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31/12/2008: YCL
set
to leave camps: Pun: To settle among general public,
by Tika R Pradhan (ht), NC
to
rope in other parties for its cause (ht), NC
bent on exerting pressure on Maoists (kp), Sharma
accuses
NC of conspiring to topple govt (rn), Mahara
accuses
NC of flouting pact by boycotting parliament (nn), Anti-Maoist
strike
hits Palpa, Gulmi (ht), NC
protest
Maoist attack; strike paralyses Gulmi (kp), NC
sticks
with same bullet (rn), 'YCL,YF
derailing
peace process' (ht), Nepali
Congress
a divided house on government's fate (ht), Maoist
cadres seek UML pastures: Some Maoists are more equal,
by Renu Kshetry (kp), Legal
immunity
objected (kp), 5-star
food
for detained union bosses (kp), Timely
statute
unlikely, say leaders (ht), Nepali
model
base of constitution: Bhusal (kp) [??],
MMT-displaced
demand
relief (kp), Govt
inks
five point pact with another Terai outfit (nn), Healing
The
Wounds Of The Conflict, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn), Nepal
says
party will decide on proposal to nominate him to head CC
(nn), Matrika
threatens
to leave Maoist party if Madhesis betrayed (nn), Nepal’s
Suffering:
An outrage to humanity, by Ananda P Srestha (tg),
The
Economic
Dimension of Security and Good Governance, by Neelam
Timilsina and Keshav Acharya (tg)
30/12/2008: Kantipur
siege
ends (kp), Constituent
Assembly
members press Maoists on media freedom (ht), Media
attack
reminds SAFMA head of emergency (ht), Give
us 45 days to quit Balaju camp: YCL (kp), YCL
excesses
cripple industrial sector: Won't close camp in Balaju
industrial area,says YCL's Newa Rajya panel head
(ht), PM's
word
on property won't be kept: Matrika (ht), Matrika
upholds stand on land, by Lilaballav Ghimire (kp),
Word
on
nine-point pact mere lip service? (ht), Tarun
Dal
rally for pact implementation (ht), NC
continues
House boycott (kp), NC
disrupts
House meet for 6th day (rn),
House
proceedings
stalled yet again (ht), Maoists'
totalitarian
attitude main hindrance to the peace process: Poudel
(nn),
Parties
fall
short of CA panels’ deadline (kp), Palpa
strike
sees Maoist, NC clash (kp), Former
MP
injured in Tansen clash (ht), Maoists
should
not fear army coup: Nepal (kp), Rautes
set
out to meet PM (kp), 'Detainees
buried
in Shivapuri' (ht), ‘Kidnapping
for
ransom, on charge of spying rampant in Terai’
(rn), Strengthen
commission
on disappearances: NHRC (ht),
Criminal
guilt, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), An
end
to idiocy, by Manjushree Thapa (kp), Keep
on
talking, by Ram Dayal Rakesh (kp), Estimating
the
costs of conflict, by Hari Bansh Jha (ht), Young
Turk
bats for internal democracy in NC, interview with
Nabindra Raj Joshi (ht), Intra
And
Inter-party Conflict, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (rn),
Federalism
splits
nation: Singh (rn), Home
Ministry
to strictly enforce ‘no blockade in highways’ decision
(nn)
29/12/2008: Cabinet
yields
to Congress demands (ht), NC
boycott
on, PM address off (ht), Parliament
boycott
continues: PM fails to address Congress demands,
by Phanindra Dahal (kp), NC
again
boycotts legislative parliament session (nn),
Maoists
are
using pressure tactics, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (ht),
Battle
For
Change (rn), Only
way
out (kp), Big
Two
agree to fill vacant posts (kp), CPN-Maoist,
UML
lock horns over head of AISC (rn), Measured
steps (ht), Gachhadar
wants
MJF to quit govt (ht), FNJ
calls
off stir after deal with govt: Siege enters Day Five
(kp), Govt,
FNJ
strike 10-point deal (ht), Govt,
FNJ
sign deal on press freedom (rn), Kantipur's
eastern
edition stalled despite FNJ-govt pact (nn), Press
freedom,
workers’ rights complement each other (rn), Release
and
rehabilitate child soldiers, by Kul Chandra Gautam
(kp), Media
blackout, by Jyotsna Poudyal (kp), Proletariats
take
up squatters' cause (ht), Strike
grips
Mechi-Koshi (ht), Displacement
Versus
Retirement, by P. Kharel (rn)
28/12/2008: Maoists
agree
to implement pacts, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), YCL
to
fall in line in three days, says PM: Return of
property in a week, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Govt
agrees
on NC demands, Maoist-seized properties will be
returned (nn), Maoists
cling
to seized property, byShakti Kumar Pun (ht), YF
to
evict YCL from seized property (ht) [A
militant way to fight militancy?], FNJ-govt
talks
today, journalists' protest on (ht), Journos
continue
stir for free press (kp), No
end
to Kantipur woes (ht), FNJ-Govt
talks
today (kp), Govt
to
give commitment to press freedom in parliament
(nn), Tarun
Dal
protest to enforce pacts (ht), Party
leaders
too pose threat, rue VDC secys, by J. Pandey (kp),
Peace
minister
assures action on the Tarai pact (ht), Good
governance
of a republican govt, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), ‘Maoist
not
to align with any defender of status-quo’ (rn),
People
&
Constitution (rn), Madhav
Nepal
claims to be only leader left to run nation (rn) [Yes, of course, he was only
rejected twice by the people in the CA elections of
April 2008!!], Maoists,
UML
agree to give full shape to commissions, appoint
officials in constitutional bodies (nn), PLA
will
also take in new recruits if Nepal Army does so:
Ananta (nn), NRNs
get
to offer suggestion for the new constitution (nn),
MJF
ministers
unhappy with govt's performance (nn)
27/12/2008: FNJ’s
nationwide
protest continues: Stop Kantipur siege, leaders tell
Maoists (kp), Sinister
design (kp), Reinstatement
of
expelled workers demanded (rn), Maoist
trade
union chief warns of future attacks against press
(nn), Journos
continue
protest against attacks on media (nn), Big
Three
seal on representation in army panel (ht), Three-party
meet
ends AISC row (kp), Tripartite
talks
fail to make headway (ht), Maoists'
fling
with power may depend on UML's terms (ht), Behave
or
we quit, UML warns Maoists (kp), Nepal's
prognosis:
short shrift to 12-pt accord spelt doom (ht), NC
continues
House boycott (kp), House
boycott
is NC's most-favoured ploy (ht), MJF
CA
members spar with Congress (ht)
[CA/parliamentary affairs are run outside the
building as it often happened under the failed system
of 1990! This is not democracy!!],
Tarai
outfit
smokes peace pipe (ht), Govt,
SJTMM
talks end on positive note, by Manika Jha (kp), Gautam
deflects
his poor record, blames Maoists for lawlessness,
by Devendra Barma (ht), NHRC
urges
govt to amend Bill for missing (ht), Sadbhawana
Party
parades youth wing, by Janak Nepal (kp) [Wonderful!
Nepal cannot have enough of such groups that like to
place themselves out of law and order!], Authoritarian
threat, by Ram Sharan Mahat (kp), MoD
asks
to stop NA recruitment process (nn), Political
Vendetta In Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop)
26/12/2008: Attack
on
press unabated: Kantipur Biratnagar office still
obstructed (kp), Daring
Action:
The pro-Maoist workers conduct a daring action by
vandalizing the office and assaulting journos and
staffs of Himal Media (sp), High
noon at Himal: These are not the idealistic
revolutionaries I covered during the war, by
Dambar Krishna Shrestha (nt), This
is
Naya Nepal: Welcome back to the jungles, by Shitu
Rajbhandari (nt), Dahal
in
the dock: Meddling with the media was the last straw,
by CK Lal (nt), Freedom
from
pressure: Let a truly independent media flourish in
2009, bx Rishi Dhamala (nt), FNJ
announces fresh protests, Maoist union still
obstructing works at Kantipur regional office
(nn), Thumbs
down
to talks offer (ht), Restore
The
Trust (rn), Himal
moves
police office (kp), Himalmedia
attackers
surrender (nn), Threat
to
Kantipur comes under Oli fire (kp), Maoist,
UML
seek common ground (ht), Maoist,
UML
discuss ways to narrow differences rn), Maoist-UML
meet: PM for deal to woo NC (kp), Resignation
rumour
amid MJF 'turf war' (ht), Gathering
Strengths:
The Nepali Congress (NC) boycotts parliament demanding
that the government fulfill its assurances (sp), Gautam
finds
gaping holes in martyrs’ list (ht), Two
years
on...no compensation in sight, by Surendra Kafle
(ht), In
need
of a home, by Umesh Pokharel (kp), Demobbed,
by Aditya Man Shrestha, Prayag Dutta Tewari and Dwarika
N. Dhungel (kp), Ex-Gurkhas
protest
Maoists' foreign recruitment ban (ht), State
restructuring
panel seeks advice (ht), NHRC
poser
to govt on withdrawal of cases (ht), Armed
outfits
at forefront of human rights violation (rn), Continuation
of
Instability: The government and political system has
changed from one to another, what remains permanent is
the continuation of instability, by Keshab Poudel
(sp), The
boundaries
of federalism: A 'cooperative federalism' seeks the
middle path between ethnic and territorial federalism,
by Dewan Rai (nt), They
do
it again: Keep the peace process on track, but resist
Maoist extremism, by Prashant Jha (nt), Govt-SJTMM
talks
ends with 5-point agreement (nn), AISC
row
'almost resolved'; four parties to send two members
each (nn), Nepal
king
gone but Mao-ruled republic remains restless
(Peninsula)
25/12/2008: Alliance
sets
terms for talks (kp), Alliance
for
Press Freedom vows to continue agitation (ht), Mahara
picked
for talks with journalists (kp), Mahara
point
person for govt's image makeover (ht), Dahal
censures journos, by Amrita Anmol (kp), Pressure
to
probe media attack piles (kp), Nationwide
protests
erupt (kp), Bar
body
flays media attack (ht), Maoist
unionists
to shut down Kantipur Biratnagar office (kp), Main
accused
of Himalmedia assault holed-up inside YCL camp
(nn), 7912
to
be declared martyrs: Rs 7.91b needed for compensation,
by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Army,
defence
ministry at odds over recruitment: NA set to enlist
2,600 more,ignoring govt fiat, by Prakash Rimal
(ht), Jhankri's
turn
to malign the Maoists (ht), PM
bats
for govt, urges oppn to join coalition's rank, by
Mahendra Thapa (ht), NC
carries
on boycott (kp), NC
keeps
up with House boycott (ht), Inclement
weather
fizzles out talks with armed Tarai groups (ht), Amend
disappearance
bill: ICRC (kp), The
third
alliance: Citizens need to create their own
alliance because the politicians cannot be trusted,
by Sumit Sharma (kp), Fresh
impetus
must for peace process: Trust building, mutual
understanding, unifying dynamics should top parties'
agenda, by Daman Nath Dhungana and Padma Ratna
Tuladhar (ht), Only
in
Nepal, by Biswas Baral (kp)
24/12/2008: Broad
alliance
for press freedom (kp), Journalists'
crusade
against state high-handedness (ht), Media
organisations
close ranks (ht), A
balanced hit on media: Dixit (ht), No
more
lies (kp), Attack
on
media ignites protests (kp), EU
expresses
concern (kp), Maoist
union
pickets Kantipur regional office (kp), Kantipur
faces
Maoists' music (kp),
YF
sets
Birgunj daily copies afire (kp), Academicians
laud
role of Nepal media (tg), Maoist
union
leader warns of 'bigger attacks' against Himalmedia
(nn) [Is this what you mean
with 'new Nepal', Mr Dahal?], Alliance
for
press freedom to continue its protests (nn), Dahal
to
get pressure memo (kp), PM
for
Left polarization (kp), Prachanda
holds
out unity hope for Communist forces (ht), YCL
to
lend helping hand to govt (kp) [Wonderful
help, this! YCL's anarchy and lawlessness will prevent
the necessary renewal process!!], Sister
organisations
contribute to culture of impunity, says Yami (rn),
MJF
pushes
one Madhesh Agenda (kp), MJF
to
push for One Madhesh, party unity (ht), New-born
Madhes
party plans protest right away (ht), ‘JDTLF
honestly
ready to hold dialogue with govt’ (rn), Talks
with a Terai group stalled (nn), The
political
fallout, by Abhi Subedi (kp), We
the
people, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp),
New
recruitment
against pact: UNMIN (kp),
Army
recruitment
within law: NA spokesperson (nn), Peace
process:
What does army recruitment mean?, by Birendra P
Mishra (ht), Democracy
and
Peace Building in Nepal, by Dev Raj
Dahal (tg), Inclusive
Constitution
needed, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Federalism
is
not ours, it was manufactured by Indian Expansionism,
interview with Mohan Bikram Singh (tg), Nature
of
Political Parties, by Chandra Dev Bhatta (tg), ICRC
proposes
changes in draft law on missing persons (nn), NC
again
boycotts CA session (nn) [Please
go on with these politics as long as there is a spark
of life in Nepal!!], Reports
of
Bandhs / Blockades - 1 to 30 November 2008 (Relief
Web 24/12/2008)
23/12/2008: Blank
editorials
in protest (kp), Publishers,
editors
up in arms (ht), Diplomatic
missions
flay attack (kp), Attack
on
Himalmedia condemned (ht), Int’l
media
organizations flay Himalmedia attack (nn), Six
journos
hurt in police action (ht), Cops
rain
batons, 12 journos hurt (kp), Maoist
union
warns APCA employees (kp), Maoist
union
threatens APCA Nepal staffers (ht), Now
its
Kantipur’s turn, threatens a YCL leader (nn), Threat
to
Kantipur regional office (kp), Himalmedia
attack
act of anarchy: PM, Rajendra Manandhar and
Balkrishna Basnet (kp) [Dissolve all your anarchy spreading
organizations and bring the culprits behind bars, Mr
Dahal! This is your only chance to preserve your
national and international credibility as PM!!],
Minister
Yami
shrugs off cadres' role for attack on Himalmedia
(ht), Prachanda
sermon
to YCL on image makeover (ht), PLA
recruitment
drive on the cards, by Amrita Anmol (kp), PLA
to
ramp up head count?, by Mahendra Thapa (ht) [??], New
army recruitments would be breach of peace accord,
says UNMIN chief (nn), Ruling
coalition
is in crisis: UML (nn), UML
adopts
wait and see approach (kp), Ex-rebels
in
line of fire at UML CC meet (ht), Yadav
threatens
to pull out of ruling coalition (ht), Panel
to teach CC the ropes (kp), Task
force
push to statute-drafting (ht), CJ
spells
out judiciary's woes: HR crisis (ht), Stalled
debate, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), The
chilly
winter ahead, by Daulat Jha (kp), Maoists,
NC,
UML united against Madhes, interview with
Hridayesh Tripathi (ht), Criteria
For
Affirmative Action, by Narayan Prasad Wagle (rn)
22/12/2008: Himalmedia
staff,
editors beaten up: Presidents of Maoist-affiliated
trade unions led the attack; Martial arts experts
involved: Dixit (ht), Condemnations
flow
from political parties, NHRC: Maoist unionists attack
Himal Media (kp), PM
blames
'party infiltrators' behind Himalmedia assault,
assures probe into the incident (nn) [??],
Police
rough up journos protesting attack on Himalmedia
(nn), NC
boycotts
House yet again (ht), NC
continues
House boycott; RPP, RJP, Dalit party join in (kp),
Oppn
disrupts
Parliament meeting (rn),
Former
Government
Responsible For Disappearances (Scoop),
Govt
renews
call for talks (kp), MMT
commander
Toophan Singh arrested (ht), Special
police
squad to combat Tarai crime, by Aman
Koirala (kp), Strike
hits
east (kp), Mechi-Koshi
bandh
cripples life in east, by Sita Niraula (ht), The
right
way (kp), Some
parties
are never out of opposition: CPN-Maoist,CPN-UML love
to take to the streets ignoring peace structures
(ht), ‘Make
status
of disappeared people public’ (rn), ‘Incorporate
voice
of Karnali in new statute’ (rn), PM
Dahal
asks YCL cadres to exercise self-restraint (nn) [This means further support of
impunity! All crimes have to be punished by law
courts!!], Maoists
'in
discussion' to open admission in PLA (nn)
21/12/2008: PM
Dahal
shows flexibility on AISC: Still silent on seized
properties (kp), Prime
Minister
moots panel on seized property, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Displaced
people
in Rolpa having tough time returning to their villages
(nn), Maoists
delaying
statute-drafting process: Ex-CJ, by Bal Krishna
Basnet (kp) [A very critical
but extremely one-sided view by a former CJ whose
closeness to the NC is well known! So far, the NC
seems to be the most obstructive party!!], NC
to
boycott House session today as well (nn) [!!],
NC
under
Gajurel fire (kp), Khanal
floats
statute-drafting sutra (kp), UML
leader
prophesies political confrontation (kp), Maoists,
NC
on confrontation course: Adhikari (kp), MK
Nepal snubs another offer (nn), YCL,
YF
threat to security: DPM (kp), Misnaming
martyr: These
days you can live dirty but die clean, as a 'martyr',
by Prerana Marasini (kp), TMDP
threatens
fresh agitation (ht) [There is neither reason nor legitimacy for such
demands by leaders of a disadvantaged section of
society that comprises about 40% of the Tarai
population!!], Leaders
dwell
on federalism (ht), CA
should
be a platform for consensus: Nembang (rn), Constitution
Making
Process Gathers Steam, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), All
landless
people will have land within two years: Gautam
(nn) [???], Strike
cripples life in eastern Nepal (nn)
20/12/2008: Army
disappeared
156 in Bardiya: UN (kp), UN
hot
on Bardiya case rights' violation heels (ht), UML
not
helping govt: Home Minister (kp), Bam
Dev
trains gun at his own for 'anomalies' (ht), Incorporate
our
voice: Karnali folks (kp), CA
sub
panels (kp), Panel
on
governance trots out schedule (ht), TMDP
spoiling
for a fight with govt (ht) [Please
remember: Here speaks a party that represents only 3%
of the population according to the election results!!],
Madhesi
leaders
step up 'one Madhes' rhetoric (nn), Warzone
echo
in classrooms as bunkers linger, by Kishor
Budhathoki (ht), CPN-Maoist
for
progressive change (rn), Nepal
will
become people's republic within 1 and ½ years: Mohan
Baidya (nn)
19/12/2008: Congress
boycotts
parliament session: Wants PM to clarify on its wish
list (kp), Parliament
meet
postponed as NC boycotts (rn), NC
boycott
adjourns House till Sunday: All statute panels to have
Muslim members (ht), NSU
demonstrations
disrupt valley traffic (nn), Khanal
spits
venom at NC, NSU (nn),
Dahal
bags
peace award: Pledges to fulfil people’s aspiration
(kp), This
govt
cannot be pulled down, says PM Dahal (nn), Dilemma
of
a revolutionary-turned-premier, by Akhilesh
Upadhyay (kp), Maoists,
UML
agree to expand AISC (kp), Integrate
or
disintegrate? Not all Maoists in the camps want to be
part of the Nepal Army, by Prerana Marasini (nt),
Prachanda
urges
Nepal to head constitution-drafting panel (ht), Foreign
hand, by Geja Sharma Wagle (kp), Anti-mine
campaign: Action
Resumes (sp), Tarai
talks:
Timid Beginning, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), The
Unrepresented:
Madhesi ministers prove themselves powerless to effect
change in the Tarai, by Subhas Devkota (nt), Into
the
darkness: Nepalis voted for peace, not for
leaders who make threats when the going gets tough,
by Mallika Aryal (nt), PM
Dahal
says there is danger of country ending up with
"traditional constitution" (nn), OHCHR
makes
public report on conflict-related disappearances in
Bardiya (nn)
18/12/2008: Speaker
banks
on parties’ help (kp), Nepal
repeats
critical tone (kp), Maoists
responsible
if govt collapses, says Sushil Koirala (ht), The
silent
cry, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Govt
'not
serious' on Tarai talks, by Byas Shankar Upadhyaya
(ht), CPN-M,
UML
discuss constitutional appointments (nn), NC
boycotts
House proceedings (nn) [Bandhs
and boycotts are the best way to prevent democracy!],
Maoists
are Conspiring Democracy in Nepal, by Prakash Bom
(Global Politician)
17/12/2008: CA
panels
begin formal business (kp), Statute-drafting
process
set rolling, by Prakash Acharya (ht), Constitution
drafting
process goes ahead (rn), Constitution
writing
process takes off, by Liladhar Upadhyaya (rn), Finally
Starting (rn), 2,000
displaced
yet to return home: Political bickering takes its toll
on local peace panels, by J. Pandey (kp), Statute,
not
land reforms, top priority, govt told (ht), Phony
squatters
on prowl in Chitwan, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp), Dispossessed
farmers
cry for grabbed land: Maoists refuse to part with
seized property, by Kishor Budhathoki (ht), There's
plenty
of work for UNMIN in Nepal: Unfinished business,
by Shobhakar Budhathoki (kp), Into
thin air: The Disappearances Bill seeks cosmetic
changes that’ll allow those guilty of crimes to to
live in peace, by Sam Howard (kp), Six
concerns
that point to weaknesses in Nepal's peace process:
Weak process, by Ian Martin (kp), Dalits
for
inclusive statute (ht), ‘Building
federal
province major daunting challenge’ (rn), The
Camouflaged State of Madhes, by Kanchan Jha (tg)
16/12/2008: Panels
formed
to draft statute (kp), Headless
statute
drafting bodies get shape, by Arjun Bhandari and
Prakash Acharya (ht), Constitution
writing
process takes off, by Liladhar
Upadhyaya (rn), The
right
approach (ht), NC
set
to disrupt next session of Parliament: Wants the PM to
clarify his recent utterances (ht) [This
is first of all a constituent assembly! Disrupting its
work once again is a crime against people and nation!
Look for other ways of protest!], Nepal's
NC
Not Favoring Change, by Prakash Bom (Global
Politician), Maoists
for
broader republican alliance (kp), Maoists
for
forging alliance against 'reactionaries' (kp), UML
not
to quit govt before writing statute (rn), Joining
govt
a folly: Nepal (kp), JTMM-J’s
deadline
for talks (kp), Law
and
disorder: The Maoists are creating a climate of
near-total immunity for their cadres (kp), Law
and
disorder (Asia News Network), No
alternative
to capitalism, by Santosh Pokharel (kp), Shivpuri
'mass
grave' report tomorrow (ht), Maoist
victims
to continue stir against failed promises of PM Dahal
(nn), Upendra
Yadav's
high-handedness earns JP's ire, interview with
Jayaprakash Prasad Gupta (ht), Maoist-led
government:
Paradox of democratization, by Ganga Thapa (ht)
15/12/2008: PM
defends
‘raise-arms’ call, by Prem Kumari Ghale &
Ishwori Neupane (kp) [???], Words
are
easy: If the Maoists go back to the jungle, it is
unlikely that any other Koirala would emerge to lure
them back to power, by Shyam K.C. (kp), Remarks
stun
UML (kp), by Amrita Anamol, UML
could
walk out of govt, Nepal warns Maoists (nn), PM’s
remark
riles CA members (kp), CA
to
announce panels today (kp), Statute-drafting
process
begins tomorrow (ht), Govt
withdraws
serious criminal charges giving it political colour
(nn), Nepal
government
withdraws criminal charges against Maoist leaders
(Monster and Critics), Govt
official
gunned down in Janakpur (nn), MJF
Morang
demands Gachhadhar be recalled from govt (nn), Practise
what
you preach, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp)
14/12/2008: Parties
jostling
for berths in coveted committees, by Bishnu
Budhathoki (kp) [These so-called leaders, most of them male
tagadharis, will never change: personal interests come
first, no interest in country and people!!], NC,
MJF
to send their list for CA committee members (nn),
All
the
parties submit list for CA committee members (nn),
NC
under
pressure to take on govt (kp) [This
is against the people's will! They have impressively
voted the NC out of government because of its failed
politics! Its leadership is still the non-inclusive,
little democratic lot! Democratize yourself and become
a reasonable opposition!], NC
condemns
Maoists' revolt threat: Party to nominate reps for
Constituent Assembly committees today (ht), NC,
UML
lawmakers raise objection to PM’s remarks; Maoists
blame NC overarmy integration row (nn), I
did not talk about raising arms again, PM clarifies
(nn), ‘Prove
competent
leadership’ (rn), PM
urged
not to be disheartened (rn), Maoist
Govt.
Can Achieve A Lot, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Land
Reforms
Commission: Madhesis, Maoists at loggerheads
(ht), Gachchhedar
climbs
down over Madhesh province demand, by Bedraj
Poudel (kp), Gachhadar
against
one Madhes (ht), Govt
asks
for UNMIN term extension (kp), Maoist
activists
tarnish party image, by Durga Lal KC (kp), APF
displaced
in dire straits, by Uday GM (ht), Red
Cross
to help probe Nepal civil war’s missing people
(Daily Times), Cultural
Transformation (rn), ‘UML
for
multiethnic provincial model’ (rn)
13/12/2008: Barrel
of
gun still relevant: PM (kp) [???],
UML
won’t
stay if Maoists quit govt: Gautam (kp), UML
will
lead govt, says Khanal (rn) [???],
Deuba
lambasts
Maoists (kp), Parties
face
first statute-drafting snag, by Bishnu Budhathoki
(kp), Four
parties
fail to meet the deadline for CA committees (ht),
Delay
in
formation of committees may hinder statute-drafting
process (nn), UNMIN
term
extension talks intensify, by Manesh Shrestha
(kp), Prachanda
plumps
for UNMIN's extended stay (ht), No
compromise:
Maoist efforts to compromise the independence of the
judiciary need to be stopped (kp), Bickering
Gurung,
Sthapit urged to bury their hatchet (ht), One
Madhes
demand has lost relevance: MJF leader (nn), MVK
says
it has 1,000 fighters (kp), MVK
chief
boasts of outfit's strength (ht), Talks
a
half-hearted bid: Minister Gupta (kp), Appreciable
Outcome (rn), Armies
of
Terai outfits can be integrated, says Gautam (rn),
Nepal
fears
NC-Maoist rift may derail process of statute-drafting
(ht), Watchdog
reveals
disturbing picture (ht), Gautam
trains
gun on youth brigades, urges dissolution (ht), Statute
should
reflect voices of Dalits: Nemwang (rn), PM
stresses
cultural transformation (rn)
12/12/2008: Integrate
our
fighters in NA: MVK, by Phanindra Dahal (kp), Madhesi
Virus
Killers in pow-wow (ht), Govt
holds
talks with Virus Killer (rn), Nepal
blames
PM for poor security, by Sujit Mahat (kp), RJP
chief
lashes out at Maoists (kp), Mainali
wishes
for Maoist-led govt's collapse (ht), Maoist
students'
union head warns of civil war (ht), Prachanda's
path, by Andrew Arato (kp), The
infant
republic, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Spread
the word, by Pramesh KC (kp), Righting
the
wrongs (ht), Save
the
Madhes: It's about time the Madhes leaders, the State
and the Madhesi people took a stance against violence
and paved the way for national co-operation,
by Prashant Jha (nt), The
buck
stops with PKD: The Maoists' dual-track strategy has
its limits, by Prashant Jha (nt), Pain
Of
Disorder, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Nobody's
Baby:
The Constituent Assembly was constituted to draft a
new constitution. However, it seems that making
constitution is nobody's priority, by Keshab
Poudel (sp), Right
Upheld:
A UN expert advocates right to self determination to
promote rights of indigenous communities (sp)
11/12/2008: NHRC
exposes
govt's rights record: PM made to eat humble pie at
Int'l Human Rights Day function (ht), Rights
body
hauls up ruling coalition for flouting child rights
(ht), Freedom
of
expression in peril (rn), 'Govt
showing
draconian attitude toward free press' (nn), Right
to
peaceful assembly violated on HR Day, by Phanindra
Dahal (kp), Govt
firm
to safeguard human rights, says PM (rn), End
Impunity (rn), Govt
told
to end impunity (kp), Existing
impunity
should be done away with: Subedi (rn), Maoist
victims
held, only to be released later (ht), Nod
to
land reforms panel: Move to review, improve security
apparatus of hydropower projects (ht), Land
reform
panel formed (rn), Gajurel’s
first
cousin becomes chief: Land commission formed (kp)
[Never end nepotism!!],
Major
parties
differ on land reforms, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht),
Land
Commission
chief says he will provide land to landless (nn),
UML
will
not withdraw from govt: Khanal (rn), Adhikari's
turn
to take potshot at ex-rebels (ht), MK
Nepal
now questions essence of political committee (nn),
'Exasperated'
Jwala
Singh threatens to break ceasefire (ht), New
armed outfits (kp), First
round
of talks with Terai rebels today (nn), Landmine
scare (ht), Peace
still
elusive for Rolpali youths (kp), Mending
fences (kp), In
the
hot seat: Prachanda has now realized that he has been
successful as chairman of a revolutionary party, but
not as prime minister of a coalition government,
by Sumit Sharma (kp), Maoist
leaders
dissatisfied with performance of govt (nn), Home
Minister
under fire for deteriorating security situation
(nn)
10/12/2008: Rift
in
MJF, convention may be shelved: Maoist Central
Committee meet put off over 'Prime Minister's hectic
schedule' (ht), Help
us
or we’ll pull out: Dahal (kp), UML,
Maoists
bury hatchet (kp), Khanal
rules
out possibility of early pullout from govt (nn), Implement
past
pacts, Nepal urges Maoists (kp), Commissions
to
see light of day: UML, Maoists (kp) [State
restructuring is the task of the CA and not of the
government!!], Govt
forms
Land Reform Commission (nn), Big
Four
fails to meet the deadline (ht), Parties
fail
to meet CA deadline (kp), Demining
work
gets underway (ht), De-mining
drive
starts after months (kp), Gautam
trains
his gun on Tarai districts (ht), Right
activists'
call to end impunity (ht), NHRC
dissatisfied
over culture of impunity (nn), 60th
anniversary
of udhr: 7 yrs on, wait for missing continues, by
Namoti Nembang (kp), Insurgency
victims
cry for rehabilitation (kp), CPA
implementation:
Lost in a maze, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (ht), Breach
of
trust: The Maoists need to re-establish their
commitment to the politics of consensus (kp), International
Human
Rights Day, by Hemanta Raj Dahal (kp),
Regional
and
International Drivers of Conflict and Peace, by
Chandra Dev Bhatta & Dev Raj Dahal (tg)
09/12/2008: Non-cooperation
fuelled
Prachanda's quit threat: Yami says NC's 'mischief
'triggered thought (ht), PM
signals
he will act tough, says NC impeding govt progress
(nn), Nobody
has
power to bring down govt: Ranabhat (rn), Poudel
says NC not trying to bring down government (nn),
Govt
is
a failure, says Nepal (nn), Nepal
denies
heading high-level political mechanism (rn), Nepal
spurns
PCC offer (kp), Impunity
And
Human Rights Benchmarks, by Gopal Krishna
Siwakoti (rn), States
should
not be restructured on basis of ethnicity: MK Nepal
(nn), UN
and
NA start de-mining work (nn)
08/12/2008: GPK
sounds
death-knell for Prachanda's ilk (ht), Prachanda
warns
of popular revolt, by Chintamani Poudel (ht), Maoists
to
quit if NC gives cold shoulder, by Binod Tripathi
(kp), NC
ups
anti-Maoist tirade (kp), PM
stresses
unity to face challenges (rn), Ruling
parties
to persuade NC to join integration body (rn), Nepal
likely
to head PCC (kp), Nepal
'not
interested' in heading PCC (nn), Thapa
seeks
China help on integration, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), YCL,
YF
bad blood spurs exodus (kp), Gautam
threatens
to quit if the Tarai unrest goes on (ht), Peace
will
prevail in Tarai: Gautam, by Bharat Jarghamagar
(kp), Familiar
Script
Unfolds (rn)
07/12/2008: Thapa
wants
end to democracy of elite (kp), Thapa
keeps
his head amid integration buzz (kp), Maoist,
UML
mend fences (nn), YCL
cadres
terrorise Jante villagers: 300 youths forced to flee
village • Two marriages disrupted • Scores injured for
backing YF (ht), Disband
YCL,
YF: Yami, by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp) [!!!],
PM
Dahal
says NC reluctant to promote "politics of consensus"
(nn), Unite
for
democracy: NC prez (kp) [The
conservative forces obviously call for a return to the
not really democratic system of 1990 under which they
misused power for their personal interests and
prevented an inclusive state!], Oli
sticks
to his guns (kp), Tharus
intensify
statehood drive (kp), NHRC's
call
to end human rights abuse (ht), Giri
stresses
on promotion of human rights culture (rn), Govt
not
following SC orders on the disappeared, by Ananta
Raj Luitel (ht), Shows
Mixed
Achievements, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
06/12/2008: Cantoned
minors
to be discharged soon (kp), PM
vows
to release kid fighters from PLA camps (ht), Minors
to
leave Maoist camps (rn), Parties
burn
midnight oil to tie loose ends, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), PM,
9
ministers fall foul of law, by Hari Bahadur Thapa
(kp), Include
RPP
at all levels: Rana (kp) [Only
to remember: The RPP has not won a single FTPT seat
but only 8 seats through the PR system for mere 2.45%
of the total votes! In functioning democratic systems
like that of Germany parties are not even participated
in parliament if they have got less than 5% of the
votes!], PM
pledges
right to info (kp), Is
BDA
a political reality or pipe dream?, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Mending
fences (kp), Chief
Justice
wags finger at govt on legal duties (ht), Fair
sex
squares off to ward off social ills (ht), Cursed
by
geography, by Ramu Bishwakarma (kp), Shy
intellectuals, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), Act
On
Time (rn)
05/12/2008: 100-day
honeymoon:
Future perfect, present imperfect, by Mudita
Bajracharya (ht), Political
committee
hits rough waters as Nepal declines to be its part
(nn), PCC
has
long shopping list (kp), MPs
raise
global meltdown alarm; No need to worry: Bhattarai,
by Manesh Shrestha (kp), VP
blasts
govt (kp), New
armed
group emerges in Rolpa, by Kashiram Dangi (kp), Desiring
a
strong centre, by Mahendra Lawoti (kp), Collective
crisis, by Sumit Sharma (kp), NHRC's
call
to amend Disappearance Bill: To put forth suggestions
to CA,govt soon (ht), Who
will
lead the committees? Tussle over who chairs 14
drafting committees may delay constitution process,
by Dhruba Simkhada (nt), Emotional
succour
eludes conflict victims (ht), RPP
chief
wants NC to take initiative for 'democratic alliance'
(nn) [??], PM
agrees
to release underage combatants, says UN official
(nn), Redder
Shift:
Maoist national convention endorses 'people's federal
national republic' proposal – an euphemism for what
other parties perceive as turn towards totalitarianism,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Explosive
remnants
of war: Long after the ceasefire, people continue to
lose limbs, by Moheindu Chemjong (nt), "Find
solutions
through consensus", interview with the Danish
Foreign Minister (nt), Don't
blame
politicians: We are all collectively at fault for the
state of the country, by Prashant Jha (nt)
04/12/2008: Coalition
allies
form guide-govt panel (ht), Khanal
urges
PM to court NC (kp), PM
urged
to be flexible on PLA merger panel (ht), Meet
statute deadline, says Prez (kp), Govt
apathy
irks ex-securitymen, by Janak Nepal (kp), Farmer
of
the future, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Janaandolan-I
victim
cries for help (ht)
03/12/2008: Govt
fails
to announce high-level mechanism (kp), MJF
discontent
haunts coalition (ht), Political
panel
to have two members each from ruling parties (nn),
Political
committee
announced, Gurung named acting chief (nn), Army
merger
panel still in limbo (ht), NC
sticks
to gun on integration (kp), Maoists
preparing
for civil war: Mahat (kp), Koirala’s
last
battle? (tg), Wishes
and
horses (ht), CA
members
take govt to task (ht), Analysis:
Whirlpool
awaits Nepal PM Prachanda?, by N.P. Upadhyaya
(tg), Secure
rights
of indigenous people, says UN special rep (kp), Monarchy
will
make comeback: Thapa (kp) [???],
For
everything
else, there's PM, by Prerana Marasini (kp), Wanted:
Demilitarisation, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), ‘Need
to
stop YCL,YF activities (rn), Political
Realities
and Challenges, by Manish Thapa (tg), Will
the Maoists bring about a change in the society?,
by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Nepal's
New
Political Leadership, by Prakash Bom (Global
Politician)
02/12/2008: No
change
is the only change, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), High-level
mechanism
to guide government (kp), Ruling
allies'
guide-govt panel today (ht), Formation
of
political committee gets delayed (nn), Strike
hits life in east (kp), Limbuwan
activists
detain Nembang (ht), I
was not abducted: Nemwang (rn), CA
chairman
denies he was held by Limbuwan activists (nn), TMDP
demands
plague Prime Minister Prachanda (ht), No
let up in violence in Terai districts (nn), Janajatis
form
front (ht), Utopian
dreams: The
recent Maoist proposal on federalism shows a party
struggling to match ideology with domestic and
international realities, by Aditya Adhikari (kp),
Kiran
revels
as Prachanda's conscience-keeper, interview with
Mohan Baidya (ht), YCL
won’t
be dissolved, it will be corrected: Ananta (rn)
01/12/2008: Hope
and
contradiction (Himal Southasian), Gautam
raps
Maoists, NC for AISC impasse (kp), Maoist-aligned
groups
have been most uncooperative, interview with Bam
Dev Gautam (kp), MJF
grades
Maoists low on performance, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), NC
to
draft statute if deadline not met, says Koirala
(ht) [This would be a coup
against the sovereign rights of the Nepali people! All
parties, including the NC, are responsible for the
delay in constitution writing!!], Koirala
toughens
stance, by Santosh Pokharel (kp), Disband
YF,
YCL: NHRC chief (kp), PLA’s
integration
no chance: Koirala (rn), Mahato
wants
quota for 10,000 Madhesis in Nepal Army (ht), Govt
performance
below par: Parties (kp), Miles
to
go, by Shyam K.C. (kp), Strike
cripples
normal life in the east (ht), FLSC
strike
cripples eastern Nepal for 2nd day (nn), UN
Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict
arrives (nn)
30/11/2008: Honeymoon
period
successful: Govt (kp), ‘Govt
successful
in working for people’ (rn), Mahara
unveils
100-day report card: Biggest achievement: Revenue
generation up by 35 pc (ht), MoF
pegs
away but scant to show, by Kuber Chalise (ht), Onus
on
NC to draft statute, says Koirala (kp) [Of
course, 20% of the Nepali people have voted for you,
i.e. 80% are against your leading role!!], Irked
by
delay, Koirala warns NC could float a constitution by
itself (nn), Army
merger
delay in Maoist interest!, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal
(ht) [??], Land
reform
commission within 15 days (kp), Land
reforms,
a thorny issue, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Frame
statute on time: Hapure folk, by Durgalal KC (kp),
Patriarchal
shadow
haunts women’s rights defenders (kp), Danish
Minister
expresses concern over impunity (rn), Nine
eastern districts reel under Limbuwan bandh (nn),
End
Of
Maoist Differences, Reveals Unique Intraparty
Democracy, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
29/11/2008: Ensure
people’s
right to land: NHRC (kp), Human
rights
body bats for right to land (ht), Agitating
landless
people reach deal with govt; Land Commission within
two weeks (nn), Disappearances
worst
aspects of ugly war: Adams (rn), Crime
and
punishment (kp), Subedi
elected CA vice-chair (kp), Maoist
Subedi
is Nembang's deputy (ht), Subedi
elected
CA Vice Chairperson (rn), Define
federalism
clearly: PM (kp), Denmark
offers
support for peace process (nn)
28/11/2008: Coinage
reveals
a hidden agenda, by Prakash Rimal (ht), Mahara
spells
out Maoists' ultimate political ambition (ht), Maoists
determined
to establish people’s republic: Mahara (nn), Keep
them
guessing: The Dahal Doctrine is steeped in
compromise and hypocrisy, by CK Lal (nt), Waste
of
time (nt), Federal
model
must suit Nepal: Koirala (kp), New
constitution
should depict native traits: Koirala (rn), Koirala
joins
issue with ex-rebels on nationalism (ht), Address
our
demands: Dalits (kp), Yadav
warns
to pull out of govt (kp), We
will
respect CPA: Baidya (kp), Kiran
feels
for the downtrodden (ht), Maoist
candidate
may get CA vice-chair, by Phanindra Dahal (kp),
Betrayal
of
the peace process?, by Ram S. Mahat (kp) [Most parties and so-called
leaders are betraying the peace process!!], Peace
ministry
delivers in bits & pieces, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Rights
group
trains gun on land revenue offices (ht), UK
minister's
sermon on peace and development (ht), Army
integration
top priority, says Khanal (rn), Maoist
victims
submit memorandom to NHRC (rn), When
will
they start drafting? Despite delays, a glimmer of
hope for a timely draft still remains, by Purna
Basnet (nt), Living
With
Instability: Whatever the nature of political
system, Nepalese people have to develop a habit to
live with political instability, by Keshab
Poudel (sp), Red
Wrangle:
The cadres' convention of the Maoists turns into
ideological battleground with two senior leaders
presenting different proposals on party's strategy
and tactics, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp)
27/11/2008: Leaders
synthesize
republic brands, by Renu Kshetry (kp), NC
not against army integration: Deuba, by Durgalal
K.C. (kp) [??], Disappearance
bill
lauded (kp), Rights
groups
welcome disappearance bill (nn), No
justice, by Gyanendra Raj Aran (kp), Khanal
diagnoses
Maoists' ailment: conflict hangover (ht), Maoist
policy
helping rightists, says Khanal (nn), Misuse
Of
Youth Power (rn), Much
conceived,
but little delivered, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Peace
process (kp), SC
order
sought for constitutional bodies (ht), Shivapuri
case:
A growing pointer to human remains (ht), Elected
PM
cannot speak against parliamentary democracy: GP
Koirala (nn), Nepal’s
Maoists
find revolution is slow going: Experts
(Peninsula), Call
for
adopting bill on missing people in Nepal
(Peninsula)
26/11/2008: Parties
fail
to agree on CA vice-chair (kp), CA
VC
post up for voting grabs as consensus eludes parties
(ht),
House
adjourned
due to Maoist meeting (kp), Khanal's
peace-delay
slur on NC, ex-rebels (ht), Maoists'
legal
reprieve displeases ally UML (ht), Fusions,
confusions
and visions: Does Prachanda feel that other parties
mistrust him so much that he has to turn to the elites
of the erstwhile system to fill up a vacuum?, by
Abhi Subedi (kp), Strategic
myopia, by Ranadhoj Limbu (Angbuhang) (kp), UN
official
meets indigenous folks (ht), Peace
process:
The search for a logical conclusion, by Birendra P
Mishra (ht), Missing
the
point (ht), In
Favour
Of Land Commission (rn), Serious
Distractions, by Sujeet Arjel (tg), Peace
Initiatives
in Nepal: State and Challenge, by Dinesh Tripathi
(tg), Foreign
interference
in Nepal must be discontinued immediately, by
Madhav Kumar Rimal, President Green Party Nepal (tg), Nepal
assembly
urged to adopt law on disappearance (Reuters)
25/11/2008:
ICJ
urges
effective Disappearance Bill (kp), Global
body
urges amendment to the missing bill (ht), State-displaced
persons
long for home, hearth, by Durga Lal KC (kp), Maoists
holding
on to seized land (kp), Inappropriate
means (kp), The
incomplete
revolution, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Dialogue
for
lasting peace, by Chandrakishore (kp), Rolpalis
seek
representation in the constitution (ht)
24/11/2008: Displaced
plead
NHRC to prod govt (kp), Rift
narrows
but situation still ‘fluid’ (kp), Parties
pledge
to expedite statute drafting (kp), Nembang
rules
out government's role in statute-drafting (ht), CP
Mainali's
sermon to Maoists on pitfalls of federal structure
(ht), Constitution
will
not be drafted within timeframe: Local poll, by
Mohan Budaair (kp), Koirala
puts
down feet against army integration (kp), NC
Accusations (rn), No
cooperation
with Maoists unless YCL activities checked and seized
properties returned: Poudel (nn), GPK
awaits
Maoists' call to join integration panel (ht), Govt
urged
to honour pact on federalism (kp), Ethnic
party
cries 'govt foul play', threatens armed revolt in the
east (ht), When
will
we learn?, by Shyam K.C. (kp), Letter
to
Ian Martin, by Ram Sharan Mahat (Nepali Congress)
(kp), On
the
rights track, by Richard Bennett (kp), Towards
Respect
For Human Rights, by Richard Bennett (rn), Reprieve
for
Maoist leaders (ht), Experience
of
China's 30-year reform helpful to Nepal (People's
Daily)
23/11/2008: Koirala
rebuffs
army integration, by Janak Nepal (kp), Koirala
lays
down conditions for cooperation with Maoists (nn),
Kirati
proposes
800 districts (kp), Gopal
Kiranti's
800-district pill to end all ills (ht) [This
does not provide any perspective!!]
22/11/2008: Prachanda
adopts
brave unity facade: Wags finger at reactionaries; hems
and haws at 'ideological crisis'within party (ht),
Peace
elusive
despite political change, by Bishnu Budhathoki
(kp), Tarai
parleys
soon: Minister Jha (kp), MJM
smells
rat in govt move over parleys with Tarai outfits
(ht), Martyrs
maligned:
The proliferation in the number of 'martyrs' has made
the word almost meaningless (kp), In
one
peace, by Som P Pudasaini (kp), NSP
plumps
for census ahead of restructuring (ht), Wake-Up
Call (rn), No
any
army integration if Maoists don't correct themselves:
Koirala (nn) [In other
words: We will prevent necessary steps at any cost! We
have the mandate to do so because we have got 20% of
the votes in the CA elections!!]
21/11/2008: Chairman’s
report
to include ‘hard-line’ ideas: Likely leadership crisis
averted, by Renu Kshetry (kp), Khanal
asks
Maoists to renounce violence, by Bharat
Jarghamagar (kp), Abide
by
CPA, NHRC tells govt, Maoists (ht), Human
rights
in pathetic state (rn), Who's
in
charge? Thugs and threats rule in the new Nepal,
by CK Lal (nt), Impunity
par
excellence: The state and criminals, by Ram S
Mahat (ht), Valley
bandh
hits general life (rn), Protest
perusal (ht), Agitating
kin
of two slain youths reach agreement with govt;
protests called off (nn) [Forming
another commission and paying compensation is not
enough! The militant youth wings of all political
parties must be dissolved immediately!!],
261
killed
last year: State, non-state actors blamed (kp), Ignored
Madhesh:
A hundred people have been killed in the Tarai in the
past six months (kp), ‘State
would
not accept Madhes as one state’ (rn), Tarai
fragments:
Caste and militancy splinters the Madhes movement,
by Prashant Jha (nt), Realignment
in
Nepali politics: The communists will set the agenda
for the new Constitution that will guide the country
for decades, by Mahendra Lawoti (kp), UN
SR
on indigenous people to arrive next week (nn), Democratise
the
parties: There is conflict between democratic and
undemocratic tendencies of leadership within every
party, Geja Sharma Wagle (kp), Learning
from
South Africa: Nepali legislators must look to the
experiences of other 'new' nations, by Gagan Thapa
(nt), "Integration
is
the backbone of the peace process", interview with
Minister for Peace and Reconstruction, Janardan Sharma
(nt), "This
Government
Is Acting As A Single Party Government Led By Maoists",
interview with Govinda Raj Joshi, NC (sp) [??],
Statute
Course:
The CA passes regulation and calendar on constitution
writing, but parties are still at odds on key issues,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp)
20/11/2008: Violation
of
peace pact unchecked, by Janak Nepal (kp), 2
blasts rock Sarlahi HQ (kp), Yadav
warns
of withdrawing from govt (rn), Kids-friendly
statute
sought (kp), fine
print, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Hard
Task
Ahead, by Shyam K.C. (rn), Putting
victims
on the agenda: Govt’s attempts are not enough to
establish a credible Disappearance Commission, by
Jyotsna Poudyal (kp), Legal
lacunae
bar to Madhesi inclusiveness, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht)
19/11/2008: Debate
on
republic brand widens rift (kp), Maoists
to
enter into fierce debate over two documents (nn),
Prachanda’s
leadership
questioned by Maoists (Gulf Times), Row
over
ideology in Nepal, by Shirish B. Pradhan (Asian
Age),
Formal
talks
with Tarai groups soon: Minister (kp), Dharmashala
now
a political base (kp), Move
on
Maoist victims spells doom: Shekhar (kp), CPN-Maoist's
commitment
to democracy in doubt, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal
(ht), Call
to
draft constitution sans gender bias (ht), Model
statute
for citizensip rights (kp), SC
directives
on third-gender's rights in statute (ht), Mahara
invites
landless for talk (kp), The
federalist
debates: The international community's opposition to
fedaralism is based on a number of misconceptions,
by Manjushree Thapa (kp),
The
Danish
proposition (tg),
Uneasy
journey
to May 2010: Differences can be bridged if the
Prachanda government can somehow get the NC on board
the Army Integration Special Committee (kp), En
masse
integration into Nepal Army: Kiran (tg), Kalam's
vision for New Nepal, excerpt of a speech by
former president of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam (kp), 15
groups
ready to sit for talks: Cabinet to be apprised of the
progress in talk process today (ht), Talks
with
govt positive, armed groups say (rn), Party
cadres
intensify donation drive (ht), Nepal’s
external
actors would love to see efficient working of
democratic process, by Bishnu Poudel (tg), Economic
Costs
of Conflict, by Hari Bansh Jha (tg)
18/11/2008: Dahal,
Baidya
at loggerheads, by Renu Kshetry (kp), Baidya
counters
PM on nature of republic, by Arjun Bhandari (ht),
Prachanda,
Maoist
hardliners differ over ideology (Times of India),
Data
on
Maoist-seized properties hazy, by Phanindra Dahal
(kp), Compensation
for
conflict-hit soon (kp), Nembang’s
help
sought (kp), Talks
with
Tarai outfits begin: Sharma informally meets leaders
of more than 15 armed groups (ht), Informal
talks
with Tarai groups ‘positive’, by Jitendra Khadga
(kp), Talks
With
Terai Groups (rn), Roots
of
struggle: Armed groups in the Tarai have serious
political demands and cannot simply be dismissed as
criminal,
by Chandrakishore (kp), Tarai
outfit's
month-long agitation (ht), Whips
and
votes, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Now,
on
track (ht), People's
help
sought to draft constitution (ht), Army
integration
issue will not hinder constitution drafting process:
Nemwang (nn), BP
Koirala's
contemporary looks back in anger, interview with
Ram Hari Joshi (ht), Right
activists
call KJWP for talks (rn)
17/11/2008: CA
begins
process to draft new statute, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), CA
puts
final stamp on statute calendar (kp), CA
okays
statute writing schedule (rn), Fireworks
over
‘People’s Republic’ likely: Maoist CC meet, by
Ganga B.C. (kp), Exemplary
proposal, by Shyam KC (kp), Onus
of
compensation on Maoists: Koirala, by Shankar
Acharya (kp) [This sounds too
easy. Crimes were committed by both, Maoists and
security forces! The latter did so as ordered by their
leadership and politicians like Deuba, Koirala, Thapa,
Gyanendra, etc.!!], Blind
eye (kp), Families
of
disappeared warn of stir (kp), Kin
of
disappeared meet PM, demand whereabouts (rn), Minister
Sharma
meets rebel leaders (nn), Talks
with
JTMM-G meaningless: Minister Jha (kp), YCL,
YF bury hatchet for tender moolah (kp), Kamal
Thapa’s recipe to protect democracy (kp) [Sounds
strange: The main henchman of the authoritarian royal
regime wants to fight authoritarianism!], Sushil
floats
novel plan for PLA integration (ht)
16/11/2008: Calendar
for
constitution writing determined, new constitution by
May, 2010 (nn) Maoists
delaying
statute: Koirala, by Shankar Acharya (kp) [But
no word on the continued power ambitions of the NC,
please!!], Koirala’s
call
to press govt on statute, by Chiranjivi Dhungana
and Ravi Dahal (ht), NC
veep
toughens stand on integration (ht), Danish
envoy
backs PLA’s integration (rn), Khanal
urges
NC to join govt (kp), Khanal
sees
political coup in Maoist mind (ht), Khanal
rules
out the possibility of Maoist combatant becoming NA
chief (nn), Disappearance
bill
to be retroactive (kp), Loopholes
in
bill on disappearances (ht), Compensation
for
Maoist seizures not fair: NHRC (kp), Talks
with
Tarai groups in two weeks (ht), Laws
sought
to safeguard women’s right to own land (ht), Ex-royals’
fortunes
sought for schools (ht), Dissolve
YCL,
we’ll follow: Nepal (ht), RPP
Nepal
also to float youth wing (nn) [Youth
wings that tend towards militancy and disreagard law
and order are the best way to prevent a peaceful new
Nepal!!], Focus
On
Constitution (rn), Parties
Inch
Closer To Consensus, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn)
15/11/2008: New
statute
in May 2010, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Thilsted
stresses
checks and balance (kp), Women
in
politics face violence: Chitra Lekha (kp), Anti-women
violence
rampant in politics (rn), Bring
in
the experts, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp), Kathmandu
has
gone to the dogs, by Sushma Joshi (kp), Economic
sovereignty
next goal of Nepalese people (rn), 'Govt
preparing
for talks with Terai outfits in a fortnight' (nn)
14/11/2008: UML
shy
of warming up to Maoists: Khanal (kp), Progressive
forces
should unite: Khanal (rn), Khanal
alleges
NC, Maoists to be extremists (nn), MK
Nepal
lashes out at Home Minister (nn), Party
youth
wings threat to peace: DPM (kp), No
talks
invite: ATMM, Tarai Army (kp), Displaced
still
unable to go home, by Madhav Ghimire (kp), New
constitution
within 18 months: Nemwang (kp), Nembang
jumps
statute-drafting date gun, by Arjun Bhandari (ht),
Dramatic
Posture:
After a long period of silence, vice president
Parmananda Jha starts talking from all sides of his
mouth, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Parmananda
Jha's
shenanigans, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), NC,
Maoist
adamant to army integration (rn), State
Restructuring
Minister says he won’t go to his ministry, asks his
staff to follow suit (nn), Space
crunch
cramps minister Kiranti's style, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Danish
envoys
stresses on ending impunity (nn), Pseudo-democracy:
Lurking
dangers, by Ganga Thapa (ht), Row
Rages
On: Even as the major parties have reached agreement
to finalize CA rules, the row over army integration
rages on, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), UNMIN:
Extension
Necessary (sp), Rationale
for
federalism, interview with Krishna Khanal (nt), "It's
a
shame", interview with Aasha Kumari Sardar (MJF)
(nt)
13/11/2008: State
and
party: Maoists shouldn’t use state resources to
compensate for property capture (kp), PM’s
Offer
For Conciliation (rn), Maoist
UML
agreement (rn), Talks
with
Tarai groups by Dec 15: Minister (kp), Minister
holds
informal talks with Terai armed groups (nn), Tarai
stir
victims yet to be compensated, by Renu Kshetry
(kp), They
just
don't get it!, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Crafting
a
New Constitution in Nepal, by Siddhi B.
Ranjitkar (Scoop), President,
VP
discuss their roles (nn) [There
is absolute no need for the position of a VP!]
12/11/2008: Maoists
yet
to return properties, by Durgalal KC (kp), Seized
property
to be returned by mid-Dec (kp), Prachanda
bows
to NC's demands: Promises to implement the main
opposition's nine-point charter (ht), Prachanda
accepts
opposition demands, averts House shutdown (Gulf
Times), AISC
makeup
to change: Khanal (kp), Khanal
raises
integration panel reshuffle hope (ht), Maoist
combatants eager to join NA, by Dipendra Baduwal
(kp), Fighters
becoming
‘more efficient’ (kp), Army
integration
as per peace pact: Minister Bhattarai (nn), Govt
will
end culture of impunity: PM (kp), PM
vows
to end anarchy, impunity (rn), Maoist
victims
resort to satyagraha, by Udaya GM (ht), PM
obsessed
with govt's dual responsibilities (ht) [??
The framing of the new constitution is the task of the
CA and not that one of the government!!], Lessons
to
learn (ht), UNMIN
set
to stay beyond Jan (kp), Martin
seeks
extended stay as Jan 23 deadline appears 'unrealistic'
(ht), Bring
armed
groups into dialogue table (rn), Slow
burn (kp), NC
doubts
success of talks (rn), Theatre,
politics
& illusions, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Bringing
them
home, by Shobhakar Budhathoki (kp), CA
to
start work on new statute from early next week
(nn), Body
for
landless rights at govt's door with charter (ht),
12
hurt
in OBCF strike: Backward stir hits life hard
in eastern plains (ht)
11/11/2008: Finally,
CA
gets rules of procedures draft, by Bishnu
Budhathoki (kp), At
last:
The rules of procedure are finally ready, now the CA
should get on with its job (kp), Parliamentary
system
not for poor: PM (kp), Parliamentary
democracy
ignored poor, says PM (rn), PM's
obsession
on forms of democracy comes to fore again (ht), Kamal
Thapa
warns of another conflict (kp), Thapa
faces
music for ‘lying to House’ (kp), 'Defence
Minister’s
statement confusing' (rn), Listening
to
victims: The
proposed
Truth and Reconciliation Bill forces reconciliation
and forgiveness onto those who suffered during the
conflict, by Jyotsna
Poudyal (kp), In
Defense
Of Strong Government, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn), Backward
castes
vow to keep Terai in standstill unless demands met
(nn), Maoists
set
to be at helm for long, interview with Baburam
Bhattarai (ht)
10/11/2008: No
review
of AISC makeup: PM Dahal (kp), Starting
over (kp), Integrate
Maoist
Army for lasting peace: Gurung (rn), Breach
of
consensus, by Arjun Narsingha KC, Nepali Congress
(kp) [see also part
2 (11/11/2008)], NC
threatens
to halt CA business (kp) [???],
NC
gives
memorandum to PM, warns of fresh protests (rn), NC
in
'wait and see' mode; Koirala stakes claim for
parliamentary leadership (nn) [With
20% of the seats?? This is not what the voters
wanted!!], CA
term
might stretch: Minister (kp), Key
parties
agree to resolve dispute (rn), Armed
Tarai
groups’ response awaited (kp), Capitalism
can’t
solve peasants’ problem, interview with Samir Amir
(kp), ‘Broader
left
unity a must for real change’: Prakash, interview
with Narayan Kaji Shrestha alias Prakash (rn), CA
regulations
finalised; silent on whip system (nn), Nod
to
CA Regulations draft minus vote of conscience, by
Arjun Bhandari (ht), We
have
witnessed complete metamorphosis: PM Dahal (nn)
09/11/2008: Govt
to
review AISC makeup (kp), 'Govt
ready
to reshuffle AISC' (rn), NC
memo
to govt: Act on past accords, reconstitute special
committee (nn), Khanal
says
NC will be brought into Special Committee (nn), Maoists
not
keen on new statute: Koirala (kp) [This
is true for almost all so called party leaders,
especially those who have not been elected in April!!],
Parties
asked
to end mutual suspicions (kp), Whip
in
CA violates basic rights: Veep (kp), Four
parties
agree to delete provision on whip in CA rules
(nn), Security
policy,
progressive statute basis of unity: Mahara (kp), New
cooperation
needed: Minister Mahara (rn), Dec
15
deadline to all Tarai groups for talks, by Aman
Koirala (kp), Peace
still
needs int’l support: Martin (kp), Nepal
needs
extended UNMIN assistance: Martin (rn), ‘Give
up
traditional mindset’ (rn), CPN
(Maoist),
Dr. Bhattarai & Pluralism, by Mukti Rijal
(rn), No
Rash
Comments Please, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Minister
asks
Prez, VP to stay away from public functions (nn)
08/11/2008: Federation
must
suit Nepal: Koirala (kp), Jha's
statute
saviour act leaves MJF cold: Vice-prez faces music
from tarai party that piggybacked him to glory not
many moons ago (ht), Vice
Prez
defends AISC remark, by Lilaballav Ghimire (kp), Army
Integration
Panel legal: Yadav (rn), Parties
warn
of House obstruction (kp), Special
committee
won't be dissolved: DPM Gautam (nn), Stop
creating
further controversy over special committee: Yadav
(nn), NC
demands
return of seized assets, warns of House stalling
(rn), Integration
will
have grave repercussions: Yadav (kp), People
best guide to statute drafting: Experts (kp), Peace
commissions
in offing (kp), Only
a
party that embodies dreams of the new classless class
has a future: The party is over, by Sumit Sharma
(kp), Constitution
can
still be drafted in time: Sapana Malla (nn), Nepal
to
request extension of UN mission (Irish Sun), Don't
be
mean: The NC is blaming UNMIN for its own mistakes,
by Prashant Jha (nt)
07/11/2008: UML,
Maoists
censure Vice Prez’s statement (kp), ‘VP’s
speech
against constitutional norms’ (rn), VP
Jha
defends his controversial views; says parties'
behavior compelled him to speak up (nn), Yadav
tells VP Jha to remain content (nn), NC
leaders
express ire over special committee (nn), Courting
Controversy:
As the main opposition party Nepali Congress stays
away from it, the special committee formed to proceed
with army integration has landed in controversy,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), TMLP
chief
asks PM to include his party in army integration
committee (nn), Integrationomics:
Nobody
is looking at the economics of army integration,
by Artha Beed (nt), Politics
of
Polarization: The recent statements indicate that NC
leader Girija Prasasd Koirala is leading a democratic
front against Maoists, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Cognitive
dissonance:
Surprise over Maoist win, by Mahendra Lawoti (kp),
Give
the
man a break: Prachanda has a tall order in front of
him without political opponents throwing a spanner in
the works, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Slogan
of
Constitution Making Weapon for Political Instability,
by Keshab Poudel (sp), “For
A
Certain Period Of Time, The UN Will Have To Continue
To Assist The Peace Process Of Nepal”, interview
with Ban Ki-moon (sp), Prodding
For
Peace: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
urges parties to get over their difference to quickly
conclude the peace process, by Sanjaya Dhakal
(sp), Kick
start:
The constitution-drafting process can't be delayed any
longer, by Dhruba Simkhada (nt), Obama
mania:
What does the Obama win mean for Nepal?, by
Mallika Aryal (nt), The
United
Nations now: The interests of the UN and Nepalis
coincide in making the peace process a success, by
Kanak Mani Dixit (nt)
06/11/2008: AISC
violates
constitution: Vice Prez Jha (kp) [The
VP should not comment on things that can only be
decided by the Supreme Court!!], CA
stresses understanding among parties (kp), Judicial
federalism:
There's more to a federal system than creating states,
by Krishna Murari Shiwakoti (kp), Honeymoon,
sweet
and sour, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), KWP
sets
conditions for talks (nn)
05/11/2008: Bulk
integration
not possible, says DPM (kp), 'PLA
would
be adjusted in NA, police forces' (rn), Maoist
combatants
should be integrated at earliest: Yadav (rn), Nepal
Army
seeks 2,400 soldiers while Maoist fighters wait
(Irish Sun), Ex-rebel
fighters
threaten revolt over integration (Gulf Times), Special
Committee
won't be dissolved: Bamdev (ht), ‘Disband
YCL,
YF’ (kp), Change
overdue, by Sujeet Arjel (tg), National
consensus
must: Minister Yadav (kp), Honeymoon
and
miracle after miracle, by Surendera Phuyal (kp), Gods
of
misrule?, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp), Govt
talks team in contact with 14 armed groups (nn), Nepal
faces
internal problems (Central Chronicle), CIAA,
NHRC
rue delay in statute-drafting process (ht), Prachanda
adds
con fusion, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Processing
Federalism
in Nepal, by Saubhagya Shah (tg), Nepal
has
achieved what many nations take decades to achieve,
by Syed Abrar Hussain, Ambassador of Pakistan,
Nepal (tg)
04/11/2008: Turn
in
Maoist personal security weapons: UML (kp), Rift
in
PLA, by Mohan Budhaair (kp), Maoists,
UML
to revise ToR, by Thira L. Bhusal (kp), Stitching
Ties
Closer (rn), PLA-NA
merger
absolute no-no: MJF (kp), TMLP
threatens
to obstruct House (kp), Former
Nepal
rebel combatants threaten revolt over integration
(Earth Times), Report
condition
of 33 missing: Supreme Court (kp), Mixed
signals, mixed responses, by Daulat Jha (kp)
03/11/2008: Maoists
playing
foul: NC, UML: Say govt ToR violates pacts on
integration, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Koirala
denies
deal on army integration (rn), TMLP,
MJF
differ on integration, by Ravindra Uprety (kp), MJF
against
wholesale integration between NA and PLA (nn), Sharma
hints
at referendum to sort out integration issue (rn),
Leaders
call
for reconstitution of army integration committee
(nn), Koirala
asks
UN to disallow arms to Maoists (kp), Staying
on (kp), Maoists,
UML
mending fences (kp), Maoist,
UML
form panel to resolve differences (kp), CPN-Maoist,
UML
form joint panel for better ties (rn), Statute
drafting in time if unity intact: Nembang (kp), Previous
constitutions
failed as the people never owned them, by Purna
Man Shakya (kp), Sorry,
No
Tears To Spare, by P. Kharel (rn), ‘Talks
with
armed groups immediately after Chhath festival’
(nn), Constitution
making: No
compromise on democratic principles, by Govinda
Raj Joshi, NC (ht)
02/11/2008: ‘Immediate
challenge
ahead is to integrate, rehabilitate Maoist
combatants’: Overcome differences: Ban to parties
(kp), Rehabilitating
ex-combatants
most immediate challenge for Nepal – Ban (Relief
Web), Ban
addresses
special CA meeting (rn), Girija
gripes
to Ban about UNMIN (kp) [???],
Lumbini
inspires
Ban Ki-moon (kp), Two
Tarai
groups still out of contact (kp), Right
Initiative (rn), UML
leader
flays Gajurel’s remark (kp), Maoist
leader
opts for referendum on army integration if there's no
consensus (nn), Maoists'
apathy
for consensus weakening nationalism: Koirala (nn)
01/11/2008: Ban
arrives
for 22-hour visit: Voices firm UN commitment to peace
process (kp), UN
support
for peace to continue: Ban (rn), UNSG
addresses
special CA meeting; pledges continuous support to
Nepal peace (nn), UN
urges
Nepal's leaders to resolve differences, by Binaj
Gurubacharya (Washington Times), Govt
breached
pacts, statute: Oppn (kp), Unity
must
for peace: PM (rn), Army
integration
body formed Appointments made in different offices
(rn), NC
irked
over special committee, wants the role in formulating
its ToR (nn), Governance,
Maoist
style, by Ram Sharan Mahat (kp), Stern
Action
Needed (rn), EU
team
stresses on stable govt (rn)
31/10/2008: UNSG
Ban-Ki
Moon arrives for two-day visit (nn), NC
must
join special committee if it is committed to peace:
Sharma (nn)
30/10/2008: UN
Secy
General to arrive in Kathmandu on Friday (nn), MK
Nepal
also unhappy over special committee (kp)
29/10/2008: Gautam
heads
special panel, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp),
'Army integration homework already on' (nn), Nepal
government
begins process to integrate former rebel fighters
(Earth Times), PM
urges
NC to join committee (kp), PM
Dahal
urges NC to honour his ‘flexibility’ (nn), Constitution
making
after Tihar: Khanal (kp), False
political
texts and revolutions: Both
the
Nepali congress and the Maoists are involved in the
creation of false texts about Nepali political
transformation, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Come
together,
right now: Political parties must act with greater
responsibility, by Sumit Sharma (kp), Kangaroo
courts
operational in Pyuthan (nn), UNSG
says
UNMIN may not be able to complete its task by January
(nn), State
restructuring:
The fiscal dimension, by Dilli Raj
Khanal (ht)
28/10/2008:
PLA
integration
not mandatory: Koirala (kp), Govt
forms
five-member army integration committee (nn), NC
won’t
join govt: Koirala (kp), Cases
against
Maoists withdrawn (kp), CPN
(Maoist)
protect crooks: NC leader Singh (kp) [This
is obviously true and should be changed, but the NC
did the same in the past!], Maoists
yet
to return seized properties, by Numaraj Khanal
(kp), Return
seized
property: Thapa to PM (kp), The
agrarian
question, by Aditya Adhikari (kp)
27/10/2008: Don’t
renounce
democracy: Koirala to PM, by Binod Bhandari and
Jitendra Khadga (kp), Deuba
raps
Maoist ‘republic’, by Bedraj Poudel (kp), ‘The
national
bourgeoisie will be protected in the People’s
Republic’, interview with C.P. Gajurel (kp) [??], NC
firm on integration stance (kp), Complaints,
complaints:
The NC needs to make greater efforts to engage with
the Maoists (kp), Nine
outfits
respond to talks offer (rn), Cabinet
fails
to form special committee (nn)
26/10/2008: NC
to
lead new democratic movement, by Binod Bhandari
and Lila Ballav Ghimire (kp) [?????],
Maoists
have
forgotten spirit of CPA: Koirala (rn), PM
fears disaster if peace and statute writing are
disrupted (nn), Consensus
Stressed (rn), Integration
committee
ToR finalized (kp), Adjust
army
based on qualification: KC (rn), Army
integration
is not Maoists' priority, claims Kamal Thapa (nn)
[Ceterum censeo: Thapa should
be brought to court for his role during the royal
putsch phase!], Koirala
dissatisfied
with law and order situation (nn), Govt
team
confers with parties on 'peace talks' preparations
(nn), The
Left
Appendage Debate, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), VP
Jha
complains of not getting 'any role' (nn) [This
is normal for Vice Presidents! Such office is
absolutely superfluous!!!], 'UNMIN
can't
withdraw weapons retained for Maoist leaders'
security' (nn)
25/10/2008: PM
proposed
UML head for special committee: NC (kp), Addressing
integration, by Keshar B Bhandari (kp), RJP:
Integration threatens peace (kp), Let’s
institutionalize
democracy: Prez (kp), Whither
Brahmins?, by Prerana Marasini (kp) [??
Whither non-Brahmins? About 95% of the positions in
judiciary are filled with male Bahuns, only a bit less
in the media and education sector, not to talk about
parties, government, administration, etc.!!! Are only male Bahuns qualified?], Restore
Confidence (rn), The
Question
Of Getting Together, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn), Condition
put
forward for talks (rn)
24/10/2008: Maoists
want
PLA man as NA chief: NC (kp), NC
leader
suspects Pasang could be installed as NA chief
(nn), Situala
warns
nation might slip into civil war if PLA commander
installed as NA chief (nn) [???],
Army
amalgamation:
The integration debate is not only about numbers, but
control, by Prashant Jha (nt), MJF
warns
it may quit government (kp), Tarai
group
wants talks environment (kp), Engaging
Rajan (kp), Problems
in
knowledge generation, by Mahendra Lawoti (kp), Wake-up
call, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Gajurel’s
republic
reeks of autocracy (ht), NC
accuses
Maoists of hatching conspiracy (rn), RJP
against
federalism (rn), "If
I
Discard Every Offer, I Cannot Be Active In Politics",
interview with Madhav Kumar Nepal (sp), Shifting
Alliances:
The sudden out cry of three senior Nepali Congress
leaders indicates a broader anti-Maoist alliance is in
making, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Sarala's
struggle:
The woman who defeated Bam Dev Gautam in the elections
can't understand how he could be made minister, by
Dewan Rai (nt), War
and
peace (nt), Fusion
or
confusion: The Maoists must clarify their commitment
to multiparty democracy once and for all, by Raghu
Pant (nt), Koirala
accuses
Maoists of interfering in judiciary (nn), Ugandan
parallels:
Successes Nepal can emulate and mistakes we must
avoid, by Subhadra Belbase (nt), PM,
UML gen secy discuss formation of special committee
(nn), Parties
close
to an understanding on special committee (nn)
23/10/2008: No
consensus
on special committee chairman (kp), Parties
stick
to their positions over special committee (nn), Cabinet
meeting
put off again; dispute over special committee delays
meeting (nn), Govt
introduces
new ToR for LPC, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Integration
not
stated in pact: Sitaula (kp), NC
rider
to join the PLA fighters’ panel (ht), Unending
delay (kp), Prabhakar
mulls
ways to resettle disqualified PLAs (ht), Opposition
in
the CA, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Outfit’s
nine-point
charter for dialogue (ht), Talks
with
Terai armed groups after Tihar: Minister Yadav
(nn), Kirant
outfit
sets talks agenda (ht), Time
for
decision (ht), Drafting
The
New Constitution: The Challenges Ahead, by
Lakshman Bahadur K.C. (rn), Presence
of
left govt not felt: Adhikary (rn)
22/10/2008: Non-Maoist
must
head integration body: UML (kp), Bam
Dev
warns armed groups (kp), Gautam’s
criminal
tag on Tarai groups (ht), Khanal
promises
Muslim commission (kp), Guerrillas
in
the mist: Challenges
and
implications of integration, by Geja Sharma Wagle (kp),
Disqualified
PLA
combatants add to Maoists’ woes, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Base
integration
on int’l standards: NSP (kp), Govt
to
unveil twin plans (ht), Integration
lifeline
of peace process: Badal (ht), Oli
admonishes
Maoists (kp) [There is
not much difference between YCL and YF, Mr Oli! The
former has only more 'experience'!], Tame
Youth
Violence (rn), NC
acting
prez raps Maoists (kp), Only
words (kp), Process
to
drop Maoists from terror list starts: US envoy
(kp), Dashain-Tihar:
Season
of reconciliation?, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), Democratisation
in
Nepal: Attempts, hindrances and prospects,
by Ganga Thapa (ht), Telling
a
tale about a “tail”, by
N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), No
economic
revolution without completing political revolution,
interview with Mohan Vaidya Pokharel aka Kiran (tg), Mohan
Vaidya
resigns as CA member (nn), Noveau-Feudalism
is
emerging in the Tarai in the name of One Madhesh-One
Province, Interview with Narayan Prasad Devkota
(tg), Janaandolan
II
and Nepali Pundits!, by Prem Sharma (tg), Nepal
still
in the cave age (tg), Gautam
again
warns Terai armed outfit against ignoring government’s
call for dialogue (nn), Four
party
meeting fails to reach agreement on special committee
(nn)
21/10/2008: Maoists,
UML
work on special committees (kp), Khanal
nod
to PM’s offer to Nepal (ht), Dahal
courts
Koirala (ht), Overtures
To
The NC (rn), No
word
from Koirala over call to join govt: His body language
is positive, says PM (rn), Koirala
snubs
call to join government (kp), Koirala
raps
Dahal (kp), Gyanendra
held
secret talks with Prachanda: GPK (ht), State
restructuring ministry flouts interim statute: NC
(kp) [The restructuring of the
state is the exclusive task of the Constituent
Assembly and not that of the government!!], Constituent
Assembly
The forgotten agenda, by Lok Raj Baral (ht),
NC
takes
exception to peace nepotism (ht), Gachhadar
cosies
up to Congress on army integration (ht), Special
cabinet
committee to be formed soon (nn), Silver
lining (ht), Mahara
vows to probe journo killings (kp), Ministers
rarely
attend House session (kp), Spectre
of
authoritarianism, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), The
Maoist
agenda, by Ram Sharan Mahat (kp) [see part
2 (22/10/2008)], NC
interrupting
statute making: Devkota (rn), 'Maoists
causing
delay in writing constitution' (nn), Govt
team
holding informal talks with armed groups, says minister
(nn), DPM
Gautam
says it is about time to ‘lose our tails’ (nn)
20/10/2008: Implement
pacts:
NC to Maoists (kp), NC
finds
relevance in revolt threat (ht), Maoists
bent
on power grab: RJP chief (kp), No
PLA
integration into Nepal Army: Mahato (kp), Prachanda
owns
up to divided Maoist house (ht), As
The
Maoist-Led Boat Sails, by P. Kharel (rn), First
phase
govt aid for conflict, Madhesh stir victims soon
(rn), 'No
compromise
on national integrity' (rn), PM
Dahal
confers with Khanal (nn), Maoist,
UML
agree to expand cabinet (nn), Koirala
declines
offer to join the govt (nn)
19/10/2008: Thapa
for
choice on integration (kp), Badal
queers
the integration pitch: Advocates new norms for NA
(ht), Chances
of
NC joining govt high: PM, by Chitranga Thapa (kp),
NC
would
join govt: PM, NC not to join govt: Sushil
(rn), Govt
more
into plans than statute making: Koirala (kp), Much
to
do before drafting statute, by Bishnu Budhathoki
(kp), UML
to
lobby for direct election of PM (ht), SP
asks government to hold fresh census (kp), Sadbhavana
Party
threatens to snap coalition ties (ht), Dev
Gurung
reflects on Maoist spirit (ht), Cops
will
stay in villages: Minister Jha (kp), A
precondition for achieving peace & development:
Employing the unemployed youths, by Babu Ram
Neupane (kp), Republican
Debate
Rages On, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Too
many
foreign trips, now it's time to focus in the country:
PM Dahal (nn)
18/10/2008: Baidya
stands
by bulk integration (kp), PLA
Integration (rn), Ideological
rift
among Maoists, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Prez
urges parties to seek consensus (kp), Baidhya’s
take
on democracy springs hope for the have nots (ht),
CPN(Maoist)
wish
to curtail parliamentary democracy and impose
autocratic rule: The Maoist model of democracy, by
Ram Chandra Poudel, vice-presidentof the Nepali Congress
(kp), Touching
the
moon, by Sushma Joshi (kp), Prachanda
claims
first-mover tag (ht), Security
pledge
to Tarai groups (ht), Muslim
leaders
announce agitation (rn), Tea
Receptions
And National Politics, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn), Major
changes
in security and administrative bodies afoot: PM
(nn), Govt
talks
team in contact with over half a dozen armed outfits
(nn)
17/10/2008: Integration
in
3 months would truly ‘amaze’, by Manesh Shrestha
(kp), PM
hints
at army integration (rn), Not
all
PLA combatants will be integrated into NA, says the PM
(nn), Khanal:
Maoists
against democratic republic (kp), Prachanda
flunks
governance test (ht), On
the
face of it (ht), Tarai
talks
blueprint in the making (ht), JTMM-J
sets
conditions (kp), All
districts
to have peace panels (kp), Govt
urged
to ensure social, economic rights (kp), Electoral
reforms
needed: EU (kp), The
state
shouldn't use tax money to pay for animal sacrifices:
Whither secularity?, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Minority
stir
cripples life in Morang, Sunsari (ht), Bhattarai
tries
to justify Maoist version of 'people's republic'
(nn), Maoist
road
show: "Is he really a Maoist?" one American communist
muttered, by Daniel Lak (nt), DPM
Gautam says PM has asked him to take action against
erring YCL cadres (nn), Maoist
leaders
contradict each other on changing party name (nn)
16/10/2008: Dr.
Bhattarai
says Maoists discussing to drop their party name
(nn), Integration
will
begin this month: PM Dahal (kp), Army
integration
process will start soon, says PM (rn), NA
ready to take in PLA combatants, says PM (nn), Nepal
Army
should be apolitical: Koirala (kp), Yadav
holds
brief for Prachanda on PLA’s fate (ht), Reality
check:
Nepali Congress takes up integration cudgel much to
PLA’s chagrin, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (ht), Prime
Minister
lines up Tihar bonanza (ht), Mustang’s
ex-king
still popular, by Kulchandra Neupane (kp), A
case for dual nationality: Allowing members of its
diaspora to hold dual citizenship will benefit Nepal,
by Ambika P Adhikari (kp), Govt
missive
for Tarai Cobra (ht), Tackle
Terror
Firmly (rn), How
Dependent
Are We? by Shyam K.C. (rn), CA
polls
met not all international standards: EU (nn)
15/10/2008: PM
Dahal
says his party is against Mao's type of People's
Republic (nn), An
opportunity
to mend ties: Dahal, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Prachanda
at
NC’s tea reception,‘National consensus a must’
(rn), Politics
takes
a bow to tradition (ht), Koirala
downplays
PM Dahal's hope for bringing NC into coalition
(nn), Coalition
cracks (kp), ’Tis
difficult
in govt: Minister (kp), JTMM-J
men freed ‘under pressure’, by Shiva Puri (kp), Ex-CJ
unhappy at delay over statute (kp), Festival
and
politics, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Govt
ready
for talks on all agendas: Mahato (ht), Dispute
over
republic futile: Ramraja (ht), Bam
Dev:
Can He Deliver?, by Mukti Rijal (rn), Language
Rights (rn), Parties
have
already reached agreement on army integration: NA chief
(nn), Foreign
Minister
Yadav spills the beans on army integration (nn)
14/10/2008: Prez
raps
regionalism, by Manika Jha (kp), Opportune
moment
to build new Nepal (rn), Prachanda’s
personas, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), NC
hosts
tea reception; Koirala stresses on timely drafting of
constitution (nn), Govt
sends
missives to Tarai factions (ht)
13/10/2008: Nepal
seeks
$450m budgetary support: US not to relax policy on Maoists, by Milan Mani
Sharma (kp), Khanal
slams Maoist line, deeds (kp), Govt
focusing
on statute writing: PM Dahal, by Bharat Jarghamagar
(kp), Poudel
rejects
integration (kp), Tarai
group
sets tough terms for talks (kp), Terai
armed
outfit put forth precondition for talks (nn), ‘Govt
poised
for meaningful talks with armed groups’, interview
with Janardan Sharma, Minister for Peace and
Reconstruction and coordinator of the three-member
government talks team formed to hold dialogue with the Terai
armed groups (rn), Dr
Bhattarai
reiterates to multi-party politics (nn), NC
acting
Prez warns of stir against 'wholesale' army integration (nn),
Correct
gesture (ht), Nepal
high
on hope, UML doubts PM’s offer (ht), Prachanda
courts
NC for statute-drafting (ht)
12/10/2008: PM
seeks
MK Nepal’s active role (kp), PM
lifeline
to Nepal’s sagging political fortune (ht), Let
next
generation decide on communism: FM (kp), President,
PM,
ex-king mark Dashain informally (kp), Masal
leaders unhappy at merger with Maoists (kp), Govt
seeking
contact with armed groups (kp), Plot
afoot
against integration: Thapa (kp), Govt
rules
out conditional talks (rn), Badal
pledges
PLA integration after Tihar (ht)
11/10/2008: PM
intensifies
political consultation (nn), PM
asks
MK Nepal to coordinate govt mechanism (ek), Efforts
on
to establish link with Terai armed outfits: Minister
(nn)
10/10/2008: FM
Dr
Bhattarai seeks support from US govt (nn), Finance
Minister
urges NRNs for assistance (ek), Army
integration
to begin soon (nn), Khanal
advises
quick army integration (nn)
09/10/2008: NC
deplores
govt apathy towards conflict victims (nn)
08/10/2008:
Govt
preparing
to strictly control alcohol consumption (nn), Raja,
rajauta
system abolished, DPM informs Mustangi Raja (nn)
07/10/2008: DPM:
Groups
choosing talks are political (kp), Gautam
serves
ultimatum on Tarai outfits (ht)
06/10/2008: Tarai
groups
invited to talks: Govt open on all issues (kp), ‘Conducive
atmosphere
first’ (kp), Powwow
(kp), No
serious
business in 125 days, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Maoists
eroding
nat’l unity: Koirala, by Binod Bhandari (kp), We
are
a target for all rebel groups: Politicians do not have
guts to translate their words into action, interview
with Bhuwani Prasad Ghimire, president of the Village
Development Committes’ Secretaries Welfare Protection Centre
(kp), Peace
process
and PLA integration, by Birendra P Mishra (ht), Interview
with
Jai Krishna Goit (ek)
05/10/2008: Tarai
groups
for ‘meaningful’ talks (kp), PM
directs
govt's talk team to reach out to armed groups immediately
(nn), Talks
with
Terai armed outfits before Dasain: Peace Minister (nn), Koirala
vents
ire on Maoists (kp), NC
leaders
step up rhetoric against Maoists (nn), Govt
must
last full term: Nepal (kp), No
people's
republic: Pokharel (kp), Prachanda
goes
back to basics; links accord pledge to PLA’s fate
(ht), Nepal
likely
to lead political coordination committee (nn), No
decision
on political coordination committee, supplies to be
bolstered during Dashain (nn), 43,000
to
be denied vote, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Lost
dreams of unsung war heroes, by Baburam Kharel (kp), President
urges
cooperation, unity (kp), Different
view:
Janjatis must get a fair deal (kp)
04/10/2008: Together
we
stand (kp), Govt
invites
Tarai groups for talks, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), Govt
calls
armed groups for talks (rn), Prachanda
spells
out party’s twin goals (ht), We’re
for
people’s republic: PM, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Oli
smells
a rat in people’s republic (kp), Is
integration
possible in four and half months?, by Yuvraj Acharya
(kp), Nobody
knows
what the proposed “revolutionary land reform” will do to
the real estate business: The dash for cash, by
Ramesh KC (kp), People
displaced
by insurgency rising (rn)
03/10/2008: Top
committee
to guide govt (kp), Integrate
PLA
into party: Poudel (kp), ‘RPP
is
not against PLA’s integration’ (rn), Defense
Minister
says 'new national army' after army integration; NC veep
begs to differ (nn), Truly
secular (kp), New
institutions
for a New Nepal, by Simon Robins (kp), Time
to
move on (ht), What
Ails
Nepali Democracy? by C.D. Bhatta (rn), Leaders
divided
on form of republic (rn), Cabinet
forms
a committee to initiate talks with armed outfits of Terai
(nn), Armed
Terai
outfits ready for talks; announce ceasefire during Dashain
(nn), Sovereignty
still
at risk, says PM (nn), Enlightening
Exposure:
Traveling to three major power centers within a period of
a month, Nepalese prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal
‘Prachanda’ has got much needed exposure, by Keshab
Poudel (sp), Time
is
running out (nt), Venting
it
out in Varanasi: Madhesi politicians need to figure out
their vision, by Prashant Jha (nt)
02/10/2008:
Native
language
to be used in local bodies (rn), UML
fires
salvo at Maoists (kp), No
headway
at RRDC on conscience vote (kp), Maoists
to
go for people’s republic (kp), Cultural
tensions, by Prabin Manandhar (kp), Ruling
parties
to form high-level political committee (nn), Maoists
talking
with NA over army integration, says FM Bhattarai (nn)
01/10/2008:
Shackled
or
unleashed UNMIN in Nepal's peace process,
by Aditya Adhikari (hs), Khanal
urges
for attention towards constitution-writing (nn), Gajurel
reiterates
to establish people's republic (nn), Defense
Minister
Thapa talks about developing NA as a 'social army'
(nn), TMLP
won't
allow promulgation of new statute before fresh census
(nn), Koirala:
NC
won’t try to topple govt (kp), Of
intellectuals
and politics, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Letter
to
the Prime Minister, by Alok K. Bohara (kp)
30/09/2008:
Lessons
in
negotiation, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Stop
experimenting
with us, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Finance
Minister
hits at NC leadership for anti-government stance (nn),
1,855
killed
in western region during conflict period: Report (nn)
29/09/2008:
Nationwide
banda
cripples life (kp), No
group
PLA induction: Khanal (kp), All’s
right
in the country, by Shyam KC (kp), Peace
minister
assures govt will soon clarify fate of those missing
during conflict (nn)
28/09/2008:
Conflict
victims
want rights guaranteed (kp), Kin
of
all war dead to get Rs 1m, by Rajkumar Karki (kp), Bandh
called
to oppose federalism affects life (nn), Armed
Terai
groups meet in India's Bihar to discuss possible alliance
(nn), Longevity
of
the govt depends on Maoist behavior: UML's Khanal (nn)
27/09/2008:
NC
prez:
Maoists targeting democracy (kp), Maoists
to
form panel on killings (kp)
26/09/2008:
MJF:
No
PLA induction in NA (kp), Maoists
deter
displaced from returning home (kp), Maoist
predicament (kp), Control
YCL:
Khanal tells Maoists (nn), Again
Soil
and Climate Theory: Founders of one party philosophy are
again reviving the political system based on soil and
climate theory like that of Panchayat, by Keshab
Poudel (sp), Point
of
no return: There is no real peace until those who fled the
conflict can go home, by Dewan Rai (nt), What
a
riot: Pay for people to live, not for animals to die,
by Mallika Aryal (nt), Secularism
in
a diverse state: "If they can have free meat, I want a
Christmas present", by Prashant Jha (nt), Reality
check:
Asking the right questions is as important as finding the
right answers, by Pieter de Schepper (nt)
25/09/2008:
Govt
confusion
delays disappearance commission, by Ghanashyam Ojha
(kp), NC
CA
members seek reply on arms inside ICC (kp), Constituent
Assembly
threatened?, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), NA-PLA
merger
not acceptable: MJF leader (nn), KC
warns
of new round of conflict in case of integration of PLA
into NA (nn)
24/09/2008:
Take
it
seriously, by Sneha Shrestha (kp), Matrika’s
magic, by Daulat Jha (kp), Madhesh
needs
to be taken into confidence before reviewing 1950 treaty:
TMLP chief (nn)
23/09/2008:
When
might
is right, YCL takes lead, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), Prez
urges
national consensus on statute (kp), Integration
&
rehab (kp), Enter
socialism
with inflation, by Chandan Sapkota (kp), State
restructuring
commission 'soon' (nn)
22/09/2008: Agreement
to
end stir: Govt to continue funds for rituals (kp), Kathmandu
protests
called off following a pact (nn), Protests
continue
at Basantapur area; President's programme cancelled (nn),
Harbinger
of
more difficult days, by Shyam KC (kp), No
induction
without standards: Army (kp), Peace
process
incomplete as long as two armies exist: Martin (kp), UML
too
against Westminster system (kp), Home
Minister
talks tough on law and order, by Prem Nepali (kp), Maoists
intensify
land grab campaign: Seized land distributed to squatters,
by Upendra Lamichhane (kp), Parties
have
‘forgotten’ issues of the indigenous (kp), Federal
Nepal must respect diversity, interview with George
Anderson (kp)
21/09/2008: Massive
protests
greet plan to skimp on animal sacrifice (kp), Protests
continue
in thoroughfares of Kathmandu (nn), Lawmakers
take
govt to task over jatra expenditure cut-off (nn), DPM
promises
probe panel on disappeared (kp), Matrika’s
resignation
accepted (kp), Gupta
says
it is high time terai armed outfit come for talks (nn), Parliamentary
system
may not be the best answer for country: UML gen secy Khanal
(nn)
20/09/2008: Matrika
face-off
ends in resignation (kp), Defiant
Matrika
goes to town with resignation (ht), RPP:
PM’s
remark violates statute (kp), Conflict-hit
kids
get lump sum amount (rn)
19/09/2008: PM’s
remark
on ‘People’s Republic’ triggers debate, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht) Koirala
slams
PM’s remarks (kp), Constructions
on
seized land speed up, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp), Matrika
defends
Siraha land grab (kp) [Not the intention but the way is wrong!
Extra-judicial ways are not suit for a minister!!],
Matrika
charges
at Gautam (nn) [Jurisdiction
is not the task of a minister, Mr Yadav!!], Party
directs
Matrika to apologise (nn), Minister
Yadav
resigns (nn) [This was the
only way out since he proved unqualified for being a
minister!], News
analysis:
Maoist-MJF rivalry at heart of land-grab row,
by Rajesh Prasad Barma (ht), Living
between
devil and deep blue sea (kp), NOC
chief
implicated: Tarun Dal nab NOC officials ‘for taking bribe’
(kp), Tarun
Dal
exposes corrupt NOC staff, by Sriram Sigdel (ht),
Limits
of
an interim government, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Taskforce
readies
House regulation (ht) [almost half a year after the elections!!], Time
To
Deliver: The Constituent Assembly (CA) approves the
government's policies and programs. Now it is time to
deliver the promises, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Federalism
and
Its Efficacy in Nepalese Context, by Shirish Ranabhat
(sp), National
rage:
Since when did we become a nation of angry people?, by
Mallika Aryal (nt)
18/09/2008: New
democracy (kp), NC
prez
shows concern at PM’s remarks (kp), Matrika
mocking
democratic values: Minister Gurung (kp), Yadav's
activities
creating further anarchy: Minister Gurung (nn), Matrika
Yadav’s
act may cost Maoists dear (ht), Construction
in
full swing on seized land, by Rajesh Prasad Barma
(ht), 5
minors living with shrapnel injuries, by Santosh
Pokharel (kp), Gender
neutral
constitution demanded (kp), Wrong
tack (ht), Lives
in
limbo (ht)
17/09/2008: Maoist
obfuscation
worries parties, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), Nepal
Politics: Paradigm shift, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Matrika
act
mockery of law: NC, UML (kp), Matrika
strains
coalition ties (ht), Minister
acts
tough (ht), Turf
war (ht), Rumble
in
jungle (kp), NHRC
to
parties: Don't take law into own hands (kp), Youth
Force
will take care of anarchic minister: Nepal (nn) [Yadav must be made responsible for his
misbehaviour but not through anarchic actions of a youth
group!!], Politics,
nature
and nurture, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Bam
Dev:
reform or resign, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Nepal's
Tharus
belong to Lord Buddha's Clan, interview
with Laxmi Lal Chaudhary (tg), PM
for
'people's republic' in Nepal (nn) [??]
16/09/2008: Disenchantment
among
Maoists growing, by Kashiram Dangi (kp), Minister-led
Maoists
retake properties, by Deo Narayan Sah (kp), Land
reforms
minister leads land grab op (ht), A
selling out of revolution?, by Aditya Adhikari (kp), Constitution-drafting
process
hits a snag, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Parties
differ
on finalising CA regulations (nn), Implementation
Counts (rn), NHRC
raps
youth wings of parties (ht), Fiscal
decentralisation:
Opportunities and threats, by Bishwambhar
Pyakuryal (ht), DPM
Gautam
lashes at ruling parties for clashing at local level
(nn)
15/09/2008: Stretch
But
Don’t Overstretch, by P. Kharel (rn) ‘We
need
national government for peace process’, interview with
KP Oli (kp) [What is 'national' in your eys? Do you mean
traditionalist? You do have a national government! Nepal
needs progressive forces to introduce necessary changes!],
Peace
dividend:
Displaced begin returning home (ht), 49
Maoists’
disappearance: Finnish experts want to make findings
public (ht), Positive
Indications (rn), CPN
(ML)
decides to join govt (nn), NHRC
concerned
at formation of 'YCL-like' squads (nn)
14/09/2008: Rs
240m
sop for Madhes stir victims, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp),
PM
armed
with new treaty draft (ht), This
govt
can’t sign treaties: Koirala (kp) [??],
PM
inspects
Narayanhiti, by Yuvraj Acharya and Kiran Chapagain
(kp), UML
chief
warns Maoists over Violence (kp), Step
up
women’s role in decision making: Nepal (kp), Baidya
for communist rule (kp) [??], State
restructuring
vague: Khanal (kp), Maoists
yet
to return 157 Dang families’ property, by Uday GM
(ht), Ambitious
And
Popular Agenda, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Perpetrators
of
extra-judicial killings go scot-free (rn)
13/09/2008: Govt
to
table the TRC bill soon (ht), Off
The
People, Bye The People, by C.D. Bhatta (rn), Tough
Task
Ahead, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn)
12/09/2008: 16
parties
want govt policies changed (kp), Nepal
opposition
seeks amendment to programmes, by Prerana Marasini
(Hindu), Opposition
parties
slam govt policies (nn), People-oriented
Programme (rn), The
90-point
plan: But the budget will be delayed by the prime
minister's Delhi trip, by Dewan Rai (nt), Problems
facing
CA, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Rights
body
seeks action against guilty (ht), Wounds
of
conflict victims tingle (rn), Human
cost
of conflict: West Side Story, by Anand Gurung
(sp), The
Socio-economic
Transformation, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn) [see also part
1 (05/09/2008)], Political
Alliance:
NC in Opposition, by Keshab Poudel (sp), “I
Will
Try To Teach Maoists That Peaceful Ways Are More
Effective”, by Girija Prasad Koirala (sp), Maoist
Move:
The Finance Minister reaches out to donors and promises to
carry on with reforms, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp)
11/09/2008: Prez
unveils
govt policies, program, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Government
unveils
policy, programmes, by Prakash Acharya (rn), Policies
&
programs (kp), Feel-good
factor (ht), PLA
integration
in six months, says Prez (ht), Nepal
to
integrate ex-rebels into security forces (Daily
Times), Nepal
eyes
possible army role for former rebels (Gulf Times), Deliberations
from
Friday: Parties voice mixed reactions, by Bishnu
Budhathoki (kp), Illiberal
democracy:
Action speaks louder, by Ganga Thapa (ht)
10/09/2008: Cabinet
okays
policy, program (kp), Cabinet
okays
govt policies, programmes (ht), Govt
accords
top priority in concluding peace process and writing new
constitution (nn) [Writing
the new constitution is not the task of the government but
that of the CA!!], Govt's
programmes
and policies draw mixed reaction (nn), Disgruntled
Maoists
form separate party (ht), Will
Nepal
Army exhibit flexibility?, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg)
09/09/2008: Govt
to
finalize policy and program today (kp), PM
assures
return of seized land, property (kp), Maoists
seize
private land (kp) [??],
Plan
to
settle Maoist fighters in six months, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), Containing
the
Madhes insurgency, by Daulat Jha (kp), Onus
on
the public service, by Prabin Manandhar (kp), Focus
on
statute, socio-economic transformation, by Nandalal
Tiwari (kp), End
culture
of nepotism: PM’s brother (rn), Nepal's
remarkable
do-it-yourself peace, by Ian Martin (Japan Times)
08/09/2008: No
need
of State Restructuring Ministry: TMDP (kp) [Yes,
state restructuring is not the task of the government but
of the CA!!], Retaliate
against
YCL: MPRF chairman (kp), Conflict-
displaced
want to return home, by Dharma Poudel (kp), The
Maoist dilemma (kp), Give
security
top priority, interview with Kush Kumar
Joshi, president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers
of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) (kp)
07/09/2008: Experts:
Govt
talk of new state structure upstages CA (kp), Maoists
will
be wiped out in 8 yrs: Oli (kp) [This
statement is a wonderful basis for cooperation. You have
to work together for building a better Nepal and not
for regaining power. Else you should leave politics!!],
In
memory
of disappeared, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp), Tarai
party
seeks fast track census (ht), The
Saga
Of Daura-Suruwal And Tongue, by Prem Khatry (rn) [Nepal is a multiethnic, multicultural,
multilingual and multireligious state! Not only the
Tagadhari tradition is national!!], New
Dimension
To Left Movement, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), We
Are
Stratified, by Ambar Mainali (rn), Policies
and
programmes to be finalised on Monday (nn), Siraha
incident
pits coalition partners Maoists and MJF at loggerheads
(nn)
06/09/2008: Factionalism
snags
CPN-Maoist, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Current
situation
& chaos, by Sukhdev Shah (kp), Now,
The
Real Test Begins, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn)
05/09/2008: Quo
vadis
Nepali Congress?, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Cases
against
Dr Bhattarai, Mahara still pending in court,
by Suryamani Gautam (ht), ‘Matured’
Gautam’s
plea to the police (ht), Debating
The
CMP, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn) [see also part
2 (12/09/2008)], Our Party will win Majority, Even
two-thirds
Majority in Next Election, interview with PM
Pushpa Kamal Dahal (sp), Business
as
usual (nt 05/09/2008), Where
Are
They?, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn), Cases
of
disappeared: Trauma of Conflict, by Keshab
Poudel (sp), Remarkable
peace:
Nepalis mustn't be made to wait for a new constitution to
see real improvement in their lives, by Ian Martin
(nt)
04/09/2008: PLA,
NA
integration a must: Pun (kp), Things
to
do, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (kp), Peace
and
reconciliation, by Kuldev Sharma (kp), Gautam’s
pledge
stirs police force (ht)
03/09/2008: Big
3
split on state restructuring (kp), Dalits
flay
cabinet formation (kp), Bhattarai
reveals
Maoist priorities for economy (kp), PM
Dahal's
China sojourn, by Dhruva Joshy (kp), Prachanda
plans
big for honeymoon period (ht), Driving
peace
process to conclusion priority: PM (rn), Law
and
order will improve in six months: Gautam (ht), Focus
On
Law And Order (rn), UML
springs
to Congress support (ht), New
government:
Old challenges, new expectations, by Bhavani P
Dhungana (ht), Role
of
Nepalese Youth in Nation-Building, by Rupesh Dahal
(tg)
02/09/2008: Gautam
firm
on law and order (kp), Gautam
vows
to revamp police force (ht), Law
and
order (kp), NC,
UML
still redefining ties with Maoists (kp), PLA
integration—a
dangerous idea!, by Sukhdev Shah (kp), Row
over
oath taking in Hindi (ht), VP
Jha
defends his oath in Hindi (nn), No
statutory
compulsion on oath in Nepali: Jha (kp) [Irrespective
of the legal or constitutional issue, his way of
argumentation does not befit to a VP! It was his intention
to sow conflict!!], Nepal's
Maoist
democracy (Post and Courier), New
Maoist-led
government installed in Nepal, by W.A. Sunil (World
Socialist Web Site), No
action
against army chief, hints PM Dahal (nn)
01/09/2008: Cabinet
gets
full shape (kp), Cabinet
expanded;
Gautam takes oath as deputy Prime Minister,
by Arjun Bhandari (ht), 3
new ministries in the making (ht), Ministry
splits
at a glance (kp), Peace,
statute,
economy priorities: PM (kp), Good
governance (kp), Time
to
deliver (ht), Gautam
vows
to establish law and order (nn), The
Maobaadi
prime minister, interview with Pushpa Kamal Dahal
(hs), The
Red
Guard of Nepal, by Harald Olav Skar (hs), The
lost
battles of Khara and Pili, by Sam Cowan (hs), No
habeas
corpus: The
frustration
of and with activism on disappearances in Southasia, by Ingrid Massage
(hs), Maoist
victims
to stir against govt ‘apathy’ (kp), Maoists
give
away seized house, land to others (kp), ‘Enshrine
women’s
rights in new statute’, interview with Jayapuri
Gharti Magar, chairperson of All Nepal Women’s Association
(Revolutionary) (rn), Shake-up
in
the home administration and security agencies in the
offing: DPM Gautam (nn)
31/08/2008: Nepal
to
have three Deputy PMs (kp), Consensus
over
three deputy Prime Ministers (ht), Gautam
is
the only one deputy PM; ministers not to enjoy perks
during foreign trips (nn), 15
new
ministers sworn in (nn) [see list
of ministers], Ministries
reconstituted
during cabinet expansion (nn), 4
parties join Nepal's new government (iht), Nepalese
prime
minister expands cabinet (Monster and Critics), Nepali
cabinet
expanded (Xinhua), CPN-Maoist
yet
to return land to the rightful owners (ht), Rebel
with
a cause, by Prerana Marasini (Hindu), Peace
process
will be completed in six months: PM Dahal (nn)
30/08/2008: Maoist
nod
to UML deputy berth (ht), Cabinet
expansion
soon (kp), Cabinet
expansion
put off as disputes persist (Gulf Times), Dr.
Bhattarai piqued over efforts to downgrade his position in
cabinet (nn), Ruling
allies
agree to appoint three deputy PMs (nn), PM
to
expand cabinet on Sunday (nn), Int’l
day
of dissappeared persons: Kin of 1200 missing still waiting
in agony (kp), Call
to
make disappeared’s status public (ht), Police
beat
up Maoist victims (kp), Fractious
coalition!, by Narayan Khadka (kp), Long
live
the republic, by Anand Aditya (kp), Political
symbolism, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Prachanda
As
Prime Minister, C.D. Bhatta (rn), Now,
Fulfill
The Commitments, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn)
29/08/2008: UML
gets
second cabinet rank, joining govt today (kp), Small
parties
will join cabinet by Saturday: PM Dahal (nn), Cabinet
expansion
delayed as Maoists engage in further deliberations
(nn), Responsibility
for
fractured coalition, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Toward
a
stable future, by Prakash Chandra Lohani (kp), New
outlook (ht), Suggestions
to
Nepal Government, by Tilak Rawal (sp), New
govt,
old hallenges: The new government faces the same old
problems – supply disruption, inflation, power cuts,
insecurity, strikes etc., by Sanjaya Dhakal
(sp), Vanished
without
a trace: Their families want to know what happened to the
Jogimara 17 (nt), Justice
delayed:
Let truth prevail on the International Day of the
Disappeared, by Ram Kumar Bhandari (nt), Thousands
‘still
missing after war’ (Gulf Times), Holding
up
one-third of the sky: In the 10 assembly sessions so far,
only two women have spoken, by Dewan Rai (nt), Nepal’s
‘remarkable’
peace needs international support – UN envoy (Relief
Web)
28/08/2008: Maoists
to
concede 2nd rank (kp), PM
Dahal
to induct UML in the govt (nn), Protocol
row
settled; UML ministers to be sworn in Friday (nn), Prime
Minister’s
balancing act after Olympic trip (ht), Prachanda’s
China
visit Departure in style, not substance, by Lok Raj
Baral (ht), Seized
land,
detainees still with Maoists, by Devendra Barma (kp),
Does
Khasan
deserve recognition?, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Strengthening
the
republic, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp)
27/08/2008: ‘Bumpy
road
ahead for statute drafting’ (kp), A
tenuous alliance, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Army
integration
in six months: Badal (ht), Prachanda’s
Commitments,
National Priorities, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Provincial
states
within two years: Gupta (rn)
26/08/2008: Gajurel
flays
row over ministerial hierarchy (ht), Politics
of
peace, by Basanta Lohani (kp), Prime
ministerial
fiasco, by Kuldev Sharma (kp), New
government:
Action more important than words, by Birendra P
Mishra (ht), Scientific
Land
Reform: The Meaning And Need, by Krishna Neupane (rn)
25/08/2008: Storm
in
a teacup (ht), MPRF
dirty
linen made public (kp), Maoist-led
government
& Congress, by Arjun Narasingha KC (kp) [see also
part
2 (kp 26/08/2008)], ‘The
Maoists
cannot sideline the NC’, interview with Krishna Prasad
Sitaula (kp) [The NC is sidelining itself! Become people oriented
instead of leader oriented!]
24/08/2008: Hierarchy
dispute
to be resolved soon: Gurung (kp), UML
won’t
yield on hierarchy: Khanal (kp), Khanal
adamant
on not joining govt, harps on hierarchy hurdle (ht), Khanal
reiterates
demand for second hierarchy (nn), MPRF
dissenters
want ministers sacked (kp), Coalition
looks
shaky, by Prakash Rimal (ht), Cabinet
Formation (rn), PM
addresses
nation: ‘Peace, new statute main responsibilities’
(kp), PM
for
Panchsheel ties with neighbours (ht), Nationality,
republic
major priorities of govt: PM (rn), Party
reactions
to PM’s speech mixed (kp), PM
should
have stayed, soothed flood-hit: Nidhi (ht)
23/08/2008: Nine-member
cabinet
formed, oath administered, by Prakash Acharya (rn), Only
eight
ministers sworn-in: UML won’t join govt without 2nd
ranking, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Eight
ministers
sworn in, UML stays out, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht)
[It cannot be that a party that
does not want to represent all Nepali people and that has
the support of only 6% of the people gets priority over a
party with more than 20% backing!!], Maoist
leader
says UML could be given second position (nn), MPRF
faction
miffed at nominations, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), UML
ministerial
team not inclusive: Rawal (ht), CA
moving
on wrong track: Aryal (kp), House
not
functioning properly: Ex-justice Aryal (ht), CMP
Of
Government (rn), The
least
they can do (kp), Some
Respite
After The Agreement, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn)
22/08/2008: Home
for
UML, MPRF gets Foreign: Power-sharing deal at last, by
Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Coalition
partners
make CMP public (rn), Pacts
inked
to run govt (ht) [see main
issues], "Cabinet
Formation
Has Been Delayed Due To Technicalities", interview
with Jhal Nath Khanal (sp), Maoists-UML-MJF
Alliance: Fickle
and Flimsy, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Cabinet
formation,
swearing-in today, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Likely
faces (nt), UML
nominates
its six ministers (nn), Cabinet
formed
including MJF, UML fails to join (nn), We
will
not join govt if UML not given second position, says
Poudel (nn), Officials
give
up search for VP residence, by Kiran Chapagain (kp), NC
to
walk out of CA if left bulldozes democrats: Dr Koirala,
by Kulchandra Neupane (kp) [???],
Available
options
to Maoist-led government: Binding constraints to growth,
by Bishwambher Pyakuryal (kp), Power
of theater and street marches, by Jiva Nath Lamsal
(kp), People
Should
Be The Priority, by Vijaya Chalise (rn), Warm
Response:
The newly elected PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'
receives a warm response from international leaders,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Four-corner
equilibrium (nt), Sowing
doubts:
Farmers fret as Maoists remain vague over land reform
plans, by Bihari K Shrestha (nt), Land
and
peace: Land reform cannot just be about redistribution, it
has to be a package deal, by Prashant Jha (nt), Shared
past,
shared future: Where will we be if there is no Nepal?,
by Narayan Khadka (nt), Current
model
of democratic republic will give no relief to people:
Bijukchhe (nn)
21/08/2008: New
govt
to represent 7 parties (kp), Government
formation
today: PM (kp), Cabinet
formation
likely today, claim leaders (ht), Maoists-UML
reach
power-sharing agreement; Bam Dev to lead UML team in govt
(nn), CPN
(M)
names four ministers so far (nn), Happy
honeymoon, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Stop
fooling
around (kp), Veep
seeks
more power (ht) [??],
Challenges
for
the present coalition, by Krishna Pokharel (ht), No
Bed
Of Roses, by Shyam K.C. (rn), The
Daura
Suruwal Saga, by Bishnu Gautam (rn) [The
traditional dress of the minority male Tagadhari elite
cannot be the national dress of multiethnic and
multicultural Nepal!!], Prachanda's
journey
begins in Beijing, by Dhruba Adhikary (Asia Times)
20/08/2008: Cabinet
likely
to take shape by Saturday (ht), PM
promises
to form an inclusive cabinet (nn), 'Cabinet
expansion
by Thursday evening' (nn), UML,
MPRF
want clarifications from Maoists (kp), PM
security
decision not ours: CPN-M (ht), No
decision
on deploying PLA for security, says PM (rn), PM
meets army chief (n), Politics
of
symbolism, by Abhi Subedi (kp), CPN-UML’s
CA
candidate quits party (ht), Nembang
stresses
on timely drafting of new constitution (ht), Nepal’s
federal
structure, by Hari Bansh Jha (ht), New
Nepal:
Winning Over The People’s Mind, by Prem Khatry (rn), PM’s
Priorities (rn), Parties’
Priorities
And Challenges, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Issues
galore!, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Sad
beginning! (tg), Evolution
of
Tharus took place right in Nepal’s Dang-Deukhuri valley,
interview with Mahesh Chaudhary Tharu (tg), No
early
congratulation to New Nepal PM (tg)
19/08/2008: PM
takes
oath in business suit (kp), Prachanda
takes
charge (ht), Prachanda
sworn
in as PM, assumes office, by Prakash Acharya (rn), Maoists
mobilise
PLA for PM’s security (ht), PLA
to
provide security for PM?, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Power-sharing
still
undecided (kp), Coalition
partners
still at odds over ministerial berths, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht), MJF
reiterates
claim for foreign ministry, deputy PM (nn), Common
Points (rn), Understanding
the
army ethos, by Kuldev Sharma (kp), New
government:
Pitfalls Maoists must avoid, by Bihari Krishna
Shrestha (ht), First
things
first (ht), Growing
Insecurity
In Terai, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), PM
Dahal
meets with Norwegian minister, Indian envoy (nn)
18/08/2008: Stage
set
for swearing-in (ht), Negotiations
for
ministries continue (kp), Nod
to
CMP, not to portfolios (kp) [Once
again the traditional power games!], Differences
within
alliance mar cabinet formation process (nn), Likely
contenders
for ministerial berths, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht),
Alliance
likely
to strike power sharing deal today (rn), Dr.
Bhattarai
to hold Finance, Badal to take over Defense portfolios
(nn), Alliance
partners
raise objection on Maoist decision to use PLA for PM's
security (nn), Global
Attention (rn), Maoist-led
government
would enjoy full term, says Pokharel (ht), NC
not for right, left alliance (kp) [?],
Looking
for
signs (ht), ‘Maoists
want
to establish socialist republic’, interview with
Narayan Kaji Shresha aka "Prakash" (kp), All
for
the people and country, by Shyam KC (kp), Apex
court
tells govt to help conflict-hit (ht), Marx,
Lenin,
Mao Live In Nepal, by P. Kharel (rn), ‘PLA
integration
must be made respectable’, interview with Janardan
Sharma ‘Prabhakar’ by Nandalal Tiweri (rn), Govt
will
announce relief programmes for people: PM (nn)
17/08/2008: Three
parties
prepare CMP (kp), Maoists
hope
to form govt by tomorrow (ht), Coalition
partners
close to power-sharing deal (rn), Alliance
partners
busy in efforts to finalise cabinet composition (nn),
March
Of
The New Government (rn), Felicitations
pouring
in (kp), Japan,
Bangladesh,
Pakistan greet PM (ht), Chinese
premier
looks forward to working with PM Dahal (nn), DPRK
to
increase cooperation with Nepal (nn), Prime
Minister’s
kin on cloud nine (ht), SP
not
to join new govt (kp), Mainstreaming
women, by Sorrel Retchford (kp), Nepal
prepares
for left-wing revolution (Gulf Times), New
Nepal
PM faces serious challenges (Gulf Times), With
Maoist
PM, Nepal braces for revolution (Times of India)
16/08/2008: Dahal
is
PM of republic Nepal, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), New
Nepal
turns left, Prachanda turns PM, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Prachanda
elected
Prime Minister, by Prakash Acharya (rn), Maoist
elected
Nepal prime minister, by Chitra Tiwari (Washington
Times), Revolutionaries
and
democrats, by Paul Reynolds (BBC News), Guerrilla
chief
to head government in Nepal, by Tilak Pokharel and
Somini Sengupta (iht), Who
is
Pushpa Kamal Dahal? (kp), Teacher
changes
course to be PM, by Chintamani Poudel (ht), Leading
a
new nation (ht), Dahal's
challenges (kp), US,
EU,
India, Japan welcome Dahal’s election (kp), Congratulatory
calls
from India, US, UN (ht), ‘Our
candidacy
was against Maoist insincerity’, by Thira L. Bhusal
(kp), With
NC
in oppn, statute-making may not be easy (ht) [When
wil the NC be able to understand its mistakes and
failures?], Maoist
past commitments (kp) [It is true that the Maoists have not fulfilled many
of their commitments and they should do so, but one should
also mention the numerous commitments of other parties and
politicians that have not been fulfilled after 1990!!],
Alliance
partners
to delve into nitty-gritty of portfolio division (nn),
Alliance
begins
work on portfolio division, CMP (nn), Political
Game
Continues, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn)
15/08/2008: CA
elects
PM today: UML, MPRF back Pushpa Kamal Dahal, by
Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Prachanda
poised
to bag PM’s post, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Presidential
poll
allies desert NC, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), NC’s
act
to set 7-point condition ‘a mistake’ (ht), At
last,
a way out (ht), 14
small
parties stress CMP (kp), NWPP,
RJM
to boycott PM election (nn), Prachanda,
Deuba
vie for top job (rn), Comrade
Prachanda
to Prime Minister Dahal: From farmer's son to teacher to
guerrilla chief to government, by Kunda Dixit (nt), Government
at
last: And time for the Maoists, finally, formally and
publicly, to renounce violence, by Kanak Mani Dixit
(nt), Prachanda
set
to be elected as the PM (nn), PM
poll
today (ek), Maoists
mingle
with alliance partners hours before assuming reins of govt
(nn), Leave
the
army alone, by Kuldev Sharma (kp), Kamal
Thapa’s
coquetry & Maoists, by Khagendran N Sharma (kp), Need
For
Value-based Politics, by Vijaya Chalise (rn), Power:
At
What Cost?, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Women
participation
in state affairs stressed (rn), Empty
role:
The vice president would like something to do, by CK
Lal (nt), NC
expresses
concern over 'independence' of army, judiciary and
bureaucracy (nn) [What does
'independence' mean in this context? And have they really
been 'independent' under NC rule??], Deuba
loses
the race, gets only 113 votes (nn), Prachanda
elected
PM with 464 votes (nn), Maoist
chairman
Dahal 1st republican PM (ek), India,
US,
EU and Japan congratulate Prachanda on his election as PM
(nn)
14/08/2008: UML
divided
over forging alliance with Maoists, by Ghanashyam Ojha
and Thiralal Bhusal (kp), UML
central
committee backs consensus govt (ht), CPN-Maoist,
NC
to fight for top post (rn), NC
may
field Deuba for PM’s post (ht) [Please
say it's not true!], NC
to
explore option of reviving NC-UML-MJF alliance (nn), Congress
should
sit in the opposition, by Kanchan Jha (ht), Race
for
PM beings as parties fail to reach consensus (nn), Repeating
classic
constitutional blunders, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), We
want
sensible politics, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Prachanda
files
nomination for PM; says it will be a national unity govt
(nn), Koirala
prepares
to leave Baluwatar (nn)
13/08/2008: Maoist-UML
alliance
likely, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Prachanda
meets
with Khanal as race to form govt heats (nn), Consensus
government
still dear to CPN-UML (ht), Untenable
logic! (tg), NC
to
be in oppn, Maoists cling to Defense (kp), Maoists
still
trying to convince NC to join govt (nn), 16
fringe
parties decide to back Maoist-led govt (nn), Lawmakers
stress unity among parties (kp), Political
disaster (kp), What’s
triggering
tug-of-war over Defence (ht), NC
may
field its candidate for prime minister (nn), Give
another Ram a chance, by Ramesh Khatry (kp) [Why NC, a party that has main
responsibility for most failures after 1990 and that is
only backed by a small portion of Nepali voters??],
Question
of
PLA integration, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), PLA
integration
into NA key (ht), Parties’ Inconsistency
In
Words And Action, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Decomposing
Nationalism!, by N. P.Upadhyaya (tg), Until
there
are Tharus and Tharuhat Nepali sovereignty will remain
intact!, interview with Maheshwor Prasad
Chaudhary (tg), Chaos
descends
on Nepal, by Dhruba Adhikary (Asia Times)
12/08/2008: House
to
elect PM Friday (kp), House
to
elect PM on Aug 15 (rn), Constituent
Assembly
to elect PM on Friday (ht), NC’s
elected
CA members rap top leaders, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), NC
CA
members against giving up Defence (ht),
PM
Koirala
meets security chiefs (nn), Nepal
thinks
security-related portfolio should go to parties other than
NC, Maoists (nn), Govt
sans
NC likely: Parleys on for consensus (kp), Government
formation
Where will the UML find itself?, by Krishna
Pokharel (ht), UML
holding
crucial meet on power-sharing (nn), Maoist
chief
says picture will be clear by Wednesday evening (nn),
Politics
Of
Consensus In Crisis, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Valley
denizens
pin hopes on new government (ht), Analyzing
the
Maoist CMP, by Kundan Singh Khatri (kp), Maoist
victims
rally to make govt meet their demands (ht), Waste
No
Time (rn), External
Interference
And Nepali State, by C.D. Bhatta (rn), Activists
debate
on empowering women (nn)
11/08/2008: President
asks
CA to elect (ht) CA
set
to start PM election process (kp), Power-sharing
efforts
hit a hitch, CA stirred into action (nn), PM
election on Friday (nn), Maoist-UML
tie-up
most likely, by Prakash Rimal (ht), No
Defense
Ministry to others: Maoist leader (kp), NC
will
be pushed to opposition if it demands Defense Ministry:
Prachanda (nn), Defence
still
a bone of contention (ht), NC
not
to join Maoist govt without defence portfolio (ht), Koirala
consults
with Congress CA members; reiterates claim over defence
portfolio (nn), NC
'offers'
govt leadership to UML (nn), Rules
of
the game (ht), Telling
stories
of bleeding hearts, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Decision
on
Nagarjun political: PM to SC (kp) [Only
the SC can decide this, not the PM!], ‘Abolition
of
monarchy interim’ (kp) [Monarchy was not abolished by the interim
constitution but by the CA, Mr Thapa!], From
free fall to a basket case?, by Hari Bansha Dulal
(kp), ‘Unilateralism
has
no place in Nepalese politics’, interview
with Prakash Acharya, NC (rn), ‘Create
mine-free
Nepal’ (rn)
10/08/2008: Maoists
again
fail to form government (Peninsula), Congress
sticks
to Defence bottomline (kp) [The
intention is quite obvious and smacks of foreign
intervention!!], Maoists,
NC
reiterate claim over defense ministry (nn), Big
Four
behind impasse: CPN-U (ht), Big
parties
will fail for sure: RPP-N (kp) [What
a shame that even the most conservative traditionalists
are sure! Only the departure from traditionalist thinking
and behaviour can save Nepal!], Prez
calls
parties to form majority govt (ht), CA
will
start procedure on PM election (nn), Parleys
over
govt formation continue (nn), Political
revolution
not over: Baidya (ht), Clarion
call
to empower Janajatis (ht)
09/08/2008: Consensus
dumped
over power-sharing issue: Parties likely to parley for
majority govt, by Ghanashyam Ojha and Yuvraj Acharya
(kp), Parties
miss
deadline for unity govt (ht), Four
parties
fail to strike agreement (rn), Parties
haggle
over plum portfolios (nn) [!!!], Consensus,
Unity
Take Backseat, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn), NC
won’t
join new govt: Acharya (kp) [The
NC result in the CA elections did not come unexpected for
careful observers, Mr Acharya!!], UML
ready
to lead unity govt: KP Oli (ht) [This
is not what the people have expressed through the CA
elections!!!], NC
decides
to take initiative for govt formation (nn) [This is not what the
people have expressed through the CA elections!! Good-bye
to peace and reconstruction!], Maoist
chief
claims his party will form govt in a week (nn), Trouble
inside, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp), Anatomy
of
Hindi, by Prakash A Raj (kp), UN
chief
calls for protection of indigenous languages (ht)
08/08/2008: Parties
fail
to reach consensus (kp), Efforts
to
form govt intensify as president's deadline is set to
expire (nn), Maoists
to
lay claim to head govt today, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Reality
check:
No alternative to a Maoist-led govt, by Ajaya
Bhadra Khanal (ht), NC
flayed
for staying 'mute' (rn), Lekhak
urges
Maoists to act responsibly (ht) [All
party leaders do not act responsible!!!], Why
Not
A Left Front Govt?, by Vijaya Chalise (rn), Ever
Elusive:
As consensus remains a national rhetoric search for an
'internatioanl' alternative gets underway, by Sushil
Sharma (sp), PM
meets
Gachchhadar; some NC leaders want Koirala to lead new govt
(nn) [Please respect the people's
verdict: They neither want Koirala nor any other NC
politician heading the government because they have
totally failed after 1990 and do not stand for necessary
changes!], Fringe
parties
for Maoist-led govt (nn), Common
maximum
program: Remember what worked, and just do it, by
Bijari K Shrestha (nt), Changing
Alignment:
As the discussions on power sharing begins among four
major parties, one sees a politics of changing alignment,
by Keshab Poudel, "Govt
Of
National Consensus Is The Best Option", interview
with KP Oli (sp), Janaandolan-injured
yet
to get full relief money (kp), Maoist
victims launch fresh protest (kp), ‘HR
worsening
in mid and far west’ (kp), First
the
economy, by Bhanu Prasad Acharya (kp), Four
months
of post CA pol, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), NFIN
organizes
various programs to mark Int'l Day of Indigenous People
(nn), ‘Ensure
indigenous
people’s rights’ (kp), Historical
exclusion
of indigenous people, by Bhesh Kumar Tamang
(kp), Good
governance: Rhetoric
Vs Reality, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Road
to
nowhere: When was the last time we had real governance?,
by Artha Beed (nt), Slow-burn in
the
Tarai: If you do not deal with the youth bulge there will
be conflict, by Prashant Jha (nt), Strikes
and
blockades hitting livelihoods (IRIN), Talks
fail,
new govt to be formed by CA, say leaders (nn)
07/08/2008: Task
force
meet snagged by past pacts, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp),
Koirala
bidding
to form govt? (ht), PM
Koirala
meets MK Nepal amidst speculation that he is eager for
second inning (nn), Maoist
chief
miffed by PM Koirala, says his activism undermines Prez
call (nn), Govt
under
our leadership almost impossible: Baidya (nn), Maoist
chief
asks Nepal to head statute panel, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), MK Nepal
again
offered to head statute drafting committee (nn), Consensus
In
Action (rn), Impose
President’s
Rule, says Dhungana (ht), Four
parties
pack up meeting without result, agree to meet on Friday
(nn), Dahal
orders
YCL paramilitary dissolved: Seeks help for return of
properties (kp), Prachanda
tells
YCL to demilitarise (ht), YCL
demilitarisation
fiat a score for YF: Khanal (ht), ‘Media
into
character assassination’ (kp), More
areas
prohibited for protests (kp), Democratic
reform
of military, by Bishalchandra Nepal (kp), Political
process
Cooperation is the key, by Bhavani P Dhungana (ht), Peace
process
in Nepal moving in right direction: UNSG (nn) [??
Please make honest and not diplomatic statements!!]
06/08/2008: Big
4
to draw up new CMP: Consensus deadline extended 3 days
(kp), Deadline
to
form govt extended (ht), Task
force
to find basis for national consensus (rn), Leaders
claim
parties close to consensus on govt formation (ht), Koirala
out,
Prachanda in! (tg), PM
meets
with leaders of smaller parties (nn) [??],
NC,
UML
accused of playing dirty games (ht), Khanal
blames
Maoists for delay in govt formation (nn) [All
'leading' politicians of the major parties are
responsible!!], Parties
unable
to reach any breakthrough (nn), New
Political
Calling (rn), Government
formation:
Nepal can’t afford further ado, by Ajit NS Thapa
(ht), Promote
Politics
Of Consensus, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), WB
grant to pay PLA, conflict victims (kp), Govt
announces
relief aid to conflict-hit families (nn), Amalgamation,
politics
or art, by Abhi Subedi (kp), A
Shangri-la coalition, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp), Prachanda
directs
party organisation to end para military activities of YCL
(nn), VP
Jha
flouts Supreme Court order (nn), Vice
President
Jha ignores apex-court order (tg)
05/08/2008: Parties
agree
on consensus govt idea: Remain unclear about joining in
(kp), Big
Four
one on unity government (ht), Points
For
New Govt (rn), Govt
forms
task force to end VAW: Women denounce structure (kp),
Women’s
demand (kp), Do
UML
leaders value ethics?, by Kiran Chapagain (kp) [Nepal is not the only person to be
questioned! Why are there travelling so many 'officials'
with a handful of athletes? This is also a form of
corruption!!], The
peace
dividend, by Madhu P Regmi (kp), Vice-president
who
misread the Nepali text, by Puran P Bista (kp), Economic
Federalism:
Nepali Perspective, by Shanker Man Singh (rn) [see
also part
2 (06/08/2008)], Terai
shut
down as anti-Hindi protests revive (Gulf Times), Hindi
Boomerang
Hits Nepal: Maybe it is time to recognize the
position of the language in the country, by Bhumika
Ghimire (on)
04/08/2008: A
jinxed agenda for Maoists: Maoist consultation for govt
formation, by Ghanashyam Ojha & Yuvraj Acharya
(kp), Marathon
parleys
for govt formation on (ht), Need
of
the moment (ht), TMLP
to
stay out of govt (nn), CA
regulations
amended to elect new PM (ht), VP
oath
issue is political: Govt (kp), PMO
to
SC: Don’t intervene in oath row (ht), At
least
six women injured, dozens arrested (kp), NHRC
cautions
against excessive use of force (kp), We
want
law against “intersectionality” abuse, interview with
Sapana Malla Pradhan (kp), Time
for
introspection, by Shyam KC (kp), Dalits
want
constitution to incorporate their voices (ht), ‘CPN-Maoist
confident
about leading next govt’, interview with Netra
Bikram Chanda ‘Biplav’ (rn)
03/08/2008: Maoists
float
50-point CMP, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Maoists
draft
CMP for new govt, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Maoist-proposed
CMP
fails to impress NC, UML (nn), MJF
undecided
on joining govt (ht), Caretaker’s
Dilemma, by Ambar Mainali (rn), Maoists
urged
to return seized properties (kp), Victims
of
Maoist atrocities gather in capital for 'decisive
movement' (nn), State
and
its ironies, by Arun Gupto (kp), Women’s
novel
protest today (ht), Police
bar
women activists from protesting semi-nude (nn) [The continued beating of
unprotected persons with wooden sticvks by the police
violates human dignity and is a crime that comes close to
attempted murder!!!], President's
travel
to China for Beijing Olympics cancelled (nn)
02/08/2008: Maoists
to
lead government, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Maoists
decide
to lead new government (ht), NC,
UML
stress consensus govt (kp), NC
no
more obstacle to Maoist to form government: Poudel
(rn), Maoists
to
discuss common minimum programme with 24 parties (nn),
Put
ban
on banda (kp), The
sky
won’t fall!, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Terrorism
A
metaphysical AIDS, by Beerendra Pandey (kp), Nothing
Seems
To Be Working Well, by C. D. Bhatta (rn), For
An
End To The Uneasy Calm, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn), Alliance
for
Peace hails political development (rn)
01/08/2008: Maoist
CC
meeting: Most Maoists want 3 conditions met (kp), Sour
Grapes?
As a new government still looks elusive Maoists look for
the villain of the piece (sp), by Sushil Sharma, CPN-M
readying
concept paper on new govt (ht), Maoist
to
forward proposal to parties for consensus (rn), NC
leaders
propose govt without Maoists (nn) [This
is neither what Nepal needs nor what the Nepali people
have voted for!! Such suggestions can only come from
persons who want to prevent urgent fundamental changes!!],
‘MPRF
won’t
join govt at cost of Madhes agenda’ (kp), Govt
sans
any of Big Four meaningless: MJF (ht), Maoists
decide
to form govt (nn), UML
keenly
watching Maoist efforts to form govt, says Khanal
(nn), Parmananda
Jha’s
chaste Hindi, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Maoists’
relapse
syndrome, by Tilak P Pokharel (kp), Future
of
NA & integration of Maoist PLA, by Kul Chandra
Gautam (kp), Government
formation:
Constitutional complexities, by Surya Dhungel
(ht), Democracy
Is
Following Rule Of Games, by Vijaya Chalise (rn),
Vice
President
on controversy: Undesirable Trends, by Keshab
Poudel (sp), "They
betrayed
us", UML presidential candidate Madhab Kumar Nepal
speaks his mind about the Maoists in an interview (nt), The
disparate
duo: Yadav's conformism and Jha's deviance, we need them
both, by CK Lal (nt), Manufacturing
mistrust:
This week saw identity politics at its most cynical,
by Prashant Jha (nt), New
constitution
not even in 6 years if present situation persists: RPP
chairman Rana (nn) [!!]
31/07/2008: Maoists
also
give nod: PM leaving for Colombo today (kp), Maoists
into homework to form govt (kp), Maoists
working
on basis for unity govt (ht), Prez
shifts
to Dhapasi (kp), The
nature
of Presidency, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Autopsy
on
UNMIN report, by Ramesh Dahal (kp), Indigenous
students
for ethnicity based federalism (nn), Federalism
complex,
says German prof (ht), Call
for
women-friendly statute (ht), Chief
Secretary
calls for inclusive bureaucracy (ht), What’s
next? (ht), Apology
of
VP (rn), Hindi
row
ends with VP’s apology (Gulf Times), Nepal's
Growing
Pains: Protests show just how far we've still got to
go, by Bhumika Ghimire (on 31/07/2008)
30/07/2008: Maoists,
UML
threaten CA move to stop PM’s trip (kp), Finally,
parties
give green signal to Koirala's Colombo trip (nn), Much
ado
about trivial issue, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), President
calls on Maoists to form govt (kp), President
invites
Maoists to form govt (ht), Maoists,
UML
revive bonhomie (kp), UML,
Maoists
drawing closer, again (nn), UML
flip-flops (kp), NC
to
stay out of Maoist govt: Shekhar (ht), Maoist
close
to deal on forming govt: Prachanda (rn), Vice-President
sad
at the turn of events (ht), Didn’t
mean
to hurt national language, others: VP Jha (kp) [You did what you did intentionally and
in full awareness of what might happen!], Demos
against
VP continue (kp), Strike
hits
Tarai districts (ht), Language
row
turns into war (Gulf Times), Hindi
row
turns ugly in Nepal (Times of India), Symbolism
in
politics, by Alok K Bohara (kp), Getting
over
a Nepali-Hindi shock, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), Why
This
Political Dilemma?, by C.P. Gajurel (rn) [see also part
2, 31/07/2008], Mission:
Finish
Nepal! (tg), Power
Hunger, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Past
shows
the future, by Nav Raj Pokharel (tg)
29/07/2008: Experts
differ
on Prez’s role in govt formation, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Right
chord (ht), President’s
Call (rn), Maoists
start
work on govt (kp), UML
won’t
join govt without NC: Pokharel (kp) [???],
Delay
in
govt formation affecting CA, says Nemwang (nn), Maoists
to
present their proposal of govt formation to 24 parties
(nn), Koirala
unsuitable:
Dahal to Lanka envoy; PM to attend 15th SAARC (kp), Prachanda
against
Koirala representing Nepal in SAARC meet (ht), Maoists,
UML
join forces to stop Koirala from attending SAARC summit
(nn), Nepal
advises
PM to send President to attend SAARC Summit (nn), SC
seeks
reply from Vice Prez (kp), SC
fiat
to veep on oath row (ht), Protests
against
veep unabated (kp), Home
Ministry
calls for calm as protests spread (rn), Presidential
oath
row: 12 injured in clashes with police (ht), Language
protests
hit trade, transport (Gulf Times), Ugly
turn (kp), Languages
And
Lingua Franca, by Dhruba H. Adhikary (rn), UML
advisory
body demands VP’s resignation (rn), House
directs
govt to uphold law and order (kp), House
urges
public to stay calm (ht), VP
Jha,
dhoti and Hindi, by Sukhdev Shah (kp), Women
demand
their share of power (kp), Agitating
women
seek more support (kp), The
king
is gone, long live the kingdom’s old ways, by
Siddharth Varadarajan (Hindu)
28/07/2008: President
calls
for national unity (kp), Prez
meets
party leaders (kp), President
pins
high hopes on new government (ht), ‘President
violating
statute’ (kp), Maoists
for
national consensus: Dr Bhattarai (kp), Protests
against
veep continue (kp), Row
over
Hindi now reaches parliament (Gulf Times), CA
directs govt to take steps to maintain communal harmony;
students call off protest (nn), Dahal
says
sorry to Nepal: Nepal says 'Too late' (kp), UML
asks Maoists to apologise for 'betrayal' (nn), New
govt
must before SAARC summit: CPN-M (ht), Maoists
to
hold talks with 24 other parties (nn), Immediate
priority, by Damakant Jayshi (kp), Maoist-seized
properties
remain unreturned, by Rajendra Nath (kp), Private
land,
houses still in CPN-Maoist cadres’ clutches,
by Rajendra Bhatta (ht), The
same
old story, by Shyam KC (kp), Harmony:
Need
of Hour, by By Arun Ranjit (rn), Realities
Of
Coalition Politics, by P. Kharel (rn), ‘Power
Game
Must Not Impede Drafting Of New Constitution’,
interview with Subas Chandra Nembang (rn), KRCC
demands
its representations in key state organs (nn), Parties
advise
Maoists to buckle up to lead new govt (nn), NC
CWC members want party to remain outside govt (nn) [No wonder, many of them have been
defeated in the CA elections!!]
27/07/2008: NC
asks
Maoists to head new govt (kp), Nepali
Congress
divided over Maoists (ht), Maoists
not
to let Koirala be PM again (ht), National
consensus
govt best option: UML chief (kp), ‘UML
won’t
join govt if national consensus is not forged’ (rn), Madhesi
parties
root for unity govt (ht), All-party
meeting
deferred till Monday (nn), Eyeing
New
Government (rn), Karnali
folks
seek special privileges (ht), Protests
continue
against VP’s oath in Hindi (kp), Anti-Hindi
protests
continue in Nepal (Peninsula), Students
to
continue protest against VP (nn), Madhesi
CA
members throw weight behind VP Jha; student protests
continue (nn), Initial
hearing
on Veep Jha 'Hindi episode' today (nn), SC
starts
hearing on VP case (nn), V-P
defensive
as anti-Hindi protests grow (Gulf Times), Big
3 acting under foreign 'grand design': Thapa (kp), Becoming
a
Banana Republic?, by Madhukar Narsingh Rana (kp), Kin
of
disappeared curse government (ht), The
‘Unnatural’
Coalition, by Rajendra Kirati (rn), Maoist
leader
gives Prez lesson on constitutionality (nn)
26/07/2008: Prez
starts
political consultations (kp), Prez
begins
parleys on new govt (ht), President
Yadav
holds consultation with Madhesi leaders (nn), Nepal
Maoists
set conditions to form government (Daily Times), Maoists
set
three terms to end impasse (Peninsula), Maoists
put
conditions to form govt (Gulf Times), NC,
UML
reject Maoist terms (ht), NC
leaders
divided over joining next govt (nn), Maoists
'ready
to form government' (Gulf Daily News), President
has
urged us to take initiative to form the govt: Mahara
(nn), Oath
controversy
reaches SC (kp), VP
Jha
defends his swearing in Hindi (nn), ‘No
alternative
to consensus’ (kp), Modus
operandi
of saving nation, by Kundan Singh Khatri (kp), Meritocracy
vs
mediocrity, by Alankar Khanal (kp), Leaving
the
legacy of hypocrisy, by Michelle Annand (kp), Call
to
embrace secularism (ht), Work
Unitedly:
Don’t Fail The People, by Indra Rijal (rn), The
Constitution
Dilemma: Maoist opposition poses a serious threat to the
peace process, by Pratibedan Baidya (on), CPN-M
calls
all-party meeting on Sunday (nn)
25/07/2008: Maoists
set
conditions for leading govt, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp),
Maoists
set
terms to lead government (kp), Nepal
Maoists
offer compromise out of political crisis (Straits
Times), Three
parties
spurn Maoist conditions (nn), PM
Koirala
courts Madhesi parties (nn), President
consults
lawyers (kp), Will
Nepal’s
new president woo the Maoists back? (Gulf Times), Maoists
have
no option but to join the government, by Yadav Khanal
(kp), Nembang
elected
CA chair unopposed (kp), NC-UML-MPRF
alliance
will not break: Oli (kp) [There is no alternative to the cooperation of the
three big parties! The necessary changes are not possible
without participation of the Maoists!!], Can
leopard
change its spots?, by Puran Agrawal (kp), End
the immoral politics, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Magic
number (ht), Numeric
Game
Could Derail Peace Process, by Vijaya Chalise (rn), Now,
The
Wait Is For The Next Government, by Prem N. Kakkar
(rn), Dr
Rambaran
Yadav's victory: Against Divisive Politics, by
Keshab Poudel (sp), “Whether
One
Lives In Himal, Madhes Or Pahad, We All Are Nepalis”,
interview with President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav (sp), "We
Have
Lost A Moral Ground To Stake A Claim To Form The New
Government", interview with Pushpa Kamal Dahal
'Prachanda' (sp), An
ethnic
presidency: A good start, but Ram Baran Yadav became
president by chance, by Pramod Mishra (nt), Statesmanship,
Mr
Dahal (nt), A
nation of Rams: President Ram's first order of business
will be to work with the Maoists, by CK Lal (nt), Not
out
of the woods yet: Democracy is in danger not just from
Maoist authoritarianism, but the lack of real
political opposition to them, by Prashant Jha (nt), Madhesisation:
If
you squeeze the spring too hard, it can jump out of your
hand, by Trib Tharu (nt), Case
against
VP for taking oath in Hindi (nn), Veep
Jha
swearing in Hindi unconstitutional: Mahara (nn), Politics
of
Defeating Each Other in Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar
(Scoop), Political
stasis
in Nepal (Hindu), Geography
should
be the first basis for federal division of the country:
Tripathi (nn), Tharus
announce
fresh protests (nn), President
consults
with Maoist leaders, legal experts (nn)
24/07/2008: President,
VP
sworn in (kp), President,
veep
sworn in (ht), First
day
at his job, Vice Prez Jha sparks protests after swearing
in Hindi (nn), My
post
represents entire Napalis: President, by Prakash
Acharya (rn), Prez,
VP
to be addressed as ‘His Excellency’ (kp), Dhanusha-5
seat
vacated (ht), Ban
urges
parties to collaborate on new govt: UN, various countries
congratulate Prez, VP (kp), Dahal
reaches
out to UML chief: Discusses further political course
(kp), Maoists
should
form govt, says Khanal (ht), Maoists
start
consultation (nn), PM
Koirala
formally resigns (kp), Statute
fuzzy
on govt formation, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Race
is
on to form new govt (nn), Nembang
unopposed
candidate for CA Chair (kp), Nembang
unanimous
choice for Chairperson (ht), Nemwang
elected
CA chairman unopposed; urges parties to work together
(nn), Women's
identities
& illusions, by Sangita Rayamajhi (kp), Women
warn of stronger protests (kp), Emergence
of
women in Nepal, by Aditi Bhaduri (Deccan Herald), Prove
The
Cassandras Wrong, by Shyam K.C. (rn), Conflict-hit
families
get relief (rn), UNMIN
term
extended for six months (nn), Kotwada
Victims
Await Justice: Gov't needs to take any action against
those involved in grave human rights violations, by
Pratibedan Baidya (on), Prachanda
advances
three conditions to lead the government (nn)
23/07/2008: Maoists
not
to form next govt (kp),
Peace process in peril: Prachanda (ht), Maoists
backtrack
on ruling Nepal (Peninsula), Nepal
Maoists
refuse to form government (Daily Times), We
claim
PM’s post if Maoists decline: MPRF (kp) [????],
NC,
CPN-UML
for PM from MJF: Gachhadar (ht ) [???
Welcome to the chaotic politics of the mid 1990s!!],
‘UML
will
seek options if Maoists don’t form govt’ (kp), Rectify
decision:
3 parties to Maoists (kp), Political
opponents
press Nepal's former rebels to form and lead new
government (iht), New
crisis
hits Nepal (Gulf Daily News), New
crisis
for Nepal as Maoists refuse to form government (Sydney
Morning Herald), UML
proposes
Nembang as CA chair (kp), NC,
UML,
MJF to back Nembang for CA Chairman (ht), U-turn
via President, by Abhi Subedi (kp), A
Madhesi president!, by Sukhdev Shah (kp), UN,
US,
China laud presidential polls (ht), President
calling (ht), Presidential
election
Undermining EC’s role, by Birendra P Mishra (ht),
Uncertain
Course
Of Nepali Politics, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Promise
Of
President (rn), Inclusiveness
with
open heart (tg), Privatization
of
politics is dangerous for political stability in Nepal!,
interview with C.D. Bhatta (tg), Madhesi
Issue:
Deep Rooted?, by Bal Krishna Jha (tg), PM
Koirala
to tender his resignation today (nn)
22/07/2008: Dr
Yadav
is Nepal’s first president: Man of modest beginnings,
by Manika Jha & Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Yadav
elected
first President of Nepal, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht), Nepal:
First
President Elected; Peace process may be in danger, by
Kishor Panthi (on), Nepal's
governing
assembly elects a physician to become the new republic's
first president (iht), Nepal
Maoists
lose presidential election (Daily Times), First
President (kp), The
best
option (ht), CJ
to
administer oath of office to Prez (ht), Prez
to
live at Ministerial Quarters for now, by Kiran
Chapagain & Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), VP
placed
second in protocol ranking (nn), Maoists
to
wait and see (kp), Maoists
undecided
on staking claim for government formation (ht), Maoists
to
make key decision on govt formation (nn), Maoists
decide
not to form govt (nn) [Without the Maoists filling the most responsible
position, the urgent fundamental changes will not be
possible! Nepal will stuck to status quo!!], Reality
check:
New challenges for political transition, by Ajaya
Bhadra Khanal, The
ultimate
betrayal, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Mutiny
poses threat to stability, by Ranadhoj Limbu-Angbuhang
(kp), Democracy
in
Nepal: Its uncharted course, by Ganga Thapa (ht),
Presidential
Choice
Signals Loss For MJF, by Sukhdev Shah (rn), Maoists
see
foreign hand in sudden political turn (nn), NC,
MJF reaffirm support to UML for CA chair (nn), Nationality
not
in crisis: VP Jha, by Prithvi Shrestha (nn)
21/07/2008: Ground
swells
for Dr Yadav’s presidency, by Yuvraj Acharya,
Ghanashyam Ojha and Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Numbers
favour
Yadav in presidential re-poll (ht), Contest
For
Presidentship (ht), Presidential
run-off
begins with Dr Yadav in a stronger position (nn), Presidential
election
over, 590 votes cast (nn), Dr
Yadav
becomes Nepal's first president (nn), ‘Dr
Yadav
is Nepal’s first prez’ (ko), From
a
farmer's son to first president of republic Nepal: A short
biography of Dr Ram Baran Yadav, by Anand Gurung (nn),
President's
swearing
in to take place on Wednesday (rn), Dahal
raps
new alliance (kp), New
alliance
may derail peace bid: Prachanda (ht), We
won’t
form govt if our Ram Raja loses: Mohan Baidya (kp), Maoists
may
not form govt, says Baidhya (ht), Gajurel
sees
obstacles in peace process (nn), New
alliance
will be counter-productive: Dr Bhattarai (nn), Peace
minister
blasts at Maoists (nn), Dirty
politics (kp), Not
the
end (ht), Never
had
it so good, by Shyam KC (kp), Maoists
not
to join govt (nn)
20/07/2008: Paramananda
Jha
elected vice prez: Prez poll run-off on Monday, by
Yuvraj Acharya (kp), MJF’s
Jha’s
VP; presidential run-off tomorrow, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), CA
elects
Vice-President, Re-election for President on Monday,
by By Prakash Acharya (rn), Nepal
House
fails to elect first president (Peninsula), New
republic
of Nepal yet to get its President (Times of India), A
victory for Madhes movement, says Jha (kp), Order
of precedence revised (kp), Highest
protocol
ranking for President (ht), High-magnitude
tremor
awaits CPN-M, by Prakash Rimal (ht), No
Escape
From Crisis, by Ambar Mainali (rn), NC,
UML
and MJF to hold talks with small parties (nn), PM
meets
with Chure Bhawar leader; parties intensify parleys
(nn), RJM
to
back Dr. Yadav in presidential race (nn), New
alliance
not meant to form govt, says NC leader (nn), Maoist
chairman
warns 'unholy alliance' could jeopardise peace process
(nn), Three
fringe
parties to boycott run-off presidential poll (nn)
19/07/2008: Prez
and
VP candidates speak of impartial role (kp), Madhes
parties give alignments new twist (kp), Stage
set
for last minute reshuffling of alliances ahead of
presidential polls (nn), New
alliance
is born; 'president to NC, veep to MJF and CA chair to
UML' (nn), Maoists
blundered
in prez choice: Gautam (kp), Nepal
assembly
members begin voting to elect first president (iht), Voting
may
spring last-minute surprise (ht), Heavyweights
have
hectic day to woo small parties (rn), Election
for
president, vice president begins (nn), Voting
for
president, vice president completes; 16 CA members absent
(nn), Jha
becomes
Nepal's first vice president; re-polling for president set
for Monday (nn), Jha
vows
to work in independent manner (nn), Chand
smells
conspiracy in NC-UML-MJF alliance (nn), Consensus
Is
A Must (rn), Stability
the
buzz word (kp), British
Minister
calls NHRC to end impunity (ht), Call
to
carve out Karnali state (ht)
18/07/2008: Negotiations
fail,
big parties field own candidates, by Ghanashyam
Okja & Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Three
presidential
candidates in fray (rn), Maoists
pick
Ram Raja for President’s post (ht), Nepal’s
hopes
shattered, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Will
all
Madhes vote for Ram Raja, Jha? (kp), MJF
puts
forth condition for supporting Singh (nn), Guru
of
republicans, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), End
of
consensus (ht), Shift
From
Consensual Polity, by Vijaya Chalise (rn), Prime
Minister
Dahal and President Singh (nt), Former
anti-monarchist
and palace bomber likely to be elected Nepal's first
president (iht), Parties
campaigning
for presidential election (nn), Parties
intensify
parleys over tomorrow's presidential election (nn), RPP-Nepal
to
boycott the presidential election (nn), Republic
Nepal's
first president, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Secys
for Prez and Vice Prez offices named (kp), Maoist
govt for ‘revolutionary’ land reform (kp), Swiss
expert advises well mulled federation (kp), Another
backdoor bonus?, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Conundrum
For
The People, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn), Leaders:
Power
Without Accountability, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Pardoning
the
perpetrators, by Mallika Aryal (nt), The
long,
long wait: Families of the disappeared want truth and
justice, by Ramkumar Bhandari (nt), PLA
cannot
be integrated into any security agencies: Poudel (nn),
Constitution-making
could
suffer due to differences among parties (nn)
17/07/2008: Parties
set
to choose Prez, VP by vote (kp), NC
to
file nominations for prez, VP (kp), Nepal
front-runner
for President’s post, by Arjun Bhandari (ht
17/07/2008), Parties
scramble
to find a presidential candidate (nn), Nepal
parties
to elect 1st president, by Binaj Gurubacharya
(Washington Times), UML-Maoist
ties
likely to break as Maoists propose Ramraja for president
(nn), CPN-M
president
candidate gathers simple majority (Xinhua), Candidates
for
president, veep file nominations; Singh stands fair chance
(nn), Parties
fail
to pick common presidential candidate; frontrunners are
three Madhesis (nn), Prez,
VP
office bureaucracies get ready, by Kiran Chapagain
(kp), Details
on
fifth amendment, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Don’t
push
it, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Colonialism
or
neocolonialism?, by Arun Kumar Pokhrel (kp), Constitution
making
The importance of consensus, by Birendra P Mishra
(ht), More
Difficult
Than Gunning Down People, by Shyam K.C. (rn), New
Alignment (rn), Maoist
Nepal
Better Balance the Power for a Stable Government, by
Prakash Bom (Global Politician), Unity
Gov of 3-Main-Political-Party Alone Can Save Nepal, by
Prakash Bom (Global Politician), Why
do UMDF Madhesi Parties of Nepal Need Affirmative
Supplementary Bill?, by Prakash Bom (Global
Politician), Nepal's,
by Prakash Bom (Global Politician)
16/07/2008: Prez,
Vice-prez
election on Saturday (kp), Presidential
poll
on Saturday (ht), Presidential
election
process to begin from Wednesday (nn), Political
parleys
for consensus continue (kp), UML,
Maoists
to continue parleys for common candidate for president
(nn), CA
members:
Punish caste discriminators (kp), Kamal
Thapa
owes 10 million: Recover Rs 14m from king’s ministers:
CIAA tells Govt, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), CIAA
indicts
three former ministers, by Ananta Raj Luitel
(ht), CIAA
not
to initiate action against ex-ministers (nn), Anarchy
abetting
interference, by Madhab P Khanal (kp), Madhesis'
subversive
demands (kp), by Kundan Singh Khatri (kp), Those
For
And Against, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), One
Madhesh
is merely a slogan!, by Bijaya Kumar Gacchedhar (tg),
Grassroots
people
and new constitution, by Lars Peter Christensen (ht),
Genie
out
of bottle!, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Engendering
the
quest for justice in Nepal, by Hyshyama Rizani (tg)
15/07/2008: Maoists
intensify
consultations (kp), Maoists
begin
talks on govt formation (ht), Nepal's
top
political parties begin search for country's first
president (iht), UML,
Maoists
fail to reach consensus on president (nn), NC
now formally stakes its claim for presidency (nn), CA
to
elect president on July 19 (nn), Still
worthwhile (ht), Clearing
The
Political Hurdles (rn), Let
the
debate begin (kp), AWC
questions
US firm's report (kp), Don’t
pardon
criminals, says rights activist (ht), Assembly
okays
advance, expenditure bill (ht), Govt
draws
flak for failing to bring full-fledged budget (nn), Lethal
freefall, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Fed
up
with banda!, by Sangam Silpakar (kp), Sensible
Solution
To Madhes Problem, by Sukhdev Shah (rn), PM
office
ignores 49 court orders (nn), UN
seeks
govt clarification for UNMIN term extension (nn)
14/07/2008: CA
passes
Fifth Amendment bill, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Fifth
Amendment
passed; coast cleared for forming majority govt (nn),
Decks
cleared
for govt formation, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Parties
talking
about consensus but not showing commitment: Maoist chief
(nn), Maoists
ask
NC to join next govt (nn), Maoists,
UML
agree to name president in two days (nn), ‘Nepal
needs real and deep devolution of powers’, interview
with French ambassador Gilles-Henri Garault (kp), CA
disruption
Elite mindset still holds sway, by Lok Raj Baral
(ht), CA
passes
the advance expenditure bill (nn)
13/07/2008: No
talks
with NC about prez: Maoists (kp), Maoists
not
keen on post of President (ht), Khanal
wants
Madhes pact reviewed (kp), UML
receives
flak for Khanal's remarks (nn), February
28
agreement aims to split country, says Khanal (ht), Opposition’s
inclusion
on NSC likely (kp), Madhes
parties
to boycott CA today (kp), Madhesi
parties
to boycott CA today (ht), Madhesi
parties
not to disrupt House, says NC (ht), Home
Minister
blames Maoists for delay in government formation (kp)
[??], Maoists
blame
NC for delay in govt formation (nn), National
Unity
Government (rn), Dalit
CA
members flay Swiss model of federalism (ht), Some
Thoughts
On Federalism, by Kishor Shrestha (rn), Ethnicity-based
federalism
is a must: Dev Gurung (nn)
12/07/2008: Top
posts
no basis for power sharing: Dahal (kp), Three-party
unity
must: Prachanda (ht), Onus
on
Maoists for political outlet: PM (kp), PM
consults
Madhesi parties (kp), Maoist
Central
Secretariat meeting begins in Dhulikhel (nn), Tarai
banda
cripples life for 2nd day (kp), Bandh
hits
Tarai districts (ht), One
Strike
Too Many (rn), ‘Adhere
to
cooperation and consensus’ (kp), Prachanda
told
to promote unity (ht), Justice
denied
to conflict victims?, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Paradigm
shift
in political thinking, by Sarad Pradhan (kp)
11/07/2008: PM,
Dahal
serious over Madhesi boycott (kp), Deadlock
Cleared (rn), Stumbling
Blocks
Still Remain, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn), Tharu,
indigenous
groups to continue stir (kp), Tharus,
indigenous
groups to continue stir against ‘One Madhes’ demand
(n), Anti-Madhes
strike
hits life across Tarai (ht), NEFIN
chief
vows to fight for indigenous people (ht), ‘Keep
patient unless there’s threat to nat’l sovereignty’
(kp) [?? Without any question, the
army has absolutely no right to take decisions on its own!
So, there should be no such comments from the army
leadership which, by the way, has already supported the
royal coup of 2005 against the will of the people!!],
One
Nepal,
one country and Nepaliness, by Rita Thapa (kp), Federalism
Needs
Broader Interpretation, by Vijaya Chalise (rn), 'Ethnicity
based
federalism will invite division' (nn), Prachanda
urges
NC to join new govt (ht), MoPR
at
crossroads, by Madhu P Regmi (kp), Southern
thoughts, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), A
basic lesson (ht), Allowing
CA
to take its course, by Babina Moktan (Lawoti)
(ht), PM
Koirala
persuades Madhesi leaders not to boycott CA (nn), Prachanda
fears
disintegration of the country, stresses on consensus
politics (nn), Civil
society
asks Maoist to take lead (nn), Uncertain
Course:
Despite the agreement, Madhesi parties are yet to accept
the bill (sp), "There
Does
Not Exist A Single Madhes In The History Of This Country",
interview with Ram Chandra Jha (sp), "We
Will
Even Go To The Extent Of Mass Resignation", interview
with Rajendra Mahato (sp) [Please
do so if you think it's necessary! The Madhesis constitute
about 40% of the Tarai population; there is no
justification for a single Madhes province against the
will of the other 60% population!!], Restructuring
of
State: Slogan of Decentralization Under Centralized
Leadership, by Keshab Poudel (sp)
10/07/2008: Make
Morang
to Kanchanpur Tharuhat: Tharus (ht), Tharu
bandh
halts transportation in highways (nn), Fifth
amendment:
Madhesis boycott tabling of bill (ht), CA
meeting
resumes under budget urgency, by Bishnu Budhathoki
(kp), Principal
secretary
proposed to lead prez office bureaucracy, by Kiran
Chapagain (kp) [Bet you, it
will be a male Bahun once again!!], ‘20
Janajati
groups excluded from CA’ (kp), No
CA?
No pay!, by Ramesh Khatry (kp) [A
good idea if you also include all those not elected
politicians who illegitimately stick to their post and
prevent the formation of a new government and the running
of the urgent CA affairs!!], Reservation
for
women must: Activists (ht), Dalits
seek
20 per cent quota (ht)
09/07/2008: SPA
govt
registers amendment bill (kp), Fresh
deal
to end Madhes deadlock, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht),
Madhesi
parties
in internal consultations over the supplementary bill
(nn), Madhesi
leaders
spit venom at supplementary bill (nn), Dozen
groups
claim 3 districts as ‘autonomous state’, by Chetan
Adhikari (kp), Tharus
form
struggle panel (ht), Tharu
activists
to continue protest, more organisations rally against 'one
Madhes' (nn), What
Is
The Motive Behind One Madhes State?, by Yuba Nath
Lamsal (rn), Federal
system
not viable option: NPF chairman (kp), Federal
system
will harm national unity: Chitra Bahadur KC (nn), Muslims
deserve
‘special rights’ in New Nepal: Dahal (kp), Flow
or stagnation?, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Meaning
of
'NEPAL', by Indra Nath Arjyal (kp), Keep
the
Nepal Army pure, by Arjun Bishta (kp), Gender
and
Transitional Justice in Nepal, by Hyshyama Rizani (tg
09/07/2008)
08/07/2008: Madhesis
oppose
draft supplementary amendment (kp) [They
obviously want to destroy this nation! There will be no
Nepal soon if this goes on for long!!], Talks
on
Madhes deadlocked again, by Arjun Bhandari (ht),
Tharus
torch
statute bits (ht), Parties
resume
discussions to end the Madhes imbroglio (nn), Ethnic
state
demanded (ht), Compensation
still
eludes conflict victims, by Tularam Pandey (kp), New
Nepal:
Singapore, Switzerland or…?, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada
(kp) [There will be no new Nepal
if the politicians continue to destroy the country as they
have done in the past three months!!], Summons
from
Kangaroo court, by Prakash A Raj (kp), Wake-up
call:
CA members must show their mettle, by Sunil B
Pant (ht), People
Bear
Brunt Of Transition, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Litmus
Test
For CPN-Maoist, by Adity Rana Pandey (rn)
07/07/2008: New
bill
to address Madhesi demands (kp), Caretaker
govt
can’t table new bills: Acharya (kp), Dozens
hurt
in Maoist-NC clash (kp), Leaders
dismiss
‘one Madhes’ demand (kp), Madhes
doesn’t
exist, says Maoist leader (ht), Rajbanshis,
too,
rise for separate autonomous state (nn), Way
out
of political deadlock in sight (ht), Civil
society
members condemn continued House disruption (ht), Stop
Pressure
Tactics (rn)
06/07/2008: Maoists
for
CA vote on contentious issues (kp), ‘Supple-mentary
bill
tackles Madhes issues’ (kp), Yadav
for
taking to streets against bill (kp), MJF
chief
comes down heavily on Big Three (ht), Tharus
march
against ‘one Madhes’ (kp), KJWP
donation
drive terrorizes locals, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp), Byproduct
of
insurgency, by Sorrel Retchford (kp), Right
to
self-rule for all stressed (ht), Precious
Identity, by Ambar Mainali (rn), Nepal’s
Peace
Process And UNMIN, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn), Parties
head
towards confrontation over Madhesi issue (nn), Terai
based
parties pushing country into disintegration: Jha (nn),
Terai
parties
will suffer major set back if they oppose bill: UML gen
secy (nn), Three
parties
decide to carry on consultations with Madhesi parties
(nn), Indigenous
Tharus
continue protest against 'one Madhes' demand (nn), Three
parties
agree to bring new amendment bill; Madhesi parties to
allow CA to function (nn)
05/07/2008: SPA
decides
to table supplementary bill, by Yuvraj Acharya &
Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Big
Three
strike deal sans fringe parties’ nod, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), Govt
to
bring supplementary bill before CA today (nn), Maoist
CA
members complain of party's 'weakened role' (nn), We
are
here too (kp), ‘One
madhes
state unacceptable’ (kp), Madhesi
parties
conclude govt has betrayed them (nn), 20
Tarai
districts shut in protest (ht), Parties
holding
internal discussions ahead of CA meeting (nn), Protesting
Tharu
activists clash with police (nn)
04/07/2008: ‘CA
disruptions
violate our rights’: Big 3 undermining CA: Small parties
(kp) [Correct is: It violates the
rights of the people!!], Smaller
parties
up in arms over CA imbroglio (nn), No
consensus
yet (kp), Big
Three
reach consensus; minor allies oppose draft supplementary
bill (nn), Cabinet
endorses
supplementary bill; nominates 26 CA members (nn), ‘Maoists
yet
to be responsible’ (kp), NC
president
essential for now, by Ramesh Khatry (kp) [??],
They
are
looting the country, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp) [Uncredible corruption and nepotism!!],
Are
We
Heading Towards Disintegration?, by Vijaya Chalise
(rn), Big
Three
vs Other Three: If moderate Madhesis are ignored, it is
the militants who will benefit, by CK Lal (nt), Message
from
the Madhes: No longer can three Pahadi Bahun men sit in
Baluwatar and decide for the rest of the country, by
Prashant Jha (nt), We
belong
together (nt), Elusive
Consensus
And Unity, Prem N. Kakkar (rn), Peace
dividend?
The politicians are so busy bickering, they have forgotten
the people, by Bihari K Shrestha (nt), ICG
urges
cooperation among parties for new govt (nn), Nepali
politics:
Are we stuck in another quagmire?, by Ajit N S
Thapa (ht), Students
protest
'One Madhesh' demand, say it'll be counterproductive for
Madhesis (nn), Federalism
should
not jeopardise national unity: Dr. Mahat (nn)
03/07/2008: Big
3
differ over autonomy, NA group entry, by Bishnu
Budhathoki (kp), Govt
likely
to table Bill on Madhes, by Arjun Bhandari (ht),
Big
Three
selling Madhes to buy time, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht), Maoist
'agree'
to address Madhesi demands in supplementary bill (nn),
Displaced
to
get new houses, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Conflict
damage
yet to be repaired, by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp), Who
cares
Constituent Assembly?, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Consensus
or
confrontation?, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Democratization
or
politicization?, by Arjun Bishta (kp), Law
of
the jungle (ht), Employees
deplore
Youth Force (nn) [?? More
and more signs of anarchy!], NHRC
asks
govt to improve security situation (nn), Cooperative
Federal
Structure: A workable politico-economic approach for New
Nepal, by Alok K Bohara (nn), Federal
structure
should not affect national integrity: RPP Chairman Rana
(nn), Khanal
predicts
ten more days for formation of new government (nn)
02/07/2008: Tharus
enraged
over 'Madhesisation' of Terai, announce protest programmes
(nn), Three-party
taskforce
fails at agreement (kp) [This is the task of the CA and not of the parties!
Form a government and let the CA do start its work!!],
Near
consensus
on Madhesis’ concerns, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), ‘One
Madhes,
One Pradesh wrongheaded’ (kp), One
Madhes
State Not Feasible, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), Defending
National
Integrity of Nepal from Political Impropriety, by
Prakash Bom (Global Politician), Is
Nepal
back at the brink? Post CA polls, by Surendra Phuyal
(kp), Equality
principle (ht), Are
All
The Hurdles Cleared?, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Stop
The
Killings (rn), New
Constitution
should be inclusive, US Ambassador Powell (tg), Peace
Movements
in Nepal, by Dev Raj Dahal (tg), India’s
stand
on Madhesh issue is self contradicting, by Keshav
Prasad Mainali, President Chure Bhawar Ekta Samaj (tg), Debate
One
Madesh One Pradesh (tg), Leadership
Challenges
in Nepal, by Rupesh Dahal (tg)
01/07/2008: 6
parties to seek common position on Madhes (kp), Sitaula
meets
Maoist chairman (nn), Carving
states
CA task: Bhattarai (ht) [!!!], UML
repressing
Madhes demands: Yadav (kp), CPN-UML
fails
to woo MJF to end house disruption (ht), Six
parties
agree to introduce supplementary amendment bill to resolve
CA deadlock (nn), Maoists
never
offered president to UML: Khanal (kp), They
await
word on disappeared kin, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp),
Confusion
reigns (ht), Breaking
The
Logjam (rn), NC
concludes
it will stay in opposition (nn), Confusion
in
constitution-making (hsa)
30/06/2008: CA
stalled
yet again: Maoists tilt to UML stance on Madhes (kp),
No
end
to House disruption (ht), Flimsy
basis (ht), Do
Not
Disrupt (rn), Madhesi
leaders
threaten agitation (ht), Big
Three
vow to keep their word on Madhes (ht), 'One
Madhesh' demand is a threat to national integrity, says
Khanal (nn), Need
for
a concrete reparations scheme, by Navaraj Pudasaini
(kp), Maoist
chief
blames Terai parties for delay in govt formation (nn),
In
Nepal:
'We are trying our best to understand democracy', by
Raymond Whitaker (Independent, UK), Three
parties to hold consultations with Madhesi parties jointly
on Tuesday (nn 30/06/2008)
29/06/2008: CA
meeting
stalled again: SPA divided on Madhes issue, by Yuvraj
Acharya and Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Madhes
issue
stalls CA session again (ht) [What
is the CA good for if you want to introduce all changes
without it?], Disruption
to
continue: MJF (ht) [You
migrants are speaking for not more than 40% of the Tarai
population, especially not for the indigenous population!!],
CA
stalemate
continues (nn), Tharus
against
‘One Madhes’ (ht), Gupta
threatens
to paralyse the entire country if Madhesi demands are not
met (nn), Baidya
says
Maoists in favour of autonomous regions (nn), Maoists,
UML
say no to key demands of Terai parties (nn), UML’s
anti-autonomy
stance (ht), No
place
for Maoist troops in NA: Yadav (kp), Ethnicity
and
nation: Fact & Fiction, by Arun Gupto (kp), Special
house
for Janandolan-hit, by Merina Sharma (ht) [Do not forget to punish those who were
most responsible like Kamal Thapa!!], Maoists
moot
presidential poll on July 2 (Gulf Times), Maoists
plan
presidential poll on Wednesday (Peninsula)
28/06/2008: Maoists
want
Singh for prez: UML sticks to Nepal, by Ghanashyam
Ojha (kp), PM’s
resignation
not legal: Experts (ht), PM,
Maoists
assure Madhesis (kp), Tharus,
Chure
Bhawar object to 'One Madhes' (nn) [They
are the indigenous Tarai inhabitants!], Maoists,
UML
say no to single Madhes state (ht), Madhesi
MPs
threaten more House disruptions (ht), Terai
parties
again obstruct CA proceeding; next CA meeting Sunday
afternoon (nn), SPA
meeting
over Terai parties' demands inconclusive (nn), NC
leaders
press for opposition role (kp), Maoist
criticized
over stance on seized property (kp), Is
it
the geography, stupid?, by Hari Bansha Dulal &
Samyam Waglé (kp), Who
demands
reservation?, by Prabha Kaini (kp), Majoritarian
rule
may delay statute-making process, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht)
27/06/2008: PM
announces
resignation: Urges unity among parties, by Yuvraj
Acharya (kp), PM Koirala
steps
aside (ht), The
final
act Emotional Koirala calls it quits (ht) [Text of
PM's resignation speech], Nepal’s
PM
steps down, paves way for Maoists (Peninsula), Democratic
gesture (kp), Pilgrims’
progress (ht), End
of
the alliance, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Beginning
of
End: Long on the verge of collapse, the seven-party
coalition is finally falling apart, by Sushil Sharma
(sp), "This
Is
Just An Alliance To Settle The Political Deadlock",
interview with Jhal Nath Khanal (sp), Parties
intensify
internal, bilateral discussions (nn), Madhesi
parties’
move to delay govt formation, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht), How
CA
polls will affect Sino-India ties, by Prakash A Raj
(kp), New
Nepal
needs new minds, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Culture
of
impunity in Nepal, by Dipendra Jha (ht), Danger
of
revival of 'conflict' still exists if the CA process is
not wisely handled, interview with Surya Dhungel (sp),
Deepening
Crisis, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Parties
recommend
names for 26 CA members (nn), Political
Mistrust
in Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop), Nepal's
troubled society, by Kamala Sarup (Scoop), Question
of
Defining National Security Council of Nepal, by
Prakash Bom (Global Politician), Now,
the
people: With the politics finally getting sorted out, time
to focus on the economy (nt), Absolute
anarchy:
Does the UML's left arm know what its left palm is doing?,
by CK Lal (nt)
26/06/2008: Parties
ink
fresh deal: Statute amendment proposal Thursday, by
Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Done
deal
at last, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), CA
assembly
legitimises republic declaration (ht), ‘Incorporate
Madhesi
issues in constitution amendment bill’ (kp), Prachanda,
Prakash
discuss govt formation (ht), Maoist-UML
alliance
disaster for country: Oli, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Towards
an
authoritarian regime?, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), Failing
state
& developing crises, by Lok Raj Baral (kp), New
Nepal:
Minority rights and opportunity, by Sunil Pant
(ht)
25/06/2008: Difference
persists
over security council: Parties strike deal, by Yuvraj
Acharya and Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Seven
parties
okay new deals, by Hem Dulal (ht), Taskforce
finalising
draft of agreement (nn), Parties
agree
to present fifth amendment (nn), Cabinet
approves
constitutional amendment draft (nn), UML,
MJF
discuss political deadlock (ht), Koirala’s
utility
over? (tg), Woman
killed
by landmine near NA premises, by Kashiram Dangi (kp),
Dreams
and
reality, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Has
Politics
Of Consensus Come To An End?, by Yuba Nath Lamsal
(rn), Bahuns
have
become even stronger than before after abolition of
monarchy, interview with Krishna B. Bhattachan (tg), Nepal
to
extend term of UN mission by another six months
(Monster & Critics), From
monarchy
to anarchy in Nepal (Gulf Today)
24/06/2008: Maoists,
UML
to leave NC out: Seven-Party Alliance breaks down, by
Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Sitaula
meets
Dahal as Maoists prepare to go without NC (nn), Maoists
willing
to ditch NC and form govt through CA (nn), Time
running out for annual policy, program, by Bishnu
Budhathoki (kp), Issues
of
integration, by Ranadhoj Limbu (kp), Call
for
greater political alliance, by Gauri Pradhan (kp), Peace
process:
The role of President, by Birendra P Mishra
(ht), Nepal: A
Small
Victory for Nepali Women, by Mallika Aryal (IPS), Is
a
'Red' Nepal a Threat to India? The prospect alarming for
some of India's security and foreign policy analysts,
by Bhumika Ghimire (on), Parties
discuss
constitution amendment; preparing to introduce a bill in
CA (nn)
23/06/2008: SPA
meeting:
Maoists walk away from talks, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp),
Distrust
mars
seven parties’ meeting (nn), PM
Koirala
confers with army chief (nn) [After
Gyanendra/army coup now Koirala/army coup??], ‘One-third
produce
to Maoists’: Maoists continue distributing land, by
Ganesh Chaudhari (kp), Jana
Andolan
injured living with bullet in body, by Prem Nepali
(kp), Sadbhawana
against
PLA-NA integration (ht), UK
minister
urges parties to form new govt (kp), Expedite
govt
formation: Malik (ht), Moral
bankruptcy (kp), Partisan
president,
speaker, by Shyam KC (kp), Identifying
The
First President, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Time
to
write statute, not to form new alliances: Experts
(ht), Nepali
politics:
The management of transition, by Ajit NS Thapa
(ht), Consensus
the
key (ht), Dialectics
Of
Relations (rn), Nepal:
People
In Search Of A Future, by Kamala Sarup (Scoop), UML-Maoists
come
closer; agree to move ahead together (nn)
22/06/2008: SPA
still
at odds on key issues (kp), Consensus
eludes
SPA meet (ht), No
consensus
on Nepal as prez: Baidya (kp) [Why
cannot be a woman the first president?? The UML is missing
another chance towards an inclusive Nepal!], Identifying
The
First President, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Poll
verdict resolves deadlock: RJP chief (kp), Redesign
flag,
change national animal: MNO (ht), Indigenous
people
seek 26 CA seats (ht)
21/06/2008: Maoists
pull
out from government, by Ghanashyam Ojha and Yuvraj
Acharya (kp), Maoists
decide
to call it quits, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), UK
minister
urges consensus (kp), PIL
against
Gyanendra, ex-royals (kp), CA
members
spend time blaming each other (kp) [A
national shame and frustration for the Nepali people who
have elected a constituent assembly to leay the foundation
for a better Nepal!!], Nepal
parties
fail to break deadlock (Peninsula), Seven
parties’
consultations underway in Baluwatar (nn) [Please
copy this information every day for the next ten years....],
Daylong
talks
end without result; parties unable to break the deadlock
(nn), Put
economy
at center: CA member Chaudhary (kp), Assembly
members
flay govt’s failure on security front (ht), Renewal
of Nepal, by Bimal Koirala (kp), Autonomy
of
the CA, by Bhimarjun Acharya (kp), President
for
peace, by D B Gurung (kp), UML,
Maoist
leaders differ on presidential candidate (nn)
20/06/2008: I’ll
resign
if SPA asks: PM (kp) [You don't have the people's mandate, so you have to
resign immediately! This is not up to the SPA!!], Panel
drafts
proposal to settle vexed issues, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), Parties
to
continue parleys (nn), Power
tussle
ends as former Maoist guerrillas yield to parties’
conditions (Gulf Times), SC
admin
told to admit writ on privileges to ex-royals (kp), Maoists
and
UML cosy up on power-sharing; president for UML and PM for
Maoists (nn), Left
unity (kp), Nepal
parties
agree to recruit Maoist fighters into army
(Peninsula), Issue
of
army integration, by Yubaraj Sangroula (kp), Propaganda
politics, by Surendra R Devkota (kp), Blow
to
consensus (ht), Prime
Minister
Dahal (nt), Begin
at
the beginning: The disappearances, impunity and terror
started 23 years ago, by CK Lal (nt), Veering
off
course: Myopic politicians are missing the bigger picture,
by Prashant Jha (nt), Work
in
progress: Let the rule of law be the king in the new
republic, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt), Impunity
must
end for violence to stop in south-central Nepal, UN
officials say (Scoop)
19/06/2008: Consensus
on
army integration, statute amendment, by Ghanashyam
Ojha (kp), Talks
make
no headway: NC’s stance a ‘stumbling block’, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), Pradip
flays
Baluwatar parleys (ht), Electing
the
unelected: Koirala has proved me right, by Ranjan
Panth (ht), UML
forwards
Nepal’s name as presidential candidate (nn) [???],
Big
Three
reach consensus on army integration, constitution
amendment; Maoists back Sahana as presidential candidate
(nn), CA
adjourns
sine die, legislature to resume Friday (kp) [Throw
all not elected politicians out of all functions
immediately! The elections have been for CA primarily!!],
Assembly
meeting
put off indefinitely (ht), RJP
reminds
‘Big 3’ of responsibility (kp), New
crown, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Vigilance
after
victory, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Koirala
ready
to step down; hints NC won't be part of next govt (nn)
18/06/2008: Crucial
power
sharing talks today; Three-party meet: Differences narrow
down (kp), Parties
to
pursue path of consensus: Maoists to alter YCL’s structure
in two weeks (ht), Powwow
continues
among big three (nn) [Throw all of them into a dust bin, especially those
who have not been legitimized by the people through
elections!!], Big
three
stumble over power-sharing; agree to continue talks
(nn), Sahana
Pradhan
mooted as new president (ht), Make
Pradhan
president: Sharma (kp), UML
continues
to lay claim over presidential post (nn), Singh’s
name acceptable: Mahato (kp), Maoists’
no-trust
motion threat against govt (ht), The
great
president hunt, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Maoist
victims want property returned (kp), Nepal
still
on press freedom watch list (kp), It
all
depends on admin, by Dhruba Nepal (kp), A
paradigm shift? Himalayan geo-politics, by Sutrendra
Phuyal (kp), Unedifying
spectacle (ht), Parties
Must
Shun Double Standards, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), The
Coconut
Republic! (tg), Prime
Minister
Koirala facilitating Left Unity (tg), A
mere change in the name of the system is not going to pay
off, by Rabindra Khanal (tg), Martin
urges
Nepal govt to define UNMIN's role (nn)
17/06/2008: 24-hour
Maoist
ultimatum to PM (kp), CPN-M
likely
to quit govt today, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Accord
on
new govt soon: Khanal (kp), UML
gen
secy for left unity (nn), Three
parties
to resume talks; Maoists engage in internal consultations
(nn), Maoists
to
be rigid on their stance; no to Koirala as president
(nn), Up
to
1,000-man security proposed for president, by Kiran
Chapagain (kp) [???], Tripartite
meet
fails to decide PLA’s fate (ht), Ask
Maoist
combatants what they want, by Prakash Rimal (ht),
Avoid
hasty
decision on PLA: Ex-general (kp), Military
experts
caution on hasty decision on army integration (nn), Breaking
The
Deadlock, by Pranav Bhattarai (rn), 12
injured
in bomb blast (kp), Checks
and
balances, by Damakant Jayshi (kp), The
pot
and the kettle, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Constituent
Assembly:
Keeping the House in order, by Sunil Babu Pant
(ht), Answering
for
it (ht), Model
Of
Federalism (rn)
16/06/2008: Tackle
policy
issues then claim govt: UML to Maoists (kp), Keep
mum
on prez, UML tells Maoists (ht), Three
parties
continue discussion for consensus (nn), Greed,
power
and fate, by Monica Regmi (kp), ‘The
polls
succeeded because we became Gandhis’, interview with
Ganesh Man Pun, head of the Young Communist League (kp) [Our remembrance of Gandhi is totally
different from ICL's daily behaviour!!], Bomb
hurled
at a passenger bus; six hurt (nn), Dahal,
Carter
to be conferred peace awards (nn)
15/06/2008: Dismiss
report
on seeking presidency: NC leaders stick to 7 points
(kp), GP
Koirala
not right choice: Leftists (ht), Maoist
chief
rules out Koirala's name from presidential race (nn),
Nepal
urges
consensus at earliest, govt formation (kp), Maoists
responsible for delay: Khanal, by Rajendra Pratap Shah
(kp), UML,
Maoist
leaders hold talks (nn), Maoist
chief
asks parties to help them in formation of govt; warns them
of consequences (nn), Maoists
target
Ram Hari’s brother (kp), Poudel
calls
Maoists to disarm (ht), Mainali
warns
of another conflict (ht), Marginalised
women
seek Assembly seats (ht), Swan-song
Of
Ex-king Gyanendra, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Toward
Regression
in Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop), An
Outlook
of Federal Security System of Republic Nepal &
Integration of PLA, by Prakash Bom (Global
Politician), Martin
discusses
army integration issue with Maoist chairman (nn)
14/06/2008: ‘APF
can
be scrapped if need be’: PLA to be separate security
force: Pun (kp), No
integration
of PLA: Yadav (kp), Big
parties
split over PLA adjustment plan (ht), Maoists
to
develop new media model: Baidya (kp) [There
can be no commitment against press freedom!!], Baidya
for
new model of press freedom (ht), HR
violation
victims yet to be compensated (kp), Himalayan
republic, by Buddhi Narayan Shrestha (kp), Jhala
Nath
Khanal for UML-Maoist tie-up (ht), Mahat
blames
Maoists for anti-investment climate (ht), Maoist
'positive'
about Koirala as president (nn) [??],
Maoists
shift
stand, want UN monitors to continue (Peninsula)
13/06/2008: Maoist
ministers
quit government (ht), Maoist
ministers'
resignation will not be forwarded to PM for the time being
(nn), Nepal's
former
rebels quit government, demand prime minister resign
(iht), Coalition
government
by June 18: Minister Gurung (nn), Bhattarai
hopes
for consensus by June 18 (ht), CPN-UML
lays
claim to president’s post (ht), UML
also
stakes claim to presidency (nn), Sahana
ok
as prez, says Dev Gurung (ht), President
through
consensus: Bhattarai (kp), Evening
shows
the night, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), No
compromise
on NA’s purity, sanctity, integrity: Katawal (kp), Army
to
help institutionalise democracy: Gen Katawal (ht), Parties
divided
over army integration (nn), Keep
out
of politics, Maoists warn ousted king Gyanendra
(Peninsula), Prachanda
to
visit Mao-land for 'more inspiration' (nn), Extreme
leftist
groups pushing country into a brink: Finance Minister
(nn), New
govt
will take over in three days: PM (nn), Irrelevant
republic:
In Lele, it makes little difference whether Nepal has a
king or not, by Mallika Aryal (nt), The
priest
and the warrior: Finding a president in an age of
political correctness, by CK Lal (nt), We
ain't
seen nothing yet: That was just the trailer; let the show
commence, by Prashant Jha (nt), Federalism:
Learning
The Steps (sp)
12/06/2008: Produce
CA
agenda: Minor parties (kp), Policy
on
PLA first, govt later: NC, UML (ht) [Please
take time! As always before, you have only been elected
(if you have been elected at all) to fight for power and
privilegies!!], No
compromise
on entry of 'qualified and capable' individuals in NA:
Army Chief (nn), Army's
purity
should not be compromised in the name of democratisation:
Army chief (kp), NC,
Maoists
close to reaching agreement on govt formation (nn), CMDP
against
any royal privilege to ex-king (kp), Gyanendra
abandons
Narayanhiti, by Kiran Chapagain (kp), Ex-king
vacates
Narayanhiti, not to leave Nepal, by Hem Dulal
(ht), Gyanendra’s
valedictory
address (kp) [text of his speech], Outgoing
message (kp), CA
members
condemn palace placation (ht), Parties
show
mixed reaction to ex-king’s exit (kp), Royal
rebuff
for waiting scribes (ht), Student
offers
house, Land Cruiser to former king (ht), 3
cops hurt in shootout, arms looted, by Dambarsingh Rai
(kp), Cops
hurt
in Kirant outfit attack (ht), Ex-MMT
leader,
others held with weapons (kp), Maoists
arrested
with weapons (ht), 6
injured in school blast (kp), Credit
and
power sharing politics, by Som P Pudasaini (kp),
Conflict
casualty
probe panel to get extension (ht), The
Letter
That Is Still Valid, by Shyam KC (rn), Ram
Raja
as presidential candidate acceptable: TMLP chief (nn),
Bhattarai
sees
UNMIN's role until NA-PLA integration (nn)
11/06/2008: Civil
Society
to press for end to stalemate (kp), Consensus
still
not at hand, says Home Minister Sitaula (ht), Task-force
indecisive
on PLA integration model (ht), Panel
to
ask YCL to vacate buildings (kp), Gyanendra
wants
400 army troops: Leaving Narayanhiti today, by Kiran
Chapagain (kp) [When will Nepal
abolish monarchy??], CA
members
object to govt handouts to ex-king, POL price hike
(nn), Ex-King
holds
press meet before leaving Narayanhiti; refutes allegations
labeled against him; says he won't go into exile (nn),
Ex-King
Gyanendra
leaves Narayanhiti (nn), Journos,
media
still at risk: Report (kp), Maoists
yet
to return seized land, property (kp), Off
track (ht), A
fortnight in a nation's life, by Abhi Subedi (kp), From
divine
right to democracy, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp), Unanimity
among
republicans, by Gauri Pradhan (kp), Monarchy
Is
Gone, But Challenges Remain, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn),
Power
center
to shift from Delhi to Nagarjun (tg), Make
it
a habit and hope against hope, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg),
When
federalism
and democracy go hand in hand, the chances of secession
are lesser, interview with Budhi Karki (tg), SC
rejects
writ challenging cabinet decision (nn) [The
SC decision is wrong: Every Nepali citizen is personally
effected by this 'political' decision since it means waste
of public money for the richest private person in the
country!!], Four
injured
in separate explosions (nn)
10/06/2008: Prez,
VP,
PM election by simple majority (kp), Simple
CA
majority to decide prez, PM (ht), Parties'
panel
working to finalise understanding (nn), Panel
hits
a snag over the issue of integration of Maoist combatants
(nn), Maoists
to
name Ram Raja Singh for prez (kp), We’ll
never
accept Koirala as prez: Dahal (kp), 200
ropani
inside palace sought: Gyanendra demands Trishul Sadan also,
by Kiran Chapagain (kp) [This is
not the abolition of a monarchy that has putsched against
the state some years ago! Graceful exit can only mean: no
punishment, no expulsion from the country!!], Civil
society
flays royal retreat for Gyanendra, kin (ht) [!!!], Red
tapes
under the red flag, by Chandan Sapkota (kp), Indian
federal
experience & Nepal, by Beerendra Pandey (kp), Signs
of
the future (ht), Celebrating
The
Republic (rn), Telling
The
Truth About The War, by Simon Robins (rn)
09/06/2008: Panel
to
iron out political differences (ht), Parties
set
up panel to draft statute amendment (kp), Three-party
panel
reaches consensus on statute amendment (nn), Beside
the
point (ht), Maoist
flexibility (kp), Maoists
against
prez from big parties (kp), Eyeing
The
Presidency (rn), With
Maoist
backing Ram Raja emerges as strong presidential hopeful
(nn), Republic
not
any party’s victory: PM (kp) [Though
it is for sure that there would be neither a republic and
nor an inclusive CA without the Maoist insurgency, Mr
Koirala!], Women
seek
50 pc reservation (ht), A
New Nepal: Changing of the guard, by Ganga Thapa (ht),
Finally,
It
Is A Graceful Exit, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Track
what Gyanendra takes: Govt, by Kiran Chapagain (kp), Maoists
promise
squatters seized land, by Mohan Budaair (kp), Maoist
Kangaroo
court still around, by Surendra Subedi (kp), Who
should be head of state?, by Shyam KC (kp), ‘Keep
out
of tarai affairs’, interview with Hridayesh Tripathi
(kp), ‘Nothing
except
one Madhes’, interview with Jaya Prakash Gupta (kp), NC
youths
enraged over Maoist atrocities; vow to float YCL-like
units (nn)
08/06/2008: Caucuses
close
to consensus on key issues (ht), Gesture
Of
Flexibility (rn), UML
wants
Assembly to elect President (ht), Elect,
not
handpick first Prez: Khanal, by Lilaballav Ghimire
(kp), PM
or
prez should be Madhesi: MJF (ht), MJF
against
Koirala for president (nn), NC
intensifies
lobbying for Koirala's 'presidential bid'; gets negative
response from Maoists (nn), Three
parties
form a joint panel to suggest ways to resolve the deadlock
(nn), Maoist
nod
for simple majority: Parties closer to consensus, by
Yuvraj Acharya & Thira L Bhusal (kp), Politics
of
principles need of the hour, by Prakash Rimal
(ht), Prachanda
sees
bid to trigger ethnic violence (ht), Gyanendra
faces
threat from kin, says Maoist leader (ht), Vulpine
Greed For Power: Replacing Shah Dynasty with Koirala
Dynasty? by Mohan Nepali (Scoop)
07/06/2008: Maoists
oppose:
NC to propose Koirala for prez (kp), Thumbs
down
for Koirala as president (ht), Koirala
too
frail for prez: Yadav (kp), NC
intensifies
lobbying for Koirala's 'presidential bid'; gets negative
response from Maoists (nn), Maoists
flexible
on simple majority (kp), Prachanda
sees
impasse ending on Monday (ht), Prachanda
not
keen to back Koirala as president; ready for statute
amendment (nn), NC,
UML
reach understanding on appointment of president (nn),
All
25
parties can stay out of govt: Poudel (kp) [How
stupid! Does he really want to be a political leader??],
Don’t
ignore
us, plead puny parties (ht), Crown,
scepter
missing? Govt panel looking for records, by Kiran
Chapagain (kp), 3
shot dead in tarai (kp), Choice
for
the Maoists, by Shreeram Lamichhane and Mana
Prasad Wagley (kp), Goodbye
Shah
dynasty! by Surendra Phuyal (kp), Republic
of
Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop 07/06/2008)
06/06/2008: Maoists
compromise
on prez post (kp), Maoists
climb
down over key demand (ht), A
new move (ht), NC,
UML
dissatisfied with Maoist proposal (nn), MJF
opposes
making Koirala president (nn), An
NC
leader proposes Koirala for president (nn), UML
for election of president: Khanal (nn), Prachanda
hints
at further flexibility (nn), Madhesi,
small
parties criticize SPA (kp), 12
parties
piqued over 'bigger parties' (nn), Power
games:
Fair Or Fixed? by Sushil Sharma (sp), No
half
way (nt), Memorial
of
Madi victims unveiled (kp), Three
years
on, govt relief not in sight for bereaved father,
by Bhanubhakta Acharya (ht), Kin
of
Badarmudhe tragedy victims demand compensation and action
against guilty (nn), Jana
Andolan
victims rue govt apathy (ht), What
to
do with the YCL? by Surendra R Devkota (kp), Peacetime
in
a war zone: War over, development hopes run high in the
Maoist heartland, by Kishor Rimal (nt), A
practical way out of impasse, by Khagendra N Sharma
(kp), A
New Phase Of Instability, by Keshab Poudel (sp), "Nepal
shows
it is possible to de-link from US imperialism",
interview with Prakash Karat, CPI(M), Chairman
becomes
premier: Pushpa Kamal Dahal now has nothing left to wreck,
by CK Lal (nt), Who'll
blink
first? Spare a thought for voters who thought they'd see
change, by Prashant Jha (nt), Pressuring
the
press, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt)
05/06/2008: CA
to
adjourn to faciliate consultations (kp), CPN-UML
to
stand up to Maoists in CA (kp), Fresh
Maoist
threat to quit govt (ht), Maoists
give
up claim for presidency (nn), EU’s
plea
to parties to share power (ht), The
May
28 proceedings, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Democracy:
Fallacy
or fantasy? by Madhab P Khanal (kp), Pangs
of
adjustment (ht), Think
Federal
But Shun Division, by Shyam K.C. (rn)
04/06/2008: Maoists
threaten
to quit govt in two days, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), MPRF
sets
conditions to support Maoists (kp), Maoists
can
take key posts if all agree: Dr Shashank (ht), Maoist
absence
puts off 25-party meet (kp), 12
fringe
parties to group against biggies, by Thira L Bhusal
(kp), Writing
on
the wall (kp), Parleys
to
end deadlock make no headway (ht), Three
parties
to meet in the afternoon (nn), Costly
impasse (ht), Nepal
Maoist chief refuses to renounce armed struggle
(Dawn), NC
leaders
ask people to be ready for struggle (nn), Enforce
recommendations: NHRC to govt (kp), Editors’
Alliance
‘seriously concerned’ over Maoist acts, threats (kp),
Maoist
actions,
words alarm editors (ht), Hindu
group
deserts king, but rejects secular state (kp), WHF
to
begin agitation (ht), Now
its
VHP's turn to cry foul over Nepal change (nn), FLSC
resumes
tax collection (kp), Peace
process
under republic, by Madhu P Regmi (kp), Chappal
politics, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Keeping
our
fingers crossed, by Rashmi Sharma Mainali (kp), Republican
Nepal:
The movement of history, by Birendra P Mishra
(ht), Republic
of
Nepal: People Are Masters Of Their Destiny, by Yuba
Nath Lamsal (rn), Nepal’s
infant
democracy faces mature problems, by Gopal Sharma
(Dawn), A
Revolution sans Revolution, by N.P. Upadhyaya
(tg), Nepal:
‘Constitutionalism’
ignored, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Social
Capital
and Political Culture, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Procedural
flaws
in the republic declaration, interview with Bhimarjun
Acharya (tg), Federalism
is
a dynamic theory of nation-state building, interview
with Shree Krishna Bhattarai (tg), People's
mandate
in Nepal: Maoists’ erroneous perception,
by Govinda Raj Joshi (tg)
03/06/2008: ‘No
prez,
PM posts for same party’, by Ghanashyam
Ojha & Yuvraj Acharya (kp) [The
separations of these posts is reasonable, but what makes
wonder is that it was no problem to have the tasks of PM
and Head of State in the hands of even a single person of
the NC for two years! And this party did not have the
trust of the people as the elections have shown now!!],
NC,
UML
to give Maoists 7 days to prove eligibility (kp) [And how shall the 213 MPs of NC und
UML prove eligibility against the 220 MPs of the Maoists?
This is state boycott as it has been practiced so often
after 1990! Cooperation is the need of the hour!],
NC,
UML, MPRF flay Maoist threat (kp), Dahal’s
arrogance,
unruliness berated, by Gopal Khanal (kp),
CPN-UML, Maoists adopt rigid stance (ht), PM
Koirala confers with UML, NWPP leaders (nn), Yadav
roots
for non-political person as a president (rn), Be
Responsible (rn), 25-party
meeting
cancelled (nn), Simple
majority
should suffice to oust govt: Leaders (ht) [Please
do not return to the politics of the 1990s! Your main task
is to write a new and inclusive constitution!!], Gyanendra
accepts
CA verdict: Seeks another residence, by Yuvraj Acharya
(kp), Gyanendra
to
quit palace on time, by Hem Dulal (ht), Shital
Niwas favorite as prez palace: Officials, by Kiran
Chapagain (kp), Maoist
rule
in Nepal against India's interests: BJP, by Gopal
Khanal (kp) [BJP rule in India
against Nepal's interest!], Maoists'
harsh
rebuttal to BJP remarks (nn), Republic
declaration
questioned (kp), Another
dictator
in making? by Damakant Jayshi (kp), Hyperopic
Maoists
& myopic pundits, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp),
PM
wants
Upadhyay to head statute panel (ht) [Wow,
once again are all proposed persons exclusively male
Bahuns!! Bahunbad is over, Mr
Koirala!], Hope
for
new peace and development, by Alina R. Shrestha
(Reuters)
02/06/2008: Dahal
threatens
street protests, by Ujir Magar & Santosh Pokharel
(kp), Prachanda
renews
agitation threat (ht), Resolve
dispute:
Big 3 parties told (kp), PM
hopes
to resolve crisis by June 5 (ht), 13-party
meet
fails to break ice (ht), Nepal's
main
parties fail to agree on forming new government (iht),
Tarun
Dal
suggests PM to stay put unless conditions met (nn) [He has not asked for legitimation
by the people, i.e. he has to resign immediately and
without any further discussion!!], Dhangadhi
normal,
kin receive bodies (kp), Gyanendra
likely
to quit with public notice, by Kiran Chapagain (kp), Ex-King
Gyanendra
says he accepts CA decision; prepares to leave Narayanhiti
(nn), Home
Minister
meets former King (nn), Palace
lacks
items to stock museum? (ht), Babban
Singh
submits himself to court, by Shiva Puri (kp), Probe
commission
on disappearances urged (kp), ‘Maoists,
govt
reluctant to nab culprits’ (kp), Slur
against
media (kp), Media
distorted
Prachanda’s remark: Badal (ht), Morning
shows
the day, by Shyam KC (kp), Communist
republic
impossible, interview with Krishna Pahadi (kp), In
search
of a new identity, by Biswas Baral (ht), Worrying
signs (ht), Locked
In
Stalemate (rn), Time
To
Make It People-centric, by Madhavji Shrestha (rn)
01/06/2008: Maoists
U-turn
back to executive prez, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), No
breakthrough
in SPA powwow (ht), UML
seeks
respectable offer to join government (ht), Thirteen
parties
to continue talks (nn), FNJ
deplores
Maoist chief’s warning against Kantipur (kp), Baburam
defends
Maoist chairman’s jibe at media (ht) [Obviously,
the Maoists as well do not understand that inclusive
democracy means more than elections!!], Keep
fighting
for democracy: PM (kp), Dhangadhi
newspapers
halt publication: Media
houses
threatened, journalists forced into hiding, by Shivraj
Bhatt (ht), Taskforce
for
nationalizing ex-king’s property (kp), Security
panel
meets palace officials (kp), Committee
busy
collecting palace records (nn), Govt
team
inside palace (nn), YCL
to
stop taking action against others (kp), Chronicle
of
a feudal class, by Howard Roak (kp), Downfall
Of
Shah Dynasty, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Royal
flaws
in focus at birth of Nepal's republic, by Gopal Sharma
(Reuters), Prachanda
gives
three-day 'ultimatum' to NC to hand over govt's leadership
(nn)
31/05/2008: ‘No
prez
post for losers’ (kp), Blackmail
slur
on Nepali Cong, CPN-UML (ht), Authoritarian
attitude:
NC, UML (kp), NC,
UML
leaders reiterate Maoists cannot have both positions
(nn), What
all
figure-head prez can do (ht), SPA
team
meet put off till Saturday (kp), Maoists’
absence
puts off SPA panel meet (ht), Parties
fail
to reach consensus (nn), Prachanda
warns
Kantipur Publications (kp) [???],
Gyanendra
gets
eviction letter: Officials inspect palace, by Kiran
Chapagain (kp), Blast
near
Maoist mass meet (kp), Celebration
of
republic continues (kp), Republic
Celebrations (rn), Private
sector
hails republic (kp), EU,
UK,
China, Carter Center welcome republic (kp), UK,
Japan, China hail Nepal's advent into republic (nn), Curfew
lifted
in Dhangadhi (kp), Call
for
inclusion of indigenous issues in statute (kp), Babban
Singh
makes himself public, by Shiva Puri (kp), On
to Act II (kp), Immediate
agenda
of republic, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp), Nepal
Trust
in its making, by Uday R Sharma (kp), Janajati
leader
threatens stir (ht), CA
won’t
serve us, feel women (ht), Federal
states
likely to witness water wars: Experts (ht), NC
Should
Join Hands With Maoists, by Somnath Lamichhane (rn)
30/05/2008: Nation
celebrates
republic declaration (kp), ‘Hoist
nat’l
flag at Narayanhiti’ (kp), Gyanendra
gets
10 days to pack bags (ht), Govt
writes
letter to ex-King to vacate palace (nn), UML
chief
against prez, PM from one party (kp), UML
for
sharing of key posts (kp), Prez
must
quit party politics, says Narahari (ht), Parties
to
resume consultations on government formation (nn), SPA
meeting
postponed for Saturday (nn), Maoists
eye
both president and prime minister (nn), Nepalis
in
India rejoice republic declaration (ht), Business
community,
Nepali Diaspora welcome republic declaration (nn), EU,
Carter
Center congratulates Nepali people on declaration of
republic (nn), UN,
US,
others hail republic (kp), US
gingerly,
but ready to deal with Maoists (ht), YCL,
police
involved in massive HR violations: AI (kp), Prakash
condemns
call to destroy Maoist arms (ht) [??],
Tharu
community
to launch protests (kp), Women
CA
members for gender-neutral statute (kp), The
power
of people, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Republic
brings
no joy for him, by Raj Kumar Parajuli (ht) [Punish those who ordered the police to
shoot!!], For
the
best cuts (ht), Now
For
Greater Dedication, Sincerity, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn),
Nepal
Is
A Republic, by Vijaya Chalise (rn), Federal
Republic
Of Nepal (rn), Learning
Federalism:
High level civil servants are in India to look how
federalism functions (sp), "International
Community
Is Concerned About The Future Of Democratic And Peace
Processes", interview with Suresh C. Chalise
(sp), Overtaking
The
Constitution, by Keshab Poudel (sp), OHCHR
lashes
out at police highhandedness (nn), End
of
Nepalese monarchy sets stage for new period of political
instability, by K. Ratnayake (World Socialist
Website), 'It
doesn't
make any difference to me if there is a raja in Kathmandu
or not', by Digambar Rai (nt), War
wounds:
Many in Nepal still bears scars of the war, by Srishti
Adhikari (nt), More
interesting
times: Looks like we are cursed not to live through dull
days, by CK Lal (nt), May
the
28th: Wednesday was the easy part, by Prashant Jha
(nt), Time
for
real change: Just doing away with the king is not enough,
by Artha Beed (nt), Prachanda
derides
parties for blocking Maoists' ascent to power (nn)
29/05/2008: Federal
Democratic
Republic of Nepal, by Yuvraj Acharya, Ghanashyam
Ojha and Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), The
end
of history: Rise and fall of the Shah Dynasty, by
Ameet Dhakal (kp), Discredited
dynasty
confined to history, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Nepal
abolishes
centuries-old Hindu monarchy, by Gopal Sharma
(Reuters), New
Juncture
Of History (rn), A
hope is born (ht), Republic
at
last! (kp), Vive
La
Republique Nepal: Nepal turns into a republic, and now
there are new challenges to meet (Nepal Monitor), RPP-Nepal
becomes
the only party against republic; some lawyers question
procedures adopted by CA (nn), Royal
flag
removed from palace (nn), Finally,
national
flag flies at Narayanhiti (nn), Diversity
values (kp), Time
of
reckoning (ht), Demonstrations
deluge
Baneshwor, elsewhere, by Kosh Raj Koirala and Thira L
Bhushal (kp), Republic
Day
crowds take to the streets (ht), 3
minor bombs go off in capital (kp), Rallies
to
celebrate republic (nn), UN
hails
dawn of republic in Nepal (Hindustan Times), UN,
India welcome change, US withholds (nn), US
watches
its words on Nepal (Times of India), Figure-head
prez,
executive PM, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), 3
killed in police action, curfew in Dhangadhi, by Mohan
Budhaair (kp), Three
killed
in police firing in Dhangadhi, by Shiva Raj
Bhatta (ht), Only
Ramilas
can save democracy, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), Truth
and reconciliation, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (kp), Politics
of
impunity, by Gauri Pradhan (kp), YCL
violating
rights with impunity: AI (ht), Assembly
sans
26 nominees violates law, say legal eagles,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht),
Editorials in major dailies cheer republic (nn), Nepal
abolishes
monarchy as King Gyanendra given fortnight to vacate
palace, by Thomas Bell (Telegraph, UK), Nepal's
rocky
road ahead (Telegraph, UK), Nepal’s
Macbeth:
A king who was never crowned (Gulf Times), Nepal
Is
a New Republic, Photojournalism student Nabin Baral
sends images of his nation's joyous day (on), Nepal
Votes
to Abolish Its Monarchy: Newly Elected Constituent
Assembly Declares Country a Secular Republic, by
Matthew Rosenberg (Washington Post), Nepal
reborn
as a republic, by Somini Sengupta (iht), Nepali
expats
hope for political stability, by Preeti Kannan
(Khaleej Times), Nepal
new
republic on the roof of the world (Khaleej Times), Nepal’s
royals face life as commoners, by Sam Taylor (Dawn), Prachanda:
the new face of Nepal, by Subel Bhandari (Dawn), Himalayan
change,
Nepal a republic (Gulf Today), Republic
of
Nepal celebrates abolition of monarchy (Channel News
Asia), Background
-
Key dates in Nepal's monarchy (Relief Web), Nepal
monarchy
abolished; King Gyanendra out: Lawmakers in the Himalayan
nation declare a republic in a 560-4 vote, by Henry
Chu (Los Angeles Times)
28/05/2008: CA
members
sworn in (kp), 567
CA
members sworn in (ht), 'Most
wanted'
CA member comes, swears and leaves (nn), Baidya,
Yadav
take oath; preparations for CA meeting on; leaders in
consultation (nn), A
major milestone, but challenges ahead in Nepal's peace
process (Relief Web), Nepal
to
abolish monarchy as Maoists dominate assembly
(Telegraph, UK), Item
one
on the agenda for Nepal's new parliament: evicting the
King, by Andrew Buncombe (Independent, UK), CA
meeting
to start from 3 pm (nn), The
march
of history (ht), CA
to
turn Nepal into republic today (nn), Celebration
of
republic begins (kp), Republican
era
dawns today (ht), King
ditched
by his own coterie (tg), King
Gyanendra
in consultations hours before facing a sack (nn), Two
hurt
in Ratna Park blasts (ht), Security
beefed
up around the palace (nn), Parties
for
president as head of state, by Yuvraj Acharya and
Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), New
Nepal
to have ceremonial president (ht), CPN-Masal
leader
Prakash now public (kp), Prakash
comes
to light, shuns extremism (ht), ‘Monitoring
is
not 24-hour surveillance’: UNMIN role unfinished: Martin
(kp), Road
ahead
full of challenges: Martin (ht), A
great day in history, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Republic
dawns
in Nepal, by Anand Aditya (kp), Changed
face
of politics, by Sumnima Kirat (kp), Ugly
political
deadlock in Nepal, by Rupesh Dahal (tg), If
the
Maoists reject our pre-conditions, the political deadlock
will intensify, by Gagan Thapa (tg) [The
defeat of your party was not unexpected, Mr Thapa! You
should accept this!], Nepal
has
to formulate its own federal model that takes its specific
conditions into account, by Nicole Toepperwien
(tg 28/05/2008), Human
rights
situation hasn't improved significantly: AI (nn), Parties
agree
on ‘constitutional president’ and executive prime
minister; CA meeting beginning shortly (nn), CA
meeting starts at BICC; PM says peace process reaching
logical conclusion (nn), Blasts
outside
CA meeting venue (nn), Nepal
becomes
a federal democratic republic (nn), Govt
announces
two-day public holiday to celebrate republic (nn)
27/05/2008: Maoists
to
let Koirala remain head of state, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), Difference
persists
on statute amendment, head of state; Republic on Wednesday,
by Yuvraj Acharya and Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Maoists
and
NC, UML differ over ways of resolving deadlock (nn), Govt
formation
process not to MJF’s liking (ht), 3
blasts in capital (kp), Blasts
in
Kathmandu ahead of king’s ouster (Peninsula), Five
injured
in blast at Ratna Park (nn), Nepal
government
warns king he must leave (Reuters), Gyanendra
to
retain his business empire (Gulf Times), NEFIN
to
protest parties’ sharing 26 CA seats (kp), ‘Hand
over
prime accused to cops’ (kp), Unconscious
Mukesh
hospitalized again, by Khumansingh Tamang (kp) [Highest responsibility goes to
Gyanendra Shah and Kamal Thapa!!], NHRC
questions
AIGs’ reinstatement (kp) [??], ‘Where
is
my mom?’, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp), Protect
history (kp), Futures
under
Maoist leadership, by Arun Kumar Pokhrel (kp), Politics
of
consensus, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), NHRC
paints
grim rights scene (ht), Constituent
Assembly
members sworn in (nn), Martin
makes
case for UNMIN's stay in Nepal (nn), Narayanhity
royal
palace to be turned into national museum (nn)
26/05/2008: No
constitution
amendment, no sharing of key posts: Maoists (kp), CPN-M
to
float unity govt plan (ht), Maoists
to
produce their proposal today (nn), Strange
bedfellows (ht), Top
three
parties fail to reach consensus; another meeting in the
evening (nn), Parties
agree
to criteria for 26 members (kp), Political
violence:
A crime that pays?, by Hari bansha Dulal (kp), ‘Either
Maoists
or Army will take over’, interview with Kamal Thapa
(kp) [Sounds like a threat by this
staunch royalist, who signed highest responsibility for
the police violence against the Nepali people in April
2008!], Rallies,
cultural
programs to welcome republic (nn), Nepal's
government
bans protests, rallies around outgoing king's palace to
prevent violence (iht), Nepal
bans
rallies in Kathmandu, by Charles Haviland (BBC News),
Maoists
to
mobilise end of monarchy in Nepal (Khaleej Times), Obstacles
to
Republic, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop), Twin
blasts
in front of BICC (nn), Prachanda
meets
with US official; says YCL's paramilitary character will
be ended (nn)
25/05/2008: PM
formally
asks Prachanda to form govt, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Prachanda
gets
PM invite to form govt, by Arjun Bhandari (ht), Three
parties
in close consultations (nn), Three
parties
part ways agreeing to meet again on Monday (nn), Koirala
unacceptable
for prez: Badal; Maoists reject statute amendment, prez
election (kp), Prachanda
reiterates
stance against statute amendment (nn), Maoists
have
the mandate, says Sood (nn), Amendment
to
Constitution: It is for Nepalis to decide: Sood (kp) [The Nepali people have already
decided: They want continued cooperation of all elected
parties until a new constitution is written by the elected
Constituent Assembly!], 13-party
panel
meet makes no headway (ht), ‘No
compromise
on autonomous Madhes’ (kp), There
can
be other alternatives if Maoists fail to form govt: Yadav
(nn), Kirat
party
against One Madhes One Pradesh (ht), PLA
suspends
Bibidh (kp), Maoists
suspend
Bibidh over Shrestha’s killing (ht), Maoists
deny
written agreement to Shrestha family (kp), Maoists
to
strive to win all seats in next polls: Badal (ht), Nothing
will
deter republic: UML chief (kp), NRNs
not
happy with government, by Rupak D Sharma (kp), NRNs
say
they are committed to nation building process (nn), Pledge
to
rid country of untouchability (ht), The
female
face of Maoists, interview with Hisila Yami by Aditi
Bhaduri (Hindu)
24/05/2008: Koirala
asks
Prachanda to take initiation for new govt (nn), Nepal's
prime
minister asks former communist rebels to form new
coalition government (iht), Prachanda
says
no to amendment (kp), Madhes
parties:
Include accord in constitution (kp), Madhesi
parties
to press for autonomous Madhes while amending constitution
(nn), No
president
until new statute, says CP Gajurel (ht), CA
likely
to take full shape by Monday (ht), Shrestha
family
hopes for agreement (kp), Uproar
over
Ramhari killing blown out of proportion: Biplab (ht) [Murder is murder and has to be
punished by a law court!], Maoists
suspend
'Bibidh' (nn), No
mandate
to supervise armed personnel: UNMIN (kp), NC
cadres hit the streets against Maoists (kp), Yadav
harps
on Madhes autonomy (ht), Two-thirds
or
simple majority?, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (kp), Can
an
ass become a cow?, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), The
Post-CA
Poll Political Scenario, by C.D. Bhatta (rn), 'Protect
historical
papers in Narayanhiti Palace' (nn)
23/05/2008: Political
consultation
continues (kp), Parties
dwell
on political deadlock (ht), Parties
to
continue parleys; NC starts street agitation (nn), Newa
front
chief asks PM to quit (ht), Middle
ground (ht), Stage
set
for Constituent Assembly meet (kp), Ordinance
on
CA members' oath (kp), Serious
violation
of arms pact: JMCC (kp), Parallel
panels
to probe murder (ht), Short
of
sorry, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), ‘New
Nepal
needs old foreign policy’ (kp), An
indelible
mark on Maoists, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Paradoxical
power
tussle, by Monica Regmi (kp), Conundrum:
Tussle
Or Unity, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn), Peaceful
Transformation
Should Not Be Interrupted, by Vijaya Chalise (rn), Changing
of
the guard: Eviction day nears at Narayanhiti, by
Mallika Aryal (nt), Nepal
king
to leave palace, say reports (Peninsula), Experimenting
with commune-ism: The Maoists can’t decide whether to keep
communes or scrap them, by Prakash Mahatara (nt), “Koirala
must
resign”, interview with Upendra Yadav (nt), “Constitutional
politics
and violence can’t go together”, interview with Ram
Sharan Mahat (nt), Sore
losers:
Democracy seems to work differently in Nepal, by Tapan
Kumar Bose (nt), Indian,
US
envoys in high-profile meetings (nn), Nepal
still
faces challenges after successful election, UN envoy
stresses (Scoop), First
meeting
of CA will despatch a letter asking the King to leave
palace: Dr. Bhattarai (nn), "Govt
Of
National Unity Is Necessary", interview with Indian
Ambassador Rakesh Sood (sp), Mine
Action:
The UNMIN continues works to help in the de-mining and
destruction of unsafe explosives, which remain a big
threat (sp), Constituent
Assembly:
For What?, by Keshab Poudel (sp)
22/05/2008: Agree
on
ceremonial president, simple-majority provision: NC, UML,
MPRF form common stance, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), NC,
UML,
MJF one on statute amendment (ht), Simple
majority
provision can tame Maoists: Narahari (ht), No
alliance with Maoists till 7-point demand met: Deuba
(kp), Seven-point
condition
is for consensus, claims Deuba (nn), Maoists
to
request PM to invite them to form government (nn), Maoists
get
green signal to form govt (nn), Valley
shut
down over Shrestha murder (kp), Bandh
backers,
YCL cadres clash; 12 hurt (ht), Killers’
pix
made public (ht), Letter
to
Prachanda (kp), Prachanda
bows
to pressure, agrees to probe body: Ramhari murder scandal
(kp), JMCC
describes
Shrestha's murder as serious breach of CPA (nn), WB
has
huge confidence in Nepali people, interview with
Praful Patel, vice president of the World Bank (WB) for the
South Asian Region (kp), Implications
of
fiscal disparities for federal Nepal, by Shankar P
Sharma (kp), Issues
surrounding
abolition of monarchy, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Unkept
promises (ht), NRN
seeks
representation in CA (nn)
21/05/2008: NC,
UML
outline constitution amendments (kp), Valley
bandh
affects normal life (nn), Prachanda
says
his party is willing to talk with kins of Shrestha; says
agitation will mar preparation for republic (nn), Prachanda
agrees
to Shrestha murder probe (kp) [There
is nothing to agree! This one and many other YCL crimes
have to be solved and punished!!], NHRC
warns
Maoists against rights abuse (ht), Dissolve
YCL,
PLA: Maoists told (kp), Burden
of
peace, stability on me: PM, by Madhav Dhungana (kp), Prime
Minister
Koirala says he ain’t greedy (ht), Prachanda,
Khanal
in bid to forge consensus (ht), ‘Make
no
haste to declare republic’ (kp), Constitution
and
corruption, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Let’s
grow
together, by Krishna Regmi (kp), People’s
mandate
Maoists’ wrong perception, by Govinda Raj Joshi
(ht), Women
In
Constituent Assembly, by Indira Aryal (rn), India
playing
double in Nepal says PM Koirala (tg), Eight
blunders
of King Gyanendra, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), I
am rejected by the people, interview with Madhav Kumar
Nepal (tg), Federal
system
not suitable for Nepal, interview with Chitra Bahadur
K.C., Chairman Rashtriya Jan Morcha (tg), Strengthening
Nationalism
and Sovereignty, by Sujeet Arjel (tg), ‘International
bodies
should support Nepal’s political transition’ (nn), Rights-Nepal:
No
Reconciliation Without Truth, by Mallika Aryal (Inter
Press Service)
20/05/2008: ‘Serious
breach
of commitment’: UNMIN condemns killing inside cantonment
(kp), Protest
against
Shrestha murder continues (kp), ‘Money
won’t
bring my father back’ (ht), Time
to
look within (ht), Parties
still
at odds over power-sharing (kp), Maoists
frivolous
on consensus: Shekhar (ht), Maoists
will
either lead govt or take to streets: Baidya (kp), PM
undermining
democracy, says Baidya (ht), Gautam
charges
Maoists of attempting to end other parties (nn), Top
leaders
commit to economic prosperity, by Madhav Dhungana
(kp), UNMIN
completes
half its work: Hall (kp), Peace
and
love (kp), Are
Maoists
qualified to rule?, by Damakant Jayshi (kp), Sliding
towards authoritarian rule?, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp),
Challenges
to
democracy Time to go beyond the cliches, by Ganga
Thapa (ht), NC,
UML
'committed' to declare republic from first CA meeting
(nn), Prachanda
holds
consultations with UML leaders (nn)
19/05/2008: Check
criminal
activities of YCL: NHRC (kp), YCL
violating
fundamental rights: NHRC (nn), Outrage
over
trader’s murder: 19 hurt in anti-Maoist demo (ht), Maoists,
PLA
not involved: Prachanda (kp), NC
young
turks’ call to arms against YCL (kp), PM
should
quit to ease new govt formation: Bhattarai (ht), Mend
ways
to head govt: Mahat to Maoist (kp), Muster
two-third
backing, Mahat tells Maoists (ht), First
meet
demands, then seek support: NC veep (ht), NC
leaders not ‘assured’ of Maoist intention (nn), Meet
Madhes
demands or we won’t join govt: Jha (ht), Martyrs’
kin
for representation in CA (kp), Wanton
attitude, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Late
awakening (kp), There’s
no
choice (ht), ‘Maoist
victory
is like flash flood’, interview with Jhalanath Khanal
(kp), Tough
road
ahead for the Maoists, by Biswas Baral (ht), Challenging
Conventional
Wisdom, by Lok Nath Bhusal (rn), Let's
learn
from Buddha's sacrifice: Prachanda (nn), British
envoy
for Maoist-led govt (nn)
18/05/2008: Prachanda:
NC
leading counter- revolution (kp), NC
trying
to block Maoist-led govt: Badal (ht), Dr.
Mahat
trashes accusations of 'counter-revolution' (nn), Maoists
threaten
to quit govt if PM doesn’t resign (ht), ‘I
still
have responsibility to formulate constitution’: PM for
coalition govt (kp), MPRF
not
joining govt: Yadav (kp), Amend
statute
before change of guard: MJF (ht), Maoists
should
lead govt: RJP chief (ht), TMLP
asks
NC to help Maoists form new govt (nn), Kin
demand
Prachanda’s apology, murder probe, by Baburam Kharel
(kp), Prachanda
cautions
against giving political colour to Koteshwore incident
(nn), PM
assures
probe into Shrestha's killing; Koteshwor locals continue
protest (nn), Anti-Maoist
protests
over businessman’s killing on (ht), Demands
to
disband YCL not justified: Badal, by Dipendra Baduwal
(kp) [Then bring them round
immediately and place their numerous daily crimes on
trial!!], Jwala
Singh
suspended by party (kp), JTMM
suspends
Jwala Singh for ‘aiding’ regressive forces (ht), Talks
on
to bring left out Janajatis into CA (ht), Janajatis
demand
16 seats (nn), Our
main
focus is economic revolution: Dr Bhattarai (nn)
17/05/2008: India
be
wary of US games in Nepal: Mukherjee, by Gopal Khanal
(kp), Maoists,
Madhesis
to form govt: Bhattarai (kp), Maoists
set
to join hands with Madhesi parties: Dr Bhattarai (ht),
UML,
MJF
agree on republic, statute amendment (ht), NC,
MJF hold talks (nn), ‘Maoists
haven’t
yet changed’ (kp), Killing
fuels
anti-Maoist protest (ht), Anti-Maoist
protests
after murder (Gulf Times), NC
youths
for paying YCL back in their own coin (ht), Parties-NEFIN
talks
inconclusive (kp), Seven
parties
to consider NEFIN proposal while nominating 26 CA members
(nn), Causes
for
concern, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), There's
possibility
of counter-revolution in the country, says Prachanda
(nn), NC
leader
fears Maoists may start politics of negation (nn), Jwala
Singh
loses JTMM commandership (nn)
16/05/2008: Govt
to
table proposal for republic: Oath of CA members on May 27
(kp), CA
swearing-in
set for May 27 (ht), Form
national
unity govt: Sood (kp), Sood
recommends
unity govt for stability (ht), India
denies
knowledge of ‘pact’ on king (Gulf Times), Conditional
Support (sp), Local
Peace
Committees fail to take off, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp),
Maoists
never
were a terrorist outfit: US (ht) [?],
Monarchy
On
Trial, by Keshab Poudel (sp), “We
Want
Abdication Of The King With Due Respect And Dignity”,
interview with Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda (sp), Collision
Course:
Major partners in toppling the royal regime are drifting
apart ahead of the planned abolition of monarchy, by
Sushil Sharma (sp), Toward
new
Nepal, by Deepak Thapa (kp), The
blind-folded
NC, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Challenges
of
the post-poll era, by Jainendra Jeevan (ht), Can
Pragmatism
Prevail Sooner?, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn), Irrelevant
Conditions
Could Derail Peace Process, by Vijaya Chalise (rn), King
and
comrades: The Maoist victory in Nepal is not as
conclusive as is made out, by Sunanda K. Datta-Ray
(sp), Dr
Bhattarai
asks business community to join hands with his party
(nn), The
Maoists’
first budget: The new Maoist-led government will have to
balance populism with realism (nt), Govt
committed
to ensure representation of all indigenous groups in CA:
PM Koirala (nn), People
protest
against Maoists at Koteshwor for allegedly killing a local
resident (nn), The
state
of our nation state: Preparing the rough draft of history
for mythmakers of the future, by CK Lal (nt), Post-identity
politics:
Madhesi groups will now have to move to the next stage,
by Prashant Jha (nt)
15/05/2008: PM
urges
restraint from leaders (kp), ‘Maoists
drafting
new constitution in Delhi’ (kp), All
in
good time (kp), Wait
till
Prachanda becomes prez, land grab victims told, by
Mohan Budhaair (kp), Impunity
should
end: UK envoy (kp), Dang
displaced
left high and dry (kp), Dare
change, by Ibha Baidya (kp), Contamination
syndrome, by Hem Raj Kafle (kp), International
experts
dwell on statute-making (ht), Nepali
politics:
The burning issues, by Ananta Raj Poudyal (ht), Hoping
against
hope (ht)
14/05/2008: Dr
Bhattarai
tells PM to step down (kp), Maoist
remarks
show dictatorial bent: Poudel (kp), Poudel
labels
Maoists as neo-fascists (ht), PM
urges
for restraint and cooperation (nn), Quit
palace
before CA convenes, king told (ht), Ambivalence
and
paradoxes in politics, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Maoists'
diplomatic
dilemma, by Madhab P Khanal (kp), News
analysis:
Idea of simple majority toppling govt no more a chimera
for Maoists, by Prakash Rimal (ht), NHRC
role
sought for new statute (ht), Dalit
CA
members vow to fight for rights of their community
(ht), By
another
yardstick (ht), CA
Polls:
How Inclusive Has it been, Really?, by Prem Khatry
(rn), Dr.
Bhattarai
urges businessmen to invest (nn), Approaching
chaos
in Nepal!, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Detachment?
(tg), People
voted
for the Maoists not for their deeds, pressure factor
perhaps!, interview with Narayan Man Bijukche (tg), Baidya
reiterates
party's stance against two-thirds provision (nn)
13/05/2008: NC,
UML
not to join govt: Set terms for support, by Yuvraj
Acharya & Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), UML
to
stay out, NC sets conditions (ht), UML,
NC
may not join new govt (nn) [This
is against all agreements as well as against the interests
of the Nepali people!!], PM
Koirala
should resign: Bhattarai (nn), Madhesi
parties
seek PM’s resignation (ht), PM,
Madhes
parties agree statute amendment needed (kp), PM
summons CA meet on May 28 (kp), CA
to
meet on May 28 (ht), Nepal
King
set to lose his crown on May 28 (Asian Age), Thapa
warns against hasty abolition of monarchy (kp), KP
Bhattarai,
Kamal Thapa (ht), Kishunji,
Thapa
against abolishing monarchy immediately (nn) [These
royalists are obviously not able to accept the vote of the
Nepali people!!], King
told
to leave palace by May 27 (nn), SC
to
govt: Enact law against excessive force (kp), SC
fiat
to criminalise excessive use of force (ht), 4
armed men arrested (kp), Averting
another
blunder, by Alok K Bohara (kp), Eastern
Nepal
affected by transportation strike (nn), Mahara
accuses
NC of violating understanding (nn), Maoist
pushing
the country towards totalitarianism: Poudel (nn), Rights
defenders
urge strong role for NHRC (nn)
12/05/2008: CA
parties
urge consensus on key issues (kp), Forget
presidency:
PM told, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Govt
formation
no cakewalk for CPN-M, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), The
only
option (ht), Nepal
Trust
proposes: Royal properties to local communities, by
Kiran Chapagain (kp), ‘New
govt
must nominate 26 CA members’ (kp), Women
demand
half of nominated seats (kp), 26
CA
seats belong to ‘left out’ groups, claims NEFIN (ht), Maoists
‘positive’
on Madhes autonomy (ht), CA
poll
will fail to liberate tarai: Jwala Singh (kp), PM
Koirala
meets leaders of MJF, other Terai centric parties
(nn), Fringe
parties
for doing away with monarchy (ht), The
way
ahead for the NC, by Arjun Narasingha KC (kp), Free
advice
from well-wishers, by Shyam KC (kp), Women
concerned
about discrimination (ht), CA
election:
Its implications and future challenges,
by Birendra P Mishra (ht), Student
leaders
discuss education policy, politics with Prachanda
(nn), Thapa
meets
Maoist leadership to convey King Gyanendra's tidings
(nn)
11/05/2008: Don’t
join
next govt: NC CWC members, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp) [This is definitely not what those
wanted who have elected this party! The NC leaders
continue their selfish politics to destroy Nepal!!],
UML
leaders:
Go for power sharing, stay outside govt (kp) [This
have not been parliamentary elections but those to a CA!
Take your responsibility in building a new Nepal!!],
First
CA
meet to form new govt: Prachanda (kp), PM’s
unity
plea to pen new statute (ht), PM
consults
MPRF, TMDP, SP: Taskforce meets 25 parties today, by
Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Indian
Maoists
cautiously support Nepali Maoists: Urge to stay out of
govt, by Gopal Khanal (kp) [Stop
all kinds of Indian interference!!], Women
seek
fair share in state organs (ht), Maoist
leaders
confer with Terai-based parties (nn), AI
appeals
to CA members for 'effective human rights protection'
(nn)
10/05/2008: Tarai
violence
surges post election; use of arms becoming chronic: Police,
by Thira L Busal (kp), Post-poll,
vital
issues on the back burner (ht), Summon
CA:
Parties ask PM (kp), PM
starts
consultation with coalition partner and others (nn), SPA
for
CA meet after May 25 (ht) Constitution
should
not be amended: Experts (kp), Amend
statute
to implement republic: Oli (ht), Strategic
firmness
& tactical flexibility, by Prakash Chandra Lohani
(kp), Mock
CA
to draft ‘statute’ (ht), PM
directs
Home Minister to find out Anandi Devi's whereabouts
(nn), Indecision
mars
meetings of NC, UML central bodies (nn)
09/05/2008: SPA
meets
today to discuss way ahead (kp), SPA
to
pave way for govt formation: Prachanda (ht), New
govt
should nominate 26 members: CJ (kp), Police
detain
disabled protestors (kp), Populism
vs
Social justice, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), The
bewilderness, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Koirala
to
be active in politics again (nn) [He
should not forget that he has not been elected!!],
We
won't
accept Koirala as President: Maoist leader (nn), Prachanda
warns
of revolt (nn), Dispute
over
nomination of 26 CA members (nn), CJ,
Speaker
differ on CA nominators (ht), Needless
fuss (ht), Top
leaders
agree to call CA meeting in a fortnight (nn) [Wow!!],
Food
For
Thought: An informal gathering of diplomats fuels
speculations about formal developments, by Sushil
Sharma (sp), Back
to
the drawing board (nt), Not
out
of the woods yet (nt), EC
puts
stamp on final CA list (ht), Relief
eludes
Madhes martyr’s widow, by Rajesh Prasad Barma
(ht), Parallel
state
bodies unacceptable: NC (ht), Sherchan
vows
to empower Janajatis (ht), Ethnic
students
seek more seats in CA (ht)
08/05/2008: CPN-UML
condemns
Maoists (kp), Over
350
Goit cadres defect to Maoists (kp), NDF
submits
memo to politial parties (kp), Future
course (kp), Implications
of
a hung CA, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), Neo-Mao
in
a new Nepal?, by DB Gurung (kp), No
constitutional
problem in govt formation: CJ (nn), No
roadblock
to govt formation: CJ (ht), Maoists
may
opt out of govt if constitution amended: Minister Gurung (nn),
NSP-A
demands
resignation of 'corrupt' Minister Gupta (nn), Present
cabinet
cannot appoint 26 CA members: CJ (nn), Friday's
seven-party
meeting to discuss govt formation (nn), Republic
tops
Maoist agenda: Dr Bhattarai (ht), Miseries
continue
to dog thousands of conflict-hit, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Reality
check:
Maoists brimming with post-poll confidence,
by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (ht), Maoists
in
hurry to lead govt: Poudel (ht), CA
seats
not enough: Dalits (ht), Do
it
with grace (ht), Where
have
the missing gone?, by Moheindu Chemjong (ht)
07/05/2008: MPRF,
SP
set condition for joining govt (kp), UML
for
nationwide anti-Maoist protests (kp), Change
Maoist ‘army structure’: Poudel (kp), YCL
wants youth ministry (kp), Fiscal
federalism
challenging: Dr Sharma (kp), Garment
entrepreneurs
tell tales of woe to Maoist chiefs (kp), CPN-Maoist
and
the CA, by Yadav Khanal (kp), Maoists’
growth
target reachable, by Lok Nath Bhusal (kp), Terai
parties
unwilling to join new govt (nn), Corrupt
lots
trying to prevent Maoists from leading govt: Mahara
(nn), MJF,
TMDP
to stay out of next government (ht), UNMIN’s
job
over, says Dev Gurung (ht), Respect
poll
verdict: Thapa (ht), Election
outcome:
A vote for peace and development, by Ajit N S
Thapa (ht)
06/05/2008: Seven-party
meet
Friday to discuss coalition (kp) [Please
do not haste! All those non-elected politicians can
stay in power as long as there is no renewal of the
SPA on the basis of the people's verdict!!], Amend
statute
before forming govt: Masal (kp) [Why??],
The
road
ahead, by Prem Sharma (kp), PM
Koirala
says constitution making process will be more
difficult (nn), MJF
chief
calls for national consensus before first CA meeting
(nn), RSF
terms
armed Terai groups as 'predators of press freedom'
(nn), UML
for
SPA meet on May 9 (ht), Consensus
likely
before CA meet: PM (ht), Doubt
prevails
over simple majority to uproot monarchy,
by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht)
05/05/2008: ‘Respectable’
role
for Koirala: Maoists (kp), India
working
on PLA rehab package (kp), CA
polls:
History in making, by Anand Aditya (kp), On
the foreign affairs front, by Som Prasad Pudasaini
(kp), 'The
Nepali
Congress better change or it's finished',
interview with Narahari Acharya (kp) [You
are totally right but I think most of the old leaders
prefer the party's death!], JTMM
cadres
kill Maoist activist (nn), Prachanda
for
'all-party' govt; 7-party meeting to decide
composition of new govt (nn), Relief
for
kin of killed contestants (ht), PM,
Prachanda
delve into nitty-gritty of govt formation (ht), 28
indigenous
communities out of CA: NEFIN (ht), Looking
forward (ht), Poll
analysts:
Drawing a blank, by Biswas Baral (ht)
04/05/2008: UNMIN
likely
to go after July 22, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Prachanda
to
urge big role on RRP Singh (kp), Prachanda
sees
special role for Ram Raja Singh (ht), The
ideas that won, by Rashmi Khanal Lohani
(kp), Discontent
in
parties over PR list (nn), VDC
secy
killed in Terai (nn), Republic
at
doorstep, says Dev Gurung (ht), Prachanda
to
lure NRNs into development (ht)
03/05/2008: Parties
submit
PR lists, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), US
to
drop Maoists from terrorist list: Powell (kp), Maoists
should
head new govt: Yechuri (kp), CA
polls
only add insult to injury, by Ghanashyam Ojha
(kp), Sense
and
insensitivity in NC, by Monica Regmi (kp), Enter,
the
politics of ethnicity, by Deepak Thapa (kp), PM
seeks
journalists' role in constitution making process
(nn)
02/05/2008: 20
ethnic
groups left out from CA, by Bishnu Budhathoki
(kp), Big
parties
yet to clinch PR lists (kp), Legitimate
reconciliation
with Maoists: US (kp), Maonomics:
Make
them realistic, by Prem Khanal (kp), Reinforce
the
alliance, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Respect
the
electoral mandate, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), NEFIN
flays
govt for violating agreement, threatens protest (nn), US
hints
at a possible rethink of its Maoist policy (nn), US
ambassador
Powell meets with Prachanda (nn), Yechury
hopes
new govt will be formed respecting people's mandate
(nn), Civil
society
activists urge leaders to call SPA meeting (nn), Press
freedom
still under cloud, three journalists killed in last one
year (nn), Beyond
The
Boundary: Nepal’s national politics draws unparallel
international attention, by Sushil Sharma (sp), "In
The
Name Of New Nepal, We Have Committed Many Mistakes",
interview with Laxman Prasad Aryal, hairman of Interim
Constitution Drafting Commission (sp), Great
hall
of the people: Logistics and legal issues need to be
sorted out by 25 May, by Dewan Rai (nt), Waiting
for
Goit: The man could have been an asset in the formation of
an inclusive and federal Nepal, by CK Lal (nt), Kick-starting
Nepal:
Besides the constitution, let’s also draft a new strategy
to rebuild Nepal, by Kil Chandra Gautam (nt), South
of
the border: India’s rulers grapple with new Nepal reality,
by Prashant Jha (nt), Revolution
to
development: Job-creation is about local ownership and
institution-building, by Bihari K Shrestha (nt), Snap
out
of it (nt), Madi
victims
pin hopes on Maoists, by Surya Prakash Kandel
(ht), Bennett
calls
all to uphold rule of law (ht)
01/05/2008:
Maoist
lawmaker’s
house bombed, kin killed (kp), People’s
verdict
for cooperation, unity: PM (kp), Learning
to
live together, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), Politics
of
healing and hope, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp), Senior
communist
leader Burma shot by MMT gunmen (nn), King
should
leave palace right away: Khanal (nn), Maoists
can
form govt on their own if others do not agree to join it:
Mahara (nn), Parties
to
decide UNMIN fate: Baidya (ht), Big,
old
NC not so youth-friendly (ht), East-West
highway
blocked (ht), Understanding
the
Nepali mandate, by Prashant Jha (Himal Southasian), ‘There
is
no reason to panic’, interview with baburam Bhattarai
(Himal Southasian), The
Maobaadi
triumph: Seeking explanations, by Kanak Mani Dixit
(Himal Southasian), Turning
the
Maoist victory into Nepal’s good fortune, by Kul
Chandra Gautam (Himal Southasian), Democratic
revolution (Himal Southasian), Lhotshampa,
Madhesi,
Nepamul: The deprived of Bhutan, Nepal and India, by AC
Sinha (Himal Southasian), Fallen
majesty, by Kanak Mani Dixit (Himal Southasian)
30/04/2008: Form
govt
first, rest can wait: Maoists, by Ghanashyam Ojha
(kp), Maoists
to
lay claim to govt leadership (ht), ‘Without
Indian
support can’t do anything for Nepal’, excerpts of an
interview with Prachanda as published in The Hindu (kp), Bijukchhe
for
all-powerful prez (ht), UML
leaders
say their party could join next govt if given respectful
place (nn), Mahara
says
Maoists ready to go alone if need be to form government
(nn), NC
and
Narahari Acharya’s poll, by Abhi Subedi (kp), All
eyes
on the Maoists, by Bal Krishna Sharma (kp), A
country sans national interests…., by N.P.Upadhyaya
(tg), We
want
to replace the 1950 treaty by a new one, interview
with Chandra Prakash Mainali (tg), CA
Polls
as Measurement and Scaling of Political Parties in Nepal,
by Prem Sharma (tg), In
Nepal
the Communists have won!, by Niraj Aryal (tg), Groups
warn
of armed struggle to keep Hindu monarchy (nn)
29/04/2008: President,
PM,
Speaker for different parties: UML for sharing top posts
(kp), UML
insists
on power-sharing; doesn't want to stay in current
government (nn), No
alternative
to leadership of next govt: Prachanda (nn), Bhattarai
reiterates
his party's claim for govt's leadership (nn), Maoist
CC
decides to stake claim of govt leadership (nn), Start
consultations
for new govt: PM (kp), Parties
intensify
internal discussions (nn), ‘Support
won’t
rely on power sharing’ (kp), Sharma’s
killing
was accidental: Bodyguard, by Motilal Poudel (kp), New
cabinet
will have 50 pc women: Mahara (kp), Women
and
politics Is voting enough?, by Sagun Basnet (kp), Youth
and
politics (kp), The
journey
ahead, by Damakant Jayshi (kp), UNMIN's
exit
strategy, by Trilochan Upreti (kp), Maoists
say
poll success ‘as expected’ (ht), Taking
responsibility (ht), A
Tharu group opposes single terai province (nn), Nepal:
End
of Kingship & Rise of Maoism, by Tanveer Jafri
(Global Politician), The
Political
Consensus & Logical Sequence of People's Mandate of
Nepal, by Prakash Bom (Global Politician), A
Catch-22 Logic of a Cultural-King of Nepal for Maoists to
Ingest, by Prakash Bom (Global Politician), Maoists’
victory
in Nepal hailed as good omen for S.Asia (Dawn)
28/04/2008: Big
4
for statute amendment: Maoists have a condition, though,
by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), UML
unwilling
to support Maoists (kp), Mines
being
removed (kp), ‘Ensure
space
for women’ (kp), Mandate
and
its indications, by Lok Raj Baral (kp), Missed
by miles, by Shyam KC (kp), ‘If
Madhes
is not addressed, MPRF cannot join coalition’,
interview with Upendra Yadav (kp), Row
over
government formation deepens (ht), Talks
on
to rope in new kids on the block (ht), A-G
calls
parties to draft statute presto, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht), Moving
the
goalposts (ht), Focus
On
Inclusion (rn), First
sitting
of CA to declare republic: PM (nn), Prachanda
intensifies
political parleys (nn), Nepal
PM
urges political parties to form new coalition government
(iht), Nepal’s
most
neglected have high hopes of Maoists (One World South
Asia), Pariah
Diplomacy, by Jimmy Carter (New York Times), Maoists
need to convince opposition of their commitment to
democracy, by Krittivas Mukherjee (Dawn), Political
Maneuvers in Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop), Maoists
have
right to lead next govt: MJF chief (nn)
27/04/2008: Let
Maoists
lead govt: UML youths (kp), UML
emphasizes
consensus, cooperation (kp), ‘Maoists
should
lead new govt’ (kp), NC,
UML
seek new agreement with Maoists (ht), News
analysis:
NC, UML apprehensive about a ‘militant’ govt,
by Prakash Rimal (ht), Rajkaji
against
Koirala at helm again (ht) [Girija
is not legitimated by the Nepali people to stay in
ofiice!!], UML
demands action against Sharma’s murderers (kp), Former
minister
Khadka charged with murder, by Surya Mani Gautam
(ht), MJF
ready
to extend conditional cooperation to Maoists (nn), MJF
leaders
meet with NC, UML, Maoist leadership; call for amendment in
constitution (nn), Turn
Nepal
into a Hindu state: WHF (nn) [Expel the WHF from Nepal!], PM
Koirala
meets with army chief (nn) [??], There
will
be a consensus govt: Mahara (nn), Nepali
mind, by Howard Roak (kp)
26/04/2008: NC
wants
Koirala to continue as PM; UML leader sets terms for
Maoist-led govt (kp), Rs
1
lakh relief each for 13,246 conflict dead (kp), ‘New
constitution
to ensure press freedom’ (kp), Out
of
touch (kp), ‘Stop
intimidation
to attract investors’ (kp), Pangs
of
democratic mandate, by Som Prasad Pudasaini (kp), Maoist
victory
for change, by Naresh Koirala (kp), Road
to
republic clear: Prachanda (ht), 'NC
won't
give up govt's leadership unless Maoists dump weapons'
(nn) [Of course do the Maoists
have to give up militancy but what the NC claims is a
putsch against the democratic desicion of the sovereign
people!!]
25/04/2008: 25
parties
secure PR seats, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Final
PR
election results today: EC (ht), EC
declares
PR results; Maoists bag 100 seats, NC 73 and UML 70
(nn), Nepal
Vote
Count Ends, and Maoists Form Largest Party (New York
Times), NC
leaders:
Change of govt a non-issue, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Prachanda
urges
pressure on parties (kp), Leaders,
lawyers
stress politics of consensus (kp), ‘Army
integration
no problem’ (kp), 6
Maoist-seized houses returned (kp), Assistance
for
conflict victims remains unused (nn), Maoists
seek
world sympathy (ht), Let’s
cooperate:
Maoist leaders lobby the international community for trust
and support, by Dewan Rai (nt), Don’t
subvert mandate, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), The
before
and the after, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Stop
rationalizing defeat, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Constitutional
‘glitch’
may hinder govt formation, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Mission
drift:
The new government should not forget what it was elected
for, by Ashutosh Tiwari, CA
vote:
A communication perspective, by Lal D Rai (ht), Family
members
claim 25 died in Rautahat bomb blast (nn), Third
of the sky, by Mallika Aryal (nt), Rainbow
assembly, by Dewan Rai (nt), Among
the
alchemists: Miracles won’t save us, a reality check will,
by CK Lal (nt), Poll
post-mortem:
Winners or losers, Madhesi parties don’t have a clear plan
for the future, by Prashant Jha (nt), Peace
on
a war-footing (nt), Illusive
Mandate, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Poles
Apart:
Major parties brace for internal polarization over the
formation of a new government, by Sushil Sharma (sp),
Present
Tense:
Despite the election of an out-and-out republican
assembly, key actors put the monarchy at the centre-stage,
by Sushil Sharma (sp), "We
Support
The Right To Self Determination In Kashmir and Tibet Also”,
interview with Baburam Bhattarai (sp)
24/03/2008: EC
completes
vote count, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Counting
over;
Maoists poll 29 pc votes (ht), PR
counting
over, Maoists to bag around 100 seats (nn), Nepal's
former
communist rebels win election, by Binaj Gurubacharya
(Globe and Mail), Nepal’s
Maoists
Win Most Seats of Any Party in Elections (New York
Times), Official:
Nepal's
Maoists have won the most seats in the country's new
assembly (iht), Maoists
seek
coalition govt after Nepal poll win (Dawn), Prachanda
led
government within a month: Sharma (nn), ‘Most
wanted’
CA member to miss first meeting (kp), Baban
Singh
denies hand in valley blasts (ht), First
CA
meet can’t abolish monarchy, says Upendra Yadav (ht),
Defining
democracy (kp), Maoists
promise
investor-friendly Nepal (kp), Maoists
vow
to create conducive environment (ht), Prachanda
holds
interaction with donors and diplomats (nn), Unlocking
some
constitutional issues, by Bipin Adhikari (kp), On
your
Marx, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Women,
polls
and power, by Sangita Rayamajhi (kp), Election
outcome:
Challenges ahead, by Ganga Thapa (ht), Untenable
(ht), Rights
violation
of minors still rampant: UN report (nn), Nepal
Maoists
not ready to renounce violence, yet, by Krittivas
Mukherjee (Reuters), Former
rebels
conciliatory after election victory in Nepal, by
Randeep Ramesh (Guardian), Nepal
needs
a makeover, by Ratna Kapur (Times of India)
23/04/2008: PR
vote
counting complete in 228 constituencies (kp), EC
tells
parties to better PR closed-lists (ht), Maoists'
vote
share come below 30 percent in PR count (nn), Maoist
recorded
landslide victory in Nepal, by Leel Pathirana (Asian
Tribune), Maoists
send
most women to House (Asian Age), Maoists
claim
leadership of next govt (kp), Maoists
open
to power-sharing, says Prachanda (ht), No
redress
yet for Janaandolan injured, by Baburam Kharel (kp), NC
leaders
against joining new govt (kp), 3
hurt as NPF, NC men clash (kp), NC
candidate,
3 others accused of blast (kp), Kamala’s
priority:
Penalty for husband’s killers (kp), Dissecting
post-poll
pessimism & optimism, by Angaraj
Timilsina (kp), Blues
before
Red Nepal, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), Electoral
system:
Not quite on the mark, by Birendra P Mishra (ht),
Coming
to
terms (ht), People
voted
for change: Minister Gurung (nn), This
victory
has made us more responsible, interview with Ram
Bahadur Thapa (tg), Catch-22
situation (tg), Nepal's
senior
economists speak, Telegraph Exclusive (tg), Maoists
must take up the economic challenge (tg)
22/04/2008: Counting
over,
Maoists score 120 (ht), FPTP
counting
over, Maoists win 120 out of 240 seats (nn), Janajati
first-timers
send bigwigs packing (ht), Power
sharing
a tricky issue, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Consensus
govt
must: Prachanda (ht), Maoist
to
make additional efforts to include all in govt (nn), Maoists
to
obtain major portfolios: Gajurel (nn), Maoist
CC
meet to finalize govt model (kp), Top
leaders
of Nepal's ex-rebels meet to plan new government
(iht), PLA
integration
will be another wonder: Prachanda (kp), 30,000-strong
army
will do: Badal, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Thakur's
loss
‘setback’ for Madhes politics (kp), Baglung
untouched
by Maoist victory wave (kp), BICC
chosen
as CA meet venue (kp), ‘Ensure
Dalits’
rights in new constitution’ (kp), Call
to
recognise Dalits’ rights in new statute (ht), Coalition
yes,
but conditional one, by Damakant Jayshi (kp), Benefit
of
the doubt (ht), UN
urges
parties to abide by the polls results (nn), Prachanda
meets
UML leader Khanal (nn), 2065:
the
beginning of a New Nepal, by Alberto Cruz (Scoop)
21/04/2008: Badal:
King
will be denied all privileges (kp), Maoists
for
abolishing monarchy peacefully (ht), Final
poll
results possible by Tuesday: EC (kp), Who’s
next
PM? (kp), TMDP
chief
Thakur loses, NPF’s KC wins (kp), The
haunted (ht), Displaced
family
still in lurch, by Surendra Subedi (kp), Maoist
MP
pledges lasting peace (ht), DEAN
points
out numerous poll code violations (ht), No
malpractices
in voting process: Australia (nn), Catchy
slogans
did the trick for Maoists (ht), Are
the
results of CA unexpected? What influence the election
outcome, by Raghab D Pant (kp), What
kind
of constitution?, by Shyam KC (kp), US
to remove Maoists from terror watch list (nn), Prachanda
tells
parties not to shy away from past agreements (nn), Nepal
army
must prepare to absorb Maoist fighters, interview with
Krittivas Mukherjee (Reuters)
20/04/2008: I
shall head the govt: Prachanda (kp), Prachanda
to
head new government (ht), Polls
end
with voting in Surkhet, Dhading (ht), Janajatis
upbeat
after poll showing; bag 82 seats, by Razen
Manandhar (ht), Maoists
keep
lead in PR vote count (nn), PR
counting
closer to conclusion; Maoists bag 30 percent of votes
(ht), Girl
votes
for Maoists, dad evicts her from home, by Tika R
Pradhan (ht), Beside
the
fire line is a matchbox, by Babu Ram Neupane (kp), Maoism
and
academics, by Arun Gupto (kp), UML
accuses
Maoists of rigging election (ht) [Better
revise your own mistakes first!], 62
cases
of violation of press freedom during polls (ht), Mine
defusing
work yet to begin (ht), Gyanendra
misjudged
results of key elections (Gulf Times), King
could
get cultural rights, says Dr. Bhattarai (nn) [???],
King
might
be forcefully evicted if he does not leave palace
voluntarily: Badal (nn), Prachanda
confers
with Indian envoy; Maoists to confer with MJF (nn), Mahantha
Thakur
loses in Sarlahi (nn)
19/04/2008: Minority
report (kp), ‘I’m
ready
to discuss it with him’, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), PM
urges
UML ministers not to resign (kp), UNMIN
not
necessary: C P Gajurel; UNMIN role not over: Martin
(kp), No
extension
of UNMIN term: Gajurel (ht), NC
urges
Maoist brass to stop cadre violence (kp), NHRC
points
out lapses during polls (kp), NFDN
to
train CA members (kp), MJF
not
to join govt ‘till pacts are implemented’ (ht), MJF
seeks
implementation of past agreements to join new govt
(nn), Meaning
of
democracy in Nepal: Fulfil people's aspirations
(Central Chronicle), The
order
of the day, by Bhimarshan Acharya (kp), Newa
‘state’
and performance culture, by Shiva Rijal (kp), 'Overthrowing
monarchy
legitimately will be a unique exercise' (nn)
18/04/2008: Maoists
pocket
one-third votes in PR (nn), Maoists'
share
in PR votes come down to 30 percent (nn), Prachanda
urges UML to join new government (kp), UML’s
rider
to join Maoist-led govt (ht), Dismantle
YCL:
Nepal advises Prachanda (nn), PM
asks
UML ministers to return to work (nn), Nepali
Congress
not to quit government (ht), NC
leaders
to Maoists: Abide by past agreements for alliance
(nn), MJF
likely
to give Maoists a hard time (ht), Stay
away (kp), Insurgency
paralyzed
him, now he hopes to publish, by Baburam Kharel (kp),
Remembering
not
to forget: Relatives of the war dead come to terms with
the Maoist victory, by Mallika Aryal (nt), Maoist
winners
return to villages, by Shahiman Rai (kp), Poll-related
violence
against women recorded (kp), Election
post-mortem, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Unfinished
business, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Wanted
permanent
Gandhis, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Rise
of
the Red: Inexplicable Results, by Keshab Poudel (sp),
Red
Alert:
The electoral outcome has left many key stakers in a flux,
by Sushil Sharma (sp), Observer's
Report:
Clean Chit (sp), Outside
Perspective:
The international community welcomes the smooth conduct of
election and anxiously watches its results unfurl
(sp), Fall
Of
Titans: From east to west, many established leaders were
made to bite the dust by political minnows, by Sanjaya
Dhakal (sp), Hurdles
in
declaring republic?, by Ananta Raj Luitel [This decision will be taken by the CA
and not by the government! Where's the problem?], Promises
not
enough, Maoists told (ht), Now,
action (ht) [Only a new
government that is elected by the CA can act, not a single
political party that will definitely not get an absolute
majority in the CA!!], From
revolution
to crisis management: In government, the Maoists will face
serious economic challenges, by Dewan Rai (nt), Maonomics:
How
will the Maoists turn their economic policies into action?,
by Artha Beed (nt), Business
reax (nt), Prachanda
intensifies
meetings with business community (nn), 'CPN-M
won't
implement its agendas forcefully' (nn), Welcome
to
New Nepal, by Kunda Dixit (nt), After
the
landslide: “Help the poor, bring jobs and control the
price rise”, by Shrishti Adhikari (nt), The
survival of the weakest: The war hasn’t ended, it has just
begun, by CK Lal (nt), Hardly
surprising:
The Maoists’ organisational skills paid off, by Deepak
Thapa (nt), Forum
in
Maostan: A historical injustice is being corrected in a
democratic framework, by Prashant Jha (nt), Another
Maoland:
Not many Chinese are aware of the Maoist victory in Nepal,
by Aruna Uprety (nt), RPP-Nepal
leader
shot dead in Nawalparasi (nn), Politician
who
supported king killed in postelection violence in Nepal
(iht), The
long
march in Nepal: The country's voters have elected for
change, but the Maoists may have a battle to turn their
historic victory into tangible benefits, by Sanjeev
Sherchan (Guardian), Nepal
votes
in historic election intended to seal peace deal with
insurgents, by Matthew Rosenberg (Canadian Press), Poll
and Politics in Nepal, by Abdul Ruff (Global
Politician), After
election
landslide, Nepalese Maoists reassure investors and major
powers, by K. Ratnayake and Peter Symonds (World
Socialist Web Site), A
Maoist in Nepal's palace, by Dhruba Adhikary (Asia
Times)
17/04/2008: About
economy
now, by Tilak Rawal (kp), Maoists
for
capitalism, economic miracle (kp), Comrades
vow
to bring economic revolution (ht), ‘New
constitution
should focus business’ (kp), CPN-UML
ministers
resign (kp), UML
ministers
quit govt (ht), Maoists
want
to lead a coalition govt, says Baidhya (ht), Reality
check:
People want a ‘unity government’, by Ajaya Bhadra
Khanal (ht), Mostly
janajatis
elected in western region, by Kulchandra Neupane (kp),
Maoists
consolidate
lead (ht), Maoists
unlikely
to get absolute majority (kp), Maoists
lead
PR count in districts (kp), Maoists
in
lead in Dhading PR race (ht), Maoists
top
PR count in Sindhupalchowk (ht), Terai
based
parties bag votes in hills, mountains (nn), Re-polling
held
in 5 Nepal constituencies for special assembly (iht),
Repolling
put
off after arson in Arghakhanchi (ht) [Instead
of suppressing and arresting peaceful Tibetan
demonstrators in Kathmandu you should better protect the
few remaining repolling stations in the countryside!!],
The
sky
has not fallen, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), Tough
tasks
for Maoist Nepal, by Shyam KC (kp), Education
sector:
Are the Maoists up to the task?, by Mana Prasad
Wagley (ht), New
orientation (ht), Bhattarai
says
King will be removed respectfully (nn), Constituent
Assembly
Elections Result In A Great Surprise for Maoist Nepal,
by Prakash Bom (Global Politician), Post-Conflict
News
Reporting in Nepal, by Dharma Adhikari (Nepal Monitor)
16/04/2008: Maoists
inch
closer to clear majority (ht), How
seats
will be split under PR? (kp), Re-polling
held
in 32 centers (kp), Re-polling
on
in five constituencies (nn), NC
to
study poor poll performance, by Chitranga Thapa (kp),
NA
to
‘follow directives’ of legitimate govt (ht), Old
habits die hard (kp), Independent
candidate
wins in Saptari (ht), CA
election
winner has murder case against him (ht), Baban’s
candidacy
legitimate, says EC (ht), First
CA
meeting to convene at BICC (ht), Accepting
new
reality, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Rebels
with
a cause, by Prem Bahadur Phyak (kp), Will
the
kursi change Maoists?, by Namrata Sharma (kp), Experts
differ
on need to amend interim constitution, by Ananta
Raj Luitel (ht), No
alternative (ht), Maoists
international
recognition? (tg), Maoists'
electoral
surge: What say Nepal’s noted scholars? (tg), Koirala’s
crumbling
house of cards!, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Read
message
on the wall (tg), UML
leaders
confer with Prime Minister over poll results (nn), Nepal
Maoists
poised for major election victory; 2 parties may pull out
of government (iht), Canada
to
continue its support after CA polls (nn), Himalayan
revolution, by Manzur Ejaz (Daily Times), Kicking
out
a king (Guardian), Nepal
king
told: 'Go gracefully' (BBC News), Maoist
Election
Victory Stuns World: CPN-M heading to a majority under the
240-seat first-past-the-post system, by Prakash Luitel
(on), PFN
chairman
Serchan victorious in Chitwan-5 (nn), UML
quits
government; PM urges UML to reconsider its decision
(nn), MJF
ready
to support future Maoist govt: Yadav (nn), Maoists
garner
one-third votes in PR; NC and UML follow as counting
continues (nn)
15/04/2008: Maoists
lead
initial PR count, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), Maoists
leading
in PR count also; UML stands second (nn), Maoists
in
lead even in PR vote count (ht), Maoists
continue
to be on a roll (ht), Maoists
widen
victory margin (nn), Maoist
ex-rebels
continue to widen lead in Nepal count, by Gopal Sharma
(Reuters), Nepal’s
Maoists
surge ahead in vote count (Peninsula), Nepal's
ex-rebels
close to winning half of directly elected seats in special
assembly (iht), Maoists
rout
rivals in Sagarmatha zone (ht), Maoists’
victory
is positive development, says Pranab (ht), Mahat
injured in Maoist attack (kp), ‘Maoist
cadres’
thrash Dr Mahat in Nuwakot (ht), Ktm
blasts-accused
Baban Singh wins poll, by Shiva Puri (kp), ‘Wanted
man’
wins Rautahat seat (ht), Prachanda
got
most airtime in pre-election month (kp), Preliminary
Report
on Media Coverage of CA Election (Nepal Monitor), Madhav
Nepal
loses in Rautahat too (kp), Cadres
urge
UML leaders to shun town centered politics (kp), Looking
inward (ht), CPN-UML
ministers
to tender their resignation by evening Tuesday (nn), RPP
alleges
foul play in vote-counting in Sunsari-2 (ht), Maoists
won’t
dump allies, says Mahara (ht), Shekhar
roots
for a national government (ht), MJF
chief
asks PM to quit (ht), NC
mulling
over whether to stay in the government or not (nn), Terrorised
poll
but positive step toward peace: RPP (kp), Thapa
loses deposit (kp),
Ethnonationalism
&
Maoist challenges, by Beerendra Pandey (kp), From
rebels to rulers, by Monica Regmi (kp), Political
transition:
So far, so good, by Birendra P Mishra (ht), US
urges
patience and nonviolent observance of democratic process
(nn), US,
UK
ambassadors call on PM (nn), Nepal
Maoist
win rings false alarm bells abroad, by Simon Denyer
(Reuters), Analysts
ponder
Maoist upset in Nepal: Most had predicted that former
rebels would place third, by Henry Chu (San Francisco
Chronicle), Nepal's
ex-rebels
surprise observers, winning over half of directly elected
seats in vote, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Santa Barbara
News-Press), Ex-rebel
chief
looks headed for Nepal leadership, by Sudeshna Sarkar
(Hindustan Times), Maoists'
margin
widens in Nepal parliament vote, by Jason Motlagh
(Washington Times), Nepal
Needs
Social and Economic Revolution (Arab News), From
Lotus
Flower to the Fierce One: the story of the Maoist who took
power in Nepal, by Andrew Buncombe (Independent, UK),
Maoists’
chief
looks headed for leadership (Gulf Times), NA
ready to obey orders of elected govt (nn) [This
should be absolutely out of question!]
14/04/2008: Maoists
continue
winning streak (ht), Maoists
hit
century as they head for landslide victory (nn), Nepal's
former
rebels extend lead in early election results (iht), Maoists
embrace
democracy, by Randeep Ramesh (Gulf Times), Former
Maoist guerrillas on brink of historic Nepal election
victory, by Randeep Ramesh (Guardian), Nepal's
Maoists
head for election victory, by Andrew Buncombe
(Independent, UK), Maoists
likely
to govern Nepal (Peninsula), Maoists
on
track for landslide in Nepal poll, by Thomas Bell
(Peninsula), Maoists
hold
stunning lead in Nepal elections (Kuwait Times), Maoists,
PM
discuss govt formation (ht), Prachanda
meets
PM, urges collaboration (kp), We
will
lead next govt: Dr Bhattarai (kp), Stung
by
defeat, NC starts introspection, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht), Nepali
Congress
secures two seats in Syangja (ht), NC,
MJF
fetch seats in Morang (ht), Deuba
and
Dr. Mahat win (nn), Ilam
stands
exception to other poll results (kp), Maoists
sweep
Rolpa, Dang (ht), Maoists
win
two seats in Banke district (ht), Top
leaders
who lost election (kp), CA
poll
winners in districts (kp), Many
women
among poll winners, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp), Not
to join another, either: UML to withdraw from government,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), UML
to
withdraw from government (nn), 20
injured
in firing (ht), 20
injured
in clash among party cadres (kp), SMS
greetings
with political tones (ht), Election’s
over:
The parties should work together, by Lok Raj
Baral (ht), People
have
voted for radical change: Prof Baral (nn), Unfolding
message (ht), EU
delegation
meets PM Koirala (nn), Mahara
for
cooperation among parties after polls (nn), The
red wave (kp),
Enter
Nepal's
Maoist establishment, by Kanak Mani Dixit (kp), Price
of
folly, by Shyam KC (kp), First
vote (kp),
‘King
should leave palace right after CA’s first sitting’, interview with Baburam Bhattarai (kp), Dr.
Shashank remains the sole torch-bearer of Koirala clan in
CA polls (nn), MK
Nepal
loses in Rautahat, too (nn)
13/04/2008: Groundswell
for
Maoists: People vote for change, by Yuvraj
Acharya (kp), Maoists
poised
for landslide win (ht), Prachanda
pulls
off big victory (ht), A
huge win for Bhattarai (ht), Maoists
bag
three Makwanpur seats, sweep Dhankuta (ht), Maoists
sweep
UML base in Lalitpur (ht), NWPP
wins
in Bhaktapur (ht), Maoists
continue
winning streak; NC and UML trail behind (nn), MJF
chief
ousts PM's daughter from Sunsari-5; takes Morang-5 also
(nn), Maoists
widen
victory margin; NC trailing in third place (nn), Prachanda
wins
from Rolpa-2 as well (nn), Maoists
score
strongly in Nepal polls (Peninsula), Poll
met
int’l standards: EU; US should recognise Maoists: Carter
(kp), EU
observers
happy with poll procedures (ht), UK
congratulates
Nepal for peaceful polls (nn), Polls
held
peacefully: ANFREL (ht), Poll
results
reflect people’s ‘yearning for change’, by Lila Ballav
Ghimire (kp), Surprise
lead
for Maoists spells end of the line for Nepal's King,
by Ed Douglas (Observer), Home
Minister
Sitaula, too, bites the dust (nn), Maoists
bag
70 seats; NC, UML competing for second place (nn), India
says
it is ready work with Maoists (nn), Prachanda
meets
Koirala (nn)
12/04/2008: Maoists
take
early lead (kp), Maoists
spring
a surprise, take initial lead, by Arjun Bhandari
(ht), Maoists
expect
clear majority: NC worried; unexpected for UML, by
Thira L Bhusal (kp), Maoists
appear
set to sweep the polls, UML crushed in
initial results (nn), Maoists’
good
show surprises many in Valley (ht), Prakash
Man,
Dev Gurung elected (kp), Mahara
dons
the victory cap in Dang-3 (nn), NC
victory
in Kathmandu 3, Maoists in Dang 2 (nn), Maoists
take
Dhankuta-2, Bardiya-1; NC's Suprabha Ghimire wins in Ktm-4
(nn), Nepal's
Maoists
gain first seats Nepal's Maoists gain first seats (BBC
News), Pulse
of
the nation (ht), EC
to
reschedule polling at 60 booths (kp), NHRC
takes
up Surkhet, Dang poll violence (kp), Witness
to
a drama, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), Polling
officer
in custody (kp), 3
poll staffers freed, another missing (kp), SI
finds
Nepal polls free, fair, democratic (ht), UN,
US,
China congratulate Nepali people (kp), Japanese
mission
lauds poll procedure (kp), ANFREL
says
polls was successful and credible (nn), CA
polls
met international standard: EU (nn), FNJ
worried
about ‘bar’ on coverage of vote counting (ht), New
Year,
New Nepal (kp), Dhungana
praises
UML, Maoists’ role (ht), Election
fever
still gripping Valley folk (ht), UML
gen
secy loses to CPN-M candidate in Kathmandu-2; NWPP takes
both constituencies in Bhaktapur (nn), MK
Nepal announces resignation as UML gen secy (nn), Chairman
Prachanda
triumphs in Ktm-10 as his party takes initial lead
(nn), Maoists
bag
15 seats; NC and UML share four each; NWPP win two;
Prachanda to hold victory rally (nn), Khum
Bahadur
Khadka loses; Ananta emerges victorious (nn), "We
want
to continue working with parties and the int'l community,"
says Prachanda (nn), Carter
says
US should recognize Maoist poll victory (nn), Maoists
bag
27 seats; NC win in seven and UML win in six
constituencies (nn), Number
of
centers needing re-polling reaches 75 (nn), Fall
of
giants taking its toll; Sushil Koirala announces
resignation as NC acting prez (nn), Dr
Bhattarai
wins in Gorkha-2 with largest margin (nn)
11/04/2008: Nepal
stuns
world, itself: Poll peaceful, turnout 60 pc (kp), Nepal
shows
the way: Polls peaceful, turnout huge (ht), Independent
candidate
among 3 killed in poll violence (kp), Party
activists
against fair poll, by Rameshchandra Adhikari (kp), Big
three,
other leaders cast votes (kp), Enthused
elders
add charm to polls (kp), Carter
happy
UNMIN, India laud poll (kp), India
welcomes
success of poll (kp), Parties
now
need to accept people's decision: UNMIN (nn), Arbour
welcomes
the CA polls (nn), Historic
polls (kp), Zero
point
reached finally, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), News
analysis
: Polls acid test of Maoist mass base (ht), A
paradigm shift (ht), High
profile
observers descend on Ktm-10 (ht), Success
at
last (ht), Poll
counting
starts in many places; NC's Prakash Man: Singh victorious
in Kathmandu-1 (nn), Top
leaders
say 'epoch-making' election will help Nepal enter a 'new
era' (nn), NC
candidates
leading in most Kathmandu constituencies (nn), NC,
CPN-M
candidates leading in most constituencies in Kathmandu
(nn), Maoists
leading
in Lalitpur-3; NWPP likely to win both seats in Bhaktapur
(nn), Maoists
take
lead in Bardiya, Dang (nn), Maoists
taking
lead in Mid-West (nn), Maoists
taking
lead in most places (nn), CPN-M's
Dev
Gurung wins in Manang district (nn), Ballot
boxes
yet to arrive in Surkhet district headquarters (nn), Problems
in
vote counting in Ilam (nn), MJF
doing
well among terai-centric parties, leads in two
constituencies in Banke (nn), Covering
Nepal's
first election in nine years, interview with Dharma
Adhikari (Asia Media), Bullet
to
ballot (nt), Unceremoniously
removed
monarchy: Will this election finally consign Nepal’s
monarchy to the history books?, by Dewan Rai (nt), Lazy
eye:
Election observation was on the relaxed side in Lalitpur,
by Sheere NG (nt), Voting
for
reconciliation and justice: The elected constituent
assembly will have to tell the victims of war the truth,
by Mallika Aryal (nt), Making
every
vote count: Vote counting will be prolonged, but this time
it will be foolproof, by Pranaya SJB Rana (nt), Home
away
from home: Expats are as uncertain about the aftermath of
elections as Nepalis, by Sheere NG (nt), Post-election
integration, interview with Indrajit Rai (nt), Exhaustion,
euphoria
and ennui: post-election hopes are few, but fears many,
by CK Lal (nt), “We
are
used to the bombs. This is our chance to be heard”:
Madhesi voters defy threats and prove everyone wrong,
by Prashant Jha (nt), Marketing
democracy:
The politicians may as well admit that campaigning is a
form of marketing, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt), Lost
time:
The real work now begins to build a New Nepal, by
Kanak Mani Dixit (nt), A
new page (nt)
10/04/2008: Nepal
votes
today, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Nepal
decides
today (ht), Reality
check:
Nation embarks on a new path, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal
(ht), Nepal
votes
in historic election, by Somini Senguta (iht), Vote
for
hope (ht), PM,
leaders
appeal to people to vote (kp), Industries
announce
paid holiday (kp)
One
more
killed in Surkhet, by Motilal, Poudel (kp), NC
leader
behind Sharma’s killing: Bohara (ht), Injured
rescued for treatment (kp), Dang
returning to normal after killings, by Sudarshan Rijal and Ganesh Chaudhary (kp), Punish
Dang
massacre guilty: Prachanda (ht), Killings
condemned;
teams sent to find facts (ht), Baban
Singh's aides held (kp), PM
urges restraint, assures independent probe (kp), 31
YCL,
4 NC cadres held with weapons (kp), Poll
violence
still on (kp),
UNMIN,
OHCHR, EUEOM ask parties for restraint (kp), UML
for
poll deferral in 9 Kavre VDCs (kp), Prachanda
casting
vote after 28 years, by Narayan Sharma (kp), D-Day (kp), CA
polls:
Nepal’s tryst with destiny, by Anand Aditya
(kp), Perils
of
partisan view,
by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), PM
in Biratnagar, Prachanda in Chitwan to cast their votes
(nn), Polling
underway
across the country; top leaders cast votes in early hours
(nn), Voting
postponed
in seven polling centres; one killed in Mahottari
(nn), Booths
'captured'
in Lalitpur, Dolakha and Baglung; clashes in some
districts (nn), NC
cadre
dies in clash with MJF men in Sunsari-5; Sujata demands
re-polling (nn), Polling
concludes;
voter turnout around 60 pc; CEC describes polling as a
success (nn), Voting
concludes
peacefully in Mid-West (nn), India
hails
election as 'welcome and historic step' (nn), Independent
candidate
gunned down in Sarlahi (nn)
09/04/2008: CPN-UML
candidate
shot dead: Curfew in Surkhet (kp), UML
candidate
gunned down (ht), One
killed
in fresh violence in Surkhet; curfew lifted (nn), Seven
Maoist
workers killed in police firing in Dang; PM urges
Prachanda to exercise restraint (nn), Five
Maoists
killed in police firing (ht), Maoist
dies
in shootout with police in Dang, by Ganesh Chaudhari
and Kosh Raj Koirala (kp), Prachanda
appeals
to all for restraint (nn), Mahara
turns
back APF security team (nn), Martin
says
he is shocked by incidents in Dang, Surkhet (nn), Maoists
lead
in attacks on rival parties (kp), Maoists
threaten
RPP-N candidate, by Rajendra Nath (kp), RPP-N
candidate
holed up in district HQ (ht), NC
demands
poll deferral in Gorkha (kp), No
let-up
in violence; scores injured nationwide (ht), National,
int’l calls for free, fair poll (kp), Foreign
envoys
urge credible elections (kp), ‘It's
a
wonderful achievement’; Election will end conflict,
establish republic: Carter, by Prateek Pradhan,
Narayan Wagle, Damakant Jayshi and Dinesh Wagle (kp), CEC,
Carter
hope parties will accept poll outcome (ht), Bury
differences
before polls, parties told (ht), Ban
Ki-moon
hopes for free, fair polls (ht), Dhungana,
Tuladhar
appeal for fair polls (kp), Int’l
media
homes in on CA polls, by Baburam Kharel (kp), Most
observers
already in field, by Kiran Chapagain (kp), Act
responsibly, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Election
vacation, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp), The
final
countdown, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), Monitoring
the
CA polls, by Bhimarjun Acharya (kp), UML,
Maoists
for coalition govt after polls (ht), Within
inverted
commas: Political parties have no economic agenda
(ht), Creating
New
History Through CA Polls, by Yuba Nath Lamsal
(rn)
08/04/2008: Formal
campaign
over, country braces for poll: Misgivings remain as
clashes continue (kp), Carter
to
Hashimoto, int’l observers put Nepal in global focus,
by Kiran Chapagain (kp), Carters
starts
parleys, meets PM Koirala and CEC Pokharel (nn), Martin
warns
Maoists against PLA mobilization during poll (kp), 13
hurt
in three separate blasts (kp), 13
hurt
in blast near NC meet venue (ht), Maoist
violence
goes unabated nationwide (ht), Obstruction
to
poll monitors worries NEMA (ht), Election
official
abducted in Mahottari (nn), RPP
candidate
missing since 16 days (nn), NC-UML
clash
compels authorities to clamp curfew in Dhading (nn), ‘Maoist
killed
in Solu shot by cop’ (kp), Security
beefed
up in Solu, Dhading and Ramechhap (kp), Border
with
India sealed (nn), Martin
calls
parties to stop blood-letting (ht), Uneasy
calm
grips Sarlahi district (ht), People’s
turn (kp), No
U-turns (ht), Looking
back,
and moving forward, by Damakant Jayshi (kp), Mudslinging
on
the eve of Judsheetal, by Beerendra Pandey (kp),
Drool
Maoists, by Dhruva Joshy (kp), Left
parties
embark on right path (ht), Political
transition:
CA election and peace process, by Birendra P
Mishra, Situation
unfavourable
for polls in five districts: NEMA (nn)
07/04/2008: 32
NC
cadres hurt, two abducted (ht), Maoists
blamed:
RJP worker killed after abduction (kp), EC
seeks
probe into violent incidents (ht), EC
initiates
action against code violators (kp), Election
won’t
be shelved, says CEC (ht), No
let
up in anti-poll activities (kp), Preserve
right
to secret ballot: NC (kp), Choppers
deployed
for polls begin nationwide patrolling (ht), UNMIN
urges parties to work together (kp), Waive
tax
on donation: FNCCI (ht), Within
inverted
commas: Time to try younger leaders this time (ht), Show
of
restraint (ht), EC
orders
closure of Ghatna ra Bichar program (kp), Women
candidates appeal to voters (kp), Federalism
with
Nepali touch, by Aniruddh Gautam (kp), Federalising
Nepal:
A Look At The Challenges, Constraints, by Pranav
Bhattarai (rn), Civil
society
reps ask 'big three' to take lead role in making polls
fair (nn), Three
left
parties agree to bury the hatchet (nn), Blasts
at
Baneshwor, Koteshwor; one injured (nn), Nepal
parties
wind up campaign ahead of Thursday's election for a
constitutional assembly (iht), UN
criticises
Nepal Maoist party, by Charlie Haviland (BBC News), UNMIN
chief
says no to army deployment during polls (Gulf Times),
New
Test
for Nepal, by J. Sri Raman (Scoop), Violence
feared
as Nepal goes to elections (Gulf Times), Maoist
chief
warns king of ‘punishment’ (Gulf Times)
06/04/2008: YCL
rampage
unrelenting (kp), 68
NC,
UML cadres hurt (ht), NC
candidate
injured in Maoist attack; another cadre shot in Banke
(nn), Prachanda
urges
YCL to be on ‘defensive’ posture (nn), Prachanda:
Doubt
not commitment to poll result (kp), Baburam
threatens
takeover in 10 minutes (kp), CPN-United
cadres
thrash NC men in Baglung (nn), NC
slams
civil servants' rally, state media tilt (kp), Civil
society
rallies for peaceful polls (kp), All
flag
carriers not party champions, by Pradip Myangbo (kp),
Planetary
tendencies
for new Nepal, by Tika Upreti (kp), Guardians
of
the nation, by Kapil Bisht (kp), EC
calls
for reliable security for election (ht), NEOC
asks
govt to improve security (ht), Valley
blasts:
Police suspect four groups (ht), Candidate’s
killer
caught (Gulf Times), Democratic
premium
in Nepal is getting bigger and wider, by Bhuwan
Thapaliya (Global Politician), Prachanda
feels
media has jaundiced eyes (nn)
05/04/2008: Four
bomb
blasts in Valley (kp), Four
minor
blasts in city; no one hurt (nn), Don’t
be
swayed by isolated events: CEC to observers (kp), Poll
observers
told not to draw hasty conclusions (ht), UML
candidate
attacked in Mugu (nn), Cops
fire
to curb UML-Maoist clash (kp), 25
hurt
in Maoist attacks in Dhading (ht), People
doubtful
about peaceful voting (kp), Gupta
hints
at possibility of NA deployment (ht), Civil
society
leaders meet security chiefs on poll (kp), Security
situation
better after 10-pt pact, says civil society (ht), Professional
organisations
organise rallies countrywide for peaceful polls (nn),
Sections
of
media biased in poll reporting: Report (kp), RPP
pledges to end ‘SPA dictatorship’ (kp), Republic
issue
to be settled by first CA meet: PM (ht), Gross
ignorance (kp), Poll
passion, by Sajag Karki (kp), Predicting
the
Unpredictability, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), Corrupt
Leaders As CA Candidates How Could This Happen? by
Manoj Rijal (rn), Nepal
Maoists
seek election backing (BBC News), Fate
of
Maoist guerrillas looms over peace process (Peninsula)
04/04/2008: Dhungana,
Tuladhar
head peace committee (kp), 2,500
temporary
police mobilized in Valley (kp), Nationwide
aerial
patrol from tomorrow (ht), Tibetans
put
off protests until CA poll (kp), NHRC
urges
free, fair poll (kp), Cops
recover
guns, bullets: RPP activists protest raid (kp), UML,
Maoist cadres clash (kp), Three
CPN-UML
activists knifed (ht), Sujata’s
vehicle
vandalised (ht), UML
leader
injured in Maoist attack (nn), RPP
candidate
out of fray (ht), Poll
Violence
Joint Assurance To Follow Code Of Conduct, by Vijaya
Chalise (rn), Violence
should
have no place in this Constituent Assembly Election,
by Ian Martin (sp), Peaceful
Campaigning, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn), Govt
can
deploy army as a last recourse: Minister Gupta (nn), EU
team
on poll mission leaving City for monitoring (ht), UK
MEP
arriving to monitor poll (kp), Envoys's
take
on election: Holding polls vital, victory secondary (ht),
Don’t
be
paranoid about conspiracy: Nepal to Prachanda (kp), We’ll
accept
poll results: Prachanda (kp), Mixed
polls:
Mixed outcomes? by Bhagirath Yogi (kp), Maoist
half-truths, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Post-conflict
elections
imply compromises: CEC (nn), Crashed
Hopes:
Women leaders express disappointment over the lack of enough
women candidates, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Cautious
Enthusiasm:
In its second election report released early this week, the UN
body cautions about increasing incidents of violence (sp),
Constituent
Assembly
Elections: Knocking At The Door, by Keshab Poudel (sp
04/04/2008), Behave
yourselves:
The ultra left and right are main threats to peaceful polls,
by Kunda Dixit (nt), Some
are
still more equal than others: Even after elections, Janajatis
and Dalits will not be fairly represented, by Dewan Rai
(nt), Same
old
‘menstream’ politics: Despite promises of inclusion, women are
sidelined again, by Mallika Aryal (nt), And
what
about youth? (nt), Fear
and
voting in the Tarai: Madhesi parties pick up steam, amidst
fear of violence, by Prashant Jha (nt), After
4/10: Give the Madhes a stake in the constituent assembly
process and government, by Prashant Jha (nt), An
observer observing observers: No election is either completely
free or truly fair, by CK Lal (nt)
03/04/2008: ICG
cautions
of violence on the eve of polls (nn) [see report
as pdf],
Defeat
by
conspiracy unacceptable: Prachanda (kp), Only
fair
poll verdict acceptable: Prachanda (ht), Hundreds
of
NC men flee villages, by D R Panta (kp), Maoists
step
up attacks on poll campaigners (kp), Police
come
under YCL rage in Rasuwa (nn), Implement
the
pact (kp), Violence
continues
despite commitments (nn), Tripartite
panel
told to probe 10-pt pact violation (ht), Major
parties
violating poll code, says Martin (ht), Martin
says
Maoists, UML, NC are main code violators (nn), Amnesty
officer
abducted (nn), ‘Binocular
terror’
grips villagers, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Respect
rights for CA poll success: OHCHR (kp), Bandh
hits
life in Tarai (ht), Use
of
kids in campaigns slammed, by Shreejana Shrestha (kp),
How will
Madhes mix affect April 10?, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Pahade
voters
searching for Pahade candidates (kp), Plotting
political
suicide, by Prateek Pradhan (kp), More
than
the seats (ht), In
Nepal,
Long-Lived Monarchy Fades From View, by Somini
Sengupta (New York Times), Maoists
make
treaty with India new poll target (Gulf Times), The
Election
Campaign Heritage of Nepalese Politics, by Prakash Bom
(Global Politician)
02/04/2008: Leaders
ink
10-pt deal on CA poll, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Top
guns
ink pact for fair, peaceful polls (ht), Silver
lining (ht), Curfew
in
Dadeldhura for 2nd consecutive day (kp), Deuba,
Prachanda
‘agree’ to defuse Dadeldhura tensions (ht), Maoists
injure NC candidate, 25 cadres, by Krishna Thapa and
Prakash Adhikari (kp), NC
suspends
poll campaign fearing Maoist attack (ht), NC
stages
indifinte Rasuwa bandh (nn), Maoists’
pre-poll
attacks continue (ht), Prachanda
urges
cadres to exercise restraint (nn), UML
complains
against Maoists at EC (kp), PLA
soldiers
should remain in cantonments: Martin, by Surendra
Kafle (ht), Election
candidate
goes missing (nn), Two
NC
cadres 'abducted'; UML men released (nn), Security
to
foil anti-poll acts: Sitaula (kp), ANFREL
censures
parties for poll violence (kp), Election
environment
is poor, says report (ht), Carter
to
arrive with team April 7 (kp), German
delegates
meet conflict victims, by Khumansingh Tamang (kp), Delphi
and
CA elections, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Leaders
Must
Show Political Culture, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn),
Why
this
hatred?, by N.P.Upadhyaya (tg), After
CA
election a new wave of trust and enthusiasm will prevail
in Nepal, by Chandi Raj Dhakal (tg), The
UML and the Maoists will both loose the election,
interview with senior advocate Sarbagya Ratna Tuladhar (tg),
Nepal:
Unite
or perish! (tg)
01/04/2008: EC
cautions
big 3 over poll violence (kp), Big
three
leaders assure civility in polls (kp), Top
leaders
ink deal pledging to refrain from disruptive activities
during polls (nn), UML,
Maoists
clash with NC men, 23 hurt: Curfew in Dadeldhura,
by DR Pant (kp), 23
hurt
in Dadeldhura, curfew clamped (ht), YCL
attacks
on poll campaigners deliberate: Thapa (kp), CPN-U
activists
thrash PFN cadres, 5 airlifted to City (ht), Leaders
stress mutual understanding (kp), Muslims
to
uphold social harmony (kp), Most
closely
observed election: Martin (kp), Parties'
economic
agendas inadequate to transform Nepal (kp), CA
polls and human rights, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp), Top
leaders
want rights activists to act as watchdog (ht), Prachanda’s
view
threat to press, says Nisthuri (ht), NEFIN
embarks
on election awareness campaign (ht), Foul
play (ht), Poll
Alliances
For Peaceful Electioneering, by Ambar Mainali
(rn), PM
to
stay away from campaigning (nn), Royalists
join
CPN (Maoist) (nn), YCL,
Terai
rebels prime code violators: ANFREL (nn), A
vote for change, a vote for peace, by Siddharth
Varadarajan (Gulf Today), The
Future
for Nepal: Democracy struggles to make it through its
infancy, by Samad Khurram (Harvard Crimson
01/04/2008), Peace
deal
with Madhesis (Central Chronicle)
31/03/2008: UML,
Maoists
to bridge misunderstanding (kp), PLA
into
electioneering, UNMIN says (kp), YCL
‘threat’:
Vote for us or be evicted (ht), Mosque
attack
crime against society: PM, by Binod Bhandari (kp), Mosque
blasts
draw condemnation (kp), NHRC,
UNMIN
deplore blasts (kp), Bandh
after
blasts hits life in three districts (ht), Biratnagar
closed
as protests against Saturday's Mosque bombing continue
(nn), Nepal
Muslims
call general strike to protest mosque bombing (iht), Curfew
in
Dadeldhura following clashes (nn), Security
will
be further tightened: State Minister Chaudhary (nn), 18,933
security
personnel to be mobilized for poll security in Mid-West
(nn), 5
RJP candidates resign en bloc (kp), PM,
Nepal,
Prachanda to discuss poll issues today (ht), Women’s
Alliance
urges votes for female candidates (kp), Candidates
using
Indian vehicles (kp), Cordial
campaign (kp), Much
maligned
media, by Shyam KC (kp), Future
of
regional Madhesi parties, by Biswo Poudel (kp), Best
defence (ht), On
To
CA: Are We On The Right Course?, by Shyam
Bhandari (rn), A
vote for change, a vote for peace, by Siddharth
Varadarajan (Hindu), Nepal
royalists
warn of civil war if king ousted (Daily Times)
30/03/2008: 2
dead in Biratnagar mosque bomb blasts: 2 others critically
injured (kp), Two
killed
in blasts in Biratnagar mosque (ht), Two
die
in Nepal mosque bombing, by Charles Haviland (BBC
News), Curfew
after
deadly Nepal mosque bombing (Channel News Asia), Bomb
attack
on Biratnagar mosque condemned; PM asks Muslim community
to exercise restraint (nn), Don't
daydream
about takeover by force: UML tells Maoists (kp), No
let
up in Maoists’ poll campaign disruptions (kp), Maoist
candidate’s
vehicle attacked (kp), Two
ANNISU-R
students thrashed (ht), ‘Inter-party
clashes
may spell disaster’ (kp), Candidate
abducted
in Saptari (nn), Prachanda’s
electoral
programmes suspended due to insecurity (nn), Prachanda
meets
Nepal; assures to tame unruly cadres (nn), Baidya
blames
India and US for leftist alliance not materializing
(nn), India's
confidence
in Maoists considerably low: Narayanan (nn), Legal
remedy
looks distant as poll violence goes on, by Razen
Manandhar (ht), PM
fears
disaster if conflict among parties persists (ht), UML
candidates
defer electioneering in Dolakha (kp), EC
can
cancel poll if coercion used: CEC (kp), Armed
groups
to blame for stalled talks: Poudel (kp), Talks
with
four Tarai groups now uncertain (ht), The
CA
Polls: Of Leadership and Leaders, by Prem Khatry
(rn), Metaphors
In
The Poll Campaign, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Re-Building
a
Run-down Hindu Feudal Nation, by Prakash Bom (Global
Politician), Mother,
daughter
still missing after 5 years (nn), Women
leaders
regret lack of enough women candidates (nn), UNMIN
finds
election campaigning 'enthusiastic and relatively
peaceful' (nn), UNMIN
Election
Report No 2, 30 March 2008 (UNMIN)
29/03/2008: PLA
walkout
raises hackles all round (kp), EC
concerned
about PLA fighters’ campaigning (ht), Minor
incidents
won’t affect poll: CEC (kp), NC
complains
to EC about Maoists (kp), Conspiracy
to
murder us: Maoists; Maoists still terrorizing people: UML
(kp), NC,
UML
cadres clash, 18 injured, by Shiv Raj Bhatta
(ht), Cops
restrained
during Madhes Movt-II: Report (kp), Tarai
armed
groups’ ultimatum to govt, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht), No
talks
if cadres not released, claim armed Terai outfits
(nn), Armed
Terai
outfits announce they won't talk with govt (nn), NHRC
to
blacklist rights violators (ht), Experts
rule
out single-party govt after polls, by Ananta Raj
Luitel (ht), Improving
The
Election Culture, by Narayan Prasad Wagle (rn), Making
of
Constitution of Nepal, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop)
28/03/2008: Tarai
security
improves with reinforcements (kp), Civil
society
leaders urge talks to end poll violence (kp), Cool
it (kp), We
want
to cast our vote: Displaced Nepalese, by Balram Baniya
and Sankar Kharel (kp), Talks
with
armed Tarai outfits (ht), Friday's
talks
with armed Terai outfits put off (nn), Govt
re-invites
terai outfits for talks (nn), Tarai
unrest:
OHCHR rap for police (ht), Sense
and
sensibility (ht), Futile
attempt
to save monarchy, by Yadav Khanal (kp), All
Should
Contribute To Peaceful Elections, by Vijaya
Chalise (rn), Commitments
To
A Peaceful Campaign Reservations Exist, by Prem
N. Kakkar (rn), Pointing
To
Challenges: The first election report prepared by the
UNMIN points to challenges and difficulties before the CA
election (sp), Insecure:
Coordinated
attacks on rival rallies prove Maoist nervousness on poll
outcome, by Kunda Dixit (nt), The
view
from the other side: Under federalism, the Madhes could be
another Bihar, by Prashant Jha (nt), The
proletariat
and the Praetorian Guard: It’s time to think about a
defence minister who wears a dhoti and chews pan, by
CK Lal (nt), Constitution
Assembly:
Emerging Consensus, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Nepal:
Reports
of Security Incidents (1 - 29 Feb 2008) (Relief Web),
Poll
environment
has improved: EC (nn), UML-NC
cadres
clash in Bajhang (nn)
27/03/2008: Maoist
killed
in clash with NC cadres, by Juli Gurung (kp), Maoist
cadre
killed in Solu clash, by Ratna Prasad Acharya
(ht), Maoist
poll
obstructions unabated (kp), Nine
Congressmen
injured in Dhading after attacked by YCL (nn), Maoists
threatened
to kill us: UML leader (ht), Blasts
injure
5 APF personnel, 4 civilians (kp), Pre-poll
violence
escalates (Gulf Times), Election
candidate
misbehaved in Jajarkot (nn), Five
hurt
as Prachanda’s car hits feuding students (ht), Curfew
clamped
in Inaruwa (kp), TMDP,
SP
forge alliance for 40 constituencies (kp), TMDP,
Sadbhavana
tie up for polls (ht), Four
armed
groups form talks team (kp), Govt
likely
to hold talks with armed Terai groups Friday (nn), Maoist
defeat
in poll unacceptable: Prachanda, by Saraswoti Karki
(kp), We
won’t
accept loss in polls: Prachanda (ht), Prachanda
not
for alliance with UML, bandh called in the east (nn),
APF
in
far-west mobilized for polls, by Chitranga Thapa (kp),
Morality
matters, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), Testing
the
waters, by Trilochan Upreti (kp), Emergence
of
New Nepal: The challenges ahead, by Shailendra
Kumar Upadhyay (ht), Damage
control (ht), 3936
people
killed in Mid-western region during insurgency: Report
(nn)
26/03/2008: No
arms,
only poll-related items: APF/CDO: Police, Maoists clash in
Butwal, by Amrita Anmol (kp), Maoists,
cops
clash; strike in three districts, by Mahendra
Thapa (ht), YCL
unruly
activities go unchecked (kp), Maoists
detain
UML contestants (ht), Maoists
obstruct
programmes of rival parties; leaders denounce forceful
activities (nn), ‘PLA
taking
to hustings objectionable’ (kp), Violence
rising
in Rolpa (ht), Banke
voters,
candidates doubt election security, by Indra
Gurung and Surendra Kafle (ht), Security
review
team visits eastern districts (ht), 170
incidents
of poll violence: DEAN (nn), Civil
society,
public urged to stand against poll violence (ht), JTMM-J
cadre
killed (ht), Maoist
cadre
killed in police firing in Solukhumbu (nn), NC,
UML should apologize for betrayal: Prachanda (kp), Prachanda
claims
foreigners are working for CPN-M’s defeat in polls;
deplores ‘biased’ media coverage (nn), Maoists,
PFN
form poll alliance (kp), MK
Nepal
still sees possibility of leftist alliance (nn), Candidate’s
daily
routine broadcast as ‘news’ (ht), 15
days
to go for CA polls: Close to making history?, by
Surendra Phuyal (kp), CA
Polls
Mother Of All Elections In Nepal, by Yuba Nath
Lamsal (rn), Validity
and
Reliability of CA Polls, by Prem Sharma (tg), Whither
women
empowerment? (tg)
25/03/2008: SPA
‘agrees’
to stop poll Violence (kp), SPA
partners
agree to put an end to clashes (ht), Build
trust (ht), NHRC
concerned
over poor security, rights violations (kp), Security
inadequate
for free, fair polls: NHRC (ht), Maoists
keep
up pre-poll assaults (kp), Maoists
encircle
NC cadres in Khotang, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp), Nepal
Maoists
call strike over Indian arms supply 'resumption', by
Sudeshna Sarkar (Hindustan Times), Police
free
two trucks seized by YCL, Butwal tense (nn), Butwal
still
tense, Prachanda asks govt to clarify the arms episode
(nn), People
will
bid monarchy adieu after poll: Thapa, by Ramesh
Chandra Adhikari (kp), Ticket-denied
NC
‘royalists’ slam House decision (kp), NC
dissidents
against federalism (ht), Let
the
people decide, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp), Challenges
before
‘new’ Nepal, by Ranadhoj Limbu (Angbuhang) (kp), Monarchy-Maoist
unity
possible: Kamal Thapa, by Bishnu Subedi
and Bhanubhakta Acharya (ht) [??
The only common ground is the disregard of fundamental
human rights!!], Code
of
Conduct: EC must crack the whip immediately,
by Birendra P Mishra (ht), Violence
and
intimidation threaten to undermine Nepalese polls – UN
report (Asian Tribune), Nepal:
Volatile
Politics Might Take A New Twist, by John Lama (Scoop)
24/03/2008: Crucial
SPA
meeting today (kp), Maoists
attack
NC candidates (kp), Maoists
continue
attacks on NC, UML campaigners (kp), Forge
cordial
relations: EC to parties (kp), Media,
UNMIN
biased against us: PrachandaMedia, UNMIN biased against
us: Prachanda (ht), ‘Conspiracies
afoot
to disrupt CA poll’ (kp), NC,
CPN-UML
‘scared of US’ (ht), Effect
CPN(M)-UML
union, Prachanda told (ht), Take
action
against poll code violators: Sitaula (kp), Former
PM Thapa's nephew still missing (kp), Police
makes
public 3 JTMM-J musclemen, by Janak Nepal (kp), New
mindset
for ‘new’ Nepal, by Shyam KC (kp), Armed
groups
seek UN mediation for talks (ht), New
Nepal
‘merely a slogan’ for parties (ht), Manifestos
at
a glance: Parties are one on most issues, by Lok
Raj Baral (ht), Sense
of
proportion (ht), YCL
apprehends
four MMT cadres (nn), SPA
leaders
agree to bury the hatchet ahead of polls (nn)
23/03/2008: UN
Mission
Unveils Nepal Pre-Election Report: The United Nations
mission to Nepal releases its first report on CA elections
(Nepal Monitor) [see original
document], MPRF
demand
stalls Madhesi alliance: TMDP, SP explore alternative,
by Ameet Dhakal and Aman Koirala (kp), UNMIN
tells
Maoists of PLA’s CPA violation (kp), Media
role
crucial in polls: PM (kp), Maoists
murdered
poll candidate Adhikari: NPF, by Amrita Anmol (kp), Of
graffiti,
rhododendrons and swastikas, by Babu Ram Neupane (kp),
Parties’
violent
ways got to end: UNMIN (ht), Maoist
cadre
shot dead (ht), Two
killed
in Kapilvastu and Dhanusa (nn), New
war
if Maoists lose polls: Dr Bhattarai (ht), UML-Maoists
bad
blood continues; Dr. Bhattarai negates UML’s role in peace
dialogue (nn), Mistrust
Within
SPA Needs Remedy, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn), Prachanda
regrets
'media discrimination'; spits venom at army (nn), Two
JTMM-J
commanders arrested; YCL giving 'training' to villagers in
Kalikot (nn)
22/03/2008: A
year after Gaur massacre Maoists struggle for vote, by
Ameet Dhakal & Shiva Puri (kp), Govt
invites
armed groups for talks, by Kul Chandra Neupane and
Santosh Pokharel (kp), Singha
Durbar
getting deserted (kp), Why
UML,
Maoist cadres clash everywhere, by Yuvraj Acharya
(kp), UML,
Maoists
to avoid physical confrontation, by Amrita Anmol (kp),
Parties
engage
in blame game (kp), NA
statement
not in good taste, says CPN-M (ht), 5600
valley
policemen for poll security in districts (kp), Crime
&
punishment (kp), EC
does
it, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp), Political
manifestos
& anti-graft agenda, by Narayan Manandhar (kp), NBA
suggests
federal structure as in US (ht), Why
voters
are indifferent to PR system candidates, by Arjun
Bhandari (ht), Tarai
folk
not so sure of CA election, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht), UNMIN's
Role
In The CA Election, by Indra Karki (rn), NPF
fields
Adhikari's widow in Banke-2 (nn), Election
programmes
obstructed; major parties violating code of conduct:
Report (nn), After
Years
of Political Turmoil, Nepal Busily Prepares for Vote,
by Jill Brew (Washington Post)
21/03/2008: ‘Impunity
might
affect poll’ (kp), EU
poll
mission, US decry killing of candidate (kp), Maoist
cadres, notorious criminal murdered Adhikari: Report
(kp), Adhikari
murder
case: Involvement of Maoist cadres suspected (ht), Place
of
violence (kp), Maoist
excesses
hit poll campaigns (kp), JTMM-G
in-charge
guards UNMIN office (kp), UNMIN
man
of Jwala Singh outfoxed, held (ht), Govt,
FLSC
strike 5-point deal (kp), NBA
suggestions
to CA (kp), Maoist
manifesto, by Atul Pokharel (kp), UNMIN:
Mission
impossible?, by Ramesh Dahal (kp), Not
top-notch
leaders, but in great demand (ht), Rajis
to
exercise franchise for the first time, by Shiv
Raj Bhatt (ht), Rights
activist
says political parties taking Dalits for a ride (ht),
Amnesty
Int’l
tells govt: Reform Tarai security (ht), Dangers
ahead (ht), People
Should
Win The Election, by Vijaya Chalise (rn), Moves
Of
The Poll Campaign, by Prem N. Kakkar (rn), Conspiracies
at
the Buffalo Inn: There is now only one person who will
benefit from stopping elections, by CK Lal (nt), Murkier
and
murkier: Little to cheer about in the disarray among
Madhesi groups, by Prashant Jha (nt), Nothing
new, nothing about economics: Election fever forgets a
thing or two, by Artha Beed (nt), Mishmash
mass (nt), Missing
Debate:
Even as parties have put forth federalism as a panacea to
development ills, economists have called for larger debate
on its viability, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Polls
In
Focus: The UNMIN chief has said that int'l community will
have no sympathy on those still clinging to violence
(sp), Left
Out:
The leftist political parties have not forged electoral
alliance even though the debate refuses to die down,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), The
Day
of Reckoning, by Keshab Poudel (sp), Nepal
conflict
victims oppose amnesty for rights offenders (Monster
and Critics)
20/03/2008: JTMM-J
owns
up one killing: NPF candidate, two Maoists gunned down,
by J Pandey (kp), Bullets
render
poll scene bloody in Banke (ht), Death
of
one or two candidates won’t stop polls: Prachanda
(ht), Signals
Of
Violence (rn), Birgunj
ethnic
divide healing, by Ameet Dhakal & Sujit Mahat
(kp), We
could
help Prachanda win Ktm or Rolpa: UML (kp) [A
CA without the leading Maoist makes no sense if Nepal
wants to solve the crisis!], Prachanda,
Katawal
had met last week: Sapkota (ht), Cops
defuse
3 bombs in Biratnagar (kp), CA
polls:
What after?, by Monica Regmi (kp), We
are
making history, by Trilochan Upreti (kp), Reality
Check:
Test of whether Nepalis have control over politics,
by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (ht), Democratisation
process:
Will CA polls be a cure-all?, by Ganga Thapa
(ht), Govt
inks
deal with Limbuwan (nn), NA
won't
bow down at elements aiming to seize power forcefully
(nn)
19/03/2008: ‘We
won’t
compromise Ktm 10 for Prachanda’ (kp), Maoists
attack
police post in Rasuwa, by Baburam Lamichhane (ht), Threats
forcing
VDC secys to stay in district HQ, by Bishnu
Subedi and Krishna Prasad Dhakal (ht), King
set
to make last-ditch bid, warns Prachanda (ht), ‘Save
king’
campaign gets a jolt (ht), The
Bhattarai
factor! (tg), Fusion
of
dreams and politics, by Abhi Subedi (kp), Electoral
Alliance A Mere Rhetoric, by Yuba Nath Lamsal
(rn), New
Year
2065: From the political perspective,
by Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay (ht), Why
the
deafening silence?, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp) [on
the open or silent support of attrocities against Tibetan
people committed by the Chinese authorities and the Nepali
police!!], NPFN
candidate
killed in Banke, Maoists suspend their poll programme in
the district (nn), Maoist
cadre
shot dead in Rolpa (nn), Election
candidate's
murder draws wide condemnation; govt asked to improve
security (nn), Around
CA
poll in Nepal (tg), Koirala
rediscovers
utility of monarchy, by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), There
is no leader in Nepal who will object to the Indian
dictates, interview with Sayed Mohammad
Habibullah, Political Science Department, T.U. (tg), CA
poll
in Nepal and the Terai Terror (tg), Making
Nepal
Elections Successful and Credible: The Carter Center's
Nepal mission proposes 12 recommendations to make the CA
elections credible and successful (Nepal Monitor), EU
Begins
Observation of Nepal CA Election: A 120-member team from
22 different EU countries, as well as Norway and
Switzerland, begins election observation in Nepal
(Nepal Monitor)
18/03/2008: 10
hurt
in NC-MPRF men clash (kp), Maoists
intervene
at UML electoral meet; injure 6, by Binod Tripathi
(kp), UML,
Maoists
trade charges (kp), One
family
displaced due to Maoist threat; Gautam attacked (nn),
Irate
UML
workers impose bandh in Rasuwa (nn), Candidates
barred
from organising publicity programme (nn), UML
shied away from leftist alliance under US behest, claims
Prachanda (nn), UML,
NC
cadres hurt in Maoist, MJF attacks (ht), Bhattarai’s
‘bid’
to save monarchy (ht), Our
own
‘3 a.m. red phone’ syndrome, by Damakant Jayshi (kp),
Pre-
and
post-CA challenges, by Dipendra Jha (kp), Common
agendas (ht), Road
towards
CA Polls yet to be mended, by Amit Pyakurel (Global
Politician), Claims
and
Counter Claims, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (Scoop), EU
EOM
urges appropriate environment for CA polls (nn), Carter
Center
calls for end to election related violence (nn)
17/03/2008: Maoists
attack
NC candidate in Okhaldhunga (kp), Maoists
fired
shots at rally, charges NC (ht), Three
armed
YCL cadres captured by locals; Maoists attempt to disrupt
NC programme (nn), Maoist
intimidation
remains unabated (kp), Common
sense, by Prerana Marasini (kp), EC
urges
govt to improve security (kp), Rose
by
any other name, by Shyam KC (kp), Talk
to
save lives, by Ramesh Khatry (kp), ‘We
need
the help of Oxford, Harvard and Cambridge’, interview
with Surya Prasad Shrestha, chairperson of the National
Election Observation Committee (NEOC) (kp), Give
us
land, we will vote for you: Kamaiyas, by Bishnu
Subedi and Uday GM (ht), Good
sense (ht), Federation
Building
Essential Bases It Needs, by Madhavji Shrestha
(rn), Blast
at
UML office in Morang (nn), UN
rues
lack of transparency in formation of commission of inquiry
on disappearances (nn)
16/03/2008: ‘Peaceful
war’
if no Maoist majority: Prachanda (kp) [What
will be the difference to the warable peace that your YCL
is running now?], Final
showdown
with monarchy yet to come: Prachanda (nn), Maoists
turned violent after denied UML support: Oli (kp), CA
polls
will institutionalise people’s rights, says Bohara
(ht), Parties
accelerate
poll campaigns (kp), Anti-poll
activities
on rise, by Bedraj Poudel (kp), Migration
and
psychosocial adjustments, by Subrath Shrestha (kp), PM
wants
SPA constituents retained 10 yrs after CA polls (ht) [The same politicians had 12 years
after 1990 but result was extremely poor!! Nepal needs new
'leaders'!], Gender
minorities
launch poll drive (ht), Left
Party
Alliance Still Not In The Horizon, by Ritu Raj Subedi
(rn), Election
Commissioners
meet with PM; draw attention to insecurity in some areas
(nn), Maoist
candidate
abducted in Saptari (nn), Armed
Terai
groups announce programmes to disrupt CA poll; Maoist
combatants deserting camp (nn), Don't
Ruin
Nepal Elections with the Media Hyperbolism, by Prakash
Bom (Global Politician)
15/03/2008: NC,
UML
to battle it out in Kathmandu 1 and 5, by Ghanashyam
Ojha and Yuvraj Acharya (kp), UML
men
thrash Janadisha distributor (kp), ‘YCL
cadres’
misbehave with former minister (ht), Respect
others’
rights: OHCHR to parties (kp), UML’s
opportunism
stalling alliance, says Dr.Bhattarai (nn), PM
talks tough on poll security (kp), PM
holds
consultations with UN officials, civil society reps
(nn), Royalists
deceiving
people, says Prachanda (ht), Conflict
will
continue if Maoists lose : Dr Bhattarai (kp) [Wow,
you fully respect the rules of the democratic system you
claim to have joined!], Federalism
for
national integration, by DB Gurung (kp), Madhesi
identity
slogan fails to click, by Ram Kumar Kamat and
Rajesh Verma (ht), Limbuwan
bandh
affects poll campaigns (ht)
14/03/2008: Poll
alliance
still possible if Maoists behave: Nepal (kp), Maoists
asked
for 60 percent seats, claims MK Nepal (nn), UML
injured airlifted to capital for treatment (kp), Stop
attacks,
intimidations: PM to Maoists (kp), ‘People’s
president’ (kp), 93-year-old,
fifth
grader are poll candidates (kp), Maoists
in
Ballotfield, by Ameet Dhakal (kp), Pupil
power, by Bal Krishna Sharma (kp), Egocentric
Attitudes
Of Parties, by Vijaya Chalise (rn), Active
Parties
Give Poll Assurance, by Prem N. Kakkar
(rn), CA
fever:
Commitments Galore, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp), Living
With
Contradictions: From ideological ground to practical
politics, leaders exhibit alarming degree of
contradictions, by Keshab Poudel (sp), “Knowing
federalism
as a concept is one thing; but devising it as a workable
model for Nepal is quite another”, interview with
Bipin Adhikari (sp), Road
Towards
CA Polls Yet to Be Mended: Security conditions remain
problematic, by Amit Pyakurel (on)
13/03/2008: 19
including
candidate ‘missing’: Maoists attack UML campaigners
(kp), Maoists
attack
UML cadres; 12 injured (ht), Bhattarai
vents
ire against 'YCL-bashers' (nn) [??],
Anyone
can
go to people: Youth leaders; Monarchists can not canvas
villages: YCL (kp), MJF
cadres
ruin Sujata’s poll campaign in Sunsari (ht), CEC
cautions against obstruction of election rallies (nn),
Why
UML-Maoist
poll alliance was aborted, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp), Maoists
plotting
to capture booths: Nepal (ht), ‘I
am
prez in people’s hearts’ (kp) [This
can only be proved by presidential elections!], No
sympathy
with groups out to disrupt poll: Martin (kp) [see statement], Proposes
single
Madhes: TMDP unveils manifesto (kp) [60%
of the Tarai population are not Madhesis and do not seem
to support this demand!], Poll
activities
gather momentum (kp), Signs
of
separation, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp), Morality
and
democracy: Nepal’s recent experiences, by Raghab D
Pant (kp), US
slams
Nepal human rights record (ht) [see report
by
U.S. Department of State, 11 March 2008], Govt
body
gets nod to reconstruct 16 more buildings,
by Razen Manandhar (ht), More
promises (ht), AP
Interview:
Former Nepal rebel leader says he will accept results of
upcoming vote (iht), Nepal:
Let
the Nation Move Forward with the Unity of Majority, by
Prakash Bom (Global Politician)
12/03/2008: Big
3
differ on transitional head of state, by Ghanashyam
Ojha and Yubaraj Acharya (kp), Nation
gearing
up for CA Poll (kp), Make
security
arrangement effective: EC (kp), Taking
no
chances (ht), PM
to
quit politics after polls (ht), PM
to
call it a day after polls (kp), Koirala
to
retire after CA poll, What of Sujta then? (tg), Nepal's
prime
minister to retire from politics after elections
(iht), Nepal
prime
minister to retire after key April elections (Gulf
Times), Koirala's
unbelievable
utterances! by N.P. Upadhyaya (tg), Privilege
misuse
to attract EC wrath (ht), ‘UML,
Maoist
manifestos contradictory’ (kp), Arguing
On
Alliance (rn), Will
CA
polls be 'free and fair'?, by Hari Bansha Dulal (kp),
‘Agni-Parikshya’
for
SPAM, by Surendra Phuyal (kp), Federal
Structure:
Maoists Lead The Way, by Yuba Nath Lamsal (rn), New
federal
map: Where do Himali people appear?, by Stan
Stevens (ht), Anti-people
policies
adopted by the Maoist during the so-called peoples’ revolt
is against Marxist-Leninist principles, interview with
Mohan Bikram Singh, General Secretary NCP, Unity Center,
Mashal (UC-M) (tg), NC’s
revised
closed list is inclusive; 168 male, 167 female candidates
in polls fray, by Bishnu Budhathoki (ko)
11/03/2008: Madhesi
parties
flout constitution on gender balance: Tarai Dalits almost
blanked out, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp), EC
asks
smaller parties to ensure inclusiveness (nn), Tarai
parties
unite; UML, Maoists at odds, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp), Maoists
‘made’
alliance impossible (ht), Nepal
ridicules
Maoist plan to make Prachanda president (nn), Guessing
game (ht), 32
killed
in tarai stir declared martyrs (kp), 39
locals
fled village after Maoist-UML clash: Report (kp
11/03/2008), 35
VDC
secys threatened, camping in Sunsari HQ, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht), SPA
panel’s
meet deferred until tomorrow (ht)
10/03/2008: No
talks
with armed groups before polls: PM, by Binod Bhandari
and Lila Ballav Ghimire (kp), Many
rebel
candidates withdraw nominations (kp), |