Posted by: paramendra February 6, 2005
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- http://www.hindu.com
The government would take action against any opposition party or Maoist insurgents if they gave a call for general strikes aimed at disrupting normal life, the statement said, adding that a state of emergency has been declared in the interest of the public to consolidate the state of law and order in the country.
- http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1013312.cms
They said the government is spreading ?terror and panic? and Nepalese people are living under an ?illegal? military rule violating international practices and legal standards, BBC said in a report. They also said human rights activists are being increasingly monitored and harassed.......... A body of the University teachers said the Lower House of Parliament (HOR) should be reinstated and a legitimate government formed to restore fundamental rights and individual freedom.
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1013158.cms
Nepal today is reminiscent of the dark days of the Emergency unleashed by Indira Gandhi in India three decades ago. Only worse. If journalists were asked to "bend" by Indira Gandhi, King Gyanendra has ordered them to "crawl", roll over and play dead.
- http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=107176
Kandel defended the government's dismal performance to frequent interference by the King.
- http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-02/05/content_2552225.htm
..set up a Royal Commission within15 days to probe and take strong action against those who amassed huge property by evading tax and smuggling....The government will empower the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority, an anti-graft body, both technically and infrastructure-wise, to facilitate its actions against corruption rampant in the country.......... The government will set up a land bank and make judicious distribution of land to squatters, landless peasants and freed bond laborers........... a long-term program to modernize farming, implement small and big irrigation schemes.....The disabled, underprivileged and lowest casted students will be provided with free education up to secondary level along with free textbooks and provision of scholarships.....The state of emergency in Nepal, instead of affecting normal lift in the country, has brought about a rare peaceful situation in the capital Kathmandu.....Street demonstrations, various strikes and vandalism on government vehicles, which were quite common in Nepal for the past several years, have disappeared since Tuesday.......... Shops, schools and gas stations are running as usual and no long queue is seen. And all kinds of foods are available on the market.........King Gyanendra's "historic and inevitable step will open up new avenues for the development of the nation by maintaining law and order, restoring peace, protecting democracy and consolidating real multi-party system as per the will of Nepalese people," said Manju Ratna Shakya, president of Nepal Journalists Association.
- http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=106892
...when he froze the country's telecommunications network, but he has inadvertently crippled ATM and credit card transactions and brought banking to its knees. ......So post-February 1, bankers no longer push buttons on an e-pad to communicate. They use runners............Every morning, the cars parked outside Nepal's main banks - Everest, Standard Chartered, Nabil and Nepal Banijya - make a strange sight. Top bank executives pass on message chits to their drivers, who flit from bank to bank and branch to branch, carrying instructions and confirming transactions. .........And for a country whose people work elsewhere so that they can send money back home, even the lifeline of remittances is now snapping....Airlines cannot confirm tickets as the online reservation system is out. Tickets are being given on first come first served basis, with passengers paying in cash............``Our clients will now move to India or southeast Asia,'' predicted the head of a Thamel BPO. ``Who will want to come here now?''
- http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb072005/i2.asp
..According to intelligence sources, some politicians have joined hands with the Maoists who were fighting the monarchy......the army would carry out ?more focussed? action against Maoist insurgents to disarm them and bring them to political mainstream.
- http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=64229