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Educational activities crippled across Nepal Regular studies and educational activities have been severely affected with most schools closed across the country, countrywide reports said. The Maoists affiliated students –ANNISU-R announced an indefinite strike in all urban-based educational institutions in Nepal from today. According to reports received from across the country, most private and government owned schools and colleges in rural areas have also been closed. The ANNISU-R had said their strike would be based ‘only in urban areas’. The ANNISU-R has announced the strike demanding the immediate implementation of the accord met between the organization, the government and the educational institutions last year. The Maoist affiliated students, the government and the educational institutions had agreed to curtail 29 percent of the fees from the existing structure. The government had also agreed to provide free education up to the secondary level and to curtail 25 percent fees in the higher secondary level. Moreover, ANNISU-R has demanded the removal of the terrorist tag labeled against the union. nepalnews.com pd June 06 04 Related
News Maoist attack in Kapilbastu repulsed The Maoists rebels and the security forces were engaged in fierce skirmishes Saturday night and Sunday morning when the rebels attacked the Gorusinge army barrack and the Armed Police Force base in Chandrauta of Kapilbastu, Royal Nepal Army source told Nepalnews. According to the source, hundreds of rebels attacked the Gorusinge army barrack, the APF base and another police post simultaneously at around 10:45 pm Saturday and the battle persisted till 12:45 am Sunday. “The Maoists opened fire with 2-inch mortars in three different posts," the source said. Army night vision helicopters were dispatched twice from Nepalgunj to support the security forces in combating the rebels. No casualties have been reported from the security forces, but rebels are suspected to have been killed in the bombing by RNA helicopters. The Maoists have taken their dead and wounded with them, the source said. However, the exact details of the casualties are yet to come. nepalnews.com pd June 06 04 Related
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worried about rights violations in Nepal Speaking during a program, organized to mark the fourth anniversary of During the program, the chairman of the NHRC, Nayan Bahadur
Khatri, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba speaking on the program said that the government is committed to protect the rights of civilians. Deuba added that the government was committed to “punish the security personnel violating the human rights in the country.” nepalnews.com pd June 06 04 Related
News The NEPSE index registered an increment of 2.08 points after five days of trade on Friday. The market opened at 207.41 points Monday and closed at 209.49 points Friday. The transaction of the 121,548 shares was valued at Rs 21.1 million. The commercial bank group, the largest group at the Nepse floor, registered an increment of 2.23 points, as its index went up to 212.25 from 210.03 over the course of the week. Similarly, there was an increase in the number of shares traded of the manufacturing group, the hotel group, and the insurance group. However other groups, including the finance group had a decrease in the number of the shares traded. nepalnews.com pd June 06 04 Related
News King Gyanendra felicitates Swedish King King Gyanendra has extended felicitations to the Swedish King Carl Gustav on the occasion of the national day of Sweden. Expressing confidence that the relations between the two kingdoms would grow in the coming years, the King said, "On the behalf of the people and the government of Nepal, I extend our cordial felicitations and best wishes for your majesty's personal health and happiness as well as for the continued progress and prosperity of the people of Sweden." Nepalnews.com pd June 06 04 Festival to promote Nepal in UK The Himalayan Yeti, a UK based Nepali association, has organised the Nepal Himalayan Festival in Manchester city according to a press release sent to Nepalnews. The purpose of the festival was to introduce Nepali culture to the people of Manchester. The ambassador of Nepal, Prabal Shumsher and the mayor councilor, Lord Audrey Jones, addressed the inaugural festival. nepalnews.com pd June 06 04 Two Maoists killed in security action Two Maoists were killed in separate incidents on Saturday. According to the Defense Ministry, the chief of the village government in Nuwakot district, Sri Krishna Rai, was killed in a security operation. Similarly, Chakra Bahadur Bogati was killed in Cheda of Dadeldhura district in an encounter between security forces and the Maoists. nepalnews.com pd June 06 04 Related
News Heavy pre-monsoon showers in the past few days have again seriously disrupted traffic along the Mugling-Narayangadh highway and affected the main artery linking the valley to the tarai. A 26 km section of the highway was damaged by a heavy cloudburst last July. Because of delays in repairs during the dry season, travellers fear that the early arrival of the monsoon will soon make the road impassable. At least ten major landslides have blocked the road, and in places the Indian police file case against captured Maoists Indian Police on Friday filed a case against the Nepali Maoists caught in Indian state of Bihar on Wednesday, according to the Times News Network of India. "The arrested Maoists have been charged with waging war against their nation," the report quoted DSP of Patna, RK Dubedi as saying. A senior SP of Bihar capital NH Khan said all of the arrested Maoists were extremists. "We have been in communication with the Nepal Police and they confirmed that that the eleven are hardcore Maoists. We are also looking for their links in Bihar." A team from Nepal left on Saturday for Patna to explore the possibility of extradition. DSP Subodh Ghimire leads the team. The Kathmandu Post, quoting a Maoist source, has said that the arrests in Patna have virtually shattered their network, as out of the 11 Maoists, six were central level leaders. nepalnews.com pd June 06 04 Related
News NC rules out support to Deuba; UML to join govt The Nepali Congress has denied support to the Deuba government, saying the appointment of the prime minister was no different than that of the earlier two prime ministers. This was announced after the meeting of the Central Working Committee on Saturday. The NC also declared that the ongoing anti-‘regression’ movement would continue. Talking to reporters, NC spokesperson Arjun Narsingh KC said Deuba’s appointment could not be dubbed a success or even a ‘partial success’ as said by the CPN-UML. “Unless sovereign rights are fully restored to the people, there will be no end to the agitations,” he said. The CWC meeting will continue on Sunday as well. They will most likely discuss the proposal of Narahari Acharya who has demanded that a meeting of the General Committee be called on short notice to review the principles upheld by the party. Meanwhile, a meeting of the central committee of the CPN-UML today discussed a proposal of general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal on current political situation. UML sources said that the party has decided to pull out of the ongoing agitations. In today’s meeting, standing committee member Bam Dev Gautam tabled a written proposal demanding participation in the Deuba government. The meeting was on till 7:30 pm. nepalnews.com mbk June 5 04 Related
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