Nepal News archive for 28 July 2009
Brit actress Lumley hailed as ‘Nepali cheli’ - Newstrack India (July 28, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, July 28 (ANI): British actress Joanna Lumley was hailed as ‘Nepali cheli (daughter)’ and felicitated for her remarkable contribution to the Gurkha cause and successful campaign to allow Gurkha soldiers and their families to settle in …
China presses Nepal to crackdown on Tibetans - group - Reuters India (July 28, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal, under increasing pressure from China, was cracking down on Tibetan refugees despite centuries of shared culture with Tibet, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) said on Tuesday. Nepali authorities have regularly …
Brit actress Lumley meets Nepal President, PM - Newstrack India (July 28, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, July 28 (ANI): British actress Joanna Lumley, who is in Nepal on a five day visit after spearheading a high profile campaign to allow Gurkha soldiers and their families to settle in Britain, met President Rambaram Yadav, Prime Minister …
Nepal PM Thanks Lumley For ‘Gurkha Justice’ - Ananova (July 28, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal’s prime minister has thanked actress Joanna Lumley for bringing “justice” to Gurkha soldiers who served in the British army. Madhav Kumar Nepal said all Nepalese people recognised the achievements of the star, who spearheaded a campaign for …
Dragon’s influence on Nepal dangerous for Tibetans :report - Phayul (July 28, 2009) - [read more]
Dharamsala, July 28 – The International Campaign for Tibet has published a new report documenting the “dangers for Tibetans in Nepal due to the Chinese government’s focus on Tibetan issues in its relations with the Nepalese government, and …
Ab Fab Lumley’s mobbed in Nepal - The Sun (July 28, 2009) - [read more]
The actress was mobbed by hundreds of veterans and well-wishers for her pivotal role in the Sun-backed campaign to allow brave Gurkhas who fought for Britain to settle here. Joanna, whose late father was an officer in the Gurkha regiment, was greeted …
84-year old’s ‘pilgrimage’ to Kathmandu to meet Lumley - Hindustan Times (July 28, 2009) - [read more]
He is 84 and depends on his carved walking stick to step out. But, these factors did not deter Harka Bahadur Pun, a Gurkha veteran, from trekking for six hours and taking a 12-hour bus ride to reach the capital to hug ‘goddess’ Joanna Lumley, India …
Nepal crowds gather to greet Joanna - Entertainment.uk.msn.com (July 28, 2009) - [read more]
Joanna Lumley is expected to be greeted by big crowds as she tours Nepal. Since arriving in the country on Sunday, the Absolutely Fabulous actress and Gurkha campaigner has been showered with thanks and tributes. Joanna received heartfelt gratitude …
Nepali Times
Tiger census (July 28, 2009) - [read more]
Despite the political upheaval, land encroachment, habitat loss, poaching and illegal trade, the population of tigers in Nepal has remained constant over a
Asia’s other eclipse (July 24, 2009) - [read more]
This century’s longest solar eclipse moved across Asia on 22 July wowing scientists and the public alike. Asia’s media should take as much interest in the eclipse of news about poverty, injustice and neglect in Asian
Flight of the eclipse (July 22, 2009) - [read more]
It was touted as the world’s most spectacular mountain flight: flying past Mt Everest during a total solar eclipse. But it was not to be because a massive monsoon system covered the whole of southeastern Nepal on Wednesday morning, right on the path of
Maoist rehabilitation (July 18, 2009) - [read more]
The process of discharging the disqualified Maoist combatants living in the cantonment faces difficulty to
New budget (July 13, 2009) - [read more]
Finance Minister Surendra Pandey unveiled a budget of Rs 285.93 billion for the fiscal year
Top three (July 12, 2009) - [read more]
Nepal secured third position in the ACC Women T20 U-19 Championship
by defeating
A state of lawlessness (July 11, 2009) - [read more]
The journey itself became a metaphor for the present state of the
Programs and policies (July 9, 2009) - [read more]
President Ram Baran Yadav presented the government’s programs and policies for the new fiscal year on Thursday’s budget session.
Nepal News
Nepal crowds gather to greet Joanna (July 28, 2009) - [read more]
Big crowds are expected to greet actress and Gurkha campaigner Joanna Lumley as she tours Nepal.
Gurkha soldier reduced to begging seek help from British actress (July 27, 2009) - [read more]
Durga Bahadur Sunwar fought during World War II as part of the British Army’s Gurkha Brigade and lost his right leg.
Nepali motorcycle team returns from Qomolangma basecamp (July 27, 2009) - [read more]
The Yamaha FZ motorcycle team, which left Nepal for the north Mt. Qomolangma Basecamp in Tibet of China a week ago, returned on Sunday after competing their 1,100 km ride.
Nepal to import power from India (July 27, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The Nepal Government will import 30 MW of power from India to meet its current electricity demands.
Electrocuted crows halt Nepal govt (July 27, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: A power cut caused by errant crows brought Nepalese government ministries to a halt as they returned to work this week after four days of strike action, the electricity authority said yesterday.
Gurkhas planning a hero’s welcome for British actress (July 26, 2009) - [read more]
In this file photo, British actress Joanna Lumley, left, with former Gurkha soldier Tul Bahadur Pun who saved her father’s life, during the Gurkha campaign in May, in London Nepal’s Gurkhas are planning a hero’s welcome for British actress and campaigner Joanna Lumley when she makes her first-ever visit to the Himalayan nation tomorrow.
India provides Nepal fund for education (July 26, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Indian ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood on Saturday handed over two newly-constructed school buildings worth Rs 1.96 crore to the local communities here.
Joanna Lumley leaves for Nepal trip (July 25, 2009) - [read more]
Joanna Lumley said she felt “humbled” to be travelling to Nepal, where she is expected to be greeted as a heroine by thousands of Gurkhas and their families.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
Madhav Nepal, the Moderate Communist Leader, is the Prime Minister of Nepal (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
“I announce that Madhav Kumar Nepal has been elected unopposed in the position of Prime Minister as per the Constituent Assembly’s Legislature-Parliament Business Advisory Regulations 2065.”
With that declaration from Subash Nemwang, the chair of the CA, today evening the moderate Marxist and Leninist leader became the third communist prime minister in Nepal. MK Nepal [...]
The Indian Democracy (May 23, 2009) - [read more]
Just as our April 2008 poll verdict, this Indian election, it appears, was about stability and progress of India
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Op-Ed of The Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.]
A kid, carrying the Indian National Congress Party flag, walks on the street in front [...]
Madhav Kumar Nepal Set to Become Prime Minister of Nepal (May 17, 2009) - [read more]
Madhav Kumar Nepal, veteran communist leader of the Himalayan republic who have been tipped to be the prime minister of Nepal several times in the past and lost from both constituencies in the April 2008 CA elections, is finally set to become the third Communist prime minister of Nepal.
The leader of the moderate Communist Party [...]
Iron Man: Conversation With a Press Wallah (May 16, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
[This article first appeared in today's Kathmandu Post. Here is PDF version. Shorter version in Nepali appeared in today's Kantipur.]
This is about this guy whom I have been seeing busy at his work all day, almost every day, since I came here to Jangpura Extension, one of south Delhi’s many [...]
EXPOSED: The Nepal Maoist’s Nationalism! (May 11, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who resigned earlier this month lambasting, among other things, foreign (Indian) intervention in Nepali affairs, had himself asked for the higher level involvement from Delhi in matters related to the sacking of chief of the Nepali Army (which is entirely an internal matter of Nepal). Dahal made that clear in [...]
Comments
Leave a Reply