You are here: Home / 2009 / Archives for October 2009

 

Nepal News archive for 08 October 2009

October 8, 2009 - From

‘Uncharted 2′ is latest PS3 treasure – Charleston Gazette (October 8, 2009) – [read more]
Exhilarating. Intense. Awe-inspiring. Beautiful. That’s a good start in trying to describe Naughty Dog’s “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.” But words can’t begin to convey just how brilliant Nathan Drake’s latest adventure on the PlayStation 3 truly is …

Eastern philosophy on dying – On Line Opinion (October 8, 2009) – [read more]
A number of my Aussie friends and I are Buddhist, and belong to a Taiwanese order. Buddhism is deeply philosophical, psychological, and spiritual; each of us came to it via different paths late in our lives. It has two main strands with a number of …

to screen at LI Film Festival – Newsday (October 8, 2009) – [read more]
“The Making of the Nutcracker,” a documentary highlighting the Frank Ohman School of Ballet & New York Dance Theatre in Commack’s annual production of the famed ballet, has been selected for participation in the Long Island Film Festival. It …

Lubanga trial: Is an army of child soldiers a war crime? – The Christian Science Monitor (October 8, 2009) – [read more]
MADRID – Nine months ago the International Criminal Court at The Hague opened its first trial – putting Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga in the dock for conscripting and using child soldiers in 2002 and 2003. Kidnapping or leading kids under 15 into …

Greenwich artist to take paintings to new heights – Greenwich Time (October 8, 2009) – [read more]
His paintings splash the walls of the United Nations, flow through the pool of his former Greenwich home and keep watch on the border between North and South Korea. Now, Ranan Lurie, plans to continue his transcending “Uniting Painting” by installing …

Naxals gun down 17 cops in Maharashtra – Daily Times (October 8, 2009) – [read more]
NEW DELHI: Seventeen policemen were killed and two others injured on Thursday in a Maoist rebel attack in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Nearly 100 Maoists, commonly known as Naxals, ambushed 40 policemen at Laheri police station in …

Dhaka seeks access to Nepal and Bhutan through India – Gulf Times (October 8, 2009) – [read more]
Bangladesh has urged India to give it transit to Nepal and Bhutan to boost bilateral and South Asian regional trade and connectivity. The subject will be high on the agenda when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits New Delhi shortly. India too is …

Nepal govt set to rock Maoist peace pact – Gulf Times (October 8, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal govt set to rock Maoist peace pact IANS/Kathmandu Three years after they signed a peace pact with the Maoist guerrillas to end a decade-long insurgency, Nepal’s major parties are now seeking a one-sided change in the deal in a move certain to …

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

Jazz festival begins in Nepali capital (October 8, 2009) – [read more]

The annual Surya Nepal KathmanduJazz Festival, or popularly known as “Jazzmandu,” starts here from Thursday.

Deadly landslides in Nepal (October 8, 2009) – [read more]

Landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 34 people in various parts of western Nepal, government officials said Wednesday.

36 People Killed In Landslides, Floods In Western Nepal (October 7, 2009) – [read more]

At least 36 people were killed in western parts of the country on Tuesday due to landslides and floods triggered by incessant rain since the last couple of days, China’s Xinhua news agency said quotung The Kathmandu Post’s reports on Wednesday.

Dozens killed in landslides (October 7, 2009) – [read more]

AT least 45 people have been killed by landslides and flash floods triggered by torrential rains in remote western Nepal, officials said.

Scores killed in Nepal landslide (October 7, 2009) – [read more]

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 34 people in western Nepal, officials say.

At least 36 killed in landslides in western Nepal – Summary (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

Unseasonably heavy rains in western Nepal left a trail of destruction Tuesday, killing at least 36 people and injuring several others, official said.

Eight Nepali speaking people shot dead in Assam (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

National Democratic Front of Bodoland , an underground armed outfit active in North-east India, has shot dead eight Nepali speaking persons along with two persons of the indigenous community and two Assamese in Sonitpur, Assam, India, Kantipur daily reported.

Int’l workshop on climate change begins in Nepali capital (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

A two-day international workshop on climate change and its impact on Asian agriculture began here in Kathmandu Monday.

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 07 October 2009

October 7, 2009 - From

Photographer Irving Penn Dead At 92 – NPR News (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
Penn, the brother of the motion-picture director Arthur Penn, initially intended to become a painter, but at age 26 he took a job designing photographic covers for the fashion magazine Vogue. He began photographing his own ideas for covers and soon …

Did ISI kill fake notes kingpin? – Hindustan Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
Is Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence behind the killing of one of its own, fake currency dealer Majid Manihar? With Manihar’s murder, it would be difficult for India to prove the role of the ISI in running fake currency rackets to …

Death toll rises as rains wreak havoc – Gulf Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
At least 45 people have been killed and thousands displaced as late rains continued to lash western Nepal, spreading a flood-wrought disaster after a meagre monsoon caused drought in the agro-based republic. Landslides and raging rivers killed 45 …

Tibetans squeezed as Nepal imposes check – Gulf Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
A monk takes part in a peaceful protest against China at Baudha in Kathmandu yesterday. The protesters were rallying against the celebration of China’s 60th year of its rule over mainland China and 50 years of occupation of Tibet As Beijing marked …

India follows China track, plans rail link along border – Hindustan Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
On Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s advice, the Indian Railways has completed a reconnaissance survey of the ambitious 497-km Bilaspur-Manali-Leh rail link stretching from Himachal Pradesh to Jammu and Kashmir. The link has been conceived as a …

There’s gold in them thar companies – Age (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
Sino Gold is set to release a scheme booklet detailing the $2.2 billion bid from Canada’s Eldorado later this week or early next week, but it remains to be seen whether this move will spark further consolidation in the gold sector. Once the …

Tajikistan holds Iran in AFC U-16 Championship – Tehran Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct.7 (MNA) — Iran could not win its football opener against Tajikistan in the AFC U-16 Championship on Wednesday. In the match played in Group B, Iran was held to a goalless draw by Tajikistan. Bahrain defeated Lebanon 2-1 in another …

Michigan St. heading study to improve fruits – The Sun News (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A $14.4 million, four-year federal grant will help a global research team use genetic breakthroughs to make better, longer-lasting apples, cherries, peaches and strawberries. Amy Iezzoni of Michigan State University heads the …

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

Dozens killed in landslides (October 7, 2009) – [read more]

AT least 45 people have been killed by landslides and flash floods triggered by torrential rains in remote western Nepal, officials said.

Scores killed in Nepal landslide (October 7, 2009) – [read more]

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 34 people in western Nepal, officials say.

At least 36 killed in landslides in western Nepal – Summary (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

Unseasonably heavy rains in western Nepal left a trail of destruction Tuesday, killing at least 36 people and injuring several others, official said.

Eight Nepali speaking people shot dead in Assam (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

National Democratic Front of Bodoland , an underground armed outfit active in North-east India, has shot dead eight Nepali speaking persons along with two persons of the indigenous community and two Assamese in Sonitpur, Assam, India, Kantipur daily reported.

Int’l workshop on climate change begins in Nepali capital (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

A two-day international workshop on climate change and its impact on Asian agriculture began here in Kathmandu Monday.

Leaders reiterate rhetoric on high-level mechanism (October 5, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala, who had originally proposed the mechanism immediately after the formation of the government five months ago, reiterated the need of such a mechanism again.

Nepal’s new charter becoming a mirage (October 4, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal’s new constitution, which is expected to be promulgated in May 2010 and cement the peace negotiations that ended a 10-year civil insurgency that left over 16,000 dead, is fast becoming a mirage, with the country’s major parties remaining at loggerheads.

Nepal to deploy cops at border (October 4, 2009) – [read more]

NEPAL is to deploy armed police along its northern border with Tibet, the country’s home minister has said, days after nearly 80 Tibetans were arrested in the capital Kathmandu.

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 07 October 2009

October 7, 2009 - From

Photographer Irving Penn Dead At 92 – NPR News (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
Penn, the brother of the motion-picture director Arthur Penn, initially intended to become a painter, but at age 26 he took a job designing photographic covers for the fashion magazine Vogue. He began photographing his own ideas for covers and soon …

Did ISI kill fake notes kingpin? – Hindustan Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
Is Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence behind the killing of one of its own, fake currency dealer Majid Manihar? With Manihar’s murder, it would be difficult for India to prove the role of the ISI in running fake currency rackets to …

Death toll rises as rains wreak havoc – Gulf Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
At least 45 people have been killed and thousands displaced as late rains continued to lash western Nepal, spreading a flood-wrought disaster after a meagre monsoon caused drought in the agro-based republic. Landslides and raging rivers killed 45 …

Tibetans squeezed as Nepal imposes check – Gulf Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
A monk takes part in a peaceful protest against China at Baudha in Kathmandu yesterday. The protesters were rallying against the celebration of China’s 60th year of its rule over mainland China and 50 years of occupation of Tibet As Beijing marked …

India follows China track, plans rail link along border – Hindustan Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
On Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s advice, the Indian Railways has completed a reconnaissance survey of the ambitious 497-km Bilaspur-Manali-Leh rail link stretching from Himachal Pradesh to Jammu and Kashmir. The link has been conceived as a …

There’s gold in them thar companies – Age (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
Sino Gold is set to release a scheme booklet detailing the $2.2 billion bid from Canada’s Eldorado later this week or early next week, but it remains to be seen whether this move will spark further consolidation in the gold sector. Once the …

Tajikistan holds Iran in AFC U-16 Championship – Tehran Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct.7 (MNA) — Iran could not win its football opener against Tajikistan in the AFC U-16 Championship on Wednesday. In the match played in Group B, Iran was held to a goalless draw by Tajikistan. Bahrain defeated Lebanon 2-1 in another …

Michigan St. heading study to improve fruits – The Sun News (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A $14.4 million, four-year federal grant will help a global research team use genetic breakthroughs to make better, longer-lasting apples, cherries, peaches and strawberries. Amy Iezzoni of Michigan State University heads the …

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

Dozens killed in landslides (October 7, 2009) – [read more]

AT least 45 people have been killed by landslides and flash floods triggered by torrential rains in remote western Nepal, officials said.

Scores killed in Nepal landslide (October 7, 2009) – [read more]

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 34 people in western Nepal, officials say.

At least 36 killed in landslides in western Nepal – Summary (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

Unseasonably heavy rains in western Nepal left a trail of destruction Tuesday, killing at least 36 people and injuring several others, official said.

Eight Nepali speaking people shot dead in Assam (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

National Democratic Front of Bodoland , an underground armed outfit active in North-east India, has shot dead eight Nepali speaking persons along with two persons of the indigenous community and two Assamese in Sonitpur, Assam, India, Kantipur daily reported.

Int’l workshop on climate change begins in Nepali capital (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

A two-day international workshop on climate change and its impact on Asian agriculture began here in Kathmandu Monday.

Leaders reiterate rhetoric on high-level mechanism (October 5, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala, who had originally proposed the mechanism immediately after the formation of the government five months ago, reiterated the need of such a mechanism again.

Nepal’s new charter becoming a mirage (October 4, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal’s new constitution, which is expected to be promulgated in May 2010 and cement the peace negotiations that ended a 10-year civil insurgency that left over 16,000 dead, is fast becoming a mirage, with the country’s major parties remaining at loggerheads.

Nepal to deploy cops at border (October 4, 2009) – [read more]

NEPAL is to deploy armed police along its northern border with Tibet, the country’s home minister has said, days after nearly 80 Tibetans were arrested in the capital Kathmandu.

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 07 October 2009

October 7, 2009 - From

Photographer Irving Penn Dead At 92 – NPR News (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
Penn, the brother of the motion-picture director Arthur Penn, initially intended to become a painter, but at age 26 he took a job designing photographic covers for the fashion magazine Vogue. He began photographing his own ideas for covers and soon …

Did ISI kill fake notes kingpin? – Hindustan Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
Is Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence behind the killing of one of its own, fake currency dealer Majid Manihar? With Manihar’s murder, it would be difficult for India to prove the role of the ISI in running fake currency rackets to …

Death toll rises as rains wreak havoc – Gulf Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
At least 45 people have been killed and thousands displaced as late rains continued to lash western Nepal, spreading a flood-wrought disaster after a meagre monsoon caused drought in the agro-based republic. Landslides and raging rivers killed 45 …

CISF men to ‘escort’ Indian High Commission in Islamabad – Zee News (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi: A batch of about eight CISF personnel are in Islamabad as “escorts” for the Indian High Commission after having undergone special training. Union Home Ministry sources said the CISF had shortlisted about 20 personnel for being deputed to …

Tibetans squeezed as Nepal imposes check – Gulf Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
A monk takes part in a peaceful protest against China at Baudha in Kathmandu yesterday. The protesters were rallying against the celebration of China’s 60th year of its rule over mainland China and 50 years of occupation of Tibet As Beijing marked …

India follows China track, plans rail link along border – Hindustan Times (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
On Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s advice, the Indian Railways has completed a reconnaissance survey of the ambitious 497-km Bilaspur-Manali-Leh rail link stretching from Himachal Pradesh to Jammu and Kashmir. The link has been conceived as a …

AREG Profiles Aberdeen’s Renewables Expertise in Australia – Oilvoice.com (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
Aberdeen’s renewable energy expertise comes under the global spotlight this week when the city’s All-Energy show debuts in Australia. Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) will tell why the region is at the forefront of renewables and how it is …

There’s gold in them thar companies – Age (October 7, 2009) – [read more]
Sino Gold is set to release a scheme booklet detailing the $2.2 billion bid from Canada’s Eldorado later this week or early next week, but it remains to be seen whether this move will spark further consolidation in the gold sector. Once the …

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

Dozens killed in landslides (October 7, 2009) – [read more]

AT least 45 people have been killed by landslides and flash floods triggered by torrential rains in remote western Nepal, officials said.

Scores killed in Nepal landslide (October 7, 2009) – [read more]

Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 34 people in western Nepal, officials say.

At least 36 killed in landslides in western Nepal – Summary (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

Unseasonably heavy rains in western Nepal left a trail of destruction Tuesday, killing at least 36 people and injuring several others, official said.

Eight Nepali speaking people shot dead in Assam (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

National Democratic Front of Bodoland , an underground armed outfit active in North-east India, has shot dead eight Nepali speaking persons along with two persons of the indigenous community and two Assamese in Sonitpur, Assam, India, Kantipur daily reported.

Int’l workshop on climate change begins in Nepali capital (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

A two-day international workshop on climate change and its impact on Asian agriculture began here in Kathmandu Monday.

Leaders reiterate rhetoric on high-level mechanism (October 5, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala, who had originally proposed the mechanism immediately after the formation of the government five months ago, reiterated the need of such a mechanism again.

Nepal’s new charter becoming a mirage (October 4, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal’s new constitution, which is expected to be promulgated in May 2010 and cement the peace negotiations that ended a 10-year civil insurgency that left over 16,000 dead, is fast becoming a mirage, with the country’s major parties remaining at loggerheads.

Nepal to deploy cops at border (October 4, 2009) – [read more]

NEPAL is to deploy armed police along its northern border with Tibet, the country’s home minister has said, days after nearly 80 Tibetans were arrested in the capital Kathmandu.

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 06 October 2009

October 6, 2009 - From

Norway tops UN Quality of Life Survey; U.S. comes in 13th – KSDK (October 6, 2009) – [read more]
USA TODAY — Norway tops the list of the countries with the highest quality of life, while Niger comes in last, a U.N. agency says. The United States is ranked 13th. The annual Human Development Index, unveiled by the U. N. Development Program, takes …

Maoists behead top cop – Gulf Times (October 6, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist rebels in the eastern state of Jharkhand beheaded a senior police officer five days after abducting him, officials said yesterday. The decapitated body of Francis Induwar, a special intelligence officer from the Jharkhand police, was found on …

One-third of world’s child brides from India, says Unicef – Gulf Times (October 6, 2009) – [read more]
More than a third of the world’s child brides are from India, leaving children at an increased risk of exploitation despite the country’s growing modernity and economic wealth, according to a Unicef report. Nearly 25mn women in India were married …

Australian Dy. PM Addresses Australian Expats and Business People in … – eGov Monitor (October 6, 2009) – [read more]
I’m immensely privileged to be here because I can celebrate with both Australians and Americans the close friendship between our two countries. This friendship is clearly not limited to inter-government interaction. It goes beyond embassy to …

After Amanda Knox, UW tightens rules for study abroad – Seattle Post Intelligencer (October 6, 2009) – [read more]
Mirroring a nationwide trend, the University of Washington is overhauling how its students and professors interface with foreign countries. · Amanda Knox purportedly sent an e-mail to friends and the UW’s assistant director of international programs …

12 killed as landslide hits village – MSN UK News (October 6, 2009) – [read more]
Officials say at least 12 people have been killed in western Nepal after a landslide hit a remote mountain village. Rajendra Prasad Ghimire, a senior district official, says the landslide, triggered by days of heavy rain, hit Mastamandu village in …

GrainCorp looks for growth further afield – Age (October 6, 2009) – [read more]
The recent spate of consolidation in the agriculture sector, as evidenced by Viterra’s purchase of ABB Grain and AWB’s looming partnership with a global commodities trader, has led companies like GrainCorp to take a more worldly view to remain …

India plays down Chinese incursions – Asia Times (October 6, 2009) – [read more]
NEW DELHI – Reports of incursions into Indian territory by China have been on the rise in recent weeks. The reports include the injury of two soldiers from the ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force) in firing from across the border into the …

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

Eight Nepali speaking people shot dead in Assam (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

National Democratic Front of Bodoland , an underground armed outfit active in North-east India, has shot dead eight Nepali speaking persons along with two persons of the indigenous community and two Assamese in Sonitpur, Assam, India, Kantipur daily reported.

Int’l workshop on climate change begins in Nepali capital (October 6, 2009) – [read more]

A two-day international workshop on climate change and its impact on Asian agriculture began here in Kathmandu Monday.

Leaders reiterate rhetoric on high-level mechanism (October 5, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala, who had originally proposed the mechanism immediately after the formation of the government five months ago, reiterated the need of such a mechanism again.

Nepal’s new charter becoming a mirage (October 4, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal’s new constitution, which is expected to be promulgated in May 2010 and cement the peace negotiations that ended a 10-year civil insurgency that left over 16,000 dead, is fast becoming a mirage, with the country’s major parties remaining at loggerheads.

Nepal to deploy cops at border (October 4, 2009) – [read more]

NEPAL is to deploy armed police along its northern border with Tibet, the country’s home minister has said, days after nearly 80 Tibetans were arrested in the capital Kathmandu.

2-Oct-09 – At Least 23 Killed as Church Collapses in Nepal (October 3, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct 1, 2009 .- At least 23 people were killed in the eastern Nepal when the three-story bamboo structure in which they were sleeping collapsed.

China calls shots on Nepal border (October 2, 2009) – [read more]

For the first time in its history, Nepal will form a Border Security Force to patrol its northernmost tip of the border it shares with Tibet in a bid to prevent anti-China activities by Tibetan dissidents, Nepal’s Home Minister Bhim Rawal said.

Mahatma’s dream lives on in Nepal (October 1, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Sixty-one years after he died, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhia s dream of self-reliance lives on in 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 05 October 2009

October 5, 2009 - From

U.N.: Norway Has Best Quality of Life – CBS News (October 5, 2009) – [read more]
Learn about the people, economy and history. Stories U.S. Accused of Climate Apathy at Talks Analysis: Obama’s Good Week at the U.N. (AP) Norway enjoys the world’s highest quality of life, while Niger suffers the lowest, a U.N. agency said Monday, as …

Canada 4th in UN ranking – Toronto Star (October 5, 2009) – [read more]
BANGKOK – Norway enjoys the world’s highest quality of life, while Niger suffers the lowest, a United Nations agency said Monday, as it released a ranking that highlights the wide disparities in well-being between rich and poor countries. Canada …

UN Index Rates Life Best In Norway, Worst In Niger – CBS News (October 5, 2009) – [read more]
(AP) Norway enjoys the world’s highest quality of life, while Niger suffers the lowest, a U.N. agency said Monday, as it released a ranking that highlights the wide disparities in well-being between rich and poor countries. The annual Human …

Naxalism must not be romanticised, says Chidambaram – Hindustan Times (October 5, 2009) – [read more]
Against the backdrop of the arrest of Naxal leader Kobad Ghandy, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said civil society must not romanticise the Naxalites. Noting that in the last ten years Naxalites have expanded their area of operation and …

Taking pains to help others – Omaha World-Herald (October 5, 2009) – [read more]
When Barb Coleman learned she had fibromyalgia, she didn’t believe it. “I thought it was a bogus medical term that doctors gave people when they didn’t know what was wrong with them,” she said. But once she was diagnosed in 2008, she began …

U.N. index rates life best in Norway; U.S. places 13th – detnews.com (October 5, 2009) – [read more]
Bangkok — Norway enjoys the world’s highest quality of life, while Niger suffers the lowest, a U.N. agency said Monday, as it released a ranking that highlights the wide disparities in well-being between rich and poor countries. The annual Human …

India ranks 132 among 182 countries in human development: UNDP – New Kerala (October 5, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Oct 5 : Despite making steady progress in increasing life expectancy, education and per capita GDP, India still ranks 134 among 182 countries in human development, lagging far behind other developing countries like Iran and the Maldives …

India to allow unskilled migration if developed nations do it – New Kerala (October 5, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Oct 5 : India would agree to allow the inflow of unskilled workers from abroad if developed countries agree to do the same, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said today. Interacting with mediapersons after …

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’s new charter becoming a mirage (October 4, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal’s new constitution, which is expected to be promulgated in May 2010 and cement the peace negotiations that ended a 10-year civil insurgency that left over 16,000 dead, is fast becoming a mirage, with the country’s major parties remaining at loggerheads.

Nepal to deploy cops at border (October 4, 2009) – [read more]

NEPAL is to deploy armed police along its northern border with Tibet, the country’s home minister has said, days after nearly 80 Tibetans were arrested in the capital Kathmandu.

2-Oct-09 – At Least 23 Killed as Church Collapses in Nepal (October 3, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct 1, 2009 .- At least 23 people were killed in the eastern Nepal when the three-story bamboo structure in which they were sleeping collapsed.

China calls shots on Nepal border (October 2, 2009) – [read more]

For the first time in its history, Nepal will form a Border Security Force to patrol its northernmost tip of the border it shares with Tibet in a bid to prevent anti-China activities by Tibetan dissidents, Nepal’s Home Minister Bhim Rawal said.

Mahatma’s dream lives on in Nepal (October 1, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Sixty-one years after he died, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhia s dream of self-reliance lives on in Nepal.

Nepal arrests Tibetans as China observes anniversary (October 1, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal arrested more than two dozen Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu on Thursday in a bid to prevent anti-China protests as China observed the 60th anniversary of its founding.

Dharan church collapse claims 23 lives, many more injured (September 30, 2009) – [read more]

At least 23 people have been killed and some 65 injured when a church in the eastern town of Dharan in Sunsari district collapsed Tuesday night.

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.

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 04 October 2009

October 4, 2009 - From

Spirited brothers – sign on sandiego.com (October 4, 2009) – [read more]
Joshua (left) and Jeremiah Zimmerman were 12 and 15, respectively, when they traveled around the world with their parents. They are shown here in 1996 in Lucknow, the capital of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. (John Zimmerman) Holy rollers and …

Runners compete in loch marathon – BBC UK News (October 4, 2009) – [read more]
Organisers said the number of entries marked another record, building on last year’s entry of 5,851. A new marathon course record was set by Simon Tonui, of Birchfield Harriers, who took just 2 hours 20 minutes and 13 seconds to complete the 26.2 …

Nepal to deploy police along Tibet border: minister – Taipei Times (October 4, 2009) – [read more]
Nepal is to deploy armed police along its northern border with Tibet, the country’s home minister has said, days after nearly 80 Tibetans were arrested in the capital Kathmandu. The move is part of a plan to make Nepal’s border with neighboring …

Fundraising event will help Adoption Associates – Holland Sentinel (October 4, 2009) – [read more]
Adoption Associates, an adoption agency specializing in domestic and international adoption, is partnering with Quality Car Wash of Holland for a fundraising event titled “Harvest of Hope” on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. The event, which …

Foot Solutions to Donate $35,000 Worth of Shoes to Flood Victims in … – dBusinessNews.com (October 4, 2009) – [read more]
Nashville, TN – As areas in Atlanta continue to recover from recent flooding, Foot Solutions stores are pitching in to help their neighbors in need. Foot Solutions Corporate along with Foot Solutions in Buckhead, on behalf of Soles4Souls, have …

State Bank to raise $1 bn – Central Chronicle (October 4, 2009) – [read more]
India ‘s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) is set to raise upto USD one billion from the international market this month through the issue of five year maturity bonds. This will fill up the immediate fund-requirement of the banking behemoth …

China launches first-ever private railways – Times of India (October 4, 2009) – [read more]
BEIJING: Even as Chinese president Hu Jintao was telling an audience in Beijing that the government will stick to the path of socialism on October 1, a quite capitalistic revolution was taking place in distant Sanxi province in north China. The first …

Service center celebrates 10 years of helping refugees – HometownAnnapolis.com (October 4, 2009) – [read more]
BALTIMORE – Khada Upreti was 19 when the Bhutan government imprisoned him and other members of a Nepali-speaking ethnic minority group. Three months later he was released and fled to Nepal, but wound up in a refugee camp with thousands of other …

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

2-Oct-09 – At Least 23 Killed as Church Collapses in Nepal (October 3, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct 1, 2009 .- At least 23 people were killed in the eastern Nepal when the three-story bamboo structure in which they were sleeping collapsed.

China calls shots on Nepal border (October 2, 2009) – [read more]

For the first time in its history, Nepal will form a Border Security Force to patrol its northernmost tip of the border it shares with Tibet in a bid to prevent anti-China activities by Tibetan dissidents, Nepal’s Home Minister Bhim Rawal said.

Mahatma’s dream lives on in Nepal (October 1, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Sixty-one years after he died, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhia s dream of self-reliance lives on in Nepal.

Nepal arrests Tibetans as China observes anniversary (October 1, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal arrested more than two dozen Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu on Thursday in a bid to prevent anti-China protests as China observed the 60th anniversary of its founding.

Dharan church collapse claims 23 lives, many more injured (September 30, 2009) – [read more]

At least 23 people have been killed and some 65 injured when a church in the eastern town of Dharan in Sunsari district collapsed Tuesday night.

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.

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 03 October 2009

October 3, 2009 - From

India grouped with Madives in SAFF Cup – Thaindian.com (October 3, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) India have been clubbed with defending champions Maldives in the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championships to be held in Dhaka from Dec 4. India, Maldives, Nepal and Afghanistan are in Group A while hosts Bangladesh …

St. John’s Auxiliary – Albert Lea Tribune (October 3, 2009) – [read more]
St. John’s Auxiliary met Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, at 2 p.m., in St. John’s Chapel. President JoAnne Fink welcomed everyone with a reading about autumn. Devotions were given by the Rev. Jeff Laeger-Hagemeister. Judy Olson and Shirley Enderson of …

Anti-trafficking Indian activist awarded in USA – New Kerala (October 3, 2009) – [read more]
Kolkata, Oct 3 : Social activist and journalist Ruchira Gupta, who founded Apne Aap Women Worldwide to combat trafficking of women and children, was honoured with the Clinton Global Citizen Award in New York recently. She was awarded on Sep 24 for …

Facebook gets Latin translation – T3.com (October 3, 2009) – [read more]
As well as offering the life-sapping service in a myriad of modern day languages around the world, Facebook has today added Latin to the mix. Earlier this year the social networking giant went a little bit ‘kooky’ by introducing the popular …

Roger Perry Brewington – Bend Bulletin (October 3, 2009) – [read more]
Roger Brewington, born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, on August 13, 1940, to Perry and Eleanor Brewington. He passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2009. After putting forth a great effort to make the most of his time, the cancer won. Roger was a deeply …

Worship notes: Pastor remembered – Reporter (October 3, 2009) – [read more]
The Rev. Bruce R. Rouzer, a former fire police officer for Fairmount Fire Company and a former policeman for the defunct Hatfield Borough police, will be remembered at a service Sunday at 2 p.m. at Indian Creek Church of the Brethren, 821 Main St …

Chandigarh’s International Peace Festival bridges borders – Thaindian.com (October 3, 2009) – [read more]
Chandigarh, Oct. 3 (ANI): Nearly 500 students from different countries participated in the annual International Peace Festival held in Chandigarh. The five-day festival, from September 27 to October 1, saw students from Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan …

Readers’ Comments on ” WAITING FOR MANGTSO – By Jamyang Norbu ” – Phayul (October 3, 2009) – [read more]
Thank you for contributing to this important discussion. You wrote that Nepal was “like heaven” in the old days under the king and the “panchayat raj”. In the Kathmandu valley, officials, courtiers, ranas, politicians, and business people were …

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

China calls shots on Nepal border (October 2, 2009) – [read more]

For the first time in its history, Nepal will form a Border Security Force to patrol its northernmost tip of the border it shares with Tibet in a bid to prevent anti-China activities by Tibetan dissidents, Nepal’s Home Minister Bhim Rawal said.

Mahatma’s dream lives on in Nepal (October 1, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Sixty-one years after he died, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhia s dream of self-reliance lives on in Nepal.

Nepal arrests Tibetans as China observes anniversary (October 1, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal arrested more than two dozen Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu on Thursday in a bid to prevent anti-China protests as China observed the 60th anniversary of its founding.

Dharan church collapse claims 23 lives, many more injured (September 30, 2009) – [read more]

At least 23 people have been killed and some 65 injured when a church in the eastern town of Dharan in Sunsari district collapsed Tuesday night.

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.

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 02 October 2009

October 2, 2009 - From

Food Supply Hangs in the Balance – Common Dreams (October 2, 2009) – [read more]
UXBRIDGE, Canada – Rocketing food prices and hundreds of millions more starving people will be part of humanity’s grim future without concerted action on climate change and new investments in agriculture, experts reported this week. The current …

Kathmandu exec speaks on float rumours – News.com.au (October 2, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu names James Strong chairman Says company rode out global crisis well Speculation of possible float of Kathmandu OUTDOOR equipment retailer Kathmandu has named James Strong as its chairman amid heightened speculation about a possible share …

Looking At The Current Political Situation of Nepal – Newsblaze.com (October 2, 2009) – [read more]
Though, I am agnostic. As going through Mr. Prasai’s article and also looking at the current political situation of Nepal, I would proudly like to say that I am Hindu. And I am planning to make a few copies of the article and distribute to people …

Strong pointer to Kathmandu float – The Australian (October 2, 2009) – [read more]
A $400 million-plus public float of camping and outdoor clothing retailer Kathmandu appears imminent after the appointment of high-profile business chief James Strong as its new chairman. Mr Strong’s appointment by owners Goldman Sachs JB Were and …

Drug peddler with suspected ISI links held in Delhi – Thaindian.com (October 2, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) A 32-year-old man, said to be a drug peddler with links to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) against whom a red corner notice issue is pending, has been arrested here, the police said Friday. The Special Operation …

Strong to lead Kathmandu to market – Sydney Morning Herald (October 2, 2009) – [read more]
WHEN the chairman of Woolworths and Qantas director James Strong was climbing Antarctica’s highest mountain, Mount Vinson, in 1991, it was his Kathmandu gear that kept him warm and dry. Now Mr Strong will bring his corporate experience and business …

Strong sets course for Kathmandu – Age (October 2, 2009) – [read more]
WHEN Woolworths chairman and Qantas director James Strong was climbing Antarctica’s highest mountain, Mount Vinson, in 1991 his Kathmandu gear kept him warm and dry. Presumably he wasn’t wearing one of his famous colourful bow ties. Now Mr Strong is …

Mosaics heal fragmented lives of Nepali girls – Balita News (October 2, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, Oct. 2 — The Himalayan republic of Nepal is famed for its wood, metal, paper and clay craftsmanship. But now, an organization is transforming the humble bathroom tile to create exquisite mosaics that can be a collector’s item. What make …

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

Mahatma’s dream lives on in Nepal (October 1, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: Sixty-one years after he died, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhia s dream of self-reliance lives on in Nepal.

Nepal arrests Tibetans as China observes anniversary (October 1, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal arrested more than two dozen Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu on Thursday in a bid to prevent anti-China protests as China observed the 60th anniversary of its founding.

Dharan church collapse claims 23 lives, many more injured (September 30, 2009) – [read more]

At least 23 people have been killed and some 65 injured when a church in the eastern town of Dharan in Sunsari district collapsed Tuesday night.

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.

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 01 October 2009

October 1, 2009 - From

Opinions split over India’s entry into Bangla transport infra – Zee News (October 1, 2009) – [read more]
Dhaka: Bangladesh government’s decision to allow India to use its territory for transit has evoked mixed reactions here among foreign experts and in the nation’s mainstream media. Dhaka had agreed to allow Ashuganj as a new port of call in response …

Scores of Tibetan exiles arrested in anti-China protests – Earthtimes (October 1, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu – More than 60 Tibetan exiles were arrested Thursday in India and Nepal while demonstrating against China on the day Beijing celebrated the 60th anniversary of Communist Party rule. Nepalese police broke up a demonstration in Kathmandu …

Nepal police arrest several Tibetans on China anniversary: update – Phayul (October 1, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 1: At least 38 Tibetan exiles were arrested in Nepal on Thursday on suspicion of planning to hold demonstrations as China marks 60 years of communist rule, AFP reported Nepali police as saying. Police had arrested 10 Tibetans as they …

CLIMATE CHANGE: India’s Monsoon Predictions More Uncertain – Inter Press Service (October 1, 2009) – [read more]
NEW DELHI, Jun 27 (IPS) – Predicting the monsoons – a risky proposition despite the deployment of satellites and supercomputers – appears to have become iffier thanks to climate change. As the spectre of drought looms up across India thanks to this …

Doubts persist in West over Pak’s willingness to fight terror: French … – Newstrack India (October 1, 2009) – [read more]
Islamabad, Oct.1 (ANI): France has expressed concerns over Pakistan’s anti-terror efforts, saying all the western countries are skeptical regarding Islamabad’s actions. Chairman of the French Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and …

Maoist arrested at Indo-Nepal border – Daily News and Analysis (October 1, 2009) – [read more]
He was arrested from Banbasa area along with a pistol last evening by the SSB personnel manning the Indo-Nepal border in the district, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) of Champawat D R Arya said. A total of 13 prisoners, including Maoist …

23 die in Nepal as hut collapses – Edinburgh News (October 1, 2009) – [read more]
AT LEAST 23 people, including women and children, were killed in their sleep in Nepal when a three-storey bamboo hut used for a church function collapsed, police said today. The accident injured 62 others. The full article contains 42 words and …

TV Preview: Kids For Sale – Stacey Dooley Investigates, BBC3, 9pm – This is Sentinel (October 1, 2009) – [read more]
TWO years ago, fashion fanatic Stacey Dooley’s life took an unexpected turn when she travelled to India to live and work alongside the people in the Indian fashion industry making clothes for the UK high street. In the cramped backstreet workshops of …

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 arrests Tibetans as China observes anniversary (October 1, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal arrested more than two dozen Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu on Thursday in a bid to prevent anti-China protests as China observed the 60th anniversary of its founding.

Dharan church collapse claims 23 lives, many more injured (September 30, 2009) – [read more]

At least 23 people have been killed and some 65 injured when a church in the eastern town of Dharan in Sunsari district collapsed Tuesday night.

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 …

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 [...]