These protests also included attacks on government buildings and the residences of political leaders, spreading chaos throughout the city.

As per a report by NDTV, Rajyalaxmi Chitrakar, the wife of Nepal's ex-prime minister Jhalanath Khanal, was burnt alive on Tuesday. She was trapped in her house, located in Dallu area in the state capital Kathmandu, which Gen Z protestors had set on fire. Chitrakar was rushed to Kirtipur Burn Hospital but died during the treatment, NDTV reported.

The Delhi-Kathmandu bus service was suspended due to unrest in Nepal, including Gen Z protests against a social media ban and government corruption. The Delhi Transport Corporation will resume operations once the situation stabilizes.

India has stepped up vigil along the borders while several states have also launched special cells to assist their residents stranded in Nepal as situation rema

Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, which was shut down due to widespread Gen Z-led protests across Nepal, has officially reopened on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU: Amid Gen Z protest violence in Nepal, several Indian nationals, including devotees returning from the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage, are stranded at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport after operations were suspended on Tuesday (Sept 9).

The Nepalese Army has extended a curfew in the Kathmandu Valley until 6 am (0015 GMT) on Thursday as violent protests plunged the capital into chaos. Billowing dark smoke was rising over the cloudy monsoon sky on Wednesday from government buildings and private offices set ablaze.

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned from his post on Tuesday. As the turmoil continues, harrowing visuals from Nepal show billows of smoke coming out of Nepal parliament.

Bengaluru, Indian tourists, many from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, are stranded in Kathmandu after unrest swept through the capital of Nepal, a tourist said on Wednesday. Gauri K, who had gone on a Kailash-Mansarovar expedition with her sister, said she was stuck along with a large number of Indians at a hotel.

The Delhi-Kathmandu international bus service operated by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) was suspended amid the chaos in the neighbouring nation, officials said on Wednesday.

At Delhi’s South Asian University (SAU), a first-year Sociology PhD student holds her phone with shaking hands, her heart hundreds of kilometres away in Kalimati — a bustling neighbourhood in Nepal’s Kathmandu, now shrouded in fear.

Far from the smoke and barricades of Kathmandu, around 3,000 Nepalese have gathered in Odisha's Jharsuguda, seeking scarce opportunities for government employment.