Partners in progress Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s announcement to hold the first round of talks with the Maoists ‘soon’ is the precise requirement of the hour as any inordinate delay could only pander to the designs of the regressive forces. To avoid such a... 23 May, 2006
Crucial phase With the formation of a three-member negotiating team by the CPN-Maoist, the first round of talks between the government and the Maoists appears to be close at hand. These talks will mark the start of a phase of transition crucial to the realisation of... 11 May, 2006
Lawmakers face miscreants’ wrath • Nepal’s house gheraoed • Enraged group confronts Sushil Koirala • Maoists deny involvement Kathmandu, April 29: Groups of miscreants misbehaved with CPN-UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal and some other lawmakers, including Nepali... Travel 29 Apr, 2006
ONCE-OVER 150 teachers released GORKHA: Maoists on Thursday released over 150 teachers of the rural areas on the condition that they cooperate in their peoples’ war. They were abducted on Wednesday when they were taking classes at several schools and were held... Travel 30 Sep, 2005
Indian daily says Bhattarai met Karat Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, May 25:A prominent Indian daily today claimed that top Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai met Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat last week.The Times of India, in a report in today’s... Travel 26 May, 2005
RSF flays scribe’s killing Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, March 22:Reporteurs Sans Frontiers (RSF) today expressed dismay over the killing of Dhana Bahadur Rokka Magar, a presenter with the state-run Radio Nepal, by Maoists on January 30, 2003. The Maoists had killed Magar on... Horoscopes 23 Mar, 2005
ONCE-OVER Terms for officers’ releasePALPA: Maoists’ spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara in a press release issued on Tuesday, said that officiating Chief District Officer and Local Development Officer of Arghakhanchi, Birendra Sharma and Sudarshan Dhakal,... Travel 19 Jan, 2005
