Mobile phones go down

Mobile phone connections in the capital have gone down since Saturday afternoon.

No reason was given.

The mobile phones went down as tens of thousands of people took to the Kathmandu streets on Saturday defying curfew orders and denouncing Friday's royal proclamation.

The authorities have been disconnecting mobile telephones in the past to thwart opposition rallies.

The state-run Nepal Telecom and the private sector Spice Cell are major cellular phone operators in the country.

nepalnews.com by Apr 22 06