Nepal News archive for 29 April 2009
Nepal vigilants detain another Indian - The Money Times (April 29, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, April 29: An Indian man, said to be in his 40s and apparently mentally unbalanced, has been taken into control by villagers in a Nepali town near the Indian border and handed over to police amidst allegations that he was a kidnapper as …
Indian envoy to Nepal meets Koirala - The Money Times (April 29, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, April 29: As the bitter battle between Nepal’s ruling Maoist party and army chief General Rookmangud Katawal showed no sign of any resolution, India’s Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood Wednesday met opposition leader and former prime …
Drought cripples life in W Nepal - Xinhua News Agency (April 29, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, April 29 (Xinhua) — The life of the local people in western Nepal has crippled as most of the water sources dried up due to drought. According to a report of the Nepali national news agency RSS on Wednesday, there is dearth of water in …
Consensus eludes Nepal on proposal to sack Army Chief - Newstrack India (April 29, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Apr 29 (ANI): The meeting of the major political parties at Singh Durbar on Wednesday morning failed to reach a consensus over the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Rookmangud Katawal row. However, the three parties - the Communist Party …
UN alarmed as Nepal Maoists keep up army feud - Thaindian.com (April 29, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, April 29 (IANS) As Nepal’s ruling Maoist party continued its war with the army, pushing for the ouster of the controversial army chief, the UN has expressed concern, saying strained ties between the major political parties could block …
Sondhi may take pilgrimage trip to India or Nepal - Nation - Thailand (April 29, 2009) - [read more]
After surviving attempted killing, media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul may decide to seek solace by taking a pilgrimage to India and Nepal to follow the Buddha’s footprints, said Manager newspaper’s ex-executive editor Paisal Mangkornchaiya. Speaking on …
Indo-Nepal border sealed for 48 hrs - Himalayan Times (April 29, 2009) - [read more]
BHADRAPUR: Indo-Nepal border has been sealed for the next 48 hours from Wednesday morning for security reasons, as India’s Lok Sabha election is scheduled for Thursday. Similarly, Nepal Police have been patrolling in the border areas to prevent any …
Nepal becoming haven for persecuted lesbians - Thaindian.com (April 22, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Sunil Babu Pant, Nepal’s first openly gay MP who is also the founding president of the country’s first gay rights organisation, the Blue Diamond Society (BDS), received a distress call recently. Two girls, both in their …
Nepali Times
Obstacle course (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
Travelling overland through Nepal is not for the faint hearted
Army compromise (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
Hectic three-way meetings between NC-UML-Maoists expected to come up with compromise formula to defuse army
Shaky ground (April 27, 2009) - [read more]
Political uncertainty looms as the Maoist’s decision to sack Army Chief Rookmangud Katawal faces opposition from the other
Citizen’s charter (April 27, 2009) - [read more]
A statement by 18 citizens, Kathmandu, 24 April 2009
East side story (April 27, 2009) - [read more]
Loktantra Diwas, it’s been three years since the people’s movement brought the hope of a new, peaceful and free
Clarification please (April 20, 2009) - [read more]
Defence Ministry sought clarification from the Army Chief Rookmangad Katawal on his defiance of government orders on Monday.
Dark road (April 18, 2009) - [read more]
We are soon going to be a nation of
Lucky seven (April 15, 2009) - [read more]
The parliament session resumed on Wednesday after PM Dahal held talks with the NC and the UML. The paliament has been stalled seven times in a row within two weeks.
Nepal News
Maoists hit streets against army chief (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Sister organizations of the ruling Unified Communist Party of Nepal , under directives from the party, hit the streets on Tuesday demanding action against Nepal Army chief General Rookmangud Katawal.
Maoists favor Sharma as chief justice (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister and Chairman of the Constitutional Council Pushpa Kamal Dahal postponed a decision on choice of new chief justice during MondayA s CC meeting even though a majority of CC members wanted to pick justice Min Bahadur Rayamajhee as the new chief justice.
Lives Remembered: Alan Jacobsen (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
In 1993, partially sighted and in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease, Alan Jacobsen, then 72, made a pilgrimage to Nepal.
Gorkha pensions increased (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
About 36,000 Gorkha veterans, those serving in the Indian Army are rejoicing at the Indian government’s decision to hike their pension funds to Rs10bn .
Dalai Lama’s brain challenge produces split decision (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
If you’re going to challenge the Dalai Lama to a memory game, don’t do it just after he’s meditated.
The perils of Gandhigiri (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
Colonel Anil Athale , a Chhatrapati Shivaji Fellow of the United Services Institute, is working on a project on internal security.
NC to organize nation-wide stir against Maoist high-handedness (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
Concluding that the ruling Unified CPN has continued to interefere in various sectors of the country and engage in all kinds of atrocities, the main opposition Nepali Congress has decided to organize nationwide protests against such moves.
Alameda family hopes for the best from Nepal adoption (April 28, 2009) - [read more]
Dolker Gurung is all smiles in her Halloween costume at the home of her Alameda family, Tricia Parrish, Philip Kaake and their son Emmett Kaake .
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
India’s Two Big Leagues (April 25, 2009) - [read more]
India is currently consumed by its two great passions: cricket and elections
By Dinesh Wagle
This article first appeared in the Op-Ed page of today’s Kathmandu Post. Here is the PDF version of the page.
This is a season of fierce competition in India. The two great Indian games are going on and, if the television viewership rating [...]
The Military Coup That Wasnt (April 24, 2009) - [read more]
UWB Note: The Nepal Army today issued a statement strongly refuting the following report (and the one appeared in today’s Kantipur) as “imaginary and illusionary.” “We would like to let the general public know through this statement that the unified and disciplined Nepali Army is working according to laws and the chain of the command [...]
Gorkhaland Goes BJP (April 18, 2009) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
This is part of an article that appeared on today’s Op-Ed of the Kahtmandu Post. The other part is here. The complete article in PDF is here.
The high pitched movement for the state of Gorkhaland within India by the Nepali-speaking people of the Darjeeling area has reached an awkward situation. [...]
Naya Barshako Suba-Kamana! [Happy New Year 2066!] (April 13, 2009) - [read more]
Today is 01 Baishak 2066
Change they can believe in: America’s new approach to public diplomacy. Hillary Clinton issues a New Year message to us:
Nepali New Year (Bikram Sambat) Message
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
April 13, 2009
To all those around the world who share common Nepali cultural and linguistic traditions, I send best wishes for a [...]
Ex-Prince Paras on Nepali Royal Massacre (March 31, 2009) - [read more]
Eight years after the royal massacre, ex-Crown Prince Paras Bikram Shah talks to the New Paper of Singapore. Why?
UWB Note: The exclusive interview has been translated and reproduced by many Nepali media including top selling and most influential newspaeprs in Nepal. That is one of the most read items in newspapers in Nepal today and [...]
Nepali Constitution: In search of Excellence (March 25, 2009) - [read more]
By Prof. Suryabahadur Singh*
The experimentation of various types of Constitutions was carried out in Nepal. The country had to experience six more Constitutions until elections to Constituent Assembly, 2065 (2008) were held. It had been observed that, these procedural delay jeopardized the growth of democratic system to a greater extent and derail overall national development [...]
Intellectual Poverty (March 23, 2009) - [read more]
By Darshan Karki, after attending the David Seddon lecture last week
There is a distinct pattern to the workshops, public discussion and lecture series that take place in Kathmandu. Firstly there is the speaker or pundit or whatever name they are called by. They are supposed to have mastered the issue in question. In most [...]
BAD: PLA’s Reaction to Nepal Army Recruitment (March 5, 2009) - [read more]
By Lilu Thapa
Following the lines of the Nepal Army’s recruitment, the PLA also has started its own recruitment process for the “vacant posts”. How sane is that decision by the Maoist leadership or what will be the extent and effect of this new development is yet to be seen. However, if this new recruitment from [...]
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