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November 28th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Nov 28 (IANS) A month after a Nepali journalist working for a Maoist daily went missing, what could be the remains of his body were found Friday in a remote forest.Jagat ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) An Indian diplomat's car was pelted with stones Thursday during an anti-Maoist shutdown in Nepal's Kathmandu valley. Indian officials said that it was only a case of ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 2:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Nov 20 (IANS) The Kathmandu valley shut down Thursday over the murder of two young men blamed on Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas as protestors intensified their demand for a judicial probe, ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Nov 16 (IANS) Not content with abolishing the country's 239-year-old monarchy and stripping the deposed royal family of their legal immunity, Nepal's new Maoist-led government is now seeking to remove the ...
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October 26th, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Oct 26 (IANS) Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who came to power pledging revolution and progress, have now endorsed a decision to switch over from the existing calendar to an ethnic one ...
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September 29th, 2008 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
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Kathmandu, Sept 29 (ANI): The CPN-Maoist is planning to split its youth wing, Young Communist League (YCL), under two separate units which include production force and construction force to support the ...
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September 21st, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Sep 21 (DPA) Large parts of the Nepali capital shut down Sunday following clashes between police and protestors demonstrating against a government decision not to finance traditional animal sacrifice.Thousands of ...
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September 12th, 2008 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Sep 12 (IANS) Nepal's Maoist-led government faced its first opposition closure Friday with former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala's Nepali Congress (NC) party calling for a shutdown of the Kathmandu valley ...
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September 3rd, 2008 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Sep 3 (IANS) Forty people were arrested and nearly a dozen injured in clashes with the police in Kathmandu Wednesday during labour trouble at yet another Indian joint venture in Nepal, ...
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August 26th, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
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Kathmandu, Aug. 26 (ANI): A recent survey by the NGO Forum for Urban Water and Sanitation (NGOFUWS) and tested by consumers themselves found that chlorine content in 47 per cent of ...
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August 20th, 2008 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Aug 20 (IANS) Miss Nepal, Nepal's oldest and best-known beauty pageant, has become the first casualty of the new Maoist government, with the organisers mulling scrapping it after the former rebels ...
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August 19th, 2008 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
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Kathmandu, Aug. 19 (ANI): Nepals Supreme Court has said that all Kumaris (living goddesses) should be allowed to enjoy children''s rights at par with other children.
"There are no historic and religious ...
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August 19th, 2008 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Aug 19 (DPA) The Nepalese Supreme Court has asked the government to guarantee basic child rights to the "living goddesses," known as Kumari, who play a key role in the ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Aug 1 (DPA) Nepali police Friday broke up an anti-China protest here and arrested over 150 Tibetan exiles. The Tibetans, including Buddhist monks and nuns, were arrested near the Chinese embassy ...
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July 23rd, 2008 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 23 (IANS) Was crown prince Dipendra wrongly implicated for the 2001 palace massacre that wiped out the royal family to protect the real assassins? A Nepali tabloid claimed ...
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June 27th, 2008 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, June 27 (DPA) The Nepali police Friday detained about 50 Tibetan exiles protesting Chinese rule of their homeland. "Around 50 Tibetans were detained by the police after they tried to cross ...
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June 21st, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 21 (IANS) Hit by the Maoists pulling out of the government, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's minority government in Nepal received a second blow Saturday with transporters calling ...
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June 20th, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 20 (IANS) A vintage Mercedes rusting with disuse in Nepal's former palace that hit the spotlight after reports that it was a gift from Adolf Hitler may go ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 12:59 am ICT by ANI
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Kathmandu, June 16 (ANI): Some former Nepal royals allegedly tried to take away the Daimler Benz car, Adolf Hitler's gift to King Tribhuvan, from the Narayanhiti Palace just a couple of ...
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June 15th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, June 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala's tottering government faced a new crisis Sunday as transporters called an indefinite strike to protest the state's refusal to let ...
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May 22nd, 2008 - 6:07 pm ICT by admin
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 22 (IANS) Even as protests over Nepal Maoists' slaying of a businessman started snow balling in the capital Kathmandu, the former guerrillas have been accused of hacking ...
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May 22nd, 2008 - 6:05 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, May 22 (ANI): As the fuel crisis deepens in Nepal, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today requested India to provide an uninterrupted supply of petroleum products to Nepal.
During a meeting ...
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May 19th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by admin
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 19 (IANS) Putting aside their differences, student organisations affiliated to major political parties and angry local residents have called a shutdown in Kathmandu Valley Wednesday to protest the ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by admin
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 6 (IANS) Indian film director Sanjay Srinivas is poised to hit the big screen with "God Lives In The Himalayas", apparently the first full-fledged Indian feature film made ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by admin
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, May 4 (IANS) On the verge of being unseated from the throne from where his forefathers ruled Nepal for over two centuries, Nepal's cornered King Gyanendra has received ...
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April 21st, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, Apr 21 (ANI): Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) chairman Prachanda on Monday urged all political parties to work in tandem to from a government of consensus and ascertain sustainable peace ...
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April 12th, 2008 - 1:34 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, Apr 12 (ANI): The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN)-Maoists have won five seats and appear to sweep the polls shown by the initial results of counting of votes in the ...
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April 12th, 2008 - 11:34 am ICT by admin
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 12 (IANS) An overwhelming desire for change and increase in the number of young voters, many of whom cast their ballot the first time, drove the astounding victory ...
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April 10th, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by admin
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Kathmandu, Apr 10 (ANI): Former US President Jimmy Carter termed todays election as a groundbreaking event, which is being closely watched by the whole world.
The co-founder of the Carter Center, ...
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April 8th, 2008 - 2:40 pm ICT by admin
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, April 8 (IANS) Indefinite curfew was imposed in a major town near the capital Tuesday as clashes between Nepal's ruling parties continued to mount in violation of the election ...
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