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  • New Darshan Bhet In Town: Prachanda Visits Indian Embassy

    Plus: American ambassador returns from New Delhi trip So the news of the day is pretty much surprising. Not so surprising perhaps. Prachanda, the leader of the Maoist ‘revolution’ in Nepal, went to see the Indian ambassador in Lainchaur. Reactions given to media by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, second in command after Prachanda, are also interesting.…

  • Nepal Peace Process: Breakthrough On Arms Issue, UML Has New Stands

    Update (Nov 5) Maoist Chairman Prachanda today hinted that his party has reached an agreement with the government on the modality of arms management. According to Prachanda, the agreement is that the Maoist arms will be kept and locked in (at a place decided by the Maoists) with a UN seal and keys under Maoist…

  • Bargaining Chips On The Upcoming Nepal Peace Summit

    The issue of monarchy will be the most crucial in this week’s peace summit. Referendum will be the wisest choice By Prakash Bom in Queens, New York Whatever political agendas are there on the table of the Peace Summit for SPA and Maoists to negotiate, it is obvious that the gridlock has been entangled on…

  • Nepal Peace Process: Maoists- Nepali Congress Agree on 95 Percent Political Issues

    Confidence over arms mgmt growing By Ameet Dhakal News Editor, the Kathmandu Post KATHMANDU, Oct 27 – Nepali Congress (NC) and Maoist leaders are busy giving the finishing touches to political agreements reached and are narrowing their differences over the issue of arms management. The NC and Maoists leaders held a crucial meeting Wednesday to…

  • Reason For Rejecting The Front Proposal

    An article by Kantipur editor Narayan Wagle that talks about why Nepali Congress, mainly its leader and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, has rejected the proposal for a Front to promote pro-republican issues in Nepal. Title: ???????? ???????? ????????? ???? ?????? ?????? ????????????? ???????????? ??????? ?????? ?????? ? ???????? ??????? ???? ???, ?????? ???? ??????…

  • Tired of Arrogance, People Rise Up Against Maoists

    In their bid to prove the presence of their ‘government’ Maoists are doing everything that they can do in the time of peace: from ‘arresting’ gundas and hooligans in the capital city to stopping people from playing cards in villages. We all know they are in the process of bargaining in the peace talks and…

  • Update on Peace Process: Today's Political Developments

    Update: Thursday, Sept 28: The much-awaited “summit talks” between the top leaders of the ruling seven-party alliance (SPA) and Maoists, earlier said to be held today but postponed for tomorrow (Friday), has been put off until the conclusion of the Dashain festival. (Here is more.) Based on a report by Balaram Baniya and Ujjir Magar…