Alliance takes movement to villages Panchthar, October 29:Emboldened by the Maoists’ unilateral ceasefire and let-up in violence against political parties’ cadres, the seven-party alliance fillip to popular agitation against regression, autocracy and the political crisis in the... Travel 30 Oct, 2005
60 men go in for family planning Panchthar, October 13:Around 60 men underwent vasectomy in the mobile camp for family planning conducted by the Public Health Office at Panchthar in the first week of Ashoj. Among them is a 48-year-old father of nine children, Jas Bahadur Tamang. The... Travel 14 Oct, 2005
NHRC urges Maoists to respect human rights Kathmandu, October 7:The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today called on the Maoists to immediately free those in their captivity and stop extortion, torture and respect human rights and international humanitarian laws.The Maoists abducted... Travel 08 Oct, 2005
Ceasefire, really? The recent incidents of abductions, extortions, intimidation and confiscation of civilians’ property tend to cast doubts on the Maoists’ sincerity about fully honouring their unilateral ceasefire announced a month ago. Any ceasefire should also... 03 Oct, 2005
ONCE-OVER Blockade called offPanchthar: Traffic resumed today on the Panchthar-Taplejung section of the Mechi Highway after completion of the seven-day blockade called by the Maoists. People in Taplejung and Panchthar districts were facing food shortage due to... Travel 10 Sep, 2005
Typhoid, flu spreading fast Panchthar / Tanahun, Sept 6:Hundreds of people inPanchthar district have been suffering from malaria, typhoid and viral-influenza for the past three weeks. The most affected VDCs are Nagin, Yangnam, Sidin, Prangbung Memeng, Nangi, Phidim, Chokmagu,... Travel 06 Sep, 2005
Hard road ahead for horse carts Laxmi Gautam Phidim, April 18:Following the resumption of modern transportation on regular basis in Panchthar district from headquarter Phidim to the northeast Nagin Village Development Committee’s Pulbhanjyang, horse cart owners and their business... 18 Apr, 2005
Maoists drive out 200 villagers Himalayan News ServicePhidim, April 16: Two hundred villagers were displaced when Maoists locked out 34 houses in Ranitar VDC adjoining Phidim, the headquarters of Panchthar district. Victims said that the Maoists started the drive last Sunday without... Travel 16 Apr, 2005
Integrated dev plan designed for Maipokhari Rastriya Samachar SamitiIlam, March 21:As part of its long-term plan, the government has started different kinds of construction work and programmes at Maipokhari in Ilam, with a view of developing the area as one of the most famous religious-tourist... 21 Mar, 2005
Families of Nepalis killed in Malaysia want bodies back Laxmi GautamPhidim, March 10:The families of the two youths from Panchthar district, who had gone to work in Malaysia last December, are still in a state of shock after learning of their gruesome deaths. Twenty-year-old Kumar Kattel from Phidim-5... Travel 11 Mar, 2005
Medicine shortage hits eastern hills Himalayan News Service Biratnagar, February 24: The routine vaccination programme has been badly affected in the eastern hilly and Himali districts after the drugs supply was cut following the disruption of transportation services for the last two... Travel 25 Feb, 2005
Maoist bandh brings life in east to a halt Taplejung, September 2: Life was severely hit in Taplejung and Panchthar districts today, the first day of the seven-day blockade called by the Maoists in eastern Nepal to protest the killing of six of their cadres by security forces. The blockade... Travel 09 Feb, 2005
