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Category: Foreign Affairs

  • Baburam Bhattarai Wanted to Meet the US Ambassador’s Rep in 2003…

    …thinking that the Ambassador himself may not meet him. How times of have changed! The American Ambassador has gone to meet him, most recently, two days ago Baburam became the Prime Minister.  US diplomatic cables as revealed by Wikileaks. Report by John Narayan Parajuli US officials saw Maoist Vice Chairman Baburam Bhattarai (who is not…

  • Dining with an Indian spy, former king Gyanendra proposes revival of monarchy

    Amid escalating uncertainties regarding the extension of Constituent Assembly (CA)’s term, Former King Gyanendra Shah has proposed the revival of monarchy in the nation. It is learnt that Shah, in a dinner meeting convened with Alok Joshi, official of an Indian intelligence agency, said that assistance will be sought from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N),…

  • American Cablegate: US-Indian Cooperation And Military Assistance to Nepal

    Viewing cable 03KATHMANDU280, US-INDIAN COOPERATION AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs Reference ID: 03KATHMANDU280 Created: 2003-02-14 05:05 Released: 2011-03-15 00:12 Classification:SECRET//NOFORN Origin: Embassy Kathmandu This record is…

  • American Cablegate- NEPAL: Indian Ambassador Reports Advances In Bilateral Security Cooperation

    Reference ID- 03KATHMANDU1870 Created- 2003-09-25 10:10 Released- 2011-03-15 00:12 Classification- SECRET//NOFORN Origin- Embassy Kathmandu S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 KATHMANDU 001870 SIPDIS NOFORN STATE FOR SA/INS NSC FOR MILLARD LONDON FOR POL – GURNEY E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/23/2013 TAGS: PREL PTER MCAP PGOV IN NP SUBJECT: NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR REPORTS…

  • American Cablegate: US Ambassador Relays Concerns About Activities Of Indian Intelligence Agents [In Nepal]

    Reference ID: 03KATHMANDU2366 Created: 2003-12-04 02:02 Released: 2011-03-15 00:12 Classification: SECRET//NOFORN Origin: Embassy Kathmandu Wikileaks notice: This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. S E C R E T KATHMANDU 002366 SIPDIS NOFORN STATE FOR SA/INS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/03/2013 TAGS: PREL…

  • American Cablegate: CRUNCH TIME IN NEPAL?

    Reference ID: 06KATHMANDU2587 Created: 2006-09-22 11:11 Released: 2011-03-15 00:12 Classification: SECRET//NOFORN Origin: Embassy Kathmandu S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 KATHMANDU 001197 SIPDIS NOFORN SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/18/2017 TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR IN NP SUBJECT: NEPAL: INDIAN OFFICIALS TAKE TOUGHER STAND ON MAOISTS REF: KATHMANDU 1112 Classified By:…

  • Reasons to Come Home

    By Dinesh Wagle Wagle Street Journal I came back to Kathmandu last week after completing my two year tenure in Delhi. “Welcome back to darkness,” some of my friends said. Load shedding is not a new phenomenon in Kathmandu. But the continued and unacceptably long hours of power cuts have fueled further frustration. Not to…