BJP’s all out support for Gorkhaland and Kamtapur

By Kumar Sarkar from merinews.com
THE BENGAL unit of the BJP seems to have overcome its initial inhibition about supporting the demands for separate states of Gorkhaland and Kamtapur carved out of the state. It has fallen in line with the central party high command after Jaswant Singh was nominated from the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat [...]

Maoists hindering govt formation in Nepal: Nepali Congress

From Kantipur.com
KATHMANDU, May 7 – The major political parties—Unified CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML—have stepped up internal consultations, on Thursday, to discuss the formation of a new government and to end the current political crisis that emerged after the Maoists walked out of the government.
The NC parliamentary party today concluded that the Maoists [...]

Nepal’s political crisis

From economist.com

IF NEPAL’S mainstream politicians, army and Big Brother, India did not like Maoists in government, it is hard to imagine how the scrubbed-up guerrillas will be improved out of it. The resignation of the Maoist prime minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, or Prachanda (“fierce”), on May 4th offers a chance to find out. Mr Dahal [...]

Obama holds talks with Zardari, Karzai

By Ashish Kumar Sen from The Tribune
US President Barack Obama met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the White House on Wednesday and urged them to jointly tackle the threat posed by the Taliban in their countries. Neither Zardari nor Karzai are seen likely to be able to deliver on [...]

Landmines killed 40 in Manipur since ’01

SOBHAPATI SAMOM from The Assam Tribune
IMPHAL, May 6 – A three day convention of people affected by the ongoing slow- intensity conflict and narcotic drugs has urged both the State and non-State forces to immediately cease the trend of exploding bombs and placing landmines in inhabited areas.
According to Ginkholal Touthang, Secretary of the Association [...]

Eight arrested in CRPF recruitment scam

From thaindian.com
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday arrested eight people, including an inspector general of police (IGP) and a commandant of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for their alleged role in irregularities in recruitment to the paramilitary force.
“IGP Bihar Pushkar Singh was arrested in Patna in the wee [...]

Nepal is back in a big mess

From The Asian Age
With the resignation on Monday of Maoist Prime Minister Pushp Kumar Dahal, better known as “Prachanda”, the “fierce one”, Nepal’s domestic politics has once again gone fluid. Regrettably, this has been pretty much the norm in the Himalayan state for several years. When the political system is placed in jeopardy, it is [...]

Nepal in crisis, Army chief sacked, CPN(UML) withdraws support

By Shirish B Pradhan from PTInews.com
Kathmandu, May 3 (PTI) Nepal plunged into turmoil with the Maoist-led Government and the Military locked in a major confrontation after Prime Minister Prachanda sacked Army Chief Gen Rukmanga Katawal today for allegedly defying government orders but the General refused to step down.
CPN(UML), a key ruling coalition partner, also [...]

Cattle smuggling

From The Assam Tribune
Cattle smuggling to Bangladesh has become a cause of serious concern and though seizures of cattle heads near the international border by the personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) has increased sharply over the years, it is obvious that only a small number of cattle sought to be smuggled out could [...]