Nepal News archive for 06 December 2009
Roundup: Qomolangma still Nepal’s leading green campaign - Investors Business Daily (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec 06, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — By Hattisar Naxal Mt. Qomolangma (also Mt. Everest), the highest peak in the world, will continue to lead Nepal’s campaign to prevent drastic climate changes and their fallouts long after the …
Nepal ex-king leaves for family wedding in India - Investors Business Daily (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
Dec 06, 2009 (BBC Monitoring via COMTEX) — Former King Gyanendra Shah has left for India to attend a family wedding, Sunday afternoon. Shah left for New Delhi, India, by a regular Jet Airways flight at 4 p.m. today with his wife Komal Shah and …
World’s tallest, coldest, greenest hotels - canada.com (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
SYDNEY - For travellers who like a hotel with a superlative attached, online hotel specialist hotels.com has come with a list of record-breaking hotels. The hotels featured by Hotels.com, part of the Expedia Inc group, all have the “-est” factor. 1 …
Melting Himalayan glaciers threaten 1.3 bln Asians - AsiaOne (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, NEPAL - More than a billion people in Asia depend on Himalayan glaciers for water, but experts say they are melting at an alarming rate, threatening to bring drought to large swathes of the continent. Glaciers in the Himalayas, a 2,400 …
U.S. Diplomats Concerned About Maoist Agitation In Nepal - Gant Daily (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) - The United States has expressed deep concern related to the on-going agitation launched by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and urged all involved parties to expedite the peace process. Chargé d’Affaires of the …
TIPA celebrates golden jubilee at Dharamshala - Thaindian.com (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
Every Tibetan music and dance teacher working in 81 different schools across India, Nepal and Bhutan have graduated from the institute. The event saw convergence of many Tibetans, foreigners, senior administrative officials - including members of the …
Maoists call strike after Nepal clash - Taipei Times (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
A shop owner looks outside during a general strike in Kathmandu yesterday. Nepal’s Maoists called a nationwide general strike after several Maoist activists died in a clash with police over government-owned forests. Nepal’s opposition Maoists …
Travelling man - canada.com (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
Despite the pouring rain, the lineup to get into the Rio Theatre on East Broadway at Commercial Drive stretches around the block. The marquee reads: Solo in South America, with William Jans. It’s a cold Thursday night, so what kind of show is this …
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Nepal: Protests forces Pepsi to hold expansion (December 5, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu Maoists protesters forced virtual shutdown of the Pepsi bottling plant owned by India’s Ravi Jaipuria Group, demanding pay hike, in an re-emergence of threats to Indian owned industry.
4 Indians held in Nepal for Dalit girl’s murder (December 5, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 5 Four Indians are among six people arrested by the Nepal police for the suspected rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl from the Dalit community, a group that is among the most disadvantaged in Nepal.
Nepal to hold 10th cottage industry fair (December 5, 2009) - [read more]
Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries is set to organize the 10th Cottage Industry Fair and National Industrial Exhibition from Dec.
Himalayan trek is a once-in-a lifetime experience (December 4, 2009) - [read more]
The Himalaya mountains in Nepal are a wonderous sight. Photograph by: Merv Parr, special to Canwest News Service The early morning Himalayan Mountain flight was about to end as the STOL Twin Otter prepared for landing by quickly dropping into the river valley below.
First Chinese Song Competition held in Nepal (December 3, 2009) - [read more]
The first Chinese Song Competition was held in Kathmandu on Thursday with participation of students from 12 primary and secondary schools.
Nepal ministers gather for Everest meeting (December 3, 2009) - [read more]
Nepalese ministers arrived Thursday in Lukla, one of the main towns in the Everest region, ahead of a high-altitude cabinet meeting to stress the impact of global warming on the Himalayas.
Nepal Begins Mass Animal Sacrifice to Appease Gods (December 2, 2009) - [read more]
A Hindu temple in Nepal has begun its ritual of animal sacrifice, which it conducts every five years.
‘India wants Nepal CA body dissolved’ (December 1, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Chandra Prakash Gajurel, one of the senior Maoist party leaders, has claimed that the current movement waged by his party was solely to preserve the incumbent Constituent Assembly from being dissolved and also to draft the new constitution on time.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Will India Allow Nepal-Bangladesh Trade? (November 19, 2009) - [read more]
After agreeing to a rail link between Nepal and Bangladesh, will India allow the two countries to use that?It didn’t happen in 1976 when Bangladesh and Nepal signed a transit agreement for boosting bilateral trade but failed to implemented it as India did not allow its territory to be used for passage at that time. [...]
Nepal News archive for 06 December 2009
Roundup: Qomolangma still Nepal’s leading green campaign - Investors Business Daily (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Dec 06, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — By Hattisar Naxal Mt. Qomolangma (also Mt. Everest), the highest peak in the world, will continue to lead Nepal’s campaign to prevent drastic climate changes and their fallouts long after the …
Nepal ex-king leaves for family wedding in India - Investors Business Daily (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
Dec 06, 2009 (BBC Monitoring via COMTEX) — Former King Gyanendra Shah has left for India to attend a family wedding, Sunday afternoon. Shah left for New Delhi, India, by a regular Jet Airways flight at 4 p.m. today with his wife Komal Shah and …
UN To Kick Off Climate-Change Conference - Radio Free Europe (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
The UN Climate Change Conference that kicks off this week in Copenhagen on December 7 has all the elements of a science-fiction thriller. It is a global meeting intended to agree on a strategy to avert a threat to the entire planet. And the menace …
World’s tallest, coldest, greenest hotels - canada.com (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
SYDNEY - For travellers who like a hotel with a superlative attached, online hotel specialist hotels.com has come with a list of record-breaking hotels. The hotels featured by Hotels.com, part of the Expedia Inc group, all have the “-est” factor. 1 …
Melting Himalayan glaciers threaten 1.3 bln Asians - AsiaOne (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, NEPAL - More than a billion people in Asia depend on Himalayan glaciers for water, but experts say they are melting at an alarming rate, threatening to bring drought to large swathes of the continent. Glaciers in the Himalayas, a 2,400 …
U.S. Diplomats Concerned About Maoist Agitation In Nepal - Gant Daily (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) - The United States has expressed deep concern related to the on-going agitation launched by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and urged all involved parties to expedite the peace process. Chargé d’Affaires of the …
TIPA celebrates golden jubilee at Dharamshala - Thaindian.com (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
Every Tibetan music and dance teacher working in 81 different schools across India, Nepal and Bhutan have graduated from the institute. The event saw convergence of many Tibetans, foreigners, senior administrative officials - including members of the …
Violence erupts on Greek riot anniversary - The Sun News (December 6, 2009) - [read more]
ATHENS, Greece — Protesters hurled rocks and burning garbage at police Sunday as violence erupted during a march to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager, whose death sparked massive riots. Police fired tear gas at scores …
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Nepal: Protests forces Pepsi to hold expansion (December 5, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu Maoists protesters forced virtual shutdown of the Pepsi bottling plant owned by India’s Ravi Jaipuria Group, demanding pay hike, in an re-emergence of threats to Indian owned industry.
4 Indians held in Nepal for Dalit girl’s murder (December 5, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Dec 5 Four Indians are among six people arrested by the Nepal police for the suspected rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl from the Dalit community, a group that is among the most disadvantaged in Nepal.
Nepal to hold 10th cottage industry fair (December 5, 2009) - [read more]
Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries is set to organize the 10th Cottage Industry Fair and National Industrial Exhibition from Dec.
Himalayan trek is a once-in-a lifetime experience (December 4, 2009) - [read more]
The Himalaya mountains in Nepal are a wonderous sight. Photograph by: Merv Parr, special to Canwest News Service The early morning Himalayan Mountain flight was about to end as the STOL Twin Otter prepared for landing by quickly dropping into the river valley below.
First Chinese Song Competition held in Nepal (December 3, 2009) - [read more]
The first Chinese Song Competition was held in Kathmandu on Thursday with participation of students from 12 primary and secondary schools.
Nepal ministers gather for Everest meeting (December 3, 2009) - [read more]
Nepalese ministers arrived Thursday in Lukla, one of the main towns in the Everest region, ahead of a high-altitude cabinet meeting to stress the impact of global warming on the Himalayas.
Nepal Begins Mass Animal Sacrifice to Appease Gods (December 2, 2009) - [read more]
A Hindu temple in Nepal has begun its ritual of animal sacrifice, which it conducts every five years.
‘India wants Nepal CA body dissolved’ (December 1, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Chandra Prakash Gajurel, one of the senior Maoist party leaders, has claimed that the current movement waged by his party was solely to preserve the incumbent Constituent Assembly from being dissolved and also to draft the new constitution on time.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
Will India Allow Nepal-Bangladesh Trade? (November 19, 2009) - [read more]
After agreeing to a rail link between Nepal and Bangladesh, will India allow the two countries to use that?It didn’t happen in 1976 when Bangladesh and Nepal signed a transit agreement for boosting bilateral trade but failed to implemented it as India did not allow its territory to be used for passage at that time. [...]
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