Nepal News archive for 29 January 2009
Silverbolt Product Sightings - Seibertron.com (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
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Talks Over Birgunj Medical College Row Deferred - Himalayan Times (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
The proposed talks between the agitating health workers of the National Medical College and the management were postponed on Thursday. The talks were deferred after the health workers declined to sit for talks with the managing director of the …
Himalayan News Service - Himalayan Times (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
A meeting of India-Nepal project steering committee for development of integrated check posts on the border today approved the Detailed Engineering Report prepared by M/s RITES Ltd for the Integrated Check-Posts at Raxaul and Birgunj. According to a …
Gurkha residency win raises fears in Nepal - Hong Kong Standard (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
Up to 36,000 Gurkha soldiers and their families will be allowed to settle in Britain under a change of policy to be announced by the government, a report said yesterday. The Times said the government will soon unveil new settlement rights for …
Ramesh Sippy expresses regret over CC2C row in Nepal - Times of India (January 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: As Nepal’s Maoist government banned Chandni Chowk to China at home and asked its foreign ministry to ask the US, Canada and other foreign countries where the controversial film is being screened to halt the shows, Ramesh Sippy, the main …
‘Chandni Chowk to China’ gets banned in Nepal - Indian Express (January 23, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Maoist-led Government banned a new Bollywood film on Thursday after angry protests over a reference in it to India being Lord Buddha’s birthplace, an official said. Nepali film censorship authorities had removed the controversial …
Nepal government bans `Chandni Chowk to China’ - MSN India Entertainment (January 22, 2009) - [read more]
Six years after Nepal banned a section of Hindi films due to erupting violence, the new Maoist-led government Thursday officially banned Bollywood’s first Kung Fu comedy ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ after continued public protests over its …
We will not give single inch of Nepal to India: Nepal Foreign Min - New Kerala (January 23, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 23 : Minister for Foreign Affairs Upendra Yadav has said the government will not give a single inch of Nepali land to India, local media reported today. ”Except in Susta and Kalapani there is no dispute over border with India …
Nepali Times
Et tu, Bhutan (January 28, 2009) - [read more]
The Bhutan Infocomm and Media Authority (BICMA) has found that a panel discussion aired by the Bhutan Broadcasting Service Corporation (BBSC) broadcaster on the quality of a pre-paid taxi service in the country contravened the media code of conduct and fined the
PKD address (January 26, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has taken the unusual step of addressing the nation to reassure people that the government is serious about service
Clean up begins (January 24, 2009) - [read more]
The garbage collection in the capital resumed on Friday after prime
minister made a written promise to take actions against those involved in the Bibek Debkota case.
Life without electricity (January 19, 2009) - [read more]
As 16 hours of loadshedding cripples life, people in the valley tell Nepali Times how they are dealing with
Busy week (January 19, 2009) - [read more]
It’s been a busy week during which the government has tried to deal with the country’s multiple
Nab Uma Singh’s murderers (January 14, 2009) - [read more]
Statement issued on Wedensday by the Editors Alliance on the murder of Uma Singh.
Uma Singh, 26 (January 12, 2009) - [read more]
The murder of radio reporter Uma Singh in Janakpur is the latest proof that journalism in Nepal has become much more dangerous after the end of the war than during
Editors condemn Sri Lanka killing (January 9, 2009) - [read more]
The Kathmandu-based Editors’ Alliance expressed its shock and dismay at the murder in Colombo of the editor of the Sunday Leader, Lasantha Wickrematunga.
Nepal News
After Buddha, Nepal stung by terror claims about last king (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
The report came after a section of the Indian media published the alleged transcript of a conversation between Lt Col.
Army won’t engage in any kind of politics: Katawal (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, Jan 29 : Nepal Army Chief General Rookmangud Katawal has said the army will not engage in any kind of politics, according to Radio Nepal.
Ending needless tragedy (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
There can be nothing quite as brutal as when a birth brings death, instead of life.
Purohit’s claims about Nepal king (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The cooling ties between India and Nepal are likely to be further strained by the reported claims by suspended Indian army officer Lt Col Srikanth Prasad Purohit that Nepal’s deposed king Gyanendra …
1,000 birds die in central Nepal (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
More than 1,000 chickens have died from a mysterious disease in a Nepalese village with symptoms like swollen throat, as the government is trying to dispel fears about the spread of bird-flu in the area.
German, British parliamentarians to visit Nepal (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
A high-level delegation of German and British parliamentarians is arriving in the country to start a fact-finding tour in order to know the progress in constitution drafting process, according to the Nepali …
Nepal becomes land of the blackout (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
It’s a Friday evening in the home of Chandra Bahadur Thapa, his wife and their three grown-up and teenage children.
Not your grandmother’s cannelloni (January 28, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu Spice in Arlington is ostensibly Nepalese - Nepal is the birthplace of owner Sheela Manandhar.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
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, [...]
Jai Shambho: Row Over Appointment of Pashupatinath Priests (January 3, 2009) - [read more]
It’s been a week since the row over the appointment of the priests in Pashupatinath erupted. The Maoist led government, with the direct orders from the Prime Minister, has appointed Nepali priests replacing the Indians in the largest temple of Nepal. Some people have protested the move for different reasons and they have their own [...]
A Nepali Docs Tragic Death in the US (December 29, 2008) - [read more]
By Deepak Adhikari and Jerome L. Sherman
in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette This story originally appeared in the PG
In this mountainous country bordered by India and China, doctors are considered to be godlike.
That makes the fall of Dr. Shiva Lal Acharya, who left a farming village to attend Nepal’s most prestigious medical school and then moved to [...]
Indians Discuss About the Changed Nepal (December 22, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
A group of eminent Indians with deep interests in Nepal gathered in New Delhi on Saturday to talk about the ‘changed Nepal’ in which they critiqued the first 100 days of the Maoist-led government, raised eyebrows on the Integration, expressed suspicion to ‘the China Card’ and discussed on ways to stop [...]
Maoist, the Party of Prime Minister, Attacks Himalmedia, the Newspaper House (December 21, 2008) - [read more]
Update: The CPN-UML boycotted a scheduled meeting of the political coordination committee, which was supposed to be attended by Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal, as a mark of protest against the Maoist attack on Himalmedia Pvt Ltd on Sunday. The UML also issued a statement condemning the Maoists for “brutal attack” on Himalmedia. Former CPN-UML [...]
Federalizing the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (December 19, 2008) - [read more]
Officially the former kingdom of Nepal has become the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. But the country hasn’t been federalized yet.
By Bipendra Basnyat
Just came out of an evening of brain storming about Naya Nepal; the idea was to discuss some of the scholarly articles on how can Naya (New) Nepal be “federated”. In other words [...]
Nepal News archive for 29 January 2009
Sobhraj hangs in limbo in Nepal - Times of India (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
More than a fortnight after his freedom dreams were dashed by Nepal’s Supreme Court, yesteryear’s “Serpent” Charles Gurmukh Sobhraj hangs in limbo in the Himalayan republic’s legal labyrinth with the apex court yet to issue orders to a lower …
Ramesh Sippy expresses regret over CC2C row in Nepal - Times of India (January 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: As Nepal’s Maoist government banned Chandni Chowk to China at home and asked its foreign ministry to ask the US, Canada and other foreign countries where the controversial film is being screened to halt the shows, Ramesh Sippy, the main …
‘Chandni Chowk to China’ gets banned in Nepal - Indian Express (January 23, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu: Nepal’s Maoist-led Government banned a new Bollywood film on Thursday after angry protests over a reference in it to India being Lord Buddha’s birthplace, an official said. Nepali film censorship authorities had removed the controversial …
New statute to be drafted within 15 months in Nepali - Xinhua News Agency (January 23, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) — Head of the Constitutional Committee Madhav Kumar Nepal has claimed the new constitution would be drafted within 15 months, the Rising Nepal reported Saturday. “The state is heading towards the right track and the …
Nepal government bans `Chandni Chowk to China’ - MSN India Entertainment (January 22, 2009) - [read more]
Six years after Nepal banned a section of Hindi films due to erupting violence, the new Maoist-led government Thursday officially banned Bollywood’s first Kung Fu comedy ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ after continued public protests over its …
Nepal government bans `Chandni Chowk to China’ - Freshnews (January 22, 2009) - [read more]
Six years after Nepal banned a section of Hindi films due to erupting violence, the new Maoist-led government Thursday officially banned Bollywood’s first Kung Fu comedy “Chandni Chowk to China” after continued public protests over its …
We will not give single inch of Nepal to India: Nepal Foreign Min - New Kerala (January 23, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 23 : Minister for Foreign Affairs Upendra Yadav has said the government will not give a single inch of Nepali land to India, local media reported today. ”Except in Susta and Kalapani there is no dispute over border with India …
After ban, Nepal to start diplomatic war over ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ - Newstrack India (January 23, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu, Jan 23 (IANS) After banning ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ in all 75 districts of Nepal for wrongly claiming the Buddha to have been born in India, the Himalayan republic is now bracing for a fresh diplomatic offensive against Bollywood’s first …
Nepali Times
Et tu, Bhutan (January 28, 2009) - [read more]
The Bhutan Infocomm and Media Authority (BICMA) has found that a panel discussion aired by the Bhutan Broadcasting Service Corporation (BBSC) broadcaster on the quality of a pre-paid taxi service in the country contravened the media code of conduct and fined the
PKD address (January 26, 2009) - [read more]
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has taken the unusual step of addressing the nation to reassure people that the government is serious about service
Clean up begins (January 24, 2009) - [read more]
The garbage collection in the capital resumed on Friday after prime
minister made a written promise to take actions against those involved in the Bibek Debkota case.
Life without electricity (January 19, 2009) - [read more]
As 16 hours of loadshedding cripples life, people in the valley tell Nepali Times how they are dealing with
Busy week (January 19, 2009) - [read more]
It’s been a busy week during which the government has tried to deal with the country’s multiple
Nab Uma Singh’s murderers (January 14, 2009) - [read more]
Statement issued on Wedensday by the Editors Alliance on the murder of Uma Singh.
Uma Singh, 26 (January 12, 2009) - [read more]
The murder of radio reporter Uma Singh in Janakpur is the latest proof that journalism in Nepal has become much more dangerous after the end of the war than during
Editors condemn Sri Lanka killing (January 9, 2009) - [read more]
The Kathmandu-based Editors’ Alliance expressed its shock and dismay at the murder in Colombo of the editor of the Sunday Leader, Lasantha Wickrematunga.
Nepal News
After Buddha, Nepal stung by terror claims about last king (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
The report came after a section of the Indian media published the alleged transcript of a conversation between Lt Col.
Army won’t engage in any kind of politics: Katawal (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, Jan 29 : Nepal Army Chief General Rookmangud Katawal has said the army will not engage in any kind of politics, according to Radio Nepal.
Ending needless tragedy (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
There can be nothing quite as brutal as when a birth brings death, instead of life.
Purohit’s claims about Nepal king (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: The cooling ties between India and Nepal are likely to be further strained by the reported claims by suspended Indian army officer Lt Col Srikanth Prasad Purohit that Nepal’s deposed king Gyanendra …
1,000 birds die in central Nepal (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
More than 1,000 chickens have died from a mysterious disease in a Nepalese village with symptoms like swollen throat, as the government is trying to dispel fears about the spread of bird-flu in the area.
German, British parliamentarians to visit Nepal (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
A high-level delegation of German and British parliamentarians is arriving in the country to start a fact-finding tour in order to know the progress in constitution drafting process, according to the Nepali …
Nepal becomes land of the blackout (January 29, 2009) - [read more]
It’s a Friday evening in the home of Chandra Bahadur Thapa, his wife and their three grown-up and teenage children.
Not your grandmother’s cannelloni (January 28, 2009) - [read more]
Kathmandu Spice in Arlington is ostensibly Nepalese - Nepal is the birthplace of owner Sheela Manandhar.
United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal
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 [...]
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, [...]
Jai Shambho: Row Over Appointment of Pashupatinath Priests (January 3, 2009) - [read more]
It’s been a week since the row over the appointment of the priests in Pashupatinath erupted. The Maoist led government, with the direct orders from the Prime Minister, has appointed Nepali priests replacing the Indians in the largest temple of Nepal. Some people have protested the move for different reasons and they have their own [...]
A Nepali Docs Tragic Death in the US (December 29, 2008) - [read more]
By Deepak Adhikari and Jerome L. Sherman
in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette This story originally appeared in the PG
In this mountainous country bordered by India and China, doctors are considered to be godlike.
That makes the fall of Dr. Shiva Lal Acharya, who left a farming village to attend Nepal’s most prestigious medical school and then moved to [...]
Indians Discuss About the Changed Nepal (December 22, 2008) - [read more]
By Dinesh Wagle
Wagle Street Journal
A group of eminent Indians with deep interests in Nepal gathered in New Delhi on Saturday to talk about the ‘changed Nepal’ in which they critiqued the first 100 days of the Maoist-led government, raised eyebrows on the Integration, expressed suspicion to ‘the China Card’ and discussed on ways to stop [...]
Maoist, the Party of Prime Minister, Attacks Himalmedia, the Newspaper House (December 21, 2008) - [read more]
Update: The CPN-UML boycotted a scheduled meeting of the political coordination committee, which was supposed to be attended by Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal, as a mark of protest against the Maoist attack on Himalmedia Pvt Ltd on Sunday. The UML also issued a statement condemning the Maoists for “brutal attack” on Himalmedia. Former CPN-UML [...]
Federalizing the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (December 19, 2008) - [read more]
Officially the former kingdom of Nepal has become the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. But the country hasn’t been federalized yet.
By Bipendra Basnyat
Just came out of an evening of brain storming about Naya Nepal; the idea was to discuss some of the scholarly articles on how can Naya (New) Nepal be “federated”. In other words [...]
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