Nepal News archive for 20 November 2009

Gore to techies: Shake off the lethargy – San Francisco Chronicle (November 20, 2009) – [read more]
During the Tech Awards in San Jose on Thursday night, Former Vice President and Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore was given the Global Humanitarian Award 2009 for his work drawing attention to the global warming crisis. In his acceptance speech, he …

Children’s choir visit Spring Hill church to tell of hope amid global … – St. Petersburg Times (November 20, 2009) – [read more]
The Children of the World choir, made up of orphaned and disadvantaged children, will bring awareness of a global water crisis, and a message of hope, to the Spring Hill Baptist Church. SPRING HILL — With many of us anticipating a bountiful …

The Secret Diary Of Narendra Modi – Outlook India (November 20, 2009) – [read more]
Sample this revelation from an accused referred to in the report only as Pig 5: “I and two others caught the train to Patna from where we crossed the border into Nepal. In Kathmandu, we were met by a CIA operative who indoctrinated/trained us in …

The ship is sinking, why? – Global Nation (November 20, 2009) – [read more]
I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH FURTHER THE Philippines has to sink before Filipinos of goodwill realize that we’ve got to plug the holes in the ship and start rowing like mad for terra firma. Or sink with it unless, of course, we act like rats and abandon …

Gadhimai Festival: Nepal Mass Animal Sacrifice Festival To Go Ahead … – Huffingtonpost.com (November 20, 2009) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal — A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers said Friday. The Gadhimai festival, celebrated every five years, is …

Nepal mass animal sacrifice festival to go ahead – Danbury News-Times (November 20, 2009) – [read more]
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers said Friday. The Gadhimai festival, celebrated every five …

Mandela and Machel Voted Children’s Champions – WIBW (November 20, 2009) – [read more]
London, England (CNN) — Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel have been crowned the “Decade Child Rights Heroes” in a vote cast by children from all over the world. Over seven million children participated in the vote who were asked to choose from a …

Auto sector momentum may slow as stimulus packages vanish – Daily News and Analysis (November 20, 2009) – [read more]
Export of A-star also started to non-European markets and neighbouring countries like Bhutan and Nepal in this phase. Prominent non European markets for A star are Algeria, Angola, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Morocco, Libya and New Zealand. The numbers are …

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

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.

ICRA forms joint venture in Nepal (November 19, 2009) – [read more]

India Gazette Monday 16th November, 2009 Credit rating agency ICRA Monday signed a pact with Himalayan Infrastructure Fund Ltd of Nepal to set up a joint venture to replicate its rating businesses in that country, the company said.

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.

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. [...]