Dr Singh to land in ‘cleansed’ Thimphu
The unholiness in Druk regime has been wash off from Monday – that is what Indian political captain Manmohan Singh thinks of, when he plans to travel this new democracy in May. He was still a young when democracy cam to his country about 60 years ago and failed...
Susta has become India’s colony: Thakur Gaire
The news reports of encroachment of Nepali territory in Susta region of Nawalparasi district by the Indian side have triggered debates within Nepal. The encroachment is said to have begun in Susta some 40 years ago and it still continues in the southern part of Narayani river where the...
Indian support vital but doubtful on refugee issue
Seventeen years after having failed to persuade Bhutan, unilaterally, to repatriate Bhutanese refugees, Nepal has sought support from the Indian government. On the backdrop of the 14th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, for the first time, sought support from...
Revised Indo-Bhutan treaty fails to touch on refugee issue
As ever, the hopes of Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal have been shattered when their issues did not surface during the visit of Bhutan’s new King Jigme Khesar to India. For Bhutan, most important of achievements of the first formal foreign visit of new Druk monarch, which concluded on...
Bush’s incomplete remarks on democracy
If you were conscious enough, you might have turned your ears to the speech of Bush during his India visit. The top leaders from two powerful and ‘democratic’ countries around the world join hand to fight to end terrorism and autocracy. Bush said he wants to see the Nepalese...