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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

India blamed as Nepal Prime Minister quits, Maoists take to streets

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Nepal's first Maoist prime minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, announced his resignation on Monday in a televised address, sending shock waves through the nation and raising questions about peace and stability in the country .

Prachanda’s resignation came after two allies of his coalition government pulled out, following a long quarrel over the sacking of the army chief, leaving the government under the cloud of a no-trust vote in parliament and likely defeat.

The 55-year-old blamed political parties — the opposition as well as his own allies — and “foreign powers” for the lack of progress made by his eight month-old government.

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Friday, August 29, 2008

Waves of calamity

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday described the floods in Bihar as a "national calamity" and announced an immediate financial assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for rescue and relief operations.

The Prime Minister did an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, some Union ministers and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

"If there is a need for more, we will give more," he told reporters. "We would like to assure the people of Bihar that all of India will support them through this difficulty".

"I thank him for the help provided by the Centre," Nitish Kumar said, appealing for 'generous help' from all quarters.

River Kosi breached its banks 10 days back on the border with Nepal, flowing through a channel it had previously abandoned.

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Hired a Nepali servant? Do verification on your own

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The Delhi Police have never ever sent any request to their counterparts in Nepal to check the antecedents of people from that country working as servants in homes across the Capital.

This revelation, from a top officer in Nepal Police, to some extent dilutes the Delhi Police's servant verification drive, which they claim acts as an effective deterrent to crimes committed by domestic helps. According to estimates of various placement agencies, there are up to 10,000 Nepali citizens working as servants in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon and other NCR areas. And there is no way you can check if they are clean.

Devendra Subedi, SP (Crime Branch), Nepal Police, told Hindustan Times that the Delhi Police have never contacted them till date to verify the antecedents of Nepali citizens working as domestic helps in India. "In fact, no Indian police organisation has ever made such a request," he said.

India and Nepal allow each other's citizens to work in their countries without a work permit, an arrangement India does not have with any other country However, there is no arrangement to verify the antecedents of such citizens.

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Friday, February 8, 2008

KIDNEY RACKET - KIDNEY KINGPIN CAUGHT

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THE FUGITIVE kidney racket kingpin, Amit Kumar, was arrested on Thursday from a guesthouse on the Nepalese side of the border with India, the day after Hiriditstan Times said in an exclusive, front-page report that he was hiding in Nepal.
Amit was reportedly arrested from a wildlife resort in the southern town of Souraha, which is 60 km from the border with India. He is understood to have checked into the resort with an accomplice on Thursday morning. Nepalese minister of state for home affairs, Ram Kumar Choudhury, confirmed the arrest. He told a TV news channel: "He was arrested at around 5 pm and is being brought to Kathmandu."
A top government source said in New Delhi, "We will have no problem bringing him back to India."
Amit has been on the run after the police raided his hospital in Gurgaon for running an international racket in kidney transplant. Investigators have said around 500 such operations were performed at this hospital.
Amit and his associates would dupe or force poor labourers from nearby areas into 'donating' their kidneys for rich recipients from all over the world. At the time of the raid, three Greek nationals were awaiting transplants.
Investigators have long suspected that Amit may have fled the country And possibly made his way to Nepal where he had business links. Amit had reportedly been staying at the wildlife resort in Chitwan for the last two days. Police sources said, "He was possibly trying to go back into India through Bihar"
Amit was accompanied by an accomplice, Manish Singh. Witnesses said he had asked for a copy of the Nepalese English daily Himalayan Times, which had reported on the kidney racket. He had cut out that article and returned the paper This behaviour was noticed by the staff. Soon afterward, a police team landed up at the resort, and the staff alerted them to the odd guest. The hat and sunglasses that Amit was reportedly wearing could not, ultimately, protect him.
The accomplice, Manish, escaped, however The police found a bank draft for 9,36,000 euros (Rs 5.34 crore) and a massive stash of $1,45,000 (Rs 57 lakh) in cash on him, as well as some Nepalese currency. He was arrested and taken to a town called Hetauda, from where he was to be brought to Kathmandu.

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