Nepal News archive for 28 February 2009
Nepal prosecution stalls Sobhraj trial - Thaindian.com (February 27, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Feb 28 (IANS) Having failed to produce the vital original documents that can put yesteryear’s “Serpent” Charles Sobhraj behind bars for ever, Nepal’s prosecution has fallen back on its old strategy of delaying the trial of the 64 …
Police shoot self-immolating monk in China: report - Australian Broadcasting Corp. (February 28, 2009) - [read more]
Pro-Tibetan groups outside China say Chinese police have shot a Tibetan monk who had set himself on fire in the south-western province of Sichuan. It is not known if the man died but he is said to have been protesting against Chinese rule in Tibet …
After India, China to send special envoy to Nepal - New Kerala (February 22, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Feb 22 : A week after Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon visited Nepal to assess the progress of the commitments pledged between India and Nepal, it is now the turn of the Himalayan republic’s northern neighbour China to send a …
Delhi embassy driver named in Nepal kidney racket - Thaindian.com (February 22, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Feb 22 (IANS) The driver of a foreign diplomatic mission in New Delhi has been named in a complaint to the Nepal police as being involved in duping a Nepali schoolgirl and trying to obtain her kidneys. Kesh Kumari Rawat, a sixth grader in …
Rajapakse to visit Nepal - Gulf Times (February 22, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: In a bid to boost tourism to Nepal, the birthplace of the Buddha, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will be the first guest on board the national carrier Sri Lankan when it resumes direct flights to and from Kathmandu next month after …
Now Bollywood voices to become Kathmandu voices too - Hindustan Times (February 19, 2009) - [read more]
While Bollywood’s kung fu comedy Chandni Chowk to China was given the thumbs-down in Nepal, it has now embraced the voices of India’s Hindi film industry as the voices of Kathmandu . Maverick Nepali actor-film director Akash Adhikari, who won the …
Mid-west Nepal on high alert of bird flu virus - Xinhua News Agency (February 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — After the bird flu virus (H5N1) was confirmed again in eastern Nepal, Nepali districts bordering India have been put on high alert, Nepali national news agency RSS reported on Monday. Districts of mid-western region are …
Nepal in Tug O’ War over Consensus Politics - Global Politician (February 22, 2009) - [read more]
Of course, the consensus politics cannot overrule the authority of electoral process in multiparty Democracy, particularly electing leaders and representatives, and nominating political appointees in all three branches of government – legislative …
Nepali Times
JN wins (February 24, 2009) - [read more]
Jhala Nath Khanal has been elected chairman of the CPN (UML) at the party’s general convention in Butwal on 24 February. Khanal beat his rival KP Oli by 128 votes, managing to secure 942 votes from the assembly.
Counting begins (February 23, 2009) - [read more]
UML awaits results as the ballot counting process takes place at Butwal on Monday. The voting for the party’s new office bearers concluded a day before.
Ballot wait (February 22, 2009) - [read more]
The election for UML leadership at the party’s eight convention in Butwal gets delayed as cadidates start withdrawing their
The Army’s ideas (February 14, 2009) - [read more]
Even as Defence Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Army Chief Rookmangud Katawal try to stare each other down, the Nepal Army has been the first government body to come up with suggestions for the new
Yadab splits (February 11, 2009) - [read more]
As the Maoists prepare to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the People’s War, Matrika Yadab formally announces that he is no longer a part of the
Ordnance to ordinance (February 10, 2009) - [read more]
President Ram Baran Yadab on Tuesday ratified three ordinances just a day after 18 of the 25 parties represented in the CA had agreed to ask Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to call the parliamentary session.
Endangered freedom (February 8, 2009) - [read more]
A high-level delegation of international media watchdog groups has concluded a four-day inspection visit of Nepal and has said that press freedom is in danger in Nepal.
Roll call (February 5, 2009) - [read more]
With the tension between the Defence Ministry and the Nepal Army showing no sign of cooling down, the parliamentary State Affairs Committee (SAC) has decided to summon Defence Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa on February 11 for
Nepal News
‘Info on 26/11 targets reached conspirators through Nepal’ (February 27, 2009) - [read more]
Mumbai, Feb 26 Documents consisting details and maps of targets prepared by alleged LeT operative Fahim Ansari reached conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack via Nepal, said the chargesheet filed by …
3 months more to bring Bhotekoshi hydro project into operation (February 27, 2009) - [read more]
REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, Feb 27 : The 36-megawatt Bhotekoshi hydropower project will take three months more to come into full operation, reported Nepal Samacharpatra daily on Friday.
Rights abuse balant in Nepal: US (February 27, 2009) - [read more]
Rights abuse balant in Nepal: US Friday, February 27,2009 KATHMANDU: The US Department of State in its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices has said impunity for human rights violators, threats …
China proposes new treaty with Nepal (February 27, 2009) - [read more]
China proposes new treaty with Nepal Friday, February 27,2009 KATHMANDU: Visiting Assistant Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Hu Zhengyue, who is here on a two-day visit, today proposed Prime Minister Pushpa …
Prachanda vows to probe roayal massacre (February 27, 2009) - [read more]
Prachanda vows to probe roayal massacre Friday, February 27,2009 KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today expressed commitment to unearth the truth about the royal massacre in which the family of - …
Watch Total Solar Eclipse from Nepal (February 27, 2009) - [read more]
If you are somewhere in Eastern Nepal in the morning of 22 July the sky will turn black, and stars will be visible on the daytime! On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a …
Former Nepal royal palace reopens as a museum (February 27, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s Maoist-led government on Thursday formallyreopened the former main royal palace in Kathmandu as a museum.
‘Info on 26/11 targets reached conspirators through Nepal’ (February 26, 2009) - [read more]
Mumbai, Feb 26 : Documents consisting details and maps of targets prepared by alleged LeT operative Fahim Ansari reached conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack via Nepal, said the chargesheet filed by …
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
A Life Ordinary: Story of a Nepali Chowkidar in Delhi (February 14, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared in the paper. Extended version of this story was published in Nepali in today's Kantipur Koseli. See it here as it appeared in Koseli. Plus, here is my take on India's Valentines [...]
And the Last Press Briefing by Ian Martin (February 2, 2009) - [read more]
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal, addressed reporters at Reporters’ Club in Kathmandu today. Here is the Q and A, as provided by United Nations Mission in Nepal. Here is Ian’s last briefing to UNSC.
Rishi [Dhamala, the Chair of the Club], Thank you very much indeed for inviting me to come to [...]
Darjeeling Today: Talks of the State of Gorkhaland (January 31, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Indians-Gorkhas-Want Their Own State Under the Union of India
By Swaroop Chetry
A routine day in Darjeeling begins with cabbies waiting for tourist to clamber on to their seats and rush to Tiger Hill to see the majestic Kanchanjunga change colour as the Sun rises from the far [...]
Hail the Republic: How Indians Wrote the Constitution (January 27, 2009) - [read more]
Republic Day is both a day of celebration and introspection for India
Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.]
On the 26th day of every January a grand ceremony is held on Rajpath (formerly King’s Way), a wide road [...]
The Last Briefing by Ian Martin (January 17, 2009) - [read more]
Ian Martin, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Nepal speaks at the Meeting of the Security Council on 16 January 2009
The request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process
Mr President,
This is the tenth and last time I am briefing the Council on the assistance [...]
Burning Effigies [in the Name of Lord Shiva] (January 10, 2009) - [read more]
Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article originally appeared on the Op-Ed page of the Kathmandu Post today. See it here as it appeared on the paper.]
Indian Hindu Rightwing Fundamentalists Demonstrate In Agra, India Against Nepal Government Decision To Apointment Nepali Priest in Pashupatinath Temmple
The other day I came across a Reuters video on an AOL web [...]
Is Nepal Going to Fail? (January 8, 2009) - [read more]
It is really hard to believe that Nepal has a democratic government.
By Krishna Giri
Instead of mocking Nepali leaders, this time my thoughts were going towards the country and countrymen. Bulldozed by the political and leadership changes; besieged by living and security conditions; aggravated by the false hope for water and electricity, people are going through [...]
Resham! Nepathya Shares Sorrow and Joy with Sydney (January 4, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s Premium Rock/Folk band performs in Australia
“Let me share with you all a real life story,” said Amrit Gurung amidst his debut performance in Sydney on Saturday. “I was talking to a second generation Nepali immigrant residing in Europe. When I asked him if he liked visiting Nepal, he simply answered ‘no’. When asked why, [...]
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