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:: Instability in Nepal |
Nepal talks fail, peace process in danger
Kathmandu, Aug 8: As negotiations between Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda failed Saturday, the former guerrillas vowed to keep up their siege on parliament -- a move that could derail the promulgation of a new constitution next summer.
Prachanda rubbishes reports of US-India plan, his opposition to it
Kathmandu, Aug 8: Nepal's first Maoist prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda Saturday rubbished reports in a section of Nepali and Indian media that he had fallen out with India and the US because they had planned to attack China through Nepal's soil and he had opposed them.
Nepal Maoist chief to go to Britain while party ambushes peace process
Kathmandu, Aug 7: After warning the government that the new constitution may not be implemented in time, Nepal's Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda is now going on a trip to Britain even as his party triggered fresh unrest in the fragile nascent republic Friday.
We decided to kill Birendra but spare Gyanendra, says massacre ‘plotter’
Kathmandu, Aug 7 (IANS): In an incredible turn of events eight years after the stunning massacre of Nepal's King Birendra and his entire family, a 59-year-old Nepali has surfaced in the capital, claiming to have plotted the assassination in a bid to save the nation.
Nepal foreign minister set for four-day India trip
New Delhi, Aug 7: Nepal's Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala is set to arrive in the national capital for a four-day visit next week.
India dismisses Prachanda report on anti-China activities
New Delhi, Aug 6: India Thursday dismissed remarks attributed to former Nepal prime minister Prachanda that New Delhi and Washington were teaming up to launch anti-China activities through the Nepali territory.
Last Nepal king plans further India visit
Kathmandu, Aug 4 (IANS): For the second time this year, Nepal's last king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah is planning a visit to India, this time to attend not one but two weddings in the family.
Maoists reject Nepal's plea to call off protest movement
Kathmandu, Aug 4: Nepal's former guerrilla party, the Maoists, Tuesday rejected a call by Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal to call off the disruptive protest movement they have threatened to launch from Friday.
India, Nepal defence ministers to meet Tuesday
Kathmandu, July 20: The defence ministers of India and Nepal will hold talks in New Delhi Tuesday, the first meeting of its kind since the attempt by King Gyanendra four years ago to rule his kingdom with the help of the army.
Enter the new dans of Nepali politics
Kathmandu, July 20: Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal are amongst the top leaders with a new martial feather in their caps. They all have been conferred honorary dans -- the traditional black belt in taekwondo.
Free child soldiers fast, UN chief tells Nepal
Kathmandu, July 18: In his new report on Nepal, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the discharge of child soldiers from Maoist camps "long overdue" and urged the government to do it at a "brisk pace".
Nepal's 'biggest' artists in distress
Kathmandu, July 19 (IANS): They are Nepal's 'biggest' artists. Yet Khem Prasad and Sundar Kali are in a sore plight now, on the verge of losing both their jobs and muse.
Nepal's child soldiers to be freed finally
Kathmandu, July 16: Some of them took up arms when they were as young as 12. Some did it because their parents were dead and some to avenge a dead relative.
'Maoists planned to kidnap Nepal's crown prince, kill army chief'
Kathmandu, July 15 (IANS): When Nepal's royal family was at the peak of its power, the Maoist guerrillas, who were trying to dethrone the king, had plotted to give the monarchy a massive jolt by killing the chief of the army and kidnapping the crown prince, a report said Wednesday.
Nepal's defence minister to visit India
Kathmandu, July 15: Nepal's Defence Minister Vidya Bhandari will be going to India Monday.
Grounded Indo-Nepal hydropower treaty set for revival
Kathmandu, July 14 (IANS): A giant 6,000 MW hydropower project that India and Nepal agreed to build in 1997 but lay stuck due to political tensions is set to get moving with Nepal announcing it would take the first ground-breaking steps.
India gives Nepal $1.6m to fight floods
Kathmandu, July 14: Within 48 hours of Indian Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal visiting Nepal to inspect the repaired embankment of the Kosi river that had created havoc in both countries last year, India gave Nepal NRs.131.6 million (about $1.6 million) to fight floods.
Nepal's trade deficit with India to rise to 57.3 percent
Kathmandu, July 14: Hampered by a power crisis, poor rainfall, double-digit inflation and internal turmoil, Nepal's trade deficit with foreign countries is going to rise in the current fiscal, with the gap in its business with India alone, its biggest trading partner, expected to rise to 57.3 percent.
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