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24th May, 2006 (Wednesday)

Maoists release Khadka, Yongya’s condition unknown
NC leaders dissatisfied with GP Koirala
Black marketers create artificial price hike
Respect rule of law
Indian proposal to divide Nepal
Government fails to fulfill commitments
Dissatisfaction among security forces
Declaration of secular state may invite holly war
Hindus to organize demonstrations
Patriotic citizens against secular state announcement
Anger against Deuba
Demonstrators violate government order
Concern over arrest of ex-ministers
Internal chances in Maoist
Indian encroachment
Kathmandu CDO announces prohibited area
Again citizenship issue
Constituent assembly can be a disaster
Mahara, Madhav Kumar meet
Indian grant for goitre control
More atop Everest
Maoists to join govt only after parliament dissolution
Koirala advised to go to Bangkok
Unified check-post
Constitutionality of parliament proclamation discussed
India silent on parliament proclamation
Oli orders removal of portraits of King, Queen
Canal destroyed after inundation
19 more climbers scale Everest
Former minister Pandey admitted to Norvic Hospital

23rd May, 2006 (Tuesday)

Maoists bomb home of NC worker, wife injured
Industries re-open in Bara, Parsa
Naxalites trigger blasts, burn buses
Dr Bhola Nath Chalise heads RBB
Parliament committee to revise parliament procedures
Maoists claim April movement succeeded with their help
5,000 Maoists enter Valley
Mahara, Shitaula hold telephonic talks
Curious visit of two dozen leaders of ruling party to India
Govt move to bring back former IGP Kharel
Opposition to declaration of secular state
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Demonstrations in India on announcement of Nepal as secular state
Nepal declaring secular state an absurd
Maoists demand 50 percent of the government budget
Maoists hold ultimate power: Prachanda
Closure of industries
House proclamation not complete: Prachanda
Nepal should remain as Hindu Kingdom

22nd May, 2006 (Monday)

Koirala expands government, expansion still incomplete
Sugat Ratna Kansakar re-appointed in Nepal Telecom
Dr Devi Prasad Ojha dead
Shikar Insurance goes public
Commanders deployed for Maoist recruitment
Govt expansion stalled
NC(D) fails to nominate members to govt
Details of King, Koirala meet
No talks without parliament dissolution: Baburam Bhattarai
Rebellion in CPN-UML trade union
SC judge seeks clarity in proclamation
Maoists abduct teachers
HoR’s claim irrelevant
Proclamation of secular sate unjustifiable
Action without any mistake

21st May, 2006 (Sunday)

Government to be expanded today
Bamdeb Gautam asks security personnel to prepare themselves for republic
Two senior positions in police being suspended
Maoists will not return to jungle
Protests in India after declaring Nepal secular state
Samuel Tamrat behind moves to declare Nepal secular
Another Everest ascent
NC(D) to deliver list of its nominees for ministers on PM's request
Prachanda to surface in Kathmandu 2 June, other details
More climbers atop Everest Saturday

20th May, 2006 (Saturday)

Excerpts of an interview with senior advocate Ganesh Raj Sharma and constitution expert broadcast by the BBC Nepali Service and printed in Jana Sathha
Deuba elected parliamentarian party leader
NC central committee meets
US welcomes proclamation
Bush pledges to work with Koirala
European parliament welcomes interim government
Deputy prime minister going to Malaysia
U.S. welcomes parliament proclamation
Two teams climb Lhotse
Govt starts executing proclamation
Appa Sherpa climbs Everest for record 16th ascent

19th May, 2006 (Friday)

Govt declares holiday
Further details of Appa Sherpa's Everest climb, other details on Everest
Golden jubilee of supreme court to be observed
Prachanda may surface 2 June
Proclamation not democratic: Bharat Keshari Simha
Yet another agitation
Government delaying peace process
Indians encroach Nepalese soil
I have been outcast in the party: Maya Gyawali
Parliament proclamation victory for 12 points with serious concern: Prachanda
Taranath Ranabhatt sick
India keeping watch
Parliament declares itself supreme authority; declares all clashing constitutional provisions ultra vires [Has more details on the provisions in the parliament proclamation]
337 kgs of refined hash seized
More climbers scale Everest
Slavery system in NC
Kantipur propaganda
Political parties responsible for present situation: Rewati Raman Subedi
Nepal's situation very tough: Sagar Nepal
SPA should be cautious

18th May, 2006 (Thursday)

Parliament to declare itself supreme
Three teams scale Everest
Proclamation illegal: Ganesh Raj Sharma
USA 'wary' of 12-point accord
OHCHR expresses its concern on detention of five former ministers under PSA
REQUEST TO FRIENDS
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NEWS
On who behest SPA is working to destabilize RNA

After the mass of tens of thousand (make no mistake it was not the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) because none of the leaders of those parties were in the rallies) succeeded in ending the direct rule of the King by bringing the dead parliament to life and a government of the political parties, the first signs of the ....more

By Our Reporter

Cabinet expansion structure approved
House proclamation today

Thousands of demonstrators came to streets in Kathmandu on Tuesday protesting against delayed House proclamation. Agitators set fire on five government vehicles, burnt tires in streets in different city areas paralyzing city traffic and staged protest in front of the main gate of Singha Durbar ....more

By Pushpa Raj Pradhan

Nepalese in US rush for ambassadorial position

When Murariraj Sharma's name was named for the position of Nepalese ambassador to USA, New Yorker Nepalese started fighting over it. Ananda Bista deserves the position says Mirdula Koirala, a restaurant lady, but Bista .... more

By Our Political Correspondent in US

SC issues show cause notice

The Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday issued show cause notices to the government about the detention of former ministers Ramesh Nath Pandey and Shrish Shumsher Rana. The Court also ordered the government to present a ...more

By Our Correspondent

Janjatis disappointed, to hold demonstration

In a disturbing development, members of the ethnic community are expressing strong reservation about the present formation of the government. While welcoming the recent political change, they have said, they are starting to feel disappointed from the House as well ...more

By Our Political Correspondent

Jasuda Pradhan condemns TKP report

Senior Vice Chairman of the Federation of National Journalists (FENAJ) and Executive Editor of People’s Review, Jasuda Pradhan, has categorically denied a report about her that has appeared in The Kathmandu Post daily. “In a ....more

By Our Reporter

Combustible mix of vendetta, appeasement, confusion and infighting

Commenting on the national political scenario in this space last week, this observer concluded that the difficult phase of governance was just beginning. That prediction I regret to say has proved to be prescient. .... more

By M.R. Josse

NNO condemns curtail on King's privilege

Bishal Bikram Shah, chairman, Nepali Nationalists Organization (NNO), USA, has condemned attempts to curtail King's privilege. In a statement, it is said that it is against the spirit of the 1990 Constitution. ..... more

By Our Reporter

Pre-Summit SCO FM meeting convened in Shanghai

THE FOREIGN MINISTERS of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries met in Shanghai on Monday to prepare for the SCO summit to be held there next month. "The meeting ....more

Yuan strengthens against greenback

The Chinese currency strengthened to below 8 against the US dollar for the first time since last July's revaluation. The Shanghai-based China Foreign Exchange Trade System reported that the daily benchmark, or the central .... more

 

BETWEEN YOU AND ME

Relative freedom, diplo-speak, WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE, would-be judges and who for W’ton?

Dear reader, there is so much to comment about these days, it’s difficult to know where to start. Anyway, here goes. Let’s blast off, shall we, with what a Maoist honcho released recently by the half, or one-third, formed SPA government has had ... more

By M.R. Josse

COMMENTS

Divided we will fall

It was troubling time for security chiefs here, but as it was arranged months back, the wedding of the army chief’s daughter was celebrated with pomp and style. In fact, even now the chief’s fate is unclear, though Cocktail Man .... more

By Cocktail Man

State crisis and "people’s war": Strategies of survival

At the present juncture, we have to be clear about our priorities, and if necessary think the unthinkable. Our mission is to preserve our independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity; everything else is only secondary. It ..... more

By Sashi PBB Malla

Some unwanted political meddling

We all in Nepal are familiar with political meddling, be it from south of the border or from the big house in Washington or from the Nepali diaspora. All through the history we have seen them, heard about them and in some cases have raised our .... more

By Bhumika Ghimire

Move to retain King Army C-in-C

Parliament is expected to issue a delayed historic proclamation today declaring itself supreme and empowered to exercise powers of the state. The proclamation, prepared by seven ruling parties, will be approved with the control of the House of . ... more

By Bhola B Rana

All Nepalese should unite

With the start of the New Year the country has seen a political upheaval. Those who died during the political movement in the name of Loktantra (which has been defined as complete democracy) had wanted peace and ... more

By Jasuda Pradhan

Directionless voyage of the government

The minister of the new government and some MPs have publicly started saying that they are above “law” and higher than the constitution. Reinstatement of the parliament itself was an unconstitutional decision but to proclaim oneself as being ... more

By Dr Pravin Rajbahak

"Largest democracy" as greatest cheater

The article "India and Maoists Nepal presents worrisome scenario" by Shamsuddin Ahmed published in your weekly May 4-10-2006 issue is quite interesting. He has tried to portray some of the glimpse of ... more

By Suman Pudasaini

Biggest threat to democracy

Nepali people love democracy rather than to communist dictatorship. Considering our believe and those presented by Nepali people, I'd make a preliminary evaluation of the causes in the democracy and ... more

By Kamala Sarup

Nuclear energy for Pakistan

The world currently obtains around 95% of its commercial energy from coal, oil and natural gas. These traditional fossil fuels besides causing green house gas effect and global warming, will not last forever and some expert predict that we will ... more

By Shahid Saleem Afzal

Fatal delusion

The new parliament has declared that our country at present is without a constitution or at least it need not be followed by the politicians. They are still flying high on the revolution that gave the power back to them. They seem ... more

By Bhuwan Sharma

 

EDITORIAL

Show vision and sense of magnanimity

The House of Representatives has been taking “revolutionary” decisions in the past few days when it has been in session. On Monday also, it made what it claimed to be a “historic proclamation”. It is good to see the .... more

 

ON/OFF THE RECORD

Episode Sikkim -2

Viewing the fast developing political scenario in Nepal, one can recall the regional history 33 years ago. It is all but an open secret that India is always trying to fulfill her interests in Nepal. She attempted to bring Nepal into her security umbrella in ..... more

By PR Pradhan

TATTLER

Celebrations victims

Golden jubilee celebrations to mark the ascents of Mount Manaslu and Lhotse in May were the first victims of the April political upheaval. The celebrations have now been rescheduled for December. ..... more

READERS FORUM

"Largest democracy" as greatest cheater

The article "India and Maoists Nepal presents worrisome scenario" by Shamsuddin Ahmed published in your weekly May 4-10-2006 issue is quite interesting. He has tried to portray some of the glimpse of the current political situation, his bias towards the Maoists very explicit ... more

 

MEDIA WATCH

Excerpts from weeklies and dailies

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

 
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