Nepal News archive for 24 October 2009

Nepalese PM wants Maoists to end stir, join govt – Zee News (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
Kathmandu: Amid a Maoists threat of a stir, the Nepalese Prime Minister on Saturday asked the former rebels to help end the political deadlock over the President’s controversial decision to reinstate the former Army Chief in May. Madhav Kumar Nepal …

Chhath being observed today – Himalayan Times (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
KATHMANDU: People especially those living across the Terai belt celebrated on Saturday the festival of Chhatt, otherwise known as SuryaShashti, with the devotees taking bath in the rivers and ponds and the worshipping the setting sun. The Valley also …

Youngsters spend summer helping others in Nepal – Taipei Times (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
Chia-chia (佳佳), A-ta (阿達), Yen-hao (彥豪), Che-wei (哲緯), Chen-hua (振華), Hui-ying (慧瑛), Meng-hua (萌鏵) and Yi-ning (藝寧) used to live in despair — and even felt lost. However, they were a picture of hope yesterday, as …

Nepal under pressure to stop animal sacrifice – Hindustan Times (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
The Nepalese government is under mounting pressure from animal right activists, which includes India’s noted activist Maneka Gandhi, to stop the centuries old animal sacrifice at Gadhimai Festival in Bara district. Around 2,00,000 animals including …

Nepal wants Maoists to end stir, join govt – Press Trust of India (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
Shirish B. Pradhan Kathmandu, Oct 24 (PTI) Amid a Maoists threat of a stir, the Nepalese Prime Minister today asked the former rebels to help end the political deadlock over the President?s controversial decision to reinstate the former army chief in …

Islam and Modern Times: Is There a Case For Reinterpretation? – Chowk (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
Speaking of references, here’s one you quoted to show that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) claimed to be the last prophet: “I am the last prophet, and my mosque is the last mosque”. I asked you to read this hadith again … and ponder over the meaning of …

Maoists get arms from abroad: P Chidambaram – Daily News and Analysis (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
There was no no evidence of any money flowing in from abroad to the Maoists but “there is certainly evidence of weapons being smuggled from abroad through Myanmar or Bangladesh” and possibly Nepal, he said. During a wide-ranging interview …

Rights group criticises appointment of acting Nepal army chief – Smash Hits.com (October 24, 2009) – [read more]
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) A Delhi-based regional human rights group has criticised Nepal government’s appointment of a senior officer accused of alleged human rights abuses as the acting chief of the army staff. The Nepal cabinet had Friday approved …

Nepali Times

Peace in pieces (October 23, 2009) – [read more]
Defence Minister Bidya Bhandari’s comment on army recruitment irks UNMIN

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

Nepal News

New treaty to come into force on Oct 27 (October 24, 2009) – [read more]

Government officials said that the Commerce Ministers from Nepal and India will put ink on the revised treaty amid a function on Tuesday.

Maoists extend ultimatum to Nepal government (October 23, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal’s former Maoist guerrillas Friday extended the 24-hour ultimatum they had slapped on the coalition government, saying they would start fresh protests if their demands were not addressed by Nov 1. The central committee of the formerly outlawed party began a council of war at the party office in Kathmandu Friday to finalise a new protest …

Poudel blasts PM over Sujata (October 22, 2009) – [read more]

CHITWAN: Nepali Congress Vice President Ram Chandra Poudel on Thursday said relations of NC leaders with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal have gone sour after his decision to promote Sujata Koirala to deputy prime minister.

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.

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 [...]