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Chinese delegation calls on Nepal women lawmakers

2012-04-05T03:48:00.001-07:00

Kathmandu

A Visiting high level Chinese delegation held discussions with women members of the constituent Assmbly on Thursday.

The delegation led be Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Netional peoples congress of the peoples Republic of Chaina Chen Zhili briefed about the participation of women in different government bodies in China.

It is said that a total of 40 per cent women are in government service in China.

Vice-chaiwoman of the Constituent Assembly Purna Kumari subedi led the team of Nepali women lawmakers in the discussion.

Quoting the chinese delegation Joint-secretaty at the parliament secretariat Bharat Gautam said that the chinese delegation remarked that empowerment process on Nepali women has been gradully and satisfactorily moving foeward.

PM Baburam Bhattarai in Gorkha

2012-04-04T14:09:00.000-07:00

Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai (left) and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Jayanta prasad make their way to the inauguration of a program at manakamana VDC of Gorkha district on wednesday. photo ekantipur

Pun says West seti Pokhara airport top priority projects

2012-04-04T05:11:00.002-07:00

A 17 member team led by Krishana Mohan Shrestha president of the Pokhara Chamber of Commerece in in Kathamandu to press the government to expedite construction of the regional international airport in pokhara.

Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun said on Tuesday that the government was making all out efforts to develop two major projects west seti Hydro Project and Regional International Airport in Pokhara -despite some emerging procedurral glitches.

He added that there were slim chances of constructing the proposed airport at Chinnedanda Pokhara if the chinese investors backtracked from the west seti project. Pun made the remark during a meeting with a private sector delegation from Pokhara.

A 17 member team led by Krishan Mohan Shrestha , president of the pokhara Chamber of Commere and Industry is here to press the government to expedite construction of the regional international Airport in Pokhara., one of Nepals most popular toutist hubs. The delegation also met with prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and leaders of the thre mojor political parties on Tuesday.

Minister Pun said the government was committed to developing both projects as they are national priority projects said Shrestha.

A regional international airport in Pokhara has become an urgent need as an alternative to the congested Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathamandu , Pun said. He added that the airport would play an important role in strengthening Pokharas positon as a tourist centre.

Meanwhile P, Bhattarai assured the Pokhara delegation at a separate meeting that the airport was government prority project and that it was making all out efforts to develop it. According to Shrestha the PM said that construction fo the airport would be expedited be following all the legal norms. Developing a regional internationa airport in Pokhara is also the governments utmost priority the PM said.

The delegation also receive assurances that the governmetn would help it to acquire and additonal 500 ropanis of land to lengthen the runway . The governmet acquired over 3,106 ropanis of land in 1975 to build the airport in 1089 the government and the Japan International Cooperationa Agency conducted a detailed study.

A New survey has estimated that the airport will cost more the UN$ 180 million . According to the study the airport will have a runway 25,000 m long and 50 m wide a terminal and a cargo building. We have also requested the government to lengthen the runway to 3,000 m so that it can accmmodate large jets shrestha said.

Recently the Export Import(EXIM) Bank of china stated that the contractor for proposed airport in pokhara should be on its list of recommended companies to be eligible for soft loans.

A thre member chinese tam lad by Li Dan assistant general manager of the banks credit department put forward the condition to governmet representatives. The airport will be developed under an engineering procurement and construction ( EPC) contract the only allows chinese companies to participate in the bidding.

Lukla Airport

2012-04-04T04:36:00.001-07:00

Tenzing-Hillary Airport (IATA:LUA ICAO VNLK) also known as lukla Airport is a small airport in the ton of Lukla in Khumbu Solukhubmbu district , Sagarmatha Zone rastern Nepal. A program entitled most Extreme Airports broadcast on The History Channel in 2010 rated the airport as the most dangerous airport in the World . The single runway is 1,500 feet(460m) long 65 feet(20m) wide. The elevation of the airport is 9,100 feet(2800m) . Aircraft can only use tunway 06 for landings and tunway 24 for lakeoffs. Due to the trrrain , there is no prospect of successful go-around on short final.

The airport is popular because Lukla is the place where most people start the climb to mount Everest Base camp.

New statute impossible by may 27 says Thapa

2012-04-03T05:35:00.000-07:00

Pyuthan; Chairman of the Rastriya prajatantra party Nwpal Kamal Thapa claimed on Tuesday that the nation will not get the the constitution within may 27 at any cost.

Thapa , who arrived here to address the pyuthan District Convention of the party said it was not possible to promulgate the new constitution within the next 55 days of the constituent Assmbly as the leaderes of major political parties are sticking to thir guns.

He said new constitution has been uncertain for the political parties are engrossed in party interest and game for power.

Chairman Thapa futher called for going for a new political process as per the supreme court directive if the constitution was not promulgate in the slated timeframe.

Clouded leopard spotted in ACP

2012-04-03T05:02:00.001-07:00

Kaski apr.

An endangered clouded leopard has been found inside the Annapurna Conservation Ateam that went to the area for a wolf study found the animal in a forest in Dhoda., about a 10-hour walk away from sikles.

Raju Achary of the ream said that 15 automatic cameras were installed in the area for 35 days which took the pictures of the leopard. It is good news to have found the endangered animal, he said adding this was the second the species was sighted in Nepal. Earlier the animal species was found in the shivapuri NATIONAL park.

The leopard listed as an endangered animal by the National parks and Wildlife Conservation ACT 2029 ia douns in Nepal, India Bangladesh China Malaysia Thailand Indonesia Vietnam Laos and Cambodia an has mare than 10,000 populations. An animal of this species weighs between 15 kg to 23 kg and is less than one metre in beight.

113 people living with HIV/ AIS in Mahottari

2012-04-02T07:04:00.001-07:00

Baradibas AS many as 113 persons have been so far found infected withe HIV virus in mohottari district as cited in the record maintained by Districy Health Office Mahottari.
According to office chief and senior health administrator Bijaya Kumar Jha among the infected 68 are male and 45 are female.

On them 26 male and 10 female have been consuming medicine ARV the office informed

CC subcommittee to descuss SRC report

2012-04-02T05:27:00.000-07:00

Kathmandu apr.02
The Constitutional Committee meeting held mo monday decided to send the report submitted by the state restructuring commission in the Dispute Resolution subcommittee for the further discussion

The decision was taken at a time when more than hundred lawmakers representing several political parties were staging a sit in outside the cc meeting hall this morning .

However the meeting failed to forge consensus on other pending issues.

according to CPN UML leader Madhav Kumar Neapal the meeting held discussion no the steps to be adopted to continue the disussion on the SRC report .

The added deadline of the subcommittee ands today

The Business Adivisory Board of the constituent Asssembly will take decision whether to extend the subcommittee tenure again.

Nepali woman to scale Mt Everest

2012-04-01T13:13:00.000-07:00

Kathmandu
A Nepali woman meditation practitioner has planned to scale Mt Everest the highest peak in the world.

Sita Rai (42) a resident of Rubung 1 Kharpa VDC in khotang district is scheduled to begin her journy to sagarmatha on Monday it is learnt.

Minister of state for Tourism and civil Aviation Jwala kumari sah handed over the national flag of Nepal to Rai wishing her success amidst a programme here on sunday.

Similarly culture minister gopal kirati met Rai and wished for safe journey.

Talkin to RSS Rai a mother of two sons said that she has a targer of securing her name in the Guinness Book of world Records by performing Sirshashan (one of the form of yoga) atop mt everest.
Bochi Bochi Trek Pvt ltd is supporting Rai in her bid to scale the worlds

Training for Tharuwan Maoists underway

2012-03-31T05:04:00.000-07:00

Banke march 31
A trining session of the UCPN (Maiust) cadres of the Tharuwan state has begun on saturday at Chisapani of banke district on Saturday.

Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal , Standing Committee member Dev Gurung and Maoist leader Lila Mani Pokhrel are facilitating the training.

The training is being conducted under the chairmanship of central Secretatiat menber of Tharu Rastriya Mukti Morcha Duraga Bahadur Taharu.

Around 700 maoist cadres across Kapinvastu Kanchanpur are taking part in the training.

Former king in Mahendranagar

2012-03-30T06:08:00.000-07:00

Mahendragar march 30

Former King Gyanendra Shah reached Mahendrangagar during his four day visit to the Far wWestern Region on Friday. Shah offered prayers at Siddanaath Temple during his stay in the district

Hundreds of supporters of the former king flocked to welcome Shah upon his arrival and shouted slogans in support of the monarchy.Large number of cadres of Shiva sena were deployed to escort Shah during his half an hour long walk to the Temple.

Shah is also scheduled to meet people close to him and will leave for Dhangadi today itself.

SAARC conference on sanitation to be held in Nepal

2012-03-30T05:54:00.000-07:00

Rss LALITPUR ; The fifth south Asian sanitation caonterence is to be held for the first time in Nepal.

The fifth South Asian conference on sanitaion ( SACOSAN) is to be held for the first time Nepal with an objectve of formulating policies and programmes by the governments of concerned countries be discussing and consulting with stakeholders on the sanitation of South Asia.

The NGO Fresh water Action Nepal will organise the conference which will be participated in representatives of all the countries including Nepal India Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and stakeholders of all countries.

The ffirst conference was held in Bangladesh in 2003 and the fourth conference in Sri Lanka.

The conference will be held in November 2013 in Kathmandu.

As per government statistice Nepal has 50 percent population within reach to sanitation and the targer is to recch ecnt percent by 2017.

China executes three over deadly hotel arson

2012-03-29T04:22:00.000-07:00

Beijing china on Thuresday esecuted three arsonists held responsible for a deadly hotel fire last year that killed 11 people and in people and injured more than 30 others state media reported.

The victims at the budget hotel in the northeastern Jilin province part of a chain called Home Inns died of smoke inhalation after the fire started in a stairwell and sendt thick plumes of moke to the upper floors.

On Thursday the intermediate Peoples court Tonghua city where the incident took place announced three people blamed for starting the fire had been sentenced to death and executed Xinhua news agency said.

The report did not elaborate on why the three started the fire last year on May 1. The court unavailable for comment when contacted by AFP and an official at Jilins superior court said he was not aware of the case.

According to Amnesty International china executes more people than the rest of the world put together although it has reduced the number of offences facing the death penalty abolishing its use for 13 mainly white collar crimes.

5.2 Quake strikes Nepal-India border

2012-03-28T05:03:00.000-07:00

Saptari mara 28
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake Jolted Nepal,s eastern Indian border on Wednesday morning.

Howeber , on human casualties have been reported so far.

The epicenter was recorded betwwn Saptari and sunsati district at 5.27 am Technical officer at National Seismological centre Umesh Gautam informed.

According to Gautam the area is less vulnerable to earthquake

The earthquake was felt in Indian state Bihar and some parts of western Bangal as well.

No CA term extension:sc

2012-03-28T04:52:00.000-07:00

Kathmandu march 28
With the supreme Coury (SC) upholding iis administrations refusal to review the verdict no constituent Assmbly term extension on wednesday it has become almost certain that the CA term would not be extended anymore.

A single bench of SC Justice Kamal Narayan Das issued the order to this effect today.

Earlier the SC administration had refused to accept review petitions filed separately by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and Constituent Assembly Chairman Subash Chandra Nembang against the Novemer 25 verdict of the apex court to put a cap on the CA term.

In the petitions they had sought the review arguing that the courts decision was not based on leded on legal principles and without legal presedents.

On November 25 the SC had issued a verdict that had called on ghe government to complete the tast k drafting the constitution be extending the ca term one last time.

Obama concedes strains between US Pakistan

2012-03-27T02:44:00.000-07:00

Associated praess
SEOUL:
President Barack Obama is conceding that ties betwrrn the U.S. and Pakistan are strained , but says it is important to get their relations hip reght.

Obama is speaking alongside Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaaf Raza Fillani before the two men hold a private meeting .

Their meeting comes amid heightened tensions betweer the U.S. and Pakistan following a series of incidents that have marred trust. The relationship breaking point in November when U.S. forces returned fire they believed came from a pakistani border post killing 24 pakistani troops.

Pakistan has been debating new terms of engagement with the US Obama says he welcomes the pakistani review and says the key is finding a balanced approach that respects Pakistani sovereignty and the right of the US to protect its security interests.

Maoist rebels kill 13 paramilitary police in central India

2012-03-27T02:00:00.000-07:00

Asscitted press
New Delhi
A pilece official says suspected Maoist rebels have ambushed a patrol team in westem India killing at least 13 paramilitary policemen.

The official says the policemen were travelling through a densely forested area in Maharashtra state on Tuesday when the rebels set off a land mine blowing up the vehicle.

The official said another 15 policemen were wounded in the powerful blast . The official was speaking on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media .( himalyan times)

Buddha boy maen detain 2 women

2012-03-26T04:34:00.000-07:00

Nijadh march 26
Followers of buddha boy Ram Bhadur Bomjan have veen assuded of holding tow momen one a slovek captive.

It is learnd that members of the Bodhi Srawan dharama sangh an association formed to oversee Bomjan;s security , held the woment for practicing witchcraft and disturbing bomjans meditaion .

Bomjan has been meditating in the Halkhoriya forest of Ratanpur VDC in Bara district for the past seven years.
Though the identities of the woment have not been established officially people claiming to know them said the woman from Slovakia is named Marichi while the second woman is mata aani said to be from sindhupalchowk.

A person involved with the sangh said the two women have been detained for practicing witchcraft and trying to disrupt the meditaiton, Marichi had arrived in Nepal 11 months ago seeking audience with Bomjan . she stayed in a local hotel for some time before moving to a monastery in simara. The other woman meanwhile had been living in the Halkhoriya region for a while. Police said they received a report about the missing women a couple of days ago and that investigations ate underway.

We interrogated one Jash Bhadur Waiba of the sangh, He told us that the two women would be made pubilic on wednesday said pilece inspector Krishna Prasad Sharma . Two daya after the slovak woman went missing two sangh members had arrived at the monastery and taken away her laptop and clothes said a person involved in the conservation of the monastery. Some Local claimed having seen Marchi riding pollion on a motorcycly with two members to the direction of Bomjans meditation spot.

Four killed in Bajhang jeep accident

2012-03-26T04:18:00.000-07:00

Bajhane march 26
Four perons were killed and 14 others injured in a jeep accident at Ridapata VDC here in the district on Monday.

Three of htem died on the spot when a jeep (SE 1 CHA 351) heading for Jhota from Chainpur met with the caccident . The third one a critically injured child was rushed to the sistrict hospital where he breathed his lasta. Of the injured six presons are said to be in critical condition.

The injured were recued from the incident site and have been taken to the district hospital.

Staff Sgt. Rovert Bales to be charged with killing 17

2012-03-25T05:48:00.000-07:00

March 23
Pentagon officials said Thursday that thy expect staff sgt. Robert Bales 38 to be charged on Friday on 17 counts of murder among other lesser charges.

The charges are expected tomorrow a U.S S official told Yahoo News Thursday night on condition of anonymity.

The charges signed against Bales include 17 counts of murder six counts of attempted murder and six counts of aggravated assault as well as dereliction of duty and other violations of military low , the Associated Press reported.

The official said he could not explain why Bales was expected to be charged on 17 conuts of murder , wher the number oa Afghan civilians reported to have been killed in a March 11 shooting rampage in Panjwai district southern Afghanistan was 16, including 9 childran.
Bales seattle civilian defense attorney John Henry Browne said this week that he would travel to Afghanistan to do his own investigation into what transpires saying the charges would be hard to prove.

Browne had earlier suggented that the Army should not have sent Bales to Afghanistan after he suffered a concussive braain injury on his third tour in Iraq after his vehicle hit an IED. (kantipur)

2 held with Rs 1.06 m in fake currency

2012-03-24T05:57:00.000-07:00

Kakarvitta march 24
A team of a Armed Police Force ( APF) has detained two persons for allegedly possessing large amount of conuterfeit Nepali currencies from Dhulabari of Jhapa.
The APF team seized RS 2.06 million in fake currency from the duo. All the counterfeit notes were of Rs 1000 denomination
Dhan Bahadur Rai of Bhansipakha 9 Bhojpur and Dhan Bahadur Limbu of Shanti Nagar 3 Jhapa were arrested eith the fake notes.
The Police pretended to be the client of fake currency dealers to make their operation successful.
The arrest could lead to the arrest of the entire recket. Police have been searching for orherss involved the racket. The APF was headed by DSP Manoj Thapa.

Obama leaves on trip to Asia

2012-03-24T05:46:00.000-07:00

Agence france presse
NEW YORK US president Barack Obama left for Asia early Saturday . on trip that will include a visit to the tense and fortifie border zone between the two koreas.
Aif Force One carrying the peesident and his aises took off ffrom Andews Air Force Base outside washington at 00.7 am local time ( 0407FMT) .
Obama wants to pay tribute to some os the 28,500 US soldiers serving in South Korea.
He also wants to honot the strength nost nation a key ally in Asia a region to which he has reoriented American foreing policy.
The president will on sunday meet South Korean President Lee myung Bak ahead of a 53 nation nuclear security summit is Seoul and a day before holding more key talks with china;s president Hu Jintao officials said .

On Monday he will hold his last meeting as an equal with outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev eith whom he masterminded a reset fo US ties with the Kremilin.
He will hold talks too with the leaders of Turky and Kazakhstan.

CC extends deadline to resolve disputed issues

2012-03-23T11:35:00.000-07:00

Kathmandu
A meeting of the Constitutional Committee (CC) on friday has decided to extend deadiline for settling the contentious isssues related to constitution drafting process until march 29.

The meeting of the Dispute Resolution Committee earlier today had decided to make efforts to extend the deadline for forging consensus on the remaining tasks of the peace and constitution drafting processes.

Talking to media persons after the meeting, committee chairman Nelambar Acharya said the sub committee was granted more time for completing its task since it has been working seriously.

Similarly UCPN-Maoist leader Dev Prasad Gurang bledged to do more homework regarding the peace and constitution drafting processes.

UN rights forum extends Suria investigators' mandate

2012-03-23T11:01:00.000-07:00

Securty council adopts EU resolution on widespread crimes by Syrian forces, says perpetrators must be brought to justice ; China ans Russia vite against text; mediator Annan going to Moscow and Beijing this weekend.
CENEVE - The UN Human Rights council condemned on friday what ti called sharply escalating violations committed by Syrian forces and extended the mandate of its investigators documenting crimes against humanity including executions and torture.
The 47 member Geneva forum adopted a resolution presented by denmark on behalf of the European Union EU hhitch prolongs the commission of inquiry;s mandate through its september session.
The vote was 41 states in favor with three against chaina , Caba and Russia two abstentions and one delegation absent.

This resolution focuses on accountability for human rights violations committed bye the Syrian authorities. Perpetrators must be held to account . Denmark;s ambassador Steffen Smidt told the talks.
The council reolution called on the ivestigators to conduct and continuously update a mapping exercise of gross violations of human rights since March 2011 including an assessment of casualty figuress.
More than 8,000 people have died in the year since the uprising began against president Bashar Assad , th UN says.
The UN team , led be Brazailian Paulo Pinheiro , said in a report last month that Syrian forces have shot dead unarmed women and children, shelled residential areas and tortured wounded protesters in hospital under from the highest level of army and government officials.
It has drawn up a confidential list of people suspected of ordering crimes against humanity for future prosecution.
The resolution explicitly refers to calls by UN Higt Commissioner for Human Rights Navi pillay for the security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the prosecutor ot the intemational criminal court ( ICC) ror investigation
In a rate monent of intemational unity on Wednesday Russia and China joined the rest of the UN securty Council in throwing its weight behind Kofi Annan a joint special envoy of the UN and Arab League to end the conflict.

Maoist hardliners discuss possibility of alliance with fringe left parties

2012-03-22T11:23:00.000-07:00

Leaders of the hardliner Mohan Baidya faction of the UCPN( MAOIST ) monday held a joint meeting with fringe communist parties as part of their preparations to launch street protests to press their demands including a peoples constitution and resignation of the Bhattarai government.
Leaders of 11 fringe left parties including the CPN ( maoist) headed by matrika Yadab Revolutionary communist party and Janamukti party were pressent in the meeting held in Lalitpur. They agreed in principle to spearhead a joint protest movement but the timing and the programms are yet to be decided.
The maoist hardliners reached out to the fringe left parties after turning down the party establishment's decision to hold the central committee meeting to resolve the internal dispute.
According to sources Baidya told party chairman pushapa Kamal Dahal during a meeting on wednesday that his group would not participate in CC meeting until Baburam Bhattarai agreed to step down.( nepalnews)