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Nepal News archive for 05 July 2009

July 5, 2009 - From

Nepali former royal to pen historical fiction – Xinhua News Agency (July 5, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, July 5 (Xinhua) — Sheeba Shivangini Singh entered the former royal household of Nepal 15 years ago when as a teenager fresh out of school, she was married to the nephew of the then all-powerful and popular king of Nepal, Birendra. Though …

Nepal’s students go on warpath – Thaindian.com (July 5, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, July 5 (IANS) Students organisations of two of the largest parties in Nepal’s ruling alliance went on the warpath Sunday, triggering violence, arson and vandalisation in one of the oldest colleges in the capital. The All Nepal National …

Just Back From: Kathmandu, Nepal – San Francisco Gate (July 5, 2009) – [read more]
Don’t miss: The International Mountain Museum in Pokhara, Nepal, which presents the history and equipment of mountaineering, and it features the many cultures of Nepal. Don’t bother: Rushing from one tourist venue to the next. Find out where the …

Late monsoon brings fears of food shortages in Nepal – Reliefweb.int (July 5, 2009) – [read more]
LALITPUR, Nepal, July 5, 2009 (AFP) – Every year, Nepalese rice farmer Ratnakaji Maharjan celebrates the arrival of the monsoon rains by attending a centuries-old festival in this historic town near Kathmandu. The annual event, in which a huge …

A/h1n1 Flu Victims In Nepal Recovering – Turkish Weekly (July 4, 2009) – [read more]
Three persons diagnosed with the A/H1N1 flu last month have recovered after treatment in isolation for five days, the local news website Nepalnews.com on Sunday quoted Nepali health officials as saying, Xinhua reported.    The patients were given a …

Food shortage fears in Nepal – Straits Times (July 4, 2009) – [read more]
LALITPUR (Nepal) – EVERY year, Nepalese rice farmer Ratnakaji Maharjan celebrates the arrival of the monsoon rains by attending a centuries-old festival in this historic town near Kathmandu. Climate changes Balgobinda Pathak, a government agriculture …

Two arrested with Chinese pistol in Nepal – New Kerala (July 4, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Jul 3: Nepal Police have arrested two youths with a Chinese pistol from Chure forest in Triyuga Municipality-11, Udaypur district in eastern Nepal, local media reports said here today. Those arrested have been identified as Bijaya Bhatta …

Nepalese minister speaks Hindi, sparks controversy – Hindustan Times (July 5, 2009) – [read more]
The use of Hindi by a Nepalese minister, also a leader of a Terai-based party, sparked a controversy at a function in Kathmandu as the audience objected to him speaking in the language. Minister for Education Ramchandra Pasad Kushwaha, of the Terai …

Nepali Times

Maoists hound media (July 5, 2009) – [read more]
Two journalists, one the correspondent of a national daily, have left
their work stations in Phidim in eastern Nepal after death threats from
local

Danger at Kosi (July 4, 2009) – [read more]
With the onset of monsoon there has been an alarming increase in the water flow in Kosi, raising fear of embankment

More ministers (July 3, 2009) – [read more]
Expanding the cabinet for the fifth time on Friday, PM Nepal has inducted two more

Nepalis missing in Doha sink (July 2, 2009) – [read more]
Twelve Nepalis are said to be among the 29 people who have gone missing after a ship capsised off the Doha coast on

Nepal’s Maoists feel heat (June 30, 2009) – [read more]
A week after the Indian government banned the Communist Party of India (Maoist), the party has published a strongly-worded letter to their Nepali comrades accusing them of abandoning the

New ministers (June 25, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet fourth time on Wednesday a month he took office. The cabinet is yet to take a full

Menon leaves (June 21, 2009) – [read more]
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivashankar Menon wrapped up his two-day
official visit to Nepal, promising support from the southern neighbour and efforts to resolve the border

Poudel wins (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
NC’s vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel has been elected the leader of its parliamentary party. The PP now has an elected leader after a gap of 14

Nepal News

Nepalese minister speaks Hindi, sparks controversy (July 5, 2009) – [read more]

The use of Hindi by a Nepalese minister, also a leader of a Terai-based party, sparked a controversy at a function in Kathmandu as the audience objected to him speaking in the language.

At least nine killed in Nepal landslides (July 4, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: At least nine people have been killed in landslides triggered by torrential rains in Nepal, an official said on Thursday.

Save Mt Everest – with an apple pie (July 4, 2009) – [read more]

Want to save Mt Everest, the universal symbol of grandeur, toughness and adventure? Then eat an apple pie.

Let House Proceedings Resume, Koirala tells Maoists (July 4, 2009) – [read more]

Biratnagar, July 3: Nepali Congress president and former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has requested the Unified CPN-Maoist to help resume the House proceedings.

7 killed as Nepal villagers clash (July 3, 2009) – [read more]

Six people have been arrested after a turf war over what is known as Nepal’s `herbal Viagra’ erupted in a remote northern district, resulting in the death of seven villagers, police said yesterday.

Nepal PM expands cabinet under siege (July 3, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, July 3 : Given only a couple more weeks by the Maoists and unable to table the budget in parliament due to their opposition, Nepal’s beleaguered Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Friday expanded his cabinet in a surprise move, inducting two more ministers.

Nepal bar offers Michael Jackson theme cocktails (July 3, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, July 3 : King of pop Michael Jackson’s untimely death last week spurred fresh public interest in him worldwide.

Nepal gays hail Delhi High Court verdict (July 2, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, July 2 : Nepal’s gay community Thursday hailed the landmark ruling by the New Delhi High Court legalising sex between consenting adult homosexuals, calling it a ‘liberalisation from British colonialism’ and hoping it would lead to similar freedom in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

Happy Republic Day Nepal :) (May 29, 2009) – [read more]
The Himalayan Republic Celebrates First Republic Day Anniversary
[From a year ago: 1. Nepal is Declared a Republic!!! 2. Minute by Minute Account of the Historic Session of the CA that Declared Nepal a Republic

Republic Day rally in Pokhara, Nepal. Pic by Krishna Mani Baral
The first anniversary of the declaration of federal democratic republic of Nepal [...]

Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) – [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]

The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) – [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]

A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]

Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) – [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]

Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) – [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]

This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]

EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]

How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) – [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]

Nepal News archive for 04 July 2009

July 4, 2009 - From

US to grant financial support to restore world heritage site in Nepal – Philippine Star Online (June 26, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (Xinhua) — The United States Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation(AFCP), 2009, will offer financial support for the restoration of the intricately carved stone sculpture of Tusha Hiti and the Bhandarkhal Tank at the Patan Royal …

Save Mt Everest – with an apple pie – Hindustan Times (July 4, 2009) – [read more]
Want to save Mt Everest, the universal symbol of grandeur, toughness and adventure? Then eat an apple pie. A mountaineer and entrepreneur has hit upon the novel scheme of selling apple pies to save the world’s tallest peak from becoming the highest …

Journalists caught up in Nepal’s power struggle – Khaleej Times (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU – Nepalese journalist Gyanendra Mishra believes he was lucky to survive an attack by gunmen earlier this year. The 25-year-old radio producer suffered bullet wounds to his left shoulder when three armed men attacked him in broad daylight …

Nepal seeks to increase cultural awareness in Korea – Korea Herald (June 28, 2009) – [read more]
With two years under its belt since opening up its doors in Korea, the Nepali Embassy is currently running its first cultural exhibition in downtown Seoul. The exhibition titled, “Nepal, a Land of Culture, Nature and Opportunities,” highlights the …

Nepal¡¦s power struggle puts pressure on media – Taipei Times (June 28, 2009) – [read more]
Nepalese journalist Gyanendra Mishra believes he was lucky to survive an attack by gunmen earlier this year. The 25-year-old radio producer suffered bullet wounds to his left shoulder when three armed men attacked him in broad daylight, putting him …

Karishma earns the honour of carrying Nepal’s flag – Himalayan Times (June 29, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Record breaking Nepali swimmer Karishma Karki carried the national flag at the march-pass during the opening ceremony of the first Youth Asian Games in Singapore today. Olympian Karki, who won 12 gold medals at a single meet during the …

China frets at new Tibetan protests in Nepal – Thaindian.com (July 1, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, July 1 (IANS) Fretting at the resumption of anti-China protests in Nepal by Tibetan refugees, Beijing has sent a delegation to Kathmandu to seek support from the new government of Nepal to quell them. Zhang Jiuhuan, a former ambassador to …

Rights groups from Nepal declare solidarity for Tibetan exiles – Phayul (June 29, 2009) – [read more]
The delegation consists of members representing Sambad Nepal, an NGO based in Pokhara in Western Nepal that actively works in promoting human rights, and Human Rights Organisation of Nepal (HURON). The group said they were in Dharamsala, the seat of …

Nepali Times

Danger at Kosi (July 4, 2009) – [read more]
With the onset of monsoon there has been an alarming increase in the water flow in Kosi, raising fear of embankment

More ministers (July 3, 2009) – [read more]
Expanding the cabinet for the fifth time on Friday, PM Nepal has inducted two more

Nepalis missing in Doha sink (July 2, 2009) – [read more]
Twelve Nepalis are said to be among the 29 people who have gone missing after a ship capsised off the Doha coast on

Nepal’s Maoists feel heat (June 30, 2009) – [read more]
A week after the Indian government banned the Communist Party of India (Maoist), the party has published a strongly-worded letter to their Nepali comrades accusing them of abandoning the

New ministers (June 25, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet fourth time on Wednesday a month he took office. The cabinet is yet to take a full

Menon leaves (June 21, 2009) – [read more]
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivashankar Menon wrapped up his two-day
official visit to Nepal, promising support from the southern neighbour and efforts to resolve the border

Poudel wins (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
NC’s vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel has been elected the leader of its parliamentary party. The PP now has an elected leader after a gap of 14

Nominations filed (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
As the NC gears up for elections to choose the members of it’s parliamentary party (PP) working committee, four senior leaders file their nominations for the PP

Nepal News

Let House Proceedings Resume, Koirala tells Maoists (July 4, 2009) – [read more]

Biratnagar, July 3: Nepali Congress president and former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has requested the Unified CPN-Maoist to help resume the House proceedings.

7 killed as Nepal villagers clash (July 3, 2009) – [read more]

Six people have been arrested after a turf war over what is known as Nepal’s `herbal Viagra’ erupted in a remote northern district, resulting in the death of seven villagers, police said yesterday.

Nepal PM expands cabinet under siege (July 3, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, July 3 : Given only a couple more weeks by the Maoists and unable to table the budget in parliament due to their opposition, Nepal’s beleaguered Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Friday expanded his cabinet in a surprise move, inducting two more ministers.

Nepal bar offers Michael Jackson theme cocktails (July 3, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, July 3 : King of pop Michael Jackson’s untimely death last week spurred fresh public interest in him worldwide.

Nepal gays hail Delhi High Court verdict (July 2, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, July 2 : Nepal’s gay community Thursday hailed the landmark ruling by the New Delhi High Court legalising sex between consenting adult homosexuals, calling it a ‘liberalisation from British colonialism’ and hoping it would lead to similar freedom in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Swine flu infection cases rise to five in Nepal (July 2, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, July 2 : Three days after Nepal reported its first cases of swine flu, health officials Thursday said the Influenza A virus has also been detected in two more.

China frets at new Tibetan protests in Nepal (July 1, 2009) – [read more]

Fretting at the resumption of anti-China protests in Nepal by Tibetan refugees, Beijing has sent a delegation to Kathmandu to seek support from the new government of Nepal to quell them.

Indian arrested from Kathmandu airport (July 1, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, June 30 : An Indian man was arrested from Nepal’s sole international airport in Kathmandu Tuesday.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

Happy Republic Day Nepal :) (May 29, 2009) – [read more]
The Himalayan Republic Celebrates First Republic Day Anniversary
[From a year ago: 1. Nepal is Declared a Republic!!! 2. Minute by Minute Account of the Historic Session of the CA that Declared Nepal a Republic

Republic Day rally in Pokhara, Nepal. Pic by Krishna Mani Baral
The first anniversary of the declaration of federal democratic republic of Nepal [...]

Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) – [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]

The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) – [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]

A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]

Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) – [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]

Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) – [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]

This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]

EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]

How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) – [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]

Nepal News archive for 03 July 2009

July 3, 2009 - From

Nepal bar offers Michael Jackson theme cocktails – Thaindian.com (July 3, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, July 3 (IANS) King of pop Michael Jackson’s untimely death last week spurred fresh public interest in him worldwide. Now an enterprising restaurant in Kathmandu, a city that was not in the singer’s ken, is hoping to cash in on that …

Lashkar shifting base from Pak to Nepal – Rediff (July 3, 2009) – [read more]
Indian intelligence agencies are bracing themselves up for a new plan by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba [ Images ].  The dreaded Pakistan-based outfit has plans of shifting its entire base to Nepal in the next few months, according to the confession of Omar …

Nepal’s gay lawmaker hails Delhi HC verdict on homosexuality – Times of India (July 3, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s first gay lawmaker has hailed Delhi High Court’s ruling legalising homosexuality and said that it will give positive message in the entire South Asia region regarding the rights of the sexual minorities. “We are very happy to learn …

7 killed in Nepal’s Viagra war – New Kerala (July 3, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, July 3 : Six people have been arrested after a turf war over what is known as Nepal’s ‘herbal Viagra’ erupted in a remote northern district, resulting in the death of seven villagers, police said Friday. All seven victims are from the …

Nepal landslide buries homes, villages, killing 9 – China Post (July 3, 2009) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal — Landslides triggered by monsoon rains swept through three villages in Nepal’s mountainous west Thursday, burying homes and killing at least nine people, a ministry official said. The government was preparing to send rescue teams to …

Win a trip to Nepal with Capital Cause – Scoop (July 2, 2009) – [read more]
The team behind Capital Cause Charitable Trust are pushing past Wellington’s city limits and taking their unique spin on charity engagement global. This winter the team have got their sights set on the Orphan Help Centre in Nepal and created a …

The long road to safe motherhood in Nepal – Science Centric (July 2, 2009) – [read more]
Women in Nepal face the highest risk of maternal death in South Asia. The country’s high rates of maternal death and reproductive morbidity will be discussed today at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) South Asia Day. The …

US to grant financial support to restore world heritage site in Nepal – Philippine Star Online (June 26, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU (Xinhua) — The United States Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation(AFCP), 2009, will offer financial support for the restoration of the intricately carved stone sculpture of Tusha Hiti and the Bhandarkhal Tank at the Patan Royal …

Nepali Times

Nepalis missing in Doha sink (July 2, 2009) – [read more]
Twelve Nepalis are said to be among the 29 people who have gone missing after a ship capsised off the Doha coast on

Nepal’s Maoists feel heat (June 30, 2009) – [read more]
A week after the Indian government banned the Communist Party of India (Maoist), the party has published a strongly-worded letter to their Nepali comrades accusing them of abandoning the

New ministers (June 25, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet fourth time on Wednesday a month he took office. The cabinet is yet to take a full

Menon leaves (June 21, 2009) – [read more]
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivashankar Menon wrapped up his two-day
official visit to Nepal, promising support from the southern neighbour and efforts to resolve the border

Poudel wins (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
NC’s vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel has been elected the leader of its parliamentary party. The PP now has an elected leader after a gap of 14

Nominations filed (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
As the NC gears up for elections to choose the members of it’s parliamentary party (PP) working committee, four senior leaders file their nominations for the PP

Decision reversed (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
The government has reversed the previous government’s decision to sack Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal and appoint Kul Bahadur Khadka as the acting chief. The move has ignited criticism not only from the Maoists but from UML leaders as

House expands (June 17, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal inducted 10 new ministers on Wednesday. However, a full-fledged cabinet was not formed as three Madhesi parties failed to send their

Nepal News

Nepal gays hail Delhi High Court verdict (July 2, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, July 2 : Nepal’s gay community Thursday hailed the landmark ruling by the New Delhi High Court legalising sex between consenting adult homosexuals, calling it a ‘liberalisation from British colonialism’ and hoping it would lead to similar freedom in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Swine flu infection cases rise to five in Nepal (July 2, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, July 2 : Three days after Nepal reported its first cases of swine flu, health officials Thursday said the Influenza A virus has also been detected in two more.

China frets at new Tibetan protests in Nepal (July 1, 2009) – [read more]

Fretting at the resumption of anti-China protests in Nepal by Tibetan refugees, Beijing has sent a delegation to Kathmandu to seek support from the new government of Nepal to quell them.

Indian arrested from Kathmandu airport (July 1, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, June 30 : An Indian man was arrested from Nepal’s sole international airport in Kathmandu Tuesday.

U.S. Ambassadors Fund Supports Projects at Eight World Heritage Sites (June 30, 2009) – [read more]

The restoration of the intricately carved stone sculpture of the Tusha Hiti and Bhandarkhal Tank at the Patan Royal Palace in Kathmandu, Nepal, is one of eight projects at World Heritage Sites to receive financial support from the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation in 2009.

Manipal medical institution under fresh attack in Nepal (June 30, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Just four months after it was targeted by trade unions, the Manipal College of Medical Sciences in Nepal, one of the major Indian collaborations in the Himalayan republic, came under attack again Monday with a group of outsiders vandalising the office and manhandling doctors and nurses.

Swine flu strikes Nepal (June 30, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, June 29 : Nepal Monday reported its first case of swine flu with three members of the same family testing positive.

Journalists caught up in power tussle (June 29, 2009) – [read more]

“My parents are very worried and they are asking me to change my profession.” Media workers are increasingly finding themselves caught up in the bitter struggle for power in Nepal after the fall of the Maoist-led government in May.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

Happy Republic Day Nepal :) (May 29, 2009) – [read more]
The Himalayan Republic Celebrates First Republic Day Anniversary
[From a year ago: 1. Nepal is Declared a Republic!!! 2. Minute by Minute Account of the Historic Session of the CA that Declared Nepal a Republic

Republic Day rally in Pokhara, Nepal. Pic by Krishna Mani Baral
The first anniversary of the declaration of federal democratic republic of Nepal [...]

Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) – [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]

The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) – [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]

A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]

Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) – [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]

Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) – [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]

This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]

EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]

How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) – [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]

Nepal News archive for 02 July 2009

July 2, 2009 - From

Prachanda hopes for formation of new Maoist-led government in Nepal – Newstrack India (July 2, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, July 2 (ANI): Former Nepal Prime Minister and Unified CPN (Maoist) Chairman Prachanda has claimed that a new government under the leadership of his party would be formed within next one-and-half months. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday …

Former Nepali PM claims of forming national gov’t within months – Xinhua News Agency (July 1, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, July 2 (Xinhua) — Former Prime Minister and Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (UCPN-M) Chairman Prachanda has claimed that his party would form a national government within next one-and-half month, The Rising Nepal reported on …

Nepal landslide buries homes, villages killing 9 – Seattle Times (July 2, 2009) – [read more]
Landslides triggered by monsoon rains swept through three villages in Nepal’s mountainous west Thursday, burying homes and killing at least nine people, a ministry official said. KATMANDU, Nepal — Landslides triggered by monsoon rains swept through …

Microsoft out, Intranet Dashboard in at Kathmandu – Itwire.com (July 1, 2009) – [read more]
Australian outdoor clothing retailer Kathmandu has ousted Microsoft’s SharePoint platform and deployed an alternative, home-grown software solution from Intranet Dashboard, citing the higher cost of the Microsoft solution as the primary reason for …

Landslide hits villages in Nepal’s mountains, buries homes, killing 9 … – Los Angeles Times (July 2, 2009) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Landslides triggered by monsoon rains swept through three villages in Nepal’s mountainous west Thursday, burying homes and killing at least nine people, a ministry official said. The government was preparing to send rescue …

Berkley teacher earns media fame in a Nepal rice field – Farmington Observer (July 1, 2009) – [read more]
Berkley High School teacher Martha Cain is on a month-long trip to Nepal as a Fulbright Scholar, an educational exchange program. In this, her third memo to home, Cain reflects on a rice festival in Pokhara, and hints at more stories to come about …

Nepali Globetrotter Seeks Public Help After Thugs Stole His Bike – BruDirect (July 1, 2009) – [read more]
Bandar Seri Begawan – Bearing the slogans of “World Peace,” “Brotherhood” and “Save the World from HIV and AIDS,” Krishna Raj Baral from Nepal is in the midst of realising his plans to cycle around the world to extend his noble cause. In the current …

U.S. to grant financial support to restore world heritage site in … – Xinhua News Agency (June 26, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, June 27 (Xinhua) — The United States Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), 2009, will offer financial support for the restoration of the intricately carved stone sculpture of Tusha Hiti and the Bhandarkhal Tank at the Patan …

Nepali Times

Nepalis missing in Doha ship sink (July 2, 2009) – [read more]
Twelve Nepalis are said to be among the 29 people who have gone missing after a ship capsised off the Doha coast on

Nepal’s Maoists feel heat (June 30, 2009) – [read more]
A week after the Indian government banned the Communist Party of India (Maoist), the party has published a strongly-worded letter to their Nepali comrades accusing them of abandoning the

New ministers (June 25, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet fourth time on Wednesday a month he took office. The cabinet is yet to take a full

Menon leaves (June 21, 2009) – [read more]
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivashankar Menon wrapped up his two-day
official visit to Nepal, promising support from the southern neighbour and efforts to resolve the border

Poudel wins (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
NC’s vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel has been elected the leader of its parliamentary party. The PP now has an elected leader after a gap of 14

Nominations filed (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
As the NC gears up for elections to choose the members of it’s parliamentary party (PP) working committee, four senior leaders file their nominations for the PP

Decision reversed (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
The government has reversed the previous government’s decision to sack Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal and appoint Kul Bahadur Khadka as the acting chief. The move has ignited criticism not only from the Maoists but from UML leaders as

House expands (June 17, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal inducted 10 new ministers on Wednesday. However, a full-fledged cabinet was not formed as three Madhesi parties failed to send their

Nepal News

China frets at new Tibetan protests in Nepal (July 1, 2009) – [read more]

Fretting at the resumption of anti-China protests in Nepal by Tibetan refugees, Beijing has sent a delegation to Kathmandu to seek support from the new government of Nepal to quell them.

Indian arrested from Kathmandu airport (July 1, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, June 30 : An Indian man was arrested from Nepal’s sole international airport in Kathmandu Tuesday.

U.S. Ambassadors Fund Supports Projects at Eight World Heritage Sites (June 30, 2009) – [read more]

The restoration of the intricately carved stone sculpture of the Tusha Hiti and Bhandarkhal Tank at the Patan Royal Palace in Kathmandu, Nepal, is one of eight projects at World Heritage Sites to receive financial support from the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation in 2009.

Manipal medical institution under fresh attack in Nepal (June 30, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Just four months after it was targeted by trade unions, the Manipal College of Medical Sciences in Nepal, one of the major Indian collaborations in the Himalayan republic, came under attack again Monday with a group of outsiders vandalising the office and manhandling doctors and nurses.

Swine flu strikes Nepal (June 30, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, June 29 : Nepal Monday reported its first case of swine flu with three members of the same family testing positive.

Journalists caught up in power tussle (June 29, 2009) – [read more]

“My parents are very worried and they are asking me to change my profession.” Media workers are increasingly finding themselves caught up in the bitter struggle for power in Nepal after the fall of the Maoist-led government in May.

Soap brings message of change to rural Nepal (June 29, 2009) – [read more]

When the power cuts that frequently plague Nepal were at their worst this winter, one of the biggest frustrations for many people was missing their favourite television soap opera.

Nepal bans pockets to stamp out bribetaking at airport (June 29, 2009) – [read more]

The authority said it was issuing the garments to all officials after uncovering widespread corruption at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

Happy Republic Day Nepal :) (May 29, 2009) – [read more]
The Himalayan Republic Celebrates First Republic Day Anniversary
[From a year ago: 1. Nepal is Declared a Republic!!! 2. Minute by Minute Account of the Historic Session of the CA that Declared Nepal a Republic

Republic Day rally in Pokhara, Nepal. Pic by Krishna Mani Baral
The first anniversary of the declaration of federal democratic republic of Nepal [...]

Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) – [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]

The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) – [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]

A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]

Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) – [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]

Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) – [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]

This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]

EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]

How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) – [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]

Nepal News archive for 01 July 2009

July 1, 2009 - From

Nepali cartel running Goa casinos is fleecing patrons: minister – New Kerala (June 30, 2009) – [read more]
Panaji, July 1 : Goa Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao Wednesday said here that most casinos in the state are operated by a Nepali cartel, which fleeces patrons with a measly two percent pay out ratio. “I have been playing in casinos …

Indian arrested from Kathmandu airport – Hindustan Times (June 30, 2009) – [read more]
An Indian man was arrested from Nepal’s sole international airport in Kathmandu on Tuesday. According to police, Anil Kumar Sharma, who checked in at the Tribhuvan International Airport in the morning to catch an Indian Airlines flight to New Delhi …

Visiting MPs from Nepal pledge support for Tibet – Phayul (June 24, 2009) – [read more]
Dharamsala, June 24: A group of visiting Nepali Parliamentary members are pledging to speak for Tibet and the plight of Tibetan refugees in Nepal after they return to their country at the end of their three-day visit here. A handout photo shows …

Nepal Requires Pocketless Uniform On Airport Workers To Stop Bribe … – All Headline News (June 30, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) – Nepal’s airport workers have been accused of taking bribes from travelers prompting the government to require them to wear uniform without pockets to stop the malpractice. The anti-corruption agency Commission for the …

Nepali Congress asks Maoist to join govt – Times of India (June 30, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: A key partner in the Nepal government today asked the Maoists to join the 22-party coalition and provide the much-needed stability to push ahead with the stalled peace process instead of trying to topple the administration. A day after …

Nepal police detain Tibetan exiles near border with China – Earthtimes (June 26, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu – Nepalese police arrested nine Tibetan exiles Friday who were trying to make their way to the Tibetan border as part of their Free Tibet campaign. A group of several dozen Tibetan exiles hired a bus in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and …

Nepali cabinet expanded with 5 more ministers sworn in – Xinhua News Agency (June 24, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, June 24 (Xinhua) — The cabinet of Nepal has been expanded with five more ministers sworn in on Wednesday afternoon. Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, in the presence of President Ram Baran Yadav, administered the oath of office …

Nepal issues high alert for H1N1 flu – Gulf Times (June 30, 2009) – [read more]
With the record of its first three cases of A/H1N1 flu, the Nepal government yesterday issued high alert status in hospitals nationwide. Nepal confirmed on Monday its first cases of H1N1 flu virus, in three members of a family who had returned from …

Nepali Times

Nepal’s Maoists feel heat (June 30, 2009) – [read more]
A week after the Indian government banned the Communist Party of India (Maoist), the party has published a strongly-worded letter to their Nepali comrades accusing them of abandoning the

New ministers (June 25, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet fourth time on Wednesday a month he took office. The cabinet is yet to take a full

Menon leaves (June 21, 2009) – [read more]
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivashankar Menon wrapped up his two-day
official visit to Nepal, promising support from the southern neighbour and efforts to resolve the border

Poudel wins (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
NC’s vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel has been elected the leader of its parliamentary party. The PP now has an elected leader after a gap of 14

Nominations filed (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
As the NC gears up for elections to choose the members of it’s parliamentary party (PP) working committee, four senior leaders file their nominations for the PP

Decision reversed (June 20, 2009) – [read more]
The government has reversed the previous government’s decision to sack Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal and appoint Kul Bahadur Khadka as the acting chief. The move has ignited criticism not only from the Maoists but from UML leaders as

House expands (June 17, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal inducted 10 new ministers on Wednesday. However, a full-fledged cabinet was not formed as three Madhesi parties failed to send their

Picking fights (June 15, 2009) – [read more]
The new cabinet, which has been expanded twice in three weeks since the government was formed, once again fails to take a complete shape. The people, on the other hand, are stuggling against the continous

Nepal News

U.S. Ambassadors Fund Supports Projects at Eight World Heritage Sites (June 30, 2009) – [read more]

The restoration of the intricately carved stone sculpture of the Tusha Hiti and Bhandarkhal Tank at the Patan Royal Palace in Kathmandu, Nepal, is one of eight projects at World Heritage Sites to receive financial support from the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation in 2009.

Manipal medical institution under fresh attack in Nepal (June 30, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Just four months after it was targeted by trade unions, the Manipal College of Medical Sciences in Nepal, one of the major Indian collaborations in the Himalayan republic, came under attack again Monday with a group of outsiders vandalising the office and manhandling doctors and nurses.

Swine flu strikes Nepal (June 30, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, June 29 : Nepal Monday reported its first case of swine flu with three members of the same family testing positive.

Journalists caught up in power tussle (June 29, 2009) – [read more]

“My parents are very worried and they are asking me to change my profession.” Media workers are increasingly finding themselves caught up in the bitter struggle for power in Nepal after the fall of the Maoist-led government in May.

Soap brings message of change to rural Nepal (June 29, 2009) – [read more]

When the power cuts that frequently plague Nepal were at their worst this winter, one of the biggest frustrations for many people was missing their favourite television soap opera.

Nepal bans pockets to stamp out bribetaking at airport (June 29, 2009) – [read more]

The authority said it was issuing the garments to all officials after uncovering widespread corruption at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport.

Prachanda promises another stir (June 28, 2009) – [read more]

‘We will soon launch another People’s Movement,’ he said addressing his workers yesterday.

Five Indians narrowly escape lynching in Nepal (June 28, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, June 28 : Five Indian men narrowly escaped being lynched in Nepal Sunday on suspicion of being child lifters after growing public fears over an increase in the number of kidnappings.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]

Happy Republic Day Nepal :) (May 29, 2009) – [read more]
The Himalayan Republic Celebrates First Republic Day Anniversary
[From a year ago: 1. Nepal is Declared a Republic!!! 2. Minute by Minute Account of the Historic Session of the CA that Declared Nepal a Republic

Republic Day rally in Pokhara, Nepal. Pic by Krishna Mani Baral
The first anniversary of the declaration of federal democratic republic of Nepal [...]

Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) – [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]

The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) – [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]

A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]

Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) – [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]

Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) – [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]

This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]

EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]

How Maoist-Delhi Relations Soured (May 8, 2009) – [read more]
The game in the background. How India played a role in the downfall of the first ever democratically elected Maoist government in Nepal.
By Akhilesh Upadhyay
KATHMANDU- The turn of events that first led to the sacking and reinstatement of Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal exposed that relations between New Delhi and the Maoists once on [...]