Nepal’s Maoist rebels agreed June 16 to lay down arms and join the government, ending the 10-year guerilla insurgency. The accord, announced following a daylong meeting between Maoist leader Prachanda (“the fierce one”) and interim prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala,… Read moreNepal: Maoists chill out; Hindu backlash next?
The final capitulation of King Gyanendra to a militant pro-democracy movement that has made common cause with the Maoist guerillas is closely followed by The Rising Nepal website. The king, who had seized dictatorial absolute power last February, reached an… Read moreNepal: back from brink?
A new and dramatic attack by India’s Maoist Naxalite rebels. From the Times of India, April 16: RAIPUR: At least 10 policemen were killed on Sunday in a Maoist attack in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, an official said. “Maoist rebels… Read moreIndia: Naxalite insurgency spreads
From Gulf News, United Arab Emirates, via TMCNet, April 15: New Delhi: Delhi was put under red alert after two low-intensity blasts rocked the historic Jama Masjid yesterday. At least 15 people were injured in the twin blasts that took place… Read moreImam calls for peace after Delhi mosque blast
Police in Nepal opened fire to break up anti-King protestors. Separately an attack by Maoist rebels last night left 22 people dead. Opposition parties said authorities detained dozens of protest leaders in Kathmandu. The four-day protest was called against the… Read moreNepal: violence meets four-day strike against king
A school textbook used in India’s western Rajasthan state compares housewives with donkeys and says the animals are more loyal and make better companions, The Times of India reported. The book was approved by the state’s governing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya… Read moreIndia school textbook: donkeys better than women
India’s Maoist Naxalite rebels have been very busy lately, but the wave of attacks is going virtually unreported outside India. From PTI via The Hindu, March 14: Naxalites this morning released the passenger train that they had seized last evening… Read moreIndia: Naxalite rebels in new attacks
From AP, March 7, links added: VARANASI – Explosions rocked a packed railway station and crowded Hindu temple Tuesday in Hinduism’s holiest city, and at least 12 people were killed and dozens injured, officials said. Authorities were scrambling to determine… Read moreIndia: explosions rock Hindu holy city
From China’s The Standard, March 3: US President George W Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday sealed what they hailed as an “historic” nuclear deal, seen as the bedrock of a new strategic partnership. Capping eight months of… Read moreUS signs nuclear pact with India
The anti-cartoon protests in Pakistan seem to be mounting towards a national revolutionary movement. The government has banned the latest march in Islamabad, arrested some 200 followeres of the organization that called it, and placed its leader under house arrest…. Read moreProtests banned in Pakistan; opposition vows defiance
The heroic Mukhtar Mai is exploited by the Bushes for war propaganda—then sold down the river by the UN to appease Pakistan. Did the US protest this cynical capitulation? We doubt it. From the New York Times, via India’s Deccan… Read moreUN censors rape victim
Nepalese police fired tear gas and charged with batons in clashes with pro-democracy activists in Kathmandu Jan. 21. Street battles lasted for two hours around Durbar Square. The protests came after the house arrest of political leaders campaigning to force… Read moreNepal protesters defy repression
