Posted on July 31st, 2005 by UWB
Hundreds of agitating students hit the road in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu this afternoon demanding the immediate and unconditional release of their leader Gagan Thapa. They shouted anti-monarchy, pro-republican and pro-democracy slogans. Some of them carried black flags that signaled their protest of the unconstitutional arrest of Thapa. Pic by Bikas Rauniar
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Posted on July 30th, 2005 by UWB
By Keshav P Koirala
Saturday Blog
Intro: Giving up the career of a journalist at a leading daily, I have returned to the world of academics again since January. When I determinedly pushed resignation stating that I was quitting the job to pursue further studies, on the day of farewell, the editor of the daily- also my [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2005 by UWB
Radio Nepal changes the signature tune and Nepal Television requests the district administration office to monitor its reporters’ activities
The world is moving forward. America launched the discovery shuttle, India resolved its nuclear issues with the US, China decided on the exchange evaluation. And here in Nepal, we are being forced to return backward in a [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2005 by UWB
US Senator Patrick Leahy’s statement on Nepal to Congress. Full Text.
Senator Patrick Leahy July 28: I rise to speak about the situation in Nepal, which has received too little attention by the Congress. I will not take the time to discuss in detail the history of this tiny country wedged between China and India. Suffice [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2005 by kiran
By Kiran Chapagain on July 29th, 2005 in Eagle Eye
In yet another setback to the Nepal’s Constitution, the king has “amended” the constitution through a decree early Friday morning. The state-owned Radio Nepal in its 7 am news bulletin said that the king has, in accordance with the Article 127 of the Constitution, granted authority [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2005 by UWB
Alliance for Democracy & Human rights in Nepal, USA (ADHRN), Nepalese Democratic Youth Council, USA (NDYC), and American-Nepal Friendship Society (ANFS) jointly organized a talk program with Kunda Dixit on Saturday (July 23). The venue was Delhi Palace Restaurant in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York. The following is the summary of the event, including editor [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2005 by Dinesh Wagle
By Dinesh Wagle on July 28th, 2005 in Wagle Street Journal
Are Nepalis slowly turning toward a republic Nepal?
From Left: Kanak Mani Dixit, Dr. Devendra Raj Pandey, Krishna Pahadi and Dr. Mahesh Maskey. Pic by Wagle.
It seems many in Nepal are republican. Everywhere, the voice of republicanism has been dominating: From the street to the Special [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2005 by UWB
Nepal’s Irate Students Clash With Police in Colleges. All pics by Bikas Karki. (photos in this post will not work)
Furious Nepali students today clashed with police at several locations, mostly in colleges, in Kathmandu protesting the arrest of prominent student leader Gagan Thapa on Wednesday. They were demanding immediate release of Thapa and other student [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2005 by kiran
By Kiran Chapagain on July 28th, 2005 in Eagle Eye
Gagan Thapa, Nepal’s top student leader, feels insecure in the jail. Plus, he WILL fight for the presidency of Nepal Student’s Union from inside the jail.
On Wednesday morning while cooking food, I had long a long discussion with my brother about the upcoming general convention of [...]
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Posted on July 27th, 2005 by UWB
By Vishnu on July 27th, 2005 in Bashnet Ko Guff
With the living condition deteriorating, indigenious people in eastern Nepal are forced to migrate to India
As their plea to the government demanding their rehabilitation fell on the deaf ears, the people belonging to the largely overlooked indigenous Satar tribe in the eastern Nepal are gradually heading [...]
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