Fight The Fire

The killing of Swami Laxmananand Saraswati on Saturday shows how fragile peace and communal relations are at Orisa, India. It has been followed by mobs and unrest allegedly involving activists of VHP,...

Maoists' threat scraps 'Miss Nepal' pageant

Himalayan Kingdom Nepal's oldest beauty contest has got into problem due to emergence of  Maoists in power centre. The communist with support from Women activists have vowed to stop the "vulgar display" of...

Indian state 'backing vigilantes'

Leading human Rights Organisation HRW has accused  Indian provincial government of Chattisgarh of  promoting state backed armed activists to deal with Maoists rebels. HRW has also said that the violence has displaced tens of thousands of people who are...

Nepal: The Coming Constitution and the Issue of Transformation

The Nepalis have never obtained an opportunity to draft their constitution by themselves. So far they have been ruled by the constitutions designed by individual elites and traditional power-wielders. In other words,...

Nepal's interim prime minister steps down

After the end of monarchy and to pave the way for new government Nepal's interim Prime Minister has resigned today. The resignation will hopefully end the stalemate prevailing in the country. " Nepal's interim premier and architect of the country's peace process announced...

BJP Vs. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

by Mohan Nepali    June 06, 2008 first published in www.groundreport.com   link: www.groundreport.com/mohannepali  India must now explain to the world why it does nurture very fundamentalist, feudalist and de-humanizing forces tagged as...

Body of Businessman "Found in River" - Police

THT Online Chitwan, Nepal May 25Body of a businessman of Koteshwor, Kathmandu, Ramhari Shrestha who was killed in the third division cantonment of the Maoist's People's Liberation Army (PLA), Shaktikhor, Chitwan on May 13 was found at the bank of Trishuli River in Jugedi of...

Nepal's 'last king' to lose crown

Seven years after most of Nepal's royal family were massacred by a drunken prince, the country's Maoists look set to scrap the Himalayan monarchy, turning the page on 240 years of history. Current King Gyanendra...

Nepal king makes animal sacrifices to power goddess

Nepal's last Hindu King is on his way out and he made first public appearance after Maoists have won general elections in Nepal. Continuing an old practice, King sacrificed an animal to appease the Hindu Goddess...

Official: Nepal's former communist rebels win elections

It's official, the Maoists have taken power in Nepal. The process will now move forward in creating an entirely new government from scratch and abolishing the monarchy. A truly amazing thing to witness."Former communist rebels won the most seats in Nepal's new governing...

Maoists Take Majority of Counted Votes in Nepal

For the first time, the Nepalese were allowed to vote to determine the direction of their country. No one could have foreseen that the majority would vote for the Maoists, the rebels whose failed insurgency killed...

National Election Results Slowly Trickle out From Nepal

Yesterday was a historic day for the Napalese people, with their first national election shifting their government from a monarchy to a democratic congress. Only one result has been officially declared, but so far things are looking good for the Maoist party.Read previous...

Nepal celebrates peaceful vote as results trickle in

Voting went off without significant violence in Nepal yesterday. Now the country waits to see if the results will dramatically reshape their system of government."Results trickled in Friday as Nepal celebrated...

MOBILIZE ARMY AGAINST MAOISTS: SHER BAHADUR DEUBA

Nepali Congress Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, according to some of Nepal’s national dailies, has demanded for the mobilization of Nepal Army for the Constituent Assembly polls scheduled to be held on 10 April. The Nepal Army has time and again expressed its objection to...

Don’t Be Pol Pot, Be Ortega: Madhav Nepal

General Secretary of the United Marxist-Leninist (UML), speaking in an election campaign gathering in Kathmandu today said that Nepal’s Maoists were terrorists and monarchists working against the very norms of democracy. Out of his 85 minutes of speech, he spent almost...

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