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31/12/2007: 209
missing
in Bardiya (kp)
[A 'new Nepal' will never
have any chance as long as the crimes of the past are not
punished!!], NA
aid to construct Bandarmudhe monument, by Binod Tripathi (kp), Five
Maoists
join cabinet (kp),
Conflict
displaced
25,000: Govt report, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), 10
kidnapped,
28 arrested in Siraha in a month, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp), 'We
have a right to declare independence', interview with Mahanta Thakur (kp)
30/12/2007: Shivapuri
Site:
Govt unwilling to probe past atrocities: HRW (kp) [A 'new Nepal'
will never have any chance as long as the crimes of the
past are not punished!!], Maoists
name seven ministers (kp), Madhesi
MPs urge NC to address tarai issues (kp)
29/12/2007: 3rd
amendment
clears deck for republic (kp), Maoists
to
rejoin govt today (kp), Tarai-Madhesh
Lokatantrik
Party announced: Party not against CA poll (kp), Invite
agitating
tarai groups for talks: Yadav (kp), Limbuwan
splits:
Lingden leads dissidents (kp)
28/12/2007: UNMIN
verification:
Near 12,000 disqualify (kp), Ten
amendments on Third Amendment Bill (kp), Progressive
step
sought for tarai (kp), Constitutionalism
of
convenience,
by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Prachanda,
power
and politics,
by Bhagirath Yogi (kp)
27/12/2007: ‘23-point
pact
will invite 4th amendment’ (kp), RJP,
PFN register amendment proposals (kp), ‘Reservation’
for
top SPA leaders in CA poll: Nepal, by Binod Bhandari (kp), Resolve
tarai problems politically, curb crime: India, by Gopal Khanal (kp), Cops
nab 6 JTMM-J men (kp), NFFR
warns of confrontation (kp), People
are symbol of nat’l unity, not king: PM, by Ballab Ghimire (kp), Federation
fumble,
by J Narayan Parajuli (kp), ‘Federal
system
expensive’ (kp),
With
a pinch of salt, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), मधेस
समस्याका नया“ आयाम, by Pradip Gyawali (ka)
26/12/2007: Poll
date will be fixed shortly: PM, by Lila Ballav
Ghimire (kp) [Why hurry? The male
Tagadhari politicians have done everything to preserve
their power positions!], China
welcomes
23-point pact (kp),
‘King
has no capacity to disrupt polls’ (kp) [But the
politicians have!], Limbuwan
State
Council develops cracks (kp), RPP
to table amendment to bill (kp) [The erstwhile protagonists of the Shah
monarchy's slogan of 'one culture, one religion and one
language' suddenly detect population groups whose
existence they once denied and whose identity they tried
to destroy!], Ensure
peace
in Tarai: NHRC tells govt (kp), ‘Talks
with
tarai groups a must’ (kp) [When
will you understand that talks are not enough?], Differently
abled
too want PR in CA (kp), Has
the new era begun?,by Abhi Subedi (kp), Focusing
on
23-point consensus, by Narayan Manandhar (kp)
25/12/2007: Govt
tables
bill to amend constitution (kp), Steps
to a republic (kp), Madhesis
oppose
accord: Janajati support conditionally (kp), Nepal
proposes
April 8 for CA polls, by Lila Ballav Ghimire
(kp), Mahara
to lead Maoist team in govt (kp), Govt
to form mechanism to protect evidence (kp), UNHCR,
rights
bodies to resettle displaced, by Shahiman Rai
(kp), Cops
nab 4 armed MMT men (kp 25/12/2007), संविधानसभा
सुनिश्चितताको
प्रश्न,
by Bhim Prasad Bhutel (ka)
24/12/2007: Federal
Republic
of Nepal, 601-member CA agreed, by Yuvraj
Acharya (kp) [A step to bring the
peace process with the Maoists back on course, but in no
way siutable for solving the outstanding issue
of inclusion!! Besides, the number of MPs is absolutely
irresponsible and unnecessary! It only serves to guarantee
the continued dominance of male Tagadharis!], मुलुक
अब गणतान्त्रिक,by
Bal Ram Baliyan and Raja Ram Gautam (ka), ‘Implement
past
pacts sincerely’ (kp), ‘Conduct
polls
on time': civil society meeting (kp), Govt,
UNMIN relieving ITF members today, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp)
23/12/2007: Big
three parties to forge consensus today (kp), House
panel
to summon PM, army chief over Shivapuri (kp), ‘Roundtable
idea
unconstitutional’ (kp), Roundtable
meaningless:
Deuba,
by Mohan Budhaair (kp), HR
defenders rap criminalization in politics (kp), मधेसको
जन्म,
by Buddhi Narayan Shrestha (ka)
22/12/2007: Experts
collect
items from Shivapuri (kp), Maoists
ready for polls without joining govt? Parties meeting today (kp),
Parties
made mockery of statute, democracy: Rana (kp), 601
CA seats a compulsion: Nepal (kp), Maoist
MPs
threaten to disrupt House (kp), Welcome
to
New Nepal,
by Ishwor N Rijal (kp)
21/12/2007: NHRC
experts
visit Shivapuri today (kp), Parties
differ over ‘round table’, steering committee (kp), Thapa
tells
SPA to prove it’s pro-people (kp), Parsa
Muslims
to begin phase-wise protest (kp), STF
arrests
3 in Parsa (kp),
Fear
grips Saptari village after JTMM-J killings, by Jitendra Khadga (kp), Madhes
needs reason,
by Ameet Dhakal (kp), The
politics of murder, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp),
Monarchy
and
myths,
by Ramesh Khatry (kp), माओवादीले
वीपीलाई
सम्झनुपर्दा,
by Narayan Khadka (ka)
20/12/2007: Cops
guarding
site: Suspected mass cremation spot found, by Kiran Chapagain (kp), Task-force
meet
put off due to NC: Dr Bhattarai (kp), NC
asks Maoists to honor pacts (kp), House
adjourned
till Friday (kp),
Armed
groups up against STF deployment (kp), Govt
seeks
UNMIN extension (kp), Consensus
or
conspiracy politics?, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp)
19/12/2007: Democracy
and
ethnic dissent,
by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Madhes
more serious than Maoist problem: NC MPs (kp), Security
improves
in eastern tarai (kp), MMT
cadres attack police post (kp), SPA
leaders
to meet today (kp)
[It's hardly worth to be
mentioned! The people cannot hear it anymore!!], EU
nudges govt on polls, public security (kp), Ex-Indian
CJ
emphasizes judiciary's proactive role (kp), Scars
of war and agony for hapless family, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp), Illegal
sand-mining and Baluwatar, by Surendra
Phuyal (kp), Shape
up or ship out,
by Prem Sharma
18/12/2007: ‘Reconstruction
will
need Rs 5b, 20 yrs’ , by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp),
Compensate
Maoist
victims by June: SC (kp), Environment
for
polls growing favorable: Prachanda, by Amrita Anmol (kp) [?? He already speaks the same nonsense as other
Tagadhari politicians! The suggested constitutional
changes are totally insufficient in every respect!!],
Constitution
amendment (kp),
Amend
statute as per House instructions: Taskforce (kp), All-party
taskforce
close to consensus (kp) [Yes,
as reported every day!!], UMF
announces
fresh tarai stir (kp), Banda
paralyzes Rautahat, by Shiva Puri (kp), 4
held with pistols, bullets (kp), Army
denies
meeting Maoists (kp), King
transferred ‘inherited’ amount to London (kp), Barking
up
the wrong tree,
by Damakant Jayshi (kp), Power,
justice and statesmanship, by Shambhu Ram
Simkhada (kp)
17/1272007: Govt
tables
bill to amend constitution (kp), Special
Security Plan: STF arrests 96, seizes dozens of arms (kp), NC,
Maoists
in blame game over polls delay (kp) [Of course, both are right!!], Taskforce
meet
put off (kp),
Last
opportunity for Koirala: Nepal (kp), 24
killed in land mine explosions (kp), ‘Maoists
don't
have control over their cadres’, interview with
Ashish Nandi (kp), Madhes
awakening, by Beerendra Pandey (kp)
16/12/2007: Polls
by mid-April: consensus close on republic, poll system (kp), Parties
acting
like monarchs: Deuba (kp), Maoists
with armed wing can’t go to polls: Nepal, by Binod Tripathi (kp), MPRF-NSP
demo
peaceful,
by Shiva Puri (kp), ‘Maoists,
NSP
gave madhes wrong turn’ (kp)
15/12/2007: Power-sharing
dispute
stalls agreement (kp) [When
will the politicians understand that they are only the
servants of the sovereign people??], Missing
deadline
creates no constitutional crisis: Speaker (kp), Security
maximized
in Gaur following blasts, by Shiva Puri
(kp), Insurgency
victims
await govt aid,
by Baburam Kharel (kp), Security
plan (kp),
Four
pillars of Naya Nepal, by Gyanu Adhikari (kp),
Will
Thakur's
move be a masterstroke?, by
Chandrakishore (kp)
14/12/2007: Republic
to
be mentioned in statute: PR percentage to go up (kp), Poll
date by Saturday: Prachanda, by Upendra
Lamichhane and Shyamsundar Sashi (kp), Hope
for good news soon: UML chief (kp), PM
asks Madhesi MPs for idea: Home minister seeks Madhesi names
for CDO (kp),
How
is the tarai security plan working?, by Kiran Chapagain (kp), Security
beefed
up in Gaur (kp), MPs
lambast govt over tarai (kp), ‘Tell
UNMIN to go, or criticize constructively’ (kp), Landmine
victims
still sick at heart, by Santosh Pokharel (kp), The
undertaker,
by Dhruva Joshy (kp), Reviving
the
1990 constitution?, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp)
13/12/2007: Agreement
likely
by Thursday: Prachanda, by Shiva Puri (kp), Impunity
unchecked:
OHCHR: Both state, Maoists violated CPA (kp), PM
consults
fringe left parties (kp), Leaders
smell rat in resignation by MPs (kp), 2-week
banda
throws life out of gear (kp), The
growing
crisis,
by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp)
12/12/2007: Speaker
accepts
Madhesi MPs’ resignation (kp), Madhes
unity (kp),
Agreement
in
three days: Sitaula (kp), Govt
to inform House about king’s inheritance (kp), RPP
breaks
ties with monarchy (kp), A
false alarm perhaps!, by Manushi Bahttarai (kp)
11/12/2007: Civil
society
leaders warn parties of new movement (kp), Minister,
MPs
quit office, party (kp), Impunity
getting
institutionalized: NHRC (kp), No
impunity in NA: Army Chief (kp) [???], Army
Act should be amended: ICJ to PM (kp), Parties
hope
breakthrough today (kp) [They
really claim to be able to hold CA elections? Nobody will
believe this!!], Minister
Gupta
‘kidnapped’ 2 NSP leaders (kp), Playing
politics
with army, by Damakant Jayshi (kp), Integration
of
Nepali and Maoist armies, by Prakash A Raj (kp)
10/12/2007: International
Human
Rights Day: HR situation deteriorating, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), ‘Maoists,
UML
ridiculed House’ (kp) [Politics
have primarily to be made in parliament and not in
Baluwatar!!], Royal
challenge (kp),
MPs
concerned over Prachanda’s remarks (kp), Maoists
helping
prolong monarchy: Gyawali (kp), RPP
proposes
dropping monarchy, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), RPP:
We’ll
take new initiative if no consensus by Dec 15 (kp), 'Hunger
can
become a source of conflict', interview with
Anne-Isabelle Degryse-Blateau, country director of UNDP
Nepal (kp)
09/12/2007: Sidelining
king
might invite mishap: NC leaders (kp) [Do you really join hands with a
putschist whose institution has main responsibility for
failed developments and non-inclusion??], ‘Janaandolan
guilty
shouldn’t be spared’ (kp), Polls
meaningless if Maoists lose: Bhattarai (kp) [?? It is
democratic and thus meaningful if people decide in polls
that they do not want a special party!!], Arrest
Sah’s
murderers: FNJ (kp),
CA
poll most important task: UML (kp), Let's
see who'll proclaim republic from House: Thapa (kp), HR
violation
on the rise: NHRC (kp), MPRF-NSP
banda
exceeds week, by Shiva Puri (kp)
08/12/2007: MPRF,
NSP announce United Madhesi Front, fresh stir (kp), Nepal,
Martin
discuss UNMIN role, term (kp), Maoists
sorry
for beating medicos (kp) [This
is not enough! Bring your cadres, especially the YCL,
under control or dissolve them!!], RPP
urges govt to set new poll date (kp), 30
displaced
families return home, by Rameshchandra
Adhikari (kp), Six
held with arms in Janakpur (kp), Time
for change,
by Siddhartha Thapa (kp)
07/12/2007: Madhesi
groups
forming separate fronts (kp), APF
arrests
45 members of armed groups (kp), 2
dozen held for arms Possession (kp), EU:
Peace process has lost momentum (kp), Maoists
injure
tourist not paying donation, by Prem Nepali
(kp), Govt
committee
prepares ToR for state restructuring (kp), Only
Koirala
can hold CA poll: Sitaula, by Binod
Tripathi (kp) [??], UML,
Maoists
form committees to address issues (kp), Nationalist
card (kp),
Nationalism
tirade,
by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Towards
politics without fear, by Gyanu Adhikari (kp)
06/12/2007: Lawmakers
slam
Prachanda’s remark (kp), Unity
with nationalists to protect nation: Ananta (kp) [This is not
what the people asked for in April 2006! By the way, what
does 'nationalism' mean in the multiethnic,
multireligious, multicultural and multilingual state of
Nepal whit 85% of the popolation being not included for
centuries??], ‘60pc
PLA troops will pass verification’, by Narayan Sharma (kp), Poll
possible by mid-April: CEC (kp), Kin
seek whereabouts of disappeared, by Dambar Singh Rai
(kp), Single
women
narrate woes: Some face sexual exploitation from in-laws (kp),
Be
comprehensible (kp), Of GPK,
MKN
and Prachanda, by Niranjan Koirala (kp)
05/12/2007: Prachanda
for
tie-up with ‘nationalist’ royalists (kp), New
poll date soon: PM (kp), Converging
views
on federal model, by Thira Bhusal (kp), ‘Madhesh
Rakshya
Bahini’ in public, by Shankar Acharya (kp), NA
to help build Madi monument, by Dipendra
Baduwal (kp), State
of the state,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp)
04/12/2007: NC,
UML
yet to reach consensus (kp), CA
central issue: UML, NC, PFN (kp) [In reality, the central issues are the
personal and party interests of the self-declared
'leaders'!], Banda
hits Rautahat (kp),
‘Interim
house
can’t proclaim republic’ (kp) [The republic has already been
proclaimed when putsched!!], ‘Maoist
opportunism delayed republic’ (kp), A
tale of a few polls, by Damakanth Jayshi (kp), Maoists’
errant
experiment,
by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp)
03/12/2007: Special
task
force in 10 tarai districts (kp), Govt
shouldn't
surrender to Maoists: Oli (kp), ‘Maoists
should
not dream of communists coming together’, interview with K.P.Oli (kp) [Oli's
intra-party opposition towards Madhav Nepal further
complicates the peace process!!], Tripathi
raps
PM Koirala, Prachanda (kp), ‘Major
party continuing HR violations’ (kp), JTMM
man
threatens to kill Post scribe (kp)
02/12/2007: SPA
leaders
agree to review pacts (kp), RPP
to drop monarchy from party documents (kp), Continuing
contradictions
of Prachandaspeak, by Binod Bhandari (kp), Leftists
unite
and lead govt: Baidya (kp), Republic
alone
won't establish people's sovereignty (kp)
01/12/2007: Parties
begin
confidence building (kp) [Is't
this too early? What will they do the remaining 50 years
until CA elections take place??], 'Stalling
polls,
imposing,
by Sam Howard (kp)
30/11/2007: Congress,
Maoists
narrowing differences (kp), 7-15
yrs jail, Rs 200,000 fine for abduction (kp) [apply
this law immediately for all abductors, including the
Maoist ones!!], Poll
put
off as parties feared people: RPP chief (kp), Failed,
but
still good,
by Gyanu Adhikari (kp), Jimmy
Carter's prescriptions, by Khagendra N ASharma
(kp)
29/11/2007: SPA
leaders
to make last ditch effort today, by Ghanashyam
Ojha (kp), Why
PLA
combatants flee camps, by Binod Tripathi (kp),
Cabinet
directs
Home Ministry to beef up security (kp), NC
urges
govt on camp conditions, disappearance (kp), Political
feuds
and fluidity,
by Prateek Pradhan (kp), Polarization:
Myth
or reality?,
by Shrawan Sharma (kp), Carter
proposal for conflict resolution , by Prakash A. Raj (kp)
28/11/2007: Maoist
sister
wings urge party to resort to protests (kp), Maoists
not
to give up 'back to jungle' option (kp), Be
wary
of maoist ploy: NC members (kp), Cops
nab
5 MMT members (kp)
27/11/2007: Parties
intensify
parleys: No agreement in sight (kp), 'Prachanda's
proposal
to unite two armies irrelevant' (kp), Govt
to
withdraw disappearance ordinance, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Media-bashing (kp), The
syndicate
in crisis,
by Prakash Chandra Lohani (kp)
26/11/2007: YCL
to
turn holy: Prachanda, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp)
[by killing, beating, stealing,
robbing, extorting, abducting and other crimes??],
Judges,
lawyers
face threats,
by Kiran Chapagain (kp), Professionals
to
protest Maoist high-handedness (kp), 'Lack
of
security' prevented Prachanda's Madi visit, by Binod Tripathi (kp), Maoists
still believe in arms: Parties (kp), Nepalese
people
to decide on electoral system: Parties (kp) [How can they
if the majority of the people is not adequately
represented in the CA??], Badi
threats (kp),
TRC:
Challenges and opportunities, by Madhu P.
Regmi (kp), 'Past
injustices
should be dealt properly', interview with
Patrick Burgess (kp)
25/11/2007: We'll
fight
40 yrs more if needed: Prachanda (kp), Maoist
seasonal
donation drive terrifies farmers (kp), Madi
victims
accuse Prachanda of dishonesty (kp), Maoist
victims
want seized property back (kp), PLA
combatant numbers fall short (kp), 70:30
ratio
for proportional and first-past-post: Carter (kp), Govt
still
mum on Nepalgunj riots (kp)
24/11/2007: 36
Maoists
arrested for torching vehicles Rautahat and Siraha still shut
(kp), Donation
drive (kp),
New
Act
on disappearances coming soon (kp), MP's
Q & A with Carter (kp), Polls,
accord implementation inseparable: Carter (kp), Sitaula
should
step down: Sujata Koirala (kp), 'Maoists
behind
poll deferral'
(kp), Badis
threaten
fresh protest
(kp)
23/11/2007: Maoist
'voluntary'
donations spread terror, by Milan Maniu Sharma (kp), Poll
possibly
by mid-April: PM to Carter (kp), Carter
factor (kp), One
billion
spent for election: Mahat (kp), Govt
starts
keeping promise to groups (kp), ‘CPA
goals
elusive due to Maoists’ anti-poll activities’ (kp), Abide
by
CPA: OHCHR tells Maoists (kp), Govt
change
if no consensus: Prachanda, by Kulchandra Neupane and
Prem Nepali (kp), PAPAD
to
push parties for polls (kp), 150
Sunsari
families forced out of homes, by Pradip Myangmo (kp),
What
next?, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Anarchy
by
another name, by Khagendra Nath Sharma (kp)
22/11/2007: Analysis:
Nov
22: A lost opportunity, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Anniversary
of
CPA: Peace Accord has failed people, by Bishnu
Budhathoki (kp), NC,
UML
to bury hatchet (kp), Maoists
could
offer UML to lead the government, warns Prachanda
(nn), Carter,
PM
Koirala discusses peace, polls (nn), Fix
CA
Poll Date Soon: Carter Tells PM Koirala (ht), Danish
envoy
calls parties to fix poll date (ht), Ghost
of
failed election haunts Nepal (wi), Rally
organised
in Kathmandu demanding new election date (nn), Bandhs
called
by different groups hit normal life in Terai (nn), Conflict
Displaces
3,000 From Siraha, by Rajesh Prasad Barma (ht), APF
arrest
8 JTMM men (nn), OHCHR
to
Maoists: Don't force minors to rejoin PLA (nn), 60
colleges,
medicos to protest Maoist excesses (kp), Maoist
abducted
Thakuri: FNJ (kp), Maoists
resume
‘kangaroo courts’, continue land seizures (kp), Return
of
seized lands urged (kp), MMPR
best
for CA poll: NSP-A (kp), Gloomy
polarization (kp), United
we
stand strong, by Nick Meynen (kp), Give
the
SPA a shot in the arm, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Govt,
Maoists
Both Violating Peace Pact, Says Report (ht), OHCHR
urges
CPN-M to cooperate with reintegration of minors associated
with armed forces and armed group (Relief Web), Loss
of
Birendra Sah, by Biswo Poudel (kp), MJF-G
wish-list:
Republic, free Madhes, PR (ht), Leaders
for
political solution to Madhes woes (ht) [??],
Where
the
buck stops (ht)
21/11/2007: Over
80
killed in last six months in Terai, says a report
(nn), 82
killed
in tarai in 6 months: Report (kp), Govt
wakes
up to Tarai turmoil, by Damaru Lal Bhandari (ht),
TRC
Must
not Include Amnesty for Guilty: AI (ht), AI
to
launch 60 days of action; appeals for fulfilling promises
of justice, security and inclusion (nn), Amnesty
says
Nepal needs its "truth" commission (Reuters), First
anniversary
of CPA; experts stress more efforts to attain durable
peace (nn), PM
busy
in consultations (nn), Former
US
Prez Carter arrives (nn), The
Grand
Design theory, by Surendra R Devkota (kp), Post-Nov
22
quest for ‘constitutional legitimacy’, by Surendra
Phuyal (kp), Nepali
Lok-tantrism, by Hem Raj Kafle (kp), Nepal:
Party
Line Politics or Political Dilemma, by Prakash Bom
(Global Politician), In
the
same boat (ht), NC,
UML
for holding CA polls within 2064 B.S. (nn) [The
behaviour of the politicians does not fit to this claim!!]
20/11/2007: Education
Minister
spits venom at Prime Minister (nn), UML
chief
hits at govt for polls debacle (nn), NEFIN
sit-in
at Singhadurbar (kp), Joint
agitation
planned in Madhes, says Yadav (nn), Madhesi
Convention
begins (kp), Maoists
shut
down Siraha, MSF announces bandh in Malangawa (nn), Bandhs
Cripple
Life in Siraha, Sarlahi (ht), NC
to
talk with UML, NPFN; Maoist advisory committee meet begins
(nn), The
Maoists’
demand factory, by Damakant Jayshi (kp), Prachanda
hopes
for a breakthrough by Nov 29 (nn), Role
of
UNMIN in peace process, by Prakash A Raj (kp), 24
April
2006, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Seven-party
meet:
Move afoot to evolve consensus (ht), Transitional
phase
here to last: AG (ht), Can
India
stabilise Nepal?: Challenges ahead, by Jaya Raj
Acharya (ht), Mahato
demands
early polls; warns of third Jana Andolan (nn)
19/11/2007: NC
leaders
threaten to disobey the whip (nn), Don’t
give
up party stance: NC leaders, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), NC
Brass
Refuses to Attend Meet to End Deadlock (ht) [These
are the male Tagadhar leaders who are going to lose most
under a republic with a fully proportionate election
system!!], Proportional
v
mixed system : Future of Nepal on the line,
by Mangal S Manandhar (ht), Reality
Check:
Parties likely to opt for MMP system, by Ajaya
Bhadra Khanal (ht), Demos
staged
in Indian cities; ethnic bodies stage rally in Kathmandu
(nn), Top
level
meeting ends inconclusively (nn), Nepal
PM
faces tough fight for survival (wi), Act
on
passed proposals or quit, Bhattarai tells PM (ht), We've
Koirala's
alternative: Maoists (kp), Maoists
luring
UML to lead govt: NC leader (kp), Cornered
Nepal
government buys time ahead of battle (wi), Lack
of NA regulations delays justice delivery, by Sangeeta
Rijal (kp), Lay
it
on the line (kp), Freedom
to
be unaccountable, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Now,
the
test (ht), Maoists
Warn
Status-Quoists, by Mohan Nepali (Scoop)
18/11/2007: Declare
republic
and fix new date for CA polls: CMDP (nn), SPA
meet to discuss House directives (kp), Going
against
House directive will cost NC dear: Dr Bhattarai (nn),
Declaring
republic
without NC’s wish is not possible: Minister Pokharel
(nn), Singh
accuses
Maoists of derailing election (nn), Sujata
wants
1990 constitution revived, accuses Sitaula of 'ambushing'
NC (nn) [She's obviously not
all there!!], PM
should
resign on moral grounds – MJF chief (nn), Former
US
Prez Carter to visit Nepal this week (nn), Carter's
second
Nepal peace mission (wi), JTMM-J
bombs
petrol pump (kp)
17/11/2007: NC,
Maoists
agree to accelerate dialogue to resolve deadlock (nn),
Review
past
agreements, form new govt: Prachanda (kp), Maoists
unveil
new road map for rescuing peace talks (wi), UML
urges new CA poll date (kp), Pen
politics
& poison, by Ujjwal B Khadka (kp), We’re
against
separate tarai: Upendra Yadav, by Janak Nepal (kp), Chure
Bhavar
to set up peace force (kp), Turmoil
in
tarai (kp), Demining
begins
from Dolakha, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp), NA
starts de-mining operations from Dolakha (nn), ‘UNMIN
to
complete arms mgmt in December’ (kp), Sujata
accuses
Sitaula of 'ambushing' NC and the country (nn), A
step backward, by Mohan Bikram Singh (kp), Dogged
UN
says security role not outside its Nepal mandate (wi),
SPA
unity
key to peace process success: Martin (ht)
16/11/2007: Cabinet
okays
six-month term extension of UNMIN; seven parties to make
final decision (nn), Mandated
monitoring:
Nepalis need to be told what UNMIN is up to, by
Prashant Jha (nt), Dogged
UN
says security role not outside its Nepal mandate
(Earth Times), 'Implementation
of
agreements a must to keep peace process intact' (nn),
Apex
court
says it cannot direct the government to hold polls on
fixed date (nn), Abductions
continue
in Terai (nn), PM
meets
with Upendra Yadav, promises to fulfill MJF demands
(nn), Mahato
warns
of fresh stir in Terai (nn), Maoist
irresponsibility
caused crisis: K P Oli (kp), ‘NC
should
be ready for change in govt leadership’ (kp), “I
will
resign after elections”, by John Narayan Parajuli
(nt), The
prime
minister meets the people (nt), Maoists
announce
12-day protest march in western Terai (nn), Tarai
security dire due to poor political support: Top cops
(kp), Slave
labour (nt, originally in Nepal, 11 November), 104
bandas
since April Uprising!, by Koshraj Koirala (kp), Maoists
beat
govt in breaching CPA: Study (kp), ‘7-party
coalition
govt needed after CA poll’ (kp), Armed
group
threats halt hospital construction, by Shiva Puri
(kp), Consequences
of
the divided vote, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Security
Beef-up
in Eastern Region (ht), Who
is
cornering whom? When everyone is trying to outsmart
everyone else, everyone gets outsmarted, by CK Lal
(nt), Maoists
want
immediate cabinet reshuffle; demand early integration of
PLA into NA (nn), Shekhar
Koirala
dares parties to change govt leadership through the
parliament (nn)
15/11/2007: Cabinet
okays
six-month term extension of UNMIN; seven parties to make
final decision (nn), Thapa
says
House has no authority to declare republic (nn) [... and you have been PM under a king
who had no authority to putsch!!], Govt
to
provide special security to party leaders, employees in
Terai (nn), Mahato
for
separate Madheshi front (nn), Separate
Madheshi
front in offing: Mahato (kp), Mahato
Faction
Gears Up for 'Final Showdown' in Tarai (ht), NC
continues parleys with smaller parties (nn), Political
Consultations: Merry-go-round
parleys bring outlet no nearer (kp), Parties
working
out accord: Prachanda (kp), Nepal
asks
Maoists to form a clear view on govt (nn), Inviting
interference, by Indra Adhikari (kp), Maoists
Beat
Govt in Rights Abuse, Reveals Report (ht), Political
conference
: It is not too late yet, by Shailendra Kumar
Upadhyay (ht), India
unlikely
to resume arms supplies to Nepal (wi), Nepal
mired
in monarchy debate, by Dhruba Adhikary (Asia Times), House
should
not declare republic, says Oli (nn), Police
chiefs
brief cabinet on security situation (nn), No
CA if PR system is implemented, says Deuba (nn) [Throw all the Tagadhari politicians
who want to prevent an inclusive CA out of politics!!]
14/11/2007: Prachanda
hints
at split in SPA (nn), Prachanda's
prattle (kp), Maoists
rule
out polls before Nepal king's ouster (wi), Talks
continue for consensus before House session (kp), Parleys
among
parties pick up pace (ht), ‘Maoists
messing
up security in far west’, by Mohan Budhaair (kp), Political
dreams
and dramas, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Major
Parties
Divided over UNMIN'S Role, Term (ht), UNMIN
term
extension has to be agreed upon by seven parties, says FM
Pradhan (nn), Legal
Eagles,
MPs Say Statute Needs Amendment, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht), Special
session
Implications of the resolutions, by Birendra P
Mishra (ht), Dirty
Politics
In Nepal, by Prakash Bom (Global Politician)
13/11/2007: NC,
UML,
Maoists are on their individual planks, says Gautam
(nn), NC,
PFN
discuss ways to narrow down differences within SPA
(nn), Dr
Bhattarai
wants 'new basis' for seven-party unity (nn), Whereabouts
of
abducted journo Thakuri still unknown (nn), Indian
envoy
meets Peace Minister (nn), Winter
session
to set new poll date: Nepal (kp), by Shiva Puri, Speaker
hopes
polls by mid-April (nn), Republic,
not
polls, is priority: Prachanda (kp) [There
is no legitimacy without polls!], PM’s
resignation
Maoist third priority (kp), Poll
delay
hurting peace: China envoy (kp), PM:
Current
constitution rendered impractical (kp), Siraha
out
of govt control: NC district unit (kp), Sah
and
sanity, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), NC’s
royal
obsession, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Maoists
oppose
greater UN role in Nepal peace process (wi), Congress
leaders
step up internal deliberations (nn)
12/11/2007: Festivities
end,
serious political consultations to pick up (nn), MK
Nepal
hits at govt for 'failing to maintain law and order'
(nn), Maoist
leader
warns of agitation if House directive is not implemented
(nn), Abducted
NC
cadre found dead (nn), Prachanda
dares
NC to declare republic (nn)
11/11/2007: Gov't
commits
to make Nepal Sambat as national calendar (Xinhua), India
unhappy
with UN bid to expand role in Nepal (Gulf Times)
10/11/2007: PM
Koirala
hopes parliament will fix the date of CA election
(nn), Nepal
urges
govt to implement House decision (nn), Maoists
cultivating
ties with King Gyanendra: Minister Gurung (nn), Sah
cremated
amid stung hearts, by Upendra Lamichhane (kp), Press
faces
constant threat, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp)
09/11/2007: Deuba
advises
UML and Maoists to follow politics of consensus (nn),
PM
says
Nepal-India joint efforts required to solve terai problem
(nn), India
objects
at UN officials meeting terai armed group (nn), MK
Nepal
tries to dispel Congress' fears regarding communist unity
(nn), Martin
meets
with Prachanda (nn), Parties
should
accept House directive: Speaker Nemwang (nn), Thousands
of
students and teachers abducted in Nepal in 5 years: UNESCO
report (nn), CA
poll
by mid-April: PM, by Madhav Ghimire & Lilaballav
Ghimire (kp), ‘Full
proportional
system not acceptable’ (kp) [...
says Bahun leader Poudel (NC) but the truth is:
Continued dominance of male Tagadharis not acceptable!!],
God
save
the people (kp), Parties,
go
to the villages, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp)
08/11/2007: Media
requested
to black out Maoist news (nn), NNWFN
to
boycott positive news of Maoists (kp), Prachanda
gets
'raw meat gift' for Shah's murder (nn), PM
promises
to take action against Shah's killers; Shah's body still
not found (nn), Journalist
Shah's
dead body found (nn), IFJ
outraged
at the death of Birendra Shah (nn), UML
minister
says House directive cannot be implemented (nn), UML
gen
secy asks NC to improve style of governance (nn), NC
denounces
ongoing Maoist activities (kp), Deteriorating
rights
situation, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp), Euphoria
and
political reality, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp)
07/11/2007: 21
dead
and 1951 injured in Terai agitation (nn), Abducted
NC
leader’s throat slit (kp), National,
int’l
outcry over Sah’s killing (kp), Govt,
Maoists
flayed for Shah's murder (samn), Birendra
Sah
and the tarai media, by Chandrakishore (kp), UML
urges Maoists to stop attacking media persons (nn), Maoists
want
cases dropped, by Kiran Chapagain (kp), Maoists
to
pressure govt on republic, poll system (kp), Prachanda
confers
with Nepal (samn), CPN-UML
in
no mood to launch stir (samn), Congress
leader
doubts election amid existing lack of security (nn), Road-map
to
ensure polls must: UN (samn), Martin
hopes
uncertainty will end soon (nn), Martin
for
more active UN role (kp), Press
statement
by Ian Martin, Special Representative of the United
Nations Secretary-General (Relief Web), No
improvement
in HR situation: NHRC (kp), 105
displaced
families return home, by J Pandey (kp), After
Tihar: CA elections or republican putsch?, by Surendra
Phuyal (kp), Maoists,
govt
flout peace accord: NHRC (samn), Nepal:
The
search for missing links (One World South Asia), Prachanda,
Nepal
see no possibility of immediate change in govt leadership
(nn)
06/11/2007: Prachanda,
Nepal
discuss ways to exert pressure for implementation of House
directive (nn), Congress
in
wait-and-see mode: UML, Maoists at parting of ways
(kp), UML
was
divided on Maoist motion (nn), Winners
and
losers (kp), Nationwide
agitation
by FNJ to protest Shah's murder (nn), Sah
killed
on day of abduction: Maoist probe panel (kp), Outcry
in
Nepal after Maoists admit to killing journalist (wi),
Nepal
anger
at killing by Maoists (BBC News), OHCHR,
EU
condemn journalist Shah’s murder (nn), Mahato
vows
to form a united front in Madhes by involving even armed
outfits (nn), Goit's
men
shoot at overseer; JTMM-Jwala kills civilian (nn), JTMM-J
men
burn youth alive (kp), Armed
groups
in southern Nepal resume criminal activities (Xinhua),
PM
to
use Nepal Sambat in official letter pad (nn), UNMIN
seeks
role in security sector reform (nn), Freedom
on
the brink, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Over
100
people killed between February and July: NHRC report
(nn)
05/11/2007: Left
unite,
pass republic, PR motions, by Yuvraj Acharya
(kp), House
passes
motion on republic (samn), House
re-established
as political centre (samn), House
marathon
ends but Nepal impasse will continue (wi), Aryal
says
House proposals were anti-constitutional (nn), Left
parties
press for implementation of motions passed by House
(nn), Vote
division
feared to create rift within ruling alliance (nn), Cabinet
decides
to formulate strict law on abduction (nn), Abducted
NC member found dead, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp), Woes
of
the fourth estate, by Shyam KC (kp), The
dues and the devils, by Devendra Raj Panday (kp), Maoist
report
says journalist Shah was murdered on the day of his
abduction (nn)
04/11/2007: Seven
party
leaders meeting to forge consensus (nn), CPN-UML
to
continue its effort to build political agreement (nn),
NC
lays
down bottom line: UML, Maoists discuss left unity in case
no consensus (kp), Crucial
day
for Koirala, Prachanda (samn), House
to
vote on Maoist proposal as leaders fail to reach consensus
(nn), Indigenous
people
flay PM's remarks (samn), 'NC
for
passing resolution on republic' (samn), Royalists
stage
demonstration in Birgunj (nn), Siraha
tense
after NC leader’s abduction (nn), Curfew
in
parts of Lahan as protests erupt after NC leader’s murder
(nn), Kapilvastu
bandh
called off (nn), Mahato
demands
jobs for Madhesi youths before election (nn), Maoists,
UML
back each other’s proposals; House passes Maoist motion on
PR system (nn), Mainali
fears
division among leftists and democrats (nn), PM
says there is a wave of republic in the nation
(nn), The
passed
proposals do not have constitutional meaning, say legal
experts (nn)
03/11/2007: Govt
to
seek one more year for UNMIN (kp), UNSG
positive
about extending UNMIN term (nn), Parties
near
republic motion: Session resumes Sunday (kp), Koirala
‘rejects’
idea of announcing republic immediately (nn), Oli
opposes
political polarization (kp), Left
parties
continue efforts for a compromise (nn), Parties
still
fail to find solution (samn), NC
leaders
criticise Maoists (nn), ‘Ensure
minority
participation in CA’ (kp), Shekhar
invites
armed groups for talks (samn), NSP-A
to
spearhead Madhes stir (samn), Nepal:
Question
of Morale in Democracy, by Prakash Bom (Global
Politician), Riot
victims
announce indefinite bandh in Kapilvastu (nn)
02/11/2007: Student
leaders
interact in London (nn), Last-minute
efforts
by parties to strike a deal (nn), Polarisation
begins
among parties as voting in parliament approaches (nn),
Preparation
for
voting in parliament begins (nn), Parliament
should
fix the date of CA election, says PM Koirala (nn), Nepal
PM
cornered as Maoists, communists unite (wi), Leftists
unite
on republican issue (samn), Dithers
on
date: NC agrees republic proclamation, by Yuvraj
Acharya (kp), Nepal’s
only
railway service closed down (nn), Cop
hurt
as locals attack APF team, Shiva Puri (kp), SPA’s
dismal failure, by Lok Raj Baral (kp), Whither
sovereign
people, by Khagendra Nath Sharma (kp), House
suspended
for two days as leaders promise to find compromise by then
(nn), Delhi
view:
India’s last-ditch effort to salvage Nepal’s peace process,
by Prashant Jha (nt), “Longer
the
deadlock, greater the danger for the peace process”,
interview with Tamrat Samuel (nt), Agreeing
to
agree: Posturing has become the default position of all
politicians, by CK Lal (nt), Knife-edge:
Nepal’s
democracy is thwarted by the left and right, by
Shastri Ramacharan (nt), A
peace missing (nt), “Let’s
have
a roundtable”, interview with Baburam Bhattarai (nt,
originally in Mulyankan, October 2007-11-01), Role
Of
UNMIN, by Keshab Poudel (sp), “National
Reconciliation
Can Be The Basis For Resolving Current Problems”,
interview with Govinda Raj Joshi (sp)
01/11/2007: Traders
and
govt officials in Saptari up in arms, demand security
guarantee (nn), Displaced
families
to get Rs 50,000 as monetary assistance (nn), Rs
50,000
per displaced family, by Krishna Regmi (kp), PM
hopeful of ending political deadlock (nn), PM
asks taskforce to strive for consensus (kp), Parties
unable to end impasse: Prachanda (kp), Maoists
rapped
for changing stance (kp), Parties
engage
in bilateral, multilateral discussions (nn), Parties
keep up parleys (kp), Parties
fail
to reach consensus (samn), UML
decides
to make efforts to keep intact alliance (nn), Prachanda,
Mukherjee
talk to end crisis (samn), Small
parties
to team up for TPR (samn), House
adjourned
till Friday; leaders still hope for a breakthrough
(nn), ‘NA
and
Maoists should apologize’, by Janak Nepal (kp), The
kernel
of the problem, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Questions
of
legitimacy, by Prem Sharma (kp), UNMIN
wants
more, PM demurs (samn) [Obviously, the PM is fearing the male Tagadharis'
loss of supremacy!!], 1
killed, 6 injured in bomb explosion in southern Nepal
(Xinhua)
31/10/2007: House
to
continue debate on Wednesday; party leaders to engage in
parleys (nn), Party
leaders
engage in parleys; House continues debate today (nn),
Maoist
leaders
hit at NC for deadlock; warn of breaking alliance
(nn), ‘7-party
unity
will break sans consensus’ (kp), Maoists
aiding
monarchy: NC, UML lawmakers (kp) [Aiding
monarchy are those who resist the abolition of this
outdated institution!], Student
groups
call for initiatives to save seven-party unity (nn), Parliament
has
no right to proclaim republic: RPP, RJP (kp), Employees
halt
work, protest Yadav's murder (kp), Curfew
in Sandhikharka after clash (kp), Politics
and
circularity, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Mukherjee
meets
PM Koirala; Prachanda visits Indian embassy (nn), House
debate
on Maoist proposal to continue Thursday (nn), What
UNMIN
Should Do to Manage Nepal Peace Process, by Krishna
Hari Pushkar (Nepal Monitor)
30/10/2007: Terai
outfits
step up assaults against local bodies' officials (nn),
MJF
warns
of agitation from November 22 (nn), CEC
asks
PM to fix election date at the earliest (nn), Government
bid
at clarifications from Karki fails, by Kiran Chapagain
(kp), Protesting
students
rounded up, freed (kp), Wrong-footed
UN, by Damakant Jayshi (kp), Political
equality
& election systems, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Nation
will
face a grave crisis if Maoist proposal is turned down:
Maoist leader (nn), JTMM-J
releases
three captives; abducts VDC secretary (nn)
29/10/2007: Parliament
special
session to begin today (nn 29/10/2007), Special
house
session: Parties for vote on Maoist proposals, by
Yuvraj Acharya (kp 29/10/2007), Speaker
Nemwang
holds series of consultations ahead of special session
(nn 29/10/2007), Parliament
special
session resumes (nn 29/10/2007), Nepal's
UML
not to go against CPN-M's motion in parliament
(Xinhua), PM
to
propose hike in PR seats (samn), PM
asks
Maoists to withdraw motions (samn), Leaders
still
hopeful of consensus (samn), Govt-formed
panel
fails to identify hands behind Kapilvastu incident
(nn), Panel
fails
to pinpoint riot culprits (samn), Govt
releases
Rs 1m each for tarai killed (kp), JTMM-G
activists
abduct bank official (kp), Nepal
at
a crossroads, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 29/10/2007)
28/10/2007: Seven-party
leaders
making ‘last-ditch effort’ to end deadlock today (nn),
UML
Minister
also drops hints about election without Maoists (nn) [Elections without Maoist participation
are meaningless for a solution of the crisis!!], Polls
a
must by mid-March: PM (kp) [???],
Janjatis
submit
memo to UML demanding early polls (nn), Stick
to
PR system: NEFIN urges Prachanda (kp), Maoists
to
stick to PR election system (samn), UML,
Maoists
step up consultations (kp), What
a
vote on Maoist proposals means, by Yuvraj Acharya
(kp), JTMM-Goit
abducts
bank employee in Siraha (nn), JTMM-J
cadres
abduct 3 (kp), JTMM-J
men
murder youth (kp), Families
of
48 people killed during Terai protests to get compensation
(nn)
27/10/2007: Jwala
Singh
withdraws truce; one killed in Rautahat (nn), JTMM-J
abducts
2 in Saptari (kp), Armed
outfits
continue to terrorise terai life (nn), Martin
briefs
UNSC on Nepal (samn), UNSC
likely
to extend UNMIN term (nn), UN
urges
prompt elections (kp), Prachanda,
Nepal
meet as deadlock persists (nn), ‘NC
will
vote against both proposals’: Top Maoists boycott NC tea
party (kp), Prachanda,
Bhattarai
skip NC tea party (samn), Nepal
Maoists
snub Koirala ahead of house battle (wi), UML
hosts
tea party (nn), Denmark
wants
early polls for legitimacy (samn), CPA
parties
neglected commitment: Denmark (kp), Parties
behind
crisis; feel people (samn), PM,
king
visit Navadurga temple, by Kedar Ojha (kp), Yadav
not satisfied with reservations in police (kp), Grim
Dashain
for bereaved families of Kotwada, by Rajendra Pratap
Singh (kp), Hinduism
effectively
state religion in 'secular' Nepal (wi)
26/10/2007: Congress
preparing
to face voting on Maoist demands (nn), NC
for
House vote on problems (kp), Speaker,
Prachanda
hopeful of compromise (nn), PM
discusses
political crisis with diplomats (nn), PM
consults
Sherchan, Prakash, diplomats (kp), Poudel
accuses
CPN-UML of double standards (kp), Abducted
boy
safely returned to parents; JTMM abducts two in Saptari
(nn), Tarai
army
commander drowns in Bagmati (kp), Beyond
politics, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), VDC
secy
abducted from Siraha; two others abducted from Saptari
(nn), PM
travels
to Durga temple in Bhaktapur; King follows suit (nn),
NC
hosts
tea reception amid political deadlock; Maoists stay away
(nn), Danish
special
envoy asks parties to abide by their commitments to peace
process (nn)
25/10/2007: Govt
yet
to decide UNMIN extension (kp) [???],
Nepal
at
crossroads: Ban Ki-moon (kp), PM
Koirala
continues with political parleys (nn), PM
meets
leaders, but stalemate persists (samn), Bid
to
break deadlock redoubled (kp), Sushil
says
NC can compromise no further (nn), MJF-Gupta
faction
throws its weight behind PR demand (nn), Shekhar
sees
no option for mixed election system (nn) [Yes,
because else the overall dominance of male Tagadharis
could be ended!!], Shun
rigidity:
Poudel tells Maoists (kp), Yadav
urges
tarai groups to talk (kp), Jwala’s
men
murder civilian in Bara (nn), NC
youths
beat up, injure 6 MPRF cadres (kp), Opt
for
a mixed electoral system, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp)
24/10/2007: Govt
to
communicate with UN to extend UNMIN term (nn), UN
Secy
Gen urges parties to agree on ‘future steps’ (nn), Ban
Ki-moon
urges Nepalese parties to agree on future steps
(Associated Press of Pakistan), Parties
resume
consultations to end deadlock (nn), One
shot
dead in Sarlahi; another abducted in Saptari (nn), Home
Ministry
warns of action against flag-burners (nn), JTMM-J
extends
unilateral ceasefire (nn), Dashain
blessings
fail to break political impasse (kp), Maoists
will
rejoin govt once poll date is fixed: PM, by Bedraj
Poudel (kp), No
compromise
on PR System: Gajurel (samn), Maoists
may
quit parliament, too (samn), Prachanda
hopeful
of an outlet before Oct 29 (nn), Strong
action
awaits road obstructors (kp), Guilty
in
Jajarkot incident to be punished, by Bhim Bahadur
Singh (kp), Ban
imposed
on firecracker import (kp), Toilet-papering
the
12-point 'treaty'?, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), Counting
the
days of monarchy, bY Narayan Manandhar (kp), Nepal
peace
pact slides towards new abyss (wi), Parleys
have
yielded nothing: Nepal (samn), PM
meets
with Nepal; reiterates NC stance against PR system
(nn)
23/10/2007: Parties
engage
in consultations to end political deadlock (nn), Minister
Pokharel
asks govt to ‘seriously reconsider’ Maoist demands
(nn), Maoists
threaten
to quit parliament (samn), One
killed,
two injured in Sankhuwasabha firing (nn), Katawal
dismisses
rumours of military coup (nn), Time
to
amend statute now, say experts (samn), Nation's
woes
drowned in festivities (samn), Maoists
may
withdraw republican demand if there is agreement on PR
system: Gajurel (nn)
22/10/2007: Clash
between
locals and APF men leaves dozen injured in Jajarkot
(nn), Maoists
are
helping the palace: Poudel (nn), Maoists
will
quit parliament if demands not met, warns Bhattarai
(nn)
21/10/2007: Prachanda,
Nepal
discuss possible solution to political crisis (nn), PM
rules
out Maoist return to government (Gulf Times), Nepal
king
calls for reconciliation (wi), My
Vision
for Nepal, by Khagendra Thapa (Scoop)
20/10/2007: NC
ready
for commitment proposal on republic, but against
proportional system: Koirala (nn), Govt
is
a total failure, says Nepal (nn)
19/10/2007: Maoists
will
rejoin govt after Dashain: Sitaula (nn), ‘Maoists
to
return to govt after Dashain’, by Bedraj Poudel (kp),
Form
new
govt to hold polls: MPRF (kp), MJF
wants
govt dissolved; announces stir (samn), Referendum
not
the solution (kp), Futile
neutrality:
Excessive timidity is eroding UNMIN’s credibility, by
Siddhi Subedi (nt), Villagers
displaced
by war head home for dasain, by Rameswor Bohora (nt),
Uncertain
no
more: Nepalis outside Nepal are ashamed about the state of
Nepal, by Tanka Subba (nt), Tarai
churning:
Connecting the dots to make sense of madhesi politics is
becoming much harder, by Prashant Jha (nt), “I
stand
with the revolution”, interview with Maoist leader Ram
Bahadur Thapa (nt, originally in Nepal, 28 October), Talk
talk (nt, originally in Naya Patrika, 14 October)
18/10/2007: Leaders,
experts
slam Maoist duplicity (kp), Peace
accord
in crisis: INHURED (kp), ‘Face
challenges
for lasting peace’ (kp), Lack
of
resources behind poor law and order: Sitaula (kp), CPN-M
will
rejoin Nepali gov't after Dashain festival (Xinhua), Mahara
seeks
backing for republic motion (samn), Nepal’s
brain
bank, by Aditya Man Shrestha (kp), Citizens
devoid
of sovereignty, by Prem Sharma (kp), India
should
desist Nepal from going republic, by Avantika Regmi
(kp)
17/10/2007: Consensus
still
eludes: Special session adjourned 12 days, by Yuvraj
Acharya (kp), Mulling
military
moves, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Yadav
wants
poll date fixed soon (samn), Army
diffuses
two bombs near Koteshwor (nn)
16/10/2007: Top
leaders
to meet in the morning (nn), Top
leaders
gather at Baluwatar (nn), Parties
decide
to prorogue House for two weeks (nn) [Tagadhari
leaders, celebrate your Dasain and let the country die!!],
Possibility
of
consensus has ended: Poudel (nn) [Without
consensus no peace, without peace no future for Nepal, Mr
Poudel! You abviously do not understand the seriousness of
the situation!], Prachanda
warns
of confrontation (nn), Poll
without
Maoists, by Damakant Jayshi (kp), UML
for
republic via polls, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), OHCHR
raises
HR violations by Maoists (kp), Govt,
Badis
reach deal (kp), Rise
of
new authoritarianism, by Sarita Giri (kp), Nepal:
Comrades’
politics of survival, by M. Rama Rao (Asian Tribune)
15/10/2007: PM
vows
to keep intact 7-party unity; parleys over deadlock
continue (nn), CPN-UML
bringing
NC, Maoists closer (samn), Fallible
effort (kp), ‘Poll
deferral
is a crime against the state’, interview with Daman
Nath Dhungana (kp), Head,
I
win; tail, you lose, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), NEFIN
revives
demands (kp), Dalit
leaders
back PR system of election (samn)
14/10/2007: International
community
disappointed over repeated deferral of CA election:
Pradhan (nn), CA
polls
must take place within B.S 2064: MK Nepal (nn), Maoists'
dilemma
reason for crisis: UML (samn), Martin
off
to New York to brief UN top brass (nn), PM-Prachanda
meeting
fails (samn), PM
keen
to review CPA implementation (samn), Terai
factions
declare truce (samn), Poudel
wants
Kapilvastu rioters booked (samn)
13/10/2007: Maoists
seek
NRN support in favour of republic (nn), Mahara
urges
NRNs to favour republic (samn), Martin
calls
on PM, Speaker (nn), Chinese
envoy
meets PM (nn), Leaders
intensify
discussion to reach consensus (nn), Parties
in
meetings strain for consensus (kp), UML,
NC
hope alliance will end deadlock (samn), PM-Prachanda
fail
to resolve crisis (samn), ‘Fresh
mandate
best way to decide on monarchy’ (kp) [The
people's mandate of April 2006 way absolutely clear; a new one
is not needed! The party politicians have to implement this
and hold CA elections immediately or they have to resign!!],
Proclaiming
republic
undemocratic: Jhalanath (kp), Maoists
constantly
violating peace accord: NC (nn), 50
displaced
families home bound for Dashain, by Molital Poudel (kp), Love's
labor
lost, by Bal Krishna Sharma (kp), Kapilvastu
riot
victims to get relief package worth Rs 20 million (nn)
12/10/2007: INSEC
asks
govt to invite UN rapporteurs (nn), Koirala,
Prachanda
discuss ways to end political deadlock (nn), NRN
reps meet PM, Prachanda (nn), Efforts
on
to end imbroglio (kp), Battle
royale
casts gloom on Nepal's biggest festival (wi), Army
planning
a coup: Maoists (wi), India’s
advice
to parties: Take all crucial decisions after polls
(nn) [But the excluded
sections of society will then be excluded again and cannot
take part in the decision process!!], Is
CA
election possible without Maoists? (samn), JTMM-J
releases
three abductees (nn), FLSC
calls
off banda for festivals (kp 12/10/2007), Leadership
during
crisis, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Missed
opportunity, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp),
No election, no peace, no development: The people of
Bajura make the connection, and blame politicians, by
Naresh Newar (nt), “Give
us
food, we’ll give you votes”: A New Nepal should be one
where Nepalis don’t go to bed hungry every night (nt),
In
the
frontlines: It is much more dangerous for tarai reporters
today than it was during ten years of conflict (nt), Senility
and
the saviour syndrome: What is KP Bhattarai afraid of?,
by CK Lal (nt), Nepali
ek
haun: Forget about a new Nepal, just build us a better
Nepal, by Vijay Lama (nt), Deadend
nation:
That’s what we’ll be if we are not proactive on the
economy, by Artha Beed (nt), Poll
vault (nt), Polarisation
On
The Cards: As republican debate heats up, politics gets
poised for a new polarisation, by Narayan Karki
Chhetri (sp), Arrogance
of
power: Constituent Assembly - Real or Farcical?,
by Keshab Poudel (sp), Foreign
Concern:
Nepal’s foreign friends express concern over the
postponement of CA polls (sp), Student
organisations
protest Gen. Menta’s comment (nn)
11/10/2007: CMPD
asks
parties to go for ‘democratic republicanism’ (nn), Abide
by
CWC decision: PM to partymen: Maoist demands violate
interim statute, CPA: CWC, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp) [The legitimacy of the party politicians derives from
the people's movement of April 2006. All parties have
violated against the people's mandate!!!], SC
denies
registering writ against poll suspension (nn), Chure
Samaj
demands neutral govt (nn), Tarun
Dal
UK demands early elections (nn), Indian
special
envoy Sharan starts political parleys (nn), Saran
says
political impasse will end once poll date is fixed
(nn) [?? The poll date
was already fixed!!], Maoists
wary
about Shyam Saran's Nepal mission (wi), Maoist
proposal
won’t resolve deadlock: MK Nepal (nn), Maoists
will
continue raising demands: UML (kp), Street
protest
an option if demands not met: Badal (kp), EU
envoys meet Maoist leadership (nn), UN
firm
to assist peace process: Martin (kp), Martin
asks
govt, Maoists to follow deal (samn), JTMM-J
declares
ceasefire (kp), 4
groups danger for peace, New Nepal: Pahadi (kp), Get
tough (kp), Victory
of
unprincipled politics, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Recognizing
the
real milan-bindu, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp), Kishunjee’s
arrow, by Surendra R Devkota (kp)
10/10/2007: Jhapa
administration
lifts curfew (nn), JTMM-G
men
kill VDC secy: JTMM-J abducts 4 (kp), JTMM-Jwala
halts
armed activities for 13 days (nn), Shyam
Saran
in Kathmandu to discuss possible solution to political
deadlock (nn), Indian
leaders
back republic (kp), Delhi
denies
plan to send army to Nepal (Peninsula) [??
Do not make Napel another Sikkim!!], Entrepreneurs,
professionals
ask govt to set a new date for CA (nn), Set
new
poll date: PAPAD (kp), Security
Council
'disappointed' by polls delay (nn), PM
assures
EU envoys for new CA polls date soon (nn) [This
doen't mean anything either!], Fresh
Nepal
poll date not in a hurry: Koirala (wi) [No,
please not in a hurry! The people have been waiting
only for more than 56 years during which they have been
cheated by kings and male Tagadhari leaders time and
again!!], UML
seeks
PM's apology for poll deferral (samn), Current
crisis
is result of weak management of peace process: Martin
(nn), NC
decides
to go against Maoists’ motion in parliament (nn), Session
holds
no promise to solve crisis (samn), Maoists
register
‘republic motion’ at parliament secretariat (nn), ‘Failure
at
consensus may doom 7-party unity’, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (kp), 7-party
unity
may break: Prachanda (samn) [Which
unity??], Referendum
helps
king: MPRF (kp), Nepal
opposition
to vote in favour of monarchy (wi), Royalists
begin
grouping in Nepal (Gulf Times), Pro-monarchists
want
Bhattarai to lead (kp) [?!!], Ojha
team
advises JC to fire Judge Khadka (nn), EU
unveils
plan to support human rights defenders in Nepal (nn),
Highway
obstructed
five days: Hundreds stranded (kp), Clear
the
cloud (kp), Betrayed
beyond
belief, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Crisis
of
leadership, by Ranadhoj Limbu (kp), NHRC
blames
admn for Kapilvastu mayhem (samn)
09/10/2007: Maoists
will
quit alliance if consensus not reached on republic, PR
system: Prachanda (nn), Referendum
delusion (kp), Maoists
threaten
to topple Nepal government (wi), UML
keeps
all options open, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), UML
wants
7-party alliance intact (samn), No
compromise
on party stance: NC members, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), PM
says
political deadlock will end in a few days (nn) [??], NC
CWC members ask party leadership not to change stand
(nn), RPP
to
stand against republic motion (nn), Interim
govt
seeks Koirala's resignation (samn), JTMM-Goit
guns
down VDC secretary in Bara (nn), Royalist
leaders
intensify parleys (nn), Bhattarai
supports
monarchy for ‘nationalism’ (kp) [The
failure of the so-called party leaders does not excuse the
total failure of monarchy! Monarchy is the historical
reason for crisis and should not have any future!],
Prachanda
barred
from visiting historic fort, by D R Panta (kp) [Another hint at gradual
takeover by the army??], Dalits
threatened
for entering temple, by Shiv Puri (kp), Banda
continues
to paralyze east tarai (kp), Bandas
boon
for some (kp), ‘Do
not
obstruct public transport’ (kp), Political
imbroglio, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), King's
more
property nationalized: govt (samn)
08/10/2007: Maoists
suggest
referendum on monarchy, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Maoists
propose
new fight against Nepal king (wi), Parties
mull
referendum on monarchy (nn), Govt
makes
further effort to nationalise royal properties (nn), BJP
trying
to save monarchy in Nepal: Prachanda (nn), Prachanda
proposes
plebiscite (samn), Poll
delay
puts APF in dilemma, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), Banda
in
East: 1 protester dies in Jhapa police action, 37 arrested
(kp), Curfews,
general
strikes shut down southeast Nepal (iht), Rangeli
Bazaar
tense after clash (kp), Dozens
injured
in clashes in Sunsari and Morang (nn), Curfew
continues (kp), Civil
society
vows to defy strikes (kp), Entrepreneurs
appeal
to shun bandh (samn), Maoist
dissidents
reorganised (nn), Maoist-aligned
teachers
rally for republic (kp), MPRF
wants
PM to quit (kp), UML
mounts
pressure on PM to step down (samn), UML
says
govt’s leadership has proved a failure (nn), Let
there be elections & there were, by Shayam KC
(kp), Dealing
with
5/10 depression, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Suspension
of
polls saddens Nepal’s poor (Peninsula)
07/10/2007: Ethnic
groups
seek PM resignation (nn), MJF
wants
PM to step down (samn), SPA
leadership
lost credibility: Leaders (kp), Govt
has
now lost legitimacy: RJP (nn), Ruling
coalition
partners call for Nepal PM's resignation (iht), Clamour
grows
in Nepal for PM's ouster (wi), Govt
must
go now: CPN-UML (samn), UML
blames
NC and Maoists for suspension of polls; seeks alternative
to Koirala (nn), UML
blames
Girija, Maoists for poll fiasco (kp), UML
to
lose most from poll deferral (samn), Maoists
to
rally support for demands (kp), Nepal
Maoists
call stir to coerce government (wi), NC
rules
out republic proclamation (samn), PM
Koirala
starts political consultation with top leaders (nn), Poll
suspension
was a compulsion: Bijukchhe (nn), NEMA
demands
new polls date (nn), Polls
delay
saddens UN, UK, Carter Center (kp), Deferral
disappoints
UN secy general (samn), Protests
in
Nepal after polls delayed (Peninsula), MPRF
for
fresh stir (kp), 5
injured, property damaged: Factory workers, MPRF faction
clash (kp), Curfew
in
Jhapa after clash (kp), Police
arrest
30 curfew violators in Jhapa (nn), Biratnagar
limps
to normal, by Binod Bhandari (kp), Who’s
smiling
in Nepal? (Khaleej Times 07/10/2007)
06/10/2007: CA
poll
put off, no new date yet: PM summons parliament for Oct 11,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Poll
put
off; parties trade charges (samn),
Nepal Coalition’s Dispute With Former Rebels Stalls
Elections, by Somini Sengupta (Yew York Times), We
were
forced to cancel poll schedule: EC, by Bishnu
Budhathoki (kp), Unfortunate
(kp), Civil
society
seeks change of govt (kp), Peace
process:
A bumby road ahead (samn), FNJ
expresses
severe objection over CA deferral (nn), Student
leaders
deplore poll delay (kp), UNSG
disappointed
at the suspension of the polls (nn), Carter
Center
disappointed with delay in poll (nn), US,
EU,
India, UN dismayed by poll suspension (kp), Poll
deferral
disappoints intl community (samn), Poll
deferral
draws flak (kp), Protests
in
Nepal as parties put off polls (wi), Nepal
poll
fiasco means another Indian failure (wi) [?],
Prachanda
proposed
postponement: UML (kp), Speaker,
PM
discuss preparation for special session (nn), UNMIN
chief
meets Prachanda (nn), Maoists
to
renew dialogue with parties for republic (nn), MJF
says
it will not to abide by 22-pt pact anymore; announces
fresh stir (nn), Bandas
grip
east tarai (kp), Curfew
imposed
in Biratnagar (nn), Curfew
in
Saptari (kp), NA
scouring
augurs coup: Maoist (kp), Catch-22
standoff, by Prakash Bom (kp), State
sans
statesmanship, by Prem Sharma (kp), A
Nepali recipe for pessimism: Feuding politicians, an
unpopular king and ex-militants (iht), Maoist
muddle, by Prashant Jha (fl)
05/10/2007: CA
poll:
A mirage at last?, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Parties
preparing
to postpone polls (nn), Nepal
polls
likely to be postponed (wi), Poll
process
to be suspended (samn), Experts
worried
over possible deferral of polls (nn), Parties
do
the unthinkable; November election suspended (nn) [It's time for civil society
to replace the unable, selfish and irresponsible party
politicians in the national reconstruction provess!!],
EC
cancels
election programmes (nn), Nepal
government
defers crucial polls (wi), Nepal
poll
vault comes crashing down (wi), Nepal's
dreams
crash as elections deferred again (wi), Nepal
deadlock
delays elections (BBC News), US,
EU
disappointed at suspension of polls (nn), Govt
would
lose legitimacy: experts (samn), UML
stages
protest against polls suspension (nn), Parties
blame
each other after polls suspension (kp), PM
summons
special parliament session on Oct 11 (nn), Nepal
calls
special session Oct 11 to fight fire (wi), Special
House
session may be marred by indecision (nn), JTMM-J
murders
youth in Sarlahi (nn), Curfew
imposed
in Saptari; bandh cripples life in East (nn), Tarai
banda:
Highways closed, vehicles vandalized (kp), Ill-conceived
Madhesi
flames, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), CPN
(Maoist)
vs SPA government, by Yadav Khanal (kp), Ending
the
season of unreason: There is no turning back to the days
of dead certainty, by CK Lal (nt), Open
border, closed minds: Blaming the border for the madhes
crisis distracts attention from Nepal’s domestic political
failure, by Prashant Jha (nt)
04/10/2007: Army
enters
NTV and Radio Nepal stations; media groups concerned
(nn) [???], Be
cautious
of unruly forces: CoAS (kp) [Hints
at a possible military coup??], Minister
Nepal
says army should be mobilised in seven districts (nn),
Ruling
parties
would be held responsible if CA gets postponed: Nepal
(nn), CEC
urges
parties to end poll deadlock (kp), Crucial
seven-party
meet underway in Baluwatar (nn), Seven-party
meeting
inconclusive (kp), Seven
Party
meeting ends inconclusively, parties start whispering
about putting off polls (nn), EU
stresses
credible poll for lasting peace (kp), Martin
meets
Prachanda (nn), PLA
bandh
in Chitwan and Makwanpur called off (nn), ‘Maoist
move was to derail polls’ (kp), Increasing
impunity
concerns leaders (kp), Arduous
path
to liberty, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), Bankrupt
of
ideas or reaction formation!, by Shayam Chalise (kp)
03/10/2007: Nepal’s
peace
process at critical juncture: Carter Center (nn) Kapilvastu
commission
starts work (nn), Envoys
advise
against postponing CA election (nn), CEC
urges
parties not to postpone polls (nn), Parties
intensify
consultations to break deadlock (nn), 'Intermediary'
sees
little hope for country reaching a political consensus
(nn), Baluwatar
meet
inconclusive; 'Deadlock may lead to election postponement'
(nn), Strike
hits
eastern districts (nn), Govt
panel
agrees to look into Badis' demands (nn), Uphold
rule
of law, says EU; RPP-Nepal denounces YCL action (nn),
Press
attacks
and beyond (kp), Will
the
peace process be jeopardized?, by Abhi Subedi (kp)
02/10/2007: Give
opportunities
to minorities: NHRC chief (nn), Anything
less
than proportional system not acceptable: Prachanda
(nn), PM
meets
speaker, discuss calling special session of House
(nn), Nepal
PM
calls parliament session to decide king's fate (wi), Four
JTMM
cadres nabbed (nn), PM
serves
stern warning to King (samn), Families
of
disappeared citizens demonstrate in front of Bhairabnath
Battalion (nn), Maoists
step
up anti-poll activities (kp), Stick
to
schedule (kp), Crime
and
punishment: No time for a wishy-washy TRC, by Navaraj
Pudasaini (kp), State
of
anarchy, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (kp)
01/10/2007: Changing
election
system is not like changing a car, says an election
commissioner (nn), PM
reiterates
his stand against PR system (nn), Maoists
vow
to continue protests (samn), Maoists
stage
demos, ring EC offices (kp), Maoists
call
off Oct 4-6 strike (kp), EC
sets
new dates for nominations (samn), EC
extends
nomination deadline by 5 days, by Bishnu Budhathoki
(kp), Security
situation
poor: House panel (samn), PM
discusses
security issues with army chief (nn), Police
unveil
capital blasts suspects (kp), Blast
near
Japanese Embassy in Kathmandu (nn), Riot
victims
in Kapilvastu continue their bandh (nn), City
blasts:
13 involved, say cops (samn), Laws
biased
against women: study (samn), Statement
by
Richard Bennett, Representative of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal - Delivered at a
media briefing at OHCHR-Nepal, Kathmandu (Relief Web), Concern
over
‘repression’ of Indian origin people in Nepal, by
Anand S. Raj (Khaleej Times)
30/09/2007: Gajurel
says
no election before their demands are met; Mahato threatens
the same (nn), Alliance
may
break over poll system: Gajurel (kp), CPN
(M)
sticks to its demand for PR-based election system
(nn), ‘New
deal
is just power sharing’ (kp), 'Polls
may
be deferred due to Maoists' (samn), Nepal
poll
schedule under revision to avert clashes (wi), Parties
for
extending poll deadline (samn), SPA
to
ask EC for 5 days more, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Parties
agree
to ask EC to postpone nomination date by five days
(nn), EC
extends
nomination deadline (nn), Nepal's
election
timetable postponed (wi), Riot
victims’
bandh hits normal life in Kapilvastu (nn), Kapilvastu
hurts, by Hitesh karki (kp), Insurgency
damaged
Rs 80m in Kailali property, by Mohan Budaair (kp), Mahato
pulls
out of govt, to launch protest (kp), Mahato
torches
EC verdict copy (samn), PM
approves
Mahato’s resignation; NSP faction to move SC against EC
decision (nn), 20
injured
as locals, cops clash (kp), Rolpalis
are
left out, by Howard Roak (kp), Maoists
acts
helping regressive forces (samn), Maoists
want
Manisha's dad's property nationalised (wi), 4
men arrested in fatal Katmandu bomb blasts (iht), Four
blast-accused
presented before media (nn)
29/09/2007: ICG
says
Nepal's peace process is still fragile (nn), Maoists
in
no mood to file closed-list of candidate nomination on
Sunday (nn), Maoists
table
House motion (samn), Maoists
call
House session (kp), SPA
big
guns meet, agree to disagree (samn), 7-party
talks
stuck over poll system (kp) [Definitely,
Nepal would be better off without her male Tagadhari
"elite"!!], Top
three
parties resume discussion for consensus (nn), Unity
must
for timely CA polls: Speaker (samn), EC
recognizes
NSP-Anandidevi faction (kp), Mahato
to
resign, will unleash agitation against EC decision
(nn), Another
Nepal
minister quits, calls for protest (wi), Nepal
minister
arrested after resignation (wi), Police
arrest
Rajendra Mahato, three dozen others; all released now
(nn), Normalcy
returning
to Kapilvastu, by Khim Ghale & Sanjay Panthi (kp),
‘Make
public
disappared people’ (kp), Nepali
women
less equal, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp), Madhes
is
our collective dream, by Shiva Rijal (kp)
28/09/2007: Deal
or
deadlock? Far from the misery of thousands of Kapilbastu
refugees, leaders in Kathmandu are trying to hammer out a
compromise for elections (nt), Carnage
in
Kapilbastu: Ominous Indication, by Sanjaya Dhakal
(sp), Kapilbastu
Postmortem:
Who killed Moid?, by JB Pun (nt), Kapilbastu
diary:
Senseless violence in the land of Buddha’s birth, by
Aruna Uprety (nt), Punish
Kapilvastu
culprits: NHRC (kp), WFP,
UNICEF
to give relief to riot-hit (samn), OCHA
Nepal
Situation Report - Kapilvastu and Dang, humanitarian needs
update 25 Sep 2007 (Relief Web) [see full
report], Rayamajhi
guilty
can contest polls: SC (kp), Rayamajhi-indicted
free
to contest polls (samn), Bandh
cripples
life in eastern Terai (nn), Strike
calls
disrupt normal life in Nepal (wi), JTMM-Jwala
kills
civilian in Rautahat (nn), Limbuwan
threatens
fresh agitations (kp), Seven
parties
close to deal (kp), Nepal's
ruling
parties, ex-rebels to discuss political crisis (iht),
Compromise
now
possible in Nepal peace process, by Sam Taylor (Daily
Times), UML
calls
for immediate decision on Maoist demands (nn), Seven
party
meeting ends as leaders differ over PR election system
(nn) [A PR election system would be the beginning of the
end of male Tagadhari dominance; that's why!!], Nepal
poll
talks fail, Maoists begin republic bid (wi), Maoists
register
petition demanding special session of the House (nn),
NC,
UML,
Maoists agree on republic (samn), Dhading
closed
to protest Maoist excesses, by Rajendra Pratap Shah
(kp), Dozens
hurt
as cops, shopkeepers clash, by Shankar Kharel (kp), “A
date
has been set”, interview with James T Walsh, US
Congressman (nt), Our
identity
crisis: Who are we, and why is Prashant Tamang our hero?,
by CK Lal (nt), Nepal's
Disorder:
Who Is To Blame?, by Keshab Poudel (sp), CA
election:
Global Concerns (sp), Nepal
politics:
No more war, by Kunda Dixit (Deccan Herald)
27/09/2007: Police
arrest
17 in connection with Kapilvastu violence (nn), Indian
Muslims
flee Nepal after Kapilavastu violence (wi), UML
imposes bandh in Dhading protesting YCL attack (nn), UML
calls
off Dhading bandh (nn), Nepal
ruling
party calls strike ahead of poll meet (wi), PM
intensifies political parleys; meets with Prachanda,
Prakash and Nepal (nn), CEC
wants
parties to settle rows in two days (nn), Top
leaders’
meeting inconclusive; next meeting Friday (nn), Nepali
Cong
takes Maoists head on (samn), Maoists
fight
shy of polls as support wanes (kp), Defeat
Maoists
ideologically: Nepal: Maoists grievously injure ANNFSU
leader (kp, Rs
500
note without King's picture circulated (nn), CA
polls a distant dream for far-western denizens, by
Rajendra Nath (kp), Call
for
unity and harmony, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Maoists
say
army planning coup to save monarchy (Peninsula), SC
says
Rayamajhi Commission-accused can contest polls (nn) [???]
26/09/2007: PM
hopeful
of Maoists' return to the government; will meet with
Prachanda today (nn), Mahara
rules
out possibility of returning to govt (nn), Police
arrest
four over Kathmandu blasts (nn), Kathmandu
blasts:
Breakthrough likely with four arrests (wi), WFP,
UNICEF
to provide relief to 5000 people displaced by communal
violence (nn), ‘Address
Tarai
issues in time’ (kp), Kishunji
severs
his relation with Congress (nn) [It's
a pity that this outstanding old politician sticks to the
traditional Tagadhari understanding of national
reconciliation and does not understand the necessity
of an inclusive way of national reconsiliation!!!]
(nn), Parties
laud
NC decision on republic (kp), Youths
hold
mini CA to voice own demands (kp), Divided
nation
& dwindling hope, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Prashant,
‘Prachanda-path’
and polls, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), What
do
Maoists want?, by Surendra R Devkota (kp), Political
polarization
begins, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Prolonged
political
crisis can incite foreign interference, interview with
Sushil Koirala (tg), Lazy
compromises
can quickly and effectively discredit the entire concept
of compromise, by Thomas Meyer (tg), The
citizenship
act is simply a design to challenge the very independence
of our country by our own leaders, interview
with Chetendra Jung Himali, President Border Awareness
Forum (tg)
25/09/2007: One
more
dead body found in Kapilvastu (nn), Civil
society
leaders want immediate rehab for displaced in Kapilvastu
(nn), Victims
narrate
harrowing tales (kp), Kapilvastu
limping
back to normal: New CDO assumes office, curfew in 2 places
still (kp), Thousands
displaced
by violence in southern Nepal, says rights group
(iht), Big
decisions
likely in few days: Prachanda (kp), Maoists
for
change of guard in govt (samn), We’re
at
a turning point: Mahara (kp), NBA
to
exert pressure on parties for poll (kp), Stinking
‘save
monarchy’ campaign, by Dakant Jayshi (kp), Alliance
for
Democracy & Human Rights in Nepal, by Prakash Bom
(Global Politician)
24/09/2007: Rights
situation
not alright: NHRC (samn), Dr
Bhattarai
hints at sharp political polarisation; CPN (MLM) merges
with CPN (M) (nn), Nepal
Maoists
steal march over biggest rival (wi), ‘Maoists
will
return to govt if there's new political agreement’
(nn), Maoists
to
call special House session (samn), 20
children
missing in riot-torn Kapilvastu (nn), Kapilvastu
riot
victims recall horrors (samn), ‘5,000
displaced
in Kapilvastu’ (kp), Kapilvastu
CDO
recalled (nn), Kapilvastu
returning
to normal (kp)
23/09/2007: Kapilvastu
survivors
shocked, devastated, by Amrita Anmol (kp), Home
Minister
responsible for all losses in Kapilvastu: Rights monitors
(nn), Guilty
security
officers will be punished: Sitaula, by Amrita Anmol
(kp), 20
injured
in ANNFSU, ANNISU-R clashes (kp), ‘Be
flexible
toward Maoist demands’ (kp), Deuba
for
parleys on Maoists' demands (samn), Gurung
trashes
election as 'drama' (nn), 'No
declaration
of republic before poll' (samn), House
commitment
proposal on republic will not suffice for Maoists
(nn), ‘Keep
eight-party
unity intact’ (kp), Maoists
hindering
CA poll: Gautam (kp), Maoists
disrupt
poll awareness gathering (samn), Conflict
victims
share stories of pain, by Mohan Budhair (kp), Govt
to
release Rs 3m for riot-hit (samn), Badis
to
protest again (kp), Two
children
injured as abandoned bomb explodes in Dang (nn)
22/09/2007: 150
vehicles
wrecked: 3,000 displaced, 119 houses razed: NHRC (kp),
NHRC
report
blames security forces (samn), OHCHR
chief
raps govt inaction (kp), Special
security
for violence-hit Kapilvastu (kp), Kapilvastu
violence
a conspiracy: Prachanda (kp), 34
suspects
arrested: Lamahi sees respite, curfew intact in Tulsipur,
by Sudarshan Rijal (kp), Nepalgunj
braces
against violence, by J. Pandey (kp), ‘Address
Maoist
demands soon’ (kp), NC
leaders
against proposal in House (kp), Nepali
Congress
faction against republic (samn), No
confidence
vote in offing: Dev Gurung (kp), PM’s
ouster?
Another blunder!, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Deuba
to
persuade Maoists to rejoin govt (kp), Polls
without
Maoists meaningless: Deuba (samn), UN
official
appeals for political compromise (kp),
Carter Centre expresses concern over Maoists' exit from
Nepal Govt (wi), Republic
motion
may save EPA unity (samn), PFN
out
on hustings (kp), What
ails
the leadership?, by Kamal Sigdel (kp)
21/09/2007: Kapilvastu
violence:
3 die in fresh clashes: Toll climbs to 28 (kp), Security
tightened
in south Nepal district where violence has killed at least
22 people (iht), Judicial
panel
to probe Kapilvastu violence (kp), Violence
'escalating'
in southern Nepal (Relief Web), Kapilvastu
mayhem (kp), While
Butwal
burned: There will be more Kapilbastus unless the parties
act, by Prashant Jha (nt), Home
Minister
Sitaula in Kapilvastu to take stock of security situation;
violence spreads to Dang (nn), Govt
not
sufficiently present in restive Kapilvastu: OHCHR
(nn), Prachanda
sees
‘deadly conspiracy’ behind Kapilvastu riots (nn), A
truck carrying food aid torched; WFP warns it could
jeopardise its operation (nn), Anger
at
Nepal food lorry attack (BBC News),, 'Janajatis
readying
for decisive stir' (samn), Withdraws
strike:
Limbuwan not to disrupt election, by Chetan Adhikari
(kp), PM
kowtowing
to regressive forces: Dev (samn), EU
urges
CA poll on schedule (kp), Five
politicians
abducted in Terai region (Peninsula), 7
armed JTMM-J cadres arrested (kp), Only memories
remain: Life
can
never be normal again for the families of the Kathmandu
bomb victims, by Damber K Shrestha (nt), Victim
of
Kathmandu blast demands artificial limb, by Sangeeta
Rijal (kp), The
Myth
of Sisyphus and CA, by Raghab D Pant (kp), Maoists
quit
the govt: Polls Uncertain, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Former
rebels
launch protests to oust king (Gulf Times), Nepal's
Maoists
under fire from key donors, by Sam Taylor (Relief
Web), Who
is
not to blame?, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Under
a
cloud (tc), Election
without
Maoist participation will be meaningless, says Nidhi
(nn), Sound
and
fury: Maoist walkout sends wake-up call to government
(nt), Wake
up,
prime minister: A look at Kathmandu's antics from
Kapilbastu, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt), Violence
in
a vacuum: Weak government is leading to an acceptance of
violence, by CK Lal (nt), Building
bridges
in the madhes: “All we want here is peace and development
so we can get on with our lives”, by Kunda Dixit (nt),
Fix
this
first: The quota system for polls is fraught with problems,
by Shrishti Jha (nt), Living
in
the past: Too many of our ageing politicians are out of
touch, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt), Peace
hiccup (nt), All
in
limbo (nt, originally in Rajdhani, 19 September),
Eight
parties
should recommit to the path of peace, says Martin
(nn), UNMIN
chief
urges political parties, civil society to work together
for social harmony in Nepal (pd), Where
Is
Nepal Heading?, by Keshab Poudel (sp), US
warns
Maoists against trying to 'trash' elections; Senator Leahy
also speaks out (nn), Carter
Center's
representative meets with Maoist leader Gajurel (nn),
Mahara
says
Maoists in favour of eight party unity (nn), Declaring
republic
will resolve 98.5% problems of the country, claims
Pokharel (nn)
20/09/2007: Kapilvastu
Mayhem:
Another 9 bodies recovered, more likely, by Sanjay
Panthi & Nisha Bishwokarma (kp), Nepal
riots
spread, five more killed (wi), Death
toll
in Kapilvastu climbs to 28 (nn), Muslim
leaders
meet Koirala; demand security in riot-torn Kapilvastu
(nn), Govt
forms
probe panel on Kapilvastu riots; 3 killed in fresh clash
(nn), Civil
society
activists demand special task force to control unrest in
Kapilbastu (nn), Two
killed
in Bara; five abducted in Rautahat (nn), Life
in
the east hit by strike (nn), Curfew
imposed
in Dang (nn), Eight-party
unity
to remain intact: Leaders agree to thrash out issues,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Japan,
others
concerned at Maoist pullout (kp), EU
disappointed
by Maoist decision (nn), Nine
student
organisations appeal for eight party unity (nn), Maoists'
student
wing, too, launches agitation (nn), Student
bodies
urge Maoists to withdraw protests (nn), Rank
regression (kp), Jhapa
tense
due to strike (nn), EC
urges
SC to quash royalists' petitions (kp), Govt
buys
insurance for 256,000 CA polls staff (kp), HR
bodies voice solidarity with Badis (kp), Maoists'
social
anxiety, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), UN
stresses
on political compromise (nn)
19/09/2007: Maoists
quit
govt, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), PM
hopes
for new consensus; parties begin internal discussions
(nn), Leaders
surprised
by Maoist decision to quit govt (nn), Maoists'
22-point
demands were legitimate, says Amik Sherchan (nn), Maoists
want
special session of parliament; mull ‘no-confidence motion’
against PM (nn), Maoist
war
and peace: A chronology (kp), Eight
party
meet begins in Baluwatar (nn), Eight
parties
agree to maintain unity (nn), India
stresses
on resolution through understanding (nn), 1
body recovered, curfew continues: Normalcy returns
Kapilvastu (kp), Death
toll
in Kapilbastu climbs to 12 (nn), Death
toll
in Kapilbastu climbs to 17 (nn), MJF
dissidents
to restrict Yadav from entering Mahottari (nn), Banda
hits
Damak (kp), In
the
name of people?, by Subhadra Belbase (kp)
18/09/2007: Decision
likely
Tuesday: Government, Maoists consider compromise (kp),
Interim
constitution
will be at risk if Maoists quit, says Poudel (nn), Crucial
meeting
begins in Baluwatar (nn), Maoists
quit
govt; announce protest movement (nn), Congress,
UML
leaders still hope to keep alive eight-party unity
(nn), UNMIN
urges
parties to find a way out of current stalemate (nn), British
minister
disappointed with Maoist move (nn), EC
hints
fully proportional system is not possible; code of conduct
comes into effect (nn), Taulihawa
limps
back to normalcy; death toll reaches four (nn), Three
more
die in Kapilvastu violence, by Nisha Bishwakarma &
Amrita Anmol (kp), Khan's
killing
condemned (kp), Prolonged
transition
spawning armed groups (kp), Eight
Terai
districts classified as 'highly sensitive' (nn), Districts
categorized
for poll (kp), Bijukchhe
claims
India is searching for 'Lhendup Dorje' in Nepal (nn),
Women
face
political violence too (kp), Perils
of
Maoist brinkmanship, by Damakant Jayshi (kp), Q&A:
Nepal's
future (BBC News)
17/09/2007: Bus
bombed
in Bara, one killed; Home Ministry appeals for harmony
(nn), Killing
of
anti-Maoist leader ignites violence, by Nisha
Bishwakarma & Amrita Anmol (kp), OHCHR
condemns
killing in Kapilvastu, Repandehi (nn), Goodwill
rally
organised in Butwal; curfew lifted (nn), Poudel
still
optimistic that Maoists will come to understanding
(nn), PM
against
announcing republic before polls (nn), Koirala
‘rejects’
Maoist demands for pre-election republic and PR-based
election system (nn), ‘Eight-party
meet
to address Maoist demands’: NC for republic through CA: PM
to UML chief (kp), Leaders
accelerate
discussion on Maoist demands (nn), Myopic
strategy (kp), NSP-A
proposes
separate prime ministers as heads of 'regional
parliaments' (nn), NSP-A
meet
okays 14-point proposal, by Sujit Mahat (kp), Maoists
in
rejection, by Dhruva Joshy (kp)
16/09/2007: Act
responsibly:
PM tells Maoists: Prachanda sets Sept 17 deadline to quit
govt (kp), Prachanda
urged
to put off protests (samn), Civil
society
leaders demand 8-party meet (kp), ‘8-party
unity
a must till new constitution is framed’ (kp), Anarchy
looms
as Maoist-PM talks collapse (Gulf Times), New
Maoist
revolt looms in Nepal (Peninsula), Koirala,
Nepal
agree to hold 'immediate' eight-party meet over Maoist
demands (nn), Tuesday’s
mass
meeting will declare revolt if demands not met: Bhattarai
(kp), CA
polls
a must for madhesis: Mahato, by Sujit Mahat and Shankar
Acharya (kp), MJF
making
overtures for cooperation with NC (nn), Home
secy
vows to tighten security from Sep 18 (nn), EC
to enforce code of conduct from Sept 18 (kp), JTMM-G
cadres
torch former minister Matrika’s vehicle (nn), Indefinite
curfew
imposed in Butwal and Taulihawa; APF man killed (nn),
Curfew
in
Butwal and Taulihawa; two killed; situation tense
(update) (nn), Politician,
policeman
killed in southern Nepal; authorities impose curfew
(iht), Maoist
roundtable
put off yet again (nn), Cops
campaign
for CA polls, by Damodar Neupane (kp), Styling
the
stile that turns for all, by Baburam Neupane (kp), Religious
dogmatism
and monarchy, by Udbodh Bhandari (kp), Sushil
blames
monarchy for instability (samn) [You
obviously did not consult K.P. and Sujata before you
claimed this!], Maoists
bargaining
for CA seats: Mahat (samn)
15/09/2007: Maoist
roundtable
conference Monday (nn), Maoists
struggle
to reschedule roundtable (kp), Maoists
cannot
run away from election, says PM Koirala (nn), Maoist-PM
talks
fail, anarchy looms in Nepal, by Sudeshna Sarkar
(Hindustan Times), Prachanda
discusses
22-pt demand with Koirala, MK Nepal (nn), Britain
supports
November poll in Nepal (wi), CPN-M
leader
stresses role of international community in Nepali peace
process (pd), World
mounts
pressure on Nepal for timely polls (wi), Leaders
surprised
at PM's remark (samn), Leaders
confusing
people: lawmakers (samn), New
fears
for Nepal future, by Surendra Phuyal (Daily Times)
14/09/2007: Yadav
hits
back at Maoist attempt to sow divide in MJF (nn), Maoists
trying
to split MJF: Yadav (samn), Parties
are
in election mood, we are in agitation mood, says Badal
(nn), Govt,
Chure-Bhavar
reach accord (kp), Maoists
defer
round table meet (samn), Maoist
‘roundtable’
a fiasco, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Maoist
conundrum, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), ‘Security
sound
for CA election’, by J Pandey & Janak Nepal
(kp), Security
forces
alone can’t ensure polls (samn), The
party
of incumbency, by R D Pant (kp), Fighting
for
free & fair franchise, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp),
New
fears
for Nepal future, by Surendra Phuyal (BBC News), Calling
all
moderates: Madhesi extremists must not be given free rein,
by Prashant Jha (nt), “The
Art
Of Leadership Is The Art Of Compromise”, interview
with Peter Russell (sp), Prachanda
says
efforts are on for eight-party consensus (nn), Rising
Tempo:
The Maoist leaders have stepped up their pressure by
threatening to quit cabinet and unleash new 'revolution',
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), PLA's
movement
is serious violation of agreement, says UNMIN (nn), Ex-Maoists
call
four-day closure to prevent polls (Peninsula), JTMM-Jwala
also
vows to disrupt CA election (nn)
13/09/2007: Maoists'
roundtable
meet suspended (nn), After
crown
prince, malady stalks Nepal's Maoist chief (wi), Speaker
Nemwang
meets Sitaula, Mahara; stresses on eight-party unity
(nn), Maoist
demands
to be addressed in a day or two: Speaker (kp), Announcing
republic
before polls not a legitimate choice: Bijukchhe (nn),
Talks
with
Tharu body end inconclusively (kp), Govt,
Chure-Bhawar
Samaj resume talks (nn), Government
signs
9-point pact with Chure Bhawar (nn), Poll
on
Nov 22 at any cost: PM (kp), Upendra
lambasts
Maoist ‘duplicity’ (kp), Jwala's
men
kill one in Janakpur (nn), ‘Use
force
against tarai criminal activity’ (kp), Talk
with
India stressed to curtail tarai violence (kp), ‘We’re
ready
for polls, parties aren’t’, by Madhav Ghimire (kp), Political
cynicism, by Sudeep Acharya (kp), Democracy
in
disarray, by Hari Bansha Dulal & Stefano Foa (kp), CA
polls,
republic and federalism, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Democratic
Intervention
in Nepal, by Arjun Bishta (Global Politician), Intransigent
Reactionaries
In Nepal, by Prakash Bom (Global Politician), Nepal's
Maoists:
Running out of issues (Relief Web)
12/09/2007: Maoists
to
hold roundtable with around dozen organisations (nn),
PM
Koirala
says he is unaware about govt-NFIN agreement (nn) [Another case of senility or
simply dishonesty??], Govt-Tharu
Morcha
talks inconclusive (nn), Badi
women
stage sit-in in front of PM’s residence (nn), JTMM-Goit
vows
to disrupt CA polls (nn), Situation
most
favorable for republicans: UML chief (kp), ‘CA
poll candidates can be picked from sexual minorities’
(kp), Nepal
could
piece together peace, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), Nepal’s
impasse (Khaleej Times), Alliance
warns
of ‘guerrilla war’ within seven days (Gulf Times), Speaker
Nemwang
for immediate dialogue on Maoist demands (nn)
11/09/2007: Maoist
to
hold roundtable conference; prepare to walk out of govt
(nn), We
may
pull out of govt: Prachanda (kp), No
November
polls unless monarchy abolished: Prachanda (wi), Sitaula
talks
with Maoist ministers on 22-pt demands (nn), Maoists
having
defeatist mentality: MK Nepal (nn), Committee
to
monitor accord compliance (kp), Interim
parliament
itself a roundtable conference: Poudel, by Dipendra
Baduwal (kp), Congress
leaders
dismiss Kishunji's views as outdated (nn), Ramblings
(kp), Hindu
groups
announce ‘guerrilla war’ (Peninsula), ‘No
women
fit to contest CA poll?’ Says who? (kp), Madhesi
women
gear up for CA poll (kp), Parties,
civil
society upbeat about CA poll, by Sujit Mahat (kp), Vocabulary
of
our leaders, by Avantika Regmi (kp), TRC,
fear
and expectation, by Keshab Sigdel (kp), Jwala's
men
murder schoolteacher in Siraha (nn)
10/09/2007: Maoists
step
up pressure by warning to quit the govt in a week
(nn), Maoists
mull
quitting government (samn), Prachanda
says
Maoists are committed to polls (nn), ‘Maoists
scared
to face poll’ (kp), MK
Nepal
remonstrates Kishunji's call to save monarchy (nn), K.P
Bhattarai
visits Crown Prince Paras at hospital; says King must
support democracy (nn) [??
Obviously a case of senility!], Janakpur
remains
shut for 4th straight day (nn), Army
chief
briefs PM on security scene (samn), Army
offers
help for CA poll (kp), Parties
intensify
CA poll campaign in west (kp)
09/09/2007: Prachanda
warns
of ‘decisive movement’ from next week if 22 demands not
met (nn), Be
ready
for revolt: Prachanda to cadres (samn), Nov
poll
more uncertain: Prachanda (kp), MK
Nepal
urges Maoists to drop demands; says polls can't be put off
any more (nn), Maoists
asked
to let CA decide on king (samn), PM
meets
security heads; says last week's blasts put question mark
on their credibility (nn), Rana
roots
for timely polls (nn), PM
urges
coordination among ministries for poll (kp), Gita
becomes election manifesto: Pro-Hindu parties unite for
monarchy, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp) [Long
live royal autocracy and the overall dominance of male
Thagadhari!!], Pro-Hindu
Nepali
parties unite for monarchy (pd), Autonomy,
federalism
only after poll: Speaker, by Pradeep Meyangbo (kp), 15
injured
in DJP-cops clash (kp), Legitimizing
terrorism, by Pritam S Rana (kp), Terai
suffers
shutdown while Nepal leaders feud (wi), Separate
strikes
cripple life in Eastern Terai (nn), Janayatra
flagged
off from three districts (nn)
08/09/2007: Preliminary
report (kp), Blast
in
Birgunj (nn), 8
parties can share poll platform: Sitaula, by
Kulchandra Neupane and Prem Nepali (kp), Missing
Nov
poll will invite war: Acharya (kp), ‘Intensify
poll-oriented
activities’ (kp), Leaders
ask
Maoists to be sincere to CA (samn), Being
honest
about people, by Prabodh Devkota (kp), Prachanda
says
election still uncertain (nn)
07/09/2007: Unidentified
group
plant bombs in school (nn), After
Kathmandu
blasts, bomb found in Nepal school (wi), Communist
leaders
discuss republican model (nn), Sitaula
says
struggle between monarchy and democracy at final stages
(nn), Historic
move (kp), NC
can
never go republican: Sujata (samn) [??],
JTMM-J
commander
held for VDC secy's murder (nn), Badis
picket
ministerial residence in Pulchowk, organising sit-in
protests (nn), In
a
state of fear: Some powerful forces don’t want elections,
by CK Lal (nt), Blasts
‘politically
motivated’: Police (kp), Cops
issue
sketch of blast suspect (samn), Army
planning
coup: Maoist leader (samn), Not
in
our name: Madhesis are sickened by the bombings claimed by
a previously unknown tarai group, by Rameswor Bohora,
Chandra Kishor and Ajit Tiwari (nt), '21
out
of 27 central members support Yadav': MPRF expels Biswas,
three others (kp), Almost
total
impunity in Nepal: OHCHR (kp), ‘Where
are
my two sons?’, by Kamal Panthi (kp), Justice
in
the balance: Is Nepal ready for a truth and reconciliation
commission?, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt), Black
list (nt), Bar
corrupt
from contesting CA poll: TI (kp), Elections
to
constituent assembly, by Prakash A.Raj (kp), Some
past the post: The parties still haven’t understood that
the winner can’t take all, by Jainendra Jeevan (nt), Polls
apart (nt), Learning
from
Northern Ireland (nt), A
missed opportunity: The MJF’s deal with the government is
not all its cracked up to be (nt), by Prashant Jha, “They’re
immature”, MJF leader Upendra Yadav defends the deal
in a conversation with Prashant Jha (nt), “He’s
a traitor”, interview with Kishore Biswas who now
leads the dissident faction of the party (nt), MJF
to
unite with like-minded parties (samn), Immediate
Hiccups:
As the deal has come under fire from some sections of
both the government and MJF side, the celebrations could
be premature, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Jai
Nepal:
Being compulsively optimistic about Nepal, by Maura
Moynihan (nt), Maoists'
integration
in National Army, by Arjun Bista (Scoop), NA
to support APF during polls (nn), FAST
Update
Nepal: Trends in conflict and cooperation Jul - Aug 2007
(Relief Web), New
Nepal
Regressive Results Under Progressive Banner, by Keshab
Poudel (sp), Terror
Returns:
After one and a half year of relative calm, terror seems
to have returned to Kathmandu, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp),
"In
A
Diverse Country Like Nepal, The Federalism With
Centralized Mind May Be Suitable", interview
with Abhishek Singhvi (sp), CA
Election
- A process of making people sovereign, by Govinda Raj
Joshi (sp 07/09/2007)
06/09/2007: Decides
to
go for federal democratic republic: Nepali Congress takes
a leap (kp), Congress
opts
for republican setup (samn), Nepal
King
loses his biggest prop (wi), Nepali
Congress
is now a pro-republic party: Situala (nn), MJF-dissidents
spat
deepens, stand for and against election (nn), MPRF
central
meeting begins (kp), MJF
on
election mood (nn), Serious
conspiracies
on to disrupt CA: Bhattarai (nn), Polls
not
possible in Nov: Bhattarai, by Amrita Anmol (kp), Polls
preparations
ill-timed: Bhattarai (samn), Nepal
to
seek world support for polls (samn), EU
Heads
of mission condemns 9/2 bomb blast, urges govt to act
tough (nn), Another
student
dies of blast injuries (kp), Limbuwan,
Khumbuwan
ready for talks (kp), Nepali
identity
and Prashant Tamang, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), Misunderstanding
TRC, by Trilochan Upreti (kp), OHCHR
chief
concerned over impunity (nn), Army
refutes
allegations of involvement in 9/2 blasts (nn), Police
suspect
political causes behind Sunday's blasts (nn)
05/09/2007: Blast
toll
reaches three (nn), Cops
find
'lead' on blasts in capital (samn), Several
arrests
over Nepal blasts (BBC News), Tarai
Elam
leader among 5 held (kp), MJF
takes
out 'victory rally' in Birgunj (nn), We
aren’t
against CA polls: MMT, by Jitendra Khadga (kp), PLA
demands
benefits at par with Nepali Army (nn), Absent
from
Prasuti Griha function: King marks Krishna Ashtami inside
palace: PM visits Krishna Mandir (kp), PM
to
clarify on republic soon (samn), Don’t
take
CA poll as zero-sum game: Sitaula (nn), Gaura
Parba
starts with CA campaign, by Mohan Budhaair (kp), Questions
on
federalism, by Yubaraj Sangroula (kp), Maoists
will
be out of govt by Sept 18 if republic is not announced,
says Ananta (nn), NC
Mahasamiti
to decide on republic; NC-D wants unification as per
‘previous understanding’ (nn)
04/09/2007: Woman
killed
in blast identified, 2 still critical (kp), Cowardice
act (kp), ‘Blasts
brutal,
cowardly, inhuman’: Govt firm on timely election (kp),
Rights
groups,
parties condemn blasts (kp), Terai
outfits
own up serial blasts (samn), Royalists
behind
blasts: Mahara (samn), UML
believes
criminal elements were behind Sunday blasts (nn), Terai
leaders
deny Nepal blast claims (Peninsula), Report
on
9/2 bomb blasts by evening: Sitaula (nn), Security
checks
resume in highways (nn), Dozens
held
over Sunday blasts (kp), Nepal
police
detain 8 for questioning over weekend explosions in
capital (iht), Upendra
Yadav
urges people to join election campaign (nn), Yadav
calls on Madhesis to make CA poll a success (kp), Prachanda
directs
Maoist students for protests ahead of polls (nn), Prachanda
urges
Indian help for poll (kp), Maoist
deputy
commanders submit 6-point memo to PM Koirala (nn), House
starts
monitoring situation for poll (kp), Don't
shy
away from poll: Civil society (kp), MP
offers
free education, food, to badi girls (kp), Possibility
of
army mobilisation can’t be ruled out, says Minister
(nn), Nepal
facing
many human rights challenges: Bennett (nn), JTMM
dissidents ‘expel’ Goit (nn)
03/09/2007: 2
killed, 19 injured: Nepal People’s Army, Tarai Army claim
responsibility: Triple blasts rock Kathmandu, by
Sangeeta Rijal (kp), Blasts
rock
capital, two killed (samn), Govt,
parties
all suspect blasts are aimed at disrupting the polls
(nn), PM,
Home
Minister discuss Sunday's blasts (nn), Cabinet
meeting
denounces city blasts; assures free treatment to injured
people (nn), UN
envoy
speaks out against attacks in Nepalese capital
(Scoop), Terai
leaders
deny Kathmandu blast claims (wi), Civil
society
reps describe Sunday blasts as premeditated crime
(nn), Protests
erupt
in Kathmandu after serial blasts (wi), Do
not
suspend polls in the face of blasts, says UML general secy
(nn), Vehicle
security
checks in Katmandu after 3 bombs kill 2, wound 13
(iht), Police
make
around half a dozen arrests related with Sunday's triple
blasts (nn), Terai
groups
claim hand in Kathmandu blasts (wi), Obscure
Groups
Claim Responsibility for Nepal Bombings, by Steve
Herman (Voice of America), MJF
dissidents
dump Upendra Yadav (nn), MPRF
‘ousts’
Chairman Yadav (kp), MJF
faction
‘suspends’ Yadav (samn), JTMM-G
‘sacks’
Goit (kp), Goit
threatens
action against employees (samn), Maoists
may
break 12-point pact: Gurung (samn), Maoists
want
to deploy PLA for CA election (kp), Poll
security (kp), Parties
up
CA polls campaign in districts (kp), ‘Politicians
are
undermining the nation’, interview with Surya Prasad
Subedi (kp), Consequences
of
deferring CA polls!, by Narayan Khadka (kp), A
good start must be sustained, by Shyam KC (kp), Nepal
Government
Immunizes Massacre Leaders: A Serious Blow to Human Rights
Ideal, by Mohan Nepali (Scoop), Government
urged
to do more to curb small arms (Relief Web), New
OHCHR-Nepal chief arriving Tuesday (nn)
02/09/2007: Three
simultaneous
blasts rock the capital city (nn), Series
of
explosions in Kathmandu, at least one feared dead, over a
dozen injured (ek), Thirteen
injured
in Nepal blasts (BBC News), 4
bombs kill 1, injure 13 around Nepalese capital (iht),
At
least
13 injured as series of blasts rip through Kathmandu
(Monster and Critics), Home
Ministry
suspects blasts aimed at disrupting the polls; Maoists
also smell conspiracy (nn), Ethnic
bodies
suspend talks with government (nn), FDNF
suspends
talks with govt (samn), STRMM
ready
for talks, calls off strike (kp), Govt
unveils
poll security plan (kp), 138,202
security
persons for CA polls (samn), Agreement
targets
Maoists: Prachanda: Prachanda’s objection meaningless:
Poudel (kp), ‘Anti-CA,
regressive
forces opposing deal’ (kp), Maoist
students
call Kathmandu shutdown (wi), PM
vows
to hold CA polls on Nov 22 (samn), ‘Nov
22
poll primary goal’ (kp), CA
polls
must to end monarchy: CPN-UML (samn), Maoists
return seized lands of 23 persons, by Biplav Maharjan
(kp), A
for awareness, by Shreeya Shakya (kp), Move
to
seal Nepal borders, by Nishit Dholabhai (tc), India
to step up security in the border ahead of polls (nn), Govt-MJF
deal
was signed after consensus among parties: Poudel (kp)
01/09/2007: Prachanda
says
Maoists will take part in CA; Dr. Bhattarai wants
22-points addressed first (nn), Prachanda
censures
Govt-MPRF deal (kp), Maoists
wage
war on Tarai pact (samn), Upendra
Yadav
rebuffs CPN-M reaction on MJF-govt deal (nn), Madhesi
deal (kp), 2
children killed in bomb attack, by Dev Narayan Shah
(kp), Armed
men
shoot dead 2, kidnap 1 (kp), Rights
activists question NHRC recommendations (kp), Parties
‘clearing decks’ for CA polls (kp), People's
common
agenda, by Yadav Khanal (kp)
31/08/2007: Govt,
MPRF
strike 22-point deal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), Govt,
MJF
ink deal on Terai crisis (samn), Ethnic
pact
brings partial peace in Nepal's Terai (wi), Prachanda
sees
conspiracy behind govt-MJF agreement (nn), MPs
suggest mobilizing army, PLA for election (kp), Govt
to
deploy 1.1 lakh cops for polls (samn), Poll
atmosphere
lacking in Tarai: Martin (samn), Cops
shoot
JTMM-J commander dead (kp), Two
kids
killed in bomb explosion in Siraha (nn), Giri
new
CJ, NHRC gets chief and commissioners (kp), OHCHR
wants
panel on missing people (samn), ‘SC
order
on disappearance ignored’ (kp), Nepal
Government
Silent Over Hundreds of Disappearances, by Mohan
Nepali (Scoop), Who
gains
by postponing CA polls, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Peace
process
and India, by Prakash A Raj (kp), Agenda
for
CA polls, by Prakash Bom (kp), CA
election:
doubts persist, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Nepal
still
unsafe, says UN team (Peninsula), Haunted
By
The Shadow Of the Past: Though the characters are
different, Nepal's history of power struggle has repeated
again, by Keshab Poudel (sp), UML
will
bring the NC and the Maoists to progressive mainstream,
says Gautam (nn)
30/08/2007: Govt-MJF
reach
22-pt agreement; MJF withdraws protests (nn), Govt,
ethnic
groups talks on Sunday (samn), Whereabouts
of
more than 1,000 people still unknown (nn) [Goverment
and Eight Party Alliance are not interested in
investigating the crimes of security forces and Maoists!],
Kin
of
1042 disappeared still in lurch (kp), No
info
on 1,042 missing persons: ICRC (samn), UK,
Advocacy
Forum demand truth about disappearances (kp), Inter-party
cooperation
vital for security: UN (kp), ANFREL
hopes
security will improve before polls (nn), JTMM
commander
killed in police firing (nn), Nepal
lawyer
gets death threats for torture diary (wi), AI
demands lawyer’s safety (kp), No
change
in security front: UN (samn), Prachanda
distorted
himself!, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Politics,
hypocrisy
and nationality, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Let
us materialize people's aspiration, by Amit Pyakurel
(kp), Maoist
leader
accuses UML of being against ‘leftist unity’ (nn), Additional
30,000
security men required for election security: Home Minister
(nn)
29/08/2007: No
single
basis for federalism: UML (kp), MJF
stresses
on federalism with autonomous provinces (nn), No
protests
please, PM to MPRF (kp), MJF
demands
to be met after polls: PM (samn), STRMM
banda
continues in Dang (kp), CMDP
urges
Maoists for Nov 22 poll (kp), Gear
up
for CA poll: Prachanda to his MPs (nn), Mainstreaming
Maoists,
the ballots way (kp), by Surendra Phuyal, Parties
out on the hustings (kp), Dalits,
Badis
gherao PM’s residence (samn), Badi
plight (kp), To
vote
or not to vote?, by Bijay Kumar Rauniyar (kp), Royal
cash
transferred to UK bank (samn), Where
is
the money of Nepal's slain royal family? (wi), 9
JTMM cadres, 7 Maoists arrested in Siraha; Jwala’s men
abduct VDC secy (nn), Jwala
Singh
goes crazy, govt. may resort to army option, by
N.P.Upadhyaya (tg), Nepal
cannot
be simply compared with so-called failed states like
Somalia, Sudan and Afghanistan, interview with Menka
Rajbhandari Shrestha (tg), UN
team
says security situation hasn’t improved; urges firm
commitment to timely polls (nn), Rights
group
calls for prompt action on involuntary disappearances
(nn)
28/08/2007: USIP
cites
multiple challenges ahead of the polls (nn) [see report
by Karon Cochran-Budhathoki and Colette Rausch], Dalits,
Badis continue protests: Over 50 arrested, freed (kp),
Home
Ministry
takes a strong exception to Dr. Bhattarai's comments
(nn), 22-pt
demand
helps timely election: Prachanda (nn), PM
urges
MJF to withdraw all protest programmes (nn), Maoist
victims stage sit-in (kp), CA
poll
must on Nov 22: PFN (kp), Bandas
disrupt
life (kp), Landless
squatters
suspend strike for two days (nn), Parties
start
internal exercise to devise election strategies (nn),
Nepal
Becoming
Lawless State, by Mohan Nepali (Scoop), Narayanhiti
may
one day become a ‘presidential palace’ (nn)
27/08/2007: Speaker
accelerates
political discussions (nn), Dalits,
Badis
continue protest; over 50 arrested (nn), Three
ethnic
fronts join hands for CA (nn), 4
STRMM cadres held: Dozen motorbikes vandalized, by
Mohan Budhaair (kp), Eastern
Terai
sees no respite from bandh (nn), Media
distorted
statement: Prachanda (kp), Nobody
can
prevent CA poll: Mahara (kp), Exposed!
(kp), Are
the
Maoist's trying to prolong their fading legacy in Nepal?,
by Bhuwan Thapaliya (Global Politician), Heads
I
win, tails you lose, by Shyam KC (kp), Five
more palaces to be nationalized (kp), RPP
chief
asks govt to maintain transparency in nationalising royal
property (nn), EC
seeks
security assurance for polls (kp), Ex-royal
officials
move SC over ban (kp), ‘Let
Narayanhiti
be presidential palace’, interview with Prithvi Subba
Gurung (kp), UNMIN
chief
stresses media role in voters education in Nepal (pd),
Foreseeing
the
Face of 'New Nepal', by Amit Pyakurel (Global
Politician), NSU-Democratic
leader
calls Koirala, Prachanda as main obstacles to polls
(nn)
26/08/2007: Panel
decides
to nationalise five more palaces, eight jungles owned by
King (nn), ‘Maoist
plight
no excuse for poll deferral’ (kp), Mahara
'contradicts'
Prachanda, says election will be held on time (nn), Prachanda
insists
media distorted his views on election (nn), Maoists
won’t run away from CA poll: Nepal (kp), Face
CA
election, Nepal tells Prachanda (samn), NC,
UML
against election deferral (samn), CA
poll
must not be deferred: Leaders (kp), Students
blast
deferral idea (kp), 'Maoist
struggle
mere political gimmick (samn), We
can
walk out of government anytime, says Dr. Bhattarai
(nn), Govt,
Limbuwan
talks Aug 29, by Pradeep Meyangbo (kp), Partial
effect
of bandh in Terai; Squatters' agitation blocks highway in
Far West (nn), Landmine
victims
seek ban, by Baburam Kharel (kp), Landmines
continue
to kill people in Nepal (Relief Web), JTMM-J
demands
Rs 200,000 from Yadav (kp), MMT
cadres
vandalize dozen vehicles in Sunsari (nn), Former
royalist ministers challenge CA Election Act at Supreme
Court (nn)
25/08/2007: Maoists
for
postponing CA polls (kp), Maoists
for
CA polls postponement (samn), 'Backstabbed'
Maoists
want Nepal polls deferred (wi), Maoist
leader
denies seeking poll postponement (wi), Prachanda's
poll
remark stirs hornet's nest; leaders decry Maoists for
sowing doubts (nn), UML
launches
election campaign; Nepal urges Maoists not to shy away
from polls (nn), PM
pledges
to hold CA polls in writing (samn), ‘Integrating
Maoists
in national army problematic’, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp),
MPRF
to
hit streets, by Shankar Acharya (kp), JTMM-J
death
threat shuts bank (kp), National
treasures (kp), Nuwakot
palace
nationalized twice (kp), In
search
of victim justice, by Prakash Gnyawali (kp), Vehicles
for
peace-building, by Madhu P Regmi (kp), Nepal:
Constituent
Assembly Election Hangs On The Razor’s Edge, by Bhuwan
Thapaliya (Global Politician)
24/08/2007: Govt
nationalizes
Narayanhiti: Six other palaces included, by Yuvraj
Acharya (kp), King’s
palaces
nationalised (samn), Nepal
king
loses palace, property (wi), Nepal's
government
nationalizes the king's royal palaces (iht), Nepal
takes
over ownership of king's palaces, by Gopal Sharma
(Reuters), King
Gyanendra's
family 'shifts' to Nagarjun palace (nn), King
of
Nepal moves out of nationalized palace (pd), Govt
did not address Madhes movement: MPRF (kp), MJF
divided over CA election (nn), MJF
gives
ultimatum till August 31 (nn), MJF
warns
of fresh revolt in Terai (samn), PM,
CEC
try to allay doubts over election (nn), No
legitimacy
without poll, EU tells Madhav (kp), Maoist-UML
unity
would solve all problems, claims Dr Bhattarai (nn), Maoist-UML
unity
would solve all problems, claims Bhattarai; Nepal stresses
8-party unity (nn), Parties
yet
to go to villages: Martin (samn), ‘Don’t
penalize
army for work under old setup’ (kp) [But
2005 was 15 years after the abolishment of the old
setup!?!], HRW,
ICJ
rap TRC draft bill (kp), No
truth,
some reconciliation: Warring sides in government are
trying to forgive themselves for atrocities (nt), Undervalued
grief (nt), “Justice
is
a pre-requisite for peace”, interview with Yasmin
Sooka, commissioner in the post-apartheid South African
Truth Commission (nt), United
oppressed
group supports Badi community (kp), Building
peace, by Aruna Joshi (kp), Security
management
for CA polls, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Closed
for business? Election-related political action mustn’t
destroy tourism, by Naresh Newar (nt), Hindu
righteousness:
Not this king, but India’s religious right still wants the
monarchy, by Prashant Jha (nt), Disrupt polls to have
polls: War
is
peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength,
by CK Lal (nt), Yes,
yes,
yes: Say no to another poll postponement, by Raghu
Pant (nt), www.nepalbandh.com:
Necessity
is the mother of innovation, by Artha Beed (nt), ‘India’s
grand
design’, interview with Pushpa Kamal Dahal (nt,
originally in Nepal, 19 August), Emerging
Pressure
Groups, by Keshab Poudel (sp), “Nobody
Can
Override Sovereign Rights Of Citizens”, interview
with KB Gurung, Nepali Congress general secretary (sp)
[.. but all political forces, including the NC, do!],
Troubled
Waters, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Prachanda
proposes
putting off CA polls again (nn)
23/08/2007: Banda
affects
valley and beyond (kp), Seven
royal
palaces to come under govt ownership (nn), NA
withdraws portraits of King and Queen (nn), Nepal
nationalises
royal palaces (BBC News), NA
starts
removing photos, slogans of king (kp), NA
will
never challenge political and state authority, says Gen
Katawal (nn), US
trying
to save monarchy, India trying to take advantage from
Nepal’s situation: CPN-UML (nn), Speaker
meets
Prachanda (nn), Maoist
programmes
terrorising people: Sitaula (nn), Madhesi
Tigers
target vehicles on second-day of terai bandh (nn), MPRF
central
meet kicks off, by Shankar Acharya (kp), MJF
warns
of fresh stir (nn), Suspended
monarchy
and CA polls, by Prakash Bom (kp), 'Landmines
being
defused nationwide' (samn), Truth
commission
bill disregards victims' rights: Draft Bill Fails to Meet
International Human Rights Standards (Human Rights
Watch), TRC
Bill
is seriously flawed: ICJ, HRW (nn), UNMIN
chief
urges political efforts to create election climate
(nn)
22/08/2007: Bandh
affects
life in the capital (nn), Minority
groups
lead strike in Nepal's capital in fight for more rights
(iht) [All groups in Nepal are minority groups, including
the dominating elite of male Tagadhari!!], Kathmandu
valley
paralysed as Buddhists, Dalits go on warpath (wi), Violence
in
Kathmandu in continuing ethnic upsurge (kp), Badi
women
stage protest in front of Singha Durbar (nn), Maoists
shut
down central Nepal, bandits do so in Terai (wi), Madhes
also
under the grips of bandh (nn), Nepal's
royal
government tried to frame top politicians: Reports
(Monster and Critics), Sharma
sees
little possibility of free and fair election (nn) [... says the staunch
supporter of autocratic monarchy!], MJF
central
committee meet starts in Birgunj (nn), Govt-MPRF
talks
hit snag (kp), Ilam
tense
after teen’s death (kp), CA
poll
in 92 days, parties not ready, by Ghanashyam Ojha
(kp), Campaigning
for
CA polls in districts (kp), Maoists
face
flak left, right and center (kp), Maoist
desperation (kp), Goodwill
assembly
vows to keep communal harmony intact, by Aman Koirala
(kp), Crisis
of
nation-building, by C D Bhatta (kp), Peace
please, by Prerana Marasini (kp), PM
commends
NA role in safeguarding nation's independence (nn)
21/08/2007: Royal
property
to be nationalized in 15 days, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp),
Govt-MJF
talks
resume (nn), Govt-MJF
meet
inconclusive; MJF likely to quit talks process (nn), Dolakha
CDO
transferred (nn), Maoist
U-turns
on poll pre-conditions continue (kp), Parties
worried
by Maoist move (nn), EC
announces
poll schedule (samn), Home
ministry
gears up for CA election security (nn), Pascoe
hails
progress in polls preparedness (nn) [?],
Gathering
momentum (kp), Activists
out
on hustings: Districts gear up for CA polls (kp), Local
leaders
say no to bandas (kp), Financial
accountability
in public sector, by Bhanu Prasad Acharya (kp), Govt
decides
to disclose report of Ojha Commission (nn)
20/08/2007: People
deprived
of service as VDC secys are on strike (nn), Madheshi
women
for holding CA election on time (nn), Hold
poll
on scheduled date: Madhesi women, by Binod Tripathi
(kp) [But ladies, this
is in contradiction to the decision of the male Tarai god,
Mr Jwala Singh!!], Police
arrest two JTMM-J cadres with arms (nn), Eight
parties
hold discussion to end deadlock (nn), PM
takes
initiative for talks with MPRF, by Yuvraj Acharya
(kp), MJF
gives
govt August 22 deadline (samn), MJF
enraged
over election schedule (nn), ‘Security
good
to hold Nov polls’ (kp) [??], All
going
well for CA polls: UN (samn) [??],
Ruling
parties
deviated from janaanodlan mandate: RPP (kp), ‘Politicians
must
launch civic education campaign’, interview with Chief
Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel (kp), Nepal
education
strike off, fresh protests in Terai (wi), Govt
forms committee to nationalise King’s property (nn), Panel
formed
to nationalize Nepali late king's property (Xinhua), Prachanda
sets
22-pt condition, warns of 'people’s movement' (nn),
Maoists to call closures, reprisal unless king goes
(wi), Nobody
has
the right to supersede the people, says NC gen secy
(nn)
19/08/2007: Roundtable
conference
needed to resolve Madhesi issues, says Tripathy (nn),
Tarai
unrest:
Tripathi sees king's role (samn), 8-party
meeting
: Alliance committed to CA election, by Bishnu Budhathoki
(kp), Maoists
want
king out of palace (samn), Maoists
did
not put forth any proposal, says Sherchan (nn) [??], Pascoe
discusses polls, peace process with PM (nn), Top
UN
official meets Nepalese leaders, says he is happy with
peace process (iht) [Is he not telling the truth or does he
not understand??], UN
official
expresses hope for timely polls (nn), ANNISU-R
enforces
nationwide closure of educational institutions (nn) [When will they understand that
depriving the children from their fundamental right to
education can never contribute to solve any problems???],
ANNISU-R
goes
for indefinite academic strike (kp), Nepal
reels
under indefinite education strike (wi), Maoist
students
call off indefinite education strike (nn), Will
banana
democracy go republic?, by Babu Ram Neupane (kp), Reflections
on
reinventing Nepal (kp), Wake
up
for Nepal, by Nabin Kumar Chhetri (kp), Nepali
people
in search of a future, by Kamala Sarup (Scoop), Polls
likely
to spur tie-ups (samn), State
threatening
free press: Nisthuri (samn), Minister
for
two-phase polls, if security is inadequate (nn), MJF
chief Yadav discusses Terai issue with PM (nn), Jwala
Singh says his group will bar Terai people from voting
(nn) [Who are the Tarai
people, Mr Singh: the original ethnic inhabitants or those
whose ancestors immigrated within the last 150 years from
India as well as from the Pahad? Who do you think you
are that you want to decide what the sovereign people of
the Tarai have to do?]
18/08/2007: Dalits
demand
20 percent seats in CA (nn), Dalits
seek
20 per cent quota in CA (samn), Govt,
dalits
start talks, agree to continue (kp), Eight-party
meeting
this afternoon (nn), UML
wants
eight-party commitment to CA polls (nn), Eight-party
meeting
ends inconclusively (nn), Minister
Mahat
denounces UN for laxity (samn), UN
political
chief arrives (nn), Major
challenges
remain for poll: Martin, by Binod Tripathi (kp), Bandh
hits
normal life in Chitwan (nn), Lynching
in
Dhanusha, curfew in Bardibas, by Rabindra Upreti and
Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp), AG
okays
disappearance commission: Rights activists unhappy, by
Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Defending
perpetrators
at the cost of human rights, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp),
Locals
kill
two JTMM-J cadres in reprisal, by Shankar Acharya
(kp), Crisis
of
legitimacy, by Prakash A Raj (kp), Violence
endangers
elections in Nepal, by Chitra Tiwari (Washington Times
18/08/2007)
17/08/2007: Locals
kill
two JTMM cadres (nn), Villagers
in
southern Nepal kill ethnic rights activists (iht), Army
widows
left in a lurch, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Tigers
ready for talks (kp), Educating
the
people on CA polls, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), When
the
going gets tough...: Will the tough get going?, by
John Narayan Parajuli (nt), Polls
or
bust: Elections will address economic inequity, by CK
Lal (nt), Mainly
in
the plains: The madehsi perception of India is not what we
think it is, by Prashant Jha (nt), Difficult
To
Balance, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Walking
A
Tightrope, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), “The
Government
Should Ensure Implementation Of The Acts”, interview
with Raghu Panta, CPN-UML (sp), Quietly
comes
the new National Anthem, by Madan Regmi (sp), Peace
process
crawls due to PLA issue (samn), Martin
calls
for meaningful participation of women in CA (nn)
16/08/2007: ADHRN
concerned
over draft TRC Bill (nn), TRC
Bill
undermines justice: Amnesty (kp) [Misunderstood
reconciliation has been a fundamental problem ever since
1951!], JTMM-G
cadres
torch vehicles in Bara (nn), Election
impossible
unless Maoists behave: Deuba (nn), 4
vehicles vandalized, 23 activists arrested: YCL, ANNISU-R
enforce sudden strike, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), Nov
22
CA polls a must: Mukherjee (kp), CBES
continue
transport strike (kp), Chure
Bhawar
Ekata Samaj withdraws bandh (nn), What
is
to be done?, by Roop Joshi (kp), Danger
of
distortion, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Envisioning
a
'New Nepal': Is this a cliche or the true hope for the
people?, by Amit Pyakurel (on), Poudel
calls
agitators for dialogue; Mahara rues lack of dialogue among
ministers (nn), Maoists
decide
to divide country into 11 state committees; Madhes
committee has three sub committees (nn)
15/08/2007: Old
habits (kp), Home
Ministry
raises objections on the use of combat dress in YCL rally
(nn), Activists
concerned
with disturbances in media houses (nn), US,
UK
and NBA express concern over disruption in THT/AP and
Radio HBC (nn), Police-Maoist
cadres
clash in course of 3-hr chakkajam; UML MP's vehicle
vandalised (nn), Kathmandu
paralysed
as student violence snowballs (wi), Curfew
renewed
in Bardibas (kp), November
elections
& Nepali dreams, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), From
cantonments
to cantons, by Bijay Kumar Rauniyar (kp), Parties
told
to start poll campaign (kp)
14/08/2007: UNSC
requests
parties to 'speed up' election process (nn), Dalits
begin relay hunger strike (nn), Curfew
clamped
in Mahottari town as tension mounts (nn), Curfew
in Bardibas after clash, by Rabindra Upreti (kp), ANNISU-R
storm
campus, injure principal, students: YCL men thrash NSU
students in Bhaktapur, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), Irate
NSU
students close down educational institutions nationwide
(nn), Maoist
MPs
boycott House sitting; CPN-M central meet deferred again
(nn), JTMM-J
men,
cops clash (kp), Police
arrest
four JTMM-G cadres in Bara (nn), Dolakha
Maoists’
new threat, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp), ‘Security
situation
improving’ (kp), Highways
closed
165 times in 7 months, by Binod Bhandari (kp), TRC,
start anew (kp 14/08/2007), Draft
TRC
Bill risks undermining justice: AI (nn), CEC
cautions
against expressing doubts over polls (nn)
13/08/2007: ‘Maoists
can
forgo poll conditions’ (kp), Nepal's
former
rebels threaten to quit coalition government (iht), Ex-rebels
plan
protests to ensure elections (Gulf Times), Maoist
warn of 'fight to finish' (nn), Nuwakot
police
post raid : Arms returned; Regmi, others in Maoist
'control' (kp), CA
polls
parties' main 'political agenda': CEC Pokhrel (nn), Spooky
pre-conditions, by Dhruva Joshy (kp), NEMA
demands
revision in CA Membership Act (nn), Speaker
stresses
on taking talks to a definite conclusion (nn), Ruling
alliance
MPs engage in blame game (kp), For
torture,
disappearances, extra-judicial killings’: ‘Amnesty cannot
be granted, interview with Sandra Beidas, Acting
Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
for Nepal (kp) [see AI
paper], Media
Society
asks for protection; THT/AP staffers prevented from
entering office premises (nn), Talks
between
govt and ethnic groups end inconclusively (kp), Curfew
in
Bardibas due to Chure unrest (nn), Parliament
passes
NRN bill (nn)
12/08/2007: We
will
quit govt if status-quo continues: Prachanda (nn), Maoists
to
take part in polls, but without king (wi), Revolts
within
Maoists could seriously disturb peace process, says
Shrestha (nn), Maoists
cadres
claim revolt in Nuwakot (kp), Maoist
faction
announces revolt after storming police post (wi), Nepal
Maoist
rebels form split group, by Ameet Dhakal (Hindu), Maoists'
acts
may boomerang: CPN-UML (samn), ICDR
Condemns murder of Dalit activist (nn), EC
chief
urges parties to reach the people (nn), CEC
meets
PM to push poll process (samn), CA
poll
might be deferred again: Deuba (kp), Pact
on
PR system must: Gajurel (samn), 'Country
will
see civil war if poll deferred' (kp), Highway
tense,
markets closed: Police fire at CBES men, 2 hurt (kp),
Envisioning
a
New Nepal…, by Aparajita Acharya (kp), Social
inclusion
and poverty, by Hira Vishwakarma (kp), Landmines
pose
danger in Dipayal (samn), Nepal
advises
PM to 'correct' his 'functioning style' (nn)
11/08/2007: Sadbhavana
preparing
ground for wider Madhesi Front (nn), NSP
urges
JTMMs for talks (kp), Chure
cadres
injured in scuffle with police (nn), Police,
YCL
continue search for fleeing rebels; ‘Revolting’ Maoists form
armed group in Nuwakot (nn), Police,
YCL
hunt for Maoist attackers (kp), Effective
role
must for credible poll: Carter Center (kp), Curfew
lifted
in Indrapur: Limbuwan, Khumbuwan ready for talks, by
Pradip Myangbo (kp), ‘Maoists
violating
CPA more’ (kp), Banda
affects
daily life (kp), Govt
wont
conduct CA polls on time: Pahadi (kp), Security
must
for CA polls: Rana (kp), Only
polls
can save nation: leaders (samn), Rayamajhi
report's
moral mess, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Truth
and
reconciliation bill, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp), Implement
verdict
on missing: SC (samn), Poudel
says
informal talks with MJF on to reach understanding (nn), Chure
cadres
injured in scuffle with police (nn)
10/08/2007: Govt
offers
talks with Limbuwan and Khambuwan groups (nn), Curfew
in
Morang after Limbuwan, locals clash, by Binod Bhandari
(kp), Limbuwan
bandh:
10 hurt in clash (samn), Limbuwan
and
Khambuwan form negotiation teams; drop agitation (nn),
Adopt
declaration
on rights of indigenous peoples: Arbour (kp), Govt
holding
talks seriously: Poudel (samn), Nepal
suspects
Maoists do not want election (nn), Maoists
diffident
about poll, not against it: UML (kp), British
envoy
against 'delays and diversions' from the election
(nn), EU
expresses
serious concern over TRC Bill (kp), From
Mallik
to Rayamajhi: History has repeated itself as a farce,
by C.K. Lal (nt), Concerns
for
Credibility (sp), Maoists
raid
police post, loot arms (kp), Probe
into
Nepal 'Maoist' attack (BBC News), CBES-N
opts
for indefinite protest (kp), Foreign
policy
of the Maoists, by Prakash A Raj (kp), Plenum’s
complication, by Samragyee Bhandari (kp), Prospect
of
Political Violence Growing: Energies will increasing
be focused on the new election, by Bhuwan Thapaliya
(on), New
song:
Now that polls are certain, let’s go for it, by Kunda
Dixit (nt), No
turning
back now (nt), A
part for parties: Are we squandering our freedom again?,
by Sapana P Malla (nt), Small
is
beautiful: Small parties are much more enthusiastic about
elections than the big, established ones, by John
Narayan Parajuli (nt), Half
the
sky, by Mallika Aryal (nt), Sandbagging
the
plains: The weakness of madhesi groups shouldn’t make us
complacent about the tarai crisis, by Prashant Jha
(nt), Cold
feet, by Yubaraj Ghimire (nt, originally in Samaya 10
August), Army
won’t
do it, by Dhurba Kumar (nt, originally in Himal
Khabarpatrika, 1-17 August), Aspirations
(nt, originally in Nayapatrika, 9 August), Towards
Deadlock, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), “Madhes
Is
In Search Of A Strong Political Leadership”, interview
with Hridayesh Tripathi (sp), Disturbing
Dithering, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Crisis
of
Realignment: As Nepal enters into a new political phase, a
new alignment is in the making, by Keshab Poudel(sp),
Carter
Center
calls for effective role of govt, parties for credible
polls (nn)
09/08/2007: Janajaati
accord (kp), Home
Minister
says budget inadequate for security (nn), Maoists
to
push republican agenda (samn), Parties
concerned
over Maoist pre-conditions (nn), Parties
working
for common agenda: NC (samn), EU
concerned
over amnesty for serious rights violators in Nepal
(Earth Times), House
committee
to discuss TRC bill with UN reps on Aug 19; British envoy
talks with Poudel (nn), Truth
and
Reconciliation Commission, by Bhimarjun Acharya (kp),
Group
posing
as Maoists attacks police post in Nuwakot (nn), Bandhs
called
by different groups paralyse life in eastern and central
Terai (nn), Dalits,
Limbuwan
activists arrested, freed (kp), Police
arrest
Dalits, Chure-Bhawar activists (nn), CBES-N
protests
paralyze traffic (kp), HR
in
Siraha, Saptari grim (kp), A
fallible plenum patch up, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), Squatters
warn
of violent protests (samn)
08/08/2007: Govt,
NEFIN
sign 20-point deal: Janajaatis on board for polls
(kp), Govt,
Janajatis
strike deal (samn), Maoists
not
to quit government (samn), Peace
process
more complex than people's war, says Gajurel (nn), Maoist
meet
formalizes poll pre-conditions, by Ghanashyam Ojha
(kp), NC,
NC-D
flay Maoists’ poll stance (samn), We’ll
hold
talks with JTMM: Sitaula (samn), Nation's
image
will take a beating if polls put off again, says CEC
(nn), Round
table
wraps up with 11-point declaration, by Bharat
Jarghamagar (kp), Deluge
and
political cyclones (kp), Light
at
end of tunnel, by Bal Krishna Sharma (kp), Impudent
YCL
and CA poll quandary, by Ishwor N Rijal (kp), JC
allows
govt to deploy poll officers (samn), Bandh
continues
to hit normal life in eastern region (nn), Indefinite
strike
shuts eastern Nepal (Peninsula), Similar
“aggressive”
political overtones?, by N.P.Upadhyaya (tg), Democracy
— A Strategy for Fair Conflict Resolution,
by Thomas Meyer (tg), We
firmly
believe that the CA polls conducted under the shaddow
of the guns will have no credibility and legitimacy,
interview with Keshav Prasad Mainali, President,
Chure-Bhawar Ekta Samaj (tg), Maoist
leaders for ‘revolt’ in govt, House and street (nn), Over
two
dozen Dalit activists arrested; released later (nn)
07/08/2007: Differences
deepen
within NSP-A, Minister Mahato not to step down (nn), Gen
secy
Nepal says Maoists fear polls (nn), Govt-NEFIN
start
10th round of talks (nn), Govt-NEFIN
seal
much-awaited deal (nn), NBA
chief
stresses on reconciliation for nation building (nn)
[see press
statement], Bandh
cripples
life in east, organisers burn newspaper vehicle (nn),
‘Another
rebellion
could grip country’ (kp), PLA
presses
party to quit govt (samn), Maoist
ranks
want to wage new war (Peninsula), Prachanda
says
party has no immediate plans to pull out of govt (nn),
National
anthem (kp), Loss
of
common sense, by Prakash Bom (kp), Prospect
of
political violence is growing in Nepal, by Bhuwan
Thapaliya (Global Politician), Truth
Commission
'soon' (nn), House
committee
to confer with UN rights organisation over TRC Bill
(nn)
06/08/2007: Govt-MPRF
talks
put off indefinitely (kp), Govt-MJF
talks
put off indefinitely (samn), No
more
talks with govt: Chure-Bhawar Samaj (nn), Mahato
urges terai groups to utilize CA poll (kp), NSP
(A) recalls minister Mahato from govt (nn), 1990
probe commission chief Mallik dies at 80 (nn) [Not
publishing his report has been one of the most
fundamental failures of 1990!], Rayamajhi
report (kp), Foul
play
in Rayamajhi panel alleged (samn), Not
in
words but in deeds, by Sham KC (kp), Maoist
5th plenum: Quit govt: Maoists tell leadership (kp), Maoist
ranks
ready to light Nepal powder keg again (wi), Maoist
cadres
criticise party leadership; pressurise to quit govt (nn),
Maoist
leaders
call for people’s revolt (samn), Displaced
Jumlis
return home after 8 yrs (samn), JTMM-J
kills
another civilian in Saptari (nn)
05/08/2007: Govt-MJF
talks
inconclusive yet again (nn), INSEC
general
secretary calls for unity for timely CA polls (nn), Strike
hits
three districts (nn), Maoists
positive
toward poll: Sitaula (kp), Preconditions
surprise
us: Poudel (kp), 'Prachanda
backtracking
from Nov 8 pact' (samn), 900
civil
servants leave terai: Services affected, by Milan mani
Sharma (kp), TRC
draft
bill - what’s the goal, actually?, by Damakant Jayshi
(kp), Govt
records
perishing thanks to apathy, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp),
Maoist
deserter
forms new group (kp), Polls
will
be held on time: Koirala (samn), No
surprises
in report on Nepal’s royal regime (Gulf Times), Nepal
says
parties' attitudes blocking the CA (nn)
04/08/2007: Rayamajhi
report
lenient with king: Recommends action against 201, by
Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Probe
report
unveiled: King off the hook (samn), Nepal
panel
seeks action against king (Peninsula), MK
Nepal
for prompt implementation of Rayamajhi Commission report
(nn), Truth,
reconciliation
bill dismays OHCHR (kp), A Nepali perspective: Truth
and
Reconciliation Commission, by Madhu P Regmi (kp), NEFIN
climbs
down from PR demand; close to sealing a deal with govt
(nn), Govt-Nefin
talks:
One CA seat each for 59 groups (kp), NEFIN,
govt
reach agreement on quota (samn), Budget
for
rehabilitating the IDPs approved (nn), PM
instructs
security officials, administrators to work with high
morale (nn), Govt
awaiting
Maoist plenum result: PM (kp), New
national
anthem made public (kp), Nation
switches
to people-centric anthem (samn), Prospect
of
Political Violence Growing: Energies will increasing
be focused on the new election, by Bhuwan Thapaliya
(on), Poudel
accuses
Maoists of blocking CA polls (nn)
03/08/2007: OHCHR
concerned
about Truth and Reconciliation Commission Bill (nn), Govt
presents
Rayamajhi Commission report at parliament (nn), Rayamajhi
Commission
report publicised; Sitaula says action already taken
against those named (nn), Parties,
civil
society slam Maoist pre-conditions, by Ghanashyam Ojha
(kp), VDC
Secys
withdraw agitation after govt assures to form local bodies
(nn), PM
tells
APF to up security for polls (kp), My
60-yr
career at stake: PM Koirala (samn), National
Anthem
to be public today (kp), New
National
Anthem publicised (nn), Nepal
unveils
new national anthem (BBC News), Maoists
for
amending statute (samn), Prachanda
remarks
trigger fresh debate (samn), Maoists
go
astray, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Why
round
table conference?, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), 100
days
to go: But are they serious about polls? (nt), The
revolt
of the aristocrats: Why even privileged Yadavs are so very
angry, by CK Lal (nt), Half
revolution: The debate about inclusivness has excluded
class, by Bishnu Rimal (nt), Could
be
worse: Looking from Afghanistan at Nepal’s failure to get
its act together, by Daniel Lak, Beyond
tokenism:
Is it too much to expect Kathmandu’s rulers to take
madhesi grievances seriously?, by Prashant Jha (nt), Another
Roadblock?, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), “If
Leaders
Of Eight Political Parties Agree, Nothing Is Impossible”,
interview with Ishwor Pokharel, CPN-UML (sp), Regional
Conflict:
Development Or Destruction, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Koirala
reaches
Biratnagar, reiterates CA polls on time (nn)
02/08/2007: Govt-NEFIN
talks
progress (kp), Govt
to
ensure minimum representation of listed communities; says
no to fully PR system (nn) [...
say the Tagadhari defenders of Bahunbad!!], Prachanda:
Republic,
proportional poll pre-conditions, by Ghanashyam Ojha
(kp), Maoists
call
off Dolakha strike (nn), Dolakha
debacle
prompts Maoists to announce 'exposure' campaign (nn), PM
directs
APF to concentrate on providing security with high morale
(nn), Minister
Gurung
threatens Maoists will walk out from the govt (nn), Curfew
in
Inaruwa as locals clash with police (nn), Govt
to
table Rayamajhi report by Friday (kp), MPs
stress
army’s democratization (kp), Social
capital,
law and democracy, by Hari Bansha Dulal and Stefano Foa
(kp), Madhav’s
belated
message, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Nepal
strikes
first high note after king's fall (wi), Now
more
trouble store in Nepal's Terai (wi), Prachanda's
clarifications:
"No decision to launch people's revolt" (nn)
01/08/2007: Prachanda
proposes
launching "People's Revolt" (nn), Rayamajhi
Commission
report to be presented at the parliament (nn), PM
Koirala
assures Speaker of settling outstanding issues (nn), JTMM-G
guns
down civilian in Bara (nn), Maoists
threathen
again to kill LDO, by Labadev Dhungana (kp), Maoists
defend YCL actions: MPs condemn attack on CDO, LDO
(kp), Attempt
to murder case against 11 Maoists: Public offense against
17 others, 4 freed, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp), Attack
on
rule of law, by Bhimarjun Acharya (kp), Maoist
strike
affects life in four districts; 8-party meet fails to
settle row (nn), Fears
over
Nepal's young Maoists, by Surendra Phuyal (BBC News),
Fatalism
and
CA polls, by Ramesh Khatri (kp), Talks
with
VDC secys end in stalemate (samn), EU
envoys
urge secure atmosphere for CA polls (nn)
31/07/2007: Lawmakers
criticise,
govt employees protest against YCL activities (nn), Shame
on
Maoists (kp), Maoists
warn
of closing down Kavre and Sindhupalchowk over Dolakha
issue (nn), Home
Ministry,
DAO staff halt work (kp), DDC,
VDC
work at halt as staff continue protests (kp), by
Surendra Subedi, 2
shot dead, JTMM-J men abduct 5 persons: Atrocities
unabated in terai (kp), Nat’l
unity
weakened: Prachanda (kp), EEMT
to
visit Nepal again this week (kp), Latest
on
peace process, by Prakash A Raj (kp)
30/07/2007: Terror
of
armed groups continues in Terai as govt steps up security
(nn), Nepal’s
Terai
rebels huddled in Bihar: Daily (Peninsula), Govt
stepping
up security in east Tarai (samn), UN
Electoral
Monitoring Team starts second visit to Nepal (nn), 30
hurt
as Maoists clash with cops (samn), Curfew
in
Dolakha after YCL men beat up CDO: Dozens cops, Maoists hurt
in clash (kp), Works
at
DAOs come to a halt as officials protest ‘YCL highhandedness'
(nn), North
Nepal
tense after Maoist rampage (wi), Maoists
stick
with their demands for ambassadorial posts (nn), Is
freedom really a myth?, by Shyam KC (kp),
‘Declare republic before CA polls’, interview with Mohan
Baidhya, central leader of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist
(kp)
29/07/2007: MPRF
wants
house dissolved, caretaker govt, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(kp), We
won't
quit govt: Prachanda, by Lila Baral (kp), PM,
Prachanda
discuss peace process (samn), Maoists
for
joint poll campaign in terai (kp), Rayamajhi
report
to be public soon (kp), Kathmandu
to
unwrap sensitive report (Peninsula), Extortion
terrifies
traders in Sunsari (samn), Terai
groups
in Nepal warn of fresh agitations (Peninsula), VDC
secys
demonstrate in front of PM’s residence (nn), Curfew
in
Charikot as YCL activists clash with police (nn)
28/07/2007: Govt
urged
to publicise Rayamajhi report (samn), Rayamajhi
Commission
report to be publicised after next cabinet meeting
(nn), Nepal
government
faces trouble over violence probe report (wi), Govt-MJF
talks
fall through after Forum demands dissolution of interim
parliament (nn), ‘Security
still
major challenge for polls’ (kp), JTMM-J
man
shot dead, Jwala warns of strike (kp), Madhesi
Tigers’
bandh shuts Siraha (samn), Set
the
common goal for CA elections, by Prakash Bom
(kp), Prachanda,
PM
discuss ways to create election atmosphere (nn)
27/07/2007: Police
confirms
arrest of 'Defense Army' operative (nn), Jwala
Singh's
man killed in Rautahat (nn), JTMM-G
for
talks under UN supervision, by Dilliram Khatiwada
(kp), Poudel
rules
out UN mediation for talks with Terai rebels (nn), Dialogue
and
cooperation among parties crucial for CA polls: Martin
(nn), Govt
okays
Chure preconditions: Next meeting in 3 weeks (kp), Govt,
Chure
Samaj talks end successfully (samn), 2
judges, 26 district court staff on leave: Officers leave
Siraha (kp), VDC
secys
at work to be targeted (kp), Truth
Commission
draft ready: Poudel (kp), Don’t
force
us to take up arms: war victims, by Janak Nepal (kp),
Far
from
home free: Over 70,000 Nepalis, largely children and
women, still cannot go home, by Naresh newar (nt), Son,
mom
die as NA abandoned bomb goes off (kp), Poll
environment (kp), EPA
government
and diplomacy, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Peace
undeveloped: Development is held up the politics of the
peace process, by John Narayan Parajuli (nt), “Where
are
the young leaders?”, interview with Michel Jolivet,
French Ambassador (nt), Leave
it
to us: The tarai issues must be resolved by Nepalis, not
internationals, by Prashant Jha (nt), Terai
trouble:
Complicated Picture, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), “The
madhes
wants options”, interview with Bijay Gachhedar (NC-D)
(nt, originally in Ghatana ra Bichar, 25 July), Importance
Of
Political Culture In Sustaining Democracy,
by Thomas Meyer (sp), CA
elections:
A Hobson’s Choice, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Denmark
has
worries on CA election (samn), Fresh
closures
plague Nepal's Terai (wi), CEC
Pokharel
asks all to be ‘very serious’ to hold CA polls (nn)
26/07/2007: JTMM-J
activists
leave party en masse (nn), VDC
secys
to continue nationwide strike (nn), Govt-Chure
talks
put off till Friday (nn), Govt-Chure
hold
talks, agree to meet again (nn), Govt-MJF
talks
make no headway (samn), Govt-MPRF
hold
2nd round of talks, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), JTMM-Goit
ready
for UN-brokered talks (nn), JTMM-Jwala
captures
former CJ’s house in Siraha (nn), Dalit
Morcha
to launch agitation (nn), Govt
does
not have details of disappeared citizens: Poudel (nn)
[??], Rayamajhi
report (kp), Mother,
son
die in bomb explosion (nn), Political
scene
more complex, challenging: Ban (kp), Foster
poll-oriented
atmosphere: CEC (kp), Holding
polls
in Tarai tough: CEC (samn), Do
not
discount Madhes, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), Koirala,
Nepal
discuss current issues (samn), Alarm
in
Nepal as Maoists build up new clout (Khaleej Times)
25/07/2007: Maoists
equally
guilty of crime against humanity as any: Pradip Gyawali
(nn), Fear
psychosis (kp), Mahara
meets
with PM; claims NA changed guards without Koirala's knowledge
(nn), Strike
halts
works in govt offices (samn), Civil
servants
on pen down nationwide: Threaten to take to streets (kp),
Disclose
Rayamajhi
report: House (kp),
Make probe panel report public: Speaker (samn), UNSG
stresses on credible election on time (nn), India
ready
to help with terai issue: Yechuri; Jaswant Singh in town
(kp), Violence
as
imago, by Abhi Subedi (kp), UNMIN
and
Maoists’ heartburn, by Som P Pudasaini (kp), Rights
defenders
protest Katawal’s UK visit (kp), Nepal
army
chief's Britain visit stirs fresh controversy (wi), India,
US
run this govt: minister (samn), Jaswant
Singh
starts political consultations (nn), Govt-MJF
talks
underway in Dhulikhel (nn), A
new identity for Nepal, by Prakash A. Raj (tg)
24/07/2007: Maoists
threaten
to quit govt (kp), Nepal's
ex-communist
rebels threaten to quit government (iht), Dr
Bhattarai
sees ‘little significance’ of Maoists remaining in govt
(nn), Nepal
Maoists
in fresh spat over ministerial bodyguards (Gulf
Times), Talks
with
Terai groups soon: Minister Poudel (nn), Govt
offices
halt services as employees go on protest (nn), Govt
employees
to go ahead with pen down (kp), Civil
servants'
strike cripples government services in Nepal (wi), Panel
to
study security of court staff in terai (kp), JTMM-J
threatens to kill VDC employee (kp), PM
holds
series of political parleys (nn), House
directs
govt to publicise Rayamajhi Commission report (nn), Commission
on
disappearance in limbo, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Compromise
for
peace and integrity, by Suresh Sharma (kp), Naked
vengeance increasing the divide, by Avantika Regmi
(kp)
23/07/2007: Security
to
govt employees is top priority: Minister Gurung (nn),
Local
bodies'
employees to begin protest (samn),
Armed groups have hinted at talks: Poudel (kp), Poudel
invites
JTMM groups to talks (samn), Chure
Bhawar
Samaj sets preconditions for talks, by Lila Ballav
Ghimire (kp), ‘We
are
the sons of the soil’, interview with Keshab
Mainali, president of Chure Bhabar Ekta Samaj (CBES) (kp), Madhesi
Mukti
Tigers ready for talks (kp), Cobra
‘head’
to be sent to Rautahat (kp), Divided
house
cannot last long, by Shyam KC (kp), Govt
unable
to maintain rule of law: MPs (samn), Tamangs’
demand (samn), Chameleon
Nature
of Maoist Strategy In Nepal, by Kundan Singh Khatri
(Global Politician)
22/07/2007: ‘Talks
with
protest groups by mid-August’: I gave no ultimatum:
Sitaula, by Madhav Ghimire (kp), Poudel
consults Madhesi leaders (kp), Sitaula
requests
Terai groups to come to talks unconditionally (nn), Attempt
to
attack Maoist MP foiled (nn), Cops
foil
JTMM-J attempt on Maoist MP (kp), Goit’s
men
gun down Maoist cadre in Dhanusha (nn), RPP
condemns
attacks against its offices (nn), VDC
secys
launch agitation (kp), Local
body
employees announce nationwide stir (nn), Agitating
VDC
secretaries give 3-day ultimatum to govt (nn), Poll
delay
will cost dear: Poudel (samn), Hunting
light
in the Himalayas!, by Babu Ram Neupane (kp), Looking
inside the peace talks, a book review by Yuvraj
Acharya (kp), Maoist
victims
to launch decisive stir (samn), Military
impunity
is the greatest hindrance for Nepal’s peace process,
by Isabel Hilton (Dawn)
21/07/2007: Eight
parties
call Terai groups for talks (nn), Parties
to
speak one voice on terai (kp), ‘JTMM-J
ready
for talks’, by Jitendra Khadga (kp), VDC
secretary
escapes JTMM-J captivity (kp), Rajbiraj
court
employees halt work demanding security (nn), 12
officers leave districts; Terror in Terai: Civil servants
descend upon terai district HQs (kp), Terai
reels
under endless closure (wi), UK,
India
envoys sound Maoists out on CA poll (kp), Russia
to send 50 military officers (nn), Analysis:
The
verification conundrum, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Peace
process
and Switzerland, by Prakash A Raj (kp 21/07/2007), Concepts
of
state restructuring, by Shiva Raj Shrestha "Malla"
(kp), Maoists
targeting
independent media (samn), Maoist-affiliated
workers
disrupt distribution of newspapers (nn), Sitaula
takes
back his words; Deuba favours using force to control
unrest, if necessary (nn), PM
discusses
security with NA top brass (nn)
20/07/2007: Deteriorating
security
biggest threat to poll: UN (kp), One
killed
in Siraha (nn), VDC
secys
strike nationwide (kp), VDC
secys
continue nationwide strike (nn), Terai
rebels
abduct official, kill former employee wi), PM
smells
conspiracy to divide eight party alliance (nn), ‘Sitaula's
statement
personal’ (kp), Loose
talk
indeed!, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Madhesi
leaders
ask govt to hold dialogue with Terai groups soon (nn),
Madhesi
issues
and excesses, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Dangerous
Democracy, by Kuber Sharma (sp), Appeal
For
Relief: The UN World Food Program has issued international
appeal for helping the conflict-hit needy people (sp),
Nepal
in
a Zone of Conflict, by Ganesh Raj
Sharma (sp), PLA
Verification:
Serious Snag, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), GPK's
National
Reconciliation: Conviction or Compulsion?, by Keshab
Poudel (sp), One
by
one: Slowly, momentum is building for a November election,
by Purna Basnet (nt), Lost
in
seminar space: There’s so much hot air circulating these
days, by CK Lal (nt), The
greatest
threat to peace in Nepal is military impunity, by
Isabel Hilton (Guardian, UK)
19/07/2007: Security
situation
serious threat to electoral process: UN monitors (nn),
Administrative
vacuum
turns acute in Terai, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Panicky
government
workers start leaving troubled Terai (wi), JTMM-J
butchers
VDC secy (samn), No
respite
from Terai violence, another Congress leader killed
(nn), OHCHR
expresses
grave concern over VDC secy's murder (nn), Government
mulls
armed guards for VDC secys (nn), Rebels
resort
to shutdown, blasts after govt ultimatum (Gulf Times),
Terai
MPs
against total overhaul of constituencies, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (kp), Two
teachers
released by JTMM-J (nn), ‘Jwala
Singh
threat cowardly’ (kp), Bandas
in
eastern terai have patchy effect (kp), Indefinite
bandh
in Rautahat (nn), Govt
trying
to bring JTMM to negotiating table: Poudel (nn), Nepal's
government
to hold peace talks with ethnic rights group to end
protests (iht), Govt
to
hold talks with MJF and Chure Samaj next week (nn), Tired
of
Terai trouble, Nepal turns to India (Peninsula), Efforts
continue
for PLA-NA integration, resuming PLA verification
(nn), CA
polls
unlikely unless monarchy abolished: Badal, by Dilliram
Khatiwada (kp), Maoist
allegation
about budget baseless (kp), Compromise
is
the best way forward, says German Professor (nn), Make
Rayamajhi
report public: parties (samn), Speak
out (kp), History
&
vitality of CA polls, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Nepal
&
governance indicators, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Nepal's
politicians
losing their reading habit (wi)
18/07/2007: Hill-origin
govt
staff quit terai: Jwala (kp) [According
to your abstruse thinking, Mr Singh, only members of the
traditional ethnic Tarai groups would be allowed to stay,
not those of Indian or Pahad origin!?], Insecurity
compels
VDC secretaries to seek transfer from Terai (nn), JTMM
kills
VDC secretary; VDC secretaries announce nationwide strike
(nn), Rebels
answer
government ultimatum with murder, blasts, shutdown
(wi), Hill
versus
plains row erupts in Nepal Terai, by J. Hemanth (tc),
Bandhs
called
by separate outfits affect eastern Nepal (nn), JTMM-Jwala
cadres
torch passenger bus in Bara (nn), 45
pc
civil service reservations coming (kp) [Remember:
These disadvantaged groups constitute about 85% of the
total population!!], Cases
filed
against 9 MPRF cadres (kp), Govt
to
gear up political mobilization in terai, by J
Pandey (kp), Intentional
obstacle? (kp), General
amnesty
and truth commission, by Dipendra Jha & Prakash
Gnyawali (kp), No
phenomenological
ground, by Prem Phyak (kp), What
can
we expect from these fool Nepali politicians?, by Prem
Phyak (tg), Nepali
political
parties are effectively under them thumb rule of a small
coterie, by Jan Sharma (tg), Leaders
agree
to make Raymajhi commission report public; talks with MJF
on July 25 (nn), Looking
for
Nepal's 'disappeared', by Mark Dummett (BBC News)
17/07/2007: Nepal,
Deuba
rebuff Prachanda's proposal to use YCL in poll security
(nn), Budget
was
allocated to the palace on consensus: Finance Minister
Mahat (nn), Backdoor
bonus!, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Jwala
Singh
dismisses Sitaula's ultimatum (nn), 9
MPRF men arrested, by Shiva Puri (kp), MJF
shuts
down Rautahat protesting arrest of cadres (nn), JTMM-G
men
kill Madhesi Tiger worker (kp), Special
security
detail for top Maoists (kp), CIAA
Report
card: Failure to nail big fish harms image, by Baburam
Kharel (kp), Peace
or
appease process?, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), 'Elections
impossible
in November' (samn), Top
UN
Envoy Calls on Nepalese to Resist (Scoop)
16/07/2007: Use
YCL
to provide security for CA election, says Prachanda
(nn), JTMM-Goit
kills
Maoist activist in Siraha (nn), Gaur
probe
panel submits report to govt (nn), Chure
Bhawar
sets preconditions for talks (kp), Are
we
heading in the right direction?, by Shyam KC (kp), ‘Voter
education
and awareness is a big issue’, interview with Darren S
Nance, Director of the Carter Center in Nepal (kp), Experts
begin
destroying explosives used by rebels during years of
conflict in Nepal (iht)
15/07/2007: NEFIN
warns
to disrupt CA poll (kp), Budget
for
palace is natural, says MK Nepal (nn), ‘Royal
allowance
just for survival’ (kp) [??], 'Unemployment
Allowance'
for Nepal King: Budget actually provides some 'hidden'
funds for the royal family, by Umesh Shrestha (on), Maoist
lawmakers
come down heavily on budget (kp), Leaders
flay
king's allowance in budget (kp), Terai
extremists
are terrorists: Maoist leader (nn), Govt
gives
terai groups 15-day talks deadline (kp), Govt
invites
Terai groups for talks (samn), Transport
strike
grips capital again (kp), Transport
strike
halts Valley traffic (samn), Nepal's
king
seeks escape amid probe into wealth, by Dan
McDougall (Guardian, UK), The
war
of King Gyanendra’s nether region, by Louis de
Bernieres (Times, UK), MJF
warns
of fresh stir in Terai (nn)
14/07/2007: Home
Minister
gives two-week talks deadline to rebel groups (nn), Sitaula
lays
out election security plan (kp), Industrial
security
force imminent (kp, Suddenly
announced
transport strike hits normal life in Valley (nn), The
king
should have abdicated: Moriarty (kp) [US
still out to save monarchy!], US
envoy
suggests king to abdicate (samn), Funds
to
palace under miscellaneous head (kp), Nepali
Maoists
accuse govt of deception over royal fund (Daily Star),
Nepal
government
fails to scrap king's allowances (wi), NA
to fight any ism that’s against democracy: CoAS (kp),
‘Terai
problems
not addressed in budget’ (kp), Adieu
monarchy, by Prashanna Tiwari (kp), PLA
deputy
commander suspects UN intention (nn)
13/07/2007: EC
for
media survey ban during CA poll (kp), Diplomats
rally
behind CA poll (kp), Yet
another
chakkajam hobbles capital (kp), Valley
bandh
called off (nn), Robin
Hood
culture, by Dhruva Joshy (kp), King
Gyanendra's
last birthday, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Finance
Minister
says palace will get a purse (nn) [??],
Democracy
in
Experiment: Nepal has spent almost six decades in
experimenting various models of constitutions and
democracies but the country did not have to pay as high a
price in the past as it is paying now, by Keshab
Poudel (sp), Thrust
On
Polls, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Four
months
to go (nt), Poll-itical
solution:
For a credible election, the government must fix the
tarai’s security mess, by John Narayan Parajuli (nt),
State
of
confusion, by Tularam Saha (nt, originally in
Kantipur, 12 July), Communist
quicksand:
Pushpa Kamal Dahal can save the peace process from the
various leftie threats to it, by CK Lal (nt), “Fitting
reply
to those who call us terrorists", Puspha Kamal Dahal
in interview in Maoist paper, Janadesh, 10 July (nt), Maoists
want
fighters in security wings (samn), Unceremonial
monarchy:
The state should keep itself out of the religious realm,
by Sudhindra Sharma (nt), CPN-UML
seeks
new panel to hold talks (samn), New
Maoist
demands halt UN arms verification in Nepal (wi), Verification
process shouldn't stop: Martin (kp), Martin
meets
with PM; discusses the stalled verification of PLA (nn), Stalling
of
verification of Maoist PLA is violation of agreement, says
Moriarty (nn), JTMM-Jwala
kills
two of a family in Saptari (nn), Sitaula
briefs
House committee on govt's security plan (nn)
12/07/2007: PM
meets
with Prachanda and Nepal (nn), ‘Honeymoon’
ends,
Maoists spit venom at NC (kp), Diplomats
willing
to support EC for polls (nn), 82
terai
police posts still displaced, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(kp), Armed
terai
groups mushroom, rampage, by Jitendra Khadga (kp), School
allowance
eludes war victims, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Embrace
& confront concurrently, by Prateek Pradhan (kp),
Pay tax to Tarai govt: JTMM-J (samn), Strikes
can
disrupt peace process, Sitaula warns (nn)
11/07/2007: King,
royals
not to receive state allowance in upcoming budget
(nn), King,
royals
to receive no allowance in Rs 170b budget, by Prem
Khanal (kp), CA
polls:
CEC issues strong warning (samn), End
strikes:
Poll chief (kp), ‘Mobilize
civil
society, youths to maintain peace’ (kp), Train
Maoists:
Deuba urges Prachanda (kp), ‘Make
republic
common agenda’ (kp), CPN-UML
chief
asks king to abdicate (samn), Secularism's
Ritual
Kingship and Communism's Bourgeois Democracy,
by Saubhagya Shah (tg), The
activities
of the terrorists are still continuing and everyday
innocent people are subjected to killings, abduction,
extortion, by Surya Pd. Shrestha, Former Chief
Election Commissioner (tg), Maoists
must
be honest to what they have committed themselves in the
peace agreement and stop taking law in their own hands,
interview with Rabindra Khanal (tg), Moriarty's
final
verbal assault on Maoists (tg), 8-parties
have
no right to rule: Thapa (samn), HPRN
issues
ultimatum to govt (samn), MPs
decry
arrest of their colleague (nn)
10/07/2007: Address
the
weaknesses of the peace process: ICG (nn) [see full
text of the ICG
report], 'Nepal
needs
to consider minorities' (samn), Chure
activists
warn of new agitation (nn), JTMM
factions
carry on atrocities (kp), Maoists
take
stock of party’s situation in terai (kp), CEC
asks govt to improve security (nn), Nepal
to
recruit 75,000 more police for key election (Monster
and Critics), Violence
still
threatens Nepal's elections, by Kamala Sarup (Scoop),
CA
poll
to be held at one go, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Oust
monarchy
before polls: Vaidhya (samn), No
leftist
alliance at the cost of 8-party unity: MK Nepal (nn)
09/07/2007: MJF
chief
says Terai movement is not for separation (nn), Elections
will
be held at any cost, says Nepal (nn), Abolish
monarchy:
NWPP appeals to parties (kp), ‘Birthday
bash
makes no difference’ (kp), Lame,
tame,
dud end to royal bash (samn), 'Nationalise
king's
property' (samn), European
Diplomats
Honored Nepalis’ Verdict of Republic, by Mohan Nepali
(Scoop), Ruling
alliance
MPs rap govt programs, policy (kp), Backforce
of
Terai Violence in Nepal Disclosed, by Mohan Nepali
(Scoop), Maoist
leaders
discuss their 'dwindling strength' and 'growing attacks'
in Madhes (nn)
08/07/2007: Single
phase
poll tough for security: Home secy (kp), Commitments
alone
will not work for CA polls: Speaker (kp), MJF
trains its cadres to use domestic weapons (nn), Prachanda
rejects
envoys’ list (kp), King
indulging
in politics: Prachanda (samn), Dozen
injured
as YCL cadres, youths clash with royalists (kp), Clashes
mar
king’s b’day celebrations (samn), Killings,
intimidation
continue in Terai (nn)
07/07/2007: King's
birthday
proceeds amid protests (nn), King's
supporters
organise rally on his birthday (nn), Nepalese
king
celebrates birthday (BBC News), Nepal's
king
marks birthday amid protests (iht), Nepal's
king
marks his 60th birthday with lavish ceremony as protesters
gather in streets, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Santa
Barabara News-Press), Former
top
panchas present: Govt, diplomats snub king’s party
(kp), CPN-UML
slams
king's b'day plans (samn), King's
party
plans fuel protests (samn), Mass
boycott
of Nepal king's birthday bash (wi), Palace
seeks
govt security, gets it (samn), Few
injured
after YCL cadres foil monarchists' rally (nn), Clashes
mar
Nepal king's birthday (Aljazeera), Nepal
king
supporters, opponents clash (Monster and Critics), Monarchy
should
be abolished before CA election: Prachanda (nn), 90
percent
people will participate in CA polls: Survey (nn), Father
of
missing soldiers sick at heart, by Kamal Panthi (kp),
NHRC
concerned
over abductions (kp), Prachanda
path
is 'fool' paradise, by Avantika Regmi (kp), Another
pact
must for republic: Badal (samn), Major
parties
ignoring small ones: JMN (samn), Tarai
leaders’
Front likely next month (samn)
06/07/2007: Students,
youths
vow to foil king’s birthday bash (kp), Monarchists
not
to change their party plan (nn), Attending
king's
b'day bash an individual choice: RPP, RJP (kp), Birthday
fiasco (kp), King
requests
for security (nn) [The people did the same against royal
suppression in 2005/6!], Nepal's
king
seeks protection from government ahead of planned protest
against him (iht), Pro-monarchy
forces
will be defeated: Nepal (kp), DDR
not
applicable for Maoists: says Prachanda (nn), OHCHR
concerned over Disappearance Commission (kp), Constituent
Assembly
Elections: Fair or Foul?, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Let’s
zero
in on polls: CPN-UML chief (samn), 'We
Do
Not Want To See Nepal Become A Totalitarian State',
interview with US Ambassador Moriarty (sp), The
unrepentant state: Trying to establish an ‘armed peace’ in
the madhes will prove disastrous, by CK Lal (nt), 2007
to
2007: What will ordinary Nepalis gain from a republic?,
by Prem J Thapa (nt), Forever
feudal:
Guess who out-feudals who in the New Nepal (nt), Parties
against
Janajati demands: MPs (samn), Third
front
likely, says NC-D leader (samn), Chure
Samaj
disrupts traffic on highway (samn), Nepal
Opting
For A Rare Transition, by Amit Pyakurel (Global
Politician)
05/07/2007: Maoists
say
the govt policies are only 'so-so' (nn), Leaders
demand
security (nn), Govt
employee,
businessman shot dead (nn), JTMM
men
kill govt employee in Janakpur (samn), Diplomats
to
boycott king’s birthday bash, by Damakant Jayshi (kp),
Ambassadors
to
shun Nepal king’s bash (Peninsula), Government
ministers,
key envoys to boycott Nepalese king's 60th birthday
celebration (iht), EU
to
support CA, security, HR (kp), Govt’s
policy
& program: CA poll top priority, by Yuvraj
Acharya (kp), CA
polls
to be revolutionary: PM (samn), There's
no
future for a Nepalese monarchy, says premier Koirala
(Monster and Critics), PM
shows
way out to feudal elements (samn), Time
to
end feudalism: UML leaders (samn), Compensate
the
Oppressed: An interview with a leader of the Communist
Party of Nepal, by Rupesh Silwal (on), ‘Armed
groups
can’t resolve terai problem’ (kp), Progression
or
retrogression?, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Listen
to silent majority, by Narayan Prasad Wagle (kp), Nepal's
young
Turks wage new war on king (wi), Party
poopers
not to allow King to hold his birthday bash (nn), Protesting
civil
society activists released after brief detention (nn)
04/07/2007: SC
seeks
progress details on Rayamajhi report (kp), Govt
forms 16 member Dalit commission (nn), Two
district leaders of Congress killed (nn), NC,
NC-D leaders shot dead, Maoists blamed, by Narayan
Sharma (kp), Gunmen
slay
2 politicians in southern Nepal; suspect arrested
(iht), JTMM-J
abducts
lawyer, contractor (kp), Unidentified
group
abducts govt employee (nn), Terai
Cobra
‘head’ under surveillence, by Kosh Raj Koirala and
Shiva Puri (kp), UML
concerned
over terai violence (kp), RPP
wants
T&R commission soon (kp), ‘Westminster
model
can't work in Nepal’ (kp), Are
we
prepared for CA polls?, by Amit Pyakurel (kp), A
Trahi-Trahi Nepal!, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), Youth
violence in post-conflict scenario, by Suvechha
Adhikari & Dipendra Tamang (tg), Campaign
to
secure rights during constituent assembly,
by K.B.Bhattachan (tg), Dr
Hall
asks govt, parties to create environment for polls
(nn), CA
will
bring new era: PM Koirala (nn), Govt
unveils
its annual policies; focused on CA elections (nn), Three
hurt
in Sarlahi bomb blast (nn)
03/07/2007: OHCHR
concerned
over killing of Maoists (nn), Transport
strike
withdrawn (nn), Transport
strike
over (kp), APF,
police
to deploy against terai violence, by Ghanashyam Ojha
(kp), Conflict
victims
demand impartial ‘truth commission’ (kp), CA
is both opportunity and test: Moriarty (nn), Lawyer
abducted in Sunsari (nn)
02/07/2007: Thapa
warns
against integrating Maoist combatants into NA (nn), PLA-NA
integration
will invite aberration: RJP (kp), Maoists
not
to return ‘royalists’ property (nn), UNMIN
refutes
media report on PLA verification (nn), UNMIN
disputes
number of disqualified Maoist troops (kp), JTMM-J
men gun down Maoist leader (kp), PM
directs
NA to be ready for any challenge (kp), Shun
violence:
Deuba tells Maoists (kp), Transport
strikes
trouble terai (kp), US
expert
stresses transparency, participation (nn), Strikes
continue
to paralyse life in eastern Terai life (samn)
01/07/2007: MJF
to
allow CA only if their demands are met (nn), Goit’s
men gun down Maoist cadre in Rautahat (nn), CPN-M
cadre
killed by armed group in southern Nepal (Xinhua), No
compromise
with terrorism and extremism, says Army chief (nn), PM
meets
CoAS Katawal (nn), Poudel
handed
over TRC guideline draft (kp), Minister
Pradhan
criticizes PM (kp), UML
leaders
criticise govt, PM (samn), Ruling
alliance
partner creating anarchy: Thapa (kp), Round
table
before CA poll: Pahadi (kp), Holding
CA
polls difficult: Maoists (samn), Maoists
obstruct
UN verification process (samn), Security
chiefs
told to clear highways (samn), 'JTNM
no
less armed than Maoists' (samn), Slice-Tarai-out-of-Nepal
offer
‘rejected (samn), A
thousand Nepali mutinies (hs), Country
will
be in serious trouble if CA polls not held in free and
fair manner: Moriarty (nn)
30/06/2007: Home
Minister
promises special security plan (nn), Election
code-of-conduct
in the offing (nn), Parties
urge
EC to formulate realistic code of conduct (kp), No
agreement
on poll expenditure limit (samn), ‘We've
no
attachment with monarchy’, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), 1
local, 2 JTMM-J men kidnapped (kp), Transport
strike
extends westward (kp), Possible
presidents, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), PM,
Prachanda
resolve disputes (samn), Prachanda
leaves
for Switzerland (nn), UML
accuses
NC of marginalising partners (samn), Let
people
decide on king: Thapa (samn) [This
is only possible if the candidates and parties that want
to be elected make their positions clear ahead of the
elections!!], Nepal
Muslims
demand seats in national election (Reuters), Side
with republicans, SD Muni tells India; claims India not
behind Terai turmoil (nn), Nepali
Congress
main hurdle in declaring republic from House: Mahara
(nn), Democratic
worries, by Rita Machanda (fl)
29/06/2007: Give
lesser
budget to the King, says Mahara (nn), Speaker
suggests
king to ‘keep quiet’ (samn), Maoists
want
their envoy in 'A category' nations (nn), House
body
seeks fresh envoy list (kp), Maoist
defector
ready to place ‘hidden’ weapons in UN cantonment (nn),
We
were
instructed to hide weapons: Maoist defector, by Mohan
Budaair (kp), PM
meets
with Prachanda, agree to hold joint mass meetings
(nn), Madhav
Nepal
accuses PM of working like a dictator (nn), UML
wants
stronger 8-party unity (samn), Prachanda
Warns
Agitation; Expresses Desire To Be Prez (sp), YCL
cadres
won't obstruct polls: Poudel (samn), Maoists
desperate
for int’l recognition, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Work
responsibly
for polls: Sitaula to APF (kp), Full
speed
ahead (nt), EC
seeks
clarification on poll Act (kp), “For
The
Political Purpose, We Are Violating The Rule Of Law And
Constitutionalism”, interview with Radheshyam Adhikari
(sp), Minister
Pokharel
doubts polls on November (nn), Cruise
control:
A November election depends on better law and order,
by Kiran nepal and JB Pun (nt), Roadblocks
to
CA election, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Date
Fixed:
Although the date for elections is fixed, how Terai
behaves in next few months will be crucial for holding the
credible polls, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Madhesh
state
demand not justified: UML leader Jha (kp) [The
Tarai region was populated by a number of Nepali ethnic
groups when the immigration of people of Indian origin was
encouraged by the Rana rulers in the mid 19th century to
exploit the region for their own pockets!!!], Lone
crusader, interview with Nepali Congress MP Jaya
Prakash Gupta (nt, originally in Ghatana Ra Bichar, 27
June), Govt-Janajati
bodies
talks inconclusive (samn), Muslims
demand
10 pc in CA (samn), Muslims
seek
place in CA (samn), Nepali
gov't
forms bodies for safe disposal of landmines (pd), What
Next
on the Maoist Roadmap?, by Kundan Singh Khatri
(Scoop), JTMM-Jwala
abducts
youth (nn), NRNs
demand
voting rights in CA polls (nn)
28/06/2007: Police
chief
wants strong action against anarchists (nn), JTMM
splits again (nn), JTMM-G
also
splits (kp), Another
JTMM
faction is born (samn), Yet
another
band of insurgents in Terai (wi), PM
Koirala
meets Mukherjee (nn), Demands
on
budget threaten financial stability: Mahat (kp), Budget
to
manage transition (samn), Kin
of
disappeared demand new probe body (kp), Maoists
to
launch protest over envoy list (kp), House
Committee
tells govt to submit new list of ambassadorial nominees
(kp), Differences
surface
in Nepal's coalition government over ambassador
appointments (International Herald Tribune, Govt-truck
operators’
talks inconclusive (kp), Wrestling
with
the ghost of Polanyi, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp), Pre-conditions
for
CA poll, by Dipendra Jha and Yagya Raj Thapa (kp), Home
Minister
says govt will ensure security for polls (nn), Police
kill
suspected dacoits in Birgunj; violence continues in Terai
(nn), Govt
to
do ‘whatever it takes’ to end violence in Terai (nn),
Don't
make
reckless comments on elections: CEC tells leaders
(nn), Govt-NEFIN
talks
held; agree to meet again (nn), Maoists
call
off indefinite bandh in Siraha (nn)
27/06/2007: Disappearances
probe
body members named (kp), Nepal
sets
up commission to trace hundreds who disappeared during
rebellion (International Herald Tribune),, Will
Prachanda's
dream come true? (tg), Prachanda
can’t
be prez: Poudel (kp), Nov
poll
doubtful if Maoists continue killings: Deuba (kp), Intellectuals’
narrative
space, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Elections:
In
whose interest?, by Narayan Khadka (kp), Political
Transition
in Nepal, by Prem Sharma (tg), Women
combatants
in cantonments: where next?, by Suvechha Adhikari
(tg), Sustainable
peace
can only be achieved when the structural causes of the
armed conflict are addressed, interview
with Bishnu Raj Upreti (tg), End
of
monarchy inevitable: NSU prez (samn), Narahari
doubts
CA election (samn), Southern
Nepal
remains closed for the 4th day due to strike (pd), Bandh
continues
in eastern Terai (nn), Nepal's
Dalits
Turn Down Assembly Seats Offer (One World), JTMM-Jwala
kills
villager in Bara (nn), Maoists
raise
objection against ambassadorial nominations (nn), Dr.
Mahat
overwhelmed with huge budget demand for elections (nn)
26/06/2007: Nepal
Sets
Constituent Assembly Elections for November: 'Government
must first ensure peace and security': Nepali Election
Commission, by Santosh Salik Shah (on), CA
Poll (kp), Free
and
fair election, by Narayan Prasad Wagle (kp), UNMIN,
India welcome announcement of polls date (nn), Peace
pre-requisite
for CA poll: CEC (kp), Nepalis
abroad
demand voting rights (kp), Truckers
halt
services in Mechi, Koshi (kp), Supply
hit
as truckers go on strike in eastern region (nn), Shrapnel-hit
woman
awaits treatment, by Biplav Maharjan (kp), 1,313
torture cases after April movement (kp), For
politics-free
work place, by Yogendra Sakya (kp), Restructuring
of
state, by Ananta Raj Poudyal (kp), We
want
special ties: Prachanda (Hindu), Congress
leaders
scoff at Prachanda’s ‘dream’ to become President (nn),
US
Ambassador
meets PM (nn), Bandh
paralyses
Terai life (nn), Police
arrest
seven with guns in Terai (nn), Govt
forms
3-member commission on disappearances (nn)
25/06/2007: CA
poll
on November 22 (kp), Tryst
with
destiny on November 22 (samn), Poll
top
priority: PM (kp), Civil
society
comes up with 6-pt recommendation for CA election
(nn), PM
for
fulfilling all demands before polls (nn) [This
is not possible, Mr PM! You have already refused to
include several important aspects in the interim
constitution and its amendments!], EC
to
govt: Improve security for free and fair polls (nn), Tighter
security
across Nepal needed ahead of November elections, official
says (International Herald Tribune), Small
arms
may affect CA polls (nn), Nepal
town
closed after blast kills ethnic Indian (wi), Govt
will
allot budget for king: Acharya (samn), NRNs'
representation
in CA demanded (samn), NTD,
NSU
against militarisation (samn), Generals
promoted
as Maoists protest (samn), 22
maimed
during conflict in Dhankuta (samn), CPN-M
calls
general strikes in 4 southern districts (pd), Terai
life
hit hard by routine bandhs (nn), Prachanda
Warns
Girija: Maoists Hope for the Best, Prepared for the Worst,
by Mohan Nepali (Scoop)
24/06/2007: Govt
gets
EPA consent to announce poll date, by Bishnu
Budhathoki (kp) Govt
sets
Nov 22 poll date (nn), Nepal
to
go to polls on Nov 22 (wi), Serious
mass
movement if no CA, says Prachanda (nn), Rural
folk
mostly ignorant about CA (kp), by Pratap Bista, Maoists
announce
3-day bandh in Saptari (nn), Janandolan-injured
to
wage movement if demands not met (nn), Generals
promoted
as Maoists protest, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Kathmandu
copes
with criticisms, by Babu Ram Neupane (kp)
23/06/2007: PM
stumbling
block to CA poll: Nepal, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp), Govt
to
fix poll date Sunday (nn), ‘Public
security
floundering’ (kp), Terai
in
for pitched political battle, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp),
Eleven
MPRF
men arrested (kp), Taskforce
for
conflict data collection (kp), Thoughts
for
New Nepal, by Aditya Baral (kp), Republic
performance
culture, by Shiva Rijal (kp), Trouble
in
Maoists' Madhesi front; Matrika Yadav steps down (nn), UN
wants
trust among Nepal parties (samn), Rule
of
law precondition for CA polls: KC (samn), 'Status-quoists
trying
to foil CA polls' (samn), CA
poll
date by Sunday: UML chief (samn), 'Include
minorities
in dev process' (samn), Dalits
urged
to join politics (samn), Prachanda
vows
to end feudalism (samn), NA-PLA
merger
possible: Sitaula (samn), Nepali
CPN-M
combatants could be merged into NA before CA elections:
minister (pd), Maoists
call
indefinite strike in Sarlahi; MJF shut down Parasi (nn)
22/06/2007: Cabinet
fails
to set CA polls date (samn), Kathmandu
again
fails to set firm election date (Gulf Times), Govt
takes
major decisions, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Nepal
to
set up commission to find information on hundreds who
disappeared during conflict (International Herald
Tribune), Mass
exodus
empties village, by Madhav Dhungana (kp), Move
swiftly, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Role
of
intellectuals, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), It
is a matter of disgrace, by Avantika Regmi (kp), Bombs
in
the countryside: Even in peacetime, thousands of explosive
devices are threatening the lives of Nepalis, by
Govinda Luitel (kp), The
republic
of disorder: Jimmy Carter’s visit only highlighted
Kathmandu’s hamhanded approach to the tarai, by CK Lal
(nt), Twin
Concerns:
At the end of his four-day visit, Carter raised two
worries – insecurity and ethnic division - endorsing the
position of Bush administration, by Sanjaya Dhakal
(sp), A
banda a day, by Dirgha Raj Upadhya (nt, originally in
Himal Khabarpatrika, 15-29 June), TNLFN
submits
memo to PM (samn), Govt
officer
shot at in Bara (nn), Ethnic
group
paralyses Nepal's Terai, official killed (wi), MJF
bandh
affects life in Terai (nn), Strike
by
ethnic rights group shuts down southern Nepal, cuts
traffic to north (International Herald Tribune), Indian
arms
embargo hits landmine defusing in Nepal (wi), 33%
candidacy
of women sought in polls (samn), Democratic
stresses
in Nepal and its regional implications, by Ret Marut
(libcom.org), Carter's
futile
visit, by Shashi Malla (Scoop) [Words
by a supporter of total royal autocracy!!], Hundreds
of Political Prisoners in Nepali Prisons, by Mohan
Nepal (Scoop), Bring
human
rights violators to justice: Sundh (nn), Where
Does
He Stand? Prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala's
statements raise the questions on where does he stand,
by Keshab Poudel (sp)
21/06/2007: Cabinet
fails
to finalise election date, committee formed for NA-PLA
merger nn), Nepal
government
fails to fix election date (wi), Nepali
cabinet
forms a committee to look after integration of armies
(pd), Power
still
lies in Army Headquarters and Royal Palace, claims
Prachanda (nn), Govt
to
announce relief measures (kp), Plan
launched
to mitigate effects of war (samn), NA-injured
man
bedridden due to lack of treatment, by Prem Nepali
(kp), Transitional
Maoist
diplomacy, by Som P Pudasaini (kp), Poudel
rules
out ban on YCL (samn), Maoists
don't
want CA election: Sujata (samn), Deuba
doubts
CA elections in Mangsir (nn), UN
chief
appoints second envoy for Nepal peace process (wi), Cabinet
fails
to finalise election date, committee formed for NA-PLA
merger nn)
20/06/2007: PM
said
so: Weekly Fortnightly Newspapers Network (nn), Koirala’s
ineptness
or media fault?, by N.P.Upadhyaya (tg), Nepal
PM
Koirala Teaching Journalists English, by Mohan Nepali
(Scoop 20/06/2007), 176
still
missing in east Nepal, by Madhav Ghimire (kp), RPP-N
to
challenge provision (kp) [We have forcefully suppressed the
democratic ambitions of the people but excluding us is
undemocratic!??], Party
youth
wings ban RPP-N activity (kp), 49
VDC
secretaries demand security (kp), Peace
at
the crossroads, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), No
US
plans to talk to Maoists: envoy (samn), Nepal
is
not an inherited land of Hindus, by Prakash Bom (tg),
'Hindu
Al
Qaeda training suicide bombers in Nepal' (wi) [another
militant Hindu organization!], PM
appoints
members of constitutional council (nn), Govt
to
fill up vacant posts in constitutional bodies (nn), Nepal
ranked
21st in Failed States Index (nn), Poudel
says
PM never spoke about ousting Maoists from govt (nn)
19/06/2007: CMPD
opposes
minor king (nn), Maoists,
UML
rap PM over remark (kp), Whose
line? (kp), People
will
decide monarchy’s fate: PM (kp), Maoists
seek
monarchy's end (samn), Maoists
step
up pressure to abolish monarchy (Gulf Times), Thapa
warns
against republic (nn), Curtailing
king’s
rights can’t diminish his power: Thapa (kp), Monarchy
necessary
for national unity and integrity, says Sharma (nn) [But royal Shah politics
have been the reason for disunity and disintegration!?],
MPRF
for
Maoist ouster, YCL ban, by Rabindra Upreti (kp), PM
vows
to act tough on YCL (nn), Maoists
to
organise agitation in Madhes soon (nn), Birtamod
remains
tense, by Lila Baral (kp), Curfew
reimposed
in eastern Nepal (samn), ‘Implement
SC
order on disappearances’ (kp), Hundreds
protest
for disappeared (samn), 200
protesters
in Nepal demand information on hundreds who disappeared
during conflict (International Herald Tribune), Nepal
to
probe missing people (Gulf Times), Decaying
nationalism?, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp)
18/06/2007: PM:
Monarchy
can continue if king, Paras abdicate (kp), PM
Koirala
asks king to abdicate (samn), Nepal
Maoists
reject PM's proposal of child king (wi), Prachanda
raps
PM remarks on monarchy; Deuba says it’s Koirala’s
‘personal opinion’ (nn) [Obviously, Prakash and Manisha are not
the only royalists of the Koirala family!!], PM
denies
making comments favouring 'minor King' (nn) [??],
CA
will
decide monarchy's future, anyway: PM (nn), Maoists
ask
US to lift terrorist tag (samn), Boy
killed
in police firing, by Lila Baral (kp), One
killed,
35 hurt in Jhapa clash (samn), Curfew
continues
in Birtamod (nn), MJF
demands
ban on YCL (nn), Deuba
asks
Maoists to return seized lands (nn), Sit-in
begins
seeking whereabouts of disappeared citizens (nn), Free
treatment
for injured CBES cadres (kp), NHRC
paints
bleak picture of east terai, by Madhav Ghimire (kp), Courteous
Carter (kp), Incomplete
movements, by Lok Raj Baral (kp), Poudel
vows
to resolve terai disputes (samn), Prachanda
praises
underprivileged's role (samn)
17/06/2007: Carter
wants
US contact with Maoists (kp), Carter
throws
his weight behind Nepal Maoists (wi), Maoists
find
Carter's assurance positive (nn), MK
Nepal
claims JTMM not receiving Indian support (nn), Prachanda
sees
conspiracies galore (nn), Gaur
bomb
explosion injures three (nn), One
killed
in Birtamod clash; 8-hour curfew clamped (nn), Govt,
Chure
Samaj start second round of talks (nn), Govt
to
provide security to Maoist leaders (nn), Truth
and
Reconciliation Commission to be formed 'soon' (nn), Republic
will
come if King, Crown Prince do not step down ahead of CA:
PM (nn) [There is no place for a monarchy that is
responsible for the wrong developments of the past and
that has putsched in recent years once again!!], Punish
king
to usher in republic: Pahadi (kp), PM
for
Nov 26 poll date (kp), ‘EPA
headed
toward failure’ (kp), Nepal
stresses
EPA unity with others (kp)
16/06/2007: PM
to
propose November 26 poll date (nn), Prachanda
courts
Carter over terrorist listing (kp), Carter
to
urge Bush administration to have communication with
Maoists (nn), Let's
pressurize
house for republic: Prachanda (kp), Maoists
vow
action against MPRF, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Lawlessness
in
terai worries Martin (kp), Police
team
recovers looted weapons (kp), MPRF
urges
YCL to free Shah (kp), Bomb
defused
in Kamal Thapa’s house (nn), ‘Royalists
capitalize
on discords within 8-party’ (kp)
15/06/2007: Second
amendment (kp), Rush
For
Change, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Nepal
Heading
For Rare Political Change: Parliament now
legitimately can abolish the Monarchy, by Amit
Pyakurel (on), Constituent
Assembly
election: House all for semi-proportional system, by
Bishnu Budhathoki (kp) [This election system will prevent
inclusiveness that would be fundamental for building up a
new Nepal! The first-past-the-post system has guaranteed
the domination of the traditional elites after 1990 and
must be abolished!], Nepal
approves
key poll law to calm ethnic groups, by Gopal Sharma
(Reuters), India
feels
it is dangerous topush elections beyond Mangsir, says MK
Nepal (nn), Republic
through
parliament will invite dictatorship, says Rana (nn) [Authoritarian dictatorship
already existed under the monarchy!!], Prachanda
wants
republic now; Maoists to launch agitation against killings
(nn), “Secretive
agreement”
to bring down Maoist combatants to 15,000 (nn), Carter
meets
with political leaders and COAS (nn), Koirala
my
hero: Carter (kp) [??], Ex-US
President
Carter meets leaders of Nepal's former communist rebels
(International Herald Tribune), Prachanda
requests
Carter's help in withdrawing US terrorist tag (nn), Where
Do
They Stand? With frequent shifts in their alliances and
changing words, political forces in Nepal do not know
where they stand, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Moving
ahead, by JB Pun Magar (nt), Footnotes
to
history: Opinion polls in Nepal are mostly harmless
indulgences, by CK Lal (nt), East,
mid-Tarai
shut at JTMM-J call (samn), Terai
life
hit hard by strike (nn)
14/06/2007: Parliament
can now end monarchy, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Nepal's
monarchy
faces new threat (BBC News), Nepal
parliament
gets armed to axe king (wi), Parliament
gets
power to end Nepal monarchy (Peninsula), Nepal's
Parliament
amends constitution empowering legislators to abolish king
(International Herald Tribune), Govt
says
no to ethnicity based PR (nn), Govt,
NEFIN
disagree on representation (samn), Next
Govt-janajatis
talks within 15 days (kp), Carter
arrives
to assess polls situation (samn), Carter
meets
PM Koirala (kp), Carter
meets
Koirala, pledges support for polls (wi), Maoists
discuss
agendas for Carter meeting (nn), MPRF
men
‘murder’ 2 YCL cadres, by Madhav Dhungana (kp), Jwala’s
men
gun down Maoist district leader in Bara (nn), Maoist
guerrillas
call shutdown in Terai area (Gulf Times), UNMIN,
OHCHR launch probe on YCL leaders’ killing (nn), We’ll
take
arms out of UN containers: Baldev (kp), Bomb
blast
at Shrish Rana's house (nn), Insurgency
victims
face govt apathy, by Binod Tripathi (kp), Signature
campaign
to control arms (kp), Diplomats’
security (kp), Why
see
yells of collective terror?, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal
(kp), UN
postpones
second phase of verification of Maoist combatants
(Hindustan Times), Second
phase
PLA verification postponed (nn)
13/06/2007: Parliament
approves
second amendment; House authorised to abolish monarchy
(nn), Maoist
leader
killed by JTMM-G cadres (nn), Maoists
call
shutdown in Terai (wi), YCL
leader
killed in ‘clash’ with MJF cadres (nn), Martin
stresses
public security (kp), UN
asks
govt to make poll plan (samn), UN
election
monitoring team meets PM Koirala (nn), PM
meets
Martin, Katawal (nn), Call
for
declaring Nepal the Hindu nation (nn), Nepal
rules
out any form of monarchy (nn), Carter
arriving
today, by Dinesh Wagle (kp), Former
US
prez Carter arrives (nn), Calling
Carter
to Kathmandu, by Raman Grandon (kp), Tight
security
cover for Carter's Nepal trip (wi), Former
US
President Carter arrive in Nepal, plans to meet former
communist leaders (International herald Tribune), YCL
is
PLA outside cantonments: Moriarty (kp), Transporters
threaten
indefinite strike (kp), Transporters
declare
strike from June 15 (samn), Need
for
a democratic alliance, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (kp),
The
missing
state (tg), Nepalese
leaders
must sincerely utilize this open moment, by Tone Bleie
(tg), Nepal:
Buffoonery
lectures! (tg), NC-D
far
west activists warn of stir (samn), JTMM-G
warns
action against minister (samn), Bandh
disrupts
life in several districts (samn), Once,
there
was a Hindu nation, by Tarun Vijay (Times of India) [opinion of an Indian Hindu
fundamentalist from the RSS], Yadav
accuses
home administration of aiding Terai violence (nn)
12/06/2007: Govt-Janajati
talks
make progress (kp), Government-Janjati
talks
inconclusive (samn), Britain
hands
over de-mining equipment (nn), Strike
by
landless partially affects life (nn), Political
bond (kp), Highway
politics, by Hem Raj Kafle (kp), Maoist
victims
stage sit-in at NC office (samn), Goit
group
calls off bandh (samn), Maoist
actions
threatening peace process: Moriarty (nn), Time
running out for election preparations, says Martin
(nn), Transport
entrepreneurs
meet with Prachanda (nn), Jimmy
Carter
arriving Wednesday (nn)
11/06/2007: Govt
carrying
out national policy on IDPs, says PM (nn), PM
confers with NC leaders; UML wants conducive atmosphere
for polls (nn), JTMM-Goit
seizes
435 bighas of land in Saptari (nn), NC,
Maoists
patch up differences, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), 2nd
round
today: Govt, ethnic bodies talks 'positive' (kp), Govt
talks
team ‘verbally agrees’ to some of Janajati demands
(nn), ‘Maoists
want
to make me incompetent’, interview with Pradip Nepal,
Minister for Education and Sports (kp), Shaky
politics,
impunity and YCL, by Amit Pyakurel (kp)
10/06/2007: Minister
Yadav
warns of 'People's War' in Terai (nn), 'PM’s
remark
won’t affect peace process’: YCL action will continue:
Prachanda (kp), PM
meeting
with Prachanda (nn), PM,
Prachanda
agree to resolve issues of dissent (nn), NEFIN
calls
off banda: Talks today (kp), PM
assures
NEFIN leaders to meet their demands (nn), Govt,
NEFIN negotiators to sit again on Monday (nn), Row
over
‘Indian advice’ is now over: Prachanda (nn), Kapilvastu
bandh
called off (nn), Parties
betraying
people: Dr Panday (kp)
09/09/2007: Govt
asks
Janajatis to withdraw bandh (nn), CZOP
urges
agitators to let schools open (nn), NEFIN
calls
off two-day bandh (nn), Congress
VP
spits venom at YCL (nn), Prachanda
says
YCL will continue to hunt down corrupt people (nn), Redefining
the
acronym, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Strike
affects
Kapilvastu life (nn), Settle
major
issues promptly for CA polls: Carter Center (kp), JTMM
outfits
abduct 3 (kp), Bhutuke
blast
questions Koirala, by Prabhash Devkota (kp), What
the people have to say, by Krishna Hacchhethu (kp)
08/06/2007: NFIN
to
continue with their protest programme (nn), Panel
begins probing terai violence, by Madhav Ghimire (kp),
Reservation,
by Madhav Raj Regmi (kp), Home
minister’s
resignation, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Still
undecided:
Most Nepalis are either not interested in politics, or are
unsure which way to vote (nt), The
state
of Nepali democracy. Wanted: comprehensive change,
community identity, economic progress, better governance,
by Krishna Hachhethu (nt), Nationwide
opinion
favours republic (samn), Playing
with
matches: The Maoists want to fight fire with fire in the
tarai, by CK Lal (nt), Dialogue,
not
diatribe (nt), Ban
bandas (nt, originally in Kantipur, 4 June), PM’s
comment
on YCL provocative: Bamdev (samn), Statute
amendment
aims to save king: MPs (samn), Former
US
President Carter to visit Nepal, meet former communist
leaders (International Herald Tribune)
07/06/2007: 8-party
unity
shouldn’t break: Dr Bhattarai (kp), Fast-unto-death
for
justice: Kin of disappeared submit memo to Speaker
(kp), Birgunj
businessmen
demand increased security (nn), Parties
confusing
people: Speaker (kp), ‘Outlaw
YCL
or take back your words’ (kp), Prachanda
admits
to ties with Birendra (samn), Fear
of
suspended monarchy, by Prakash Bom (kp), Civil
society,
minister stage sit-in (samn), Bill
ensures
50% CA quota for women (samn), Govt
hands
over Rs 92.5 million as salary for PLA (nn)
06/06/2007: Eight-party
unity
in peril: Mahara (samn), PM’s
mentality
itself criminal: Mahara (kp), PM
protector
of criminals: Prachanda, by Amrita Anmol (kp), YCL
controversy
echoes in parliament (nn), Fast
unto
death launched demanding whereabouts of disappeared
(nn), Fast
unto
death ends after govt assurance (nn), Civil
Society
organises sit in to exert pressure on the government
(nn), 'EC,
not
parties, will set poll date' (samn), Prachanda
smells
rat in Indian advice to UML (nn), Maoists
need
not suspect us: Adhikary (nn), Maoists
vehemently
deny link with ULFA (nn), ‘Give
parties
10pc elbow room’ (kp) [??], Extortion
drive
terrorizes businessmen, by Binod Bhandari (kp), Madheshi
Tigers'
strike hits Terai life (nn), JTMM-Jwala
captures
former CJ’s land (nn), Birgunj
shut
over shooting incident, by Shankar Acharya (kp), YCL
irony (kp), Govt
lifting
ban on camouflage clothing (kp)
05/06/2007: Rayamajhi
Commission
absolves the King, says Shrestha (nn), Maoists
want pay before verification (kp), Police
nab
JTMM-J district chief (kp), Young
Criminal
League, says PM (kp), Koirala
favors
taming YCL now (samn), Minister
Nepal
says YCL will lead Maoists to downfall; YCL protests PM’s
comment (nn), Mahara
criticises
PM's remarks on YCL; warns of fissure in 8-party unity
(nn), Frustration
over
government inability to stem “atrocities” (Relief
Web), JP
Gupta
severs ties with MJF (nn)
04/06/2007: Poudel
cautions
against restructuring state on ethnic lines (nn) [But the state is already
structured on a single ethnic line, i.e. the Tagadhari
line!!], Poudel
against
federalism on ethnic line (samn), Scholar
Bista
predicted janajatis’ stir (samn), Maoists
to
launch month-long Terai agitation (nn), Goit’s
men
gun down Maoist cadre in Bara; indiscriminate firing kills
one in Birjung (nn), NC
warns
JTMM-J, YCL to stop unruly activities (kp), ANNISU-R
launches
drive (samn), Painful
ordeal
of a disappeared’s father, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), MPs
seek
tough law against disappearance (samn) [Many
crimes of the past can already be punished on the basis of
existing law! Why is this prevented by the government?],
OHCHR
welcomes
SC decision on disappearances (nn), 'I
had
differences over principles with Dr Pandey', interview
with Krishna Pahadi (kp), Landmine
tragedy (kp), Diplomats'
security
top priority: govt (samn), Second-phase
PLA
verification uncertain as Maoists set new 'condition'
(nn), We
are
not against foreign capital, says Prachanda (nn)
03/06/2007: 12,500
landmines
planted during insurgency, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Rights
activists
increasingly attacked, threatened: Report (nn), JTMM-Goit
captures
NC chief whip’s land in Mahottari (nn), 2nd
round
of talks before June 14: MPRF (kp), Notes
of
dissent not justified: Koirala, by Lila Baral (kp), Maoist
violence
threatens peace: Lowenkron (kp), US
stance
on Maoists remains unchanged (samn),
Nepal may face crisis after polls: US (samn), ‘Two
regimes
still in existence’ (kp), Koirala
under
pressure to hold CA polls (samn), PM
vows
better security for polls (samn), Dalits
to
stage rallies nationwide (samn), NC
condemns
activities by JTMM and YCL (nn), MPs
object
Maoist atrocities (nn)
02/06/2007: Understanding
reached
on one half of MJF demands (nn), Agreement
on
various demands: Govt-MPRF talks, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp), NEFIN
banda
affects life (kp), US
strongly
supports Nepal's peace process: Assistant Secy Lowenkron
(nn) [??], Only
CA
polls can establish durable republican order: PM (nn),
Only
NC-UML
unity can save peace process, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Disapperance: SC
orders
fully empowered probe, by Kiran Chapagain (kp), 83
disappeared
finally get justice in Nepal, 854 still waiting (wi),
15
governments
condemn Maoist attack on US envoy (wi)
01/06/2007: All-party
meeting:
CA polls by November-end: ECDC report to be reviewed,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Nepal
CA
polls to be held in Nov (samn), Nepal
alliance
to hold polls in November, by J. Hemanth (tc), EC
seeks
election related laws (samn), Nepal
bandh
affects normal life (nn), 'Sons
of
soil' mark Black Day, shut down Nepal (wi), Govt,
MJF to hold talks today (nn), US
official
satisfied with decision to fix new polls date (nn), CPN-UML
not
to push for removing Koirala (samn), Both
JTMMs
on land grab drive (samn), Nine
armed
groups in operation, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), New
beginning
or dead end? by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), 937:
The
number of Nepalis still listed as disappeared during the
war (nt), Disappearing
truth (nt), Disappeared,
dead
or alive, by Anagha Neelakantan and Kunda Dixit (nt),
“For
lasting
peace, we must deal with the missing", interview with
Mary Werntz, head of the International Committee of the Red
Cross delegation to Nepal (nt), “The
agony
of families is being prolonged”, interview with Lena
Sundh, representative in Nepal of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights (nt), Who
says
Nepal is poor? by Kiran Nepal (nt), Apex
court
orders govt to compensate families of disappeared people
(nn), Diplomatic
Corps
concerned by insecurity (nn), MJF
presents
26-point demands (nn)
31/05/2007: UML
team
heading for New Delhi (nn), Party
leaders
heading for New Delhi (nn) [a
behaviour as in the early 1950s!], Government
urged
to form land commission (nn), NC
not
to yield an inch in 8-party meet (samn), Eight
parties
agree to hold CA by November third week (nn), November
poll
'agreed in Nepal' (BBC News), Nepal
parties
agree over November elections (wi), Nepal
leaders
fix poll time, rescue parliament (wi), Multiple
blasts
rock Janakpur (kp), 7
arrested with illegal shotguns (kp), Implementing
House
resolution on women challenging, by Sangeeta Rijal
(kp), Twisted
tails
& state's resistance, by Ajaya Bhadra
Khanal (kp), Maoists
condemn
blast in City office (samn), Maoist
body
to join stir (samn), Gandhi
Is
Needed In Nepal, by Kamala Sarup (Scoop), JMCC’s
meet indecisive on key issues (nn), US
Assistant
Secretary holds series of high-profile meetings (nn),
Stick
with
previous pact on monarchy, says US official (nn)
30/05/2007: Bomb
explosion
at Maoist party office (nn), 9
killed in Palpa bomb blasts, by Madhav Aryal (kp), Eight
Party
Meet: Panel set up to study CDC report (kp), Poudel,
Nepal
trade blame on political deadlock (nn), Poudel
blames
Leftists for deadlock (kp) [But
deadlocks have been normal for the established parties and
politicians ever since 1991 when the Maoists were not a
partner, yet!?!], Myopic
parties (kp), 'Govt
loses
legitimacy after June' (samn), Govt-MJF
talks
on Friday (nn), Indian,
US
ambassadors meet UML chief (nn), Senior
US
official in town to 'promote setting polls date’ (nn),
To
be
or not to be, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Strengthening
the
rule of law and security in Nepal, by Karon Cochran,
Sobhakar Budhathoki and Colette Rausch (tg), Self-terminated
feudal
monarchy & need to declare a federal democratic
republic, by Prakash Bom (tg), You
can't
expect democracy of your choice if you achieve it by
climbing on the back of any "foreign element",
interview with Indu Acharya-Regmi, Lecturer, Padma
Kanya campus (tg), Civil
society
groups to stage protests (samn)
29/05/2007: Same
old
issues, same old differences (kp) [Is
it time that the people dismiss the complete old political
establishment??], Eight-party
meeting
postponed until Thursday (nn), We've
respected
Koirala for his international image, says Dr. Bhattarai
(nn), Top
Maoist
lauds PM’s int’l image, not his deeds, by Santosh
Pokharel (nn), Nine
feared
dead in Palpa bomb blast (nn), ‘Obstructing
House
helps autocracy’ (kp), APF
frees
kidnapped RJP man (kp), En
route
to transformation, by Surendra R Devkota (kp)
28/05/2007: MJF's
report
gives party clean chit in Gaur incident (nn), End
of
monarchy needed: NSU prez, by Binod Tripathi (kp), Republican
students (kp), Collapsing
into
pandemonium, by Madhab P Khanal (kp), ‘Government
fails
to abide by its agreement’ (kp), Civil
society
calls to end impunity (samn), No
need
of debate on republic: Narahari (samn), Koirala
loses
grip on student wing (samn), APF
exercise
terrifies locals of Dharan (samn), UML
for
proportional voting system; NC, NC (D) stick to mixed
system (nn), Eight-party
leaders
meet in Baluwatar (nn)
27/05/2007: EPA
meets
after 6 weeks: Fails to clear stalemate, poll date, by
Yuvraj Acharya (kp) [The Nepali people are fed up with all these
incompetent, selfish and traditionalist politicians!!],
Nepal
government
puts off announcing poll date (wi), Parties
agree
to resume House job (samn) [How
graceful! This is their duty, not their right!!], RPP-Nepal
not
allowed to hold programme (nn), Government,
parties
denounce attack on US envoy’s vehicle (nn), JTMM-J
abducts 3 (kp), MJF
lauds
new Madhesh probe panel (samn), Mahara
stresses
new power polarization (kp), Can
deconstruction
of ideology be a new agenda? Reading Mahara's mind, by
Sumit Sharma (kp), NC
not
clear on monarchy: Maoists (samn)
26/05/2007: YCL
activists
pelt stones at Moriarty (kp), YCL
washes
off its hand from stoning incident (nn), Eight
party
meeting in Baluwatar (nn), Eight-party
meeting
resumes after short break (nn), Eight-party
meeting
ends, will resume on Monday (nn), Parliament
session
stalled till May 30 (nn), Judicial
panel
to probe terai losses, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Judicial
panel
to probe Tarai unrest (samn), Nepal's
Terai
MPs not happy with new commission (wi), APF,
JTMM-J
men clash (kp), Koirala's
ceremonial
king, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), 75%
pepole
want early CA election (samn), EU
seeks
unconditional arms verification (samn), Lawyers
demand
law and order, safety (samn), Janajatis
stage
sit-in (samn), MJF
ready
to negotiate if charges are dropped against its cadres
(nn)
25/05/2007: Indigenous
nationalities
organise 48 hour sit-in protest (nn), ICRC
urges
govt to form probe commission (nn), 6
injured in Sarlahi blast (kp), Erosion
Of
Political Culture, by Keshab Poudel (sp), "Political
Parties
Have Lost Their Faith In CA Polls", interview with
Taranath Ranabhat (sp), Dissecting
Madhesi
movement, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), All-party
meet
soon: Bhattarai (samn), U.S.
envoy
unhurt as Nepal Maoists stone car (Reuters) [This
is not a democratic bahaviour towards a foreign diplomat
irrespective of his negative political games!!], Cabinet
forms
commission to investigate terai unrest (nn), Prachanda
meets
with EU envoys, CA polls discussed (nn), Culture
of
violence must come to an end, says Finance Minister
(nn)
24/05/2007: Prachanda
urges
YCL to improve (nn), Prachanda
asks
YCL to mend its ways (samn), Victims
outraged
as Maoists get salary (Gulf Times), Govt
to
release Rs 120 million to help conflict victims (nn),
Ethnic
people
seek debate on federalism (samn), NC
has
not developed model of federalism: Sujata (nn), Maoists,
govt
failed on HR committments: AI (kp), Govt
urged
to minimise landmines risks (samn), Govt
apathy (kp), Ideological
gap
and authoritarian threat, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Nepal
urges
govt to hold talks with JTMM (samn), Eight
party meeting on Saturday, says PM (nn)
23/05/2007: Serial
blasts
in Janakpur (nn), Series
of
blasts rocks southern Nepalese town (Earth Times), Nepal
demands
Sitaula's scalp (nn), Halt
YCL
outrage, PM tells Prachanda (kp), YCL
meet
on to review its activities (nn), PM
asks
Maoists to mend ways (samn), Govt
not
serious about talks: Yadav (kp), Yadav
slams
Prachanda remarks on Tarai (samn), MPRF
snubs
summons, by Shiva Puri (kp), ‘Expedite
statute
changes’ (kp), Koirala
heading
for fatal blunder, by N.P.Upadhyaya (tg), Class
or caste struggle? (tg), Constitutionalism
in
today's context means the dictates of government and EPA
partners in parliament, interview with Shrish S. Rana
(tg) [Mr Rana is a staunch royalist and has been one of the
henchmen of the royal putsch of 2005, which is still
defended by him!], Salary
for
Maoists, stick for their victims (wi), CPN-UML
wants
strong 8-party unity (samn), Govt,
backward
classes body hold talks (samn), Nepal's
Unhealed
Wound: The internally displaced people have yet to return
to their homes, by Laxmi Prasad Tamang (on), Amnesty
report
takes Maoists to task over rights violations (nn)
22/05/2007: Congress
leaders
spit venom at YCL (nn), Maoists,
NC
meet to end deadlock (nn), UNFPA
to
deliver reproductive health service to conflict-affected
people (nn), MK
Nepal
say UML not comfortable in govt (nn), Prachanda
blasts
anti-election move (samn), JTMM-G
seizes
poet Siddhicharan's ancestral house (nn), Capture
NC leader’s land: JTMMs step up land seizures (kp), MPRF
men
torch vehicle carrying UML leader (kp), Politics
and
political game, by Sujeet Karn (kp), The
Koiralas’
Crown Compulsions, by Sanjay Upadhya (Scoop)
21/05/2007: We
can
step down from govt anytime, says Gurung (nn), ‘We
won’t
quit govt even if CA poll is not held’ (kp), JTMM-J
bombs NC leader’s house (kp), Maoists
mistreat
NA soldier's family (kp), Army
condemns
attempts to terrorise families of soldiers (nn), Tough
talk,
tougher behaviour, by Shyam KC (kp), Lame
parliament, by Rishi Ram Paudyal (kp), PM
to
sort out issues before polls (kp) [This
sounds like then PM K.P. Bhattarai before the elections of
1991!!], Declare
republic
before polls: Gajurel (kp), Govt
told
to compensate Speaker Nembang (samn) [There
are many others who have to be compensated as well and
also many others who have to be punished!! When will it
happen??], Govt
urged
to give info of missing ones (samn), 'NC’s
pro-king
stand delaying process' (samn)
20/05/2007: April
24
pact obstructing republic, says Pokharel (nn), Terai
problem
can be resolved in two weeks, claims Prachanda (nn), Maoists
pass
Dang ‘test-case’: Parties striving, making progress,
by Ameet Dhakal (kp), YCL
cadres
intensify violent activities nationwide (nn), YCL
cadres
beat up, break limbs of villager (kp) [Is
this the politics you justify, Honourable Minister
Mahara??], Control
YCL
activities to hold 8-party meet: PM Koirala (nn), YCL
hampering
peace process: Gurung (samn), Pact
reached
on issue of PLA camps (samn), Govt
to
get tough with armed groups (kp), Sitaula
assures
perfect law and order (samn), MPRF
to
change track in movement (kp), Nepali
Diaspora
demands republic announcement (nn), ‘Maoists
may
resort to confrontation’ (kp) [See corresponding report
of
International Crisis Group, Brussels], Monarchy
unacceptable
in any form: UML (samn), Let
people
decide on monarchy: Sahana (samn), Dr
Bhattarai
says struggle for republic will continue (nn), JTMM
seizes
Dr Yadav's house, land (nn)
19/05/2007: Chure
agitators
protest against Minister Mahato (nn), Maoist
could
resort to physical confrontation: ICG (nn), Rayamajhi
Commission
doesn't recommend action against King, Oli reveals
(nn) [What a nonsense
comment!!], Prachanda
to
talk with PM regarding monarchy's future (nn), Massive
stir
if no govt promise on upkeep of PLA, warns Prachanda
(nn), Nemwang
for
safeguarding indigenous people's interests (nn), JTMM-J
threatens
to kill Post scribe, five others (kp), Civil
servants
demand security (kp), Troubled
transition
and New Nepal, by Som P Pudasaini (kp), CA
polls
date within a week: PM (samn), Informal
talks
with MJF on: minister (samn), Induct
Maoist
fighters into army: Nepal (samn), One
year
gone, much needs to be done (samn), Home
Minister
urges Maoists to check YCL activities (nn)
18/05/2007: Maoist
victims
forced out of Tinkune (nn), PM
meets
Nepal (kp), PM
continue
parleys with leaders; others (samn), Mahara
for
consensus to end stalemate (samn), Maoists
won't
return lands before CA poll: Mahara (kp), YCL
thrash medic, abduct 12 (kp), Lessons
from
Uttar Pradesh, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Ideological
challenges
to Maoists, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Push
From
The Left, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), “A
new
war strategy”, interview with Nanda Kishore Pun
(‘Pasang’), Maoist central committee member, PLA deputy
commander, and vice-chair of the joint arms management
committee(nt), Fluid
situation:
The limbo will last a little longer and create more
complications, by Shiva Gaunle (nt), The
rise of a party: In a decade, the MJF has gone from being
a talk shop to one of the most powerful forces in national
politics, by Mallika Aryal (nt), Got
Plan
B? The onus is on all Nepalis to steer the country back on
track, by Daniele Ponce (nt), Same
old
Nepal (nt), I
dissent, by Laxman Chaudhary (‘Roshan’) nt, originally
in Nepal, 13 May), Left
in
disarray (nt, originally in Ghatana Ra Bichar, 16-22
May), NEFIN
suggests
CA poll in Nov last week (samn), MJF
snubs
govt’s talks deadline (nn), Jimmy
Carter
coming to Kathmandu (nn), PM
meets
EU ambassadors; discusses CA polls (nn)
17/05/2007: PM
talks
CA with Nepal; Moriarty concerned with Maoist atrocities
(nn), YCL’s
high-handedness
riles officials (samn), Unacceptable
(kp) [Comrade
Prachanda, stop and discipline your anarchist lot
immediately if you really stand for peace and a new
Nepal!!], Mahara
'defends'
YCL activities (nn), Maoists
call
nationwide school shutdown (samn), Maoists
close
down Nepal schools indefinitely (wi) [You
are smashing the fundamental rights of Nepal's children!!],
WB
warns
of suspending assistance in troubled areas (nn), Home
Ministry
staff protest attack on DAO (kp), PM
parleys
with Madhesi lawmakers (kp), Kill
the
eight-party alliance, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp), UN
okays
November 10 as CA polls date (samn), Govt
mulls
new law to trim palace staff (samn), House
can’t
declare republic: RPP (samn) [Why
did you not say, the king cannot dismiss the government
and grab powers, on 4 October 2002??], Women
leaders
seek more inclusive CA (samn), Govt,
MJF
talks rescheduled (samn)
16/05/2007: Govt-MPRF
talks
on Friday (kp), MJF
chairman
rules out talks on May 18 (nn) [??],
MJF
adopts
wait-n-watch policy on talks (samn), Fare
concession
to People’s Movement II injured (nn), Madhesi
MPs
engage in discussion, chances of parliament meeting still
slim (nn), PM
commits
to resolve House deadlock soon (kp), PM
vows
to end House deadlock (samn), House
adjourned
till May 24 (nn) [Is this what people died for in April 2006???],
Cabinet
also
stalled (nn), JTMM-J
guns
down 2 JTMM-G cadres, by Shiva Puri (kp), Tough
task
ahead for peace ministry, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Sitaula
vows
to take action against law violators (kp), YCL
should
not exist, by Avantika Regmi (kp), Indian
Maoists
urge CPN-M to wield arms, by Tilak P Pokharel (kp), Parties
and
paranoia, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Red
unity
rebuked, by N.P.Upadhyaya (tg), Madhesis
have
been suffering from an identity crisis and recognition problem,
interview with Lal Babu Yadav, lecturer, Political Science
Department, T.U, Nepal (tg), Eight
parties
suppressing Terai: RPP (samn) [say the heir apparents of panchayat system
who at that time denied the Nepali identity of the Madhesis!!],
I
distributed Nepalgunj CD: Tripathi (samn), 'Indigenous
people
need fair treatment' (samn), Taking
the
Madhesi Movement to New Heights: Nepal's leaders must
prevent alienation of communities of Indian origin, by
Santosh Salik Shah (on), Pahadi
distances
himself from CMDP (nn) [Does this mean that the civil society
leadership does not differ from the selfish interests of the
party leaders??], Mid-November
is
a realistic election timeline, says Martin (nn)
15/05/2997: Chure
agitators
demand action against Minister Mahato (nn), Minister
Mahato
regrets PM's comment (nn), Jwala's
men
kill two cadres of Goit's faction (nn), PM
main
impediment for republic: Yadav (nn), UML
refutes
media reports (nn), King
80
percent finished: PM, by Harsa Subba, Madhav
Ghimire & Binod Bhandari (kp), NRB
governor
barred from flying to B'desh (kp), 15
injured
in bomb blast in Rautahat, by Shiva Puri (kp), Laws
but
little justice, by Trilochan Upreti (kp), A
red herring to constituent assembly, by Bijay Kumar
Rauniyar (kp), Nepali
women
empowerment truth or sham?, by Shaheen Gani (kp), Madhesi,
RPP
MPs disrupt house (samn), Red
Cross
urges Nepal to find missing war victims (Reuters), Prachanda,
Bamdev
discuss red unity (nn), Koirala
returns
from Biratnagar; starts political parleys (nn), Govt
team
to hold talks with MJF on May 18 (nn)
14/05/2007: Maoists
register
proposal for republic in House, by Ghanashyam Ojha
(kp), Maoists
register
republic motion (samn), Parties
criticise
Maoists for presenting republic motion in 'light' manner
(nn), Establishing
republic
is not easy: Koirala (nn) [??], NC
is
a hindrance: Nepal, by Prem Nepali (kp), Koirala
dodging
political crisis? (samn), Tarai
MPs
to stall House business (samn), Madhesi
MPs
in no mood to allow parliament (nn) [Not
elected MPs who boycott the parliament should no longer be
paid from the public budget as parliamentarians!!],
NRB
governor
barred from flying abroad (nn), Return
seized
land: Prachanda (nn), Seized
assets
to be returned: Prachanda (kp), 'Joint
commitment
on CA poll in 4 days' (kp), CA
polls
will ensure 33% reservation for women: PM (kp) [Similar to the interim
parliament??], Demonstrations
against
killing (kp), Security
for
Marwaris (kp), Discrimination
continues, by Neelam Sharma (kp), Corruption
'free'
(?) new interim regime, by Shyam KC (kp), Maoist
victims
facing hard times (samn), 'Forces
trying
to split 8-party pact' (samn), Madheshi
students’
body changes name (samn), Cops,
JTMM
men trade fire in Rautahat (samn), Over
dozen
injured in Rautahat blast (nn), Widespread
disappearances
still unresolved despite peace (Relief Web) [The
politicians are definitely not interested!!], ICRC
urges
govt to establish high-level commission on missing people
(nn), Three
injured
in landmine blast (nn), CZOP
appeals
for release of minors from PLA camps (nn), People’s
Third
Movement In The Offing, by Siddhi N. Ranjitkar (Scoop)
13/05/2007: Truth
and
Reconciliation Commission to be set up (nn) [The
report of a similar commission, the Rayamajhi Commission,
has already been presented to the government more than
half a year ago and nothing has happened; it has not even
been made public, similar to the Mallik report of 1990!!],
Koirala
blamed
for CA polls delay (samn), Prachanda
warns
against undermining Maoist strength (nn), JTMM-J
district chairman shot dead (nn), Goit
owns
up killing of engineer (samn), JTMM-Goit
releases
two abductees (nn), Ex-COAS
Thapa
barred from boarding flight to Doha (nn), Misleading
history, by Binaya Ghimire (kp), Minister
demands
autonomy for Madhesis (samn), Minister
Mahato’s
remarks spark protests (nn), UML
for
early declaration of republic (samn), Maoists
register
proposal demanding republic (nn), Prachanda
hints
at returning seized land (samn), Nepal's
former
rebels reject allegations they have children in their
armed forces (International Herald Tribune 13/05/2007)
12/05/2007: Govt
engineer
killed by JTMM-Goit (nn), 2
abducted: Engineer shot dead, by Bharat Jarghamagar
(kp), Koirala
plans
polls in Nov, by J. Hemanth (tc), NC,
Maoists
begin homework (kp), Koirala
ready
to part with Sitaula (samn), Prachanda
positive
on 8-party unity (samn), Maoist-victims
seek
American help (samn), Nation
on
the brink, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Regret
needs
restitution, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Madhesi
sues
Kathmandu Post, Kantipur (samn) [??],
UN
group
urges immediate demobilisation of child soldiers (nn),
Time
to
dissolve EC: UML chief (nn) [Unbelievable
statement: The party politicians are responsible that the
CA elections cannot take place in time, not the election
commission!! The party politicians practise failed and
selfish power politics and cannot separate from
traditional values as they have always done after 1990!!]
11/05/2007: YCL's
activities
flouting peace pact, says NHRC (nn), Conflict
causes
loss of Rs 5 billion (nn), Bardiya
administration
acts tough with Maoists (nn), Indigenous
organisations
announce fresh agitation (nn), Professionals
demand
immediate announcement of polls date (nn), Eight
parties should first decide on republic: Prachanda
(nn), Eight
parties
fail to meet (kp), Swift
Undercurrents:
As the eight parties continue to be in a state of limbo,
swift undercurrents are felt with the recent remarks by
Koirala and Nepal, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Banda
affects
life in Dang (kp), Into
post
Maoism, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Declare
CA
poll date, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Priorities
In
Conflict, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Rocky
road
to republic: Koirala is stuck between royalists and his
own party’s republicans, by CK Lal (nt), New
country,
old habits: Listen to ‘the people’ while planning a new
Nepal, by Nimalka Fernando (nt), Peace
train (nt), Afraid
of
the royal shadow, letter to the editor by Pushpa
Pokhrel (nt, originally in Kantipur, 6 May), “Anything
is
possible if the left parties unite”, interview with
Maoist leader Mohan Baidya (nt 11/05/2007, originally in
Budhabar, 9 May), 'Koirala
in
favour of Nepal elections in November' (wi)
10/05/2007: Poudel
meets
with MJF chief (nn), NEOC
demands
announcement of poll date (nn), Bandhs,
demonstrations
make life harder in terai (nn), Uncertainty
shrouds
eight party meeting (nn), Eight
parties
fail to meet (nn), 4
cops, dozen Maoists injured: Maoists torch land reform
office, by Sudarshan Rijal (kp), Prachanda
regrets
Dang incident (nn), Mahara
not
happy with violent activities in the name of YCL (nn),
Govt
not
cooperating with IDPs: NRC (kp), Jana-andolan
injured
for republic, by Baburam Kharel (kp), Prachanda
on
Prachanda doctrine, by Lok Raj Baral (kp), Paradox
of politics, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp)
09/05/2007: Fresh
election
date will be fixed by the meet, says Poudel (nn), PM
begins
parleys to end crisis (samn), Speaker
discusses
House standoff with PM, party whips (kp), House
sitting deferred till May 14 (nn), Minister
urges
APF to leave CDC building (kp), PM
has
reasons to stand by monarchy (samn), Gradual
move (kp), Mahara
accepts
indecisiveness (samn), Thus
spake
Prachanda, by Avantika Regmi (kp), Year
of
elections?, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), Unrest
in
Madhes and Chure Bhabar, by Prakash A Raj (kp), Dalit
Front
submits memo to PM (samn), Minister’s
comment
draws criticism (samn), YCL
the
panoc creator?, by N.P.Upadhyaya (tg), King’s
"coronation"
over?, by N.P.Upadhyaya (tg), A
Grim Picture, by Bhumika Ghimire (tg), How
can
the declaration of republic be legitimate?, by Prakash
Bom (tg), NC
needs
to allay fear of communist domination, says PM (nn)
08/05/2007: Show
of
arms banned in Bardiya; UNMIN to probe attacks (nn), Rallies,
mass
meets with sticks, weapons banned, by Kamal Panthi
(kp), 2
killed as masked men open fire in Bara (samn), Govt
plans
to hold talks with all agitating groups within mid-May
(nn) [Such talks require wholehearted willingness to become
inclusive; lip service is not enough!!], HRW
urges
Maoists to release child soldiers (nn), PM
meeting
top party leaders today (kp), Koirala
starts
political parleys; 8-party meet on Thursday nn), Republic
will
come gradually: PM (kp), Can’t
declare
republic in haste: PM (samn), PM
satistifed
with NA role (kp), Strikes
banned
in 15 essential services (kp), Commitments
yet
to be met, by Meera Regmi (kp), Madhesi
movement
and nation state, by Sujeet Karn (kp), Arms
verification
process hits snag (samn), Government
has
lost credibility: CPN-UML (samn), US
govt
cautions its citizen on travel to Nepal (nn) [Moriarty
does everything to prevent the improvement of Nepali
economy!], Speaker
intensifies
efforts to break ice; Madhesi MPs still to stall House
(nn)
07/05/2007: NC
deplores
Bardiya attack; YCL warns of nationwide agitation
(nn), 24
injured
as Maoists, cops clash in Banke (kp), Public
offence
case filed against YCL members (nn), YCL
threat
displaces locals, by Kamal Panthi (kp), YCL
challenge (kp), Maoist
victims
to launch third round of agitation (nn), Royalist
ministers'
passports 'frozen' (kp), Jungle,
goon(da)
or lok (people) raj?, by Shyam KC (kp), Illusive
press
freedom in loktantrik Nepal (kp), Uncertainty
shrouds
second-phase verification of PLA combatants (nn), Establishing
republic
is not that easy, says Koirala (nn), UML
chief
shoots down leftist unity proposal (nn)
06/05/2007: Street
struggle
is top priority, says Maoist leader (nn), Maoists
may
quit alliance: PLA commander (samn), Peace
process
firmly on track: Martin (kp), Mahara
for
republic before polls (samn), Mahara
for
unity among reformists (kp), Govt,
NEFIN
to hold parley on May 9 (kp), Govt,
Janajatis
hold talks (samn), Strike
hits
five districts (Gulf Times), YCL
men
torch govt offices in Bardiya (samn), Four
dozen
Maoists arrested for vandalising govt offices Nepal
(oi), Mahato
calls
parties to amend statute (samn), Talks
on
Maoist-seized properties inconclusive (nn)
05/05/2007: Mahara
criticised
for defending past atrocities against journos (nn), Mahara
owns
up mistakes against journos (kp), 8-party
unity
must not break: PM Koirala (kp), PM
starts
consultations for fresh polls date (nn), Martin
says
peace process is on track (nn), Govt
talk
team, NEFIN discuss talks procedure (nn), Curfew
renewed in Sanoshree (kp), Police,
Madheshi
Tigers exchange fire (samn), Yami’s
formula
for Dalit empowerment (samn), Positive
discrimination
for inclusion, by Narayan Prasad Wagle (kp)
04/05/2007: "Mid-November
appropriate
time for polls" (nn), "One
Point
Agenda For The Transitional Government Is To Bring About
The Good Elections", interview with Andrew Hall
(sp), Now
and
Then: Every one is talking about national reconciliation
including prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala but one can
see sea change in the concept, by Keshab Poudel (sp),
NC
as
MC for republicanism, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), NC-Maoist
row:
Dangerous Deflection, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Maoists,
PFN
hold talks (kp), Political
Inclusiveness: The
Path to Stability, by Siddhartha Sharma (sp), 'Martin's
remarks
violate understanding' (kp), Maoists'
double
standard (kp), Prachanda
denies
attacking police post (kp), The
wild
west: The Maoist attack on a border police post was to
protect a lucrative timber smuggling interests, by
Rameswor Bohara (nt), Bardiya
tense
as APF-YCL row heats up (samn), Maoist
supporters
defy curfew, by Kamal Panthi (kp), Bandh
imposed
in five western districts; curfew continues in Sanoshree
(nn), Antinomies
of
democracy, by CD Bhatta (kp), Misrepresenting
the
right to self-determination (kp), by Madan Regmi, On
your
marks..., …get set, and let’s start again,
by Kunda Dixit (nt), Terror
in
the tarai: “This is worse than it was during the Maoist
war”, by Ajit Tiwari (nt), Sick
politics (nt, originally in Naya Patrika, 2 May), Nepal
press
still under threat: UN (samn), Prachanda
doubtful
in holding CA polls (samn), 8-party
alliance
indispensable: CPN-UML (samn), Gurung’s
mantra
for forging fresh unity (samn), Driving
licences
still bear HMG logo (samn)
03/05/2007: Two
dozen
injured in APF-Maoist clash in Bardiya; curfew clamped
(nn), Curfew
in
Nepal village following clashes (Khaleej Times), Cops,
YCL
clash for 3rd day, by Kamal Panthi (kp), Maoist’s
excesses
on; padlock municipality office (nn), Maoists
lock
up municipality office (kp), Prachanda's
Delhi
visit changed Indian view: US (kp), Erupt
or
implode? (kp), JTMM
-
J abducts 12-yr-old (kp), JTMM
cadre
killed in police action (kp), NSP(A)
to
talk with Madhesi groups (kp), Journalists
in
terai still face threats, by Lila Ballav Ghimire (kp),
Refusing
the
political gauntlet?, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp), Nepal
stresses
on 8-party unity till CA polls (nn), Congress
will
not come in the way of republic: Poudel (nn), Maoist
minister
threatens to walk out of govt (nn), Prachanda
criticises
Martin, says no preconditions have been set for
verification (nn), Janajati
leaders
want commission on indigenous people (nn)
02/05/2007: Seized
properties
can't be returned: Baidya (nn), Seized
properties
won't be returned: Baidya, by Raj Kumar Karki and Tika
Bhatta (kp), Maoists
attack
police post, by Janak Nepal (kp), Nepal
Maoists
resume arms, attack police post (wi), People
protest
Maoist high handedness; three injured (nn), Madhesi
Tigers
own up responsibility for bombing (nn), 2
MMT men arrests (kp), Census
will
take 4 years: CBS, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Prachanda
threatens
fresh stir (kp), Verification
can't
be conditional: Martin (kp), Paradox
of
unity and celebration, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Machiavellian
politics comes into action!, by N.P.Upadhyaya (tg), Motives
of
the Monarchy Displayed through the Rituals of Fallacy,
by Prakash Bom (tg), Federalism
in
Nepal: too many models too little solution,
by Lok Raj Baral (tg), Everyone
should
receive social justice3 but without breaking other
people's legs, by Sanjeev Upreti (tg), Polarization
has
become inevitable in Nepali politics which is good for a
healthy political growth and evolution, interview with
Mohan Prasad Lohani (tg), US
says
Maoists still a terrorist organisation; JTMM added
(nn), Over
30
injured in Bardiya clash (nn), Chinese
envoy
meets Prime Minister Koirala (nn), Only
special
convention can decide on republic: Poudel (nn), Gajurel
hints
at early pro-republic street movement (nn), NSP
(A) seeks merger of Madhesi parties (nn)
01/05/2007: A
year of loktantra, by Liz Philipson (Himal Southasian,
May 2007), Celebrating
Loktantra
Day, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (kp), Maoist
support
for UML to change govt leadership: ‘NC had hand in Gaur
carnage’ (kp), PM
Koirala,
RPP chief discuss political scenario (nn), King
has intensified activism, says Dr Koirala (nn), Prachanda
steps
up pressure to declare republic; warns to unleash all
round revolt (nn), Yadav
in
New Delhi, puts three preconditions for talks (nn), MPRF
chairman
Yadav in Delhi, by Gopal Khanal (kp), Chure
protestors
withdraw transport strike (kp), Chure
Bhawar
strike called off (samn), May
Day
brings respite to troubled Nepal (wi), Vehicles
still
stranded on highway, by Aman Koirala (kp), Maoists
still blocking return of displaced: OHCHR (kp), Maoist
victims
injured in clash with police (kp), Maoists
refuse
verification (kp), Maoists
have
put conditions for second phase registration: Martin
(nn), Army
chief
denies meeting King (samn), For
the
betterment, by Shivendra Jha (kp), Why
federalism
is necessary, by Yubaraj Sangroula (kp)
30/04/2007: Eight
party
differences delaying CA date announcement (nn), Expert
calls
for forming CA Commission (nn), Maoists
start
publicity campaign for republic set up (nn), 'Monarchy
has
already been abolished' (kp), PM
seeks
clarification from CoAS on his ‘meeting’ with King
(nn), 'Maoists,
UML
going against constitution' (kp), Alliance
will
remain intact: Poudel (samn), NC
to
speak on monarchy after district presidents' meet
(nn), Govt
calls
Chure protestors for talks (kp), Hundreds
of
passengers stranded in eastern terai (kp), Terai
reels
under continued strikes (samn), NHRC
concerned
over rights violations in Terai (kp), Nepal
to
reopen key southern highways, boost security, as general
strike continues (International Herald Tribune), Chure
Bhawar
bandh called off (nn), Grassroots
women
flay women leaders (kp), Exercise
restraint,
good for country's health, by Shyam KC (kp), Maoists
not
meeting their commitment on safe return of IDPs: OHCHR
(nn), Congress
and
Maoist leaders trade charges (nn)
29/04/2007: Maoists
threaten
to unleash indefinite agitation (nn), Dr
Bhattarai
issues ultimatum on republic (kp), Declare
republic
by May: Bhattarai (samn), Foreign
forces
behind delay in CA polls: Neupane (nn), Transport
workers
bring valley traffic to a halt (kp), Valley
traffic
disrupted for hours (samn), Man
killed
as police use force to clear highway: Two more shot, 10
cops hurt, by Aman (kp), Chure
Bhawar
cadre die in police firing (samn), Vehicles
move
under police escorts (samn), Microbus
carrying
journalists attacked in Sunsari (nn), Maoists
call
banda to thwart NC meet (kp), Thapa
stresses
unity against leftist alliance, by Gopal Khanal (kp),
RJP
chief
hints major political change (samn), 'Nepal
not
suitable for federalism' (samn), Ban
lauds
peace process (kp), Ban
cautious
in Nepal peace process (samn), New
Conflicts
Accompany Nepal’s Efforts at Democracy, by Somini
Sengupta (New York Times), Army
refutes
reports of chief's meeting with the King (nn), Indefinite
bandh
continues to paralyse life in Terai (nn), NHRC
laments human rights abuses during Terai agitations
(nn), Govt
renews
call for dialogue (nn)
28/04/2007: Maoists
for
forming republican alliance: Badal (nn), 8
parties to meet soon (kp), Informal
8-party
meet held to end crisis (samn), Leader
of
Chure Bhawar Ekta Samaj held; three hurt (nn), Chure
Bhawar
banda on for 5th day (kp), Chure
Bhawar
activists set lawyers free (samn), Police
firing
kills protester in Sarlahi (nn), Govt
ready
for unconditional dialogue (samn), Sushil
Koirala
lashes out at YCL's atrocities (nn), UN
experts
stress on eliminating caste based discrimination (nn),
UN
urges
elimination of discrimination (samn), Making
the
coalition work, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), ‘Parliament
not
authorized to proclaim republic’, by Janak Nepal (kp),
Bruised
Madhes (kp), Democracy
is
priority but democrats inevitable, by Babu Ram Neupane
(kp), 'Army
Salute
to King at PM's Behest' (samn), Mukherjee
meets
PM Koirala (nn) [why Indian and US ambassadors so often??],
Transport
workers'
strike disrupts traffic in the Valley (nn), Moriarty
set
to brief Washington about Nepal situation (nn), Fundamental
issues
should be left for the people to decide, says Thapa
(nn), Sushil
Koirala,
Poudel deplore Maoist attempt to foil NC programme
(nn)
27/04/2007: Deuba
blames
Maoists for CA polls deferral; Nepal for 8-party meet on
monarchy (nn), Women
and
just peace (sp), Stupendous
Year, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), No
Alternatives
To Middle Way, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Poudel
hits
at attempts to overshadow CA (nn), Parliament
cannot
announce republic, says Poudel (nn) [???],
A
public republic (nt), Un-democratic,
by Gunaraj Luitel (nt, originally in Kantipur, 24 April), Vehicles
shun
highways due to CBES strike (kp), Home
Minister
vows to clear highways (nn), 33
lawyers
held by Chure protesters (nn), Lawyers
not
held, claim Chure protesters (nn), PM
meets
with Nemwang and Moriarty (nn) [why
Moriarty??], 8-party
leaders
decide to call top level meeting soon (nn), Stalled
political process delays verification, by Tilak P
Pokharel (kp), Coalition
culture, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Still
in
the crosshairs: The war may have ended, but there is no
peace in Holeri, by Rameswor Bohara (nt), The
price
of radicalism: The MJF has created a political vacuum it
can’t fill any time soon, by CK Lal (nt), A
new order: Use the smarts of the Nepali people, by
Ashraf Ghani (nt), Let’s
stay
together: Because breaking up by ethnicity is hard to do,
by Charles Haviland (nt), Govt
calls
NFIN for talks on May 5 (nn)
26/04/2007: No
business
is business as usual, by Tilak P Pokharel (kp), Koirala
meets
with Deuba (nn), PM
intensifies
diplomatic meetings (nn), Heckling
for
justice (kp), Poudel
feels
eight parties lack confidence (nn), Eight
parties'
leaders must accept reality: Poudel, by Prakash Baral
(kp), Maoist
ministers
seek to appoint, transfer officials (kp), Brussels
conference
focuses on ways to sustain democracy (nn), Chure
Bhawar strike runs on for third day (kp), Chure
Bhawar
strike on (samn), Banda
makes
man trek to capital, by Shiva Puri (kp), Thousands
of
people stranded in south Nepal due to general strike
(International herald tribune), CPN-UML,
Maoists
root for republic (samn), Referendum
on
monarchy, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Nepal’s
royal
hangover, by J. Hemanth (tc), MP
raises
issue of army's salute to king (samn), Secret
report
recommends legal action against Nepal’s king (Khaleej
Times), No
unity
without clarity, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Law
and
order must for CA polls: UK (samn), Tarai
judge
to head Madhes unrest probe (samn), Nepal
to
investigate ethnic unrest (Peninsula), 80
killed
in clashes in one year: report (samn), ‘Rights
situation
better' (samn)
25/04/2007: Elections
postponement
not a disaster: Martin (nn), Deferring
of
polls no disaster: Martin (samn), Decision
on
CA polls rests on Nepal's political parties: British envoy
(nn), Maoist
lawmakers
demand NC's viewpoint on republic announcement (nn), No
time
to wait for republic: Prachanda (samn), NSP
(A)
for republic (samn), Declare
Nepal
a republic: Martyrs’ kins (samn), UML,
Maoists
discuss left unity; bash PM (nn), Reds
unity
to sideline Congress soon! (tg), Maoist-NC
rift
comes to fore (samn), Congress
blamed
for CA polls uncertainty (nn), Peace
process
at risk : Maoists (kp), Cabinet
decides
to form judicial commission to probe atrocities during
terai unrest (nn), One
Year
On: the Janaandolan and Nepal's peace process, by Ian
Martin (kp), Thousands
join
Loktantra Day celebration, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), Democracy
celebrated
nationwide (kp), A
year of living together, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), 'People
yet
to taste fruit of loktantra' (samn), End
impunity:
OHCHR (kp), More
needed
on rights front, says OHCHR (samn), Legacy
of
Karmacharitantra & Maoist ministers in the cabinet,
by Prakash Bom (tg), Need
for
economic andolan? by Sandeep Basnyat (tg), Bravo,
says
Danish envoy (samn), US
treats
Maoists as terrorists (samn), Bandh
claims
one; 18 vehicles damaged (samn), Civil
society
leaders question NA salute to King Gyanendra (nn), MJF
forms
four-member talk team (nn)
24/04/2007: A
year after, things look challenging, by Tilak P.
Pokharel (kp), Progress
since
Janaandolan II unsatisfactory (kp), Hope
is
one-year-old today (samn), Year
after
king bowed out, Nepal remains at crossroads (Guld
Times), Loktantra
Day (kp), Nepal
celebrates
anniversary of forcing king to abandon authoritarian rule
(International Herald Tribune), Loktantra
Day
being observed (nn), Prachanda
feels
seven parties agreed in haste (nn), Prachanda
seeks
unity for republic (samn), Leaders,
civil
society activists stress on republic (nn), Looking
back, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), Nepal
marks
democracy anniversary, by Charles Haviland (BBC News),
A
year after fall, life still sweet for Nepal's royals
(wi), Mandate
for
unity and progressive change, by Narayan Prasad Wagle
(kp), Parties
stress
need of CA poll (kp), CA
polls
likely in October: Mahat (samn), 'CA
poll
without fear needed' (kp), 'Maoists
to
blame for CA poll delay' (samn), 'Leaders not serious about polls' (samn) [Why should they? They only
want power and positions, not inclusive democracy!],
Madhesi
MPs
frantic to defend turf, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Police
refuse
to register case against MPRF, by Shiva Puri (kp), Chure-Bhawar
protesters
burn down two Red Cross vehicles (nn) [What
is this criminal anti-people terror good for??], OHCHR
expresses concerns over disappeared people (nn)
23/04/2007: Loktantra
day
being celebrated with festivities (nn) [It's
still daltantra in a not inclusive system!], Left
leaders to unify for republic (kp), Minister
Poudel
calls Chure protestors for talks (nn), Life
partially
affected by MPRF banda (kp), MPRF
strike
losing force in Terai (samn), Over
4
dozen Maoist victims held, freed (kp), PM
assures
return of Maoist victims' property (kp), A
ship without a rudder, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (kp),
Hindu
holidays
in secular Nepal, by Shyam KC (kp), Suspension
of
janajati project likely (kp), Nepal
marks
end of king's absolute rule, by Gopal Sharma
(Reuters), Nepal
elections
likely in October, says top official (International
Herald Tribune), Bandh
in
Chure-Bhawar region hits normal life; govt calls for talks
(nn), CIAA
interrogates
Dr Giri, Bista (nn)
22/04/2007: MPRF
banda
has patchy impact (kp), MJF
cadres
clash with cops, 13 hurt (samn), Over
20
MJF activists held for defying prohibitory orders in Gaur
(nn), JTMM-J
seizes
over 350 bighas land (kp), Chure
protestors
threaten fresh agitation (nn), Ethnic
protesters
call indefinite Nepal strike from Monday (wi), YCL
starts
campaign to seize royal properties (nn), Maoist
MPs
for new CA poll date (kp), Parties
doing
homework for poll date (samn), Martyrs’
kin
urge timely CA polls (samn), Reactionaries
fear
communist majority in CA: MK Nepal (nn), Compensation
still
eludes conflict victims, by Tularam Pandey (kp), Dozens
of
protesting ‘Maoist victims’ arrested, released (nn), PM
assures
he will ensure return of seized properties (nn), Rolpalis
yet
to feel free, secure (samn), CIAA
grills
ex-minister Pandey, summons four royal kingpins (nn)
21/04/2007: Nepal
demands
immediate clarification on CA (nn), Announce
CA
date and improve camp conditions, say Maoist MPs (nn),
‘CA
must
be disscussed widely’ (kp), MJF
bandh
continues to trouble Terai region (nn), Banda
affects
life in east terai (kp), Kalanki
salutes
Janaandolan sacrifice (kp), Declaration
of
republic (kp)
20/04/2007: MJF
bandh
affects life in Terai, NC cancels its Janakpur gathering
(nn), Govt
urges
MPRF to call off banda (kp), Govt
hails
MJF's desire for talks (samn), Ruffle
in
the cabinet (kp), Democratic
republic
in offing: Sitaula (samn), CA
Elections: Polls
In Doubt, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Carter
Center
on Polls: Unaddressed Challenges (sp), Poll
observers
ask govt to announce fresh CA date (nn), One
more
chance: The risks and opportunities of delayed elections,
by Yash Ghai (nt), Power: Politics
Of
Haves And Have Nots, by Keshab Poudel (sp), OHCHR-Nepal
calls
for probing disappearances (sp), Impunity
on
the rise: NHRC (kp), CIAA
interrogates
Tulsi Giri, three other royal kingpins (nn), Weaknesses
of
law enforcement agencies responsible for Gaur massacre: OHCHR
(nn), Maoists
face
up to political reality, by Dhruba Adhikary (sp), US
embassy
holds up visa for Maoist leader, by Tilak P. Pokharel
(kp), Cabinet
approves
Maila's song as national anthem (nn), Cabinet
selects
Maila's song as national anthem (kp), Responsibility
for
security, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), An
unfinished
uprising: A year later, the tarai is still struggling for
inclusive loktantra, by CK Lal (nt), Madhes
mess (nt, originally in Tarun, 16 April), Citizen
papers (nt, originally in Himal Khabarpatrika, 14-30
April), The
real
story: Nepalis don’t want to hear glorious myths, they want to
work for a glorious future, by Daniel Lak (nt), Speak
your
mind: As citizens we all need to engage with informed,
moderate debate, by Artha Beed (nt)
19/04/2007: Altercation
that
put off a cabinet meet, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Maoists
walk
out of cabinet meeting (samn), India's
sandalwood
raises stink in Nepal (wi), CIAA
directs govt to check sandalwood smuggling (nn), 7
tons of sandalwood seized (kp), PM
assures
Prachanda over PLA issues (kp), Three
day
long prohibitory order in Gaur (nn), Chure
Bhawar
Ekata Samaj announces fresh protest (nn), Black
flags greet Moriarty in Gaighat (kp), Fear
of
derailment, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp), Stop
petty
politicking, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Maoists,
UML
acting as opponents: Poudel (nn), MJF
reiterates
old demands, asks govt to stop constituency delineation
process (nn), Poudel
hints
govt's readiness to cast aside ECDC counsel (nn), Madhesi
lawmakers
disrupt House proceedings (nn)
18/04/2007: Maoist
ministers
walk out; cabinet meeting suspended (nn), Defiant
Yadav
asks PM to correct himself (nn), Prachanda
meets
Koirala after cabinet row (nn), Maoist
lawmakers
disrupt House proceeding (nn), Madhesi
MPs
demand fresh census ahead of CA polls (nn), Civil
servants decry Jwala Singh's decree (nn), JTMM-J
raid on police post foiled, by Shiva Puri (kp), Maoists
demand
Rs 500m for PLA (kp), 198
ways
for peaceful protests (nn), Carter
Center
urges end to violence, fear (kp), 2.2m
citizenships
distributed (kp), CIAA
serves
summons to royal ministers (kp), Janaandolan
II
injured still bed ridden, by Ganesh Chaudhary (kp), Active
ambassadors
can be a liability, by Dhruba Hari Adhikary (kp), Politics
of
compromise and appeasement enabled the Maoists to hold 73
seats in the parliament without being elected, interview
with Dilli Ram Dahal (tg) [None
of the current MPs has been elected! All of them have been
nominated by their party leaders! Only the Maoists have tried
to respect inclusiveness!], Nepali
Diaspora
calls for attention to Terai problem (kp)
17/04/2007: NGOs
to
launch drive on federalism (samn), Referendum
on
monarchy an option: Prachanda (kp), Maoists
push
for referendum (samn), Maoists
for
vote on monarchy (tc), Parties
will
decide on republic: PM (samn), Now
referendum, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Deferral
of
the CA elections, by Prakash Bom (kp), 'Create
situation
for credible election' (samn), No
CA
elections if snail's pace continues, says Nepal (nn),
Prachanda
directs
his ministers to ensure that people feel change (nn),
Prachanda,
Sitaula
discuss latest political developments (nn), Nepal
Maoists
blame Bihar zealots for poll fiasco (wi), Don’t
curb
political activities: Sundh (samn), OHCHR,
NHRC
discuss rights issues with leaders, civil society
activists (nn), YCL
seeks
'public clarification' on raids (kp), YCL
seeks
govt clarification on raids (samn), Victims
of
atrocities, excesses, unite!, by Shyam KC (kp), Carter's
team
finds high level of fear, violence in Nepal (wi), CIAA
summons
Tulsi Giri, 10 others (nn), Army
Chief
briefs PM about security situation (nn), Madhesi
MPs
seek consensus on key issues (nn), JTMM
kills
one in Bara, attacks police post in Rautahat (nn), Over
2
million citizenships distributed in four months (nn)
16/04/2007: Civil
society
to hold citizen's mass meeting on Loktantra Day (nn),
PM
to
address on Loktantra Day (nn), Eight-party
meeting
deferred indefinitely (kp), 8-party
moot
on CA polls deferred (samn), Maoists
want
House to proclaim republic (kp), 'Declare
Nepal
republic before polls' (samn), Maoists
push
to remove Gyanendra (Guld Times), Maoists
threaten
new campaign to end monarchy (Khaleej Times), Prachanda
for
referendum to decide fate of monarchy (nn), PM,
Prachanda discuss CA polls (nn), Nepali
PM
meets CPN-M chairman (pd), Prime
Minister
proved incompetent: Lawmaker (nn), Koirala
under
attack over election delay (Gulf Times), What
next? (kp), Janjatis
withdraw
valley blockade (nn), Nepal's
Madhesi
groups welcome government's offer for talks (pd), Police
raid
YCL offices (nn), Police
raid
YCL offices, no weapon found, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(kp), YCL
takes
out torch rallies to protest police raids (nn), Nepalgunj
tense
after 5 hurt in clash with police (kp), An
idea
that failed, by Dhruva Joshy (kp), MJF,
JTMM
(Goit) welcome talks offer, demand 'conducive environment'
(nn), Second
phase
of arms registration from May 1 (nn), JMCC
discusses
next phase of arms registration in Nepal (pd), Carter
Center
urges political efforts for sound electoral process
(nn)
15/04/2007: Basis
for
eight-party unity over: Prachanda: Parties to decide new
poll date today (kp), 8-parties'
unity
broken: Prachanda (samn), Nepal's
former
rebels warn they will quit government if elections are
delayed (International Herald Tribune), Ex-pm
Deuba
hails EC's decision on polls (samn), Parties'
internal
discussions continue; eight party meeting in the afternoon
(nn), Eight
party
meeting to discuss CA polls deferred (nn), Maoists
demand
to declare republic before CA polls (nn), 'PM
must
take lion's share of blame' (samn), Nepal
PM
flayed by allies over poll delay (wi), NINFA
asks
govt to sort out issues through dialogue (nn), 15
injured
in a clash between locals and police in Banke (nn), MPRF
ready
for dialogue with govt (kp), NC
asks
MJF to withdraw bandh (nn), JTMM
(J)
orders pahade bureaucrats out (kp), Re(visiting)
public, by Bijay Kumar Rauniyar (kp), Victim
construction, by Arun Gupto (kp)
14/04/2007: June
20
poll not possible: CEC, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), CA
polls
not possible in June: EC (samn), Elections
may
be put off: minister (samn), Govt
draws
flak for poll delay (samn), UML,
Maoists
hold PM responsible for delay (kp), UML
warns
of anarchy if CA polls delayed (samn), CA
date
debacle fallout: Deuba welcomes; UML blames govt; Maoists
want republic (nn), PLA
men
leave camps to protest EC announcement (nn) [Everybody
knowing the situation in Nepal and having a little bit of
intellect has been aware for long that elections could not
take place in June! Responsible are all the politicians
who delayed the transition process including some foreign
ambassadors!], Only
declaration
of republic can save 8-party unity now, says Prachanda
(nn), Enter
the
dragon of uncertainty, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), DEO
Joshi freed by police (nn), Transitions
as
opportunity, by Lok Raj Baral (kp), Anatomy
of
Madhesi nationalism, by Sarita Giri (kp), MJF
dismisses
addition of constituencies (samn), MJF
sets
two conditions for dialogue with govt (nn), Maithali
women
seek role in CA (samn)
13/04/2007: Tarai
to
have 28 more constituencies (samn), MJF
dismisses
addition of constituencies (nn), Cabinet
to
discuss CA date; 8-party leaders to meet today (nn), CMP
signed
by 8 parties has no legitimacy: MPs (kp), CMP
document
illegal: lawmakers (samn), Ten
nabbed
with weapons (nn), Authorities
seize
7 illegal weapons (kp), Security
stepped
up for Marwari community (sp), Operation
Clean-up:
The UNMIN has said it is willing to help in the disposal
of landmines and IEDs which have been killing unsuspecting
people, particularly kids (sp), UNMIN
registers 2855 NA weapons (kp), Nepal
army
also locks up more than 2800 weapon to aid peace process
(Relief Web), Take
action
against Janaandolan guilty (kp), Meaningful
talks (kp), Maoist
paradox, by Tilak P Pokharel (kp), Parties
and
women's inclusion, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Democracy: Inclusive
or
Exclusive?, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Dalits
want
special status in statute (samn), Constituent
assembly
polls: Date Debate, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Horse
before
the cart: Let a referendum on the monarchy precede
constituent assembly elections, by Maitalal Gurung
(nt), EC
says
it cannot meet June deadline; requests govt to announce
appropriate date (nn), Nepal's
Election
Commission rules out June vote for special assembly
(International Herald Tribune), Nepal
commission
delays elections (BBC News), Nepali
govt
to discuss on EC's letter on CA polls (pd), Cabinet
refers
EC letter to eight parties (nn), Crucial
Nepal
elections likely to be postponed (Khaleej Times), Fears
of
unrest arise as Nepal elections delayed until late 2007
(Raw Story), Top
leaders
meet to discuss election timetable (nn), Eight
party
meeting ends inconclusively (nn), “A
crisis
if elections are delayed”, interview with Pushpa Kamal
Dahal, CPN-M chairman (nt, originally in Nepal, 8 April), Prachanda
wants
declaration of republic (samn), After
peace,
perhaps development: An interim economic plan to deal with
the challenges of political transition, by Kiran Nepal
(nt), An
even
more fateful year: Sometimes, instinctive rather than
analytical readings point the way ahead, by CK Lal
(nt), Maoists
Ultimately
Join Nepal Government: Challenges remain to realizing
democracy, by Amit Pyakurel (on), Concerning
Nepal's Grave And Deteriorating Situation (Scoop) [This open letter by a
handful of arch-conservative Bahuns and some others proves
the danger Nepal is facing from ultra-right royalist
forces!!], Civil
Society
forms committee to celebrate Loktantra Day (nn), Critical
Juncture, by Hom Raj Acharya (Asia News Network)
12/04/2007: June
20
too early for polls: CEC (samn), CEC
questions
security situation; EC to react on polls date soon
(nn), CEC:
Polls
possible on schedule, by Bedraj Poudel (kp), CA
elections (kp), Don't
rush
into CA polls: civil society (samn), SAC
still
unable to finalize CA poll bill (kp), CDO
to
lead monitoring committees (nn), Govt
calls
agitating groups for dialogue (kp), Govt
offices
resume work after 2 months, by Rabindra Uprety (kp), Nepal
ethnic
group calls strike in Terai (samn), Sangh’s
Nepal
connection, by Poornima Joshi (tc), UNMIN
completes
storage of Nepal Army weapons (nn)
11/04/2007: Abductions
and
intimidations continue in Terai (nn), Goit
orders
action against journos (kp), Police
nab
seven JTMM-Goit activists (nn), Cops
nab
7 JTMM-G men (kp), Thapa
refutes
allegations of plotting against CA polls (nn), We
won't
scuttle CA polls: royalists (samn), SAC
faces
problem finalizing CA bill (kp) [It
is the internal problem of the parties that they have done
nothing to become inclusive even 17 years after the
introduction of a democratic system!!], UNMIN
begins
NA arms registration (kp), UN
team
begins registration of NA arms (samn), 2000
NA
weapons locked up in containers (nn), Martin
doubts
poll possible on June 20 (kp), Election
on
time: Poudel (kp), Conduct
CA
polls or quit: CPN-UML (samn), Maoists
may
quit govt: minister (samn), Fresh
struggle
if CA polls not held: Maoists (nn), JMN
district
meet begins (samn), Siraha
folks
unaware of CA polls (samn), Rebel
group
vows to disrupt Nepal elections (Peninsula), Dumped
! (kp), Miss
Nepal,
terai tantrums and fair elections, by Surendra Phuyal
(kp), 'No
minors
in Maoist cantonments' (samn), MJF
forms
panel to probe Gaur massacre (nn), Poudel
asks
MJF, JTMM to come to the table (nn), CZOP
Coalition
hails govt’s pledge on ‘schools as zones of peace’
(nn), Janjatis
hold
demonstrations (nn)
10/04/2007: Janjatis
stirring
for fresh protests (nn), Terai
banda
paralyzes life (kp), Govt
forms
team to hold talks with Madhesis, Janajatis (kp), No
private
property for us: Maoist ministers (nn), Security
beefed
up in Marwadi settlements; Report (nn), Activists
of
JTMM- Jwala Singh abduct Maoist; seize land (nn), PM
tells
Maoists to behave, by Ishwari Neupane & Prem
Nepali (kp), RPP
drops
constitutional monarchy (kp), Janaandolan
victim
awaits govt help (kp), Challenges
for
interim government, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp), Palace
posing
poll hurdles: govt (samn), Nepal
elections
in June not feasible: UN (samn), JTMM
(Goit)
vows to disrupt CA polls (samn), Splinter
rebel
group vows to disrupt Nepal election (Reuters), Storage
of
NA arms starts (nn), Nepal's
army
to lock up weapons as part of peace deal (Inernational
Herald Tribune)
09/04/2007: Locals
lock
up 8-party leaders, VDC Secy (nn), JTMM-Goit
to
disrupt CA polls (nn), Terai
bandh
affects normal life (nn), General
strike
partially shuts down southern Nepal (International
Herald Tribune), Govt
forms
3-member team to hold talks with agitating groups
(nn), Nepal
ministerial
group to quell Terai turmoil (wi), Sundh
stresses
on strengthening law and order to end impunity (nn), PM
Koirala
urges for national unity and reconciliation (nn) [Reconciliation must not
mean 'impunity'!], 'Planned
disappearance
massive' (samn), HR
defenders,
professionals denounce abductions (kp), Ministers
will
be sacked if found corrupt: PM (kp), PM,
Prachanda
discuss CA polls (samn), Prachanda
asks
PM to implement agreements (kp), Maoists
nudge
Nepal PM on first date, by J. Hemanth (tc), Maoists
must
return seized properties: Koirala (nn), CPN-UML
chief
raps diplomats on CA polls, by Binod Bhandari (kp), Need
for
more house cleaning, by Shyam KC (kp), NA
to
start storage of arms from Tuesday (nn)
08/04/2007: Nation
marks
April movement (samn), RJP,
too,
dumps monarchy from its statute (nn), RJP
too
drops monarchy from statute (kp), People’s
War
will continue: Maoists (samn), ‘Maoist
will not give up long-term strategy’ (kp), Prachanda
urges
Koirala to declare election date (nn), PM,
Prachanda
discuss CA polls, stress on holding it timely (ek), Maoists
not
to be blamed for poll delay (samn), Interim
govt
meaningless if CA poll deferred, by Binod Bhandari
& Bhim Ghimire (kp), Timely
CA
polls unlikely: Nepal (samn), Maoist
army
to help NA conduct polls: Minister Gurung (nn), PLA
will
help NA conduct polls: Gurung (samn), UML
for
early merger between NA and PLA (nn), UNMIN
to
start storing NA arms Tuesday (kp), Chure
people
warn of resuming agitation (nn), ‘Oh,
where
is the republic?’, by Upendra Pokharel (kp), Security
stepped
up after 2 government officials abducted in southern Nepal
(International Herald Tribune)
07/04/2007: Monarchy
still
a threat to people (kp), Army
can
be mobilised for CA: Nepal (nn), Army
may
be deployed for CA polls: UML (samn) [Which
army?], Peace
ministry
to act as one-door for peace and reconstruction (nn),
One-door
policy
for reconstruction works (samn), Recontruction
soon
for damaged infrastructure (kp), Public
property (kp), Chure-Bhawar
society
warns of protests (samn), Democracy
and
Madhesi nationalism, by Sarita Giri (kp), A
federation of identities: Rethinking Nepal, by Aniruddhi
Gautam (kp), Assembly
likely
to have 517 seats (samn) [This will be too big for rational and
effective working!!], Nepal
prepares
for landmark vote, by Chitra Tiwari (Washington Times), Ruling
But Not Governing, b Shashi P.B.B. Malla & Chandra
Bahadur Parbate (Scoop) [A critical commentary by convinced royalists!], Prachanda
calls
for unity against ‘conspiracies’ (nn), Only
the
form of struggle has changed, says Prachanda (nn), Storage
of
NA weapons to start from Tuesday (nn)
06/04/2007: Say
‘Gyanendra’,
not ‘King Gyanendra’: PM, by Gopal Khanal (kp), King
has
become a commoner: PM (samn), Holding
poll
on June 20 will be tough: CEC, by Bishnu Budhathoki
(kp), Make
no
haste on CA elections: EC (samn), Nepal's
June
Election Date in Doubt, by Steve Herman (Voice of
America), Let
CA
polls not be a farce, by Saurav Dev Bhatta (kp), European
Union
Seeks To Work For Reconciliation And Against Polarisation,
by Franz Ring, German ambassador to Nepal (sp), "Donors
can
only support the parties", interview with Gareth
Thomas, Britain’s minister of International Development
(nt), "Elections
Must
Be Fair And Credible", by Gareth Thomas, UK
International Development Minister (sp), "Nepal’s
Democracy
And Democratic Forces Are Trapped", interview with
Kamal Thapa (sp) [One of Nepal`s greatest anti-democrats and leading
henchman of the royal coup talks about "democracy"],
Paper,
paper
on the table: The Common Minimum Program can’t become like
another election manifesto, by Artha Beed (nt), Broad
Plans:
The eight parties agree to a common minimum program for
the interim government – focusing on peace and elections,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), In
the interim: Out with the best, in with the worst, by
Sheetal Kumar (nt), Lessons
for
the future (nt), Instability
In
Continuity, by Keshab Poudel (sp), MJF-Maoists
clash
in Sunsari (nn), 2
injured as Maoists, MPRF trade fire, by Binod Bhandari
(kp), Marwari
community
in panic; 20 abducted in two weeks (nn), 'MPRF
men'
threaten govt officials from India, by Shiva Puri
(kp), JTMM-J
terror
displaces 28 families in Siraha (kp), MPRF
ban
on newspapers lifted in Gaur (samn), 8-parties
to
take stock of Kalikot clash (nn), Public
property,
private usages, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), Messages
from
Gaur massacre, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Three
months later: The smoke has cleared in Lahan, but many
things will never be the same again, by Kunda Dixit
(nt), Towards
the
final push: Prachanda seems to be in a win-win
situation, by Swapan Dasgupta (tc) [A
critical Indian view], Fiscal
implications
in federal structure, by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (kp), Martin,
Prachanda
discuss arms management process (nn)
05/03/2007: EC
announces
funding opportunities for conflict-hit (kp), Under-representation
of
Madhesis flayed (kp), RPP
skeptical
of CA poll environment (kp), Mine
related
deaths, injuries worry experts (kp), UN
urges
govt to remove landmines fast (samn), Lessons
learned,
challenges ahead, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Nepalese
wary after strikes and clashes (BBC News), NC
dissident
group lobbies for monarchy (samn), NA
arms
storage preparations complete (samn), Koirala
hints
of decision on monarchy ahead of CA polls (nn), EC
wants
govt to consult with it before declaring election date
(nn)
04/04/2007: Police
to
act tough against rallies and strikes (nn), Poudel
urges Maoists to stop threatening people (nn), Nepalese
govt
gets mixed reactions (Gulf Times), Denmark
backs
Nepal peace process; hails new govt (nn), UK
assures Maoists cooperation (kp), Pak,
B'desh
welcome new govt (kp), Boucher
says
Maoists can't be trusted (nn) [This
is similar to the world's problems with the US government!],
Speaker,
US
envoy discuss CA polls (nn), MPRF
should
own up Gaur killing: Repor (kp), 'Put
Gaur
incident guilty behind bars' (kp), Janaandolan
II
injured left in lurch, by Bikram Giri &
Tirtha Neupane (kp), Martin
highlights
need for public awareness on explosives (nn), Silence
and
after, by Abhi Subedi (kp), New
order (tc), Coalition
Government
in Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop), Cooperative
regional
federal states, by Alok K Bohara (kp)
03/04/2007: Sitaula
starts
second innings with tough warning; talks teams dissolved
(nn), Govt
unveils
new security plan (kp), Govt,
Maoists
breached peace agreement: NHRC (kp), They
also
sacrificed, by Baburam Kharel (kp), CIAA
interrogates
former army chief Thapa (nn), Strike
impact
in terai patchy (kp), Man
rescued
from JTMM captivity (kp), Dozens
of
dalits flee home fearing JTMM, by Bharat Jarghamagar
(kp), Prohibitory
order
in Nawalparasi (nn), Rights
activists
blame MJF for gross violations in Gaur massacre (nn)
02/04/2007: 8
parties agree to amend constitution; sign common minimum
programme (nn), Nation
takes
a leap, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Leap
forward (kp), Maoists
join
govt after 12-yr war: Koirala to head Nepal cabinet
(tc), Nepal
Maoists
progress from mines to ministries (wi), Maoists
sworn
into new interim govt (samn), Games
to
be PM by default, by Bharat Bhushan (tc), Woman
communist
leader is Nepal's new foreign minister (wi), Int'l
community welcomes new govt, stress law enforcement
(kp), World
hails
new government in Nepal (wi), UNMIN
hails
interim govt formation (samn), Declaration
by
the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the
formation of the Interim Government of Nepal (Relief
Web), UK
welcomes
formation of new govt in Nepal (nn), Australia,
Japan
hail formation of interim govt (nn), Euphoria,
concerns
as Nepal Maoists join government, by Gopal Sharma
(Reuters), Multiple
blasts
rock Janakpur (kp), Prohibitory
orders
in Rautahat (kp), Bandh
called
by MJF hits normal life in Terai (nn), Terai
closure
first challenge for Nepal's Maoist government (wi), Many
displaced
still in a lurch, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), Constituent
assembly
& impartial polls, by Shyam KC (kp), CA
polls
to be held on June 20 (samn), June
20
to decide King Gyanendra's fate (wi), Legal
experts
flay new CA poll date (samn), 'Democratic
republic
is the right choice', interview with Dr Devendra Raj
Panday, Citizens' Movement For Democracy and Peace
(CMDP) (kp)
01/04/2007: Wrangling
delays
Maoists' entry into Nepal govt (Daily Star), Bickering
delays
interim govt (samn), NC-UML
wrangling
delays interim government, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), UML,
PF
sulk; interim cabinet formation hits a snag (nn), Democratic
parties’
undemocratic side (kp), Nepal
strikes
deal on new cabinet (BBC News), Jostling
over
Nepal posts delays govt (tc), Solution
still
eludes House, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Women
on
warpath over delay in forming Nepal government (wi), CA
polls
on June 20, Poudel senior most minister (nn), June
20
set as date for CA polls (ek), Nepali
Constituent
Assembly poll set on June 20 (pd), Nepal
elections
set for June (Aljazeera), Nepali
PM
resigns, Interim Gov't to be formed (pd), House
reappoints Koirala as PM, interim cabinet to be announced
shortly (nn), Koirala
elected
interim govt PM (ek), PM
Koirala
appeals for cooperation from all parties to maintain peace
(nn), PM
administers
oath to ministers and state ministers; 22 member cabinet
unveiled (nn), List
of
Ministers (nn), Maoists
finally
join government, by Shirish B Pradhan (oi), Nepal’s
Maoists
join the govt, poll date set (Khaleej Times), Nepal
Political
Parties, Former Rebels Agree to New Government (Voice
of America), Martin
hails
formation of inerim govt; US to continue assistance
(nn), India
welcomes
new govt (nn), JTMM-Goit
detonates
four bombs in Janakpur (nn), Four
powerful
blasts rock Janakpur (samn), Blasts
at
village council injure 6, by Aman Koirala (kp), Displaced
despair
at terai violence (kp), Nepal's
attention
turns to King, by Rabindra Mishra (BBC News)
31/03/2007: Eight
parties
to sign five pacts including CMP (nn), Parties
agree
on interim govt (samn), Maoists
finally
capture power in Nepal (wi), Nepal
Maoists
face tough test in government (Khaleej Times), New
cabinet
to be unveiled in the parliament today (nn), Interim
government today, by Ghanashyam Ojha & Yuvraj
Acharya (kp), NC,
UML
finalise names of ministers; PF piqued over the process
(nn), Koirala
‘unhappy’
with UML’s choice of team leader in govt (nn), 8-party
meeting
postponed as NC, UML tussle over hierarchy in govt
(nn), Scorned
deputy
PM delays new government in Nepal (wi), Landmark
Nepalese
cabinet delayed (BBC News), Squabbles
put
off Nepal's new government formation (wi), Squabbles
delay
Nepal government (Aljazeera), Spat
over
posts hits formation of Nepal interim govt, by Gopal
Sharma (Star), Formation
of
Nepal's new government delayed as parties squabble over
portfolios (International Herald Tribune), Jwala
group
declares ‘Free Terai State’ (samn), MPRF,
JTMM
threats drive away govt officials, by Shiva Puri
(kp), Basics
for
structural changes, by Surendra R Devkota and Avantika
Regmi (kp), Aryal
shocked
at missing clause (samn)
30/03/2007: Eight
party
meeting to finalise interim cabinet (nn), Hurdles
cleared
for interim govt (samn), Interim
govt
likely today, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Nepal
give-and-take
to form govt, by Bharat Bhushan (tc), Nepal
Maoists
set to join interim government, by Gopal Sharma
(Reuters), PM
meets
with Moriarty, CoAS Katawal (nn) [Why
Moriarty again? His continued intervention is one of the
main obstacles for crisis solution!!], Leaders
intensify
debate; interim govt likely today (nn), Police
release
6 Gaur suspects, by Shiva Puri (kp), Families
of
Belbari victims compensated (nn), Belbari
victims
under compensated, by Bhim Ghimire (kp), Oli
recommends
action against officials (samn), Ratify
Rome
statute immediately, say experts (nn), Women
activists
and Chure agitators invited for talks (nn), The
time to act is now, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Impediments
to
constituent assembly, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Before
the
flurry: Start preparing for a longer interim period,
by Kiran Nepal (nt), Is
the
election of the Constituent Assembly possible?, by
Govinda Raj Joshi (sp), Adverse
Signals
Will Be Sent If CA Polls Put Off: Gill (sp), "It
Will
Be A Great Mistake To Postpone The Elections",
interview with Madhav Kumar Nepal (sp), A
tale of two MPs: Their bitter connection also shows the
enormous gap between the Maoists and ordinary Nepalis,
by Mallika Aryal (nt), "Nepal
is
being Sikkimised", interview with Nanda Kishore Pun
(Pasang), Maoist central committee member, PLA deputy
commander, and vice-chair of the joint arms management
committee (nt), Maoists
game,
rest unsure, by Bharat Bhushan (tc), Spring
cleaning:
It’s time Girija Koirala told New Delhi a thing or two,
by CK Lal (nt), Boomerang:
The
Maoists and the MJF have lost ground, but the ideals that
drove them remain important, by Sheetal Kumar (nt), Ominous
Trend:
Despite Maoists joining the mainstream, the politics of
violence continues to grip the country, by Sanjaya
Dhakal (sp), ”Federalism
Is
Sometimes Necessary To Accommodate Differences”,
interview with MP Singh, vice chancellor of West Bengal
National University of Judicial Science (sp), Stable
Democracy
Or Volatile Dictatorship? by Keshab Poudel (sp),
JTMM
(Singh)
demands separate govt in Terai (nn), Cabinet
portfolios
divided, Maoists get five berths (nn)
29/03/2007: 'NDA
operated
by Indian Hindus' (kp), Indians
sit-in
at Jogbani point, lend support to MJF (nn), Indian
group stages sit-in supporting MPRF, by Binod Bhandari
& Bhim Ghimire (kp), Unidentified
group
shoots dead MPRF leader (kp), Nepalgunj
clash
victims stage sit-in (samn), Ex-army
chief
summoned on graft charge (samn), Oli
committee
recommends action agaisnt RCCC officials (nn), More
time
given to trace missing people (samn), Chure
talks
team (samn), Maoist
MPs
disrupt House (kp), Maoists
keep
250 displaced at bay (samn), Maoist
MPs
disrupt House again (samn), Form
interim
govt at once: Tarun Dal (kp), 'No
problem
if Maoists join govt' (samn), Interim
government
to be formed by Friday: Home Minister (nn), Prachanda
meets
with Koirala, govt likely by Friday evening (nn), Nepal
peace
process in danger, say Maoists (Peninsula), Moriarty
meets
with UML Gen Secy (nn) [Continued US efforts to stop the peace
process!!], Federal
system
will break country: KC (samn), What
next?, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Simmering
political
fluctuations, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp)
28/03/2007: NDA
steps
up activities, bombs Congress leader's house (nn), Explosion
at
Congress legislator's house (kp), Armed
assailants
kill former VDC chairman in Banke (nn), 'Maoists
had
plotted to kill top MPRF leaders' (kp), MPRF
provoked
carnage: NBA (kp), HR
defenders
demand probe into carnage (kp), Govt
will
book Gaur guilty: Gyawali (samn), One
killed
in Nepal as Terai violence continues (wi), PM-Prachanda
talks
inconclusive (samn), PM
proposes
to drop DPM's post (kp), UML
seeks
interim govt before SAARC meet (samn), 'Coordinate
with
govt for rallies' (kp), Home
Ministry
appeals for peaceful protests (nn), 8
parties join hands to make polls happen (kp), Maoist
MPs
disrupt House proceedings demanding interim govt (nn),
CIAA
summons
ex-CoAS Thapa over graft charge (nn), Unity
in
diversity, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), Right
to
self-determination, by Kumar Lama (kp 28/03/2007), Madhesh/Terai
and
Tharus/Madheshis: Nepal’s New Frontier of
Etymopolitics, by Vivaswan Kumar (tg)
27/03/2007: Blasts
at
UML office; Bomb hurled at Kantipur office (nn) [Growing violence by
royalist Hindu militants is most dangerous for the process
of reconstruction and peace!], Reactionary
forces
creating instability (samn), Bomb
hurled
at Kantipur Biratnagar office (kp), Eight
injured
in Parsa shootout (nn), Criminals
used
rape as a weapon in Gaur carnage, says a report (nn),
Punish
Gaur
guilty: right bodies (samn), Madhesi
intellectuals
denounce carnage (kp), MJF
blames
Maoists for Gaur bloodbath, demands high-level probe
(nn) [In other words: the victims, all of them Maoists,
have brutally murdered, raped and hurt them themselves??],
MPRF-cops
clash,
12 injured, 15 arrested (kp), 5
wounded in fresh violence in troubled south Nepal
(International Herald Tribune), Maoists
set
Friday deadline for interim government: Report (nn), PM,
Prachanda
meet inconclusive; Maoists continue debates over joining
govt (nn), Form
interim
govt before SAARC summit: Bharat Mohan (nn), RPP
wants CA polls held on time (nn), Panel
prepares
report on missing people (samn), No
one
heeds IDPs' woes, by D R Panta (kp), Sliding
towards anarchy, by Narayan Prasad Wagle (kp), Recent
Carnage
in Nepal Stirs Pessimism: Massacre of Maoist cadres
raises fears for the peace process, by Amit Pyakurel
(on), Marching
towards
a new South Asia, by Gauri Phadhan (kp), Maoists
should
show restraints, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Nepal:
Lessons
from Gaur Incident, by P B Khatri (Scoop), Gaur
Massacre, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop), Development
Through Unity of King and People, by I.K. Pradhan
(Scoop) [Statement of a blind royalist follower. The only
thing the king has appropriately pointed out is that he is
the greatest obstacle to peace, harmony and inclusion in
Nepal!!], Maoists’
Lust For Power And Thirst For Blood, by John Lama
(Scoop)
26/03/2007: UML
bitter
over NC attitude; Mahara says alliance in difficult spot
(nn), Parties
close
to power sharing deal (kp), Four-party
meeting
deferred (nn), Interim
government (kp), Maoists
in
two minds over joining interim government (nn), Maoists
joining
govt before abandoning violence will be 'dangerous':
Moriarty (nn), House
instructs
govt to punish guilty (kp), Security
tightened
in eastern terai (kp), Prohibitory
order
in Saptari (nn), MJF
activists
clash with police in Rajbiraj; over dozen arrested
(nn), Forerunner
of
bigger catastrophe?, by Shyam KC (kp), 'MPRF
hired
professional killers in Gaur', interview with civil
society leader Prof. Mathura Prasad Shrestha (kp), Rights
And
Democracy In Nepal, by Hari Bansha Dulal (Scoop)
25/03/2007: Now
deputy
Speaker doubts CA polls (nn), Polls
by
June not possible: Dy Speaker (kp), CA
polls
by June impossible: Dy Speaker (samn), CPN-UML
urges
govt not to defer CA polls (samn), Growing
Terai
turmoil casts doubts on Nepal polls (wi), Maoists
not
to join Koirala-led govt (samn), Maoists
develop
doubts over Koirala's leadership (nn), Maoists
demand
dissolution of Koirala government (oi), Hindu
extremists
accused of supporting Madhesis, by Shirish B. Pradhan
(oi), MPRF
student
front severs allegiance, by Jitendra Khadga (kp), NMSF
severs
ties with MJF; says MJF chair is a royalist (nn), New
security
measures imposed in Nepal's volatile southeast
(Channel News Asia), Curfew
imposed
ahead of MPRF meet: Security beefed up in various terai
areas (kp), Prohibitory
orders
issued in 5 districts (samn), Police
nab
6 suspects for Gaur carnage, by Shiva Puri (kp), Gaur
limps
back to normalcy; another suspect of Wednesday massacre
held (nn), '50
cadres
still missing' (samn), Parliament
passes
motion condemning Gaur massacre (nn), Four
parties
tussle over plum portfolios (nn) [Only
selfish power interests and no interest in Nepal and the
people as usual!!], Leaders
to
meet Sunday: UML wants Home or Finance ministry (kp) [Leaders??], Parties
disagree
on power-sharing (samn), Not
caste
or region but country: Nepal (kp) [This
sounds like late kings Mahendra and Birendra! Make state
and society inclusive! This is exactly what the monarchy
has always prevented!], Make
Nepal
a Hindu republic: Hindu body (kp) [Leave
socio-religious aspects out of state politics!], Last
humiliation
of the god king: a £1bn payback, by Dean Nelson
(Times, UK)
24/03/2007: Abducted
Tharu
leader resurfaces, says he was enticed to incite unrest
(nn), Gatherings
banned
in Biratnagar; Rautahat CDO recalled (nn), MJF
programmes banned in some Terai districts; curfew in
Siraha (nn), Southern
Nepal
town imposes curfew, bans demonstrations to prevent
violence (International Herald tribune), Maoists
disrupt
House: We’ll punish MPRF if govt doesn’t: Dr Bhattarai
(kp), Maoist
lawmakers
disrupt House meeting (samn), Nepal
Maoists
display corpses after ethnic clashes (Daily Times) [not ethnic clashes but
coldblooded and extremely brutal murder!!], Maoists
continue
protests nationwide (samn), Maoists
threaten
revenge after south Nepali bloodbath (Daily Star), Fear
grips
Gaur (samn), Sad
and
serious accident: MPRF (kp) [There
is absolutely no understanding and no pardon for such
crimes! Only the brutal murderers and their inciters are
guilty and have to to bear full responsibility!!],
Police
arrests
six suspects of Gaur incident (nn), US,UNMIN
urge
punishment for Gaur guilty (kp), India
to
help nab Gaur assailants, by Shiva Puri (kp), Body
formed
to probe Gaur killings (kp), Maoists
object
to probe commission (kp), Govt
forms
probe panel; Maoists reject (samn), Leaders
flay
govt for Gaur incident (samn), Gill
lauds
eight-party unity (kp), EU
concerned
at extortions, threat (samn), Biratnagar
customs
asked to shut down (kp), Truth
and
reconciliation commission, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp),
The
UN
role in present peace process, by Mohan P Lohani (kp),
UN
to
deploy 700 staff to help Nepal's peace process, by
Shirish B. Pradhan (Hindustan Times), The
chaos
of Kathmandu: Emma Mahony hoped for spiritual respite but
this week got caught up in tumultuous events in Nepal
(Times, UK), Time
running
out for Nepal: A peace agreement between the Nepal
government and the Maoists is strained as fresh violence
breaks out south of the capital, by Sudeshna Sarkar
(Relief Web), UML
Gen
Secy doubtful about timely CA polls (nn) [So-called
leaders: please start to make your parties democratic and
inclusive! You must not wait for the CA elections! And
please let the people know what you stand for in the
planned elections! This can help to calm down the moods!],
Top
leaders
resume discussion on interim govt, CA polls (nn), PM
holds
separate talks with 8-party leaders; no consensus yet on
interim cabinet (nn)
23/03/2007: Rights
activists
reveal shocking details of Gaur attack (nn), Hired
criminals
did it: rights activists (samn), Gaur
massacre
has shocked world: UN (samn), Probe
Gaur
incident: Arbour (samn), Gaur
killings
shock everyone (kp), Gaur
clash (kp), Gore
in
Gaur, by Kiran Nepal (nt), PLA
men
protest Gaur killings (kp), Maoists
rally
over Nepal killings (BBC News), PLA
fighters
stage protest outside camps (samn), Thousands
of
Nepal's Maoists protest activist killings
(International Herald Tribune), Government
to
take action against guilty of Gaur incident: Sitaula
(nn), Govt
to
punish guilty: Sitaula, by Shiva Puri (kp), Threat
to
Nepal peace, by J Hemanth (tc), Fresh
terror
in Terai, government to probe killings (wi), Violence
rocks
southern Nepal (Aljazeera), After
bloodbath,
looters spread terror in Terai (wi), Cabinet
forms
panel to probe Gaur bloodshed (nn), Maoists
dismiss
govt’s probe committee; memorial service organised for
Gaur victims (nn), Gaur
killing
royalist plot: Maoists (samn), Outlaw
MPRF,
says Prachanda, by Janak Nepal (kp), Seal
the
border, says Mahara; Maoists stop House session (nn),
US
Embassy
condemns Gaur violence; urges law and order (nn), Leaders
seek
home minister's resignation (samn), Debate
on
federalism kicks off (nn), Nepal’s
Maoists
in credibility crisis (Gulf Times), EU
asks
Maoists to walk the talk; wants to see interim govt formed
soon (nn), Maoists
should
be disarmed completely: Rice (kp), Substantial
number
of minors in cantonments: Martin (kp), In
search
of president, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 23/03/2007), Federal
states
based on caste and ethnicity is impossible for Nepal,
by Vikash Raj Satyal (sp), Ethnicity-based
federalism? (nt, originally in Himal Khabarpatrika,
15-29 March), A
small, shrinking centre: Mainstream parties and civil
society must challenge the extremists, by CK Lal (nt),
One
year
itch: A peace compromise, or compromised peace?, by
Shaubhagya Shah (nt), The
middle
path: Nepal desperately needs centrists to sit quiet,
centre-stage, by Daniel Lak (nt), Enough:
This
week we saw the cost of ignoring Nepalis who invest in
Nepal, by Artha Beed (nt), A
private little war: Donation terror takes its toll, by
Foreign Hand (nt), Gathering
Doubts:
PM Koirala makes an unimpressive plea to the EC to go
ahead with the polls come what may, by Sanjaya Dhakal
(sp), Only
fools
rush in: Deferring the polls is the best way to save Nepal
from future madness, by Sheetal Kumar (nt), Step
away
from the polls (nt), Postpone
CA
polls on consensus: Deuba (nn), Swift
Repercussions:
Just as they were poised to join the interim government,
Maoists’ attack against business community has cast doubt
over its immediate formation, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp),
Priorities
In
Conflict, by Keshab Poudel (sp)
22/0372007: 27
killed
in Maoist-MPRF clash, by Shiva Puri (kp), MJF,
Maoist
clash kills 27 in Rautahat (samn), Terai
bloodbath
leaves 27 dead in Nepal, dozens hurt (wi), Gaur
toll climbs to 28, curfew continues (nn), Curfew
extended after Nepal clash (BBC News), Curfew
also
in Kalaiya, Gaur remains tense (nn), Nepal
towns
under fresh curfew after deadly clashes, by Gopal
Sharma (Reuters), Security
stepped
up in south Nepal after 26 killed (International
Herald Tribune), Nepal Violence: 26 Maoists Killed: Clash
comes
as the Maoists are about to join interim government,
by Umesh Shrestha (on), Bloodshed
in
Terai plains, by J. Hemanth (tc), Maoists
to
protest Gaur incident (nn), Parties
want
action against Gaur guilty (samn), Leaders,
HR
activists reach Gaur (nn), Gaur
bloodshed
shocks UN rights commissioner, appeals for probe (nn),
Prachanda
asks
govt to outlaw MFJ; PLA men come out of camp (nn), MJF
terms
Prachanda's demand to ban it as 'undemocratic remark'
(nn) [MJF activities have nothing to do with democracy and
respect of fundamental human rights! Its simply crime and
terror!!], Prachanda
points
at Indian Hindu extremists' hand in Gaur bloodshed
(nn), Criminal
act:
Home Ministry (kp), NHRC,
OHCHR-Nepal
launch probe into Gaur incident (nn), Maoists,
Forum
trade charges (kp), Govt
must
take legal action against Maoist cadres: Thapa (kp), Long
road (tc), Martin
urges
parties to act to end violence (nn), Activists
propose
changes in CA-related bills (nn), Govt
committed
to hold CA polls by mid-June: PM (nn) [??],
Parties’
indifference
delaying CA polls (samn), 'CA
must
have fair representation' (kp), 'Parties
yet
to win people's hearts' (samn), US
working
with India for peace in Nepal (wi) [?],
Strike
has
partial effect in districts (samn), Business
strike
called off, by Krishna Regmi (kp), Police
escort
cargo trucks (samn), Federalism
and
communal resistance, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp), A
united Nepal, by Alankar Khanal (kp), Tarai
movement
irrelevant: Nidhi (samn), Nepal
for
drive against untouchability (samn), Dalits,
janajatis
a majority in Dahaban (samn)
21/03/2007: Business
community
to continue with strike (nn), Govt
assures
of security to the business community (nn), Tripathy
says
peace process is in danger (nn), Businessmen
reiterate
commitment to continue with strike (nn), Striking
businessmen
refuse to budge (samn), SPA
lawmakers
support business strike (kp), 'Govt
failed
to maintain security' (samn), Govt
to
bring hotelier assailants to book (kp), Palace
hand
in strike: Prachanda, by Mohan Budaair (kp), Maoists
admit
role of two members (samn), Anti-Maoist
strikes
affect life (kp), Parties
express
commitment to ensure conducive business atmosphere
(nn), Prachanda
pledges
safe environment for private businesses (nn), Business
community
suspends their indefinite strike (nn), Leaders
learn
federalism, restructuring, by Ishwari Neupane (kp), Blockade
halts
goods movement (kp), Demo
against
JTMM excesses (kp), The
legacy
of impunity, by Prakash Bom (kp), Before
joining
govt, Maoists face hurdles, by Bharat Bhushan (tc), Nepal''s
crown
princess contemplates shifting to India (wi), Lamas
submit
memo to PM (samn), OHCHR
focusing
on addressing discriminations: Sundh (nn), 25
feared killed in clash between Maoists and MJF activists
in Gaur; curfew clamped (nn), 8
people killed in clash between CPN-M and MPRF (pd), Gunbattle
between
rival political groups leaves five dead in Nepal (Raw
Story), 9
killed, 23 injured in fresh violence in south Nepal
(International Herald Tribune), Terai
toll
rises to 25, curfew clamped (wi)
20/03/2007: Private
sector
calls for indefinite shutdown (kp), Traders
announce
indefinite strike (samn), Home
Ministry
urges withdrawal of strike; Prachanda too makes the appeal
(nn), Businessmen
urge
Maoists to stop intimidation (nn), Maoists
deny
role in city incidents (samn), Govt
invites
agitating businessmen for talks (nn), Indefinite
shutdown
affects life partially; ANTUF expels two members (nn),
AOAN
to
halt flight services on Thursday (nn), Morang
traders
not to back strike (samn), Nepal
shuts
down as traders go on warpath (Earth Times), UML
expresses solidarity with business community, demands
Sitaula's resignation (nn), Police
ordered
to arrest those who attacked businessman, says Sitaula
(nn), Business
group
strikes in Nepal against kidnapping, extortion by former
rebels (International Herald Tribune), Thousands
march
in Nepal over Maoist threats (Reuters), Prachanda
sees
royalists' hand in strike (nn), PM
assures
EC of timely CA election (kp) [??], CA
polls
by mid-June to be a real squeeze, by Bishnu Budhathoki
(kp), Nation
could
fall in a disaster if CA polls not held on time, says
Prachanda (nn), CA
elections
still unsure: Prachanda, by Ganesh Chaudhary and Mohan
Budhair (kp), Rana
calls
govt. to improve ‘law and order situation’ to hold CA
polls (nn), Prachanda
opposes
single-party hegemony (samn), Nepal,
India
cops foil MPRF blockade, by Madhav Dhungana (kp), Govt
not
serious: JTMM (samn), Maoist
menace (kp), Abolish
monarchy
first: Maoist leader (samn), Disorder(s)
in
the House, by Manjushree Thapa (kp), Winning
the
peace, by Krishna Regmi (kp)
19/03/2007: Palace
ignores
govt. panel’s deadline to submit details (nn), Nepal
king
refuses to divulge wealth details (wi), Time
to
step down, Nepali king urged, by Dhruba Adhikary (Asia
Times), Taskforce
submits
5 papers: Top leaders to meet Tuesday (kp), Eight
parties
differ on portfolios (samn) [Always
the same power games: The parties are lacking legitimacy,
are not democratic and are not interested in the welfare
of the people and the country!!!], Parties
have
failed to earn their legitimacy: Dixit (nn), Businessmen
call
for shutdown from 3 pm (nn), Internet
services
go down in protest of attack on businessman (nn), Businessmen
announce
indefinite shutdown (nn), Nepal
in
anti-Maoist protests, by Charles Haviland (BBC News), Maoists
deny
hand in manhandling of businessman (nn), Indian
envoy
meets PM Koirala (nn), Preserve
evidences (kp), CA
poll:
To be or not be, by Dhruva Joshy (kp), 'We
ought
to keep our integrity intact', interview with Om
Gurung (kp)
18/03/2007: Differences
over
power sharing persist (kp), Parties
finalise
interim govt model (samn), Top
leaders'
meet ends inconclusively (nn), MPRF
attacks
8-party rally (kp), Goit’s
men
kill JTMM-J vice commander (kp), 70
injured
in Birgunj, Kalaiya clashes (samn), Seven-hour
curfew
in Kalaiya (nn), Passengers,
protestors
clash, 18 hurt (kp), UN
ready
to mediate on terai violence: Lena Sundh (kp), OHCHR
says
it has no mandate for mediation (nn), OHCHR
for
pluralistic representation (samn), Political
attacks
flare in Nepal, by Charles Haviland (BBC News), Gajurel
stresses
unity among leftists (kp), Prachanda
for
final knock to feudalism (samn), Farmers’
nation, by Shiva Rijal (kp), Nepal
at
a crossroads, by Mohan P Lohani (kp), Most
Nepalis
support reservations: poll (samn)
17/03/2007: MJF
supporters
thrash Congress leader (nn), One
dead in clash between two JTMM factions (nn), 8
royalists arrested for Rangeli riots, by Binod Bhandari
(kp), Royalist
meet
disrupted (kp), Monarchists'
rights (kp), OHCHR
team
visits terai districts (kp), Probe
on
49 disappeared may be dropped, by Kiran Chapagain (kp) [Once again justice denied as so
often in Nepali history!?], UML
for
early formation of interim govt (samn), 8-party
meet
discusses CMP (samn), 8-party
homework
on interim govt continues; top level meet on Sunday (nn),
Parties
draft
common program, code of conduct (kp), ‘SPA
cannot
issue certificate of good conduct’ (kp), Maoists
urge
govt to revoke decisions (kp), NEFIN
announces
3rd round of protests (kp), Bandh
in
Chure region called off (nn), Dozens
hurt
as MJF men clash with 8-party cadres in Birgunj (nn),
TMM
(Singh)
releases three abducted govt officials (nn)
16/03/2007: Eight-party
meeting
underway in Baluwatar (nn), Interim
govt
likely Friday: Mahara (kp), Nepal
to
get new government today? (wi), UML
to
send new team in interim govt; parties intensify parleys
(nn), Eight-party
meeting
ends inconclusively; taskforce to finalise CMP (nn), A
stitch in time: The king becomes the pawn as haggling
begins for a new government, by Kunda Dixit (nt), PM
to
blame if CA polls delayed: Nepal (kp) [All
party leaders are responsible because they have failed to
implement the mandate of the April 2006 movement!],
CA
polls
not possible in mid-June: Dahal (samn), Prachanda
claims
conspiracies afoot to derail CA elections (nn), NEFIN
to
launch third phase of agitation (nn), Janajatis
resume
nationwide protests (samn), Chure
Bhawar
region banda affects life (kp), Bandh
hits
Chure region; industries begin to close (nn), Two
policemen
hurt in a clash in Birgunj (nn), Civil
servants
flay Rangeli incident, demand compensation (kp), Birgunj
remains
tense; six MJF activists injured in a clash (nn), Fading
glitter (kp), Eleven
more
disappeared in western region: ICRC (kp), Review
on revival of House, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Ethnic
division
is lust for power, by Tilak B Shrestha (kp), Truly
new: A paradigm shift in Nepali self-perception, by
Shristhi RL Rana (nt), When
words
are weapons: Girija Koirala is playing a clever game,
by CK Lal (nt), Unstable
Opinions
And Political Instability: The role of opinion builders is
so inconsistent and contradictory that they have confused
the people, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Prachanda's
comments
have put US citizens at risk, says Moriarty (nn) [US citizens are at risk
worldwide because of negative US politics!]
15/03/2007: New
govt
'within days' (kp), PM
begins
talks on interim govt, CA (samn), New
govt
will announce CA poll: Koirala (samn), ‘Eight
parties
have agreed on distribution of portfolios’ (nn), MPRF
torch
dozen offices in Rangeli, by Binod Bhandari (kp), 49
VDCs
protest abductions (kp), 90
per
cent industries closed in Hetauda (samn), UN
to
investigate Maoist arms in Nepal (Peninsula), 'Truth
Commission
must for just society' (kp), Nepal
king's
envoy carries message to Hindu meet in India (wi), Safeguard
Nepali
king: Indian pundits, by Jitendra Khadga (kp), Nepal
moves closer to ditching king, by Sam Taylor (Dawn), Nepal's
king
is made to cut staff, by Charles Haviland (BBC News),
8-party
activists
disrupt RPP-Nepal's programme in Jhapa (nn), Language
rights
workers’ rally (samn), SAC
decides to remove seven provisions from Party-related Bill
(nn), 7
provisions removed from party bill (samn) [No
rational person will understand most of these changes!!], Big
men
big dilemma, by Aditya Man Shrestha (kp)
14/03/2007: Palace
refutes
plot allegations (nn), Nepal
palace
refutes Maoist plot allegations (wi), Exit
gracefully (kp), Virtual
Republic (Times of India), Nepal
king
in trouble after PM turns against monarchy
(Peninsula), Parties
intensify
parleys over interim government (nn), 4
parties to draft common program, by Yuvraj Acharya
(kp), Eight
party
leaders in Baluwatar (nn), Leaders
discuss
forming interim govt within a week (nn), Maoist
chief
triggers fresh arms controversy (wi), It
was
said in jest: Prachanda, by Tilak P. Pokharel (kp), Nepal
Maoists
in damage control, by Charles Haviland (BBC News), Register
all
arms, fighters: UN envoy (samn), UN
concerned
over Maoist arms claims (Gulf Times), UN
mission
concerned about reports on "unregistered" arms and
combatants in Nepal (pd), UN
Mission
to Investigate Weapons Claims by Nepal's Maoists, by
Steve Herman (Voice of America), UN
to
investigate if Nepal's ex-rebels have weapons and fighters
outside camps (International Herald Tribune), Gyawali
updates
world leaders about Nepal's peace process (nn), MPRF
cadres
padlock offices (kp), JTMM-J
abducts
3 civil servants, local (kp), Secys
discuss
security of govt staff in terai (kp), MJF
activists
go on a rampage setting offices to fire in Rangeli
(nn), Terai
breathes
in peace (kp), Tarai
limping
back to normalcy (samn), Tarai
not
safe for journalists: report (samn), A
Tharu leader walks away from Maoists, forms new front
(nn), Dalit
communities
seek reservation (samn), Rights
and
democracy, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Ethnic
Groups
and Race Based Federalism: A Recipe for Disaster for Nepal,
by Khagendra Thapa (Scoop), PM
promises
CA polls by June 15 (samn), Elections
will
be held after situation normalises, says PM (nn), UML
proposes
CA elections for June 12 (samn), Over
1.7
million citizenship distributed: Home Ministry (nn), National
integration
and peace through federalism, by D.B. Gurung (tg)
13/03/2007: Civil
society
wants roundtable conference (nn), Thousands
of
combatants, arms outside cantonment site: Prachanda
(nn), Thousands
of
troops, arms outside camps: Prachanda, by Ujir Magar
& Lal Prasad Sharma (kp), 'Nepal
Maoists
not confined yet', by Charles Haviland (BBC News), UNMIN
concerned
about ‘unregistered’ arms and combatants (nn), 'Palace
made
CD to demean Maoists' (kp), Palace
plotting
to kill leaders: Maoists (samn), Maoists
claim
palace conspired against four big parties (nn), Nepal's
royal
family in fresh plot controversy (wi), Speaker
says
Maoists' CD will be discussed by House committee (nn),
Nation
on
republican path: PM, by Harsa Subba & Bedraj
Poudel (kp), PM
Koirala
asks king to abdicate (samn), Nepal
PM
suggests king should step down: report (Khaleej
Times), Nepal
prime
minister suggests king should step down: report
(International Herald Tribune), Nepal’s
PM
wants king to abdicate (Peninsula), U-turn
Koirala
piles heat on king, by J. Hemanth (tc), PM
confers
with NC leaders on agendas of 8-party meet (nn), PM
to
initiate talks with other parties over interim govt
formation (nn), Prachanda
threatens
to declare republic (samn), 'Difficulties
imminent
if CA poll deferred' (kp), Containers
stranded
due to bandh (nn), MPRF
students
clash claims 1, curfew clamped, by Shankar Kharel
(kp), MPRF
ends
banda, starts disobedience drive (kp), Terai
rights
forum withdraws strikes (samn), JTMM
cadres
abduct citizenship distribution officials (nn), Madhesi,
Pahade
vow to stand united, by J. Pandey (kp), Goodwill
rally
organised in Nepalgunj (nn), Call
for
women's equal representation (samn), Acting
government
on road to nowhere, by Dil Sahni (kp), Govt
will
not tolerate bandhs anymore: Minister Mahat (nn), Indigenous
communities
meet in UK (nn)
12/03/2007: Palace
conspiring
to assassinate top leaders: Mahara; 'Plot CD' tabled at
parliament (nn), Attack
on
Janadesh editor condemned (kp), King’s
behaviour
has paved the way for republic: PM Koirala (nn), Nepalese
PM
calls for king to step down (Monster and Critics), Nepal's
PM
says king should quit, by Charles Haviland (BBC News),
PM's
pro-republic
statement based on understanding: Prachanda (nn), Hearing
on
Rayamajhi report postponed (kp), No
chance
of another Royal Takeover: Former PM Thapa (nn), King
can’t
usurp power: Thapa, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Security
to
US citizens govt responsibility: PM, by Bedraj Poudel
(kp), Nation
heading
toward anarchy, warns Rana (nn), Life
toward
normalcy in districts (kp), JTMM
(Goit)
suspends ‘military actions’ (kp), 35
injured,
indefinite curfew follows in southern Nepal (Xinhua),
Curfew
in
Nepal villages after bloody clash (Relief Web), 4th
day
curfew clamped in Nepali Terai Banke district (pd), Curfew
continues
in Banke (nn), Indefinite
curfew
in Inaruwa (nn), MJF
calls
off general strike (nn), HIV-positive
community
warn they will form party (kp), Compensation
(kp), Federalism,
multiculturalism
and inclusion, by Sanjeev Uprety (kp), 81
proposals
put forward in PPR bill (samn), Foreign
Aid
Funding Terrorism in Nepal, by Vivaswan Kumar (Scoop)
11/03/2007: MPRF,
janajatis protest amendment (kp), Federal
Nepal (Gulf Today), Unheard
of
party claims responsibility for placing bomb (nn), Nepal
Hindu
group demands poll on secularism (wi), Govt
panel
sends letter to Palace (nn), Government
will
lose legitimacy if CA not held on time, says Nepal
(nn), If
resigning
is remedy, I too am ready: PM Koirala, by Binod
Bhandari & Bedraj Poudel (kp), Koirala
hopeful
about forming interim govt at the earliest (nn), ‘Maoists
still
don’t qualify to join govt’, by Tilak P. Pokharel (kp)
[US government still
tying to hamper peace process!], US
warns
Maoists on violence (tc), 4
parties set agenda for all-party meet (kp), Top
leaders' meeting on Tuesday (nn), Day-time
curfew
continues in Banke; bandh hits life in Terai (nn), Terai
under
MPRF grid lock for 5th day (kp), JTMM
(Goit)
halts armed activities (nn), JTMM-J
says
truce over, by Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp), Violence
in
Terai as former Maoists begin fresh 'war' (wi), Nepal
govt
asks Madhesis to halt agitation, by Shirish B Pradhan
(oi), Southern
minorities
to continue protests despite Nepal government initiatives
(International Herald Tribune), Curfew
in
Nepal villages after bloody clashes (Peninsula), We’ll
furnish proof of plot to kill: Prachanda, by Kul
Chandra Neupane (kp), 'UML
ready
to declare republic from parliament', by Numraj Khanal
(kp), Farewell
to
arms, by Anuj Chopra (Hindu)
10/03/2007: Nepal
goes
federal on statute amendment, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp) NADR,
UK
deplores bomb scare at civil society leaders’ residences
(nn), NJP
owns
responsibility for planting bombs (kp) [Such
royalist fundamentalists will march on as long as the
institution of monarchy remains unharmed despite its
responsibilities!], Participation
of
women must in peace process: Martin (nn), Give
us chance to rule the country: Prachanda (nn), US
worried
by continuing Maoist violence and growing ethnic unrest
(nn), Moriarty
stunned
by Prachanda's assertions (nn), US
to
Maoists: Share info on ‘plot to kill’ (kp), PM
Koirala urges Maoists to ‘behave’ before joining govt
(nn), Maoists
didn’t
submit 781 weapons: Army (kp), MPRF
men
torch customs office (kp), Curfew
in
tense areas: Man killed in Nepalgunj clash, by Janak
Nepal (kp), Fresh
blood
stains Nepal's Terai protests (wi), Curfew
re-imposed
in Banke (nn), Towards
culture
of rhetoric(s), by Beerendra Pandey (kp), Politics
of
ethnicity, a myopia, by Prem Phyak (kp)
09/03/2007: Government
not
following parliament's directives: leaders (nn), Bomb
discovered
at residences of Dr. Pandey and Pahadi (nn), Bombs
at Dr Panday’s, Pahadi’s houses (kp), MPs
deplore
bomb scare at civil society leaders’ residences (nn),
Rayamajhi
commission
does not implicate the King, says DPM Sherchan (nn) [But he has been the
outstanding responsible person! He claimed this
responsiblity in front TV cameras on 1 February 2005 when
he finalised his coup d'etat!!], US
embassy
'deeply concerned' over Prachanda's statement (nn), Form
inclusive
interim govt promptly: Solheim (kp), Prachanda
asks
cadres to behave (kp), One
dead
in Banke clash; 13-hour long curfew imposed (nn), Govt
to
withdraw warrants and cases against JTMM leaders (nn),
Protests
slid
out of our control: MPRF (kp), CA
polls
impossible unless our demands are met: Dr Gurung (nn),
Conflict
victims
yet to be resettled: NHRC (nn), 1st
phase
of arms registration over (kp), Arms
verification
report submitted to the government (nn), Interim
constitution
amended by the parliament (nn), Nepal
changes
into federal state, by Charles Haviland (BBC News), Is
there
a king?, by Aditya Man Shrestha (kp), Linguistic
inclusion
& national integration, by Khagendra N Sharma
(kp),
Let the games begin: The politics of masks, sidestepping,
feints, and gambits, by CK Lal (nt), In
the
interim (nt), No
to
June: A flawed election is worse than a delayed election,
by Sheetal Kumar (nt)
08/03/2007: Parties
issue
whip to pass statute amendment proposal (nn), Prime
Minister,
UML leaders discuss formation of interim govt (nn), Maoists
should
stop forceful acts before joining interim govt: NC
(nn), PM,
Prachanda
agree property return, release of Maoists, by
Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Prachanda
directs
party cadres to 'behave' (nn), Prachanda
hints
at conspiracy to malign Maoists (nn), Maoists
register
commitment motion on republic at the parliament (nn),
Welcome
gate
for Prachanda set ablaze (kp), Canadian
officials
discuss landmine issues (kp), Defiance
of
MJF strike in various districts (nn), More
people
defy MPRF strike (kp), ‘Women
deprived
of presence in politics’ (kp), Politics
of
self-defeat, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp), From
social exclusion to social cohesion, by Bindu
Chaudhary (kp)
07/03/2007: Terai
reels
under strike (kp), Dozen
policemen
injured in attack during Terai bandh (nn), S
Nepal strike enters second day (BBC News), MJF
strike
hits life in Tarai (samn), MJF
bandh
continues to hit normal life; protestors vandalise
ambulance (nn), House
defers
interim statute amendment, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp),
House
fails
to amend constitution (samn), Republic
before
CA poll unwelcome: Nepal, by Madhav Aryal (kp), CPN-UML
not
to accept CA poll after June (samn), Rayamajhi
report
soft to King: Minister Gyawali (nn), HURPES’
plea
to govt (samn), Cults
of
gloom and censorship, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Prachanda's
words
and deeds, by Sanjeev Satgainya (kp), Democracy
and
peace building in Nepal, by Dev Raj Dahal (tg), Chronological
mapping
of conflict dynamic posture in Nepal, by Prabal Raj
Pokhrel (tg), Nepal:
Can
Peace Hold?, by Anuj Chopra (Frontline World), Women
to
fight for proper representation (samn), Dalits
against
Biswasi at NDC (samn), Dalits
demand
more share in CA (samn), ICRC
calls
for special attention to mothers/wives of missing persons
(nn), NC,
CPN
(Maoist) agree to form interim govt before mid-March
(nn)
06/03/2007: MJF
resumes
Terai agitation (nn), Strike
resumes
today (kp), Madhesi
resume
strike in southern Nepal (Monster and Vritics), Nepal
ethnic
group widens strike in the plains (Reuters), Normal
life hit in Terai as MJF resumes agitation (nn), Nepal
transport
stoppage expands to general strike across the south
(International Herald Tribune), Nepal
government
gears up to break Terai strike (wi), Transporters
to
defy MPRF strike (kp), Regressive
elements
provoking MJF: Yadav (samn), NSP-Anandidevi
threatens
to pull out (nn), 'Eight-party
alliance
may break', by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp), CPN-UML
threatens
to quit govt (samn), SPA
agrees
to pass bill to amend interim statute (nn), No
immediate action against King: Report (nn), No
immediate action against king (kp), NC
consulted
on impeachment: UML, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), UML
plotting
to protect monarchy: Baidya (nn), PM
for
republic if king flouts norms: Prachanda, by
Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Govt
to
make Rayamajhi report public (samn), Nepal
to
publicize report on King's direct rule (pd), Nepal
action
against king for crackdown, by J. Hemanth (tc), Govt
panel
to ask royal palace to disclose property details (nn),
Bring
Maoists
in (kp), The
only
story in town, by Manjushree Thapa (kp), Republic
:
A fantasy or reality?, by Puran Agrawal (kp), Hindu
group
stages sit-in (samn), Parliament
defers
passage of statute amendment bill for Friday (nn)
05/03/2007: Civil
society
should initiate efforts to ensure participation in CA,
says Ghai (nn), RPP
demands
reservation; Prachand meets RPP chief Rana (nn), Prime
Minister,
NC behind delay in interim government: Nepal (nn), 8-party
unity
may break up if interim govt not formed soon: Nepal
(nn), UML
wants
provision to impeach king, by Ghanashyam
Ojha (kp), UML
refutes
allegations over statute amendment proposal (nn), Nepal's
communists
at loggerheads over king (wi), CIAA
grills
ex-ministers Dhakal, Shahi (kp), PM
directs
Sitaula to create atmo-sphere for polls (kp), Govt-NEFIN
talks
deferred (nn), EC
holds
discussion with Janajatis, Dalits (nn), Empathy
a
must for reconciliation (kp), Address
Madheshi,
ethnic issues: RPP (kp), Strikes
cripple
life in eastern region (kp), Govt
calls
for end to strikes (nn), Defying
strikes (kp), Nepal
government
renews calls for negotiations with rebel faction (Raw
Story), One
dies
in Parsa shootout; five abducted in Jhapa (nn), Govt
to
cancel illegal citizenship certificates (kp), Where
is
my husband? (kp), Parties
and
identity politics: quest for new role, by Lok Raj
Baral (kp), Deposed
King
Gyanendra Stretches The Truth, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
(Scoop), Cabinet
adopts
Oli committee's counsel over Rayamajhi panel report
(nn), PM
discusses
make-up of interim cabinet with Prachanda, Deuba (nn)
04/03/2007: Ensure
inclusiveness
in CA, say experts (nn), Expert
for
fully inclusive CA (samn), JTMM
(Singh)
to resume armed revolt; Madhesi Tigers release abductees
(nn), JTMM
warns
to resume armed struggle, by Shankar Kharel (kp), Govt
not
serious about talks: JTMM (samn), Transport
strike
hits normal life in Terai; flights affected (nn), Small
group
of armed activists threatens to resume south Nepal
violence (International Herald Tribune), MPRF
padlocks
Bhittamod customs (kp), Parties
intensify
intra-party debate on interim govt; UML for 8-party meet
(nn), The
story
of a disappeared teacher, by Kiran Chapagain (kp), No
basis
for satisfaction over Maoist arms: Army (kp), Assures
ex-rebels
of govt security: NC urges Maoists not to carry arms,
by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Martin
lauds
Chinese role for Nepal peace (kp), UNSC
members
may visit Nepal, by Tilak P. Pokharel (kp), ‘No
fair polls until Maoists stop intimidation’ (kp), Army,
police
casualties to see parity compensation, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (kp), SPA
against
taking us in govt: Maoists (samn), NC
divided
on taking Maoists in govt (samn), Prachanda
seeks
NC's stand on king (samn), Koirala,
Prachanda
most popular: survey (samn), Peace
Secretariat
working on Tarai issue (samn), King’s
followers
to start ‘save monarchy campaign’ (Gulf Times), Maoist,
NC
leaders slam UML for registering separate statute
amendment proposal (nn), CIAA
grills
royal ministers Shahi, Dhakal (nn)
03/03/2007: Sitaula
seeks
support from Police force to make new Nepal (nn), Oli
surprised
over discrepancies of arms and combatants (nn), Number
of
Maoist arms ridiculous: Oli (kp), Nepal
Army
‘unhappy’ with PLA weapons count (nn), PM
asks
Maoists to abide by accord (samn), PM,
Prachanda
discuss interim govt, election date (nn), PM
declines to proclaim republic (kp), NC
against
taking Maoists in govt (samn), ‘King’s
ouster
must for CA poll’ (kp), MPRF
lifts
transport strike for Holi: Transport workers refuse MPRF
call (kp), Transport
entrepreneurs
impose bandh in Terai (nn), Holi
brings
mixed blessings for Nepal (wi), Terai
cobra
strikes, one person killed (nn), Govt-
NEFIN
talks inconclusive (kp), Govt
tables
bill on political parties (samn), Bill
moots
state funds for political parties (kp), Reform
bill
in Nepal to 'discipline political parties', by Shirish
B. Pradhan (oi), Dozen
ravaged
offices await reinstatement (kp), Communal
seed (kp) [The seed of communalism has been sown in Nepal by the
Hindu politics of the Shah monarchy!], Inherent
obstacles
to federalism, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), No
PM-Prachanda meeting held on Saturday, says Bhattarai
(nn)
02/03/2007: Maoists
in
government within a week, says DPM Sherchan (nn), PM
Koirala,
Prachanda discussing formation of interim government
(nn), Nepal's
government,
ex-rebels begin talks on forming interim government
(International Herald Tribune), Diplomats
in
hectic consultation (samn), Top
leaders
intensify discussion; PM asks Prachanda to have patience
on declaring republic (nn), Discussions
begin
over statute amendment proposal (nn), Including
all
castes in CA impossible: Yadav (kp), UNDP
to
organise national conference on constitution making
(nn), Japanese
support
for CA polls (kp), CIAA
grills
royal minister Rana (nn), Experts
search
for the secretly buried, by Rajendra Pratap
Shah (kp), Provide
better
health care for Mukesh: Locals (kp), 'Madhesi
Tigers'
abduct 11 pahades, by Dilliram Khatiwada (kp), Save
politics
from shadow of arms: MPs (kp), Pistol
episode
negates Maoist claims of democratic commitment, says
Moriarty (nn) [Yes, as Iraq, Guantanamo, etc. negate US
claims of democratic, human rights and peace commitment!],
Arms
Count
Vs Trust Count: The revelation of the weapons count held
by the Maoists has raised many eye-brows, by Sanjaya
Dhakal (sp), The
missing
guns?, by Madhab Basnet (nt, originally in Dristi, 27
February), The
Maoists
Weapons and Combatants, by Rajat KC (Scoop), Banda
affects life in Bara, Nawalparasi (kp), It’s
double
whammy for Tarai (samn), Fine-tune
peace
process, by Anga R Timilsina (kp), All
fired
up and nowhere to go: Meeting a small-time revolutionary
in a small town hotel, by Leo Balze (nt) [on Jwala
Singh, real name Nagendra Paswan, leader of JTMM (Singh)], "We
need
to streamline the peace process", interview
with Janak Raj Joshi (nt), Arms
control:
Missing the forest for the trees, by Sheetal Kumar
(nt), Not
everything
matters: If we look beyond arms and fighters, we’d see the
other dangers, by CK Lal (nt), Keep
it
together: Thinking that Nepal will fall apart or be
colonised is pure hysteria, by Daniel Lak (nt), “These
Three
Regions – Hills, Mountains and Terai - Are Complimentary
And Supplementary To Each Other”, interview with Mohan
Gopal Khetan (sp), Ethnic
autonomy
may be harmful: Rawal (samn), Govt-NEFIN
talks
end inconclusively (nn), MJF postpones strike for
three days (nn), Interim
Crisis
or Interim Learning?, by Andrew Arato (sp), Nepal
king's
Hindu followers to start save monarchy campaign (wi),
Hindu
body’s
stir (samn)
01/03/2007: JTMM
(Singh)
warns of physical action; accepts talks offer (nn), JTMM
(Singh)
warns of 'physical action' (kp), Strikes
continue
to paralyse normal life in Terai (nn), Terai
leaders
want end to ongoing protests (kp), General
strike
stifles daily life (kp), Banda
cripples
life nationwide (kp), General
strike
brings Nepal to a halt (Peninsula), NEFIN
bandh
throws life out of gear (samn), Nepal's
Ethnic
Minorities Strike to Demand Political Rights, by Paul
Tighe (Bloomberg) [How do you define "minorities" in Nepal?],
Banda
brings joy to rickshaw pullers, street vendors, by
Shankar Gnyawali & Devendra Koirala (kp), CIAA
grills
Thapa for misuse of funds (samn), Lawmakers
express
objection to Maoist MP's statement on arms (nn), Maoists
begin
Interim Govt consulations, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), 'Homework
for
interim govt over' (samn), Mukherjee,
Moriarty
intensify political meetings as Maoists prepare to join
govt (nn) [a clear indication of foreign intervention!],
CA
polls (kp), Resolution
of
ethno-regional troubles, by Som P Pudasaini (kp), Factor
behind
failure, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp 01/03/2007), Education
for
sustainable peace, by Tirth Raj Khaniya (kp), MK
Nepal
for 8-party meeting to form interim govt (nn)
28/02/2007: Limbuwans
press
for their cause (nn), Exemplary
protest,
Chepang style, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp), Janajatis
want
porportional poll system (samn), Nepal's
indigenous
leaders demand all-sides roundtable to address issues
(Relief Web 28/02/2007), The
Maoists
are comparatively the best in terms of their positions
relating to indigenous peoples, Madhesis, Dalits ...,
interview with Krishna Bhattachan (tg 28/02/2007), Bandh
cripples
life nationwide (nn), Strikes
demanding
more rights and power for ethnic minorities shut down
Nepal (International Herald Tribune), Fresh
general
strike brings Nepal to a halt, by Gopal Sharma
(Reuters), Sons
of
soil close down Nepal (wi), Cycle
of
violence possible without inclusiveness: ICG (kp), Road
strike
hampers life in terai (kp), At
least
2 killed, dozen injured in Nepal protests (wi), Bill
on
Political Parties presented; parties to be barred from
organising bandh (nn), CIAA
summons
four members of royal cabinet (nn), CIAA
summons
four royal ministers (samn), Kamal Thapa appears
before the CIAA (nn), Maoists
should
get ‘respectable position’ in interim govt: Prachanda
(nn), High-handedness
(kp), PM
concerned
about Maoist arms, discussion for interim govt begins
(nn), Polls
may
be postponed, warns Martin (kp), CA
polls
not possible in June: UN (samn), Nepalese
People
A Tool For Conspiracy?, by Bhupal Lamichhaney (Scoop),
RPP-N
cadres
storm campus, thrash students, by Amrita Anmol (kp), Voters'
right
to know, by Raju Prasad Chapagai (kp), 'Federal
republic
of Nepal', by Prakash Bom (kp), Maoists
are
yet to convince people, by Shobhakar Parajuli (kp), Prachanda
to
meet with PM to finalise interim government (nn)
27/02/2007: Interim
parliament
cannot declare republic: Thapa (nn), 'Republic
must
for CA poll', by Sudarshan Rijal (kp), King’s
message
meaningless: Rana (nn), King's
message
sans rationale: Rana (samn), Rana
rants
against SPA, by Gopal Khanal (kp), Action
against
king after consultations (kp), Govt
initiates
action aginst king (samn), Nepal
to
seize Gyanendra’s property, by J. Hemanth (tc), Nepal
king
set to lose his inheritance (wi) [It's
the people's property not the king's!], Janaandolan-injured,
by Kuman Singh Tamang (kp), ICG
suggests
inclusive constitution for Nepal (nn) [see ICG
report], Challenges
persist
in Nepal’s peace process: Ian Martin (nn), Strike
paralyses life in various districts (nn), MJF
strike
halts export, import (samn), MPRF
strikes
again, life hard hit (kp), Ethnic
unrest
hits life in Nepal (Gulf Times), Sitaula's
predicament (kp), Govt
brushes
aside demand for Home Minister’s resignation (nn), NEFIN
urges
round table (kp), NEFIN
for
round table to address issues (samn), NEFIN
bandh
hits Mechi-Koshi zones (samn), Take
command
of PLA now: Maoists to govt (kp), Over
1.14m
get citizenship (kp), Moving
beyond sectarianism, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Subaltern
and
alternative politics, by Prabodh Devkota (kp), Constituent
Assembly, by Puran Agrawal (kp), CA
polls
not possible on time: Prachanda (samn), Prachanda
decries
efforts at disrupting communal harmony (nn), Maoists
in
govt only after the start of arms monitoring, says
spokesperson (nn), Donors
agree
to finance Peace Fund (nn)
26/02/2007: NA
starts
storing its weapons (nn), Bandhs
hit
the nation, Home Ministry appeals for restraint (nn),
Injured
MJF
activist dies; Strikes hit normal life in various
districts (nn), Strike
call
halts traffic, trade in Nepal's plains (Reuters), Protests
resume
in south Nepal, shutting down roads and stall border trade
(International Herald Tribune), MPRF
sticks to preconditions (kp), Prachanda
defends
weapons count; says he is against foreign investment in
media (nn), Rivers
swept
our arms away: Prachanda, by Amrita Anmol (kp) [??], The
UN and Maoist Arms Controversy: Overkill or Negligence?
(Scoop), Royal
properties
to be nationalised; King to face ‘action’ for his
statement (nn), Govt,
NEFIN
begin talks (nn), Govt-NEFIN
talks
inconclusive (nn), Mainstream
the
marginalized: NFIWN (kp), Interim
govt
to probe state disappeared (kp), Rampant
anarchy
reigns sans legit govt: Gautam (kp), They
never
had it so good, by Shyam KC (kp), 'Parties
have
monopolized every sector', interview with Yash
Pal Ghai, Constitutional Advisory Services Unit, UNDP
(kp), Union
with
UML possible: Prachanda (samn), Maoists
may
declare republic: Gajurel (samn), Eight
parties
discuss PLA camp management (nn)
25/02/2007: Badu
dissatisfied
with weapons disclosure; Pasang says they are politically
honest (nn), Muslims
want
their representation ensured (nn), Muslims
seek
representation (kp), Tharus
for
ethnic representation (samn), ANTA
calls
for unity among Madhesis (nn), Banda
cripples
life in several districts: Maoists clash with NFIN
activists in Narayanghat (kp), Fresh
turmoil
racks Nepal’s Terai plains (Gulf Times), Nepal
is
facing new hiccups, by M Rama Rao (Asian
Tribune), Govt
urged
to address IDP issues (kp), Maoist
victims
nabbed, freed (kp), Sitaula
should
resign: Minister Nembang (kp), Minister
demands
minister's resignation (samn), MPRF
snubs
talks offer, NFIN starts preparations (kp), Prachanda
cautions
parties to be alert (kp), Parties
discussing
republic : Prachanda (samn), Provision
to
oust king soon: Gurung (samn), ‘House
ready
to declare republic if parties agree’ (kp), Needed,
quality citizens to serve, by S Satgainya (kp), Law
and
order real challenge: poll (samn), Trust
counts
not arms: party leaders (samn), More
disbelief
than fear over arms disclosure (Gulf Times), CA
polls
not necessary: Suman (samn) [???],
'Maoists
lack
of national unity' (samn), Offices
in
Biratnagar bombed (samn), Hindu
group
behind Biratnagar blast (samn), Govt
discusses
management of Maoist cantonment sites (nn), MJF
rebuffs govt's call for dialogue (nn)
24/02/2007: MJF
refuses
government's talks invitation (nn), NEFIN
warns
it may dissolve talks team, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp),
Kirant
body
forms panels (samn), Newar
front’s
meet (samn), UN
completes
first stage of Maoist registration; envoy stresses
dialogue (UN News Centre), 30852
rebels,
3428 arms registered (samn), Nepal
Maoists
fought 10-year war with primitive weapons? (Earth
Times), Parties
to
decide action against king (samn), Eight
parties
will decide action against the King: Home Minister
(nn), No
legal
basis to take action against the King: Law Minister
(nn) [In other words: The king can do whatever he likes! He
can stage a coup, he can order to kill the people, he can
even destroy the whole country if he likes to do so. The
people have no right against him!? The legal basis for
action againt the king is the people's movement of April
2006 which is also the legal basis of the current
government and parliament!!!], CIAA
to
act against royal ministers soon (samn), ‘Prepare
for
republic declaration through House’ (kp), Banda
cripples Rautahat, Sarlahi (kp), NEFIN
Bandh
affects life in central and eastern Terai (nn), Globalisation,
reforms
good: Prachanda (samn), Moriarty
wants
handshake with Prachanda (kp), US
urges
Maoists to give up violence (samn), NA
still
controls post office, health post (kp), Maoists'
need
for frontline curriculum, by Shreeram Lamichhane
& Mana Prasad Wagley (kp), For
Real
Peace in Nepal Women Must Be Involved (New America
Media), Nepal:
Will
govt-Maoist unity remain intact?, by Zaglul Ahmed
Chowdhury (Daily Star), Prachanda
steps
up tempo against monarchy (nn), Controversy
over
registration of arms unnecessary: Leaders (nn)
23/02/2007: No
law
to punish King: legal experts (nn) [There
is an easy way: abolish monarchy! It is unavoidable
either!], Ousting
monarch (kp), King’s
Games (tc 23/02/2007), Ruffling
Of
Feathers: As he defends his February 1 step as a result of
compulsion, parties react strongly terming it as
inappropriate message, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp)
[including full text of the royal statement], Swift
Shake
Up: The interim constitution heralded as a document of
comprehensive understanding among eight parties could not
remain stable for more than a month (sp), PM
Koirala
meets chief of UNMIN (nn), Press
statement
by Ian Martin, Personal Representative of the
Secretary-General in Nepal (Relief Web), WB
discusses
interim strategy to support Nepal peace process (nn),
JTMM,
NFIN
banda cripples life (kp), JTMM
strike
affects life in Terai (samn), ‘CA
polls
now overshadowed’, by Sujeet Mahat (kp), Toward
a
federal structure, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Maoists
have
30852 combatants and 3428 weapons: UNMIN (nn), Big
questions:
What’s a constituent assembly? Who can we trust to run
Nepal?, by Anagha Neelakantan (nt), The
undecided (nt), The
ties
that bind: Proof, if it were needed, that there is a
common Nepali identity, by CK Lal (nt), Girls
of even worse character: The Chelis are back with a new
Declaration, by Charitraheen Chelis (nt), The
same
Old Nepal: This is no time for unreconstructed
‘nationalist capitalism’, by Artha Beed (nt), Nepal
rioting
threatens political transition, by Dhruba
Adhikary (sp), Indefinite
curfew
in Sanischare of Morang (nn)
22/02/2007: JTMM
called
bandh affects normal life (nn), Strike
by
rebel group hits Nepal (Daily Times), Bandhs
paralyse
life in various districts (nn), Nepal's
MPRF
says to resume protests if demands not met (pd), General
strikes
by separate groups shut down parts of Nepal
(International Herald Tribune), Students
want
action against the King (nn), Protests
against
king's remarks continue (kp), Gyanendra's
Defense
of Coup Outrages Nepal: Interim parliament directs the
government to act against the King, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (on), Parliament
proposes
action against king, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Nepal's
Lawmakers
Vote to Curb King for `Unauthorized' Message, by Paul
Tighe (Bloomberg), Nepali
parliament
directs gov't take action against king (pd), Nepal
parliament
orders action against king (kp), Gyanendra
faces
action, by Ameet Dhakal (Hindu), House
directs
govt to punish king (samn), Nepal
government
undecided on what action to take against king for his
remarks (International Herald Tribune), Proclaim
republic
before it's too late: Prachanda, by Shyam Sunder Sashi
(kp), Maoists
form
Ethnic-Regional Republican Confederation (kp), Govt,
Maoists discuss management of PLA camps (nn), Key
Kathmandu talks are underway, by Surendra Phuyal (BBC
News), One
conflict
sparks another in Nepal, by Sudeshna Sarkar (Relief Web),
Unrest
in
Nepal: Give democracy a chance (Central Chronicle), The
Political
Situation in Nepal: Nepalese will face serious ethnic
turmoil without a federal system, interview with Mahendra
Lawoti (on), Interim
parliament
will declare Nepal a republic: Prachanda (nn), Thakur
committee again invites MJF, NFIN for talks (nn)
21/02/2007: RPP-Nepal
welcomes
King’s democracy day message (nn) [Long
live royal autocracy and dictatorship!], Make
Nepal
a Hindu nation: Hindu activists (nn), King's
remarks
spur furor nationwide (kp), Anti-King
protests
sweep across Nepal, by Shirish B Pradhan (Asian Age), Protest
against
king's statement enters 2nd day across Nepal (pd), Statues
pulled down as part of anti-king protests in Nepal (Japan
Today), "King
Gyanendra's
statement grossly irresponsible" (Hindu), Royal
message
suggests conspiracy: NC (kp), Clarify
government’s
stance on King’s message: Sharma (nn), Deputy
PM
initiates action against Nepalese king for reactionary message
(UPI), House
asks
govt to take action against King; Sitaula says PM will take
necessary decision (nn), King
trying
to disturb CA polls: Gautam (samn), Prachanda
sees
calculated conspiracies against Maoists in Madhes (nn), Reactionaries
plotted
against Maoists in terai: Prachanda, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp), Taskforce
fails
on electoral model (kp), Banda
cripples
life in western districts (kp), Strike
by
splinter rebel group hits southeast Nepal (Reuters), Ethnic
group
plans fresh Nepal blockade (Daily Times), Maoists
promise
redistribution of land (samn), Parties,
writers
and feelings, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Nation
is
bleeding, by Avantika Regmi (kp), CA
polls
must ensure an inclusive democratic structure: minorities
should have equal participation in state affairs, by Niraj
Aryal (tg) [Who are the majority in Nepal? Definitely not
the 6% male Bhuns who dominate everything!], Nepal-UK
relations
in the changing context, by Andrew Hall, British
ambassador to Nepal (tg), UN
reports
appalling situation of children during conflict (nn)
20/02/2007: Civil
society
to stage sit-in to protest King's message (nn), Civil
society
leaders stage sit-in to protest King's message (nn), Govt,
parties
rap king's statement (kp), King's
message
draws criticism (kp), King
owns
up coup blame (tc), Nepal
king
defends ’05 power grab (Peninsula), King's
message
creates uproar in Nepal (wi), D-Day
confusion (kp), Koirala
meets
with Mukharjee, Army Chief (nn), MPRF
to
launch fresh protests (kp), MPRF
unveils
fresh protest programmes (samn), Nepal's
MPRF
to resume peaceful but intensified protests (pd), Protesters
in
south Nepal threaten to resume demonstrations
(International Herald Tribune), Terai
protesters
call transport strike in Nepal (Gulf Times), Don't
get fooled again, by Manjushree Thapa (kp) [!!],
New
'disintegrated'
Nepal, by Prerana Marasini (kp), Dreams
deferred:
Peace & democracy, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Uphold
the
national integrity, by Prakash Bom (kp) [There
has never been national integrity for the excluded masses
and the so-called leaders still do not understand! This is
the reason why Nepal's future is in danger! The country
needs a new generation of politicians immediately!!], What
are
the Nepali Maoists up to now…?, by Shikha Baraily
(Asian Tribune), Eight
parties
‘agree’ to give voting right to temporary residents
(nn)
19/02/2007: Statute
amendment
bill in parliament, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Prachanda
wants
to declare republic (nn), Monarchy
end
must for federalism: Prachanda, by Binod Bhandari
(kp), Prachanda
expects
interim cabinet in a week (nn), King's
Democracy
Day message; says Feb 1 was result of compulsion (nn)
[Nepal's most
anti-democratic institution should never be allowed to
speak on democracy again!], Nepal
king
defends coup, monarchy on Democracy Day (wi), ‘We
are
morally responsible for 15-month rule’ (kp) [Then
please stand to this responsibility and abdicate!],
King's
message stirs hornet's nest; parties term it grossly
inappropriate (nn), Nepal
king
defends coup, monarchy on Democracy Day (Earth Times),
King
defends
decision to seize direct control of Nepal
(International Herald Tribune), Civil
society
leaders denounce King's message (nn), Students
demonstrate
against King's statement (nn), Government
yet
to start talks; more protest likely (nn), MFJ
announces fresh stir (nn), Loktantrik
Madhesi
Organization formed (kp),
Bold move (kp), ‘Differences
among
Madhesis are wide and serious’, interview with
Pitambar Sharma (kp), Protesters
drag
Nepal govt to democracy, by Parbati Nepali (Dawn), Terai
villagers
fear return of violence (Relief Web), OHCHR
Nepal
urges elimination of social exclusion, discrimination
(Relief Web), New
Nepal
Is it attainable?, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), Restructuring
the
Nepali state, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Reforming
political
parties, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Integration
of
2 armies and national security system, by Ghanashyam Ojha
(kp), Preparing
judiciary
for a New Nepal, by Kiran Chapagain (kp)
18/02/2007: No
disintegration
in the name of federalism, says Deuba (nn), Chure,
Bhabar
locals demand autonomy (kp), Big
4
for amendment at once, differences linger (kp), Eight
party
leaders meeting underway (nn), Eight
parties
agree to amend interim constitution (nn), Eight
party discussion on interim statute amendment concludes,
contentious points unresolved (ek), ‘No
poll
by mid-June if interim govt delayed’ (kp), Maoists
give
ultimatum to Nepal government (wi), Govt
not
in mood for talks: Yadav (kp), MPRF
warns
of protests (kp), MPRF's
uneasy
truce ends today (ek), Fresh
turmoil
threatens Nepal's Terai plains (wi), JTMM
not
to work along with MJF (samn), WHF
activists,
Sadhus rally for Hindu Kingdom (kp), Hindu
Activists
Stage Protest in Kathmandu: Groups want government to
revoke a declaration making Nepal a secular state, by
Kosh Raj Koirala (on), ‘No
one
can save king now’ (kp) [This has already been very clear for
insiders on October 4, 2002!], Nepal
government
says sorry for attack on king (wi), Team
formed
to probe Pashupati stone-pelting incident (nn), Probe
rights
violations in terai: OHCHR-Nepal (kp), Social
exclusion
must be ended: UN body (samn), '69
people
disappeared in east Nepal' (samn), Let
Maoists
turn words into deeds: German MPs (kp), Displaced
families
yet to see home, by Sanjay Panthi (kp), Democracy
and
social justice, by Sanjeev Uprety (kp), Bipolar
to
plural, by Arun Gupto (kp), Committee
formed
to protest action of eight political parties (nn), Bill
to
amend constitution registered at the parliament (nn),
MVA
protests
govt apathy towards rehabilitating Maoist victims (nn)
17/02/2007: Stone
pelted
at King's motorcade (nn), Stones
pelted
at king’s convoy, by Baburam Kharel (kp), Gyanendra
motorcade
stoned (tc), Nepal
king's
car stoned during Shivratri (wi), Mob
stones
monarch’s motorcade (Gulf Times), Hindu
activists
stage protest rally in Kathmandu (nn), Hindu
group
owns up Birgunj bombings (kp), Parties
busy
discussing details of constitution amendment (nn), Four
parties
discuss amendment in interim statute (nn), JTMM
(Singh) sets terms for talks; forms talks team (nn), Sundh
stresses
on peaceful means to advance concerns (nn), Constituent
assembly:
Opportunities and challenges, by CP Gajurel (kp), Half-baked
revolutions, by Aditya Man Shrestha (kp), CA
polls impossible if interim govt not formed in a week:
Prachanda (nn)
16/02/2007: Yadav
not
satisfied with Sitaula's apology (nn), Govt
indifferent
toward talks: Yadav, by Bhim Ghimire (kp), I
am sorry, by Ghanasham Ojha (kp), Initiate
talks
actively: PM instructs Thakur committee (nn), Jwala
Singh
forms talks team, by Bed Raj Poudel (kp), JTMM
(Singh) forms five-member talk team (nn), Short
Relief:
After the address by the Prime Minister conceding their
demands, MJF has announced suspension of their strikes for
ten days, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Without
Comment:
Various political leaders have made a variety of analysis
on the agitation in terai by Madheshi Janadhikar Forum
(sp), The
janajatis
are trying to replicate the tarai uprising, but can they?,
by J B Pun Magar (nt), Nepal:
Minorities
Call for Strike in Capital: Unrest in southern Terai
calmed, minorities now make similar demands, by Indra
Dhoj Kshetri (on), Strike
hits
parts of Kathmandu (Gulf Times), Banda
affects
life in capital (kp), Oppose
bandas (kp),
Free-for-all, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), From
the
inside looking out: If it had snowed on the Maoist party
on Tundikhel it would be a sign, by CK Lal (nt), Long
and
bumpy road (nt), “No
one
says sorry”, interview with Member of Interim
Parliament, Parbati Dagaura Choudhary (nt, originally in
Tarun, 12 February), Who
will
lead this nation?, by Brian Metters (sp), Nepal
beefs
up security over Hindu protest fears (Reuters), King
of
Nepal is stoned by crowd (BBC News)
15/02/2007: NFIN
organises
valley bandh pressing for amendment in constitution
(nn), Nepali
indigenous
community launches general strike in Kathmandu Valley
(pd), General
strike
closes schools, transport in Nepalese capital
(International Herald Tribune), Clashes
in
Kathmandu as ethnic protesters call shutdown (wi), Strike
shuts
down parts of Kathmandu (Monster & Critics), Clashes
in
Kathmandu as ethnic protesters call shutdown, by
Sudeshna Sarkar (Earth Times), Unidentified
group
attacks NFIN general secretary (nn), People
from
mountain region demand proper representation (nn), Inclusive
constituent
assembly stressed (nn), '14
points
should be amended in statute' (kp), Terai
lawmakers
urge govt to expedite talks (kp), JTMM
puts
forward 10-point demand (samn), Sitaula
regrets
mistakes, presents details of loss during Terai unrest
(nn), RJP
takes
a swipe against Maoists (nn), Impartial
poll
impossible if intimidation continues: Thapa (kp), Thapa
released,
CIAA to keep watch on him (nn), Kamal
Thapa
released on court order (kp), End
threats
and intimidation: Dr Hall (nn), Mull
future
of Maoist combatants: UK envoy (kp), More
than
800 still missing in Nepal: ICRC (kp) [See list
of missing people], Nepal
appeal
on 'missing' people (BBC News), Impunity
breeds
rebellion, by Raju Prasad Chapagai (kp), Rationality
versus
emotionalism, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Interim
cabinet
within a week: Minister Gyawali (nn), Maoist
MPs'
armed security guards briefly held for trying to enter
parliament building (nn)
14/02/2007: NSP-Anandidevi
to
stay away from government (nn), No
need
to test Thapa’s case: Home Ministry (nn) [No
interference into judicial affairs, please!], Jwala
Singh
agrees to talks, by Bed Raj Poudel (kp), JTMM
(Goit)
'rejects' govt's talks offer (nn), First
victory
for Madhesis: Yadav (kp), Madhesi
demands
neither is aimed at “separatism” nor for disturbing
“communal harmony”, interview with Upendra Yadav,
president, Madheshi Janadhikar Forum (tg), Yadav
warns
of resumption of agitation (samn), Terai
protests
stall citizenship distribution (kp), Terai
unrest
costs economy Rs 29b (kp), Maoist
leader
calls for monarchy’s end (Gulf Times), Prachanda:
Polls
Unnecessary to End Monarchy: Tens of thousands of
Nepalis rally in support of Maoists, by Umesh Shrestha
(on), Nepal
Maoists
rally to press govt for speedy reforms (Peninsula), Rebel
Leader
Says Nepal Must Scrap Monarchy, Become a Republic,
by Ed Johnson (Bloomberg), Conspiracy
on
against CA polls: Prachanda (kp), Looming
danger (kp), 120
Sadhus
arrive (kp), The
politics
behind Sitaula’s ouster demand (tg), Parties
declare
sensitive sectors banda-free, by Upendra Pokharel
(kp), Toward
truth
and reconciliation, by Avantika Regmi (kp), Red
Cross
says more than 800 missing in Nepal conflict remain
unaccounted for (International Herald Tribune), ICRC
to
publish names of 800 missing persons (nn), Terai
in travails, by Anand Aditya (kp), Maoists
losing
political authority in Nepal ’s Terai belt (tg), Addressing
emerging
issues in a post conflict society is not easy, by
Sushil Koirala, Vice Chairman, Nepali Congress (tg), SC
orders
govt to free Kamal Thapa (nn)
13/02/2007: Prachanda
to
address public today; rights activists fear usage of
children in Maoist program (nn), Maoist
mass
meeting gets underway at Khulamanch (nn), Thousands
of
former rebels and supporters rally in Nepal's capital
(International Herald Tribune), Maoists
want
democratic republic with mixed economy, radical land
reform: Prachanda (nn), PM
directs
to amend interim statute (kp), Draft
bill
to amend interim constitution finalised (nn), Huge
budget
spent on cantonments: Dr Mahat, by Bishnu Budhathoki
(kp), No
idea
of how Maoists spending grant: Dr. Mahat (nn), I'll
quit
if PM wishes: Sitaula, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), 'Resolve
political
problem first' (kp) [But the problem of non-inclusion is the
main political problem of the country, Mr Mahara!? This is
a disappointing statement for all disadvantaged groups of
the country, i.e. the majority of the Nepali citizens! You
cannot talk of a new start if this majority of the Nepali
people is not participated right from the beginning!!],
Madhesis
stage
mass meeting, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp), Jwala
Singh faction of JTMM accepts government call for talks
(nn), Janajatis
hold
knife rally in capital (samn), Pay
heed
to CEC (kp), Nepal
Maoist
leader due at rally, by Charles Haviland (BBC News), Maoists'
'People's
War' ends in Nepal, other battles begin (Earth
Times), ICJ
calls
for amendment of interim constitution; wants independence
of judiciary guaranteed (nn), FNJ
urges govt to form commission to probe attacks on media in
Terai (nn)
12/02/2007: No
easy
entry for Shivaratri sadhus, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Naga
sadhus
to march for Nepal king (wi), Panel
finds
25 guilty in RCCC case, by Kiran Chapagain (kp), 24
killed,
67 injured in terai unrest, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp),
Sitaula
in
the eye of storm; Maoists come to his defense (nn), Terai
MPs
submit memo to Speaker (kp), Locals
clash
with banda imposers, 18 injured, by Lila Baral (kp), 15
hurt
in Jhapa clash (nn), 'Disappeared
during
conflict not found' (samn), Koirala,
Nepal
discuss legal instruments for CA polls (nn), ‘Minorities’
problems
can't be solved overnight’ (kp), The
official
and unofficial indifference, by Shyam KC (kp), On
regional
autonomy and New Nepal, by Alok K Bohara (kp), Janajati
Federation
stages rally in the capital (nn), Nepal's
minorities
raise the stakes, by Charles Haviland (BBC News) [Who is the majority in
Nepal if these are minorities? It's definitely not the
ruling male elite!]
11/02/2007: NEFIN
to
sit for talks with government, continue protest (nn),
MJF's
ultimatum
draws closer; Yadav threatens to intensify agitation
(nn), Ojha
panel
recommends prosecution of RCCC officials (nn), PM
for
welfare of marginal groups (samn), ‘Action
initiated
against Janaandolan culprits’ (kp), Nepal
to
take action against royal aides (samn), Terai
returns
to normalcy (kp), Displaced
families
in terai demand compensation (kp), Badal
seeks
formation of interim govt (samn), Stop
Politics
Save Nepal!!, by Bhupal Lamichhaney (Scoop), MPs
from Terai demand amendment in interim constitution
(nn), Janajati
Federation
forms committee to talk with govt (nn)
10/02/2007: UML
general
secretary smells conspiracy against CA polls (nn), JTMMs,
janajatis
invited for talks (kp), MJF
sets
three conditions for talks with govt (nn), Madhesi
leaders
vow to continue struggle (New Kerala), Madhesi
leaders
seek Indian backing (kp), Govt
to
send HLPC report to CIAA (kp), Normalcy
returns
to terai (kp), Calm
returns
to south of Nepal (samn), Stress
on
women’s citizenship rights (kp), Challenge
of
translating peace into prosperity, by Ari Aison &
Edimon Ginting (kp), Mountain
replaces
monarch (tc), Everest
replaces
king on Nepal currency (samn), Maoists
demand
reduction of army size (samn)
09/02/2007: JTMM-Goit
flays
PM's address (nn), Government
talks
team invites two factions of JTMM for talks (nn), Life
returning
to normalcy in eastern Terai (nn), Lawmakers
welcome
PM’s address (kp), PM
can
be ousted, House to have oppn (kp), Madheshis
laud
PM’s address: Terai returning to normalcy (kp), MPRF
suspends
protest for 10 days, by Bikash Sangraula (kp), Toward
settlement (kp), Law
ministry
instructed to initiate efforts to amend constitution
(nn), Govt.
to
initiate action against ex-officials (nn), India
welcomes Prime Minister's address (nn), Arbour
lauds
initiation of dialogue with terai groups (kp), Army
chief
reiterates NA's commitment towards democracy (nn), 50
families
displaced after loot, arson, by Bhim Ghimire (kp), Blessings
in
disguise?, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Politicization
of
army?, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Fuelling
change:
It may be too early to expect a dramatic return to normal,
by Shiva Gaunle (nt), Muharram
in
madhes: The population of the plains is united by
Kathmandu’s neglect, by CK Lal (nt), Why
now?
From melting pot to meltdown, by Bihari K Shrestha
(nt), It’s
all
good: What’s happening here is positive, though it doesn’t
always take good forms, by Daniel Lak (nt), Acute
hearing:
Don’t forget other groups when you sit down to talk,
by Sheetal Kumar (nt), Walk
the
talk (nt), Who
wants
blood?, by Madan Regmi (sp), “Ours
Is
Purely Madhesi Andolan”, by Upendra Yadav (sp), Silent
Moderation
And Violent Extremism, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Terai
unrest
result of suppression: MPs (samn), Turmoil
incurs
Rs 18b loss in Terai (samn), Women
threaten
stir to ensure 33% share (samn), Free
treatment
for injured agitators of Terai (nn), Dr.
Bhattarai
lays emphasis on advancing class-based politics (nn),
Government
authorises
CIAA to implement Rayamajhi Commission's report (nn) [Make this report public
immediately!!], Janajatis
protest
PM's address to nation (samn)
08/02/2007: 49pc
seats
for terai in CA: Eight-party agreement, by Yuvraj
Acharya (kp), Leaders
laud
PM’s address (kp), Cabinet
approves
PM’s address (nn), Speaker
Nemwang
says PM address has paved way for solution (nn), MJF
suspends
protest programmes for 10 |