ONCE-OVER Maoists kill 2, injure 4 BIRGUNJ: Maoists shot dead two persons on Thursday night in Pidariguthi VDC-3 accusing them of kidnapping an Indian national Balindra Prasad, 70. Locals identified the deceased as Jugal Miya, 36 of Bisharampur and Wakilray... Travel 29 Jan, 2005
Pupils protest abductions Himalayan News ServicePatna, January 28:Schoolchildren in Patna today marched to the Bihar governor’s residence here to protest the reported kidnapping of four students in the last 10 days. Carrying placards and holding up banners, the demonstration... Women 28 Jan, 2005
LETTERS Gloomy Valley bandhs What an ordinary man can do in Kathmandu is a question facing all of us given the current situation pertaining to the regression movement of the political parties against the government. The commuters are transformed to mere... 04 Nov, 2004
SNIPPETS Pak test-fires 2nd missileISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday conducted its second test of a nuclear-capable missile, but President Pervez Musharraf insisted it was meant to silence domestic critics rather than send signals abroad. The ballistic missile Hatf... Women 05 Jun, 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
TOPICS : Japan’s pension scandal deals blow to two-party system Bennett Richardson Just when Japan’s politicians appeared to be finally gaining some credibility with the public, the nation’s rickety pension system sneaked up and pulled the rug from under their feet. The latest political scandal in the corridors... 12 May, 2004
Not enough To escape victimisation at the hands of both the security forces and the rebels, the panic-stricken school children are reported to be fleeing the country in huge numbers. In the far-West and the far-East, the number of school dropouts have touched... 04 May, 2004
Occupation of Iraq Haifa Zangana Iraqi family law is the most progressive in the Middle East. Divorce cases are heard only in the civil courts (effectively outlawing the “repudiation” religious divorce); polygamy is outlawed unless the first wife welcomes it (and... 27 Feb, 2004
Over Rs 1.2 lakh recovered from kidnappers Himalayan News ServiceDharan, February 25The police said today they have recovered Rs 128,770 from two youths Kebal Rai alias Rakesh and Sher Bahadur Limbu who were arrested yesterday for their part in the kidnapping of a teenager boy. The police has... Travel 26 Feb, 2004
Suspected kidnappers of teenager held Himalayan News ServiceDharan, February 24The police today arrested two persons accused of being involved in the kidnapping of 15-year-old Rajan Chodwang a month ago. One of the accused has been identified as Rakesh Rai while the identity of the other... Travel 25 Feb, 2004
For student travellers The GuardianLondonSo, was it your parents who made you come on the course?” asks Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton. Most of the people in the room at a cafe on the Old Brompton Road in west London nod. Lowther-Pinkerton spent a decade in the Irish Guards... Travel Abroad 28 Jan, 2004
15 killed in Kandahar blast, Taliban suspected AgenciesKandahar, January 6At least 15 people, mostly women and children, were killed and 11 others injured after a large bicycle bomb ripped through the southern Afghan city of Kandahar today, a military commander told AFP. Ahmad Shah said nine people... Women 07 Jan, 2004
