Nepal News archive for 17 December 2008
World leaders clash on Iran sanctions - Insight Magazine (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday briefed a half-dozen key Arab states on U.S.-led efforts to stem Iran ’s nuclear program but achieved no new consensus on how to prevent Iran from developing the technology for a nuclear weapon. “All …
‘Cultural diplomacy can’t be quantified’ - Business Standard (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
There is great scope for it all over the world, more so in our immediate neighbourhood. We share so much in common. We share Urdu with Pakistan, Nepali with Nepal, Bangla with Bangladesh and Tamil with Sri Lanka. We share Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam …
China sends jitters to India through Nepal - Asia Times (December 10, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU - Political and economic dynamics might have changed beyond recognition in the past half-century, but geographical reality appears to be something even Nepal’s nuclear-powered neighbors are unable to gloss over. One remains apprehensive …
Hyderabad police not intimated on Kasab’s fake ID card - Newstrack India (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (IANS) Police here have so far not found any city link to the terror attack in Mumbai though Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only militant caught alive in the horrific strike, was reportedly found in possession of a student identity card …
ISI agent held in Lucknow - Howrah.org (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
A suspected ISI agent, hailing from Pakistan, was arrested and sensitive documents related to Army seized from his possession near Charbagh railway station in Lucknow, police said on Wednesday. Abdul Jabbar alias Sikandar, a resident of Pakistani …
Nepal: Rumors Surrounding The Captured Mumbai Terrorist - Global Voices Online.org (December 15, 2008) - [read more]
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Patan rape case prosecutor yet to be paid - Times of India (December 10, 2008) - [read more]
AHMEDABAD: It has been six months since the trial in the Patan DIET-PTC gangrape commenced, but the public prosecutor appointed to nail the six accused is yet to be paid by the government. Advocate Naina Bhatt was appointed in May as a special …
Congress-sponsored strike affects life in Tripura - Thaindian.com (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
Agartala, Dec 17 (IANS) Normal life in Tripura was paralysed Wednesday with the opposition Congress enforcing a dawn-to-dusk shutdown, to press its demand for expulling two Left party legislators.Most shops and businesses, government and semi …
Nepali Times
CHAIR FIGHT (December 15, 2008) - [read more]
Although as per the calendar all the CA and the parliament committees should have their chairpersons in place by Monday, the parties are just in the process of finilising the
Chukka jam in Athens (December 11, 2008) - [read more]
A policeman shoots dead a teenager. Protesters start burning tyres on the streets. The political parties, their student unions and masked youth fight pitched battles with riot police, bringing the capital to a standstill. A chukka jam are declared at main intersections, and when that doesn’t work a nationwide bandh brings the country to a standstill, shutting schools and trapping tourists in their
Dahal bares fangs (December 8, 2008) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s threat to quit the government is meant for internal party consumption ahead of a critical central committee meeting. He’s not really going to do
Stuck in BKK (December 4, 2008) - [read more]
The week time stood still in
Interview: Per Stig Moller (November 29, 2008) - [read more]
Despite an emergency landing by his Danish Air Force aircraft in Cyprus and being stranded in Thailand because of the closure of Bangkok airport, Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller made it to Kathmandu for a two-day
CA vice-chair elected (November 29, 2008) - [read more]
The vice-chair of the CA has been finally filled after the elections on Friday. Maoist CA member Purna Kumari Subedi got elected to the position with a landslide
Parties beware (November 24, 2008) - [read more]
The latest examples of violent attacks across the country show that unless the political parties rein in their militant youth wings, they will finish off the mother
Himalmedia staff get death threats (November 22, 2008) - [read more]
Three staff of Himalmedia have been getting death threats by phone since Thursday and have been moved to safe houses, the management of the publishing house
Nepal News
Shakti Kapoor plots new villainy in Nepal (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
The first image was startling, to say the least. A local daily Monday carried a photograph of Bollywood villain Shakti Kapoor guarded by a grim member of Nepal’s Armed Police Force.
What price will the world pay to prevent environmental change? (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
Change, but at what price? After 2008 started with panic over food prices, the world seemed to be waking up to global warming.
Education tax to fund poor pupils: PM (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: In a written explanation to the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, on Tuesday, stated that the decision of the government to levy education tax on private schools was not …
‘Cultural diplomacy can’t be quantified’ (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
The Indian Council for Cultural Relations was founded in April 1950 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the country’s first education minister, to promote cultural and intellectual exchange with other countries.
Beautiful flight, rough landing (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
Photos courtesy of Carrie Holmes Top: Carrie Holmes walks to the airplane before her practice jump at 18,000 feet.
Drafting Of Statute for the Republic of Nepal Formally Begins (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
By Republica Republica is upcoming English language newspaper from Kathmandu, Nepal.
Widow women in Nepal (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
Widow women in Nepal Kamala Sarup Kathmandu, Nepal, - “I had wished for peace when my hhusband left home to resume his duty three days before he was killed at Dang Ghorahi.I will never forget his simplicity.
Nepal: Rumors Surrounding The Captured Mumbai Terrorist (December 17, 2008) - [read more]
Rumors surrounding the background and identity of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist involved in Mumbai attacks captured alive by authorities, is swirling around the internet.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Drafting Of Statute for the Republic of Nepal Formally Begins (December 16, 2008) - [read more]
By Republica
Republica is upcoming English language newspaper from Kathmandu, Nepal.
Newly formed committees at the Constituent Assembly today started the process of drafting a new constitution for the Republic of Nepal, eight months after the people elected the supreme constitution-making body.
Fourteen committees including a Constitutional Committee, 10 thematic committees and three procedural committees held separate [...]
Road Safety in Nepal (December 13, 2008) - [read more]
By Lilu Thapa
OVERCOME WITH GRIEF: Guardians of Pravin and Prabeg Subedi, who died in Thursday’s bus accident in Nawalparasi, at Bharatpur Hospital on Friday afternoon. Pic by Dipendra Baduwal
The bus accident in Nawalparsi which caused death of almost a half century of Children on the way back from a picnic highlights the road safety failure [...]
TEN Reasons to Invest in Nepal (December 9, 2008) - [read more]
By Bhupendra Khanal
Many aggressive companies are staying away from Nepal, thanks to poor security situation. The power majors are considering of huge investment in Hydropower sector to export power to the power hungry states of India and China, and this is good news for Nepal. A country with very high hydro-power potential has one of [...]
B 19, Jangpura Extension [New Delhi-110014, India] (December 9, 2008) - [read more]
The Kathmandu Post intro for the following story: Our New Delhi correspondent finds his bearings in a new city
[Here is the PDF version of the Op-Ed page of the Post dated 10 December where this article appeared after it was first published in Kantipur.]
I live in the third floor of the pink building on the [...]
Democracy And Jumbo Jets [From Bangkok Under Seize] (December 4, 2008) - [read more]
By Paul Reitman, expat from Nepal, stuck in Bangkok
[The Nepali version of this article, written two days ago, appeared in today's Kantipur Daily]
Of late, there seems to be a growing relationship between democracy and jumbo jets, although there has always been some connection ever since Jumbos first took to the air. In recent times, struggles [...]
Nepal Suffers From Cold War Paranoia (December 2, 2008) - [read more]
Ties with Beijing doesn’t mean alienating Delhi
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (right) upon arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, on Tuesday (2 Dec). Jiechi is on a three-day visit to Nepal. On the left is Foreign Minister
Upendra Yadav.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
Kathmandu has seen a flurry of high-profile visits in recent weeks. None more so than that [...]
Tomorrow: Thoughts of a Nepali Student in New York (November 29, 2008) - [read more]
The real question is what will each of us give back to the country to which we owe our identity? Or will there be no members of our generations to shoulder the responsibility – will there just be a void?
By Nisha Shrestha
This article titled was originally published in the Nov 1-15 issue of [...]
A Nepali Survives The Mumbai Attack (November 27, 2008) - [read more]
Purushottam Basyal Was Making Chinese Cuisine When Terrorists Stormed Into Taj Mahal Palace Hotel In Mumbai
By Dinesh Wagle in New Delhi
Wagle Street Journal
[Read it here in Nepali on the front page of Kantipur]
Purushottam Basyal, who hails from Malungwa village in Syangja district, works a Chef specializing in Chinese cuisine at the Taj Palace. He was [...]
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