Month: February 2010

  • Security Situation in Nepal

  • Ex-King Gyanendra Does in Nepal What His Ancestors Never Did

    Keeping track of the former king Almost two years after he was stripped of his crown and became a commoner, Nepal’s deposed king Gyanendra himself has broken a centuries-old taboo by attending a religious fair in a town till now considered out of bounds for the royal family. Escorted by bodyguards and aides, the 62-year-old…

  • Jamim Shah Murder: A Statement from Delhi?

    “[The Jamim Shah murder] is a statement from New Delhi that it will not let off anyone it perceives as hostile to its national interests.”– A senior Nepali police officer By Mukul Humagain, Anil Giri and Baburam Kharel The Indian underworld gang run by Chhota Rajan could be behind Sunday’s killing of media entrepreneur Jamim Shah,…

  • Jamim Shah Murder Update: Indian Says He Killed.

    Jamim murder brings relief to Indian security agencies: Indian daily A day after: Nepali cabinet sets up an investigation committee even as an Indian calls up a Nepali TV station in Kathmandu to admit the responsibility So Indian killed Jamim? May be this group, may be that group. May be Indians, may be Pakistanis. An…

  • Was Jamim Shah Anti-India with ISI and Underworld Nexus?

    A section of Indian media certainly thinks so….but do they have any proof? Yes, it’s true that there were rumors to that effect. The broad-daylight murder of Nepali cable and satellite TV pioneer Jamim Shah could probably be the result of two things: either an underworld revenge or an intelligence undercover operation. Some Indian media…

  • Constituent Assembly Has Made Substantial Progress in Constitution Writing

    Despite all the chaos and apparent differences of positions/opinions/ideologies of political parties, they have made significant progress in drafting a new constitution. If one looks at the debates that have occurred in the CA over the past year and a half, it is clear that although differences between parties have persisted, there have also been…