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March 2008

Top envoy positive on Nepal poll
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
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 ...

Violation of CA Code of Conduct
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
Details: Cadres of All Terai Liberation Front (ATLF) abducted Raj Kumar KhangaMandal, the candidate of Dalit Janajati Party from Pakari tole of ...

Republic Does Not Mean Prachanda's Rule: Gagan
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
... president of the Nepal Magar Sangh Bal Bahadur Rana, president of the Tansen city chapter of the NC Charokman Shakya and district president of the Dalit ...

Candidate abducted in Saptari
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal
Rabang is contesting the election from the constituency under the banner of Dalit Janajati Party. The ATMM’s local leader Abinash owned up the ...

Making of Constitution of Nepal
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
The Dalit Janajati Party (DJP) has made public its 16-point election manifesto. The six-paged manifesto has focused on the requirement of participation of ...

Nation gears up for CA elections
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Around 200 dalit households of Ganeshpur-5 are totally unaware of CA polls as they even did not know the slated date of it. It is learnt that neither any ...

NHRC urges parties to follow poll code
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
... the Dalit, oppressed and marginalized communities in the Tarai. He expressed the belief that the open movement of people and goods along the Nepal-India ..

Maoist, UML cadres clash, 10 injured
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
In Nepalgunj, the yesterday's joint meeting of Nepal-India border security officers has reached to a six-point agreement to exchange cooperation and play ...

Dalits flay parties for undermining role
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
"Not a single dalit has been included in the list of proportional candidates of political parties contesting the polls,” they claimed. ...

RJN man gunned down by JTMM-J cadres • YCL cadres attack UML ...
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
A report from Mahendranagar said YCL cadres attacked Puran Dayal, a UML candidate under the PR system, at a Dalit settlement area at Amchaur VDC’s Ladda ...


Spreading Love, Humanity, Hugs
OhmyNews International - South Korea
So sometimes they were shocked because of our hugging with Dalit people. One time we visited a town of Dalit people at Varanasi and played with them and ...

';State should strengthen voice of minority groups'
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Speaking at a CA Orientation programme organised by Nepal Badhi Community, Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Chhabi Lal Bishwokarma Tuesday said ...

EC airs PR closed-list
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
Nepal Samata Party has filed the closed-list of only 35 candidates to contest the CA polls under the PR system for the 601- seats CA.

India's practices belie its promises
United Press International, Asia - Hong Kong,China
Ask a person from the Dalit community -- considered untouchable by the caste Hindus -- what occurs if they speak out against the atrocities committed ...

EU deploys 110-member election observer team for CA elections in Nepal
Xinhua - China
The mission will stay in Nepal for an overall period of 10 weeks. "The elections for the CA are a cornerstone in the peace process in Nepal. ..

EC makes closed-list of PR candidates public
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal
The political parties were asked to file closed-list of their PR candidates by including specific percentage for Madhesis, Janajatis, women, Dalit and ...

PM system not needed: Yadav
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Basic human rights, religious freedom, dalit prerogative, prerogative of minority Muslims, end of violence against women, meaningful census, child rights, ...

93-year-old, fifth grader are poll candidates
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
... that preach about New Nepal has not changed," says local journalist Manilal Bishwokarma. Even the Tarai Madhesh Democratic Party, which the Dalits here ...

US Report on Nepal's Human Rights Practices
Nepal Monitor - Statesboro,GA,USA
On March 25, teachers prevented Dalit students of Fadke Dhunga Primary School, Parvat, to participate in the practical examination for a cooking class. ...

Nepal: Political parties ignore women candidacy in Ramechhapl
Telegraphnepal.com - Kathmandu,Bagmati,Nepal
Likewise, of the 25 candidates for the poll, not even a single dalit is in the election fray. However, about 14 candidates from the Janjatis have filed ...

Follow code of conduct: EC
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
Dalit women in Nawalparasi, however, condemned political parties, blaming them for not providing party ticket to a single dalit woman in the district. ...

Presidential system unacceptable to NC
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
The CA elections was essential to ensure the rights of the dalit, nationalities, women, the madhesi and all others who have been suppressed and ...

Social Sector Development Needs
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Special priorities should be given to promote the health status of the poor, women, marginalized, dalit, Indigenous groups and the people with disabilities. ...

Sad Sunday
Hindu - Chennai,India
In that instance, in the town of Patan in north Gujarat, an 18-year-old Dalit girl training to be a primary school teacher revealed that she had been ...

Special provision needed for gender equality: NHRC
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR- Nepal) representative Richard Bennet stressed that the political will is the major factor to ...

Rs. 180M received from donors for voters' education
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Similarly, Feminist Dalit Organisation (FEDO) was able to get Rs 2,50739,56 under the project of Women's Alliance for Peace Power Democracy and the ...

THE STURDAY INTERVIEW
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
But history moves on, as it has in Russia, China, and it will in Nepal. In India, Maoist rebellion ~ indeed, any rebellion, conceivably even a Dalit one ...

Election Fever Grips Kaski District
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
The RPP-Nepal, CPN-Unified, Rastriya Janshakti, Rastriya Janbhawana, Rastriya Janmukti, New Janabadi and Dalit Janajati parties are also campaigning for ...

I like to STAY home: Ghar Pati Ba
Media For Freedom - Nepal,Nepal,Nepal
Q: If you were given a choice, what type of role would you like to do? A. I would like to do a role of a Dalit character.

Madhesis reluctant to join Nepali Army
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
Likewise, 61 Pahade Dalit youths and 840 Brahmin and Chhetri had applied for the openings, according to an NA source. An army official said, ...

Poll campaign gathers tempo nationwide
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Bajhang- Likewise, Dalit women of Bajhang were united and committed to give their votes only to the Dalit candidates. At a workshop 'Role of Dalit Women in ...

Four Reasons Why Prachanda Chose Kathmandu-10 to Fight CA Election
United We Blog - Nepal
The Maoists have also calculated that they would attract a lot of Dalit and Tamang votes in this constituency. Secondly, Kirtipur, but mainly Panga, ...

Paswan tries to outdo Maya, goes global
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
Mr Paswan will chair the International Dalit-Minorities Convention scheduled to be held at Mariott-Long in New York from 4 to 6 July this year. ...

Minorities and Dalits to meet in US to discuss challenges
Mangalorean.com - Mangalore,India
Politicians, community leaders and intellectuals from the US, Britain, Nepal, Malaysia and the Middle East, besides India, will participate in the ...

Nepal: Monarchy and Maoists are cause of suffering
Telegraphnepal.com - Kathmandu,Bagmati,Nepal
The president of Dalit Janajati Party, Mr. Bisendra Paswan has said that if the government will endorse the full proportional voting system for the upcoming ...

Nepal government and FRNF's deal paves way for democratic CA Poll
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
Coming two days within the landmark agreement between the Nepal Government and United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF), the Federal Republic National Front ...

Leaders rule out alliance with pro-King groups
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Leader of Madhesi Dalit Liberation Front, Biswendra Paswan said the Jwala Singh and Goit groups which are underground and waging movement in the Terai would ...

More parties in Nepal submit candidates for CA polls
Xinhua - China
The constitution provides that parties exceeding 30 percent candidates to contest the CA polls under PR system do not have to reserve seats for Dalit, ...

Meet to discuss challenges faced by minorities, dalits
Hindu - Chennai,India
Politicians, community leaders and intellectuals from India, US, Nepal, UK, Malaysia and Middle East will participate in the International Dalit-Minorities ...

Government, FRNF reach five-point pact
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
... Dalit Janajati Party, said they were fully assured of the PM’s address and hoped that all the communities would make contribution to make a new Nepal ...

Parties step up CA poll campaign
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
Ganesh Yadav, district chair of Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF), said, "As CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal is also competing from the ...

Minorities and Dalits to meet in US to discuss challenges
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
The main organiser of the International Dalit-Minorities Conference July 4-6 is the American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI) based in Michigan ...

Maoists lead inclusion race
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
Of these 8 are Madhesi women, 6 Janajati, 4 Dalit, 2 Newar and 23 others. Similarly, it has fielded 71 candidates from Madhesi communities-- including Tharu ...

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