Nepal News April 23rd

Daytime curfew in Kathmandu on Sunday as well
The government imposed an 11-hour long curfew from 9:00 this morning in Kathmandu as the pro-democracy activists continued their protest against the royal proclamation ...

Over 200 injured in Kathmandu; protests continue nationwide
More than 200 pro-democracy activists protesting against Friday’s royal address and defying the curfew orders were wounded when security forces opened fire at them and ...

Rights groups, civil society call for immediate release of prisoners of conscience
Some thirty leading rights groups and civil society organisations have demanded immediate release of all political prisoners, including party leaders and human rights ...

General strike hits the financial sector hard (Nepalnews Feature)
The call by the seven-party alliance (SPA) to the countrymen not to pay taxes and duties to the royal government and Nepalis working abroad not to send remittances back home ...

Seven parties reject royal proclamation, vow to continue agitation (news update)
In their first reaction to the royal proclamation, the seven party alliance (SPA) has rejected the royal call to form a new government and has insisted on the reinstatement of the...

Mobile phones go down
Mobile phone connections in the capital have gone down since Saturday afternoon.

UN, US, EU and Canada welcome royal proclamation
Though pro-democracy activists across the country continue to take out rallies denouncing Friday’s royal proclamation, international community have taken King Gyanendra’s...

Kathmandu remains tense, police open fire at several places to control crowd
Latest reports say tens of thousands of demonstrators are marching through inner parts of the capital, Kathmandu—a restricted zone—Saturday afternoon chanting slogans ....

Seven party meeting kicks off
The much-awaited meeting of the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) has kicked off at the residence of former premier and Nepali Congress president, GP Koirala, at Maharajgunj Saturday...

Daytime curfew in Kathmandu
The government imposed an 8-hour long curfew from 12:00 this afternoon in Kathmandu as angry protests snowballed in the capital against Friday’s royal address.

UML leaders Khanal, Gautam released
Two central level leaders of UML, Bamdev Gautam and Jhalanath Khanal, who were arrested on Friday at Tribhuwan International Airport released on Saturday morning.

Nepal Maoist and seven political parties 12 points agreements

In September 2005, the Maoist guerrillas announced a three-month unilateral ceasefire. This was the first time that a ceasefire has been declared without any negotiations with the government. The Royalist coup in February exposed the illegitimacy of the entire political set-up in Nepal. It seems that the ceasefire was a hint aimed at the “democratic” parties that an alliance was possible. The events that have unfolded since the ceasefire demonstrate that.

Talks and contacts between the seven parties and the Maoists and also between the Nepalese groups and their Indian allies show that there is a clear willingness to get to some agreement to remove the king and call for a Constituent Assembly before the elections in February.

Months of “peace”

Already in September the Maoists left it clear that they wanted a deal with those they once used to call traitors and enemies. Prachanda, the leader of the Maoist movement, declared that through the ceasefire he wanted, “To create an environment at both the national and international level for a forward-looking political way out, to inspire the seven political parties to come in cooperation by clarifying their immediate slogan, to reinforce the movement of civil society, to increase political intervention upon the old state and to consolidate [the] party's relation with the broad masses by honouring their sentiments and aspirations etc., are the main motivating reasons behind the declaration of cease-fire” (People’s March, September 6).

Basically the Maoist leadership are sticking to the old Stalinist theory of the two stages: first a democratic Republic (and at this stage they only talk about a Constituent Assembly) and tomorrow, some time in the future, the socialist transformation. According to their thinking, the international context is not ripe for a “People’s Republic, so they are happy with a nice little democracy in the form of a Parliamentary Republic”, or something along those lines.

The problem with this is that in Nepal there is no scope for developing a stable democratic regime. The history of the whole of the twentieth century shows that. The Nepalese ruling elite is extremely corrupt and bound hands and feet to imperialism. They are incapable of meeting the democratic aspirations of the masses.

In spite of this, the Maoist leaders believe that a new regime will help to develop the country and overcome the semi-feudal conditions that some of the provinces are submerged in. In fact, this is more or less what the Maoists have done in the territories they control: abolition of the caste system, the building of basic infrastructures run by the community (roads, schools, basic surgeries, etc). They have reached a point where their “liberated” areas need to connect and work with the urban areas. They can do this in either of two ways: lead a socialist revolution in the urban areas or attempt to come back into “legality” on a bourgeois basis. It seems clear which of these two options they see as the most likely.

On their part the CPN-UML (Communist Party Unified Marxist Leninist) have been mobilizing their forces against the king, forming an alliance with the Nepali Congress and strengthening their links with the Indian Communist Parties and the Indian government. All this is only a recipe for disaster. In fact India has withdrawn its support for the king and has more or less openly helped to establish an alliance between the seven parties and the Maoists. Ironically the only reliable ally of the king at this moment is China, but this support is also very shaky. China’s only concern is to maintain stability, so if a joint government of the illegal parties can guarantee this, China can easily swap sides. The Chinese pro-capitalist bureaucracy has in fact been immersed in realpolitik for decades.

The talks between the Maoists, the CPN-UML and other forces held in India, ended with a 12-point resolution to oust the King and establish a democratic regime. In mid November the Maoists were repeating the same line they had put forward three months earlier. Prachanda said: “We are fully committed to bring the armed conflict to an end and establish permanent peace after ending the autocratic monarchy” (quoted in The Guardian, November 24).

In a desperate attempt to cling to power, the King announced local elections for February 2006 and Parliamentary elections for 2007, but these seem to be very far away and the isolation of the regime continues. If the monarchy loses all its allies (i.e. China)   which is a concrete possibility if the Western imperialists and India manage to keep the Maoist guerrillas in check and the seven party Alliance is led by the pro-capitalist Nepali Congress   then the King cannot last much longer. All this indicates that Nepal is heading towards a pact where the Maoists are going to be brought into the fold. They will be called on to guarantee this process.

This “democratic alliance” in agreement with the Maoists is politely asking the UN to help out. But it is also collaborating not only with the Indian government   the godfather of the whole affair   but also with American and European imperialism. The US have not been too enthusiastic about accepting the Maoist guerrillas as part of the deal, but they have little option now as the King seems to be on his way out. In fact the latest on the diplomatic front has been a clear indication to the seven party alliance that is the road that should now be taken. On Tuesday the ambassadors of the United States and Britain to Nepal said their respective countries are likely to back any Nepali political parties-guerrillas understanding to bring the guerrillas into the political mainstream, if the latter surrender their weapons. (Nepalnews.com, November 22).

The King is a maverick who has no sense of reality after killing his own family to get into power and he has thrown the entire country into disarray. The ruling elite in Nepal (or at least a section of it) has realised that this crazy element is incapable of stopping the guerrillas. Therefore they are using a much cleverer tactic. They are trying to use their political parties (the Nepali Congress and all its splinter groups, that do not represent anyone but have a voice in the seven party Alliance) to get the Maoists to adopt a more “moderate” stance and join the already moderate CPN-UML. In fact as the declared period of the ceasefire drew to a close and the seven parties agreed the 12 points to establish a new regime, and as the international situation has become more difficult for the King, the guerrillas have announced that the ceasefire is to be extended until early 2006.

The King is under a lot of pressure, but the masses in Nepal see the spectacle of their beloved leader busy solving the problems of the country by spending huge wealth on his own personal enjoyment. They can read in the news items such as the following statement by a political analyst: “The king is today on safari taking one of two of the country's jets with him. The trip has cost impoverished Nepal $2.5m [£1.5m]. This sort of thing cannot be overlooked... Before the politicians could only offer people democracy, now they can offer them peace as well. This could spell the end for the king.” (The Guardian, November 24) This reflects the sheer madness of a man on his way out.

The real meaning of the pact

On November 22 the CPN (Maoists) announced that they had entered into an alliance with the democratic forces for the “establishment of total democracy by abolishing the autocratic monarchy” (Nepalnews.com, November 22). The Maoist statement says: "The country is in need of a positive solution to the armed conflict and permanent peace. We [Maoists] are fully committed to bring the armed conflict to an end and establish permanent peace after ending the autocratic monarchy and hold elections to the Constituent Assembly as a process of establishing total democracy”.

The problems are found when one reads the small print. The Maoist guerrillas   some commentators reckon they are around 10,000 fighters   are going to be under the control of the new Nepalese Army, that is to be placed under a UN mandate. The Maoists have thus made a 180-degree turn from their classical “surround-the-cities” line to an agreement with the imperialists of the world. A mandate rubber stamped by the Security Council of the UN may be to the satisfaction of the imperialist powers. It may be acceptable to both the Maoist and bourgeois elements within the country. But what does all this hold for the poor masses, many of whom have struggled for years? The masses will see no real improvement in their lives.

Throughout these talks and deals one important elements was missing, the voice of the masses. The Maoist leaders should know better. But this is the road they have chosen to go down. In their thinking, if they can achieve the overthrow of the regime in a bloodless coup, in alliance with the bourgeois parties and the CPN-UML, who in turn are seeking the support in the Indian imperialists, what need do they have of a mass movement of the poor peasants in alliance with the urban?

The Maoists seem to have abandoned their “traditional” demands for a Democratic People’s Republic and seem to be content with establishing a Constituent Assembly. For Marxists the forms of government are important but they cannot become a fetish. The monarchy has a strong tradition in Nepal, but if the king continues to pose a threat to the very survival of the system, a section of the ruling elite could easily move over to the idea of a Republic, and they would do this under the banner of the Constituent Assembly. Thus the demands of the Maoists as they stand now could end up playing into the hands of the Nepalese ruling class.

Again, Maoist realpolitik means that removal of the monarchy becomes an end in itself, no matter who you ally with. This is a very risky policy indeed. What the Maoist leaders do not understand is that one cannot use the peasantry and the urban working class as if they were a tap, which can be turned on and off according to their own political aims. A genuine Marxist leadership would evaluate whether the mood among the masses was ripe for an uprising. They would lead the workers in the cities by declaring a general strike and they would combine this with the guerrilla forces to take power. They would explain the need to break with the bourgeois elements.

Unfortunately Prachanda and his comrades are doing exactly the opposite. After having built up a powerful force in the countryside they now seem prepared to bow to the wishes of the ruling elite, abandon their previous positions and fuse their forces into some form of “democratic” bourgeois regime. This will do nothing to solve the problems of the masses. They risk dismantling all that has been achieved in these years of struggle. This has nothing to do with the policies of Bolshevism.

The next period will show which way the process will finally go, whether some kind of compromise can hold, or whether the intolerable living conditions of the masses will push them beyond the present stance of the Maoist leadership.

December 2005

King Announcement of Democracy

King calls on SPA to recommend name for Prime Minister
Kantipur Report

From Kantipur Online April 21

Nepal News 21 April

 From Nepal News 20 April

Nepal News 19 April

King continues political consultations
King Gyanendra continued his consultations with political leaders on Tuesday as the seven opposition parties continued their general strike across the country.

Who is preventing the king from reaching out to the parties? (Nepalnews analysis)
Reports say senior opposition leader and CPN (UML) general secretary, Madhav Kumar Nepal, -- who is in detention for the last three months-- was being taken to the district court of...

UML general secretary’s release delayed
The release of CPN (UML) general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, supposed to be released from government custody Tuesday afternoon has been delayed.

Karan Singh to visit Kathmandu as special Indian envoy
As the nationwide general strike and opposition protests are to complete the second week, Nepal’s southern neighbour India is sending Karan Singh as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ...

General strike will continue until SPA demands are met: Opposition leaders
As the nationwide general strike has entered into the 13th day on Tuesday, leaders of the seven party alliance (SPA) have warned that the strike will continue unless the king agrees to...

Over 100 injured in Pokhara demo, curfew declared on Wednesday
Local administration has declared day-time curfew in Pokhara on Wednesday following clashes between the pro-democracy activists and security personnel throughout Tuesday.

36 political activists released
36 leaders and cadres of political parties were released on Tuesday following the order of Supreme Court.

Two RNA men die in accidental blast; two Maoists killed in security action
Two Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) soldiers have died in an accidental explosion inside the security base camp in Taulihawa, Kapilvastu district.

NRN UK chapter formed
The first Non Resident Nepalis (NRN) National Coordination Committee of the United Kingdom has been formed with Ashok Shrestha as its chairman, the Association said.

Weather will be clear by Thursday: Officials
At a time when the ongoing movement for democracy is heating up every day, the unexpected pre-monsoon rain over the last two days has cooled the weather around the country.

Over 25 civil servants arrested; two demonstrators shot; nationwide protests continue
Over 25 employees of Home Ministry and four journalists were arrested on Tuesday from protest programme of the employees.

Nepalese colts arrive in Islamabad
The Nepalese U-14 football team has landed in Islamabad, Pakistan to take part in the U-14 Festival of Football that pits five countries- along with two teams from Pakistan- in the ..

News From Kantipur 19 April.

October 18 by Kantipur Online

October 18 Kathmandu by Nepal News

NC calls for wider participation on Thursday's rally
Nepali Congress (NC), one of the major constituents of the seven party alliance (SPA) has appealed for wider public participation in the agitation programme scheduled...

One protestor killed, over 100 injured in nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations on Monday
One protestor was killed and over 100 injured when security forces intervened pro-democracy demonstrations in various parts of the country on Monday, the 12th day ...

NHRC writes to APF chief to send Thapa for questioning
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had sent a letter to the chief of the Armed Police Force (APF) on Monday to send Senior Superintendent of Police Madhav Thapa...

Rights bodies demand dissolution of incumbent government
Various human rights organisations working in the country have demanded for the dissolution of the incumbent government and to form a fresh one comprising ...

King grants audience to former Prime Ministers Bhattarai, Thapa
His Majesty King Gyanendra granted audience to former Prime Ministers Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Surya Bahadur Thapa at the Narayanhity Royal Palace as seven opposition political...

UML activist shot dead in Bara during demonstration
A CPN (UML) activist was shot dead and 10 others were badly wounded as security personnel opened fire at a crowd demonstrating against the government clampdown on pro....

Nepalis in New York demonstrate outside the UN
Nepalis based in New York gathered outside the UN headquarters in New York on a rainy Friday afternoon to stage a protest against the royal regime in Nepal and expressed...

Demonstrations continue on Monday; SC employees join the strike
Thousands of demonstrators continue to defy the government ban on protests in Katmandu and Lalitpur and organized demonstrations in various parts of the valley on Monday,...

Kathmandu Valley reeling under shortage of essential supplies (Nepalnews Feature)
As the nationwide general strike called by the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) entered into the 12th day on Monday, residents of the Kathmandu valley are suffering from acute shortage...

90-day detention warrants to journalists; Women leaders arrested
The government on Monday handed three month long detention warrants to 20 journalists arrested from a peaceful demonstration organized by Press Chautari Nepal protesting...

Maoists kill police Inspector in Rautahat
Maoists shot and killed a traffic police Inspector in Chandranigahapur, Rautahat district, Sunday night."Glorious Revolution" of Nepal (Special to Nepalnews)
It is 1685 AD. After a prosperous reign of 25 years, King Charles II of Britain, who recalled the Parliament that had had been dissolved for 7 years, dies. His brother, James...King grants audience to three foreign envoys
His Majesty King Gyanendra granted audience to three foreign envoys separately at the Narayanhity Royal Palace Sunday evening as the seven opposition political parties stepped up ... King grants audience to cabinet vice-chairmen duo; Home Minister holds security meeting
His Majesty King Gyanendra gave joint audience to the vice-chairmen duo of the Council of Ministers, Dr Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista, at the Narayanhity Royal Palace Sunday.

SPA calls on all to join protest; ‘Don’t pay tax to govt’
The seven-party alliance (SPA) has decided to intensify the ongoing agitation for democracy, calling upon all sides including the international community to mount pressure on ...

Suspected Maoists gun down security man in Jhapa
Suspected Maoists shot and killed an Armed Police Force (APF) official in Beldandi in the eastern Jhapa district Sunday.

Demonstrations continue on Sunday: Journalists, tourism entrepreneurs arrested; Bank vandalized
The Seven Party Alliance (SPA) supporters and people of various walks of life have been continued demonstrations on Sunday, the 11th day of the general strike called by the SPA.

Thousands of people including civil servants participate in Chitwan demonstration
Over twenty thousand people participated in demonstrations in Chitwan on Sunday calling for early restoration of democracy in the country.

Former US prez’s Nepal visit cancelled
Former US President Jimmy Carter has cancelled his visit to Nepal in view of the existing political turmoil here.

Constituent assembly is the goal of present movement: Leaders
Leaders of the seven-party alliance have said that the goal of the ongoing movement is to hold election of the constituent assembly to establish people's supremacy bringing an end ...

ANNISU-R accepts participation in the ongoing movement
The student wing of Maoists All Nepal National Independent Students Union -Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) has said that it has been participating in the ongoing general strike called by ...

School to resume operation only after restoration of democracy
Representatives of various professional organizations have said that the ongoing agitation should not be called back until it achieves its objective.

Over 10 million rupees collected for injured protestors
At least Rs 10 million has been raised as of Saturday evening for the treatment of those injured during the democracy protests.

Nepali scientists launch INBS
A group of Nepali scientists have announced the launch of the International Nepali Biomedical Society (INBS) and the society’s website, to bring together the global network of...

From Kantipur Daily 16 th April

Goverment employees lock offices in Chitwan, join SPA’s protest demo

Police intervene in journos', tourism entrepreneurs’ rallies; over 30 arrested

KATHMANDU , April 16
Police rounded up some 20 journalists who took out a protest rally in Bhotahity, Kathmandu, on Sunday afternoon. The journalists chanted slogans against the excessive use of force by the police to suppress the ongoing agitation for the restoration of complete democracy and demanded complete press freedom before being bundled into a waiting police truck.
Read More» April 16 From Nepal News Demonstrations continue on Sunday: Journalists, tourism entrepreneurs arrested; Bank vandalized
The Seven Party Alliance (SPA) supporters and people of various walks of life have been continued demonstrations on Sunday, the 11th day of the general strike called by the SPA.

Thousands of people including civil servants participate in Chitwan demonstration
Over twenty thousand people participated in demonstrations in Chitwan on Sunday calling for early restoration of democracy in the country.

Former US prez’s Nepal visit cancelled
Former US President Jimmy Carter has cancelled his visit to Nepal in view of the existing political turmoil here.

Constituent assembly is the goal of present movement: Leaders
Leaders of the seven-party alliance have said that the goal of the ongoing movement is to hold election of the constituent assembly to establish people's supremacy bringing an end ...

ANNISU-R accepts participation in the ongoing movement
The student wing of Maoists All Nepal National Independent Students Union -Revolutionary (ANNISU-R) has said that it has been participating in the ongoing general strike called by ...

School to resume operation only after restoration of democracy
Representatives of various professional organizations have said that the ongoing agitation should not be called back until it achieves its objective.

Over 10 million rupees collected for injured protestors
At least Rs 10 million has been raised as of Saturday evening for the treatment of those injured during the democracy protests.

Nepali scientists launch INBS
A group of Nepali scientists have announced the launch of the International Nepali Biomedical Society (INBS) and the society’s website, to bring together the global network of...

Thousands take part in protests in Kathmandu
Over ten thousand people gathered at Kalanki Chowk in the outskirts of the capital, Kathmandu, to demonstrate against the royal government on the 10th day of the general strike carried...

Former MP injured in baton-charging in demostration
Latest reports say at least half a dozen demonstrators including former Nepali Congress MP from Chitwan, Mrs. Sabitri Bogati Pathak and NC activist Khiman Singh...

Over 20,000 march in Dhangadhi, Over 100 arrested in Hetauda
Over 20,000 people, including professionals, trade union members and ordinary people, marched in the streets of far-western town of Dhangadhi on Saturday expressing...

April 15 Kantipur online

April 15 Nepal News

Parliamentary poll best option to resolve current crisis: Govt. Spokesman
At a time when major opposition political parties are protesting against the direct rule of the King, minister of State for Information and Communications and Government...

Protests continue; dozens of professionals arrested
Professionals and social activists continued their protests on the New Year day as well in support of the ongoing democratic movement of the seven opposition political parties.

King's message fails to address the problems of the country: Leaders
Leaders of various political parties have dubbed the King's message to the nation on the occasion of the New Year’s Day on Friday as conventional and failing to address the...

King Gyanendra calls parties for dialogue
King Gyanendra has called upon all political parties to join in a dialogue to bear the responsibility of activating the multiparty democratic polity and contribute towards the same.

Halt in essential services affects normal life
Normal life has been badly hit with the partial halt in the delivery of services from government institutions since the start of the nationwide anti-government demonstrations carried...

Government deports two foreign doctors: Report
Two foreign doctors providing treatment to the people injured during the ongoing anti-government demonstrations in Kathmandu have been deported by the authorities, news...

Gongabu incident: An injured Photo-journalist tells the story (Nepalnews special)
Not only pro-democracy activists, journalists and rights activists and lawyers have also become the victim of police atrocities in recent days in course of agitation of seven...

Solidarity rally organised in UK
Nepalis staying in the United Kingdom have organised a rally in Reading city in support of the ongoing pro-democracy movement of the seven-party alliance.

SAARC agrees to provide observer status to US, S. Korea
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries have agreed in principle to grant the US and South Korea the status of observers in the regional...

Private schools also express solidarity to pro-democracy movement
Two organisations of private schools have expressed solidarity with the ongoing people’s movement for the restoration of complete democracy and warned that all ...

DEO starts updating voters' list
The Kathmandu District Election Office (DEO) has initiated the collection of names of eligible voters for the electoral list and updating the same in the Kathmandu Metropolitan City and ...

From Kantipur April 14

From Nepal news

US mission personnel authorised for voluntary departure
A day after the announcement to close down the consular office and the American Library indefinitely, the US State Department has at the recommendation of the US Embassy...

Mobile phone services resume in Kathmandu
The Nepal Telecom (NT) resumed the mobile phone services that were snapped one week ago in Kathmandu from Thursday afternoon.

Police arrest over 200 development workers
Police on Thursday intervened in a peaceful sit-in programme being organised by Kathmandu-based development agencies and took into custody over 200 of them.

Qatar agrees to provide more employment opportunities to Nepal: FM Pandey
Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey has said that the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have agreed to provide more employment opportunities to Nepalis.

NHRC recommends action against security personnel using excessive force
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that it has urged the government to take action against security personnel involved in excessive force against protestors...

Police open fire at the lawyers’ rally, dozens arrested
In what is seen as yet another evidence of ‘zero tolerance’ policy of the royal regime towards anti-government protests, police on Thursday opened fire at a peaceful rally being ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights shocked by Nepal situation
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has said that she is shocked by the excessive use of force by security forces in Nepal, as well as the...

National and International NGOs’ express solidarity to pro-democracy movement
The Association of International NGOs in Nepal (AIN) has expressed solidarity with the ongoing pro-democracy movement of the country.

UNICEF concerned over victimisation of children in demonstrations
The UNICEF has expressed its deep concern at reports of children being beaten and arrested by the security forces in recent demonstrations organised by the seven opposition...

NHRC seeks immediate release of Sarlahi CDO, security personnel
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) demanded immediate and unconditional release of Chief District Officer of Sarlahi Bodhraj Adhikari and other security personnel.

April 12 by Nepal News

Serious differences in Cabinet: BBC
At a time when seven political parties are orginising general strike for the restoration of complete democracy in the country, BBC quoted a highly placed source of the cabinet as saying..

Night-time curfew extended in Kathmandu
Local authorities have extended night-time curfew in the capital, Kathmandu, by two hours.

Minister’s party stresses for dialogue
Democratic Nepal party, led by minister in the royal cabinet Keshar Bahadur Bista, has asked the government to call upon the constitutional, political forces in the country for dialogue ...

Over 200 protestors arrested in Dailekh
Police have taken into custody, over 200 pro-democracy activists from Dailekh, on Monday.

Don’t suppress popular movement: Editorials
Leading private sector newspapers published from Kathmandu have asked the government not to suppress popular movement that is calling for restoration of peace and...

Nepal arrests abuse of human rights: Swiss govt.
The government of Switzerland has called recent arrests during peaceful anti-government protests in the capital, Kathmandu, an abuse of human rights.

Over 90 demonstrators arrested in Pokhara and Dhangadhi
Police have taken into custody over 90 peaceful demonstrators from Pokhara and Dhangadhi on Monday while they were protesting what they call the government’s attempt to ...

Solidarity rallies organised in Indian cities
Expatriate Nepalis and friends of Nepal have staged demonstrations in five major Indian cities to express solidarity to the movement of the opposition seven parties in Nepal.

Journalists, professionals continue protests
Journalists, human rights activists and professionals continued their protests, expressing solidarity to the ongoing pro-democracy movement of the seven opposition parties ...

People continue to defy curfew orders on Monday
Pro-democracy activists continue to defy curfew orders on Monday in the capital, Kathmandu, and other parts of the country and continue their protests against the government.

Day-time curfew continues on third day
The government has continued the day-time curfew of the capital, Kathmandu, for the third day on Monday as well.

By Nepal News from 09 April