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Nepal PM: CA Elections Impossible Without Reinstatement of Police Posts
News we are following: Nepal politics Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Monday said that elections to the constituent assembly (CA) would not be possible without first reinstating the police posts and VDC secretaries displaced during the decade-long conflict. Stating that the CA elections couldn’t be held if the Maoists continue to obstruct the reinstatement…
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Nepal in 2006: From Gyanendra to Girija
NOTE: (Jan 2, 3 PM NST) eKantipur is going through maintenance and the editor of the site, Akhilesh Tripathi, hopes that they will resume the service “within hours”. Visit KantipurDaily.com for the same content from Kantipur Publications. ……. In January 2006, King Gyanendra was both head of state and head of government. The democrats were…
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Saddam Hussein Execution and Nepal Maoist Reaction
Dictator Who Ruled Iraq With Violence Is Hanged for Crimes Against Humanity BAGHDAD, Saturday, Dec. 30- Saddam Hussein, the dictator who led Iraq through three decades of brutality, war and bombast before American forces chased him from his capital city and captured him in a filthy pit near his hometown, was hanged just before dawn…
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Budhha boy meditating at new venue
BY SHANKAR ACHARYA/ UPENDRA LAMICHHANE BARA, Dec 27 – “Buddha” boy, Ram Bahadur Bomjan, who was found on Monday after disappearing for 10 months, resumed meditation at a new site at Halkhorea pond, Tuesday. Bomjan reached the area, some eight kilometers away from Baghjhor–where he was discovered by a group of hunters on Monday night–after…
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Communal Tension:Nepalgunj incident
Nepalgunj has remained a sensitive place ever since it showed signs of Hindu Muslim clash in 2004 after 12 Nepalese were killed in Iraq. And the recurrence of another communal conflict when the nation is in transition can be signs of danger if not addressed on time. Here is more about the first curfew order…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2007
Share Your New Year Thoughts With Kantipur: It’s time to welcome yet another New Year: 2007. How many New Years do we Nepalis welcome in a year in Nepal, by the way? Three? Our own Bikram Sambat will have a new year in Baishak: 2064. Then there is Nepal Sambad (that renews itself every year…
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Indian Fundamentalists Demand Nepal be Declared a Hindu State
The Hindu fundamentalists of India have demanded that Nepal be declare a Hindu State and its constitutional monarchy restored. Speaking at the Vishwa Hindu Mahasammelan (VHM) in Gorakhapur, India on Saturday (Dec 23), the Dharmacharyas (religious leaders) called for declaration of Nepal as Hindu state and restoration of monarchy there, according to the reports by…
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