Nepal arrests kingpin of attack on Pashupatinath priests – Thaindian.com (September 5, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmndu, Sep 5 (ANI): The Nepal Government on Saturday arrested the Maoists leader who led the attacks on Indian priests and provided a personal security officer to the chief priest of the famous Pashupatinath shrine. The Nepalese Government has …
U.S. Embassy guards fired over partying allegations – AZCentral.com (September 5, 2009) – [read more]
KABUL – Eight security guards at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan were fired and two resigned following allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters. The Kabul senior management team of ArmorGroup North America, the …
India condemns attack on Hindu priests in Nepal – Earthtimes (September 5, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi – India on Saturday condemned an attack on two Indian priests at the famous Pashupatinath temple in Nepal by a group of Maoists who have been agitating over their recent appointments there. The assailants entered the fifth-century Hindu …
Some civilians killed by NATO in Afghanistan – Arizona Daily Star (September 5, 2009) – [read more]
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — A U.S. jet dropped 500-pound bombs on two tanker trucks hijacked by the Taliban Friday, triggering a huge explosion that Afghan officials said killed more than 70 people, including insurgents and some civilians who had swarmed …
MJ singing with angels, believes sis – Newstrack India (September 5, 2009) – [read more]
Washington, September 5 (ANI): Michael Jackson’s grieving sister La Toya believes the late star is singing with the angels. The 53-year-old said her brother is in heaven doing what he did best when he was alive. “Michael has been called home to sing …
India condemns attack on Indian priests in Nepal – Thaindian.com (September 4, 2009) – [read more]
Bangalore/New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) India Saturday condemned the attack by Nepali Maoists on two Indian priests at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu. “We are aware of the attack by Maoists on the priests and we are in touch with the government of …
Govt condemns attack on Indian priests at Pashupatinath temple – Hindustan Times (September 5, 2009) – [read more]
India on Saturday condemned the attack by Nepali Maoists on two Indian priests at the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu. “We are aware of the attack by Maoists on the priests and we are in touch with the government of Nepal,” External Affairs …
New Indian priests perform rituals at Pashupatinath temple – Hindustan Times (September 5, 2009) – [read more]
Unfazed by the attack on them by a group of Maoists demanding their replacement by locals, two newly-appointed Indian priests at the famous Pashupatinath temple here today performed the daily rituals at the 5th century Hindu shrine. Girish Bhatta and …
Nepali Times
Humla goes online (September 4, 2009) – [read more]
The remote district sent out its first ever email on
Nayaghare wins (September 4, 2009) – [read more]
Nayaghare wins Madan
New ministers (September 2, 2009) – [read more]
Nine more ministers have been inducted in 33-member cabinet.
Committees resume works (September 1, 2009) – [read more]
The stalled process of constitution writing and PLA integration process resumes finally.
Jha defies court (August 30, 2009) – [read more]
The Vice President Parmananda Jha refuses to retake his oath but won’t resign.
New chairperson (August 29, 2009) – [read more]
NC nominee CA member Nilambar Acharya has been elected chairperson of the Constitutional Committee.
Airport delays (August 27, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu airport is seeing major delays of up to three hours on Thursday morning after cracks were discovered on the southern and northern thresholds of the only
Stalemates ahoy (August 26, 2009) – [read more]
The Hindi oath row has caused another political
Nepal News
Former ‘Kumari’ adjusts to life in IT sector (September 5, 2009) – [read more]
A young Nepalese girl revered as the – living goddess’ “Kumari” is carried to the golden chariot on the main day of the Indrajatra festival on Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu yesterday.
Himalayan climate talks end with call for help (September 4, 2009) – [read more]
The first climate change talks between Himalayan nations ended here Tuesday with a call for international assistance, but some observers criticised the failure of key figures to show up.
Maoists decide to intensify agitation (September 4, 2009) – [read more]
Joint National People’s Movement Committee of the Unified CPN has decided to intensify the party’s ongoing agitation for civil supremacy.
Koirala unhappy at latest cabinet expansion (September 4, 2009) – [read more]
Koirala vented his anger as Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet on Wednesday evening without holding any consultations.
China, Nepal trade fair opens in Tibet (September 3, 2009) – [read more]
XIGAZE, Tibet: Chinese and Nepalese businesses gathered in Xigaze City in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region Thursday for a five-day trade fair that highlights Buddha statues, Tibetan medicine and other commodities from the Himalayan region.
Nepal, China sign scholarship scheme MoU (September 3, 2009) – [read more]
Nepalese Education Ministry Secretary Ram Swarup Sinha and Jin Runcheng , director general of Education Commission of China, sign a memorandum of understanding concerning the scholarship scheme held between the Nepali Education Ministry and Tianjin Municipality Government in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, Sept.
Hindi rift in Nepal continues as PM expands cabinet (September 2, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Sep 2 : The rift in Nepal over the use of Hindi for official work continued to widen Wednesday with new ministers from a regional party taking their oath of office in that language as Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet for the sixth time.
Asia’s poorest to be worst hit by climate change: ADB (September 2, 2009) – [read more]
Climate change threatens to bring food and water shortages to 1.6 billion people in South Asia, with the region’s poorest likely to be worst hit, the Asian Development Bank said here Wednesday.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Nepal’s Political Impasse (August 23, 2009) – [read more]
Ending his five-day official and ‘mandatory’ India tour, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returns to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal that is going through the turbulent times: Opposition threatening to bring down a shaky coalition, anti-nationalist forces based in Nepal-India border launching vicious attacks against the State in Terai and a fragile peace process [...]
Face Value: Being a Nepali in India (August 9, 2009) – [read more]
What are Nepalis and Indians supposed to look like? Search me!
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This article first appeared in today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF page It’s also available in eKantipur, and the official web page of the Post.
I often carry my passport these days in Delhi whenever I go out. Not that a [...]
Maoist Showdown Begins in Nepal, Again (August 8, 2009) – [read more]
Maoists block the house proceedings and have warned to stage a series of protests from both the streets and the parliament if the issue of civilian supremacy is not resolved. Prime Minister Nepal makes it clear to the Maoist chairman Prachanda that there will be no discussion on resolution motion against the President
Prime Minister Madhav [...]
Life and Death in Kandahar (August 1, 2009) – [read more]
Chopper crash survivor retells
By Dinesh Wagle
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page. Here is Nepali version PDF with more details that appeared in Kantipur daily.]
NEW DELHI- Bishnu Malla was probably the happiest man in the flight when he left Kathmandu two and half months ago. The [...]
Never Again: Maoists in Nepal and India (July 26, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist conflict has thankfully ended while India seems to have begun its own.
[This article was first published in today's Kathmandu Post Here is PDF version of the page.]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
“An amazing, heart gripping and emotionally loaded showcase of the reasons why not to go to war! Hope [these] photos… act as a [...]
Nepal: A Country Cursed by a Widow? (July 19, 2009) – [read more]
By Krishna Giri
I don’t think any Nepali will raise their eyebrows when they hear- “SATI LE SARAPEKO DESH”. Right from the unification, Nepali have witnessed ongoing severity in terms of governance. Power snatching by any means has become style in Nepal. I don’t want to go back to 17th century to dig the past. Rather [...]
Inclusive Hindutva: BJP in India (June 27, 2009) – [read more]
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India has realized that its hard-line brand of Hindutva politics doesn’t work anymore. And that’s a good news thanks to its defeat in the parliamentary polls
By Dinesh Wagle
as published in today’s Kathmandu Post
“There’s a fire raging in BJP,” said a headline in India the previous week. After the humiliating loss [...]
Happy Republic Day Nepal 
(May 29, 2009) – [read more]
The Himalayan Republic Celebrates First Republic Day Anniversary
[From a year ago: 1. Nepal is Declared a Republic!!! 2. Minute by Minute Account of the Historic Session of the CA that Declared Nepal a Republic
Republic Day rally in Pokhara, Nepal. Pic by Krishna Mani Baral
The first anniversary of the declaration of federal democratic republic of Nepal [...]
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