Nepal News archive for 28 January 2010
World Bank wants tiger farms shut - KTNV (January 28, 2010) - [read more]
BANGKOK (AP) - China and other Asian nations should shut privately run tiger farms as they are inhumane and fuel demand for the endangered big cat’s bones and skin, the World Bank said Thursday. The call came as governments from 13 countries where …
Husband kills wife for Rs. 5,000 - E Kantipur (January 28, 2010) - [read more]
A man allegedly murdered his wife in the district’s Santapur VDC over a dowry row on Wednesday night. Ram Bachan Sah of Santapur allegedly killed his 19-year-old spouse Manjudevi and has been abscoding, along with his family since the incident …
ID card to NRNs on the horizon - E Kantipur (January 28, 2010) - [read more]
KATHMANDU, JAN 28 - As decided by the government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has completed preparations for issuing Identity Cards to Non-Resident Nepalis (NRNs). “Interested NRNs can apply at MoFA or Nepali missions abroad for the …
Chidambaram likely to visit Islamabad for Saarc meeting - MSN India (January 28, 2010) - [read more]
New Delhi: In the midst of current chill in Indo-Pak relations, a SAARC Home Ministers’ conference is scheduled next month in Islamabad to which P Chidambaram plans to go subject to Foreign Office’s approval. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and …
Weekly world news quiz - BBC News (January 28, 2010) - [read more]
Chinese engineers have begun creating a road through previously inaccessible mountains to connect Nepal to Tibet. They are naming it after the film Avatar because of claims the area inspired scenery in the fantasy blockbuster. Wearing running shoes …
China: Account for Uighur Refugees Forcibly Repatriated to China - Human Rights Watch (January 28, 2010) - [read more]
Uighur asylum seekers sent back to China by Cambodia have disappeared into a black hole. There is no information about their whereabouts, no notification of any legal charges against them, and there are no guarantees they are safe from torture and …
GUS: Best SOTU Response I’ve Ever Witnessed! - DAILY KOS (January 28, 2010) - [read more]
I watched an entire SOTU and didn’t smoke. Now that is an excellent SOTU response. I could never have done that during the Bush years. I probably could have done it during the FDR years, but I wasn’t alive. I think I did it once during Jimi Hendrix’s …
Rhino found dead in Kaziranga - Economic Times (January 28, 2010) - [read more]
GUWAHATI: An endangered one-horned rhinoceros was found dead with its horn gouged out at the famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam, in the fourth such incident in the past one month, officials said Thursday. A wildlife official said the latest …
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I stand by what I said: Bhandari (January 27, 2010) - [read more]
KATHMANDU: Defense Minister Bidya Devi Bhandari said Thursday that she stands by her Tuesdaya s statement that bulk integration of PLA combatants will not be acceptable even if the Special Committee for Army Integration headed by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal so recommends.
Nepal arrests Japanese in possession of 10 kg of hashish (January 26, 2010) - [read more]
Nepalese police have arrested a Japanese national while he was trying to travel from Kathmandu to Doha with 10 kilograms of high-quality hashish, a police official said Tuesday.
India to Nepal: Terror threat, need marshals on planes (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
New Delhi served a demarche on Nepal last week to persuade its neighbour to allow sky marshals on board Air India flights to the Himalayan nation following ‘concrete intelligence inputs’ that the Lashkar-e-Toiba plans to hijack an Indian carrier flying to and from SAARC countries.
Nepal arrests Indian policemen (January 25, 2010) - [read more]
“Seven Indian policemen posted in Uttar Pradesh of India have been arrested for entering Nepal with arms, without taking permission from us,” said Buddhi Bahadur Khadka, chief district officer of Kanchanpur.
Nepal gay wedding in bid for pink dollar (January 24, 2010) - [read more]
Nepal will play host to a royal wedding with a difference when an openly gay Indian prince marries his partner at a Hindu temple in Kathmandu.
14-province model bad for Nepal: Sujata (January 23, 2010) - [read more]
BIRATNAGAR: Deputy-Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala on Friday said that the 14-province model will put the country in trouble.
UNSC extends UNMIN term by nearly four months (January 22, 2010) - [read more]
The UN Security Council last night has voted to extend the United Nations Mission in Nepal term by nearly four months amid heightened tensions in NepalA ahead of the framing of a new constitution.
Travel agency seeks gay, lesbian holidaymakers (January 22, 2010) - [read more]
Homosexuals hankering after a wedding on elephant back or on top of the world can head to Nepal, where a travel agency has been set up to cater to their holiday, and celebratory, needs.
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Nepal Govt Advised Not to Allow India Deploy Sky Marshals (January 28, 2010) - [read more]
‘Indian ploy to legitimize what they have been doing informally for the past 10 years’
By Saroj Raj Adhikari
The secretariat of Nepal’s Security Council has advised the government not to allow India put sky marshals in their planes flying out from Kathmandu. The secretariat that takes stock of security issues before providing any advise to the [...]
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