Nepal Today

Monday, December 15, 2008

Appeal to handover arms, ammunition

Kathmandu, 18 Dec: The home ministry Wednesday asked people and institutions to handover illegal unlicensed arms and ammunition to the nearest district administration office or district police office within 15 days.
Illegal arms and ammunition will be seized and legal action initiated, the ministry warned.
The warning comes as official talks are yet to start to resolve the rebellion in the terai.
There’s credible speculation Maoists may not have surrendered all their weapons after joining the political mainstream in April 2005.
Thousands of combatants with there arms are in UNMIN camps.
Violence continues unabated in the terai.
Suspected Jwala Singh group of Terai Mukti Morcha Tuesday dragged CPN-UML activist Rama Shah out of his tea-stall and shot him dead in Dhanusha.
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Ramesh Bikal dead

Kathmandu, 18 Dec: Progressive writer Ramesh Bikal died Wednesday while undergoing hospital treatment for asthma and diabetes.
He was 81.
He was member of Nepal Academy.
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Nepal, India rail accord

Kathmandu, 18 Dec: Nepal and India signed an amended rail accord Wednesday.
The amended accord will facilitate movement of crude and edible oils, petroleum products and other cargo to and from the dry port at Birjung from dry ports of all major Indian cities in tank wagons and iron and steel products on flat wagons reducing transport fare.
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MEDIA GOOGLE

“Regardless of what the stars say, restoration of monarchy is still a no-no, since the ex-king hasn’t shown enough contrition to those who matter.”

(Maila Baje, People’s Review, 18 Dec.)

“The land and houses seized in legitimate manner will be allocated to landless peasants in a judicial way. The land and houses seized illegally can be returned.”

(Maoist leader Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, The Himalayan Times, 18 Dec.)

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