IN OTHER WORDS Wake-up call:General Motors and the United Automobile Workers union have both been under enormous pressure to stand tough in their negotiations. It is encouraging that both sides are reportedly making good progress in hammering out a new national... 26 Sep, 2007
TOPICS : History against Clinton, Obama As an American who yields to none in her loathing of the incumbent president, I am frequently invited to enthuse over the presumptive 2008 Democratic contenders. But I’m unconvinced that either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama is electable. Perhaps... 09 Sep, 2007
IN OTHER WORDS Power grab: America’s Electoral College should be abolished, but there is a right way to do it and a wrong way. A prominent Republican lawyer in California is doing it the wrong way, promoting a sneaky initiative that, in the name of Electoral... 23 Aug, 2007
IN OTHER WORDS Lesson for USLast week, former culture minister Jack Lang became the latest Socialist Party notable to leap across the left-right divide in French politics, accepting a position on a constitutional reform committee that French President Nicolas Sarkozy... 25 Jul, 2007
Separate plane seats for prez poll ballot boxes New Delhi, July 14: Flights reaching New Delhi from the state capitals on July 20 will be carrying unique passengers — the ballot boxes containing votes to elect the nation’s president. The boxes will be allotted separate seats as well.The ballot... Women 14 Jul, 2007
US foreign policy : Appeal for “Just Security” approach Insisting that US foreign policy of the past six years has clearly failed, a left-leaning Washington think tank is calling for the adoption of a comprehensive new approach to international relations called “Just Security” in which the US would act... 21 Jun, 2007
NSU convention put off again Inability in conducting meets in Tarai stated as reason Kathmandu, March 5: The much-awaited 10th national convention of the Nepal Students’ Union (NSU), the student wing of the Nepali Congress (NC), has been postponed again to May 9-11 due to... Horoscopes 03 Jun, 2007
NSU poll process kicks off 185 candidates in the fray for 28 positionsChitwan, May 24:The process of electing the president and other members of the Nepal Students’ Union got underway today. The 10th general convention of the NSU has been going on here. The party sorted out a... Travel 25 May, 2007
Terai unrest may spur cancellation of NSU meets Kathmandu, February 3: The national conventions of the Nepal Students’ Union (NSU) and NSU affiliated to the Nepali Congress-Democratic are likely to be postponed if the unrest in Terai continues for another 10 days, as the student bodies have not... Travel 02 Mar, 2007
Interim statute has undermined judiciary: NBA Kathmandu, January 8:President of Nepal Bar Association (NBA), Shambhu Thapa and senior advocates today said the interim constitution, which is being tabled at the House of Representatives (HoR) on January 15, has undermined the judiciary.Thapa, and... Horoscopes 09 Jan, 2007
Cops arrest student leaders from protest rally Kathmandu, February 24:Police today arrested Govind Gautam, Free Students Union (FSU) president of Saraswati Multiple Campus, and Shailesh Lama, a student leader, from the protest rally held in front of the campus. The student bodies took out the... Horoscopes 24 Feb, 2006
IN OTHER WORDS: Poll reform Should Election Day in the US remain on Tuesdays if the goal is to inspire more voters? Millions of Americans would prefer to keep the present system. The survey showed 45 per cent liked the idea of switching polls to the weekend. That feeling... 21 Nov, 2005
