Making a case for India’s Maoists (Book Review)
July 23rd, 2012 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
Book: Red Star Over India; Author: Jan Myrdal; Publishers: Setu Prakashani (Kolkata); Pages: 224, Price: Rs.295.The Swedish leftwing author makes no attempt to hide his sympathies as he returns to India ... Read more...
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Maoists set ablaze mobile tower equipment, truck in Odisha
December 6th, 2011 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 6 (IANS) Maoists Tuesday set ablaze the equipment of a mobile phone tower and a truck in Odisha in two separate incidents, police said.While 40-50 rebels torched the ... Read more...
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Maoists kill contractor in Odisha
December 4th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 3 (IANS) Maoists Saturday killed a contractor in Odisha's Koraput district, police said.The rebels shot dead middle-aged Ruben Bidika near Bikarmpur, about 500 km from Bhubaneswar, while he ... Read more...
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Nepal PM to parley with Indian PM, Chinese president
September 18th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 18 (IANS) Nepal's new Maoist Prime Minister, Baburam Bhattarai, will hold bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, and Chinese President Hu Jintao in New York ... Read more...
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After roses, new Nepal PM faces thorns
September 4th, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 4 (IANS) A week after coming into power on the crest of high hopes and best wishes from people at home and abroad, Nepal?s Maoist Prime Minister Baburam ... Read more...
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Nepal fails to get new constitution for third time
August 30th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 30 (IANS) Ahead of a deadline Wednesday, Nepal's major parties conceded they would not be able to promulgate the new, much-awaited constitution in time, for the third time ... Read more...
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New Indian ambassador assumes office in Nepal
August 26th, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 26 (IANS) The new Indian ambassador to Nepal, Jayant Prasad, assumed office Friday after presenting his credentials to the head of state, President Ram Baran Yadav.The new envoy ... Read more...
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Ballot battle in Nepal parliament Sunday for new PM
August 25th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 25 (IANS) After failing to choose a consensus prime minister within the 10 days' time given by President Ram Baran Yadav, Nepal's warring parties will now hold a ... Read more...
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Nepal braces for another battle of ballot
August 24th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 24 (IANS) With the 10 days' time given to Nepal's warring parties by President Ram Baran Yadav to name a new consensus prime minister running out Wednesday evening, ... Read more...
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Crisis in Nepal as PM quits (Lead)
August 14th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 14 (IANS) Nepal was plunged into a crisis Sunday with embattled Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal tendering his resignation late night after days of vacillating.The communist leader, who ... Read more...
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Nepal PM stays on as allies warn of constitutional crisis (Lead)
August 13th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (IANS) Nepal's embattled Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal failed to carry out his pledge to step down Saturday after his allies urged him not to, warning that ... Read more...
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Nepal awaits prime minister’s resignation
August 13th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (IANS) Caught between an implacable opposition and a feckless ally, Nepal's Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal began to make last-ditch attempts to save his floundering government Saturday ... Read more...
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Maoists invite displaced people to join cadre
June 29th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, June 29 (IANS) Through posters put up in Jharkhand's Latehar district, Maoist rebels have invited displaced people to join their cadre, police said Wednesday.The posters invited people to join ... Read more...
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Maoists claim Nepal PM ready to abandon GMR
June 24th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 24 (IANS) Nepal's Maoists, the largest party in the ruling coalition, Friday claimed that Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal was ready to withdraw army security for beleaguered Indian ... Read more...
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Nepal seeks to recall ambassador to India
June 21st, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 21 (IANS) Four months into power, Nepal's new coalition government is now seeking to recall the Himalayan republic's ambassador to India, Rukma Shumsher Rana, the official media said ... Read more...
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PM agrees to quit as Nepal averts crisis by hair’s breadth (Lead)
May 29th, 2011 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 29 (IANS) After holding an anxious nation hostage for over a day, Nepal's beleaguered Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal finally agreed Sunday to step down in exchange for ... Read more...
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50 days between constitution and chaos in Nepal
April 8th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 8 (IANS) Bailed out of an unprecedented constitutional crisis last summer, the volatile republic of Nepal began inching towards another dire crisis with only 50 days left between ... Read more...
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Christians give 48-hour ultimatum to Nepal government
April 4th, 2011 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, April 4 (IANS) On a relay hunger-strike in Kathmandu for 13 days, Nepal's enraged Christian community Monday gave a 48-hour ultimatum to the fledgling government of Prime Minister Jhala ... Read more...
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Shaky Nepal PM names cabinet, Maoists refuse to join (Lead)
February 10th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 10 (IANS) The political crisis dogging Nepal for seven months intensified Thursday with new Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal forced to swear in a three-member cabinet as his ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists refuse to join new government over power-sharing row
February 10th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 10 (IANS) The long political crisis that had dogged Nepal for seven months intensified Thursday with a power-sharing row making the Maoists refuse to join the government of ... Read more...
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Sacked Maoist army fighters attack UN office in Nepal
February 10th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 10 (IANS) Seven young men, who had been discharged from the Maoist party's guerrilla army after a UN verification said their recruitment was illegal, attacked an office of ... Read more...
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New Nepal PM agreed to quit May 24: Report
February 7th, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 7 (IANS) Instead of stabilising Nepal's turbulent political situation after a seven-month-long vacuum, the election of a new prime minister has stirred up further turmoil amid reports about ... Read more...
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Slapped politician is new Nepal PM
February 3rd, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Feb 3 (IANS) The chief of Nepal's ruling communist party, who was slapped by a disgruntled former supporter for holding the nation to ransom for seven months, managed to ... Read more...
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Maoist hideout busted in Bengal, arms seized
February 3rd, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Security personnel Thursday recovered a sophisticated firearm, explosives and huge cache of ammunition from a Maoist hideout in West Bengal's West Midapore district, police said.Joint forces conducted raids ... Read more...
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Naxalism continues to threaten internal security, says Chidambaram
February 1st, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday informed Chief Ministers of States that left wing extremism continued to be a major challenge to internal security.Addressing ... Read more...
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Nepal deadline ends, parties fail to form new government
January 26th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 26 (IANS) The crisis gripping Nepal since the resignation of Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal last year deepened Wednesday as the extended deadline given by President Ram Baran ... Read more...
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How Nepal’s Maoist war started with Tibet rebels’ guns
January 23rd, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Jan 23 (IANS) As Nepal's Maoist party formally handed over its guerrilla army to the state, reminiscences by veteran fighters revealed how their 10-year "People's War", which killed over 16,000 people, ... Read more...
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Maoist army passes into Nepal government control (Lead)
January 22nd, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 22 (IANS) Five years after they signed a peace accord and ended their decade-old armed insurrection, Nepal's Maoists Saturday began the process of formally handing over their guerrilla ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists hand over guerrilla army to government
January 22nd, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 22 (IANS) Five years after they signed a peace accord and ended their decade-old armed insurrection, Nepal's Maoist party Saturday began the process of formally handing over their ... Read more...
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Nepal President extends deadline for new government (Lead)
January 21st, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 21 (IANS) Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav extended the deadline given to the warring political parties to form a consensus government after they failed to agree on a ... Read more...
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Row over indian arms supplies to Nepal continues
January 18th, 2011 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 18 (IANS) Despite India denying a media report that it was resuming supplies of lethal arms to Nepal's army, the row over the issue continued in ... Read more...
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Maoist make new threats as foreign secretary begins Nepal visit
January 18th, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 18 (IANS) As Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, the first high-ranking official sent by New Delhi since Nepal entered a new stage in its peace process, begins her ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists threaten to move court over UN
January 3rd, 2011 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 3 (IANS) With the life of the UN agency directly involved in Nepal's peace process ending in 12 days time and the caretaker government not ready to seek ... Read more...
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Army chief India’s best envoy to Nepal in 2010?
December 22nd, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 22 (IANS) Indian Army chief Gen Vijay Kumar Singh, conferred the honorary rank of general of Nepal Army by President Ram Baran Yadav Wednesday, became the most successful Indian envoy ... Read more...
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NMDC resumes full iron ore shipment after Maoist shutdown
December 22nd, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 22 (IANS) Iron ore shipment by state-run National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Ltd has reached its peak levels after three weeks of disruption at its key mining facilities in Chhattisgarh, ... Read more...
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