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Indian climate panel looks to offer independent insight - DailyTech (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
The survey will track glaciers in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan. More scientific analysis on as significant a topic as understanding our planet is certainly a great idea and India's desire to avoid reliance on biased climate research sources is ...
Nepal: UN hails release of all child soldiers by Maoists - UN News Centre (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
8 February 2010 – The final batch of the nearly 3,000 child soldiers who served in the Maoist army during Nepal's decade-long civil war have been discharged and re-entered civilian life today, in a move hailed by United Nations officials as a ...
Nepal completes discharge of minors from Maoist army+ - Big Hollywood (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Nepal on Monday completed the discharge process of combatants with the Maoist army who were considered by the U.N. mission in Nepal to be illegitimate due to their being either minors or late recruits. The process ...
HIV-Infected Woman - Newsblaze.com (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nepal, a true story. In March, I remember Mina telling me, "Kamala, I want an ideal husband, quiet and loyal." She was a nice woman. Therefore, a good person for her to marry would be someone with a leading personality. I told her, "I want ...
BIG SENDERS - National Center for Policy Analysis (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
Workers from countries such as Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Romania, Zimbabwe and Kyrgyzstan are probably doing more to help the poor than any global conferences or philanthropic ventures. The financial crisis has done more than any other event to expose ...
Radio Misty Sikkim Partners Nepali Film - Media Newsline (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
Siliguri: Radio Misty Sikkim 95 fm, the first and only 24x7 fm station of Sikkim have partnered with Nepali film Angalo yo mayo ko.This film will have Indian Idol 3 star Prashant Tamang in lead role. This film is made by Sinai commercial .The ...
India aid to Bhutan, ties with Russia worrying China - IndiaTimes (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
BEIJING: India is “intensifying military penetration” in Nepal and Bhutan, a Chinese analyst said in a government-run website. The Himalayan kingdoms have become theatres of conflict between military strategists from India and China, it suggested ...
Chhota Rajan linked man claims to have killed media tycoon - Zee News (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
Kathmandu: A gangster who hails from Delhi and had links with underworld don Chhota Rajan on Monday claimed to have murdered the controversial Nepalese media tycoon Jamim Shah for his "anti-India activities", even as police has arrested 20 people in ...
2 boxing golds for hosts, tally now 17 - Bangladesh News 24 hours (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
Dhaka, Feb 8 (bdnews24.com) - Bangladesh raised its record South Asian Games gold haul to 17 on Monday, after boxers Jewel Ahmed Jonny and Abdur Rahim won their respective categories. Jewel won his lightweight 60kg bout against Ajit Gurung of Nepal ...
Last group of ex-child soldiers leaves Nepal camp - NWCN (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The last of Nepal's former child soldiers were released from government-run detention camps Monday, given pocket money, civilian clothes and a chance to start new lives. The final 237 former Maoist rebels left a camp in the ...
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Bista sets a record (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
Taekwondo player Deepak Bista set a new record on Monday by winning the gold medal in the fourth consecutive South Asian Games.
Bista defeated Bhutan’s Tashi in under-87kg final 6-1 on Monday becoming the first Nepali to set such a record. He is also
Making up - (February 7, 2010) [read more]
The trend of breaking up and making up among Nepali political parties continued on Sunday, with Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s merger with Rastriya Janasakti Party. The two bickering factions led by Surya Bahadur Thapa and Pashupati Shamsher Rana got
Jamim Shah shot dead (February 7, 2010) - [read more]
Jamim Shah, president of Channel Nepal and Space Time Network, was shot dead by two unknown gunmen Sunday afternoon. Shah was gunned down in front of the French Embassy in Lazimpat at 2:30pm, when two masked men on motorbikes fired at his car. Shah
Two golds - (February 7, 2010) [read more]
Nepal bagged two gold medals in two martial arts events a day before the 11th South Asian Games is due to end.
On Sunday, Binita Maharjan won a gold in wushu tichi scoring 8.85 points and beat her Indian opponent.
In karate 55kg event, Nepali Sunil
Silver for Nepal (February 6, 2010) - [read more]
Nepal won two silver and two bronze medals on the 9th day of the South Asian Games on Saturday.
Kumar Manandhar secured the first silver medal in the 11th South Asian Games in Dhaka. Manadhar was competing against Afghanistan’s 16-year-old Mohammad
Unity issues - (February 5, 2010) [read more]
It took a whole day for CPN-UML leaders to start bickering again. Despite a decision to put a united front on Thursday, the rift in the party displayed itself again in the CA.
Two more bronze for Nepal (February 5, 2010) - [read more]
The hope of winning gold and silver medals in wushu went down the drain after Alina Chaudhary and Jharana Gurung lost their semi-final matches against India. Alina was defeated 0-2 by Sonakher Devi in 48kg and Jharana lost by same score to Sandhya Devi
Mixed results in wushu - (February 5, 2010) [read more]
Mixed result in wushu
Two wushu players entered the semi-final round in the South Asian Games in Sylhet.
Alina Chaudhary beat Rosana Hanif of Pakistan in 48 kg sansau and Jharana Gurung defeated Molani Pathihasa of Sri Lanka in 60 kg sansau. All the
Nepali shooters miss mark (February 5, 2010) - [read more]
Nepali shooters miss mark
Nepal finished at the bottom in shooting's 10-metre air pistol event in the 11th South Asian Games.
Out of five teams, Nepali men’s team took the last spot. Nepali shooter Badaruddin Ansari scroed 549 points out of 600 while
Party feuds - (February 4, 2010) [read more]
Khanal and Oli factions of CPN-UML have finally reached a consensus after a year-long bickering . The two factions were fighting over leadership issues, and also over the party’s position regarding the Maoists. The Kathmandu Post
Two more medals (February 4, 2010) - [read more]
Nepali shuttlers claimed two bronze medals in both men's and women's team events at the South Asian Games in Dhaka on Thursday.?With two medals in badminton, Nepal's total medal tally has reached to nine bronze medals. Earlier Nepal won
Women's football suffers defeat - (February 4, 2010) [read more]
The Nepali women's football team, which is hoping to make into the final, lost its third match against India 0-5. India had a lead on Nepal by three goals until half time and added two more in the second half.
Nepal could still play in the final if it
Nepal beats Bhutan in football (February 4, 2010) - [read more]
The Nepalese football team restored some lost pride beating Bhutan in match of its group at the Bangabandu National Stadium on Wednesday. Nepal had lost two earlier matches against Bangladesh and Maldives. In Wednesday’s match, Striker Anil Gurung scored
War and peace - (February 3, 2010) [read more]
Interview broadcast simultaneously on two Palpa community FM stations Radio Muktinath and Radio Madan Pokhara on 10
Judo team returns (February 3, 2010) - [read more]
Nepali judo team returned home on Wednesday, with four bronze medals. Some of the players from the seven-member team were injured in an elevator accident in Dhaka Wednesday. Judoka Debu Thapa participated in the Games despite injury and went on to win a
Nepal News
'Australian attacks on Indians, Nepalis not racist' (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
Asia Pacific News.Net Monday 8th February, 2010 With Australia reporting the first attack on a Nepali student after a series of assaults on Indians, an education consultant in Nepal says the incidents should be regarded as criminal attacks and not racist.
Nepal V-P ends Hindi row with fresh oath (February 7, 2010) - [read more]
Vice-President Paramananda Jha takes the oath of office in his mother tongue at the President's House in Kathmandu yesterday After festering for 18 months and deepening the rift between the hill and plains people, Nepal's Hindi row yesterday came to an uneasy end with embattled Vice President Paramananda Jha retaking his oath of office and secrecy ...
Horror witch hunts target low-caste women in Nepal (February 7, 2010) - [read more]
Kalli Biswokarma was tortured by neighbors in her village in Nepal for two days and forced to eat human waste before she finally gave in and confessed to practising witchcraft.
Gunmen kill Nepal media baron with alleged Dawood links (February 7, 2010) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Twelve years after Mirza Dilshad Beg, a controversial a ' and powerful a ' Nepali MP with links with Dawood Ibrahim and the ISI, was gunned down on a public road in Kathmandu by a rival gang, a Nepali media baron, also rumoured to have the same connexions, shared the same fate.
General Richards' Visit Could Trigger a New Debate on Impunity (February 6, 2010) - [read more]
General Sir David Julian Richards' official trip to Nepal which includes a visit to the Panchkal army training camp has raised issues concerning the British government's responsibilities in dealing with a foreign government and an army that is accused of disappearances.
Nepal putting China before SAARC? (February 6, 2010) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: While the ground-breaking meeting of the home ministers of SAARC to be held in Pakistan has been postponed at Nepal's request, the Himalayan republic has, however, sent its home minister to China as per schedule.
Nepal's Maoist splinter group declares war on New Delhi (February 6, 2010) - [read more]
Already grappling with severe Maoist violence in several of its own states, India now faces a twin Maoist threat in neighbouring Nepal with a splinter group declaring war on New Delhi.
Now Kuwait's Amir seeks Gurkha bodyguards from Nepal (February 5, 2010) - [read more]
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Feb 5 : When Britain's Prince Harry served in Afghanistan last year, his royal skin was protected by Gurkha bodyguards, the valiant and fiercely loyal mountain warriors from Nepal.
Seven Hindu pilgrims killed in bus accident in Nepal (February 5, 2010) - [read more]
At least seven Hindu pilgrims, including a four-year old girl and two women, died and 14 others were injured when a bus, in which they were travelling, met with an accident at Chitwan district, 175 km from Kathmandu, police said here on Friday.
Nepal reports outbreak of bird flu (February 4, 2010) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Feb 4 : Nepal has reported an outbreak of bird flu in the country, a media report said Thursday.
Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav to visit India (February 4, 2010) - [read more]
Kathmandu: The Council of Ministers has approved Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav''s three-day official visit to India, scheduled to start from February 15.
NC president Koirala assures PM Nepal HLPM not formed to topple govt (February 4, 2010) - [read more]
Nepali Congress president and coordinator of the High Level Political Mechanism Girija Prasad Koirala has assured Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, the HLMP was not formed to topple the government, reports say.
Nepal has four months to rebuild nation after war (February 3, 2010) - [read more]
A Nepalese man sits under a tree in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 2003. KATMANDU, Nepal a ' After years of civil war and upheaval, Nepal's fate now rests with a bickering group of politicians who have less than four months to remake the government, write a new constitution and integrate thousands of former Maoist insurgents into the army they battled for a ...
IOC monopoly in Nepal market to end (February 3, 2010) - [read more]
The Indian government may end Indian Oil Corporation's monopoly in supplying petroleum products to Nepal, enabling the other state-owned refiners and private players to enter the Nepal market, reports The Telegraph of India.
World Leprosy Day observed in Nepal (February 2, 2010) - [read more]
Nepal observed the 57th World Leprosy Day throughout the country organizing various programs on Sunday.
Red Cross 'salary' for stray dog (February 1, 2010) - [read more]
NRCS president Man Bahadur Budathoki said the dog had turned up at the organisation's premises in the east of the country last month and remained there ever since, barking at any stranger who approached.
Nepal slams Maoist threat to Indian firm (February 1, 2010) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The threat by Nepala s Maoists to stop work by an Indian firm-led consortium on the 300 MW Upper Karnali hydro-power project has evoked criticism from several quarters.
Madhes parties want constitutional ground, TOR for HLPM (January 31, 2010) - [read more]
The Madhesi parties also urged UCPN , Nepali Congress and CPN-UML to ensure their representation in the HLPM at the earliest if the big three parties are genuinely working to resolve problems facing the country.
Ratify disappearance convention: NHRC (January 30, 2010) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: National Human Rights Commission Chairperson Kedar Nath Upadhyay has urged the government to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
NC leader reveals 'secret-deal' on army integration between NC president and Maoist chairman (January 29, 2010) - [read more]
NC Leader Ram Chandra Poudel Nepali Congress vice president Ram Chandra Poudel has claimed there had been a secret understanding to integrate 3000 to 5000 Maoist combatants in Nepal Army between his party president Girija Prasad Koirala and Unified CPN chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
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Jamim Shah Murder Update: Indian Says He Killed. (February 8, 2010) - [read more]
Jamim murder brings relief to Indian security agencies: Indian daily
A day after: Nepali cabinet sets up an investigation committee even as an Indian calls up a Nepali TV station in Kathmandu to admit the responsibility
So Indian killed Jamim? May be this group, may be that group. May be Indians, may be Pakistanis. An Indian has [...]