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Bijay Gachhedar, the Corrupt Home Minister, Kicks out a Competent Home Secretary from the Ministry
By Kiran Chapagain in Republica Cartoon by Rajesh KC The bad news is that despite Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai’s own assurances that the government secretaries would not be transferred within the first month of his entering Baluwatar just to appease any individual or group, the cabinet meeting on Friday (yesterday) transferred Home Secretary Leela Mani…
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नेपालमा जारी विचारको गुरिल्ला युद्ध
दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल यो लेख आजको कान्तिपुरमा प्रकाशित भएको हो । पत्रिकाकै पन्नामा हेर्ने भए यहाँ क्लिके हुन्छ । डिल्लीराम सुवेदी बन्दुकविहीन गुरिल्ला हुन् । काठमाडौंको शिक्षा क्याम्पसबाट अंग्रेजीमा स्नातकोत्तर पास यी युवा कागजी मैदानमा कलमले युद्ध गरिरहेका छन् । उनको विपक्षमा छन्, कलमै बोकेका अर्काथरी गुरिल्लाहरू जो पाँच वर्षअघिसम्म हतियार पनि बोक्थे ।…
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Food in Kathmandu (and possibly all over Nepal): Almost Everything’s Contaminated
All Pics by Makar Shrestha Around 80 per cent of the total 4,113 samples of foodstuff randomly collected from factories and shops across the country failed food quality test in the last fiscal year, while 23 among the 29 categories were found contaminated, according to the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control (DFTQC). According to…
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Tracking the Indian Ambassador to Nepal: Jayant Prasad-2
Nice shoe your excellency. Previous post: Tracking the Indian Ambassador in Nepal: Jayant Prasad-1 SEP 13: Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai summoned Indian Ambassador Jayant Prasad at his office and discussed the possibility of rescinding the Patna High Court verdict in which it slapped jail terms and fines on 11 senior Maoists leaders. “The PM inquired the…
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अमेरिकाले कसरी हेर्छ नेपाललाई भारतीय आँखाबाट
नेपालमा भारतको राजनीतिक, सांस्कृतिक र भौगोलिक प्रभाव नौलो होइन । महाशक्ति अमेरिकाले नेपाललाई हेर्दा भारतीय नजरबाटै हेर्ने कुरो पनि नौलो होइन । अघिल्लो साता सार्वजनिक अमेरिकी सरकारका दस्तावेजले त्यो ‘हेराइ’ कसरी हुन्छ भन्ने देखाउँछन् जो धेरैका लागि नौलो र रुचिपूर्ण हुनसक्छ दिनेश वाग्ले वाग्ले स्ट्रिट जर्नल यो लेख आजको कान्तिपुरमा प्रकाशित भएको हो । पत्रिकाकै पन्नामा…
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American Diplomatic Cable: The United States and India Must “See Eye-to-Eye on Nepal”
2006-02-27 11:56 S E C R E T KATHMANDU 000566 SIPDIS NOFORN SIPDIS NSC FOR MILLARD/RICHELSOPH DEPT FOR SCA/INS E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2016 TAGS: PREL PGOV MARR PINS IN NP SUBJECT: INDIAN AMBASSADOR: SUMMIT AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO PRESSURE KING REF: KATHMANDU 473 Classified By: Ambassador James F. Moriarty, reasons 1.4 (b/d). Summary ——- ś1.…
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American Diplomatic Cable: India Doesn’t Want (in a Diplomatic Language) the United States to Provide Guns but High Tech Weapons to Nepal
2003-09-25 10:34 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 ADVANCES IN BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION REF: A. KATHMANDU 1859 śB. KATHMANDU 1692…
