Nepal News archive for 27 September 2009

New York congresswoman’s husband dies on mountain climb – 22 WSBT (September 27, 2009) – [read more]
NEW YORK (AP) — The husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney has died on a mountain climbing expedition in the Himalayas, aides to the congresswoman said Saturday. Clifton Maloney, a millionaire investment banker and avid climber, was resting in a high …

Peak tragedy for Maloney – New York Post (September 27, 2009) – [read more]
Manhattan Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney’s husband, Clifton, died on a 27,000-foot mountain he had just summited on the Tibet-Nepal border. “I’m the happiest man in the world. I’ve just summited a beautiful mountain,” were the adventurer and …

Lawmaker Maloney’s husband dies in Himalayan climb – Newsday (September 27, 2009) – [read more]
The husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney has died after climbing to the top of a Himalayan mountain, aides to the congresswoman said yesterday. Clifton Maloney, 71, a millionaire investment banker, died yesterday while resting near the top of the …

Chronicle journalists honored with awards – San Francisco Chronicle (September 27, 2009) – [read more]
Susan Sward, a Chronicle staffer for 30 years until she left the paper recently, received the career achievement award for her reporting and her efforts to improve coverage and newsroom diversity. Sward covered many beats during her time at the paper …

Rep. Maloney’s Husband Dies on Tibet Trek – New York Times (September 26, 2009) – [read more]
The husband of Representative Carolyn B. Maloney of New York died after scaling a mountain peak during an expedition in Tibet, Ms. Maloney’s office announced on Saturday. Her husband, Clifton H. W. Maloney, 71, had returned safely to a high …

International N-order can’t discriminate: Krishna to UN – Zee News (September 27, 2009) – [read more]
United Nations: India on Saturday said it supports a world free of nuclear weapons, but maintained that any international accord to achieve this goal cannot be discriminatory. “The international order cannot be discriminatory. States must fulfil the …

US investors hailed for their help in Viet Nam – Viet Name News (September 27, 2009) – [read more]
President Nguyen Minh Triet attended the Viet Nam Investment Forum held by Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Institutional Investor magazine in New York. — VNA/VNS Nguyen Khang NEW YORK — President Nguyen Minh Triet yesterday hailed …

MJ nearly scrapped ‘Thriller’ release – Newstrack India (September 26, 2009) – [read more]
London, September 27 (ANI): Michael Jackson nearly scrapped the release of his superhit album ‘Thriller’ that went on to become the biggest-selling record in history. The King of Pop, in lost tapes from an interview in early 1980s, revealed he …

Nepali Times

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.

Foreign minister leaves for China (September 8, 2009) – [read more]
Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala leaves for a goodwill visit to China on

Depoliticise education! (September 6, 2009) – [read more]
A citizen’s initiative Saturday submited a petition to Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to depoliticise higher education system in Nepal.

Nepal News

Pashupatinath attacks do not affect Nepali students in Varanasi (September 26, 2009) – [read more]

Varanasi, Sep 19 : The attacks on Indian priests of Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu failed to disturb the relationship between Nepali and Indian students studying at a temple in Varanasi.

20 killed, 15 missing in bus accident in central Nepal (September 25, 2009) – [read more]

At least 20 people died and 15others went missing when a bus veered off the road and fell some 30 meters into the Sunkoshi River at Sukute area along Araniko Highway in Sindhupalchowk district in central Nepal on Thursday.

Buddhist model is new Miss Nepal (September 24, 2009) – [read more]

A 20-year-old popular Buddhist model and music video star yesterday prevailed over Nepal’s Maoists as well as 14 other contenders to walk off with the Miss Nepal 2009 crown held under the shadow of Maoist threats.

Maoists threaten to battle Miss Nepal pageant Thursday (September 23, 2009) – [read more]

Nine Maoist organisations Wednesday warned the organisers of Nepal’s biggest and most popular beauty pageant not to hold the Miss Nepal contest or be ready to face dire consequences if they did.

Reception held to mark China s 60th anni. in Nepal (September 23, 2009) – [read more]

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a reception was held in Kathmandu on Tuesday evening.

Nepal gets $205 million in U.S. aid (September 23, 2009) – [read more]

Nepal will get $205 million from the United States in the next five years to strengthen democracy following its decade-long civil war, officials announced.

Three skydivers land at world’s highest point (September 22, 2009) – [read more]

Britons Leo Dickinson and Ralph Mitchell are joined by Indian R C Tripathi during a press conference in Kathmandu Three skydivers – two British and one Indian – plunged through the shadow of Everest yesterday to land at the world’s highest drop zone.

Nepals Maoists, rebel groups pose threat to India, says Jaswant Singh (September 22, 2009) – [read more]

Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has said that the rise of Maoists in Nepal and the rebel groups taking sanctuary there pose a threat to India.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

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 [...]

Happy Republic Day Nepal (May 29, 2009) – [read more]
The Himalayan Republic Celebrates First Republic Day Anniversary
[From a year ago: 1. Nepal is Declared a Republic!!! 2. Minute by Minute Account of the Historic Session of the CA that Declared Nepal a Republic

Republic Day rally in Pokhara, Nepal. Pic by Krishna Mani Baral
The first anniversary of the declaration of federal democratic republic of Nepal [...]