Nepal News archive for 30 September 2009
Group aims to halt sexual slavery in Berks County - Reading Eagle (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
A group fighting human trafficking and sexual slavery said it is trying to mobilize people in Berks County to combat the problem following a series of raids on Asian massage parlors that police say were fronts for prostitution. Bob Morrison of …
Fugitive member of 1960s LSD ring arrested - Orange County Register (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
A fugitive member of a local group that distributed LSD worldwide has been arrested after nearly 40 years on the run. Brenice Lee Smith, 64, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday after flying in from Hong Kong, the OC Weekly …
UPI NewsTrack TopNews - United Press International (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa, Sept. 30 (UPI) — Aid Wednesday began pouring into quake- and tsunami-hit American Samoa as President Barack Obama declared a major disaster exists. His declaration Tuesday also ordered federal aid to help local recovery …
Church collapse in Nepal kills 23 - United Press International (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Sept. 30 (UPI) — A part of a makeshift church in eastern Nepal, housing a large number of people, collapsed, killing at least 23, officials said. The incident, in which about 65 people also were injured, occurred Tuesday night in …
Police: Church collapse in Nepal kills 24 - San Francisco Chronicle (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
A church dormitory collapsed Wednesday in eastern Nepal after attendees at a Christian conference went to sleep on its roof, killing at least 24 people and injuring an additional 62, police and church officials said. The people had gathered in the …
Church collapse in Nepal kills at least 23 - CNN (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) — At least 23 people died when part of a church collapsed in eastern Nepal, police said Wednesday. The church in the town of Dharan, about 150 miles (240 km) east of Kathmandu, was hosting a conference with up to 700 …
Influenza A (H1N1) - Apr 2009 - Reliefweb.int (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
Updates on Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba (The Netherlands), Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas (the), Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan …
Church collapses kills 23 in Nepal - ninemsn (September 30, 2009) - [read more]
A church building collapsed during a Christian convention in eastern Nepal, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens more, police say. Around 1,500 Christians had gathered in the town of Dharan for the meeting when a makeshift three-storey …
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
Nepal church building collapse kills 24 (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
A church dormitory collapsed Wednesday in eastern Nepal after attendees at a Christian conference went to sleep on its roof, killing at least 24 people and injuring an additional 62, police and church officials said.
Nepali president, PM offer Tika to people (September 29, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to general public on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami, the tenth day of the Dashain festival on Monday.
Feature: Nepal feels heat of climate change (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
The golden apples it once produced were famed in Nepal and across the border area in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China for their luscious taste.
Nepali PM returns home from UN assembly (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returned home on Monday from the 64th session of General Assembly of the United Nations.
Three years on, Nepal remains conflict zone and a killing field after peace agreement (September 28, 2009) - [read more]
South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 22nd September, 2009 Kathmandu, Sep.22 : Almost three years after the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement , Nepal continues to remain a conflict zone with no respite in killings, abductions and serious rights violations.
Star’s sex video shows changing face of Nepal (September 27, 2009) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: From being a much-sought-after model and the highest paid music video star, 22-year-old Nepali beauty Namrata Shrestha effortlessly sashayed into Nepal’s film industry last year with the hit musical of the year “Sano Sansar” . With her fan clubs growing and mounting tributes to both her ethereal beauty and talent, she was poised to …
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.
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 [...]
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