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Nepal Hindu priests protest Maoist temple appointments (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:06:44 GMT
Hindu priests burned tyres and blocked a main road in Nepal's capital Monday in protest at a decision by the Maoist government to expel Indian priests who have officiated at the country's main Hindu temple for centuries.

RBI launches Indo-Nepal remittance scheme (Business Standard India)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:15:18 GMT
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today launched a cross-border one-way remittance scheme — India to Nepal — called Indo-Nepal Remittance Scheme targeting the Nepalese migrant workers in India.

Nepal bans protests near temple over priest row (Gulf Times)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:07:26 GMT
KATHMANDU: Temple authorities in Nepal banned demonstrations around one of the holiest Hindu shrines in Kathmandu yesterday amid a row over the replacement of an Indian chief priest with a Nepali holy man.

Nepal bans protests around temple over priest row (AlertNet)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:21:18 GMT
Source: Reuters By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Temple authorities in Nepal banned demonstrations around one of the holiest Hindu shrines in Kathmandu on Tuesday amid a row over the replacement of an ...

Nepal will import power from India (UPI)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:15:42 GMT
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Nepal announced it plans to import power from India to offset an energy crisis and avert a blackout.

Shabana Azmi keeps her date with Nepal (New Kerala)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:06:22 GMT
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Jan 6 : Though Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan dropped his plans to visit Nepal in view of the growing dispute over the revered Pashupatinath temple, another cinema icon from India, Shabana Azmi, has kept her date with the Himalayan republic.

2009: Potentially crucial year for Nepal (Nepalnews. com)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:49:50 GMT
Nepal is definitely at the crossroads. It is still not certain whether Nepal will see the establishment of a durable peace or a protracted conflict. The chances of going either way is almost fifty-fifty. And with this uncertainty we welcome the international New Year.

Battle over Pashupatinath begins in Nepal's court (New Kerala)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:25:09 GMT
By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, Jan 6 : The battle for control of Nepal's revered Pashupatinath temple has now reached the republic's apex court with the pro-Nepali lobby crossing legal swords with the pro-Indian group.

Hunt for missing from Nepal ferry (BBC News)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:43:12 GMT
Rescuers are still searching for passengers from a ferry that capsized leaving at least three dead in eastern Nepal.

Nepal Army Chief says don't drag NA into controversy (New Kerala)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:08:35 GMT
Kathmandu, Jan 5: The chief of the Nepal Army (NA) General Rookmangud Katawal has appealed to the people not to bring Nepal Army (NA) into controversy as it has always been above politics and fought for territorial integrity and national unity.

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