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  • Peaceful Nepal? Number of Armed Outfits ‘Goes Down Drastically’

    SECURITY UPDATE By Anil Giri The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has claimed that the number of armed outfits operating across the country has significantly come down, thanks to the government’s operations against the groups that were launched nationwide one-and-a-half years ago. While there were 108 groups earlier, only 26 of them are active now.…

  • Maoist PLA Integration: Latest Updates

    1. The Party decides to end dual security to its leaders (removing Maoist PLA guerillas from some Maoist leaders’ security details. These leaders will continue to receive security from the government police/army) 2. Party hardliners are not happy with the Party decision. They table note of dissent. 3. The Party convenes a meeting where PLA…

  • 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…

  • UN Secretary General’s Observations on Nepal

    Observations part of the UN Secretary-General’s Report presented at the Security Council 8 September 28. Nepal’s peace process remains stalled, with few signs of a consensual way forward. The major parties are preoccupied by profound internal fissures and the question of power-sharing. While the extension of the Constituent Assembly by one year averted a grave…

  • A study of DDR and SSR in Nepal (ii)

    Click here for the first part of this article. By Bishnu Pathak and Devendra Uprety 7. Community-Police Relation (CPR) When we talk about SSR in Nepal, it is essential to briefly introduce CPR, which is taken as the prime component of security institutions in post–conflict period. The organizational structure of Nepal Police was designed by…

  • A study of DDR and SSR in Nepal

    Preliminary sociological observation of Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) and Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Nepal. By Bishnu Pathak and Devendra Uprety 1. Setting Security Sector Reform (SSR) is a continuous process to all countries and regions, including politically stable states, fragile states, and post-conflict countries. However, it is widely understood that there need to…

  • Pune Students Recall Their Visits to German Bakery

    Students of Pune’s Bharati Vidyapeeth (Masters in Social Work) say life is uncertain. Plus: Mourning a Nepali waiter who died in the blast It was during the New Year eve; I had visited that place and had interacted with the cashier of the German bakery. When I came to know about the blast in the…