NC (D) to initiate talks with UML, RPP Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, June 6:The Nepali Congress (Democratic) today decided to initiate formal talks with the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) in a bid to give a shape to the... Travel 07 Jun, 2004
Southern China economic zone proposed Associated Press Hong Kong, May 31:Officials from Hong Kong, Macau and nine mainland Chinese provinces are seeking ways to boost economic cooperation, but analysts said today it was too soon to gauge their prospects for success. A proposed southern... 31 May, 2004
ONCE-OVER Maoist killed in operationBHAIRAHAWA: Security forces have killed a Maoist in Rupandehi on Friday afternoon. According to District Police Office, security forces shot at a group of 12 Maoists when they hurled a socket bomb at them at Mahajidiya of... Travel 29 May, 2004
IN BRIEF House lootedKATHMANDU: A group of armed persons looted cash and property worth Rs 1.5 million on Monday night. According to police, the armed group overpowered all the family members of Gaje Ghale in Samakhusi by brandishing pistols and knives. Ghale... Horoscopes 19 May, 2004
North-east diary : Pratiksha Upadhyaya Siliguri Girl vomits snakes Ruma Khatun, a three-year-old resident of English bazar in Malda district of North Bengal, horrified onlookers as she vomited two small snakes, one after another, on Saturday. Even as the doctors attending her suspect she... Women 18 May, 2004
Stady Table The People’s Republic of China, the third largest country in the world, after Canada and Russia, has an area of 9.6 million sq km, or one-fifteenth of the world’s land mass. The border stretches over 22,000 km on land and the coastline extends well... Travel Abroad 11 May, 2004
Rights situation in Nepal must be addressed: AI, ICJ Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, May 4:Amnesty International (AI) and International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today urged the international community to raise the issue of human rights situation at the Nepal Development Forum (NDF) meeting opening... Travel 05 May, 2004
Sri Lanka’s monks in parliamentary storm Himalayan News ServiceColombo, May 1:A series of attacks on Sri Lankan Buddhist temples and intimidation in parliament, allegedly by a ruling leftwing party, has triggered fears among monks who entered politics only this year, reports OneWorld.The... Women 02 May, 2004
Man donates eyes, body to hospital Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, May 2:Ailing for quite some time now, Meghraj Acharya,75, feels his days are numbered. And he has done what others would not dare to do. He has decided to donate his body after death to the Tribhuvan University Teaching... Horoscopes 02 May, 2004
Probe Bhalu Khola killings: Maoists urge rights bodies Himalayan News ServiceBara, April 30:The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist, in a press release issued today, has requested national and international human rights organisations to probe into the security forces action at Bhalu Khola, Bara, in which five... Travel 01 May, 2004
Journos, scholars up in arms over editors’ jailing Agence France PresseBeijing, April 16:The jailing of editors at one of China’s leading reformist newspapers has sparked a rarely seen uproar among Chinese intellectuals and journalists, provoking online protests and open letters to the government.... Women 17 Apr, 2004
Pokhara address Election will revive the constitutional process Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay Great many obstacles were created by the Maoists and the agitating political parties to deter the people from participating in the civic reception to felicitate the King at Pokhara the other day. However, people swarmed in... 30 Mar, 2004
