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Asian Buzz| Minase Yashiro

Minase Yashiro is a Japanese actress and gravure idol. She made her debut in 2006. She will star in the 2008 Noboru Iguchi film The Machine Girl. She is currently represented by Aria, Inc. She’s debuted last year and has appeared on TV shows Sports eye ESPN SKYPerfecTV! channel 300, Idol Park 371 Channel 371 Rankin Kingdom (TBS), Pao Pao (BS), Sabadol (TV Tokyo 12) and magazines Young Jump, Flash Exciting, Monthly Gon and Weekly Asahi Entertainment. Profile Name: Minase Yashiro Birth date: February 3, 1985 Birthplace: Gifu Prefecture, Japan Blood type: O Height: 5' 5" (165cm) Taste: Indonesian food Specialties: Swimming (instructor), basketball Filmography: The Machine Girl Click the above Photos to get Enlargement.

Hollywood Buzz| Delta Goodrem

Delta Lea Goodrem (born 9 November 1984) is a multi ARIA Award winning Australian singer-songwriter, pianist and Logie Award winning actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the popular Australian soap Neighbours as Nina Tucker, and this assisted her in establishing an international music career. Her musical output usually falls under the pop and ballad genres and heavily features the piano, which she usually plays in her bare feet while performing live. Her music is usually heavily influenced by classical or Adult Contemporary music, and sometimes by others such as dance. To date, Goodrem has achieved eight number one ARIA singles and multiple UK Top 10 singles. Her debut album, 2003's Innocent Eyes, made her one of Australia's highest selling female recording artists, spending 29 weeks at #1, selling over a million copies in Australia and another 1.5 million internationally. Its successor, 2004's Mistaken Identity, entered

Woman Killed in Rolpa Landmine Explosion

Woman Killed in Rolpa Landmine Explosion THT Online Rolpa, June 24 A woman was killed when a landmine that was planted in the area of Naya Gorakh Battalion of Nepali Army exploded in Rolpa district today. Bhunti Gharti Magar, 26 who was collecting grass in the restricted area of the battalion at Satdobato of Khumel VDC-5 died when the landmine exploded at 8:15 am today, inspector at Rolpa District Police Office, Pawan Kumar Bhattarai said, adding, "Though entrance of civilians has been restricted in the areas of the battalion, Magar entered there to collect grass hiding herself." Primary details of the incident have been collected and preparations are on to take the body to district hospital for post-mortem, inspector, Bhattarai said.

Yadav Says Deadlock Should End Soon

Yadav Says Deadlock Should End Soon THT Online Kathmandu, June 25 Chairman of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Upendra Yadav said that there should be enough mechanisms to check ruling party's monopoly in national Security Council - a major point of discord between the Maoists and Nepali Congress. "It was wrong from the very beginning not to have representation of opposition party in the national Security Council and therefore we should change this provision of the constitution," he said in an interaction organised here today. He also clarified that the induction of major opposition in the NSC was not the only option and the political parties should explore other mechanisms if they deemed necessary. CPN-Maoists and CPN-UML are saying that induction of opposition party in NSC is against accepted norms and tradition whereas NC is insisting that in a post conflict country like ours, such mechanism is imperative to maintain checks and balances. Yadav said polarisation between some pa

One Killed, 16 Injured in Mishaps

One Killed, 16 Injured in Mishaps THT Online Nepalgunj, June 24 One person was killed on-the-spot and 11 others injured when an over-speeding Indian bus (BR 30 A. 2255) carrying marriage-procession met with an accident in Banke of the district last night. The bus was heading towards Janakpur from Son Barsha of India. Identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained, said Superintendent of Police Ganesh KC. Of the injured, condition of Ram Das Bairagi of Bhadsar of the district and Oli Mahamad, Devana Saha, Nagendra Saha and Chandreshawr Mahat of India is reported critical. Meanwhile, five persons were injured seriously in a truck accident occurred at Jungepulesa of Surunga in Jhapa district today. A truck with the registration number Na 2 Kha 2249, heading towards the East overturned suddenly in the Mahendra Highway and thereby injuring five people in it, said the Area Police Office, Birtamod. Those injured in the incident are Peshal Khatiwada of Okhaldhunga, Suraj Chaudhari and Nabin

Five Tourist Vehicles Vandalized in Pokhara

Five Tourist Vehicles Vandalized in Pokhara THT Online Pokhara, June 24 Agitating transport entrepreneurs vandalized five tourist vehicles which were heading to Kathmandu from Pokhara at Bijaypur of Lakhnath at 7:30 am today. Tourists traveling in the vehicles sustained minor injuries from the vandalism, Kedar Sharma, second vice chairman of Nepal Association of Tours and Travels Agents (NATTA) said. The vandalism smashed glasses of the vehicles run under NATT and tourists sustained injuries in their heads and hands, NATT said, adding, the tourists returned back to Pokhara in the respective vehicles after the vandalism. There were total of 110 tourists of Korea, Spain and India were traveling in the vehicles, NATTA said, adding that some of the tourists flew to capital and some of them forced to stay in hotels here following the incident. The NATT blamed that persons affiliated to Prithvi Highway Bus Entrepreneur Committee vandalized the vehicles as per their pre-plan. "We have no

PM May Quit Soon: Mahat

PM May Quit Soon: Mahat THT Online Kathmandu, June 24: NC leader Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat on Monday said PM Girija Prasad Koirala may announce his resignation when the process of amending the interim constitution begins on Wednesday's CA meeting. Addressing a talk programme in the capital, Mahat said Mahat also made it clear that his party would sit in the opposition at the time when Maoists and CPN-UML have decided to elect the PM and the President on the basis of the "mathematical strength" of the CA. Mahat said opposition party's representation in the NSC was necessary in the "transitional period" to bring the peace process to a logical conclusion.

Iranian National Held With Drugs

Iranian National Held With Drugs THT Online Kathmandu, June 2:4 Narcotic Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) on Friday seized 1.8 kg of methamphetamine from Iranian national Farzad Amaniyat Doust at the Tribhuvan International Airport, police said. The contraband was seized for the first time in Nepal, according to the NDCLEU. The anti-drug body said that the Iranian national was arrested when the police carried out a regular check at the departure terminal. Doust was scheduled to fly on a Quatar Airways flight to Doha. "The production and smuggling of narcotic, which is defined as 'ICE' in the world of narcotics is rapidly growing in the world and the seizure is the first of its kind in Nepal," a press release issued by the NDCLEU stated. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police Crime Division yesterday arrested five persons from different parts of the valley on charge of involvement in a series of robbery. Those arrested include Sher Bahadur Kathayat, 27, of Kailal

One-third Population Facing Risk of Kala-azar: Report

One-third Population Facing Risk of Kala-azar: Report THTonline Rabin Giri Dharan, June 24: One-third of Nepal's population faces the risk of kala-azar with numbers going upto 8,007,323 in 2007 from what was 5,616,489 in 2006, a government report states. In 2001, some 5,500,113 persons were at the risk of this disease. The report has been published by the Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD). Earlier, the disease, which is spread by sand flies, was prevelant in the Tarai but these days the disease has been found in the hilly region too. In the last three years Nepal, India and Bangladesh have jointly agreed to eradicate kala-azar by 2015 and several donors have pledged and invested more than Rs 40 million in Nepal only but, surprisingly the number of kala-azar patients and people vulnerable to the disease has been constantly rising. Special anti-kala-azar projects are underway in 12 districts including Sunsari, Morang, Jhapa, Saptari, Siraha, Sarlahi, Bara, Parsa, Mahot

CA to Decide All Issues: Gurung

CA to Decide All Issues: Gurung THT Online Kathmandu, June 24: Maoist leader Dev Gurung on Monday said his party has decided to take up the issues related to amendment to the interim constitution in the Constituent Assembly meeting. He said this decision was taken after series of meetings of the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) failed to find a way to the protracted political deadlock. Speaking at a programme, Gurung said all the constitutional issues would be discussed in the CA, where Maoists would table a bill to make the fifth amendment to the interim constitution. He accused the Nepali Congress of coming in the way of finding a solution to the political deadlock and of putting preconditions before the formation of a post-election government. "After we agreed on most of the seven preconditions set by the NC, the party came up with a new one that the main opposition party must have representation in the National Security Council (NSC)," Gurung said. He said the NC did not want