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14th June, 2006 (Wednesday)

EC assist
Peace committee reconstituted
Summit talks within few days: Prachanda
122 red passports returned
Supreme Court orders reinstatement of Dr Prabha Basnet
PM’s poor health condition
India continues to invade Nepalese soil
SC protests parliamentary decision
UTL's new deceiving scheme
UML and Janmorcha’s fight give tough time to PM
Maoist’s one week ultimatum to government
Parliament’s hasty decision on citizenship
Madhav Nepal criticizes Prachanda’s statement
Maoist demand interim government
Hindus protest in Bara, Parsa
PM’s visit sorted out defense issues
Minister Badu misuses power
India’s pressure to unite two congresses
Maoists criticizes seven-party’s decision
Judicial sector should remain independent: Sapana Pradhan Malla
The House never take King’s place: Krishna Prasad Bhandari
UML’s secret circular against Maoists
Parliament caught in dispute
Government’s anti-democratic attitude

13th June, 2006 (Tuesday)

Maoists change stance
I felt electric shock passed through my body on Everest summit: Jangbu Sherpa
RPP meets 21June
CP Gajurel jailed for three more years
Seven Nepalis shot dead in Kashmir
RPP meets 21June
CP Gajurel jailed for three more years
Seven Nepalis shot dead in Kashmir
350 Maoists being released Tuesday
Maoists preparing for rallly in Narayanghat
Govt withdraws Anti-Terrorism ordinance
Govt forms media recommendation commission
Maoist people's court in Kathmandu also
New Delhi mulling using air power against Naxalites
Koirala reports to parliament in India trip

12th June, 2006 (Monday)

Foreign Minister Oli flying to Geneva Monday
Commission formed to investigate scholarship scam
Details of meetings between Prachanda, Bhattarai and Shitaula, talks to continue Monday
India not releasing senior Maoist leaders
Cabinet expansion complete with three more additions
Prachanda, Baburam Bhattarai, home minister meet
Parliament to be prorogued
Two police personnel killed
CPI (Marxist) support continues
Maoists busy with medical treatment, meet near and dear ones
Bhutanese Maoists call for republic
Raj Parishad documents frozen

10th June, 2006 (Saturday)

Indian not releasing Maoists
Maoists going to west Nepal
India to support Nepal's candidacy for US security council
Udaipur cement factory closed
Maoists allege UN working on US directions
Writ to overturn registrar's decision
Supreme Court pressure works against parliament
ADB and Nepal sign $15.5 million project to promote empowerment of women
Another effort to eradicate polio
Nepal elected to the UN fourth committee
NRB withdraws facility
Jaanamorcha Nepal threatens to quit seven party alliance
Dr Narayan Prasad Bhattarai dead
74 rhinos missing
German dead in motorcycle accident
Order to withdraw FM license for Army
Home Minister urged Maoists to return seized property
Nepal Airlines to start flights to Talcha, Mugu
Govt working for interim with Maoists
Seven parties conspiring: Matrika Yadav
Striking medical students on strike

9th June, 2006 (Friday)

PM Koirala says India supports his government's political decsions
Koirala, LK Advani meet
Provision being made in budget for Maoist militia
13 Naxalites killed in India
Objections to clearing Koirala
Maoists' weapon management uncertain
FNCCI plea for governments support
Prachanda’s royal entry in Morang

8th June, 2006 (Thursday)

BJP presses for constitutional monarchy
CPN-UML opts for interim govt, interim constitution
SC refuses to accept writ challenging parliament proclamation
Maoists holding rally in Nepalgunj Thursday
Moriarty comes under Maoist fire
Secret talk in New Delhi, CPN-UML meets in Kathmandu
Declaration of parliament's supremacy will invite bloodshed: Prachanda
Ambassador to Bangladesh recalled
Indian Maoists encouraged from Nepalese Maoists' success
Furious Sujata didn't go to India
UML willing to depart from government
Government’s hast decision risks nation’s future
Release of former ministers
Maoist not to surrender arms
Conspiracy against Nepal army
Supreme Court defies Nepal government
PM’s India visit must be productive
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Koirala gets unprecedented reception in India

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala began an official India visit Tuesday indicting bilateral relations soured after 1 February 2005 have been normalized. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set aside protocol and personally welcomed Koirala at New Delhi airport; visiting ....more

By Bhola B Rana

House Procedure Rules presented in parliament

A delayed house procedure rules was presented to parliament Wednesday for approval further limiting the role of the King. Following the passage of the rules, the concept of the King in Parliament will be dead ....more

By Bhola B Rana

Message from Maoist demonstration in Kathmandu

The elaborately planned June 2 gathering of the Maoists in the heart of Kathmandu, capital city, was a successful venture. According to reports, there were no less than 200 thousand people attending the Maoists’ .... more

By Pushpa Raj Pradhan

Maoists send message to world from Kathmandu; they cannot be ignored

Maoists delivered a message to the government and the world, especially India and the United States, by staging the biggest rally in the capital last ...more

By Our Political Correspondent

Govt expansion again delayed

Government expansion that was to be completed Tuesday before the departure of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala for India has again been delayed. The delay this time was caused after Chairman of Janamorcha Amik Serchan demanded the post for deputy for ...more

By Our Senior Political Correspondents

Koirala's sudden Delhi trip: Mystery and plot

It was announced last week that Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala would be leaving for Bangkok for a health check-up accompanied by Dr. Sashank Koirala. Even the dates and the members of his entourage were made public ....more

By Nishanta Thapa

Koirala’s India visit enveloped in controversy and mystery

Not surprisingly, the official visit of an incumbent Nepali prime minister to India has, once again, been enveloped in controversy. Despite that charming facet of Nepali politico-diplomatic history or tradition, the current excursion of Prime .... more

By M.R. Josse

EU insists on decommission of Maoist weapons

A top EU official who visited Nepal last week said Maoists must disarm and their weapons should be decommissioned as preconditions for free and fair elections for a constituent assembly. Hervé Jouanjean, Deputy Director General of the Directorate-General for External ..... more

By Our Diplomatic Correspondent

FNCCI's advisory committee

The FNCCI has formed a seven-member advisory committee under former FNCCI president Mahesh Lal Pradhan as per the decision of the executive committee. The executive committee also specified the responsibilities of the ....more

By Our Reporter

CNI's advice to PM

CNI has advised the high-level Nepalese delegation led by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Kpoirala to India to raise the following issues related to bilateral trade: # 4% Additional Customs Duty: .... more

By Our Business Correspondent

Supreme Court protects rights

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court Sunday rejected an argument of the government's chief legal advisor and Attorney General Yagyamurti Banjade that parliament is supreme and has unfettered powers after the April movement. The verdict of the ... more

By Our Legal Correspondent

Production of fresh, processed fruits, vegetables and export

Major fruits and vegetables produced in Nepal include tropical fruits such as mango, pineapple, citrus fruits, guavas, banana, papaya, pomegranate, melon, grapes, and temperate fruits like apple, peers, peaches etc. .... more

By Dr. Suman Kumar Regmi

 

BETWEEN YOU AND ME

A numbers game, IMPENDING FIREWORKS, revealing differences and STUFF

LAST WEEK’S rally at Tundikhel’s open-air (Khula Manch) Theatre addressed by a slew of Maoist top guns, albeit not by supremo Prachanda or his second-in-command Baburam Bhattarai, was undoubtedly a landmark political event. That, not least, because of the... more

By M.R. Josse

COMMENTS

Geopolitics and GARISH GIMMICKS in Nepal

The month-long aftermath of Kin Gyanendra's capitulation to mass protests and reinstatement of the House of Representatives has spawned a vast array of speculation over the circumstances leading up to the event. .... more

By Maila Baje

The Maoists’ short-cut to power

The Maoists’ mass demonstration — the largest since 1989 — at the centre of the city at the open-air theatre and Tundikhel and the speeches of their leaders have demonstrated very amply their marching route to political ..... more

By Sashi PBB Malla

New trend in democracy: Good old-fashioned mob rule

We have all been so fat and happy with our democratic lives over the years that we've totally neglected the next generation of citizens who should be required to pick up the mantle of democratic responsibility. We've failed to .... more

By Blogdai

Forget HoR, SAVE THE nation

The Maoists have been demanding for dissolution of the present parliament for a more representative council, which would eventually lead us towards the election for a constituent assembly and the immediate (official) annulment of the 1990 constitution. However, ... more

By Bhuwan Sharma

Nepal: All not quiet on the Southern front

A month after King Gyanendra bowed to mass protests and reinstated the House of Representatives (HoR), a constitutionally dead legislature has been exhibiting remarkable political life. Considering that a government-opposition standoff prevented ... more

By Sanjay Upadhya

Turmoil in India's NAXAL affected areas

India is facing severe law and order problems in all the 13 Naxal affected states such as Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Western Orissa and Bihar. The Naxals or Naxalites are waging a violent struggle on behalf ... more

By Mamoona Ali Kazmi

CHALLENGE AHEAD CULTIVATED LAND declining in CHINA

Latest statistics released by the Ministry of Land and Resources show that in the last five years, due to rapid economic development and the frequent adjustment of the agricultural structure, cultivated land declined by 6 million hectares on the Chinese mainland, from 128.27 million hectares in October 2000 to 122.08 million hectares ... more

By An Zi

Don’t slander my religion

The debate on depiction of Hinduism in text books of California has been going on for some time now. I did not pay much attention in the beginning, thinking it’s just another way for the Hindu diaspora to gain attention. But then when I read a ... more

By Bhumika Ghimire

 

EDITORIAL

India on the scene

If we are to go be the present political decisions and statements, it seems Nepal has closed all fronts and the only deciding foreign player left in Nepal is India, a self declared regional superpower. We can see the parliament restored by the King making one after another “revolutionary” decision. Some political .... more

 

ON/OFF THE RECORD

Defaming People’s Review

The elements playing with our national sovereignty and freedom seem to be getting severe headache from the stance taken by People’s Review on matters of national interest. For instance, Sudeshna Sarkar, the Kathmandu based reporter of the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS), in her ..... more

By PR Pradhan

TATTLER

Mischievous reuters

Mischievous British news agency that claims its reporting is accurate reported 27 May King Gyanendra "dissolved parliament 15 months ago". NO! Then elected and all-powerful Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba ..... more

READERS FORUM

Corruption in USAID

A few corrupt Nepali team leaders and their expatriate underlings such as Kamala Moktan, Pranab Rajbhandari and Aruna Bajracharya are trying to hoodwink valuable assistance being provided Family Health International and other similar health projects. In this context, ... more

 

Religious conflict in the offing

A few corrupt Nepali team leaders and their expatriate underlings such as Kamala Moktan, Pranab Rajbhandari and Aruna Bajracharya are trying to hoodwink valuable assistance being provided Family Health International and other similar health projects. In this context, ... more

 

MEDIA WATCH

Excerpts from weeklies and dailies

Compiled and translated by BHOLA B. RANA... more

 
FACE TO FACE

Collapse of banking sector will be unfortunate: Radesh Pant

The banks have faced a lot of challenges with the political change. When only about 15 per cent of the country's population is receiving the banking facilities, the banks, especially the private banks, have a challenge to expand their service to the rural masses. ... more

 
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