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Jan  2008

It is time to build new Nepal
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
President of Nepal Dalit Association Harkaman BK, student leader Kamal Adhikari, among others, called on one and all to brace up for the election.

Scholarship scheme benefits dalit students in Dhankuta
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
... provides the scholarship to Dalit students of 15 schools from 10 VDCs and Dhankuta Municipality. President of the association Rabindra Nepali said, ...

Nepal: 5-Questions with Dalit Journalist
Telegraphnepal.com - Kathmandu,Bagmati,Nepal
Below the results- Ed. TGQ1: Firs
t tell us as a Journalist, how do you visualize the state of Nepal ’s Dalit aandolan? Pariyar: The Dalit agitation has ...  

13 new parties get election symbols in Nepal
Media For Freedom - Nepal,Nepal,Nepal
... Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha (kite), Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party Nepal (sudarsan chakra), Tamsaling Nepal Rastriya Dal (damphu), Nepal Prajatantrik ...

Bhushal stresses women's participation in politics
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Punyawati Ramtel, a dalit representative said the issues of the dalit women should be addressed in the new constitution to be formulated. ...

EC allots symbols
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
... Kite to Nepal Dalit Shramik Morcha. Similarly, the Commission allotted Sudarsan Chakra (Wheel) to Chure Bhavar Rastriya Yekata Party Nepal, ...

Growth And Poverty Reduction Dilemma
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
However, the Dalit and Muslim communities, youths from the hills, Terai, mid-west and far-west regions should be helped in benefitting from foreign ...

India Should Control Groups Fomenting Unrest in Nepal, UN Says
Bloomberg - USA
``A significant section'' of the Madhesi, Janajati and Dalit communities consider they were left out of last month's accord between the seven parties in the ...

Army can be mobilised in polls: Sushil
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
In Lalitpur, the fourth plenary meeting of the Nepal Dalit Mukti Morcha (United), a sister organization of the CPN-Maoist, has decided to launch a ...

Draft Political Resolution For 19th Party Congress, March 29 to ...
People's Democracy -
The Khairlanji atrocity in Maharashtra against a dalit family is symbolic of the continuing violence that dalits, particularly dalit women face as a result ...

Top UN Envoy to Nepal Optimistic That Delayed Elections Will Be ...
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
Mr. Martin said that "a significant section" of the Madhesi, Janajati and Dalit communities felt left out of last month's agreement, although he noted the ...

Dalits demand election on time
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal
Urging the government to hold the Constituent Assembly election on time, people from the Dalit community took out a rally in Pokhara Friday. Nepal Utpidit ...  

POLITICS-NEPAL: Plains People's Demands Cast Shadow on Polls
IPS - Italy
The TMDP is headed by Mahantha Thakur who was among the senior leaders of the Nepali Congress party before he quit it (as well as the parliament and ...  

In Godavari many have converted to Catholicism since Nepal became ...
AsiaNews.it - Italy
Many new Catholics come from ethnic minorities like the Janajati or are Dalit or members of other lower Hindu castes; even so their conversion was gradual. ...

UNMIN mandate extended : Martin hopes polls will be successful
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Martin said that 'a significant section' of the Madhesi, Janajati and Dalit communities felt left out of last month's agreement, although he noted that the ...  

Press conference by Special Representative of the Secretary ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
However, that agreement had not satisfied the Dalit and other marginalized groups, he said. Political leaders were now trying to find an acceptable balance ...

In Search of Wisdom: Where is the Great Nation?
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal
The view prevalent to this date in Singha Durbar towards Medhesi, Janajati, and Dalit is overly jealous and not open-enough. ...

Women's Society set to establish Newa School
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
... and the National Dalit Commission for the indigenous nationalities and the Dalits respectively while calling applications for the posts in the Nepal ...  

Parties split over local bodies' formation
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Although the CPN (Maoist), the People's Front
Nepal and Nepali Congress proposed to constitute an all-party committee comprising of all the parties ...

How Inclusive Nepal’s Political Parties are?
Telegraphnepal.com - Kathmandu,Bagmati,Nepal
Madhesi
, Women leader belongs to the Nepal Sadbhawana party. The Dalit which constitutes 12.8 percent of the total population has no representation. ...

Top UN envoy to Nepal optimistic that delayed elections will be ...
UN News Centre -
Mr. Martin said that “a significant section” of the Madhesi, Janajati and Dalit communities felt left out of last month’s agreement, although he noted the ...  

Mahatma Gandhi and Nepal
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
Gandhi
ji
would see to it that no dalit, janjati, woman, madhesi, pahadi would be left out of the governing body. Pandey further added "He would have asked ...

Sushil urges youths to start poll drive
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
General Secretary of the party, Dr Ram Baran Yadav said the NC has supported dalit, indigenous nationalities and Madheshi communities for their enhancement ...

Thirteen more parties apply for registration in Nepal
Media For Freedom - Nepal,Nepal,Nepal
... Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal of Upendra Gachhedar , Nepal Sukumbasi Abyabasthit Party (Loktantrik) of Buddhiman Dausi, Nepal Dalit Shramik Manch of ...

'State-run media must be inclusive'
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
...
Radio Nepal and Nepal Television revealed that there has been least representation of people belonging to madhesi, women, dalit and nationalities among ...

13 more parties registered at EC
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
...
Party (Loktantrik), Tamsaling Nepal Rastriya Dal, Chure Bhawar Rastriya Yekata Party Nepal Nepal Dalit Sramik Morcha and Nawa Nepal Prajatantrik Dal. ...

Home Minister Urges All to Make Polls a Success
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
CA polls was necessary to solve all problems of the nation including that of Madhesh, indigenous nationalities, dalit, and backward communities among others ...

Barriers Of Dalits Inclusion
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Nepal is a country inhabited by various caste/ethnic groups with distinct cultures and languages and different religion persuasions. Dalits, as shown by the ...

Comics for socio-cultural transformations
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Nepal’s socio-cultural traditions and practice discriminate in large measures. Nepal’s state laws and traditional values relegate Dalits, women, Madheshis, ...

PM expands cabinet
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
Four of them hail from the Madhesi community and one from the Dalit community. Today’s cabinet meeting took the decision to this effect. ...

Access to Sanitation:Widening Gap in Nepal
Media For Freedom - Nepal,Nepal,Nepal
... Nepal's programs rely on the support of international communities as well as local NGOs By KESHAB POUDEL For Dhanu Ram, a Dalit of Sunsari district, ...

Cabinet fixes CA polls for April 10
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
Prime Minister and NC leader Girija Prasad Koirala, Maoist Chairman Prahcanda and CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal had reached an agreement not ...

Spoiling for another fight
Nepali Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
Dalit and Tharu leaders within the newly formed tarai parties say their next struggle will be against madhesi leaders for inclusivity and proportional ...

NEPAL: Hunger in west causes children to drop out of school
IRINnews.org - New York,NY,USA
... to Dalit Sewa Sangh, a local NGO which focuses on helping rural communities. Srivastava explained that Tapri villagers, like many others in west Nepal, ...

UML chief for sincere focus on CA polls
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Addressing a gathering of leading party workers organised by the CPN-UML, Parsa here today, he said the rights of the all sections, including Madhesi, Dalit ...

Black Flag greets Madhav Nepal in home constituency
Telegraphnepal.com - Kathmandu,Bagmati,Nepal
“The
Madhesi
, Janajati, Dalit, and the women issues would be solved only through the successful conduct of the CA election…I appeal the country men to focus ...

Plight of the Badi Community in Nepal
Telegraphnepal.com - Kathmandu,Bagmati,Nepal
Ms. Maya: Shortly, this society is the most backward in the entire country and also within the domain of the
Dalit
community itself. ...

Racist and blind to it: Indians face the mirror
CNN-IBN - New Delhi,India
“In India, Brahminical forces consider ‘Chandala’ as a positive word but Dalits, tribals and other backward classes consider it as completely abusive. ...

CA must for peace, stability: Sitaula
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Minister Sitoula, who is also the Central Member of Nepali Congress, said Nepali people are entering into new era after the end of monarchy and new ...

Homecoming tough for Nepal’s child soldiers
OneWorld.net - London,England,UK
Guleriya
: Thousands of former child soldiers have returned to their communities in Nepal over the past year, but there are huge challenges facing their ...

Tarai frontline
Nepali Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
The caste mix of Jwala’s JTMM is largely Dalit and non-Yadav upper and intermediate castes. However, many are also using armed groups as a cover for ...

TMDP Gives Jan 18 Deadline to Fulfil Demands
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
... assembly does not require fielding candidates in proportion to the population distribution of janajatis, woman, Dalit and marginalised communities. ...

 'CA polls must be held by mid April'
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Central Vice-President of Nepal Dalit Association, Min Bahadur Biswakarma, former MP Tejman Tumbahamphe and other speakers shed light on the significance of ...

TMDP constitutes task force
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
... including the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandi Devi), Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (Upendra group) and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (Gupta group), an Dalits for ... 

Sajha to diversify in its publications
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Moreover, the Publication is to bring radical change giving much space to the writers of the marginalized groups, women, indigenous, and dalit community. ...

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