Nepal’s ex-prince Paras linked to Dawood’s fake currency racket – Hindustan Times (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s ex-prince Paras, son of the former Nepal king Gyanendra, has been linked to a fake currency racket run by India’s most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim. This was revealed by two Nepali nationals caught by the Madhya Pradesh ATS. The two …
Former Nepal prince fake note kingpin? – Economic Times (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh anti-terror squad on Monday arrested two Nepalese with fake Indian currency notes (FICN) who, on being interrogated, made the startling disclosure that the kingpin of the racket was none other than Nepal’s former crown …
Regional conference on climate change to be held in Nepal – People’s Daily Online (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
A two-day regional gathering on climate change will start on Monday in Nepali capital Kathmandu. The conference will discuss the risks caused by global warning among South Asian countries as well as to find out a common agenda to be put forth at the …
Oath & language ~ Nepal V-P not out of the woods – Statesman (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
NEPAL’s Vice-President, Mr Parmanand Jha, has found himself at the centre of controversy ever since he took the oath of office and secrecy in Hindi in July last year, instead of the official Nepali. The oath was written in Nepali but Jha is said to …
Nepal ex-prince kingpin of fake notes racket? – Times of India (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh anti-terror squad on Monday arrested two Nepalese with fake Indian currency notes (FICN) who, on being interrogated, made the startling disclosure that the kingpin of the racket was none other than Nepal’s former crown …
Nepal Vice President refuses to take oath in Nepali, vacates office – New Kerala (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Aug 31 : Nepal Vice President Paramananda Jha vacated his office today following his refusal to take a fresh oath in Nepali as per the August 23 Supreme Court verdict, according to reports in Himalayan Times and Kathmandu Post. The …
Nepali chases ‘Korean dream’ – Korea Herald (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
JEONJU, North Jeolla Province – Shiba Raj Pokharel is a bit of an ethnic rarity in a city not exactly known for its diverse range of expats (or their cuisines). It doesn’t seem to bother him. Raj, as he prefers to call himself, said there are around …
Supreme Court against vice president who refuses oath of office in … – AsiaNews.IT (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
Parmananda Jha took his oath of office in Hindi. The Supreme Court has ruled it was unlawful, demanding he retake it in Nepali or resign. Kathmandu (AsiaNews) – The ultimatum by the Supreme Court of Nepal to Vice President Parmananda Jha to re-take …
Nepali Times
Jha defies court (August 30, 2009) – [read more]
The Vice President Parmananda Jha refuses to retake his oath but won’t resign.
New chairperson (August 29, 2009) – [read more]
NC nominee CA member Nilambar Acharya has been elected chairperson of the Constitutional Committee.
Airport delays (August 27, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu airport is seeing major delays of up to three hours on Thursday morning after cracks were discovered on the southern and northern thresholds of the only
Stalemates ahoy (August 26, 2009) – [read more]
The Hindi oath row has caused another political
Homecoming (August 22, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returned to Kathmandu on Saturday afternoon after five-day official visit to India.
James J Donnelly, teacher (August 21, 2009) – [read more]
He found his greatest reward in the successes, small or big, of his students.
Trust-building (August 20, 2009) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s visit to India ends on subdued note
Goodwill visit (August 18, 2009) – [read more]
The prime minister’s upcoming trip to India is strictly a goodwill visit, say authorities.
Nepal News
1st climate talks in Himalayas (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
NEPAL’S prime minister opened the first climate change conference of Himalayan nations on Monday with a warning about the dangers of melting glaciers, floods and violent storms for the region.
Nepal conduit for fake Indian currency from Pakistan (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
The arrest of a Nepali youth from Uttar Pradesh’s border town of Rupadiha with fake Indian currency notes has exposed how Nepal was being used as a conduit for counterfeit Indian notes printed in Pakistan, police said Monday.
Asian countries to meet over swine flu next month (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Aug 31 : Health ministers from 11 Asian countries, including India, and World Health Organisation experts are set to meet in Nepal in September to discuss swine flu preparedness with apprehensions that the influenza A virus may become more virulent during winter.
16th SAARC summit to be held in Bhutan (August 31, 2009) – [read more]
The 16th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit is scheduled to be held in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu on April 28-29, 2010, a Nepali local media reported on Saturday.
Nepal’s armed groups (August 30, 2009) – [read more]
Based on evidences like threat notes, phone calls, fax copies and pamphlets collected from crime scenes, the Ministry of Home Affairs has recently released names of 109 armed groups and outfits assumed to be operating inside the country.
Armed Indian cop arrested in Nepal (August 30, 2009) – [read more]
BIRATNAGAR: The police on Wednesday arrested two persons, among which one claimed to be an Indian police, along with arms from Sanishchaur of Morang.
Glacial melt threatens Nepal (August 30, 2009) – [read more]
OVER two decades, Funuru Sherpa has watched the lake above his native village of Dengboche in Nepal’s Himalayas grow, as the glacier that feeds it melts.
Nepal vice-president under fresh attack (August 29, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Within hours of Nepala s government announcing it would take stringent action against an obscure armed group that had exploded a bomb nearA beleaguered Vice-President Paramananda Jhaa s residence Friday night, attackers tried to set off a second bomb that, however, was detected by police and neutralised before it could cause any damage.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Nepal’s Political Impasse (August 23, 2009) – [read more]
Ending his five-day official and ‘mandatory’ India tour, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returns to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that is going through the turbulent times: Opposition threatening to bring down a shaky coalition, anti-nationalist forces based in Nepal-India border launching vicious attacks against the State in Terai and a fragile peace process [...]
Face Value: Being a Nepali in India (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me!
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official web page of the Post.
I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out. Not that a [...]
Maoist Showdown Begins in Nepal, Again (August 8, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists block the house proceedings and have warned to stage a series of protests from both the streets and the parliament if the issue of civilian supremacy is not resolved. Prime Minister Nepal makes it clear to the Maoist chairman Prachanda that there will be no discussion on resolution motion against the President
Prime Minister Madhav [...]
Life and Death in Kandahar (August 1, 2009) – [read more]
Chopper crash survivor retells
By Dinesh Wagle
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page. Here is Nepali version PDF with more details that appeared in Kantipur daily.]
NEW DELHI- Bishnu Malla was probably the happiest man in the flight when he left Kathmandu two and half months ago. The [...]
Never Again: Maoists in Nepal and India (July 26, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist conflict has thankfully ended while India seems to have begun its own.
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page.]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“An amazing, heart gripping and emotionally loaded showcase of the reasons why not to go to war! Hope [these] photos… act as a [...]
Nepal: A Country Cursed by a Widow? (July 19, 2009) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I don’t think any Nepali will raise their eyebrows when they hear- “SATI LE SARAPEKO DESH”. Right from the unification, Nepali have witnessed ongoing severity in terms of governance. Power snatching by any means has become style in Nepal. I don’t want to go back to 17th century to dig the past. Rather [...]
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 [...]
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