Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Kabir Khan confident for Nepal competition
ABU DHABI // Kabir Khan, the UAE coach, is confident his side have a good chance of winning the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Twenty20 qualifier in Nepal even if some of his players are a little bit ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Maternity building construction resumes
RSS KHALANGA: Leaders of political parties have resolved the dispute among locals and paved the way for the construction of maternity centre building at Talladehi. The maternity centre building ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Angry Pakistan to boycott Afghanistan talks
REUTERS KABUL/LAHORE: Pakistan pulled out of an international conference on Afghanistan on Tuesday, its latest angry riposte after an attack by NATO killed 24 of its soldiers and plunged the region ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Regrouping complete at fifth‚ sixth divisions
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE ROLPA/SURKHET: A day after the task of PLA combatant regrouping was completed in four of the seven PLA divisions, the task was completed in two more divisions today. Now, ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Activists seek OHCHR term extension
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Prominent rights activists today urged Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai to extend the tenure of the Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR-Nepal) ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Kids of Maoist leaders decide to quit PLA
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE DANG: Most offsprings of UCPN-Maoist leaders, who were involved as Maoist combatants in various capacities, have opted for voluntary retirement. While some of them said they ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


AIDS centres short on funds
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE POKHARA: With donors cutting aid in the field of HIV/AIDS, not only has the awareness campaign been affected, but many other services such as treatment and attendance to ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Regrouping calls into question Maoist intent‚ UNMIN expertise
LEKHANATH PANDEY KATHMANDU: Now that the regrouping of Maoist fighters has almost come to an end, a question - who is who - is baffling all and sundry, and with around 3,000 combatants ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Govt responds to bird flu late
RUDRA PANGENI/ISHWOR KAJI KHAIJU BHAKTAPUR: The government's disastrous response could have resulted in a disaster; it sent its rapid response team to Manohara Khola area in Ward No 16 of ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Secretaries to enforce act against caste discrimination
RSS PANITYANKI: VDC secretaries have agreed to actively engage their efforts to enforce the Caste-based Discrimination and Untouchability (Offense and Punishment) Act, 2011, recently introduced by ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Chopper crashes‚ all safe
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE SALLERI: A Fishtail Air 9N-AIK helicopter with a crew member and a passenger, an Australian, on Tuesday met with an accident at Khumjung in Solukhumbu. There were no ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Six-month extension after six-point deal
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: The three major parties - Unified CPN-Maoist, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML - and United Democratic Madhesi Front today struck a six-point deal after they failed to ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Is it last time Leaders parry the question
PRAKASH ACHARYA KATHMANDU: The bill on 11th amendment to the Interim Constitution seeking a six-month extension for the Constituent Assembly was passed at Parliament today by a comfortable ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Banke school committees to face DEO music
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE NEPALGUNJ: District Education Committee, Banke, today decided to dissolve the school management committees in the district for not fulfilling their responsibilities. The ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Bedridden boy seeks support for treatment
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Rajendra Paudel, a six-year-old boy from Madi, Kalyanpur VDC-7, Chitwan, has been admitted at Kanti Children Hospital for the last one-and-half months. Doctors ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


'Sikta project cost up by 70 pc'
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE NEPALGUNJ: Delay in launching the third phase of Sikta Irrigation Project, has caused the project cost to go up by around 70 per cent, a project official said today. The ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


CIAA files graft suit against Yadav
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: The Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority today filed a corruption case at the Special Court seeking nine-year prison term for lawmaker Shiva Pujan ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:11 AM PST


Two held for raping student
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Police today arrested two persons for raping a student of Sorhakhutte-based Manmohan Memorial College. Rajan Shrestha (29) of Dhapasi and Kedar Prasad Phuyal (28) ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST


60 years of Australian scholarships marked
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: The Association of Nepali Alumni today marked the 60th anniversary of Australian assistance in education sector in South East Asia. On the occasion, Australian ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST


Five arrested in hooch raids
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Police today raided 10 illicit brewing outlets in Nageshwor, Bouddha, and arrested five persons. Police also recovered 50 litres of ready-to-sell hooch, 6,800 ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST


F&N Ice tea in the market
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE Kathmandu: Fraser and Neave has launched F&N Ice tea and 100 plus, an isotonic drink in the market. The 100 plus and seasons ice tea is now available in all leading ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST


NTY promo through BBC starts
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: International electronic media has finally started promotion of Nepal Tourism Year 2011 (NTY 2011) from today. The promotion of Nepal has begun from BBC in ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST


RBB gets new board‚ NBL to get soon
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Rastriya Banijya Bank has got a new board under the leadership of Narhari Dhakal. The new board - appointed by the current government led by Prime Minister Dr ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST


Kidnap victim held with pistol‚ bullets
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Police today arrested Shyam Bihari Agrawal (59) of Gorakhpur, India, with an Italian-made pistol and six rounds of bullets in Maitidevi. SP Rajendra Shrestha, ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST


Nepal to stress on budgetary aid
KUVERA CHALISE KATHMANDU: Nepal is asking the donors to channel aid through budget as government has increased accountability and transparency in expenditure. "We will request the donors to ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST


EU missions‚ Japan hail CA extension
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Kathmandu-based EU foreign missions and the Government of Japan today welcomed the deal reached among political parties to extend the term of Constituent Assembly ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST


Top US health official arrives in the Capital
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: Executive director of Global Health Initiative (GHI), Lois Quam, today arrived in the Capital for a three-day visit. US President Barack Obama in May 2009 had ...

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST


Padma fundraiser to aid Nepali children
(Photo courtesy of Luke Hanley) A group of children stand outside a decorated shrine in Nepal. These children will benefit from the Padma Organization's sixth annual fundraiser that will be ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 07:46 PM PST


With Constituent Assembly extended, Ban calls on Nepal to advance peace process
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today noted the decision to extend Nepal's Constituent Assembly, which is tasked with drafting the new constitution, and called on all parties to fulfil their commitments

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:58 PM PST


Nepal lawmakers extend Constituent Assembly term
Nepal's Parliament speaker says lawmakers have voted to extend the term of the Constituent Assembly by another six months.Speaker Subash Nemwang said the government proposal received 505 votes ...

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

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Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


Govt issues guideline to send trainee workers in Japan
The government has issued a guideline to send Nepalese industrial trainee workers in Japan under the industrial training assistance of Japan International Training Co-operation Organisation ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


NT plans increasing subscribers to 13m
Nepal Telecom (NT), the state-owned telecom giant has targeted to increase its subscriber base to 13 million within the next three years by adding at least 5 million new subscribers in its telecom ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


Maoist bandh cripples life
A bandh called by Unified CPN (Maoist) to protest the killings of seven squatters in Dudejhari forest of Kailali by the Nepal police and Arm Police Force (APF) has brought the nation to a complete ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


Chinese company to invest 51 pc in West Seti project
China National Machinery Import and Export Company, a Chinese government venture has agreed to invest 51 per cent share in West Seti Hydropower ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


Govt. to buy 5,000 ton from domestic sugar mills
The government is soon purchasing 5,000 tons of sugar from domestic sugar mills with a view to intervene soaring sugar prices in the market. The sugar price has skyrocketed as high as Rs. 90 per ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


America's powerful woman Quam visits Nepal
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: The executive director of president Obama's Global Health Initiative (GHI) programme , Lois Quam, has arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday for a three-day visit. Launched by ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


Big wigs hearing taskforce's suggestions
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: A meeting of the big wigs has been convened to dwell upon the issues of power sharing, contentious issues relating to peace and statute, and to take heed to the suggestions ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


Fire guts property worth Rs 300‚000
RSS TAPLEJUNG: Property worth Rs 300,000 has been gutted in a fire that broke out in a house at Fawakhola of Taplejung district on Tuesday morning. It has been reported that the inferno started ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


House to endorse SC verdict on CA's tenure today
THT ONLINE KATHMANDU: A meeting of the Legislature-Parliament has been called on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 pm to vote on the bill which seeks a six-month extension of the Constituent Assembly (CA) ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


18 bodies recovered from Indonesia bridge disaster
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE TENGGARONG: Crane ships and frogmen began sifting through the wreckage of a collapsed bridge in Indonesian Borneo on Tuesday, as more bodies were fished out of the river, ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


Sita-Ram Bibaha Mahotsav being observed
RSS JANAKPURDHAM: The ancient Sita-Ram wedding festival, aka, Bibaha Mahotsav is being observed here on Tuesday. Residents of Mithila have been celebrating the festival in a special manner to ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


No more "business as usual" with U.S.
Protesters wave the national flag of Pakistan while demonstrating against a Nato cross-border attack outside the U.S. consulate in Karachi, November 27, ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


Damak decides to penalize plastic bag users
RSS BHADRAPUR: The Damak municipality has decided to slap penalty worth Rs. 551 for the use of plastic bag in its area. The municipality has banned the use of plastic bag having weight less than ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


Potter star tops UK under-30 entertainer rich list
REUTERS LONDON: "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe on Tuesday topped a Heat Magazine list of the richest, young British entertainers, retaining his No. 1 position in the ranking of ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:36 AM PST


Woman alleges long affair with Cain
In this Oct. 3, 2011 file photo Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain stops to address the media as he arrives for a meeting with developer Donald Trump, in New York. During rollicking ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:35 AM PST


NATO soldiers wounded by gunfire in Kosovo clash
Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldiers from Germany and Austria fight with Kosovo Serbs during clashes in the village of Jagnjenica near the town of Zubin Potok, November 28, ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:35 AM PST


Euro in danger‚ Europe races for debt solution
ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: European leaders rushed Monday to stop a rampaging debt crisis that threatened to shatter their 12-year-old experiment in a common currency and devastate the world economy ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:35 AM PST


Syrian forces killed‚ tortured 256 children
Brazilian Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, who is mandated by the U.N. Human Rights Council to lead an international investigation of allegations of human rights abuses in Syria, gestures during a press ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:35 AM PST


India bank on youth in Windies ODI series
Indian batsman Rohit Sharma, pictured in June 2011. World champions India will count on their young stars to deliver when they take on fast-improving West Indies in a one-day series starting in ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:35 AM PST


NY judge rejects $285M SEC-Citigroup agreement
In this Nov. 23, 2010 file photo, the corporate logo for Citigroup is shown, in New York. A federal judge on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, struck down a $285 million settlement that Citigroup reached with ...

Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:35 AM PST


Why do Nepal's former rebels want to join the army
When Nepal's ruling Maoist party signed a landmark deal in November for former guerrillas to retire, be rehabilitated or become part of the Nepali army, few predicted that the majority would ...

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:15 PM PST


Nepal - Newspaper office vandalised
Nigarani Dotcom, Newspaper (Freedom Forum/IFEX) - Freedom Forum's attention has once again been drawn to a press freedom violation that occurred on 24 November 2011, in Biratnagar, an eastern ...

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:15 PM PST


Nationwide campaign to revive CPN-UML
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: The 12th central committee meeting of the CPN-UML concluded today, approving a three-month action plan to revive the party organisations across the country. A ...

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:15 PM PST


EU rules out any cash for PLA combatants
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: The European Union today did not mince words when it clearly spelled out that it would in no way offer any cash incentives for integration and retirement of Maoist ...

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:15 PM PST


KMC fails to heed CIAA orders
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: It has come to light that Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has not implemented any of the eight directives issued by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of ...

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:15 PM PST


PLA regrouping over in four cantonments
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE DAMAK/SINDHULI: Though the regrouping of PLA combatants, initiated on November 19, was supposed to complete in all seven PLA cantonments by Monday, the task got completed ...

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:15 PM PST


Don't distribute public land to individuals‚ CIAA tells govt
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) today directed the government not to distribute public land to organisations or individuals. ...

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:15 PM PST


Explosions in district HQs
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KALAIYA: Blasts and presence of explosive devices in the headquarters of several districts has panicked the local populace. In Bara district, a bomb went off at the house of ...

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:15 PM PST


Govt plan to address fuel woes
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE BHAIRAHAWA: Minister for Commerce and Supplies Lekhraj Bhatta today said the government is mulling over ways to deal with the shortage of petroleum products in the country. ...

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:15 PM PST


Taskforce backs six-month CA term extension
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: The four-member taskforce formed by three major parties - the Unified CPN-Maoist, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML - and United Democratic Madhesi Front today agreed ...

Monday, November 28, 2011

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