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- Monsoon Fury (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
North India, Nepal and Bangladesh have been battered by heavy rains and serious floods.
- Nepal King Held Responsible For 'Atrocities Against Protesters' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
A commission formed to probe atrocities committed during Nepal's 'People's Movement' last year has held King Gyanendra responsible for the violent crackdown on anti-monarchy protesters but stopped short of recommending action against the embattled royal.
- Millions Forced To Flee And 1,100 Die After Heavier Than Usual Monsoon Hits South Asia (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
Monsoon rains whipped the Indian subcontinent yesterday, flooding a wide swath south of the Himalayas and bringing the death toll in recent weeks to more than 1,100, with 19 million people displaced.
- Nepal Forced To Make Report Public (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2007)
After repeated public rebukes and a stern order by parliament, Nepal's Koirala government finally made public on Friday an anti-king report, eight months after it had been submitted.
- Nepal Adopts New National Anthem (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Aug 04, 2007)
Nepal has adopted a new national anthem after it revoked the earlier one following the popular uprising against the monarchy in April last year.
- Maoist Move May Delay Nepal Polls (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Aug 03, 2007)
In a move that could delay the Government’s decision to hold election to the constituent Assembly on November 22, the Maiosts on Thursday demanded that the polls should be held on the basis of proportional representation system.
- Senior Maoist Leader Quits Nepal Cabinet (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Aug 03, 2007)
Senior Maoist leader and minister for forests and soil conservation Matrika Yadav today resigned from the Girija Prasad Koirala cabinet after accusing his ministerial colleagues of not cooperating with him.
- National Security Council Discusses Naxal Threat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
The National Security Council (NSC), presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, held a marathon meeting this evening on the resurgence of the Naxal threat.
- 700 Maoist Combatants Taken Ill (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
More than 700 Maoist combatants staying in cantonments in Nepal's Chitwan district are suffering from chest pain, cough, skin problems and jaundice and gastroenteritis after drinking contaminated water from local streams said a source in the . . . .
- Nepal Selects New National Anthem (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 03, 2007)
Almost 15 months after the fall of King Gyanendra’s regime, turbulent Nepal has struck its first high note with the selection of a new national anthem.
- Look East And At The North-East (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 03, 2007)
From 1992, India has been pursuing successfully a ‘Look-East’ policy to enhance economic cooperation. with its eastern neighbours. There has also been a political and strategic shift in India’s foreign policy which for long focussed on the western . . . .
- Flood Evacuees Die In India Storm (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2007)
At least 28 people died when an overcrowded boat carrying flood evacuees and aid workers capsized in northern India, officials have said.
- Bush Sticks To His Guns (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2007)
WITH the overwhelming majority of the American people wanting a quick end to the United States-led occupation of Iraq, the George W. Bush administration is under increasing pressure to begin a phased military withdrawal from that country.
- Revolt In Maoists' Ranks? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
The simmering differences among their top leaders could now be percolating to the Red Army of the Maoists in Nepal with reports of mass defection from the "People’s Liberation Army".
- Maoist Exodus In Search Of Jobs In India (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2007)
More than 1,000 Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) fighters, including two platoon commanders, have deserted a UN-administered camp in southwestern Nepal to look for jobs in India and West Asia.
- Tyranny Of The Representatives (Indian Express, PETER RONALD DESOUZA, Jul 31, 2007)
If one were to think about the federal democracy of India, in the spirit of Tocqueville, then the current political happenings in Goa are an opportunity for us to examine our democratic practices. Goan politics is exposing once again the limits of . . . .
- Floods, Landslides Claim 74 Lives In Nepal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2007)
Floods and landslides triggered by incessant rain have claimed 74 lives across Nepal, officials said on Monday. Eight persons died yesterday in Udayapur and Dhanusha.
- Bihar Seeks Army’S Help In Flood Relief (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
Bihar government has sought help from the Indian Army to bail it out of the flood situation triggered by heavy rain for the past 10 days.
- Time To Pension Off The Epfo (Indian Express, Ashish Aggarwal, Jul 30, 2007)
As always, the Employees Provident Fund Organisation’s extended annual ritual to decide the EPF interest rate has deflected attention from the core issues.
- The Worst Is Over For Musharraf, Says M.K. Narayanan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2007)
“A credible interlocutor, the Pakistani leader remains the man India can do business with”
Progress in talks, but peace process slow
Indian connection to failed U.K. terror attack ‘overblown’
- Nepal Appeals For Aid To Help Flood Victims (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jul 30, 2007)
The Nepal Government has appealed to the international community for humanitarian aid as the country continues to reel under monsoon rain and mudslides.
- ‘Worst Is Over’ For Musharraf, Says India (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jul 30, 2007)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has overcome a major domestic crisis and India finds in him a credible interlocutor for peace talks that are on course, though a bit slow, India’s National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan has said.
- Two Missions For The 60th Anniversary (Hindu, M.S. Swaminathan, Jul 28, 2007)
Much remains to be done to make India hunger-free and to achieve a rural knowledge revolution.
- Iaf Mountaineering Team Honoured (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
Junior warrant officer N.R Choudhary and Sgt J. Singh were honoured by the station commander of the local Air Force station Gp Capt J.S Kler on their return from a successful mountaineering expedition in Nepal.
- Accursed Power (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 28, 2007)
Kings are not in fashion. Certainly not while alive and reigning. When dead, it’s another matter as the obsequies of Afghanistan’s Mohammed Zahir Shah demonstrated.
- Maoists Are Educated And Practical (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
Some old mindsets are dominating India's - and by extension the world community's - perceptions about the Maoists. Even though they have not abandoned their strong-arm methods, it is possible to 'mainstream' them
- Whither Nepal? (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
Saturday Special takes its second hard look in five weeks at the developments in Nepal. With time running out before the election, people's faith in the system is eroding.
- Deal Silent On N-Test (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 28, 2007)
Two years and two days after negotiations with the United States on the civilian nuclear energy agreement and the 123 agreement, India has given up its right to test and has accepted safeguards in perpetuity.
- Blind Leads The Blind (Pioneer, Jaswant Singh, Jul 28, 2007)
The 'non-Government' of Manmohan Singh, by 'outsourcing' India's Nepal policy to the CPI(M), may be wreaking the same havoc that Indira Gandhi had unleashed by sub-contracting policy on Sri Lanka to a group of politicians based in Chennai
- Thousands Homeless As Weather Misery Spreads (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2007)
Asia’s monsoon misery has spread to Nepal, leaving thousands of people homeless, while more rain is expected to bring further chaos to China’s drowned southwest, where many have already lost homes, livelihoods and loved ones.
- Nepal: Experiencing Pangs Of Transition (Hindu, S.D. Muni, Jul 27, 2007)
The challenge to Nepal’s peace process comes from political vested interests, Maoist activities, and the gradually spreading turbulence in the Terai region.
- Nepal Faces Food Insecurity: U.N. (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jul 27, 2007)
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have said a significant number of people in Nepal are at risk of food insecurity due to a series of disasters in 2006 and 2007.
- Here Comes Our Next Prime Minister (Frontier Post, editorial, Frontier Post, Jul 26, 2007)
It was difficult to figure out, how the religiously moderate Jamaat Ulma Islam (JUI) slipped towards the movers and shakers of many regimes in the land of the pure soon after the commencement of controlled democracy in the whack of the unexpected . . .
- Maoists In Nepal Build Up New Clout (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2007)
Nepal's Maoists are cementing their new found political clout by establishing unions that could cripple the country and undermine a fragile peace deal, industry figures have warned.
- Historic Moment: U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
Washington: The United States on Tuesday welcomed the election of Pratibha Patil as President and termed it a “historic” moment for India.
- The Last King (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
The death of Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan, brings down the curtain on a kinder, gentler phase in the history of Asia's most turbulent nation.
- An Oily Situation (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 25, 2007)
Unifying the rate of import duty on crude and refined edible oils may ease the situation.
- Nehru’S Own ‘Project Tiger’ (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
Letters offering a ringside view of the momentous events in Kashmir and the rest of India after Independence.
- Maoists Threaten To Quit Government (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jul 24, 2007)
The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist has threatened to quit the four-month old Koirala Government protesting against “surprise” deployment of the “war-trained” troops for the security of its Ministers by the Army.
- Nepal Maoists In Fresh Spat Over 'Killer' Guards (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
A fresh spat has erupted between the Nepal Government and the Maoists, who allege that soldiers from army units trained to combat guerrillas during the insurgency have been deployed as Ministerial bodyguards. The army refuted the charge.
- The Greatest Threat To Peace Is Military Impunity (Deccan Herald, Isabel Hilton, Jul 23, 2007)
Britain is wrong to roll out the red carpet for the head of a defiant army that so gravely imperils the path to democracy.
- Nepal House Nod To Hydro Project Set To Export Power To India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
A key parliamentary panel in Nepal has cleared the way for the construction of a mega power project located in the Himalayan nation's Doti district that will export power to India.
- India-China Border Issue (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jul 20, 2007)
The Chinese seem to be either testing the waters or ratcheting up the dispute over either the whole of Arunachal Pradesh or part of it with their recent pronouncements on the subject, starting with the statement of the Chinese Ambassador to . . . .
- The Greatest Threat To Peace In Nepal Is Military Impunity (Guardian (UK), editorial, Guardian UK, Jul 20, 2007)
On Monday, Lt General Rukmangad Katuwal, the head of the army in Nepal, is scheduled to arrive in Britain for a red carpet visit organised by the Ministry of Defence. Nepal is inching through the long process of normalisation and reform, following . . . .
- Experts Destroy Explosives Used By Communist Rebels (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
Experts have begun destroying explosives that were once used by Communist rebels to fight government troops and bomb government targets, a senior UN official said today.
- Alarm Bells As Himalayan Glaciers Melt (International Herald Tribune, Somini Sengupta , Jul 17, 2007)
This is how a glacier retreats. At nearly 4,000 meters above sea level, in the shadow of a sharp Himalayan peak, a wall of black ice oozes in the sunshine.
- Nepal King 'Still To Get Money' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2007)
The government of Nepal has said that it will continue to financially support the country's unpopular King Gyanendra.
- Pm For Hindi's Development (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday called for making Hindi a strong internet language and the development of better Hindi software and search engines.
- Nepal Police Strip Youth For Carrying Condoms (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2007)
On the day Nepal's MPs and rights activists were to interact with the gay community and discuss the inclusion of their rights in a new constitution, the police assaulted and stripped five young men in a park here because they were carrying condoms.
- Fake Notes In Circulation (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jul 16, 2007)
Delhi Police claims to have busted a major ISI network on June 25, which was reportedly being used to push fake currency into our country.
- Nepal Woos Back Adb To Fund Controversial Scheme (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2007)
Nepal’s biggest and most controversial development project got a fresh lease of life today when its Maoist minister succeeded in wooing back the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the lead financier that had last month said it was pulling out of the nearly . .
- Making Hindi Global (Indian Express, Pankaj Dubey, Jul 14, 2007)
Every word was once a poem, mutating over time to become sentences and finally metamorphosing into fully grown languages, thereby enabling us to effectively translate ideas into words.
- Spreading Threat (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 14, 2007)
There has been a surge in Maoist-related violence in several parts of the country. In Karnataka, suspected Maoists set a bus on fire in Shimoga district a fortnight ago.
- 26 Killed In Nepal Landslip (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jul 14, 2007)
At least 26 persons died in two western mountainous districts, Baglung and Bajura, due to a landslip on Friday.
- Us Praises India's Role, Asks Nepal Groups To Abandon Violence (Pioneer, Shirish B Pradhan, Jul 14, 2007)
Praising India's role in bringing the Maoists in Nepal to mainstream politics, the US on Friday said the continued acts of violence by the former rebels and the extremist Madhesi groups may derail the country's advance towards democracy.
- Sealed Purse (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 13, 2007)
Kings and queens may not draw all their powers from their purses. But they cannot like being deprived of the funds and all that comes with them.
- Exploring Better Economics (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Jul 13, 2007)
History of sorts was made recently when the 16th annual conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) was held in Bangkok from June 29 to July 1 – this was the first time ever that a south Asian country was hosting . . . .
- Not A Penny For Nepal King (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jul 13, 2007)
Further tightening the screw against the monarchy, the Government of Nepal has stopped allocating salary and allowance to the King and his families from the state coffers.
- Chhattisgarh, The Weakest Link (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 13, 2007)
There appears to be an orchestrated attempt by the Maoists to step up attacks and make their political presence felt along the southeastern corridor extending from Andhra Pradesh to Bihar.
- ‘India’S Look-East Policy Must First Look At North-East’ (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 13, 2007)
The June 21-25 visit to Agartala, Guwahati and Shillong by the Minister of Commerce of Thailand, Mr Krirk-krai Jirapaet, along with a high-level business delegation, has sparked a lot of interest for mutual cooperation between Thailand and some . . . .
- Not Immune To Islamism (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 13, 2007)
Following the terrorist strikes of 9/11, American scholar Richard Hass, who quit the Bush Administration primarily because of his opposition to any invasion of Iraq, warned against stereotyping Muslims worldwide as being sympathetic to terrorism.
- Will 7-11 Train Blasts Probe Go The '93 Serial Blasts Way? (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jul 11, 2007)
There is little or no likelihood of the Indian authorities bringing to book nine Pakistani nationals, including Bahawalpur-based LeT commander and key ISI operative Azam Cheema, involved in the July 11, 2006 train bombings in the . . .
- Bangalore, Safe Haven For Overseas Students (Deccan Herald, Damodar Agrawal, Jul 11, 2007)
Bangalore has a fair share of the total number of foreign students in India. In this respect it comes next only to Delhi and Pune.
- Naxals Kill 24 Policemen (Asian Age, Sudhir K. Singh, Jul 11, 2007)
Having conducted a relatively peaceful economic blockade earlier this month, armed Maoists struck on Monday evening, killing 24 security personnel in the jungles of Uppalpenta-Regadgatta near the Errabore police station of Dantewada district in Chhattisga
- Lessons Of Lal Masjid (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 11, 2007)
As the Lal Masjid saga moved to its endgame on Monday, the clergy represented by Wifaqul Madaris of the Deobandi school of thought decided to split from the Musharraf government.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 11, 2007)
After chewing over the matter for the past three decades, the CPI-M government has granted a measure of autonomy for Kolkata’s Presidency College in an announcement that makes a travesty of the concept.
- Curious Ignorance Of Current History (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, Jul 11, 2007)
Thanks primarily to the quantum leap in IT, there is a mind-boggling surfeit of information around. But, sadly, the spread of knowledge hasn’t kept pace with it at all.
- No Strategy To Fight Maoists (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Jul 11, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is an able and learned man, singly responsible for the economic emancipation and rise of India.
- Nepalese Favour Republican Form Of Government: Survey (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2007)
Most of the Nepalese citizens favour a republican form of Government, with 50 per cent of the respondent of a survey wanting the immediate abolition of the monarchy.
- Democratic Worries (Frontline, Rita Manchanda, Jul 10, 2007)
IT is over a year since the April 2006 Jana Andolan II forced an all-powerful King Gyanendra to bow down before a massive countrywide popular agitation and announce the restoration of people's sovereignty in Nepal.
- 'Nepal Maoists Want Absolute Power' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 10, 2007)
Nepal's Maoists remain bent on seizing "absolute power" over the country even though they have signed up for peace with mainstream parties, the US ambassador to Kathmandu said on Monday.
- King In Limbo (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 09, 2007)
Nepal's disgraced king, Gyanendra, surely does not know when to call it quits. Despite clear signals from the people, government, political parties and the international community that he should either fit in or flee the country, the king refuses to . . .
- Don't Boycott (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 06, 2007)
Normally, an invitation to a king's birthday party is something people would give their right hands to acquire.
- Terror Won't Work (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 06, 2007)
The Naxalite movement has been a triumph and a tragedy. It has been a triumph in the sense that a movement, which started in 1967 from a small village at the tri-junction of India, Nepal and what is now Bangladesh, has today spread across about . . .
- Bihar Turns Hot Spot For Tourists (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2007)
The fact that more than ten million tourists, including 94,446 foreigners, visited Bihar last year, might encourage the Bihar Government to promote tourism in the state in a big way.
- Saarc Protocol On Trafficking Likely (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 05, 2007)
With over 30,000 people being trafficked across India's porous borders, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries will, for the first time, work towards a protocol for rescue and repatriation of victims.
- Nepal Harried Over Bihars Proposed Power Plant (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, Jul 05, 2007)
The effect could be more serious if such barrages are built in plain areas. UMESH NATH PARAJULI Member of Kosi High Dam Committee
- Surge In Kashmir Jihad (Pioneer, Wilson John, Jul 04, 2007)
Pakistan is upping the ante to push its demand for an immediate 'solution' to the Jammu & Kashmir issue. This time, its gameplan is devious and its motives, as always, sinister. A Hamas-style takeover in Jammu & Kashmir cannot be ruled out
- Reliance, Bharti Shortlisted For Qatar Mobile Licence (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
The two Indian companies have tough competition from the likes of Vodafone, Verizon Communications, AT&T and Egypt’s Orascom.
- India Has Its Own 'Soft Power' - Buddhism (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
As the Sino-Indian battle for influence in East and Southeast Asia intensifies, India is backing its political and economic diplomacy with soft-power diplomacy.
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