Texas store clerk accused of stealing customer’s $1M winning lottery … – Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer’s $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped town, possibly back to his native Nepal , authorities said. Pankaj Joshi took 67-year-old Willis …
The Range: The Tucson Weekly’s Old Pueblog – Tucson Weekly (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
Antigone Books hosts a benefit for Owl and Panther on Friday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m. Five authors of young adult works will read at one of our favorite independent book shops at 411 N. 4th Avenue: Robin Brande will read from Fat Cat (Knopf, $16.99), a funny …
Nepal: Floods, landslides hit food stocks – Reliefweb.int (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) – Food insecurity has increased for thousands of families in Nepal’s far- and mid-west regions as a result of flooding and landslides earlier this month. According to the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS), the country’s …
Time to Clean Our Own Backyards – AgWeb (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
I have been to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, but have not had the opportunity to explore the countryside of this former kingdom. I have not been to Ukaraine, and have not heard glowing reports either from my acquaintances who do business there …
China not curbing tiger parts trade: conservationists – Thaindian.com (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Tiger skin from India is being clandestinely sold in Chinese markets, but Beijing is turning a blind eye despite repeated warnings, conservationists said here Thursday following an undercover operation carried out by them …
Tierra-ific Treks and Christmas Countdowns – PRLog (free press release) (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
With longer days and a warmer climate, Patagonia offers escapism from the cold of the UK this winter. Journey into the mountains from the southern shores of Lake Argentina to the ‘trekking capital’ El Chalten. The views on these treks are …
China ignoring tiger trade – Straits Times (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
NEW DELHI – CHINA is turning a blind eye to the thriving illegal trade in tiger parts, a campaign group said on Thursday following an undercover investigation in western China and Tibet. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a British-based …
UN investigator says Nigeria confines prisoners to ‘torture room’ – Businessday Online (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
•Tells of horrors of world prisons. Inmates at a prison in Uruguay can spend years in “tin cans” — small metal boxes where temperatures rise to 140 degrees F (60 degrees C), while women and children were among prisoners in Nigeria confined to …
Nepali Times
Troubled waters (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
The government has proposed an ambitious plan to clean Kathmandu’s rivers in response to a Supreme Court verdict.
Freer than before (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Press freedom in Nepal has improved than last year, says Reporters without
Deal near? (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Thanks to their tea-party diplomacy, the leaders of the Big Three political parties are close to resolving their differences after pledging “flexibility” to seek language acceptable to all
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
Nepal News
Three Nepali killed in India road accident (October 22, 2009) – [read more]
The deceased are Santosh Gupta of Dhamboji, Bipun Khetan of Surkhet Road and Rabi Kishor Agrawal of Bageshwori Tole, according to Pradip Gupta, deputy general secretary of Nepalgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Families divided as refugees start new lives (October 21, 2009) – [read more]
Bhutanese refugee women look out from their bamboo hut at the Beldangi II refugee camp, some 300km south-east of Kathmandu Chandrakhar Adhikari does not know whether he will ever see his two brothers again.
Drive to stop mass animal sacrifice (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
In this picture taken on September 27, 2009, bystanders watch as soldiers prepare to sacrifice a buffalo on the ninth day of Dashain Festival in Kathmandu Every five years a temple in southern Nepal plays host to an extraordinary religious festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are sacrificed to the Hindu goddess of power Gadhimai.
China visit was important, says Prachanda (October 20, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” said his weeklong visit to China was important in improving relations between the two countries.
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.
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 [...]
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