sown on Ghatasthapana and grown in dark for nine days.

According to Nepal Calender Determination Committee (NCDC), the most auspicious time for Dashain Tika is 10:35.

Madhav Bhattarai, the president of the committee, said the worship of Durga Bhawani at Dashaingrihas will conclude formally at 9:45 am, before Tika begins that day.

According to the committee, the whole day is auspicious to receive Tika this year.

He added it is auspicious to get Tika and blessings from the elders along with goddess Durga’s Prasad throughout the day.

Generally, the head of the family puts Tika on others. This function continues for four more days. Dashain ends on the full moon day, the fifteenth day, which is also observed as Kojagrata purnima.

Dashain is the longest and the most auspicious festival of Hindus in Nepal. Even some Buddhists join the merriment.

Goddess Durga is worshipped in all her manifestations throughout Dashain, commemorating the victory of the gods over the demons.

Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs has died aged 56, the company announced today.

Apple announced his death on its website, saying the company had lost a “visionary and creative genius and the world has lost an amazing human being”.

It said he had left behind a company that only he could have founded.

Jobs resigned as CEO in August ending his 14-year reign at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage, and which brought the world the iPod and iPhone.

The 56-year-old Apple co-founder had fought and survived a rare form of pancreatic cancer which he’d had since 2004. He had a liver transplant in 2009.

The company statement on its website, under the heading “Steve Jobs 1955-2011″, said: “Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor.”

In a separate statement issued shortly afterwards, it said: “Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.

“His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.”

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he will miss Jobs “immensely”.

Apple shares closed this morning at $US378.25 on Wall Street’s Nasdaq. The stock is expected to be placed on a trading halt when the market re-opens overnight NZT.

Dear aLL  Collegues,

This flight takes you from the Tribhuvan International Airport towards the east flying parallel to the Himalayan range and finally reaches to the point from where a spectacular view of the Everest can be seen. You shall be flying close to Mt. Langtang and Jugal himal on your way back, finally ending up with an aerial view of the entire valley.