Nepal News archive for 18 November 2009

Cloud cover blocks meteor showers in India, Nepal – Danbury News-Times (November 18, 2009) – [read more]
The night sky over the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, is seen Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 as meteors from Leonid meteor shower appear. Forecasters define a meteor storm as 1,000 or more meteors per hour expected to streak across the sky during the …

Theatre Art Unit stages “Chhayachakra” – The Daily Star (November 18, 2009) – [read more]
At 7pm at the National Theatre Hall, Aarohan Theatre from Kathmandu, Nepal will stage “Mahan Shilpi” (adaptation of “The Master Builder”).

Domino’s Pizza is now Jubilant FoodWorks – Hindu Business Line (November 18, 2009) – [read more]
… company continues to be a part of the Jubilant Bhartia Group, and holds the Master Franchisee Rights for the Domino’s Pizza brand and operations for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. “The decision to change the name has been taken to align …

Human Trafficking Needs to Be Tackled in South Asia – Newsblaze.com (November 18, 2009) – [read more]
Lured from the hills of Nepal, Nisha found herself sold to a brothel in Mumbai at 11. Two years later, she had contracted HIV. She had been entertaining five to ten customers a day for those two years. At 19, the slightly-built Rakhi is the mother of …

Nepal parties meet to end political deadlock – Hindustan Times (November 18, 2009) – [read more]
Leaders of the three major political parties in Nepal met on Wednesday to find a way out of the ongoing political deadlock in the Himalayan nation. Senior leaders from the ruling Communist Party of Nepal-United Maoist Leninist and Nepali Congress as …

Lee students get local lesson in fair trade – Staunton News Leader (November 18, 2009) – [read more]
STAUNTON — Givi Dudunia, 17, a junior who moved here eight months ago from Russia, looked at the female figure constructed out of brightly-colored, twisted strips of Coke can metal. “It looks like Lady Gaga,” said Givi, as he looked at the Virgin …

Meteors spark delight … and disappointment – MSNBC (November 18, 2009) – [read more]
NEW DELHI – Thousands of stargazers across Asia stayed awake overnight to catch a glimpse of what was advertised as an intense Leonid meteor shower, but the show fizzled rather than sizzled for many because of cloudy conditions. One group of about 30 …

Crime beat – Deccan Herald (November 18, 2009) – [read more]
He confessed to have got the consignment from one Aryan, who in turn gets it from Nepal. Rowdy, associates behind bars »The CCB police have arrested notorious rowdy Mulama and his associates. The arrested were – Lokesh alias Mulama (47) of Rajagopal …

Nepali Times

Merry-go-round (November 18, 2009) – [read more]
Political parties try, and fail, to reach an agreement to pass the

Dahal follows Koirala to Singapore (November 16, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman will visit NC president in

Feeling poorly (November 15, 2009) – [read more]
Girija Prasad Koirala has been admitted to a hospital in

Backlashing out (November 13, 2009) – [read more]
Police issued an arrest warrant for State Minister Karima Begum for slapping Parsa’s Chief District Officer.

Cadres clog capital (November 12, 2009) – [read more]
Throngs of Maoists picket Singha Darbar in a demonstration of power.

Ow, Minister! (November 11, 2009) – [read more]
Minister slaps Chief District Officer saying he offended her by providing an old vehicle to pick her up at Simara

Pants on fire (November 10, 2009) – [read more]
UML leader Ashok Rai withdraws statement on CA dissolution, says media exaggerated his

Pass the buck (November 9, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman says his party will let the budget pass. His party leaders

Nepal News

Self-declared Nepal expert says he never was a RAW man (November 18, 2009) – [read more]

India Gazette Wednesday 18th November, 2009 New Delhi, Nov.18 : Professor S. D. Muni, India’s self proclaimed Nepal expert talking to a daily in Kathmandu, has refuted media allegations that he is associated with RAW , India’s notorious intelligence agency.

BR proposes ‘best’ rail route to Nepal (November 18, 2009) – [read more]

Bangladesh Railway has proposed “the most convenient” route for rail transit to Nepal, ahead of the prime minister’s India visit, top officials have said.

Chinese national dies at Nepali capital’s int’l airport (November 17, 2009) – [read more]

AN elderly Chinese woman has died at Tribhuwan International Airport in Nepali capital Kathmandu after she collapsed yesterday afternoon.

India, Nepal home ministers’ meet put off due to turmoil (November 17, 2009) – [read more]

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Nov 16 : The three-day security talks between the home ministers of India and Nepal, scheduled to have started in New Delhi Tuesday, have been postponed indefinitely due to the mounting turmoil in Nepal.

World Diabetes Day marked in Nepal (November 17, 2009) – [read more]

The World Diabetes Day was celebrated throughout Nepal Saturday by organizing various awareness programs with the main slogan of “get knowledge of diabetes and control it”. November 14 that marks the birthday of Dr.

Prachanda on mystery visit to Singapore (November 16, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal’s Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, whose party has threatened to call an indefinite shutdown if its demand is not addressed by Friday, flew to Singapore Monday in a surprise move, causing a flutter in political circles.

Peace process on hold as Nepal’s Maoists protest (November 16, 2009) – [read more]

He is famous for his fiery speeches, but Prachanda, Nepal’s Maoist leader, projected a dramatically different image last week when he danced in the streets with one of the country’s top actresses.

Nepal minister’s slaps cost India dear (November 16, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Nov 15 : Five stinging slaps delivered by a junior Nepal minister to a senior bureaucrat have cost India dear, causing bilateral trade to come to a virtual standstill for five days.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

New American in Nepal: Scott H. DeLisi (November 17, 2009) – [read more]
Scott H. DeLisi has become the latest Internet celebrity. A Google search of the term “Scott H. DeLisi” displays 12,400 results as of 17/11 21:30 Nepal Standard Time. Now, remove “Nepal” from that result, (“Scott H DeLisi” -Nepal), the number drops to 5,950. [And 5,910 for "Scott H. DeLisi" +Nepal as of 23:25 NST, soon [...]