Nepal News archive for 25 February 2010

Doctor to embark on loftiest goal – WatertownDailyTimes.com (February 25, 2010) – [read more]
LOWVILLE — Dr. Manoj R. Vora has Mount Everest in his sights, and if successful, will have one more mountain to climb to reach his ultimate goal The Lowville resident plans to leave on March 28 for a 10-week expedition to climb the world’s tallest …

SPOKEN WORD: Multitalented Rollins to amuse with travel tales – Arkansas Online (February 25, 2010) – [read more]
LITTLE ROCK — “Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Indonesia …” That’s Henry Rollins. He’s reeling off a list of places he has traveled in the past few months. “… China, Nepal, Senegal, Timbuktu …” Dude likes to travel. And after all …

Roxbury pair held in clerk’s killing – Boston Globe (February 25, 2010) – [read more]
Two Roxbury teenagers have been arrested and charged with the Sunday morning killing of a 71-year-old Roxbury store clerk who was a grandfather of 28. Martin Freeles, 17, and Onyx White, 16, were arrested after a “relentless collaborative effort …

ITT and Mercy Corps Collaborate to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation … – PR Inside (February 25, 2010) – [read more]
ITT Corporation announced today that through its partnership with Mercy Corps, the company is donating five portable water treatment systems in Haiti, providing enough potable water each day for up to 200,000 victims of the January 12 earthquake. The …

South Asian adventure – Norman Transcript (February 25, 2010) – [read more]
Norman — Over Google chat earlier this week, Hailey Branson debated whose room was messier with a South Asian journalist. And Alex Page now has a collection of Bangladesh songs — shared via a Facebook wall post — from the winner of Bangladesh …

Cotton on to fairer fashion – Coventry Telegraph (February 25, 2010) – [read more]
If sales continue to drop this could have a devastating effect on fairtrade cotton farmers in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Harriet Lamb, chief executive of the Fairtrade Foundation, said: “2009 was a tough year for everyone, but a desperate year …

Nuneaton soldiers give helping hand to settling Gurkha veterans – Coventry Telegraph (February 25, 2010) – [read more]
A HELPING hand is being offered to Gurkha veterans who have won the right to live in Britain. Fellow compatriots based in Nuneaton are rallying round to provide funds and support for ex-soldiers and their families returning from the Nepal kingdom …

Elephants from Nepal kill 1, injure eight in Uttar Pradesh – New Kerala (February 25, 2010) – [read more]
Lucknow, Feb 25 : One person was killed and several injured when a herd of elephants which had apparently strayed in from Nepal went on a rampage in a village in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said Thursday. At least eight people were …

Nepali Times

11th Open Paragliding Competition (February 25, 2010) – [read more]
Paragliders, both near and far, gather in Pokhara to claim the top spots in the 11th Open Paragliding Competition, which was held from 18th to 20th February,

Combating corruption (February 24, 2010) – [read more]
Education Minister Ram Chandra Kuswaha has been sacked and replaced by Sarbendra Nath Shukla after the former was accused of involvement in a corruption scandal. The new minister has vowed to fight corruption,

Pillars of the old guard (February 24, 2010) – [read more]
Pictures from Tuesday’s protest in front of Singha Darbar for a referendum on constitutional monarchy, federalism and secularism.

Corruption scandal (February 23, 2010) – [read more]
Education Minister Ram Chandra Kuswaha is about to lose his job after corruption charges.

One weapon, one combatant (February 22, 2010) – [read more]
The government wants to integrate as Maoist combatants as there are UNMIN verified arms in the Maoist arsenal.

Arms controversy (February 21, 2010) – [read more]
Maoist cadre captured two Armed Police Force trucks ferrying arms to the capital last night. According to the Home Ministry the trucks were carrying “explosives, bullets and training logistics for the Armed Police Personnel”.

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Nilam’s story (February 21, 2010) – [read more]
Every once in a while, travelling through Nepal, you come across a sight so incongruous that you have to blink your eyes to believe

Dead horse? (February 19, 2010) – [read more]
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is having another bad day. Today, his party compared his government to ‘expired medicine’, writes Republica:
Ruling CPN-UML leaders have fiercely advocated for and against the government at the

Nepal News

Architect on a mission to save Kathmandu’s soul (February 24, 2010) – [read more]

“My heart wept to see so many concrete buildings, they were ugly and had no substance,” the 40-year-old told AFP in an interview.

Pro-monarchists besiege secretariat, clash with Nepal police (February 23, 2010) – [read more]

Thousands of royal supporters clashed with the police today as they besieged the government secretariat in the heart of the capital, demanding a referendum on restoring the monarchy and Nepal’s status as a Hindu state.

China prevents Nepal from attending celebrations at Tibetan monastery (February 23, 2010) – [read more]

Asia Pacific News.Net Tuesday 23rd February, 2010 Though China failed to prevent US President Barack Obama from meeting exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, it has succeeded in stopping top Nepalese officials from attending the birth centenary celebrations of a revered Tibetan monk.

Man seeks ‘world’s shortest’ title (February 23, 2010) – [read more]

Tuesday February 23 2010 A 22-inch tall man has left his home country of Nepal in a quest to be recognised as the world’s shortest man.

Protests paralyse Kathmandu (February 22, 2010) – [read more]

Kathmandu – Supporters of Nepal’s deposed royal family brought the capital Kathmandu to a standstill on Monday in protest against the abolition of the world’s last Hindu monarchy.

Time running out in Nepal’s quest for a constitution (February 21, 2010) – [read more]

In this November 2, 2007 file photograph, Nepal’s lawmakers walk out of parliament as the peace process is postponed in Kathmandu Two years after landmark elections ended centuries of royal rule, lawmakers in Nepal are scrambling to complete a new constitution that will shape the future of the troubled Himalayan nation.

Nepal’s shortest man seeks record (February 21, 2010) – [read more]

A Nepalese man who is only 56cm tall is travelling to Europe in a bid to be recognised officially as the world’s shortest living person.

New constitution to be promulgated on time: Nepali PM (February 21, 2010) – [read more]

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that the new constitution would be promulgated within the stipulated time despite having less than 100 days to accomplish the task, local media reported Sunday.

United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal

Maoists in India and Nepal (February 20, 2010) – [read more]
ब्लगमान्डू: राष्ट्रपतीय भ्रमणका अनौपचारिक कुरा
Many Indian newspapers today are filled with reports about the Indian police’s charge-sheet against Indian Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy containing a reference to a meeting with Nepali Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda in 2006 as if Ghandy did a crime by meeting a leader who had, by then, left behind the [...]