Nepal News archive for 29 March 2010

Cheesemaking in Nepal: Dairy farmers at the top of the … – The Christian Science Monitor (March 29, 2010) – [read more]
… Alps to learn the traditional art of making Tomme de Savoie, a semi-soft cow cheese, and on his return in 2007 he and three Nepali partners founded the Himalayan French Cheese Company. Farming in Nepal, which is a Hindu state, has presented some …

Who paid David Coleman Headley’s credit card bill? – IndiaTimes (March 29, 2010) – [read more]
Bills for such cards were paid in US, Canada and Nepal, and establishing a link could unearth the identity of their masters. Intelligence agencies, tracking economic footprints and wide network of jihadis and their sleeper cells in different cities …

Yellowstone Country As Seen from the Heart Mountain … – News.Mongabay (March 29, 2010) – [read more]
It houses the spirit of the West and is found in the heart of every backpacker, every nature lover, every hunter, and every adventurer from here to Kathmandu.

GORDON BROWN APOLOGISES TO JOANNA LUMLEY – Daily Express (March 29, 2010) – [read more]
… said he was ­“irritated” at the actress’s “deathly silence” after allegations that Gurkhas are being forced to pay hundreds of pounds to veterans’ organisations in Nepal before being referred to UK solicitors. Mr Brown expressed …

Reproductive Health and HIV Integration in Thailand – Population Action (March 29, 2010) – [read more]
… Member Associations and government and private sector representatives of the Country Coordinating Mechanisms from eight countries—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and, Sri Lanka.. During the workshop, PAI, with …

Investment bank fees down 68pc as corporate Australia … – The Australian (March 29, 2010) – [read more]
The mixed success from the floats of retailers Myer, Kathmandu and the underwhelming market debut of Miclyn have led to caution on potential IPOs. The upcoming float of construction and infrastructure group Bilfinger Berger is expected to be delayed …

Joanna Lumley hits out at Government minister who … – Times Online (March 29, 2010) – [read more]
The row erupted this month when Mr Jones, in evidence to the Home Affairs select committee, said that veterans in Nepal attempting to come to Britain were being exploited by veterans organisations and solicitors firms. He said that Ms Lumley, the …

Dehradun, March 29 – Tribune (March 29, 2010) – [read more]
Nishank emphasised that 66 per cent of the land of the state had been under forest cover and the state shares long international border with China and Nepal. He said migration from the border areas would increase which would have a negative effect on …

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Prachanda, fellow Maoists flock to Ramdeva s camp (March 29, 2010) – [read more]

Notwithstanding his anti-India outbursts, Nepala s Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal a Prachandaa seems to have developed an affinity with Indian yoga guru Ramdev.

India, Nepal water talks to start soon (March 29, 2010) – [read more]

KATHMANDU: After two years, Nepal and India have agreed to hold joint-secretary level water talks on March 30-31. The two-day meeting of the Joint Standing Technical Committee will be held in Kathmandu.

Interaction on “Relationship between Nepal and China’s Tibet” held in Nepal (March 28, 2010) – [read more]

Interaction on “Relationship between Nepal and China’s Tibet” was held in Nepali capital Kathmandu on Friday on the occasion of 2nd Serfs Emancipation Day … Read Readers are kindly requested to avoid using offensive language and also refrain from issuing threats to others.

Yoga becoming lifestyle trend in urban Nepal (March 28, 2010) – [read more]

By Madhusree Chatterjee, Kathmandu, March 28 : Yoga has almost become a lifestyle trend among the urban middle class in this country, courtesy the Indian television channels which telecast holistic health and lifestyle programmes.

Koirala death deals new blow to fragile Nepal government (March 27, 2010) – [read more]

Former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s death could undermine the fragile Nepal government, which has until May 28 to write a new constitution.

Nepal mourns death of former PM (March 27, 2010) – [read more]

Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar draped the national flag on late Girija Prasad Koirala’s body at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu to pay tribute to the veteran leader who died on Saturday .

Hot Air Balloon In Nepal To Boost Tourism Year 2011 (March 27, 2010) – [read more]

Tara Air is starting commercial hot air balloon flights with two balloons from the first week of April 2010, ahead of Nepal Tourism Year 2011m reports China’s Xinhua news agency citing a local media.

Nepal: UN rights office calls for army cooperation in investigating deaths (March 27, 2010) – [read more]

The United Nations Human Rights Office in Nepal today expressed its continued concern over the deaths of three alleged female poachers – including a 12-year-old child – at a national park in the country’s far west, calling on authorities to carry out investigations with the full cooperation of the army.

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Struggling For Nepal’s True Sovereignty (March 27, 2010) – [read more]
India wanted to establish Nepal as a dependent state since it had ousted the British colonial regime. It did not want Nepal to have independent foreign relations. In 1975, the late King Birendra had proposed Nepal to be recognized internationally as a “zone of peace” which had received by 1990, support of 112 countries, including [...]

Ex-king Gyanendra says End Of Monarchy in the Republic of Nepal is a Hypothetical Question (March 24, 2010) – [read more]
Suman Giri interviews ex-king Gyanendra (l). Pic via hamroblog. Nagarik newspaper has Nepali version of the interview. Also, read Republica’s coverage of the interview.

Talking to Suman Giri of Avenues TV, a Kathmandu-based private network, for the first time since is ouster three years ago, in Janakpur where he went to worship Janaki, ex-king Gyanendra has [...]