It's Not The Revolution of The Maoists But Of The Poor & Opressed

Remember, remember the fifth of November,  The gunpowder treason and plot, I know of no reason Why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. On this day in 1605, Guy Fawkes (the man from whose name we get the word 'Guy') failed...

It's an all-out against Naxals in India

The pressure was building up. With the recent beheading of Intelligence Officer in Jharkhand and yesterday's attack on police party which killed 18 police personnel, Govt. of India has decided to go all out against...

Nepal under shadows of a military coup.

Prachanda  - Rebel chief turned prime minister of Nepal - has sacked the Chief of Nepali army despite the opposition from some other parties of his government.But Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav ordered the...

Nepal Maoists decided to discharge 4,000 fighters from guerrilla

The future of thousands of Maoists cadre in Nepal has been in limbo after the signing of a peace pact and the ending of  armed insurrection but now Maoists led government has decided to do away with 4000...

Maoists shut down Manipal hospital in Nepal

Supporters of Nepal Maoists, who have often been accused of resorting to violence and intimidation, have now targetted a medical college set up as a joint venture between India's Manipal Group and the Nepal government in the Himalayan nation. Demanding salary hike and other...

Maoists cadre rush for quick degrees in Nepal

After Maoist came to power one of the major issue cropped up about the future of Maoists soldiers. They have been demanding their comrades to be merged into regular army.  The stand-off in Nepal between the...

Female journalist stabbed to death in Nepal

A female journalist who wrote about women's rights and criticised political leaders has been stabbed to death in southern Nepal. The region where she was murdered, the Terai plains, has seen sporadic...

Maoists 'killed' Indian religious leader amid violence between Hindus and Chr...

Trying to escape from the pains of the Hindu caste system, many Indians converted to other religious. Many turned to Buddhism, Jainism and Islam. Conversion has never been an easy and conflict free choice in India...

Row over Nepal Maoists carrying arms inside Parliament

"  Kathmandu (PTI): A row has erupted in Nepal over Maoists cadres carrying weapons inside the Parliament, with the House today being disrupted over the issue. The Constituent Assembly, which is tasked to...

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...

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...

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