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:: Political Turmoil in Nepal |
Alarmed India to send top diplomat to Nepal
Kathmandu, June 15 (IANS): Alarmed at the inability of the new Nepal government to get its act together and the growing Maoist opposition, India is sending its Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to Kathmandu Saturday to express its concern and push forward the halted peace process.
Maoists shut down Kathmandu valley after cadre's death
Kathmandu, June 15: Hopes that the political crisis gripping the three-week-old government of Nepal would be resolved Monday with the much-awaited expansion of the fledgling cabinet receded as the opposition Maoist party went on the warpath again, shutting down Kathmandu valley without prior intimation to protest the death of a cadre.
US sends envoy to Nepal
Kathmandu, June 12: The new Barack Obama government sent its first envoy to Nepal Friday with US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake arriving here for consultations with the republic's key political players.
Maoist cadre arrested for Indian trader's murder in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 14: A Maoist cadre has been arrested in Nepal for the abduction and murder of an Indian businessman, whose body was found in a remote forest last month.
Nepal Maoists' insurgent movement no longer 'People's War'?
Kathmandu, June 9 (IANS): After the fall of their eight-month government, Nepal's Maoist party now faces the prospect of literally losing their 'People's War' as the sustained insurgency staged by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) for 10 years to end monarchy may soon be officially termed an 'armed conflict'.
Diplomatic tug-of-war over Nepal begins anew
Kathmandu, June 9: As the new government of Nepal Tuesday remained trapped in an impasse even a fortnight after its formation, world concern began to mount with the UN being the first to send its envoy to the Himalayan republic lying under a fresh Maoist siege.
Nepal reels under shutdown double whammy
Kathmandu, June 8: The 13-day-old Communist government of Nepal reeled under a double whammy Monday with two of its former allies, the Maoists and the Madhesis, calling separate shutdowns that paralysed almost half of the nascent republic's 75 districts.
Maoists enforce strike, close Hindustan Unilever's Nepal factory
Kathmandu, June 7: Nepal's former ruling party, the Maoists, Sunday shut down Indian cosmetic giant Hindustan Unilever Ltd's factory while enforcing a general strike.
New Nepal government totters as ally pulls out over deputy PM
Kathmandu, June 5: Within 24 hours of inducting eight new members into the cabinet, Nepal's new coalition government headed by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was plunged into a fresh crisis Friday with a key ally withdrawing support and expelling its lone member in the council of ministers.
Nepal PM swears in eight new ministers
Kathmandu, June 4: Ten days after he became Nepal's new prime minister, replacing Maoist premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal Thursday finally expanded his three-member cabinet with eight new ministers from three more parties.
Rising daughter adds to Nepal's cabinet chaos
Kathmandu, June 4: She has been likened to India's Indira Gandhi and Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina. However, the rise of Sujata Koirala, Nepal's first daughter, has now added to the chaos confounding the fledgling cabinet of new Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Nepal in grip of anti-India frenzy
Kathmandu, June 4 (IANS): Nepal's ruling Communist party and the Maoists Thursday joined forces to condemn the growing "encroachment" of the republic's border areas by India and "atrocities" by India's border security forces while student organisations said it would launch street protests.
Another Indian company wins hydropower contract in Nepal
Kathmandu, June 3: Hyderabad-based PES Engineers has become the fourth Indian company to enter Nepal's hydropower sector, bagging the survey licence for a 110-MW project in remote Kalikot district.
Nepali villagers allege harassment by Indian forces
Kathmandu, June 3: Hundreds of Nepali villagers have fled their homes alleging assault and intimidation by Indian security forces at the border but the Indian embassy here says it has no such information, media reports here said Wednesday.
Woman arrested for Nepal church blast
Kathmandu, June 2: Nepal police Tuesday said they had made a breakthrough in investigating the deadly blast that ripped through the prayer hall of one of the oldest Catholic churches in the country a week ago, killing three women and injuring at least 14 others.
Third Indian churchgoer hurt in Nepal blast is dead
Kathmandu, June 1: A 45-year-old homemaker from Kerala became the third Indian churchgoer to die in Kathmandu valley's Patan Hospital after sustaining grievous injuries during the blast in a Catholic church nine days ago.
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