Sukrabar 19 Ashadh 2065  -  Friday 03 July 2009

Flame of truth

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It was only in death that one got to know what a fine journalist Nepal had lost in Uma Singh.

Working in the most lawless part of Nepal, Uma Singh was fearless with her written and spoken word.
She reported in particular against violence and discrimination against women. She did this with a sense of immediacy and professionalism in radio and print and in three languages... ( Kanak Mani DIXIT )

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"Why?" - Uma Singh's last word

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JANAKPUR-It was impossible to believe that Uma Singh at Ganga Sagar Ghat on Tuesday morning, an FNJ flag draped over her still body, face bandaged, cuts on the head visible, was the same Uma I had met two months ago.

Uma's looks were deceptive, her tiny frame contained abundant energy. By the time I strolled into Radio Today's studio at 6AM in mid-November, Uma had wrapped up her morning bulletin. She was running around the office and passing instructions in a matter-of-fact, professional way... ( Prashant JHA )

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A minister out of control

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Auma SHING strongly took on Maoist minister Matrika Yadav in this column written before she was murdered this week.

Matrika Yadav loves making headlines-sometimes by confiscating red sandalwood and others by locking LDOs in
the toilet. He is in the news again, this time for the seizure of land belonging to Birendra Sah of Mirchaiya, Siraha. If he thinks he can get away with it, he's mistaken.

This recent action by Yadav has led to souring of relationship between him and his party chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The Maoists apologised on his behalf and Yadav was made to resign from the cabinet and as a minister... ( Auma SHING )

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NRNA Statement on the State of Deteriorating Civil Security in Nepal

(Jan 03 09 at 8:10) Following the historic People's Movement of 2006 and the successful election of the Constitutional Assembly (CA), the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) believed that the apparent understanding and cooperation among political parties would usher in an era of peace, prosperity and democratic polity in Nepal...( NRNA )

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Militant maoists continue their attacks against the media

(24 Dec 08 at 3:10) Reporters Without Borders said today it was deeply concerned about a wave of attacks on the media, condemning the impunity with which Maoist militants operate, two days after the offices of press group Himal Media in Kathmandu were ransacked and copies of its newspapers torched...( RSF )

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Maoist activists attack newspaper group again

(23 December 2008 at 3:20) Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by a new attack by supporters of the ruling Maoist party yesterday on the offices of the Himal Media press group in Kathmandu. And when the Federation of Nepalese Journalists today staged a protest against the attack, police used violence to disperse them, injuring around a dozen journalists...( RSF )

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METEOR SHOWER (DECEMBER 07-17, 2008)

(Dec 12 2008 4:30pm) One of the best meteor showers of the year the Geminids are expected to exhibit consistently prolific flashes of shooting stars in the night of 07 to 17 December 2008. Circa sixty to one hundred streaks of tiny particles that burn up fairly seventy kilometers high above earth’s surface as they slam through our atmosphere...( Shyam Krishna KHAKUREL )

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