Nepal News archive for 30 September 2009
Group aims to halt sexual slavery in Berks County - Reading Eagle (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
A group fighting human trafficking and sexual slavery said it is trying to mobilize people in Berks County to combat the problem following a series of raids on Asian massage parlors that police say were fronts for prostitution. Bob Morrison of …
Fugitive member of 1960s LSD ring arrested - Orange County Register (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
A fugitive member of a local group that distributed LSD worldwide has been arrested after nearly 40 years on the run. Brenice Lee Smith, 64, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday after flying in from Hong Kong, the OC Weekly …
UPI NewsTrack TopNews - United Press International (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa, Sept. 30 (UPI) — Aid Wednesday began pouring into quake- and tsunami-hit American Samoa as President Barack Obama declared a major disaster exists. His declaration Tuesday also ordered federal aid to help local recovery …
Church collapse in Nepal kills 23 - United Press International (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sept. 30 (UPI) — A part of a makeshift church in eastern Nepal, housing a large number of people, collapsed, killing at least 23, officials said. The incident, in which about 65 people also were injured, occurred Tuesday night in …
Police: Church collapse in Nepal kills 24 - San Francisco Chronicle (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
A church dormitory collapsed Wednesday in eastern Nepal after attendees at a Christian conference went to sleep on its roof, killing at least 24 people and injuring an additional 62, police and church officials said. The people had gathered in the …
Church collapse in Nepal kills at least 23 - CNN (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) — At least 23 people died when part of a church collapsed in eastern Nepal, police said Wednesday. The church in the town of Dharan, about 150 miles (240 km) east of Kathmandu, was hosting a conference with up to 700 …
Influenza A (H1N1) - Apr 2009 - Reliefweb.int (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
Updates on Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba (The Netherlands), Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas (the), Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan …
Church collapses kills 23 in Nepal - ninemsn (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
A church building collapsed during a Christian convention in eastern Nepal, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens more, police say. Around 1,500 Christians had gathered in the town of Dharan for the meeting when a makeshift three-storey …
Nepali Times
New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.
They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation
US grant (September 15, 2009) - [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar
Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) - [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.
Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) - [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and
Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) - [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.
Foreign minister leaves for China (September 8, 2009) - [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala leaves for a goodwill visit to China on
Depoliticise education! (September 6, 2009) - [read more]
A citizen’s initiative Saturday submited a petition to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to depoliticise higher education system in Nepal.
Nepal News
Nepal church building collapse kills 24 (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
A church dormitory collapsed Wednesday in eastern Nepal after attendees at a Christian conference went to sleep on its roof, killing at least 24 people and injuring an additional 62, police and church officials said.
Nepali president, PM offer Tika to people (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to general public on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami, the tenth day of the Dashain festival on Monday.
Feature: Nepal feels heat of climate change (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
The golden apples it once produced were famed in Nepal and across the border area in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China for their luscious taste.
Nepali PM returns home from UN assembly (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returned home on Monday from the 64th session of General Assembly of the United Nations.
Three years on, Nepal remains conflict zone and a killing field after peace agreement (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 22nd September, 2009 Kathmandu, Sep.22 : Almost three years after the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement , Nepal continues to remain a conflict zone with no respite in killings, abductions and serious rights violations.
Star’s sex video shows changing face of Nepal (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: From being a much-sought-after model and the highest paid music video star, 22-year-old Nepali beauty Namrata Shrestha effortlessly sashayed into Nepal’s film industry last year with the hit musical of the year “Sano Sansar” . With her fan clubs growing and mounting tributes to both her ethereal beauty and talent, she was poised to …
Pashupatinath attacks do not affect Nepali students in Varanasi (September 26, 2009) - [read more]
Varanasi, Sep 19 : The attacks on Indian priests of Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu failed to disturb the relationship between Nepali and Indian students studying at a temple in Varanasi.
20 killed, 15 missing in bus accident in central Nepal (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
At least 20 people died and 15others went missing when a bus veered off the road and fell some 30 meters into the Sunkoshi River at Sukute area along Araniko Highway in Sindhupalchowk district in central Nepal on Thursday.
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 [...]
Nepal News archive for 29 September 2009
The Daily Politics - New York Daily News (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
It’s runoff day. Voters go to the polls to decide between public advocate candidates Bill de Blasio and Mark Green and comptroller hopefuls David Yassky and John Liu. Green and Yassky halted their campaign efforts to observe Yom Kippur, their …
Team of Sherpas carries body of Rep. Maloney’s husband down the … - New York Daily News (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
The remains of Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s husband reached the capital of Nepal Monday after a team of Sherpas carried him down one of the world’s highest mountains. Clifton Maloney, 71, died in his sleep on Friday after becoming the oldest person to …
Najib announces Port Dickson as army town - New Straits Times (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
PORT DICKSON Port Dickson made history today when it was announced as Army Town by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. The announcement was made in recognition of the contributions of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF), the Army in particular, as …
14 year old Indian wins global scientific competition - Silicon India (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
Ahmedabad: Sharad Mirani, a 14-year-old from Ahmedabad has won the maiden bronze medal in the global scientific competition, International Earth Science Olympiads (IESO) in Taiwan. Sharad was part of the four-member team representing India at IESO …
Readers’ Comments on ” WAITING FOR MANGTSO - By Jamyang Norbu ” - Phayul (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
Hi! Jamyang Norbu. You are a good writer. Your piece and articles are very interesting to read but I beg to disagree with the content there in. After coming round, your ultimate message is against His Holiness and Gyalo Dhondup La. They have done …
UN says India’s caste system is a human rights abuse - Newstrack India (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
Geneva, Sep.29 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva, is expected to ratify draft principles which will recognize India’s caste system as a human rights abuse. The UN will condemn the persecution suffered by 65 million …
People with disabilities and the promise of ICTs - Elites TV (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
“I MAY be 100% blind but the internet has taken away 50% of my disability,” Silatul Rahim Dahman told Cindy Tham of the Nut Graph, an independent Malaysian news site. During my recent visit to his office in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, he chats …
Ten AI flights from Kolkata cancelled - Press Trust of India (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
Kolkata, Sept 29 (PTI) Air India today cancelled ten flights operating from NSC Bose international airport here due to the strike by executive pilots. Of these, seven were flights to Delhi, Agartala, Guwahati, Port Blair, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and …
Nepali Times
New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.
They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation
US grant (September 15, 2009) - [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar
Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) - [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.
Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) - [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and
Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) - [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.
Foreign minister leaves for China (September 8, 2009) - [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala leaves for a goodwill visit to China on
Depoliticise education! (September 6, 2009) - [read more]
A citizen’s initiative Saturday submited a petition to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to depoliticise higher education system in Nepal.
Nepal News
Feature: Nepal feels heat of climate change (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
The golden apples it once produced were famed in Nepal and across the border area in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China for their luscious taste.
Nepali PM returns home from UN assembly (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returned home on Monday from the 64th session of General Assembly of the United Nations.
Three years on, Nepal remains conflict zone and a killing field after peace agreement (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 22nd September, 2009 Kathmandu, Sep.22 : Almost three years after the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement , Nepal continues to remain a conflict zone with no respite in killings, abductions and serious rights violations.
Star’s sex video shows changing face of Nepal (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: From being a much-sought-after model and the highest paid music video star, 22-year-old Nepali beauty Namrata Shrestha effortlessly sashayed into Nepal’s film industry last year with the hit musical of the year “Sano Sansar” . With her fan clubs growing and mounting tributes to both her ethereal beauty and talent, she was poised to …
Pashupatinath attacks do not affect Nepali students in Varanasi (September 26, 2009) - [read more]
Varanasi, Sep 19 : The attacks on Indian priests of Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu failed to disturb the relationship between Nepali and Indian students studying at a temple in Varanasi.
20 killed, 15 missing in bus accident in central Nepal (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
At least 20 people died and 15others went missing when a bus veered off the road and fell some 30 meters into the Sunkoshi River at Sukute area along Araniko Highway in Sindhupalchowk district in central Nepal on Thursday.
Buddhist model is new Miss Nepal (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
A 20-year-old popular Buddhist model and music video star yesterday prevailed over Nepal’s Maoists as well as 14 other contenders to walk off with the Miss Nepal 2009 crown held under the shadow of Maoist threats.
Maoists threaten to battle Miss Nepal pageant Thursday (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nine Maoist organisations Wednesday warned the organisers of Nepal’s biggest and most popular beauty pageant not to hold the Miss Nepal contest or be ready to face dire consequences if they did.
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 [...]
Nepal News archive for 28 September 2009
Nepal PM says US visit successful - Newstrack India (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Sep 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has said his visit to the United States and participation in the United Nations General Assembly has been successful. Speaking to reporters at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on …
Nepal ignores UN call on Charles Sobhraj - Thaindian.com (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Sep 28 (IANS) Even as Nepal’s Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returned to Kathmandu Monday after assuring the UN General Assembly that his government was “fully committed to the protection and promotion of human rights”, the lawyer …
The almanac - United Press International (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
Today is Monday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2009 with 94 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury, Saturn, Mars and Venus. The evening stars are Neptune, Jupiter and Uranus. In 490 B.C., the Greeks defeated the Persians at …
Jennifer Hawkins to reap millions from Myer IPO - The Australian (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
FORMER Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins will see her wealth rise by several million dollars in the upcoming stockmarket float of department store group Myer. Ms Hawkins, who has been the face of Myer’s advertising campaigns since 2006, is among the …
Krishna hold talks with leaders of several countries - Hindustan Times (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna held a series of bilateral meetings with the leaders of several countries aimed at building relationships and furthering India’s agenda. Reflecting the growing influence of India at the world stage, Krishna had …
Meet Your Merchant: A magical place - Union (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
Chamba, left, Nora and Amy Cooke — with some of the sandwiches and Mexican specialties produced at Summer Thyme’s Bakery and Deli on Colfax Avenue in Grass Valley. Photo for The Union by John Hart The crew has changed, but the name is still the …
Youth meets to discuss peace - Meri News (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
The event was flagged of by imminent personalities like Rajlaxmi Bhonsale, Mayor of Pune ; Dr Vidya Yeravdekar, principal director, Symbiosis International University ; Prof Vishwanath Karad, founder director, MIT University; Dr Chandra Krishnamurthy …
Myer seeks $2.34bn in initial public offer of $3.90 to $4.90 a share - The Australian (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
MYER Group says it plans to raise up to $2.34 billion through an initial public offering as it looks to relist on the Australian Stock Exchange. In its prospectus, Myer said it planned to sell 479.3 million to 499.5 million shares though the offer at …
Nepali Times
New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.
They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation
US grant (September 15, 2009) - [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar
Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) - [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.
Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) - [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and
Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) - [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.
Foreign minister leaves for China (September 8, 2009) - [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala leaves for a goodwill visit to China on
Depoliticise education! (September 6, 2009) - [read more]
A citizen’s initiative Saturday submited a petition to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to depoliticise higher education system in Nepal.
Nepal News
Star’s sex video shows changing face of Nepal (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: From being a much-sought-after model and the highest paid music video star, 22-year-old Nepali beauty Namrata Shrestha effortlessly sashayed into Nepal’s film industry last year with the hit musical of the year “Sano Sansar” . With her fan clubs growing and mounting tributes to both her ethereal beauty and talent, she was poised to …
Pashupatinath attacks do not affect Nepali students in Varanasi (September 26, 2009) - [read more]
Varanasi, Sep 19 : The attacks on Indian priests of Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu failed to disturb the relationship between Nepali and Indian students studying at a temple in Varanasi.
20 killed, 15 missing in bus accident in central Nepal (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
At least 20 people died and 15others went missing when a bus veered off the road and fell some 30 meters into the Sunkoshi River at Sukute area along Araniko Highway in Sindhupalchowk district in central Nepal on Thursday.
Buddhist model is new Miss Nepal (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
A 20-year-old popular Buddhist model and music video star yesterday prevailed over Nepal’s Maoists as well as 14 other contenders to walk off with the Miss Nepal 2009 crown held under the shadow of Maoist threats.
Maoists threaten to battle Miss Nepal pageant Thursday (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nine Maoist organisations Wednesday warned the organisers of Nepal’s biggest and most popular beauty pageant not to hold the Miss Nepal contest or be ready to face dire consequences if they did.
Reception held to mark China s 60th anni. in Nepal (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a reception was held in Kathmandu on Tuesday evening.
Nepal gets $205 million in U.S. aid (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal will get $205 million from the United States in the next five years to strengthen democracy following its decade-long civil war, officials announced.
Three skydivers land at world’s highest point (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Britons Leo Dickinson and Ralph Mitchell are joined by Indian R C Tripathi during a press conference in Kathmandu Three skydivers - two British and one Indian - plunged through the shadow of Everest yesterday to land at the world’s highest drop zone.
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 [...]
Nepal News archive for 27 September 2009
New York congresswoman’s husband dies on mountain climb - 22 WSBT (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
NEW YORK (AP) — The husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney has died on a mountain climbing expedition in the Himalayas, aides to the congresswoman said Saturday. Clifton Maloney, a millionaire investment banker and avid climber, was resting in a high …
Peak tragedy for Maloney - New York Post (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
Manhattan Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney’s husband, Clifton, died on a 27,000-foot mountain he had just summited on the Tibet-Nepal border. “I’m the happiest man in the world. I’ve just summited a beautiful mountain,” were the adventurer and …
Lawmaker Maloney’s husband dies in Himalayan climb - Newsday (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
The husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney has died after climbing to the top of a Himalayan mountain, aides to the congresswoman said yesterday. Clifton Maloney, 71, a millionaire investment banker, died yesterday while resting near the top of the …
Chronicle journalists honored with awards - San Francisco Chronicle (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
Susan Sward, a Chronicle staffer for 30 years until she left the paper recently, received the career achievement award for her reporting and her efforts to improve coverage and newsroom diversity. Sward covered many beats during her time at the paper …
Rep. Maloney’s Husband Dies on Tibet Trek - New York Times (September 26, 2009) - [read more]
The husband of Representative Carolyn B. Maloney of New York died after scaling a mountain peak during an expedition in Tibet, Ms. Maloney’s office announced on Saturday. Her husband, Clifton H. W. Maloney, 71, had returned safely to a high …
International N-order can’t discriminate: Krishna to UN - Zee News (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
United Nations: India on Saturday said it supports a world free of nuclear weapons, but maintained that any international accord to achieve this goal cannot be discriminatory. “The international order cannot be discriminatory. States must fulfil the …
US investors hailed for their help in Viet Nam - Viet Name News (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
President Nguyen Minh Triet attended the Viet Nam Investment Forum held by Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Institutional Investor magazine in New York. — VNA/VNS Nguyen Khang NEW YORK — President Nguyen Minh Triet yesterday hailed …
MJ nearly scrapped ‘Thriller’ release - Newstrack India (September 26, 2009) - [read more]
London, September 27 (ANI): Michael Jackson nearly scrapped the release of his superhit album ‘Thriller’ that went on to become the biggest-selling record in history. The King of Pop, in lost tapes from an interview in early 1980s, revealed he …
Nepali Times
New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.
They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation
US grant (September 15, 2009) - [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar
Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) - [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.
Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) - [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and
Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) - [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.
Foreign minister leaves for China (September 8, 2009) - [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala leaves for a goodwill visit to China on
Depoliticise education! (September 6, 2009) - [read more]
A citizen’s initiative Saturday submited a petition to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to depoliticise higher education system in Nepal.
Nepal News
Pashupatinath attacks do not affect Nepali students in Varanasi (September 26, 2009) - [read more]
Varanasi, Sep 19 : The attacks on Indian priests of Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu failed to disturb the relationship between Nepali and Indian students studying at a temple in Varanasi.
20 killed, 15 missing in bus accident in central Nepal (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
At least 20 people died and 15others went missing when a bus veered off the road and fell some 30 meters into the Sunkoshi River at Sukute area along Araniko Highway in Sindhupalchowk district in central Nepal on Thursday.
Buddhist model is new Miss Nepal (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
A 20-year-old popular Buddhist model and music video star yesterday prevailed over Nepal’s Maoists as well as 14 other contenders to walk off with the Miss Nepal 2009 crown held under the shadow of Maoist threats.
Maoists threaten to battle Miss Nepal pageant Thursday (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nine Maoist organisations Wednesday warned the organisers of Nepal’s biggest and most popular beauty pageant not to hold the Miss Nepal contest or be ready to face dire consequences if they did.
Reception held to mark China s 60th anni. in Nepal (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a reception was held in Kathmandu on Tuesday evening.
Nepal gets $205 million in U.S. aid (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal will get $205 million from the United States in the next five years to strengthen democracy following its decade-long civil war, officials announced.
Three skydivers land at world’s highest point (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Britons Leo Dickinson and Ralph Mitchell are joined by Indian R C Tripathi during a press conference in Kathmandu Three skydivers - two British and one Indian - plunged through the shadow of Everest yesterday to land at the world’s highest drop zone.
Nepals Maoists, rebel groups pose threat to India, says Jaswant Singh (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has said that the rise of Maoists in Nepal and the rebel groups taking sanctuary there pose a threat to India.
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 [...]
Nepal News archive for 26 September 2009
In Nepal, a Long, Cold Climb to Inspiration - New York Times (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
IT was 4 a.m. in mid-November, and I was stretching in a lodge in Thorong Phedi, Nepal , at 14,500 feet, trying to pump warmth back into my body and get rid of a throbbing headache brought on by dehydration and altitude sickness. Wolfing down chapati …
MJ wanted to be buried with kids - Newstrack India (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
Washington, September 26 (ANI): Michael Jackson wanted to be buried among children, his one-time confidante has claimed. Spiritual advisor Rabbi Shmuley Boteach released recorded interviews with the King of Pop between 1999 and 2001 as part of the …
I don’t want to sing ‘crap’ in Bollywood: Sonu - Express India (September 26, 2009) - [read more]
Boney plans sequels of ‘No Entry’ and ‘W… Suffering from slip disc, Shiney winces … We are hypocrites when it comes to child… New Delhi After a host of foreign concerts and producing his independent music, versatile singer, Sonu Niigaam is back …
Devotees travel on foot from Tibet to pray for Dalai Lama - Thaindian.com (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
Patna, Sep 26 (IANS) To pray for long life of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, three Buddhist devotees travelled hundreds of kilometres on foot from Tibet and reached Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya “to fulfil their wish”. Kelsang Dondup, 56 …
Mandalas grace Grace Cathedral - San Francisco Chronicle (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
They flew to San Francisco from Nepal to build intricate sand Shi-tro mandalas - ancient Tibetan circular artworks that symbolize peaceful awareness. Using metal cones similar to a cake decorator’s funnel, they carefully tapped colorful grains of …
Devizes cleric has crumb of comfort for bakery - This is Wiltshire (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
One of Devizes’ biggest employers is praying a recovery from the recession will continue. To help with divine intervention Hayden’s Bakeries has appointed Justin Brad-bury, curate of St James’ Church, as company chaplain. Managing director Paul …
Thousands of Muslims rally, pray at Capitol - The Washington Times (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
About 3,000 Muslims gathered Friday for a first-ever prayer service in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol in what turned out to be a peaceful assembly despite the taunts of Christian evangelists on the surrounding sidewalks. Dressed in colorful tunics …
Sonu doesn’t want to sing ‘crap’ - Mynews India (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi: After a host of foreign concerts and producing his independent music, versatile singer, Sonu Niigam is back on the Bollywood front, but this time he means business and that is not to sing “crap”. The 36-year-old singer whose ‘Chiggy Wiggy …
Nepali Times
New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.
They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation
US grant (September 15, 2009) - [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar
Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) - [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.
Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) - [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and
Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) - [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.
Foreign minister leaves for China (September 8, 2009) - [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala leaves for a goodwill visit to China on
Depoliticise education! (September 6, 2009) - [read more]
A citizen’s initiative Saturday submited a petition to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to depoliticise higher education system in Nepal.
Nepal News
20 killed, 15 missing in bus accident in central Nepal (September 25, 2009) - [read more]
At least 20 people died and 15others went missing when a bus veered off the road and fell some 30 meters into the Sunkoshi River at Sukute area along Araniko Highway in Sindhupalchowk district in central Nepal on Thursday.
Buddhist model is new Miss Nepal (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
A 20-year-old popular Buddhist model and music video star yesterday prevailed over Nepal’s Maoists as well as 14 other contenders to walk off with the Miss Nepal 2009 crown held under the shadow of Maoist threats.
Maoists threaten to battle Miss Nepal pageant Thursday (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nine Maoist organisations Wednesday warned the organisers of Nepal’s biggest and most popular beauty pageant not to hold the Miss Nepal contest or be ready to face dire consequences if they did.
Reception held to mark China s 60th anni. in Nepal (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a reception was held in Kathmandu on Tuesday evening.
Nepal gets $205 million in U.S. aid (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal will get $205 million from the United States in the next five years to strengthen democracy following its decade-long civil war, officials announced.
Three skydivers land at world’s highest point (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Britons Leo Dickinson and Ralph Mitchell are joined by Indian R C Tripathi during a press conference in Kathmandu Three skydivers - two British and one Indian - plunged through the shadow of Everest yesterday to land at the world’s highest drop zone.
Nepals Maoists, rebel groups pose threat to India, says Jaswant Singh (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has said that the rise of Maoists in Nepal and the rebel groups taking sanctuary there pose a threat to India.
Secular Nepal celebrates Eid (September 21, 2009) - [read more]
Clad in white clothes and white caps, thousands of Muslims thronged to mosques to pray and celebrate as a newly secular Nepal announced the first public holiday for Eid al-Fitr and the first Nepali moon-sighting committee independently heralded the rise of the moon that marks the start of the festival after a month of fasting and intense prayers.
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 [...]
Nepal News archive for 25 September 2009
MJ hailed Hitler as ‘genius’ in lost tape - Newstrack India (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
London, September 25 (ANI): In a new tape that has surfaced, Michael Jackson can be heard saying that Adolf Hitler was a “genius”. The King of Pop had made the statement to close friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who has been at Oxford University for 11 …
New wave from Bhutan settles in - Burlington Free Press (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
Westerners for years have romanticized their homeland as a version of Shangri-La, lauding it as the only country in the world where promoting happiness is a formal goal of public policy. Yet this is also a country that reportedly expelled a large …
Bhutan Refugees Find a Toehold in the Bronx - New York Times (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
Nearly every immigrant group in New York City has a neighborhood, or at least a street, to call its own. But for refugees from the tiny South Asian nation of Bhutan , the closest thing to a home base is a single building in the Bronx — a red-brick …
Movie showcases beauties of Nepal - Badger Herald (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
Whenever or however earth was birthed, evolved or created, its beauty mark lies bordered between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of India. Although reprehensibly lagging behind globalization, Nepal’s elevated villages, where …
Getting ready to take off - Kuensel Online (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
Yonphula Airport 25 September, 2009 - The much-awaited Yonphula domestic airstrip will finally get into shape with the civil construction work expected to begin towards the end of October. A team lead by the department of civil aviation director …
Swine flu takes toll on Himachal’s mountain biking event - New Kerala (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
Shimla, Sep 25 : Swine flu has taken a toll on India’s ‘toughest’ mountain terrain biking event, Hercules MTB Himachal, as a majority of foreign participants have cancelled their entries in the expedition which takes place in Himachal Pradesh …
Can we grow faster? - Global Nation (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
From the ‘50s up to now, Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) growth records by decades are : 6.4% from 1951 to 1960, 4.9% from 1961 to 1970, 5.9% from 1971 to 1980, 1.8% from 1981 to 1990, 3.1% from 1991 to 2000, and 4.8% from 2001 to 2008 …
ICIMOD now charging its electric vehicles from a solar charging … - PR Inside (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
/EIN Presswire/ Since May, ICIMOD has been charging its electric vehicles from a solar charging station. ICIMOD has three electric smart cars which are used to take staff and visitors to meetings around Kathmandu. Since May they have been parked …
Nepali Times
New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.
They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation
US grant (September 15, 2009) - [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar
Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) - [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.
Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) - [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and
Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) - [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.
Foreign minister leaves for China (September 8, 2009) - [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala leaves for a goodwill visit to China on
Depoliticise education! (September 6, 2009) - [read more]
A citizen’s initiative Saturday submited a petition to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to depoliticise higher education system in Nepal.
Nepal News
Buddhist model is new Miss Nepal (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
A 20-year-old popular Buddhist model and music video star yesterday prevailed over Nepal’s Maoists as well as 14 other contenders to walk off with the Miss Nepal 2009 crown held under the shadow of Maoist threats.
Maoists threaten to battle Miss Nepal pageant Thursday (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nine Maoist organisations Wednesday warned the organisers of Nepal’s biggest and most popular beauty pageant not to hold the Miss Nepal contest or be ready to face dire consequences if they did.
Reception held to mark China s 60th anni. in Nepal (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a reception was held in Kathmandu on Tuesday evening.
Nepal gets $205 million in U.S. aid (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal will get $205 million from the United States in the next five years to strengthen democracy following its decade-long civil war, officials announced.
Three skydivers land at world’s highest point (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Britons Leo Dickinson and Ralph Mitchell are joined by Indian R C Tripathi during a press conference in Kathmandu Three skydivers - two British and one Indian - plunged through the shadow of Everest yesterday to land at the world’s highest drop zone.
Nepals Maoists, rebel groups pose threat to India, says Jaswant Singh (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has said that the rise of Maoists in Nepal and the rebel groups taking sanctuary there pose a threat to India.
Secular Nepal celebrates Eid (September 21, 2009) - [read more]
Clad in white clothes and white caps, thousands of Muslims thronged to mosques to pray and celebrate as a newly secular Nepal announced the first public holiday for Eid al-Fitr and the first Nepali moon-sighting committee independently heralded the rise of the moon that marks the start of the festival after a month of fasting and intense prayers.
Nepali police arrest protesting UCPN-M lawmakers (September 21, 2009) - [read more]
Nine lawmakers from Nepal’s single largest and opposition party in the Constituent Assembly , the Unified Communist Party of Nepal , along with party cadres and supporters, were arrested on Sunday by Nepali police when staging protest at the gate of Singha Durbar, the main administrative seat of Nepal.
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 [...]
Nepal News archive for 25 September 2009
MJ hailed Hitler as ‘genius’ in lost tape - Newstrack India (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
London, September 25 (ANI): In a new tape that has surfaced, Michael Jackson can be heard saying that Adolf Hitler was a “genius”. The King of Pop had made the statement to close friend Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who has been at Oxford University for 11 …
New wave from Bhutan settles in - Burlington Free Press (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
Westerners for years have romanticized their homeland as a version of Shangri-La, lauding it as the only country in the world where promoting happiness is a formal goal of public policy. Yet this is also a country that reportedly expelled a large …
Bhutan Refugees Find a Toehold in the Bronx - New York Times (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
Nearly every immigrant group in New York City has a neighborhood, or at least a street, to call its own. But for refugees from the tiny South Asian nation of Bhutan , the closest thing to a home base is a single building in the Bronx — a red-brick …
Movie showcases beauties of Nepal - Badger Herald (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
Whenever or however earth was birthed, evolved or created, its beauty mark lies bordered between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of India. Although reprehensibly lagging behind globalization, Nepal’s elevated villages, where …
Getting ready to take off - Kuensel Online (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
Yonphula Airport 25 September, 2009 - The much-awaited Yonphula domestic airstrip will finally get into shape with the civil construction work expected to begin towards the end of October. A team lead by the department of civil aviation director …
Swine flu takes toll on Himachal’s mountain biking event - New Kerala (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
Shimla, Sep 25 : Swine flu has taken a toll on India’s ‘toughest’ mountain terrain biking event, Hercules MTB Himachal, as a majority of foreign participants have cancelled their entries in the expedition which takes place in Himachal Pradesh …
Can we grow faster? - Global Nation (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
From the ‘50s up to now, Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) growth records by decades are : 6.4% from 1951 to 1960, 4.9% from 1961 to 1970, 5.9% from 1971 to 1980, 1.8% from 1981 to 1990, 3.1% from 1991 to 2000, and 4.8% from 2001 to 2008 …
ICIMOD now charging its electric vehicles from a solar charging … - PR Inside (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
/EIN Presswire/ Since May, ICIMOD has been charging its electric vehicles from a solar charging station. ICIMOD has three electric smart cars which are used to take staff and visitors to meetings around Kathmandu. Since May they have been parked …
Nepali Times
New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.
They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation
US grant (September 15, 2009) - [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar
Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) - [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.
Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) - [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and
Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) - [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.
Foreign minister leaves for China (September 8, 2009) - [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala leaves for a goodwill visit to China on
Depoliticise education! (September 6, 2009) - [read more]
A citizen’s initiative Saturday submited a petition to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to depoliticise higher education system in Nepal.
Nepal News
Buddhist model is new Miss Nepal (September 24, 2009) - [read more]
A 20-year-old popular Buddhist model and music video star yesterday prevailed over Nepal’s Maoists as well as 14 other contenders to walk off with the Miss Nepal 2009 crown held under the shadow of Maoist threats.
Maoists threaten to battle Miss Nepal pageant Thursday (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nine Maoist organisations Wednesday warned the organisers of Nepal’s biggest and most popular beauty pageant not to hold the Miss Nepal contest or be ready to face dire consequences if they did.
Reception held to mark China s 60th anni. in Nepal (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a reception was held in Kathmandu on Tuesday evening.
Nepal gets $205 million in U.S. aid (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal will get $205 million from the United States in the next five years to strengthen democracy following its decade-long civil war, officials announced.
Three skydivers land at world’s highest point (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Britons Leo Dickinson and Ralph Mitchell are joined by Indian R C Tripathi during a press conference in Kathmandu Three skydivers - two British and one Indian - plunged through the shadow of Everest yesterday to land at the world’s highest drop zone.
Nepals Maoists, rebel groups pose threat to India, says Jaswant Singh (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has said that the rise of Maoists in Nepal and the rebel groups taking sanctuary there pose a threat to India.
Secular Nepal celebrates Eid (September 21, 2009) - [read more]
Clad in white clothes and white caps, thousands of Muslims thronged to mosques to pray and celebrate as a newly secular Nepal announced the first public holiday for Eid al-Fitr and the first Nepali moon-sighting committee independently heralded the rise of the moon that marks the start of the festival after a month of fasting and intense prayers.
Nepali police arrest protesting UCPN-M lawmakers (September 21, 2009) - [read more]
Nine lawmakers from Nepal’s single largest and opposition party in the Constituent Assembly , the Unified Communist Party of Nepal , along with party cadres and supporters, were arrested on Sunday by Nepali police when staging protest at the gate of Singha Durbar, the main administrative seat of Nepal.
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 [...]
Nepal News archive for 23 September 2009
Skydivers Claim Making Highest Landing in Nepal - Time (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
(KATMANDU, Nepal) — Three skydivers claim to have made the highest parachute landing ever at a drop zone high in the Himalayas of Nepal, officials said Wednesday. The feat comes only one year after the previous world record was set in the same area …
Students carry out mission in Phillipines, Nepal - Natchez Democrat (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
NATCHEZ — While many college students likely spent their summer breaks vacationing or working for money, two Mississippi College students from the Miss-Lou spent their vacations answering a higher calling at the farthest reaches of the globe …
Living life by the book - Omaha World-Herald (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
If it has to do with Scouting, Robert Birkby has written the book on it. Three times. Birkby, who grew up in Sidney, Iowa, is the author of the new “Boy Scout Handbook,” which updates his 1998 edition, which updated his 1990 edition. The latest …
U.S. college recruiters find growing market overseas, in Vietnam - USA Today (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
India 94,563 12.8 China 81,127 19.8 South Korea 69,124 10.8 Japan 33,974 -3.7 Canada 29,051 2.7 Taiwan 29,001 -0.3 Mexico 14,837 7.3 Turkey 12,030 4.6 Saudi Arabia 9,873 25.2 Thailand 9,004 1.3 Nepal 8,936 15.2 Germany 8,907 2.9 Vietnam 8,769 45.3 …
Indian, among three skydivers to jump over Mount Everest - MSN India (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Gorak shep (Nepal): Three skydivers, including one Indian and two British nationals, achieved an astounding feat on Tuesday when they jumped from an altitude of 6,154 metres (20,000 feet) to land at Gorak Shep, world’s highest drop zone, near Mount …
$5.7bn plan to expand health care in Africa, Asia - Australian Broadcasting Corp. (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
The United Nations has announced an aid deal that will give at least 10 million people in developing countries access to free health care. The plan is backed by more than $US5 billion ($5.7 billion) from UN member nations and the online travel …
Vietnam, other nations look to U.S.-style community colleges - USA Today (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Food technology student Nguyen Thi Phuong examines diluted dry matter, Vitamin C and other contents in a sugary plum solvent at Ha Tay Community College north of Hanoi in Vietnam. India 94,563 12.8 China 81,127 19.8 South Korea 69,124 10.8 Japan 33 …
Killing of women, child “witches” on the rise - ONE News (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Murder and persecution of women and children accused of being witches is spreading around the world and destroying the lives of millions of people, experts said. The experts - United Nations officials, civil society representatives from affected …
Nepali Times
New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.
They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation
US grant (September 15, 2009) - [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar
Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) - [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.
Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) - [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and
Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) - [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.
Foreign minister leaves for China (September 8, 2009) - [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala leaves for a goodwill visit to China on
Depoliticise education! (September 6, 2009) - [read more]
A citizen’s initiative Saturday submited a petition to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to depoliticise higher education system in Nepal.
Nepal News
Maoists threaten to battle Miss Nepal pageant Thursday (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nine Maoist organisations Wednesday warned the organisers of Nepal’s biggest and most popular beauty pageant not to hold the Miss Nepal contest or be ready to face dire consequences if they did.
Reception held to mark China s 60th anni. in Nepal (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a reception was held in Kathmandu on Tuesday evening.
Nepal gets $205 million in U.S. aid (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal will get $205 million from the United States in the next five years to strengthen democracy following its decade-long civil war, officials announced.
Three skydivers land at world’s highest point (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Britons Leo Dickinson and Ralph Mitchell are joined by Indian R C Tripathi during a press conference in Kathmandu Three skydivers - two British and one Indian - plunged through the shadow of Everest yesterday to land at the world’s highest drop zone.
Nepals Maoists, rebel groups pose threat to India, says Jaswant Singh (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has said that the rise of Maoists in Nepal and the rebel groups taking sanctuary there pose a threat to India.
Secular Nepal celebrates Eid (September 21, 2009) - [read more]
Clad in white clothes and white caps, thousands of Muslims thronged to mosques to pray and celebrate as a newly secular Nepal announced the first public holiday for Eid al-Fitr and the first Nepali moon-sighting committee independently heralded the rise of the moon that marks the start of the festival after a month of fasting and intense prayers.
Nepali police arrest protesting UCPN-M lawmakers (September 21, 2009) - [read more]
Nine lawmakers from Nepal’s single largest and opposition party in the Constituent Assembly , the Unified Communist Party of Nepal , along with party cadres and supporters, were arrested on Sunday by Nepali police when staging protest at the gate of Singha Durbar, the main administrative seat of Nepal.
Screening test must for Nepal MBBS (September 20, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, Sept. 19: The Supreme Court has upheld a screening test that Indians with MBBS degrees from two Nepal medical colleges have to take before they can practise in this country.
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 [...]
Nepal News archive for 23 September 2009
Skydivers Claim Making Highest Landing in Nepal - Time (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
(KATMANDU, Nepal) — Three skydivers claim to have made the highest parachute landing ever at a drop zone high in the Himalayas of Nepal, officials said Wednesday. The feat comes only one year after the previous world record was set in the same area …
Students carry out mission in Phillipines, Nepal - Natchez Democrat (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
NATCHEZ — While many college students likely spent their summer breaks vacationing or working for money, two Mississippi College students from the Miss-Lou spent their vacations answering a higher calling at the farthest reaches of the globe …
Living life by the book - Omaha World-Herald (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
If it has to do with Scouting, Robert Birkby has written the book on it. Three times. Birkby, who grew up in Sidney, Iowa, is the author of the new “Boy Scout Handbook,” which updates his 1998 edition, which updated his 1990 edition. The latest …
U.S. college recruiters find growing market overseas, in Vietnam - USA Today (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
India 94,563 12.8 China 81,127 19.8 South Korea 69,124 10.8 Japan 33,974 -3.7 Canada 29,051 2.7 Taiwan 29,001 -0.3 Mexico 14,837 7.3 Turkey 12,030 4.6 Saudi Arabia 9,873 25.2 Thailand 9,004 1.3 Nepal 8,936 15.2 Germany 8,907 2.9 Vietnam 8,769 45.3 …
Indian, among three skydivers to jump over Mount Everest - MSN India (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Gorak shep (Nepal): Three skydivers, including one Indian and two British nationals, achieved an astounding feat on Tuesday when they jumped from an altitude of 6,154 metres (20,000 feet) to land at Gorak Shep, world’s highest drop zone, near Mount …
$5.7bn plan to expand health care in Africa, Asia - Australian Broadcasting Corp. (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
The United Nations has announced an aid deal that will give at least 10 million people in developing countries access to free health care. The plan is backed by more than $US5 billion ($5.7 billion) from UN member nations and the online travel …
Vietnam, other nations look to U.S.-style community colleges - USA Today (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Food technology student Nguyen Thi Phuong examines diluted dry matter, Vitamin C and other contents in a sugary plum solvent at Ha Tay Community College north of Hanoi in Vietnam. India 94,563 12.8 China 81,127 19.8 South Korea 69,124 10.8 Japan 33 …
Killing of women, child “witches” on the rise - ONE News (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Murder and persecution of women and children accused of being witches is spreading around the world and destroying the lives of millions of people, experts said. The experts - United Nations officials, civil society representatives from affected …
Nepali Times
New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.
They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation
US grant (September 15, 2009) - [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar
Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) - [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.
Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) - [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and
Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) - [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.
Foreign minister leaves for China (September 8, 2009) - [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala leaves for a goodwill visit to China on
Depoliticise education! (September 6, 2009) - [read more]
A citizen’s initiative Saturday submited a petition to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to depoliticise higher education system in Nepal.
Nepal News
Maoists threaten to battle Miss Nepal pageant Thursday (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nine Maoist organisations Wednesday warned the organisers of Nepal’s biggest and most popular beauty pageant not to hold the Miss Nepal contest or be ready to face dire consequences if they did.
Reception held to mark China s 60th anni. in Nepal (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a reception was held in Kathmandu on Tuesday evening.
Nepal gets $205 million in U.S. aid (September 23, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal will get $205 million from the United States in the next five years to strengthen democracy following its decade-long civil war, officials announced.
Three skydivers land at world’s highest point (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Britons Leo Dickinson and Ralph Mitchell are joined by Indian R C Tripathi during a press conference in Kathmandu Three skydivers - two British and one Indian - plunged through the shadow of Everest yesterday to land at the world’s highest drop zone.
Nepals Maoists, rebel groups pose threat to India, says Jaswant Singh (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has said that the rise of Maoists in Nepal and the rebel groups taking sanctuary there pose a threat to India.
Secular Nepal celebrates Eid (September 21, 2009) - [read more]
Clad in white clothes and white caps, thousands of Muslims thronged to mosques to pray and celebrate as a newly secular Nepal announced the first public holiday for Eid al-Fitr and the first Nepali moon-sighting committee independently heralded the rise of the moon that marks the start of the festival after a month of fasting and intense prayers.
Nepali police arrest protesting UCPN-M lawmakers (September 21, 2009) - [read more]
Nine lawmakers from Nepal’s single largest and opposition party in the Constituent Assembly , the Unified Communist Party of Nepal , along with party cadres and supporters, were arrested on Sunday by Nepali police when staging protest at the gate of Singha Durbar, the main administrative seat of Nepal.
Screening test must for Nepal MBBS (September 20, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, Sept. 19: The Supreme Court has upheld a screening test that Indians with MBBS degrees from two Nepal medical colleges have to take before they can practise in this country.
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 [...]
Nepal News archive for 22 September 2009
World Bank unveils USD 4.3 billion in loans to India - Zee News (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Washington: The World Bank on Tuesday announced USD 4.3 billion in loans to India, including USD 2 billion for the banking sector, to help strengthen its economy amid the global economic crisis. The World Bank said its executive board approved loans …
Emma Watson To Launch New Organic Fashion Line With People Tree - Ecorazzi.com (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The Harry Potter actress and budding fashionista will be collaborating with green-clothing company People Tree on the new line — which will feature an eco-friendly range of jersey t-shirts, dresses, woven skirts, trousers, shorts and knitwear for …
India’s tiger protection plan ‘failing’: experts - Terra Daily (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
India’s efforts to stop poaching of its endangered tigers are failing despite millions of dollars of funding, a new protection force and experiments with animal transfers, experts say. The federal government swung into action in 2007 after India’s …
World Bank unveils $4.3bn in loans to India - Business24-7 (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The World Bank on Tuesday announced $4.3 billion in loans to India, including $2.0 billion for the banking sector, to help strengthen its economy amid the global economic crisis. The World Bank said its executive board approved loans for projects in …
Kathmandu dual listing could leave kiwi investors in the cold - National Business Review (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
A dual listing for Kathmandu on the ASX and NZX is on the cards, but kiwi investors could be left out as the bulk of the stock goes across the Tasman. NBR understands the long-touted listing on the ASX will go ahead in November, with its private …
Foreign degree not enough to be a doctor in India - Silicon India (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi: A medical student getting the degree from a foreign university will not be enough to practice as a doctor in India, according to a new Supreme Court (SC) ruling. The person has to clear the screening test conducted by the Medical Council …
Carpet Mega Sale evokes mega response - Himalayan Times (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The third Carpet Mega Sale is generating huge public response. Organised by Direction Nepal is expecting around 10,000 visitors by the end of this week. The sale that started on Friday has nine Nepali carpet industries participating and …
Love beyond boundaries - Himalayan Times (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Kusume Rumal 2 begins with a group of youngsters having a blast with friends. Sohan (Niraj Baral) is a rich kid who hangs out with friends, flirts with girls, doesn’t attend classes — basically for him life is just for enjoyment. He …
Nepali Times
New report raises conflict toll (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
The death toll of the 10-year long insurgency is 3,000 more than previously reported.
They’ve done it again (September 16, 2009) - [read more]
Maoists tried to block PM Nepal’s attendance at Tribhuvan University’s convocation
US grant (September 15, 2009) - [read more]
The U.S. grants $900,000 for renovation of historical monuments in Patan Darbar
Deliberations on judicial system begin (September 13, 2009) - [read more]
The NC and UML opposed the new provisions of the preliminary draft report and concept paper on the judicial system.
Kanak Dixit awarded (September 11, 2009) - [read more]
Himalmedia publisher and editor of Himal Southasian, Kanak Mani Dixit, has been awarded the first Prince Claus Award to Nepal for “his outstanding contributions to public debate, for creating platforms that enable South Asians to connect, interact and network transcending national and cultural boundaries, and for his socially engaged, multi-disciplinary approach to creativity and
Gurung assumes office (September 9, 2009) - [read more]
General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, the newly appointed army chief assumed office from Wednesday.
Foreign minister leaves for China (September 8, 2009) - [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala leaves for a goodwill visit to China on
Depoliticise education! (September 6, 2009) - [read more]
A citizen’s initiative Saturday submited a petition to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to depoliticise higher education system in Nepal.
Nepal News
Three skydivers land at world’s highest point (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Britons Leo Dickinson and Ralph Mitchell are joined by Indian R C Tripathi during a press conference in Kathmandu Three skydivers - two British and one Indian - plunged through the shadow of Everest yesterday to land at the world’s highest drop zone.
Nepals Maoists, rebel groups pose threat to India, says Jaswant Singh (September 22, 2009) - [read more]
Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has said that the rise of Maoists in Nepal and the rebel groups taking sanctuary there pose a threat to India.
Secular Nepal celebrates Eid (September 21, 2009) - [read more]
Clad in white clothes and white caps, thousands of Muslims thronged to mosques to pray and celebrate as a newly secular Nepal announced the first public holiday for Eid al-Fitr and the first Nepali moon-sighting committee independently heralded the rise of the moon that marks the start of the festival after a month of fasting and intense prayers.
Nepali police arrest protesting UCPN-M lawmakers (September 21, 2009) - [read more]
Nine lawmakers from Nepal’s single largest and opposition party in the Constituent Assembly , the Unified Communist Party of Nepal , along with party cadres and supporters, were arrested on Sunday by Nepali police when staging protest at the gate of Singha Durbar, the main administrative seat of Nepal.
Screening test must for Nepal MBBS (September 20, 2009) - [read more]
New Delhi, Sept. 19: The Supreme Court has upheld a screening test that Indians with MBBS degrees from two Nepal medical colleges have to take before they can practise in this country.
Everest “memento” for Obama to show climate change impact (September 19, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s sherpa community is sending a piece of rock from Mount Everest to U.S. President Barack Obama to underscore the impact of global warming on the Himalayas.
Seek consensus, GPK tells PM (September 18, 2009) - [read more]
During a meeting between Koirala and Nepal at the formers residence at Maharajgunj in the evening, Koirala, however, said that there cannot be any parliamentary debate on the Maoists resolution motion against the presidents move in the army chief row.
Chinese culture program held in Nepal (September 18, 2009) - [read more]
A Chinese culture event, themed the evening of “the 60th National Day Celebration of the People’s Republic of China and Chinese Culture program,” was held in Nepali capital Kathmandu on Tuesday.
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 [...]