Nepal News archive for 20 October 2009

Climate change is not beyond questioning – Spiked (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
A news feature written by a regional BBC reporter has turned out to be a surprising hit on the corporation’s online news site. In ‘What happened to global warming?’ (1), Paul Hudson, weather presenter and climate correspondent for the BBC’s …

China opens a new front in Kashmir – Asia Times (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
BANGALORE – India and China appear to have opened a new front – Kashmir – in their ongoing war of words. While India has warned China against involvement in projects in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Beijing seems to be adopting a new, provocative …

PM, GPK reject UCPNM offer – Himalayan Times (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: The UCPN-Maoist which has been greeting Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal with black flags invited the latter to attend a tea party organised on the occasion of Tihar, Nepali Sambat 1130 and Chhat. However, the invitation of the UCPN …

China’s eyes on Everest to keep watch on Indian nukes? – Zee News (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
Beijing: Chinese scientists have begun operating an earthquake monitoring station at the foot of Mount Everest in a bid to learn more about the world’s highest peak, an official said Monday. The station will also be a direct eye on Indian activities …

No discussion on Prez move: Koirala – Himalayan Times (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Acting president of Nepali Congress Sushil Koirala said his party was in favour of ending the political crisis as soon as possible. Koirala who attended the UCPN-Maoist tea reception accompanied by senior NC leader Ram Chandra Poudel and …

Man proves he has world’s strongest fingers – Daily Telegraph (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
Fu Bingli can stand upside down supporting himself on just one index finger Photo: CEN/EUROPICS Bingli – who has been studying martial arts for 32 years since the age of just seven – can stand upside down supporting himself on just one index …

Now, Kashmir a ‘country’ for China – New Kerala (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
It is now projecting Jammu and Kashmir as an independent country. It had issued separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir but now visitors to Tibet, especially scribes invited by China, are being given handouts where Kashmir is …

Nepal’s ex-king gets a festive reprieve – New Kerala (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu, Oct 20 : Stripped of his crown and compelled to leave his ancestral palace, Nepal’s last king Gyanendra however had a reprieve this festive season with the apex court in the country preventing a bid to make him vacate his current home. It …

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Nepal’s new deputy PM (October 13, 2009) – [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has been promoted to the post of deputy prime

Dahal leaves for China (October 11, 2009) – [read more]
Maoist chairman makes a second visit to China to bolster relations with the communist

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.

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China projects Kashmir as a separate country (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

A map of Jammu& Kashmir, showing the LoC. IANS KATHMANDU: Besides issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir, China is also projecting the disputed territory as an independent country in other ways.

Nepalese gay sex scandal may push poet off Irish syllabus (October 19, 2009) – [read more]

One of the foremost Irish-language poets is expected to have his work removed from the school curriculum in the wake of a tangled sexual controversy.

President, PM, others greet people on Nepal Sambat (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

He wished all Nepalis peace, prosperity and happiness. In a message of greetings released by the Office of the President Sunday, President Dr Yadav said we have been involving in a great campaign of making new constitution for three years.

Nepali Congress (NC) vice-president Prakash Man Singh (second from left), Central Committee… (October 18, 2009) – [read more]

Nepali Congress vice-president Prakash Man Singh , Central Committee member Suprabha Ghimire and NC youth leader Gagan Thapa with other NCA leaders at a tea reception hosted by NC Kathmandu constituency – 4 on the occasion of Tihar, Chhath and Nepal Sambat at Chabahil on Friday, Oct 16 09.

PM in Upper Mustang (October 17, 2009) – [read more]

The prime minister reached Mustang to observe Nepal-China border and security situation in the district, according to his Press Advisor, Bishnu Rijal.

Nepal to open art treasure trove to world (October 17, 2009) – [read more]

Kathmandu, Oct 16 Want to buy exquisite, original art at an affordable price? Visit Nepal , just an hour’s journey from India, where the art market, once depressed due to 12 years of violence and political turmoil, is now seeking to invite the world and be linked to global developments.

UN to cut food aid to Bhutanese refugees in Nepal (October 16, 2009) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: The UN will cut food aid to thousands of refugees from Bhutan living in camps in Nepal for the first time in 18 years because of severe food and funding shortages, the World Food Programme said yesterday.

Floods destroy 16,000 hectares of land in Nepal (October 15, 2009) – [read more]

Recent floods and landslides in different districts in mid and far-western regions of Nepal have caused damages to 195 irrigation projects and crops in more than 16,000 hectares of land, according to the government.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

A Maoist Agricultural Center in Nepal (October 17, 2009) – [read more]
By Neil Horning

On the way to Chorkate, Gorkha, about a 3 hour bus ride from the district headquarters, a conspicuous facility covered with red flags is noticeable by the roadside.
Nammuna Agricultural Center is run by the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) as an agricultural cooperative, intended to teach agricultural skills and collective farming [...]

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 [...]