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Aug 2007
Strike shuts Nepal capital
AFP -
At the bottom of Nepal's caste hierarchy, and making up around five
million of Nepal's 27 million people, the Dalits
are demanding that 20 per cent of all ...
The Need of the Hour is a Resisting
Alignment Worldwide. Nothing Less!
indiainteracts.com - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,
In India, in
Sieze the Time!
indiainteracts.com - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Survival depends on arresting the time with stiff resistance, an anti
imperialist anti Brahminical, anti apartheid global Dalit
Black Movement. ...
';Proportional
representation makes polls meaningful'
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,
Meanwhile, Nepal Dalit Liberation Front
(United) has announced that it will further intensify the upcoming protest
programmes for fulfilling the basic ...
Markets slump and inequality
Economic
Times -
Are illiterate Dalit women, the most oppressed
and powerless section of our population, ecstatic that the stock market slump
has improved income ...
Nepal: Physical action the only option, Dalits
Telegraphnepal.com - Kathmandu,
The Nepal Dalit Liberation Front
(United) has vowed to conduct their forth-coming protest programs more
forceful. The Dalit Front in the month of ...
Tharuwan protestors vandalize two buses in Dang
Kantipur Online -
Meanwhile, normal life in Mahottari district has been
affected due to a bandh called by the Dalit and indigenous groups today. Vehicles couldn't
ply the ...
Indigenous group comes up with 9-point
Palpa charter
Kantipur Online -
By Madhav Aryal
PALPA, Aug 27 - The federation of
Separate Strikes Hit Life in Few Terai Districts
Himalayan
Times -
A bandh called by the Dalit
Janajati Party affected life in few districts in the
eastern and mid Terai region today. The party called
the bandh demanding ...
Minority groups lead
strike in Nepal's capital in fight for more ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) -
... in collaboration with the United Dalit
Republican Front, a minority group fighting for equal status for low-caste
minorities in
Maoists shut down
central Nepal, bandits do so in Terai
Indian
Muslims -
...
General strike shuts down Nepalese
capital
Earthtimes.org -
United Republican Dalit Front, a group
representing the marginalised class of people, and Tamang National Republican Front called the strike demanding ...
NEPAL:Madhes also under the grips of bandh
Media For
Freedom -
While the valley bandh imposed by the Samyukta
Ganatantrik Dalit Mukti Morcha and Tamang Rastriya Mukti Morcha has thrown the
normal life out of gear in ...
NC forms NDA ad hoc committee
Gorkhapatra -
... Committee under the chairmanship of Khadga
Bahadur Basyal (Sarki) by dissolving the Central Working Committee of the Nepal
Dalit Association (NDA). ...
Jana Morcha
leader attacked in Mahottari
Gorkhapatra -
24: District vice president of Jan Morcha
Nepal Bandh called off after 5 pm
Media For
Freedom - Nepal,Nepal,Nepal
The bandh (shutdown strike) called by Samyukta Ganatantrik Dalit Mukti Morcha and the Maoist-affiliated Tamang
Rastriya Mukti Morcha in Bagmati Zone has ...
Strike shuts Kathmandu
Daily
Times -
... chairman of the Dalit Joint
Republican Front. At the bottom of
Nepal women strip to protest prostitution tradition
Reuters
India - Mumbai,India
About 400 women from the impoverished Badi community
in the plains of southwest Nepal had come to the capital, Kathmandu, to
demand the government end the ...
Life in Capital Affected Due to Bandh
Himalayan
Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
Samyukt Ganatantrik Dalit Mukti Morcha and Tamang Rastriya Mukti Morcha called Nepal bandh
has severely affected life in the capital. ...
Strikes cripple normal life in
central, eastern Nepal
Kantipur Online -
The capital was paralysed till the evening due to a banda
jointly called by the pro-Maoist Joint Republican Dalit
Front (JRDF) and Tamang National ...
HIGHER EDUCATION IN NEPAL;
TRUTH AND CHALLENGES
Telegraphnepal.com - Kathmandu,Bagmati,Nepal
Poor, brilliant and needy students from the marginalized, dalit
and janjati groups should be encouraged to acquire
higher education for social and economic ...
Better late than never: Parties
working on election manifesto
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Restructuring of the state by liberating the peasants, dalit,
indigenous nationalities, Madhesi, women and other
marginal groups would be incorporated in ...
Bandh affects life in the capital
Nepalnews.com -
The bandh imposed by the Samyukta
Ganatantrik Dalit Mukti Morcha and Tamang Rastriya Mukti Morcha has affected the
normal life in the capital valley. ...
Madhesi Women Face Challenges in Nepal
Nepal
Monitor -
Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in
Banda cripples life in Chitwan
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
CHITWAN, Aug 18 - Normal life in Chitwan was affected
since Saturday morning as the Maoist-aligned Samyukt Ganatantrik Dalit Mukti Morcha (SGDMM) called for ...
Flood disaster in southern Asia: Malteser International boosts ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Together with its Indian partner organisation Unnati, Malteser International
distributes food to 1000 Dalit families in the
district of Khagaria. ...
Govt asked to do more for cause of Dalits
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Speaking at a talk programme 'Nepal`s Dalit Movement and Friendship with India,' they said
Indian leaders voicing for the Dalit rights
had always helped in ...
Speaker seeks whereabouts of disappeared people
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
Kamala Panta Acharya of
Nepali Congress accused the CPN-Maoists of manhandling Ramesh Sunuwar, a dalit student
of Gorkha district recently. ...
Nepal: Police Arrest Dalits
ICDR Condemns murder of Dalit activist
Nepalnews.com -
"The ICDR appeals
Opening Up
Opportunities
Media For
Freedom -
Bhujel, a Dalit, is now sending his two sons to a private
boarding school hoping to give quality education to them. "Although Maoist
conflict forced me to ...
MPs demand govt
response
Gorkhapatra -
Anjana Bisangkhe
of Jana Morcha
Communities struggle to cope with
monsoon flooding in Nepal
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
The villagers, mainly subsistence farmers from the marginalized Dalit community, took refuge on the relatively high
and dry road that runs near their ...
Martin Hails Govt-Janajati Pact
Himalayan
Times -
... to mark the
Interpreting The Terai
Revolt
Gorkhapatra -
The landlords, feudal and elite Madhesis have been
meting out injustice against the ethnic, Dalit
and poor Madhesis, who will surely wage a fight
against ...
Dalit activists arrested in capital
Gorkhapatra -
Five million Dalits of
One-party monopoly in govt media to be ended
Gorkhapatra -
... was planning to expand Radio
EC keeps eyes on parties
Gorkhapatra -
He said this while speaking at a programme organized by Dalit
Women Association on 'participation of dalit
women in the CA process'. ...
Govt, NEFIN to explore inclusive CA options :
NEFIN withdraws ...
Gorkhapatra -
By A Staff Reporter Kathmandu, Aug 7: The government and the
Economic, Social
Structures Nepal Terai Conflict
Nepal
Monitor - Statesboro,GA,USA
As the present Terai uprising is a struggle for
political representation, and not for socio-economic
change, we may in the future expect to see a Dalit
...
Parliament passes civil service bill
Kantipur Online -
It has opened doors to address our demands in future," said Bhawani Thani, President of
Melamchi 'number one' Project: Yami
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,
Minister Bishwokarma informed that the
Ministry had different programmes on women empowerment and gender-equality,
especially focused on dalit women, ...
The revolt of the aristocrats
Nepali
Times -
Donor support has been channelled for dalit
consciousness, gender rights activism, identity politics, social inclusion, and
the kamaiya struggle. ...
Minister seeks to declare schools zone
of peace
Gorkhapatra -
2: Minister for Education and Sports, Pradip
Half revolution
Nepali
Times -
Through the 240 seats based on proportional representation the Nepali people
will be represented as madhesi (31.2 percent), dalit (13 percent), janajati,
...