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One killed, 9 injured in clash (kp 10/03/2010)

Decomposed body of young woman found (nn 10/03/2010)

Minister stoned (kp 10/03/2010)

Rape charge on principal, by Manoj Basnet (kp 10/03/2010)

Another surprising revelation in light: Rawal, IGP tried to suppress gang-rape case: Investigation, by D.R. Pant (kp 09/03/2010)

Ending Impunity, by Laxman Datt Pant (rn 09/03/2010)

Nepal fails to implement laws (kp 09/03/2010)

Six injured in IED explosion in Sunsari (nn 09/03/2010), Seven hurt as bomb explodes in Sunsari (rn 10/03/2010), Six kids injured in health post blast (ht 10/03/2010)

Maoist stones hurt four cops, by Rajendra Bhatta (ht 09/03/2010)

Firing in wedding function in Sarlahi; two killed, five wounded (nn 09/03/2010), Shootout kills two (ht 10/03/2010)

School’s chairman shot dead (rn 09/03/2010)

Nursing students take former campus chief to task for her 'disgraceful remark' (nn 09/03/2010)

Bomb blast at secy's house (ht 09/03/2010)

Woman accuses mom-in-law of torture, by Somnath Bastola (ht 09/03/2010)

Police post attacked (kp 08/03/2010)

Young couple get death threats for inter-caste marriage (nn 07/03/2010), Dalit weds Shrestha girl, faces ostracism (ht 08/03/2010)

Youth reveals gang tried to kill National TV chief earlier (ht 07/03/2010)

Jwala refutes report (kp 07/03/2010)

Donation terror rife in Banke (ht 07/03/2010)

Installing security cameras can help curb crime: Police, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 06/03/2010)

Revenue dept files cases in multi-million dollar scam (kp 06/03/2010)

Two IRD officers arrested (kp 06/03/2010)

Problems within police causing insecurity: PM (rn 06/03/2010)

Two more suspects nabbed (kp 06/03/2010), Police officers under probe on Jamim murder case (rn 06/03/2010), Two serving DSPs grilled over Jamim killing (ht 06/03/2010), Former DSP keeper of killers’ weapons: Police, by Baburam Kharel (kp 07/03/2010), Man arrested for links with killers (kp 08/03/2010), A startling revelation (kp 08/03/2010), Police probe Indian cop's hand in Jamim murder, by Sundar Khanal (rep 09/03/2010), Shah killing: ‘Indian cops may not help’; Red Corner Notice issue process to begin soon (kp 10/03/2010), Cops seek to charge eight accused (ht 10/03/2010)

The real Bihar: Perhaps we should be looking to the example of Bihar after all, rather than Singapore and Switzerland, by Prashant Jha (nt 05/03/2010)

Death threat for Nahata (ht 05/03/2010)

Ranibari shooters still at large (ht 05/03/2010)

FM radio chairman gets threat (kp 04/03/2010)

Maoists resort to vandalism over cadre's murder (ht 04/03/2010)

Suspect DSP ‘told’ to run: DSP absconds the day of the planned arrest, by Baburam Kharel (kp 04/03/2010), Involvement of senior police officers suspected in Jamim murder (nn 04/03/2010), Rawal admits cops linked to Jamim murder (ht), Suspected former cop to be probed: Rawal (kp 05/03/2010)

Morang jewel thieves netted in Capital (ht 04/03/2010)

Medical college director shot at (kp 03/03/2010), Bharatpur Medical College MD Pampati shot at (ht 03/03/2010), Police ‘close’ to nabbing Pampati shooters (kp 04/03/2010)

Chure Bhawar cadres torch commuter bus (ht 03/03/2010)

NC activist thrashed black and blue (ht 03/03/2010)

Cabbies in Kathmandu fleecing passengers, yet few complaining, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 03/03/2010)

Death threat to editor Yadav (kp 03/03/2010), Janakpur Today editor evacuated after threats (nn 04/03/2010)

Tarai media entrepreneur shot dead (kp 02/03/2010), Janakpur shut over media entrepreneur Arun Sinhaniya's murder (nn 02/03/2010), FM owner shot dead (ht 02/03/2010), Law and disorder: The Prime Minister must buckle up or quit (kp 03/03/2010), Editors condemn Singhaniya murder (kp 03/03/2010), Civil society in a state of shock; Media community: We’re insecure (kp 03/03/2010), Questions on security the day after: CDO manhandled, Janakpur closed down (kp 03/03/2010), Police form probe panel (kp 03/03/2010), Complex story characterising Tarai, by Prashant Jha (kp 04/03/2010), ‘No police presence at time of murder’ (kp 04/03/2010), Is There More To It?, by Shyam K.C. (rn 04/03/2010), Mediapersons protest killing of Singhaniya (ht 04/03/2010), Carter Center deplores attacks (kp 06/03/2010)

Jamim killing linked to Butwal shootout (ht 02/03/2010)

KJWP to collect hefty sum from VDCs, by Dilip Khatri (ht 02/03/2010)

SAC summons home minister, NID chief for clarification on law and order situation (nn 02/03/2010)

Nepal warned on financial crimes: money laundering & terrorism financing, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 01/03/2010), Dirty money: Nepal has been given a chance to come clean on money laundering (kp 02/03/2010)

Maoists attack police post in Dailekh over Holi dispute (nn 01/03/2010), Maoist activists storm police post (kp 02/03/2010), Maoists demolish police post; ASI hurt, by Puskar Thapa (ht 02/03/2010), Maoists held for police post attack (ht 03/03/2010)

Injured in Ganjabhawanipur shooting dies; death toll reaches four (nn 01/03/2010)

Report debunks human sacrifice claim?, by Arun Gyawali (ht 28/02/2010)

YCL cadre murdered in Surkhet (nn 28/02/2010), YCL activist killed in assault (kp 01/03/2010), Surkhet bandh over YCL cadre's killing, by Suryamani Gautam (ht 02/03/2010)

One killed while countering robbers in Parsa (nn 28/02/2010)

Hotel robbery bid foiled (ht 28/02/2010), Cops nab seven, including Maoist (kp 28/02/2010)

Heroin worth Rs 300m hauled from 2 Pakistanis, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 28/02/2010), Pakistanis held in major brown sugar haul (kp 28/02/2010)

Impunity watch: Nepal urged to enter ICC, by Anil Giri (kp 26/02/2010)

UN body warns of rise in ‘date-rape’ drugs (kp 26/02/2010)

Police exchange gunfire with armed abductors in Siraha (nn 26/02/2010)

Police launch manhunt as robbers flee with cash, gold (ht 26/02/2010)

Criminals made public (rn 26/02/2010)

Man held for inter-caste marriage, freed (ht 25/02/2010)

Armed groups target big business houses (kp 25/02/2010)

Intimidation up in Banke (rn 25/02/2010)

Police robbed (kp 25/02/2010)

Gory death in City ashram (kp 24/02/2010), ‘Child died of torture’ (kp 25/02/2010), Boy's death: Noose tightens on ashram (ht 25/02/2010)

2 teachers kidnapped (kp 24/02/2010)

Five Kirat men in police net (kp 24/02/2010), KRWP cadres arrested (rn 25/02/2010), Murder plot foiled, six held (ht 25/02/2010)

Over half million robbed from outside bank (nn 24/02/2010)

Five extortionists arrested from Kathmandu (nn 24/02/2010)

Newly-weds cast out of VDC for inter-caste union (ht 23/02/2010)

NHRC draws govt attention on crime rise (ht 23/02/2010)

Missing cases baffle cops, by Durgalal K.C. (kp 23/02/2010)

Extra-judicial killings still continuing: NHRC (nn 22/02/2010)

Donors suspend aid: School reform on rough road, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 22/02/2010), Donors suspend aid in education over corruption charges on minister (nn 23/02/2010), Pushing it: SSRP funds suspension is a hard reminder of corruption in high places (kp 23/02/2010), Donors suspend school aid over graft claims (ht 23/02/2010), Panel to probe graft row (kp 24/02/2010), Education minister Kushwaha resigns; Shukla appointed new education minister (nn 24/02/2010), Tainted minister gets the boot, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ht 25/02/2010)

Father, son die in police custody, by Lavadev Dhungana (kp 22/02/2010), Theft accused dies in police custody, by Laxmi Gautam (ht 22/02/2010), NHRC starts probing custody deaths, by Laxmi Gautam (ht 25/02/2010)

Three looters in police net (ht 22/02/2010)

17 firearms impounded in a month, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 22/02/2010)

1.6 kg swallowed heroin recovered from two smugglers at TIA (rn 22/02/2010), 2 held with heroin worth 25m (ht 22/02/2010), Another heroin bust in Capital (kp 23/02/2010)

Capital flight probe: 'No transactions from Tatopani' (kp 21/02/2010)

Illegal check points on the rise (kp 21/02/2010)

APF applicants with fake licenses arrested (rn 20/02/2010)

Abducted druggist found dead in Parsa (nn 20/02/2010), Kidnapped chemist found dead, by Sujit Kumar Aryal (ht 20/02/2010)

Man 'sexually assaults' 12-yr-old, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 20/02/2010)

Deepak Manange out on Rs 25,000 bail (ht 20/02/2010)

INSEC paints grim pic of mid region violence ht 19/02/2010)

Where is Rahul? (ht 19/02/2010)

Chemist's whereabouts in dark 12 days after kidnap, by Diwakar Bhandari (ht 19/02/2010)

KDC slaps jail term to Gothatar shootout-accused (ht 19/02/2010)

‘Concern over legal system’: Rights groups call for immediate handover of Basnet (kp 18/02/2010), Bennett urges Army to hand over Basnet (kp 18/02/2010), Rights groups demand justice for slain Maina Sunuwar (nn 18/02/2010), Govt urged not to obstruct Maina case proceedings (ht 18/02/2010)

Employees to seize NEA vehicles used by politicos, others (nn 18/02/2010), NEA vehicle misuse slur on former PMs, govt bodies (ht 19/02/2010), Verbal agreement led NEA to provide vehicles to top officials (ht 24/02/2010), Oli comes under fire for ‘loot’ (kp 25/02/2010), Govt vehicle misusers, be aware: House panel has woken up to rampant misuse (kp 25/02/2010)

Govt tells the police: Nab 40 bank officials (kp 18/02/2010), Police want them (kp 18/02/2010), Govt lifts arrest order (kp 19/02/2010) [???], Bankers' arrest aborted after protests (nn 19/02/2010)

Police foil hotel robbery bid, nab five (ht 18/02/2010)

Villagers beat to death three robbers in Jhapa (nn 18/02/2010)

Armed groups top list of abuses (kp 18/02/2010)

APF constable dies in accidental firing (nn 18/02/2010)

Pervasive insecurity (ht 17/02/2010), UN paints grim picture of countrys security situation (ht 17/02/2010)

Journalists protest police atrocity (ht 17/02/2010), Journalists stage sit-in, protest to book cops for beating of Subedi (rn 18/02/2010)

Maoists stop work at another Indian venture in Nepal (Irish Sun 16/02/2010), Maoists target another Indian hydro-power project in Nepal (Hindustan Times 16/02/2010), Maoists block Marsyangdi (kp 17/02/2010), Maoists shut Upper Marsyangdi project, by Ramji Rana (ht 17/02/2010), Maoists halt work: Govt to deploy security forces (kp 18/02/2010)

Three land in police net for drug smuggling (kp 16/02/2010)

Combatting Crime, by Laxman Datt Pant (rn 16/02/2010)

Cases of theft rises dramatically (rn 16/02/2010)

Nepalese women accused of practising witchcraft; suffer domestic violence (Peninsula 16/02/2010)

Criminals find it easy to operate out of Nepal, interview with Bharat G.C. (kp 15/02/2010), Politicians sheltering mafia in Nepal: Ex-cop (Gulf Times 16/02/2010)

Theft-accused dies in police custody (ht 15/02/2010)

Banke SP threatened (kp 15/02/2010)

Villagers set on fire house of murder accused in Dang (nn 14/02/2010)

Armed Police nab infamous wildlife trader, by Damodar Bhandari (ht 14/02/2010)

Cops 'mistreat' troubled trio, by Diwakar Bhandari (ht 14/02/2010)

Maoist cadre murdered in Rautahat; Maoists shut Bara, Parsa, Rautahat in protest (nn 13/02/2010), Maoist cadre shot dead (ht 14/02/2010), Maoist banda to protest murder (kp 14/02/2010)

Kantipur Chairman, Editors threatened (kp 13/02/2010), FNJ speaks up against threat to Kantipur (kp 14/02/2010), Govt silence a mystery, says media fraternity: threat to kantipur publications (kp 15/02/2010), Govt's silence on death threats riles media bodies (ht 15/02/2010)

6 houses set ablaze (ht 13/02/2010)

Kin left high and dry after the sole breadwinner killed, by Shivraj Bhatta (ht 13/02/2010)

Four arrested in child sacrifice case (nn 12/02/2010), Nepal police discover child-sacrifice murder (Irish Sun 12/02/2010)

Relief fund for war victims 'misused' (ht 12/02/2010)

Ten-year-old child murdered after abduction (nn 12/02/2010)

Couple don’t know they got married, by Shiva Puri (kp 12/02/2010)

Poor security situation doesn't go down well with general public, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 12/02/2010)

Two arrested with 3kg hash from TIA (nn 12/02/2010)

Criminal outfits on donation spree, by Kamal Panthi (kp 11/02/2010)

Four members of same family murdered in Palpa (nn 11/02/2010), Four of a family killed, by Madhav Aryal (kp 12/02/2010), Barbaric murder in Palpa village; four of family dead (rn 12/02/2010), Four of family hacked to death, by Jagadish Bhattarai (ht 12/02/2010)

Businessman shot dead in Banke (nn 11/02/2010)

JTMM-J kidnaps govt staffer (kp 10/02/2010)

Joint-secy at finance ministry jailed on corruption charges (nn 10/02/2010), Joint secy handed jail term for graft, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 10/02/2010), Rare but encouraging (ht 11/02/2010)

Rape accused principal in police net (ht 10/02/2010)

Journo warned (kp 09/02/2010)

Govt officer abducted by unidentified group in Mahottari (nn 09/02/2010), Abducted govt officer in Mahottari freed (nn 13/02/2010)

Boy kills girl for refusing abortion (nn 08/02/2010)

4 bikes stolen daily (kp 08/02/2010)

One-time media tycoon Jamim Shah dies in fatal gun attack (nn 07/02/2010), Shah Shot Dead in Broad Daylight, by Baburam Kharel (kp 08/02/2010), Media baron Jamim Shah shot dead, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (htb 08/02/2010), Media fraternity, parties shocked (kp 08/02/2010), 18 arrested in connection with Shah's murder (nn 08/02/2010), 'Int'l criminal ring behind media entrepreneur Shah's daylight murder'; special taskforce to probe murder (nn 08/02/2010), Uncanny parallels between Beg’s and Shah’s deaths, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (kp 09/02/2010), ‘Indian underworld don behind Shah’s killing’, by Mukul Humagain, Anil Giri and Baburam Kharel (kp 09/02/2010), Uproar in House over Shah’s murder (kp 09/02/2010), House prorogued, lawmakers condemn Shah's murder (ht 09/02/2010), Deputy PM Koirala calls for probe on police's role over Jamim Shah's murder (nn 09/02/2010), Nepal ‘Hrithik-baiter’ killed, by J. Hemanth (Telegraph, Kolkata 09/02/2010), Mafia boss Chhota Rajan's former henchman owns up Shah's murder; Police yet to confirm (nn 09/02/2010), Delhi gangster admits hand in tycoon’s killing (Gulf Times 09/02/2010), Delhi hitman role in Nepal tycoon murder (Asian Age 09/02/2010), Underworld man 'owns up' Shah's murder (ht 09/02/2010), Ex-minister's son questioned over Nepal tycoon's murder (Irish Sun 09/02/2010), Peruse the lapses (ht 09/02/2010), Motorbike used in the murder of media entrepreneur Shah found (nn 09/02/2010), Jamim Shah was ‘alerted’ a month ago (kp 10/02/2010), Four policemen suspended over Jamim Shah’s murder (nn 10/02/2010), Mobike found, four cops suspended (ht 10/02/2010), Jamim Shah's killing: Media fraternity comes together (kp 11/02/2010), Baffled cops to seek Indian help (kp 13/02/2010), Jamim Shah killed due to tension between India and Pakistan: Minister Pokhrel (nn 15/02/2010), House panel quizzes Home Minister over Jamim murder; police identify murderers, plotters (nn 15/02/2010), Indian jailbird behind Shah’s murder: Police, by Baburam Kharel (kp 16(02/2010), Foreign hand in Shah killing: Minister; Says govt serious about threats to Kantipur (kp 16/02/2010), Sketch, pix of Jamim murder suspects out (ht 16/02/2010), Swoyambhu Yatayat to stay off roads, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 16/02/2010), Unsolved mystery: Much about the Jamim Shah killing remains unresolved (kp 17/02/2010), I am innocent: ex-DIG Rai (kp 17/02/2010), Former DIG denies link with Jamim Shah killers (ht 17/02/2010), Jamim case questions Nepal Police capability (ht 17/02/2010), Media-baron murder case, Officials to seek red-corner notice from INTERPOL (rn 19/02/2010)

Tatopani customs feels the heat (kp 07/02/2010), Capital flight probe: One more firm under scanner, by Prithviman Shrestha (kp 08/02/2010), DRI freezes 3 suspects’ assets, by Prithviman Shrestha (kp 10/02/2010)

Maoists threaten to shut hydroelectricity projects (nn 06/02/2010) [This will be a great help for the suffering people of Nepal!!]

Bomb explosion rocks Dhanusha district court, no casulty reported (nn 06/02/2010)

Misappropriation in the name of imports, by Prithviman Shrestha (kp 06/02/2010)

Locals torch police station (kp 06/02/2010), Locals clash with police, post torched (ht 06/02/2010)

Maoist cadres arrested on abduction charges released after warning of indefinite bandh (nn 06/02/2010)

ICJ appeals to AG: Hand over Basnet (kp 05/02/2010)

Not enough means to fight rising crime (kp 05/02/2010)

Robberies rock Thursday (kp 05/02/2010)

Khadgi recounts harrowing tale (ht 04/02/2010)

11 Maoist cadres arrested on abduction charges (nn 03/02/2010)

Rights body: Probe ‘sacrificial’ murder (KP 03/02/2010)

Family ostracised for shunning Chhaupadi (kp 03/01/2010)

Public enemies: Gunslingers are making life dangerous in Nepal and they should be dealt with, by Daya Raj Subedi (kp 02/02/2010)

Young life in isolation, by Rameshchandra Adhikari (kp 02/02/2010)

More Siraha women face witchcraft charges (ht 01/02/2010)

Security Plan to curb crime in Kathmandu (ht 01/02/2010)

Nepal Police to investigate PSO abuse (kp 01/02/2010)

Court sends Ansari to judicial custody (kp 01/02/2010)

YCL cadre nab UML men with weapons (kp 30/01/2010)

NC cadre murdered (kp 29/01/2010)

Ex-PLA men held (kp 29/01/2010)

Ratanpur VDC secretary rescued (rn 29/01/2010)

Domestic violence uncontrollable in city, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 29/01/2010)

Country fast becoming safe haven for drug peddlers (ht 29/01/2010)

Prisoners' gang assaults inmate (ht 29/01/2010)

Young woman burnt alive by own in-laws (nn 28/01/2010), Hubby kills wife over dowry issue (ht 29/01/2010), Husband kills wife for Rs. 5,000 (kp 29/01/2010)

Foreign minister Koirala's secy missing for eight days (nn 28/01/2010), Sujata gives her mischief-making aide a boot following major embarrassment (nn 28/01/2010), Sujata sacks personal aide; Sapkota: I’m not in passport scam (kp 29/01/2010)

NC activist found killed (nn 28/01/2010)

Gunmen attack trader in Jhapa (nn 28/01/2010)

Protecting Criminals, by Shyam K.C. (rn 28/01/2010)

ANNISU-R men attack NSU leader (kp 28/01/2010)

VDC secy shot dead (kp 27/01/2010), Employees protest VDC secy’s murder (kp 28/01/2010), Terror-hit Banke VDC secys leave villages (ht 28/01/2010), Police operation in Banke, Bardiya (ht 29/01/2010)

Valley crime graph goes down: NP, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 27/01/2010)

No smile (ht 26/01/2010)

Nine held with arms in Sarlahi (nn 26/01/2010)

35 women rescued from being trafficked to India (nn 25/01/2010)

Small arms wreak havoc: Behind three crimes in Capital last week (kp 25/01/2010)

SC vacates Toran promotion stay (kp 25/01/2010) [???]

Jeweler shot at, escapes unhurt (rn 25/01/2010)

Sugar smuggling from India hits revenue generation (nn 24/01/2010)

YCL cadre raid hotels, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 24/01/2010), Maoist YCL raids Chitwan hotels; nabs couples involved in 'illicit activities' (nn 24/01/2010)

Small Arms Flourishing (rn 22/01/2010)

Minor dispute claims kid’s life, by Ishwar Rauniyar and Makar Shrestha (kp 21/01/2010), Nine year old boy killed in shooting in capital (rn 21/01/2010), Gothatar Shooting: Maoists confirm cadre’s involvement: Slain kid’s kin, locals protest killing (kp 22/01/2010), Maoists suspend principal accused in Gothatar killing (kp 27/01/2010), Gothatar firing suspect arrested (nn 29/01/2010)

Maoists capture private land (kp 21/01/2010)

Three arrested with brown heroin (nn 19/01/2010)

Woman dies in Chhaupadi (kp 18/01/2010)

Smalltime criminals on fast-track to affluence, by Baburam Kharel (kp 18/01/2010)

Nepal: Prosecute systematic crimes committed during Civil War, by Jaya Ramachadran (i on Global Trends 16/01/2010)

Visitor abducted from hospital (ht 16/01/2010)

Ansari’s secret diaries under police scrutiny (kp 16/01/2010)

Kailali fracas politically motivated: HURPES (ht 16/01/2010)

Nepal's weekly crime chart moderately up (ht 16/01/2010)

Eight jailbirds flee Kapilvastu prison (nn 16/01/2010), 8 inmates flee in Kapilvastu jailbreak, by Krishna Prasad Dhakal (ht 17/01/2010)

Wanted Nepal Bank defaulter held after 4 yrs (ht 15/01/2010)

Key ruling on extrajudicial killing (kp 15/01/2010)

'Open Nepal-India border lets criminals off the hook' (ht 14/01/2010)

Scary smudges (ht 14/01/2010)

Eight teenage girls missing (ht 14/01/2010), Eight children recovered (kp 15/01/2010)

177 victims of sexual violence in 09: INSEC (ht 13/01/2010)

Mandated action not punishable: Pun (kp 13/01/2010) [There was a civil war in Nepal. Not those who have fought this war have to be punished but all those who have committed crimes under the pretension of war, including the leading persons behind these crimes! Else, the rule of law has never a chance in  Nepal!!]

Stolen bikes find their market in Khasa: Police, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 12/01/2010)

‘Justice-denied’: Dhami at SC (kp 11/01/2010), Show cause on rape case (ht 12/01/2010), Show-cause in Suntali Dhami case (kp 12/01/2010)

Asst. CDO escapes with minor injuries in gun attack, security guard killed (nn 11/01/2010), Armed attack on Parsa assist CDO, by Rabi Dahal (ht 12/01/2010)

Nepal Police devises new strategy to tackle high-profile crime, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 11/01/2010)

Girl found dead (kp 10/01/2010)

They get paid for evading customs, by Mohan Budhair (kp 10/01/2010)

3 Maoists gunned down in Bara (ht 08/01/2010), Power-centre behind Bara massacre: Badal (ht 08/01/2010), 3 Maoist cadre shot dead in Bara, by Laxmi Shah (kp 08/01/2010), Killings trigger House boycott (kp 08/01/2010), Maoists withdraw Bara, Parsa, Rautahat bandh (nn 08/01/2010), Maoists call off Bara bandh (ht 09/01/2010), NHRC alarmed by Baras shooting (ht 09/01/2010)

Maoist cadre storm PM’s carcade: Unscathed Nepal spells doom for former rebels (kp 08/01/2010)

Three of notorious criminal gang arrested, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 08/01/2010)

Illegal VoIP operator held (kp 08/01/2010)

Foetuses in plastic bag (kp 07/01/2010)

Fake U.S. visas for Rs. 1.5m, by Baburam Kharel (kp 06/01/2010))

Church bomber admits linkages with Hindu fundamentalists in India (nn 05/01/2010)

'Shah's murder a deliberate act' (ht 05/01/2010)

NC men assaults PLA, journo (ht 05/01/2010)

YCL cadres attack 10th grader with khukuris (ht 05/01/2010)

Cop injured in clash with fleeing robbers (kp 05/01/2010)

Rs 1.7 M looted, police arrest absconders (rn 05/02/2010)

Corrupt cop suspended (kp 05/01/2010)

Fake Indian currency racket busted, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 04/01/2010)

People in the news: Journalists continue to be killed or disappeared even after the advent of loktantra, by Bhanu Bhakta Acharya (kp 03/01/2010)

Victims' acquaintances behind kidnapping-for-ransom, says SP KC (ht 03/01/2010)

Abducted teacher gives hostage takers a slip (ht 03/01/2010)

Armed group loots jewelries, money (rn 03/01/2010)

Resident docs halt emergency at Bir (ht 02/01/2010)

Corrupt cops in net (kp 02/01/2010), PM instructs Home Minister to immediately suspend bribery-accused Inspector (nn 02/01/2010)

Maoists put captured land in Dang for sale (kp 01/01/2010)

Abducted boys rescued from Birgunj (ht 31/12/2009)

Police let off YCL in-charge out of fear, say Dalits (ht 31/12/2009)

PLA fighter, aide held for attacking, looting vendors (ht 31/12/2009)

Woman killed for practising witchcraft, by Baburam Lamichhane (ht 30/12/2009)

Minister hit in Maoist protest (ht 30/12/2009)

Power wielders pressure CIAA: Chief, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 30/12/2009)

Four motorcycles go missing daily (ht 30/12/2009)

Rights groups: Parties promoting impunity (kp 29/12/2009)

Maoists new move for donation, by Shiva Raj Bhatta (ht 29/12/2009)

Activists of Tarun Dal, YCL clash in Banke (ht 29/12/2009)

Fake Indian currency worth Rs 8 million seized, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 29/12/2009)

$300,000 theft case: Constables guilty, AIG not charged (kp 28/12/2009)

Three killed in Chitwan explosion (nn 28/12/2009), 3 killed in Chitwan blast, by Chintamani Poudel (ht 29/12/2009)

Nation sees 2,983 crimes in first four-month of fiscal (ht 27/12/2009)

Tokha in flames: Protesting construction workers set colony on fire (kp 27/12/2009)

Locals shut Birgunj to protest student death (nn 27/12/2009)

YCL cadres beat up UML activist, by Ramji Rana (ht 27/12/2009)

Cop tortures subordinate in a drunken stupor, by Kishor Budhathoki (ht 27/12/2009)

Gen elevated to second in command (ht 25/12/2009), Toran promoted to No. 2: US, OHCHR concerned over his rights record, by Kamal Raj Sigdel and Phanindra Dahal (kp 25/12/2009) [Nepal's willingness for peace and justice finally losing credibility!!], SC moved against Toran promotion (ht 28/12/2009), Nepal Army general faces case by ‘torture’ victims, by Sudeshna Sarkar (Asian Age 29/12/2009), Three torture victims file case against major general (Gulf Times 29/12/2009), Promotion irks rights bodies (ht 30/12/2009)

Counterfeit Nepali money impounded (kp 25/12/2009)

Witch-hunts: Medieval barbarity continues to blight the landscape of New Nepal, by Mallika Aryal (nt 25/12/2009)

10 ministers, top party leaders fail to submit property details, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 24/12/2009)

YCL men attack Tarun Dal activists (nn 24/12/2009), 22 NC cadre hurt in YCL attack, by Krishna Acharya (kp 25/12/2009)

Land-grabs worry rights body (kp 24/12/2009)

YCL pickets Jhapa police post (kp 24/12/2009)

Wanted criminal gang in Parsa police net (ht 24/12/2009)

THT vehicle vandalised (ht 23/12/2009)

Rising attacks a headache for docs, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 23/12/2009)

Patients suffer as bandh hits healthcare facilities in capital (ht 22/12/2009), ‘Respect rights of the wounded’ (kp 22/12/2009)

Maoists torch four bikes (rn 22/12/2009)

Women workers assaulted (rn 22/12/2009)

DSP in critical condition (kp 21/12/2009), Nepal Police undettered by brutal attacks on colleague (ht 22/12/2009), DSP Chaudhary Attack: Probe finds serious lapses in security (kp 30/12/2009)

Victims continue to suffer as culprits get off scot free, by Byas Shankar Upadhyay (ht 20/12/2009)

Two-wheelers theft rises in the Valley (kp 20/12/2009)

Maoist students beat up NSU supporters; 6 hurt (ht 20/12/2009)

15 ropanis private land seized in Dhading, by Keshav Adhikari (ht 20/12/2009)

Smugglers gun down forester, by Manoj Timilsina (ht 20/12/2009)

Police bust sex racket in Thamel, 33 arrested, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 20/12/2009), Flesh trade: Police round up teens, by Baburam Kharel (kp 20/12/2009)

NC vehicle vandalised (ht 19/12/2009)

Plan to fight border crime (kp 19/12/2009)

YCL leader takes umbrage at inter-caste marriage (ht 18/12/2009)

Education institution closed on Maoists move (rn 18/12/2009)

Women rights groups to unite for justice (ht 17/12/2009)

Detained personnel on hunger strike (ht 17/12/2009), Protesting cops end hunger strike (ht 20/12/2009)

Police thwart land grab attempt in Banke, Bardiya (ht 17/12/2009), More lands grabbed (rn 17/12/2009)

Let none go free (kp 16/12/2009)

Inter-caste marriage spells trouble, by Pushkar Thapa (15/12/2009)

Judicial remand for accused Hamal (ht 15/12/2009)

School principal shot dead (nn 15/12/2009)

Lawmaker Rai in trouble for threatening doctor (ht 15/12/2009)

Armed outfit sets school ablaze (hr 14/12/2009)

Wife-beating major at large in US, by Anil Giri and Keshav P. Koirala (kp 14/12/2009)

Kavre journo gets death threat (ht 13/12/2009)

Suspects in taxi driver murder case detained (kp 13/12/2009)

Gender-based violence: Media vital for access to justice, by Pragya Lamsal (rn 12/12/2009), Gender-Based Violence (rn 13/12/2009)

Food adulteration from bad to worse (kp 11/12/2009)

Dhami case: protests turn violent (kp 09/12/2009)

Journo brutally attacked (kp 09/12/2009), Female scribe left to die in Rukum (ht 09/12/2009), Journo Bista under medical observation (kp 10/12/2009), When The Pen Is No Longer Mighty (rn 11/12/2009), FNJ team to leave for Rukum to probe journo assault case (nn 11/12/2009), Concerns about attacks on journos (ht 12/12/2009), Attack on Journo Bista: YCL man among 5 held (kp 13/12/2009), Yadu Nath killer hand in attack on Bista, says PM (ht 13/12/2009), YCL denies involvement in attack on Bista; pledges cooperation in investigation (nn 14/12/2009), Scribe Bista discharged (kp 17/12/2009), YCL behind attack on journo Bista: FNJ (ht 24/12/2009), UCPN (M) claims its cadres not involved in assault on journalist Bista (nn 25/12/2009), CPN-UML behind attack on Bista: Maoists (ht 26/12/2009), Bista attack reports add to case’s mystery, by J. Pandey (kp 02/01/2010)

Impunity Watch: Mother makes plea to PM (kp 09/12/2009), AI calls for arrest of Major Basnet (nn 09/12/2009), Arrest and try Major Basnet: AI (kp 10/12/2009), Expelled Army Major returning; Police: No arrest order (kp 11/12/2009), Military police detains Maj Basnet from TIA (nn 12/12/2009), Impunity Watch: Indicted Maj Basnet to be produced in court today, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 13/12/2009), Basnet’s court date uncertain, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 14/12/2009), Way to go (kp 14/12/2009), Maina Sunar's murder case, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 14/12/2009), Military police detains Major Basnet at TIA, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 14/12/2009), Maina case belittles statute, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 17/12/2009), Govt writes to UN over Maj Basnet; EU: Put HR violator on trial (kp 17/12/2009), Heat on Major Basnet to stand trial (ht 18/12/2009), ‘Basnet’s handover will decide Nepal’s future (kp 18/12/2009), Senator Leahy cautions on conditional assistance to NA (kp 19/12/2009), Brig Gen to head CoI against Basnet, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ht 22/12/2009) [The murder of civil persons has to be investigated by cil courts!!], Maj Basnet need not worry: Minister (kp 22/12/2009) [Unbelievable statement by a minister; she must be dismissed immediately because she is against the rule of law!!], Bidhya comes under fire (kp) [Someone who justifies the crimes of the army damages Nepal's international respect and cannot be a minister!!], Miscarriage of justice: The Major Basnet case, by Thomas A. Marks (kp 24/12/2009), NHRC: Army can’t see Maina murder case (kp 25/12/2009), Mainas mother seeks justice (ht 25/12/2009), Row between rights bodies and NA on Maj Basnet case deepens, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 26/12/2009), Bhandari stands by Nepal Army (kp31/12/2009) [Please let a civil court decide if he is guilty or not! This is not up to the Defence Minister!!], Maina's mother appeals to Bhandari for justice (kp 05/01/2010), UN refutes report on admitting mistake on Maj Basnet case (nn 09/01/2010)

Kidnappers active in Mid-West (rn 08/12/2009)

Maoists seize own lawmaker’s house, by Amrita Anamol (kp 08/12/2009), Maoists seize CA member's house, by Mahendra Thapa (ht 08/12/2009)

Silent sufferers, by Pallab Khanal (kp 07/12/2009), Victims unaware of domestic violence bill, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 07/12/2009)

Maoist students union unleashes terror on private schools in East (ht 07/12/2009)

Maoists torch ambulance in Bardia (ht 07/12/2009)

PLA fighter murdered (kp 06/12/2009)

Abductee found murdered: Kidnappers of Banke youth under police net (kp 06/12/2009), Kidnapped student body recovered in Bardiya (ht 08/12/2009)

Friday’s clash provokes tension in Kailali; two more found dead (nn 05/12/2009), Landless squatters move off Kailali forest (nn 05/12/2009), Dahal compares Kailali incident with Panchayat suppression; 'Nepal bandh'on Sunday (nn 05/12/2009), Thousands evicted from Kailali forest (kp 06/12/2009), Caution! (kp 07/12/2009), Rawal blames Maoists on Kailali (ht 07/12/2009), Kailali incident, a display of anarchic act by Maoists: PM (ht 07/12/2009), Probably, a forerunner (ht 07/12/2009), Coalition leaders slam Maoists for provoking Kailali forest intrusion (ht 07/12/2009), Forest capture violates CPA: Home Minister (rn 07/12/2009), Kailali reels under bandh for 3rd day (nn 07/12/2009), It’s a jungle out there, by Jagannath Adhikari (kp 08/12/2009), No end to Kailali strike (kp 08/12/2009), OHCHR calls for restraint (kp 08/12/2009), Squatters warn to encroach forest, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ht 08/12/2009), Security base camps in Dudejhari, by Shivaraj Bhatta and Padam Sapkota (ht 08/12/2009), Life getting hard in Kailali as Maoist bandh enters day four (nn 08/12/2009), Kailali strike put off, by Mohan Budhair (kp 09/12/2009), Govt forms commission to solve problems of landless squatters (nn 09/12/2009), Maoist chairman gives one-week ultimatum to govt to address squatters' problem (nn 11/12/2009), Squatters leave forest office (kp 13/12/2009), Dudejhari fallout: Maoists shut govt offices in Kailali (ht 15/12/2009), The Dudhejhari ‘encroachers’: The Kailali incident reflects the failure of land reform in Nepal, by Shradha Ghale (kp 16/12/2009), No respite from banda in Kailali (kp 24/12/2009), 'Kailali bandh to be total today' (ht 25/12/2009), Kailali strike enters day seven (kp 26/12/2009), Bandh disrupts vehicles in Kailali, by Shiva raj Bhatta (ht), Kailali bandh withdrawn partially (nn 26/12/2009)

OHCHR opposes murder accused rise (ht 05/12/2009), OHCHR concerned about promotion of alleged killers of Birendra Sah (nn 05/12/2009)

Grisly murder of a minor sparks off protest (ht 05/12/2009)

MJF donation drive (ht 05/12/2009)

AIG accused of helping ‘kidnappers’ walk free (kp 05/12/2009)

Police involved in looting (kp 04/12/2009)

Factory sealed for adulterating spices (kp 04/12/2009)

Man arrested for murder (kp 04/12/2009)

More people reporting sexual abuse to police (kp 02/12/2009)

Combatting Trafficking In Girls, by Laxman Datt Pant (rn 01/12/2009)

Elusive criminals to be tracked down (kp 01/12/2009)

Trader robbed off Rs 2.1 m in Chitwan (nn 30/11/2009)

Women demand legal action against policemen (rn 30/11/2009), House panel quizzes Home Minister over Achham rape case (nn 02/12/2009), House forms panel to probe cop’s rape (kp 03/12/2009)

Six years on, hubby yet to get info on Maoist-abducted spouse, by Keshav Adhikari (ht 29/11/2009)

Bomb scare at RPP-Nepal office (nn 28/11/2009)

Dollar theft, cops clueless (kp 28/11/2009)

Rights group: Bring Toran to justice (kp 26/11/2009)

Maoist commander nabbed for kidnapping teenage girl (nn 25/11/2009)

Police rescue kidnapped man (kp 25/11/2009)

Wanted by the police, don on the run (kp 25/11/2009)

Violence against women continues unabated: UNDP (ht 25/11/2009), International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against  Women: Time to take stock, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 25/11/2009), UK to provide Rs 800 million to check gender-based violence (rn 26/11/2009), Phoenix rising (kp 27/11/2009), ‘Enforce laws against gender-violence’ (kp 27/11/2009)

Incidents of crimes up in Nepalgunj (rn 24/11/2009)

Family expels bride for `paltry dowry' (ht 23/11/2009)

Child sexual abuse on rise in Chitwan (rn 22/11/2009)

Five killed after consuming spurious liquor in Gadhimai festival (nn 21/11/2009), Hooch claims three more lives (kp 22/11/2009)

Trafficking of women up (rn 21/11/2009)

Catch me if you can, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp 20/11/2009)

Finance co. robbed in daylight (kp 16/11/2009)

Police collusion in largest-ever theft (kp 16/11/2009), Role reversal: 3 cops in thick of unlawful acts, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 17/11/2009)

Rape in office: Indicator of rising violence against women (rn 16/11/2009), Women groups take up Achham victim's cause (ht 16/11/2009), Slur on senior officials for shielding accused, by Ananta Raj Luitel and Kokila KC (ht 17/11/2009), Judicial inquiry inappropriate: SC (ht 23/11/2009), Women activists demand justice: Achham rape case (kp 26/11/2009), Three culprits still walking free, says rape victim Dhami, by Pragya Lamsal/Arpana Adhikari (rn 15/12/2009)

PM on horns of promotion dilemma (kp 12/11/2009), Bhandari smells rat (kp 12/11/2009)

Woman fed excreta, assailants in police net (ht 11/11/2009)

State Minister slaps Parsa CDO, by Shankar Acharya, (kp 11/11/2009), Begum’s burst of bravado State Minister manhandles CDO (rn 11/11/2009), Defiant Karima faces battery, assault charge on CDO, by Shanker Acharya (kp 12/11/2009), Belligerent Begam (kp 12/11/2009), Civil servants protest nationwide against State Minister’s assault (rn 12/11/2009), Public offence case filed against Begum (rn 12/11/2009), Police file public offence case against state minister Begum (nn 12/11/2009), Why The fuss?, by Shyam K.C. (rn 12/11/2009), Slapper minister gets arrest warrant (kp 13/11/2009), The Begam from Birgunj (kp 14/11/2009), PM instructs home minister not to take action against Begum (nn 15/11/2009) [Nepal will have no future if crimes are not punished, Mr Nepal!!], Begam turns the table on CDO (kp 17/11/2009), Sahib, Begum and Madhes, by Pramod Mishra (kp 18/11/2009), PM asks Begum to explain her slap act (ht 19/11/2009), Court fiat to book Begam (kp 23/11/2009), Civil servants continue to halt work in Parsa, close down govt offices in Bara too (nn 26/11/2009), Rijal for action against Begam (kp 28/11/2009), Govt offices re-open in Parsa; minister Begum skips trip to hometown amid civil servants' fury (nn 30/11/2009)

Six held for influencing road bids (kp 09/11/2009)

Gang of eight robbers arrested (kp 09/11/2009)

Maoist activists seize eight buses (kp 09/11/2009), Old habits (kp 10/11/2009), Seized vehicles released (kp 10/11/2009)

Smugglers busy on BP Highway (kp 09/11/2009)

Organised crime will be curbed in a month: Police (kp 08/11/2009)

300-year-old idol stolen from Patan Durbar Square (nn 07/11/2009)

Rape accused set free, NHRC urges PM to explain (ht 05/11/2009)

KDC clean chit for dreaded Ghainte (ht 05/11/2009)

MPCO under scanner in dollar theft case (kp 04/11/2009)

Parents sell off children to make fast buck, by Surya Prasad Kandel (ht 04/11/2009)

Boy rapes minor (kp 03/11/2009)

16 gangsters arrested (kp 03/11/2009)

Ministry under pressure to dispose of criminal cases, by Baburam Kharel (kp 03/11/2009)

Alleged idol thieves made public, by Rashmi Shrestha (ht 02/11/2009)

Sexual abuse rampant in police (ht 02/11/2009), NHRC seeks action against rapists (rn 02/11/2009)

Bank, business robbed (kp 02/11/2009)

Crime on the rise in mid-west (ht 01/11/2009)

NHRC recommends action against police personnel 'accused' of rape (nn 01/11/2009)

Stone transporters 'taxed' illegally, by Kumar Luitel (ht 01/11/2009)

Man shot in school row (ht 31/10/2009)

Maoists, staffers plunder peace office (ht 30/10/2009)

Police impounded 243 stolen bikes (ht 30/10/2009)

District Police Office of Palpa facing pressure to release smugglers (rn 30/10/2009)

5 buried alive in sandslide, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 29/10/2009), Illegal sand mine collapse kills 5, by Makar Shrestha (kp 29/10/2009), Relief for sand miner victims’ relatives (ht 31/10/2009), Cheap lives (kp 01/11/2009)

Record high driving license racketeering, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 29/10/2009)

Man marrying 'upper caste' fined Rs 60,000 (ht 29/10/2009)

Four nabbed with stolen car (kp 29/10/2009)

Valley turns into a hub for ‘stolen’ cars, by Baburam Kahrel (kp 28/10/2009)

CA member attacked (ht 27/10/2009)

YCL pelt stones at Deuba's vehicle (nn 27/10/2009), Maoist activists attack Deuba: 19 injured in clash, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 28/10/2009)

Cops collect money from APF aspirants, by Somnath Bastola (ht 26/10/2009)

Police seize 6 four-wheelers (ht 26/10/2009)

Maoists, ANNISU-R students attack campus chief in Bhojpur (nn 25/10/2009), Injured campus chief taken to capital (ht 27/10/2009), UML students impose Bhojpur bandh, by Niroj Koirala (ht 28/10/2009), No respite from curfew (kp 30/10/2009)

Concern about human trafficking (ht 23/10/2009)

Irregularity taking place in distribution of timbers (rn 23/10/2009)

Maoists loot paddy (ht 22/10/2009), Maoist cadres rob farmers' paddy, by Shivraj Bhatta (ht 23/10/2009)

Thieves run riot in capital: Rs. 54m stolen in 6 months, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 23/1072009)

NHRC for action against ex-CoAS (ht 21/10/2009)

Journos condemn Patel's 'release', by Sujit Kumar Aryal (ht 21/10/2009)

Trafficking in guise of job lure to Malaysia, by Somnath Banstola (ht 21/10/2009)

Human traffickers blamed for selling girls (rn 21/10/2009)

Terror town crime update, by Rabi Dahal (ht 21/10/2009)

School deprives teacher of salary (ht 18/10/2009)

Family of Manihar slams police (rn 15/10/2009)

Maoists spoil relief distribution, by Shivraj Bhatta (ht 14/10/2009)

Kids relive trauma of violence, by Somnath Banstola (ht 14/10/2009)

Two businessmen shot at in Birgunj (nn 14/10/2009), Trader killed as crime soars in terror town (ht 15/10/2009)

Two arrested cops freed (rn 13/10/2009)

Cops struggling to dent drug trade (kp 11/10/2009)

Girls' brigade leads fight against child marriage, by Manoj Shrestha (ht 11/10/2009)

Demand for probe into minor's rape and murder (ht 10/10/2009)

Thieves don’t prefer scooters, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 09/10/2009)

Indian arrested with 19 kg heroin: Nepal a transit point for international drug trade (kp 09/10/2009)

Year Against Gender-based Violence, by Trilochan Upreti (rn 08/10/2009)

Looters suffer passersby being cops, by Somnath Banstola (ht 07/10/2009)

Bejewelled bait to nab jewel thieves, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 07/10/2009)

Gun-wielding gangs clash in Bhaktapur (ht 07/10/2009)

Minors in circus human trafficking (ht 06/10/2009)

Teacher, local rescued from abductors (rn 06/10/2009)

Former royal secretary's wife stabbed (kp 06/10/2009)

Spate of robberies in Valley (kp 05/10/2009)

Police claim record low crime during Dashain (ht 05/10/2009)

Woman suspected of witchery thrashed, by Chuma Acharya (ht 04/10/2009), Senior citizen faces locals’ ‘witch’ ire (ht 05/10/2009)

APF patrol seizes contraband from armed smugglers, by Baburam Shrestha (ht 04/10/2009)

NA deprives rightful claimants of assets, by Laxmi Gautam (ht 04/10/2009)

Manpower agency dupes ex-servicemen (ht 04/10/2009)

Cops ‘rape’ colleague (kp 04/10/2009), Seven cops in custody (kp 06/10/2009)

Destination China: Red sandalwood smuggling thrives under cops' nose, by Raj Kumar Parajuli (ht 03/10/2009)

Parsa firing an act of self-defence, claim APF (ht 03/10/2009)

Robbers loot bank during festive break in Bajhang (ht 03/10/2009)

Stolen motorbikes come cheap (ht 03/10/2009)

House razed despite apex court's order (ht 02/10/2009)

Tarai armed gang guns down local (ht 02/10/2009)

Rs. 800,000 robbed (kp 02/10/2009)

Police firing kills three in Rautahat (nn 01/10/2009)

Two die in Bara bomb blast (nn 30/09/2009), 2 killed, 4 hurt in blast (kp 26/09/2009)

New lead in 13-year-old’s murder (kp 26/09/2009)

MPCD alerts public in view of the soaring crime graph (ht 25/09/2009)

Crime and no punishment?, by Bhagirath Yogi and Saroj Dahal (sp 25/09/2009), Security program is yielding results , interview with Bhim Rawal (kp25/09/2009)

Eight members of criminal gang held (rn 24/09/2009)

2 houses robbed in capital in broad daylight (ht 20/09/2009)

Teachers forced to part with bonus, by Shiva Apriya (ht 20/09/2009)

Youths hurt as patrolling cops fire indiscriminately, by Rajendra Bhatta (ht 20/09/2009)

Court issues suspension order for army officer involved in Maina Sunuwar case (nn 17/09/2009), Order on Maina case (kp 17/09/2009)

Fake Home Minster PA held (kp 17/09/2009)

Cop victim of mob violence: Police (kp 17/09/2009)

Madhesi Tigers explosives haul (kp 17/09/2009)

Armed robbers gun down two locals, by Somnath Bastola (ht 17/09/2009)

Lack of awareness belies eypectation: Domestic Violence and Punishment Bill, 2065, by Kokila KC (ht 16/09/2009)

Socket bomb found near VP Jha's residence (nn 14/09/2009), Another bomb found near Jha's residence (nn 15/09/2009), Bomb defused outside Jha’s residence (kp 16/09/2009)

Maoists hurl stones on Pandey's car (ht 13/09/2009)

Menace Of Thieves, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 13/09/2009)

Tortured woman's cry for justice falls on deaf ears (ht 12/09/2009)

Capital police bust many fake currency rackets, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 12/09/2009)

Fear is key on robber-infested highway, by Diwakar Bhandari (ht 12/09/2009)

Refugee leader murdered (nn 09/09/2009)

Major drug haul in the capital (kp 08/09/2009)

Cops after fake licensees (kp 08/09/2009)

Defence Army chief Mainali in police net (kp 07/09/2009), Arms haul from outlawed Ranabir Sena's office, by Shekhar Regmi (ht 08/09/2009), Caught finally (ht 08/09/2009), Ranavir Sena ‘headquarters’ busted (nn 08/09/2009), Sunsari head of Ranabir Sena, two others held (ht 09/09/2009)

Only 12 out of 110 armed groups political: Home Ministry (nn 07/09/2009)

Three killed in Kailali bomb blast (rn 07/09/2009)

Daughter, a victim of father's lust, by Damodar Bhandari (ht 07/09/2009)

Maoists thrash priests, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 05/09/2009)

Poor coverage of girl child abuses: Activists (ht 05/09/2009)

End to harassment, by Bhuwan Thapaliya (kp 04/09/2009)

Road accident culprits take advantage of legal loopholes, by Ananta Raj Luitel  (ht 04/09/2009)

School shut after YCL attack, by Laxmi Gautam (ht 03/09/2009)

Rautes robbed of cash, crops (ht 03/09/2009)

Wife goes to police against 'rapist' hubby, by Manoj Shrestha (ht 03/09/2009)

Cop found murdered (kp 02/09/2009)

Youth dies in mob fury (nn 31/08/2009)

YCL atrocities continue (nn 31/08/2009)

Doctors carry on with strike at Bir Hospital as patients continue to die (nn 30/08/2009)

Illegal imports of paddy, chemical worth millions, by Shankar Acharya (kp 30/08/2009)

Teacher expelled for speaking for Dalits (ht 30/08/2009)

Bomb explodes near VP’s residence (kp 29/08/2009), KJWP leader arrested in connection with Friday's bomb attack (nn 30/08/2009), Four more arrested in connection with Friday's bomb attack (nn 31/08/2009)

Intl community calls for action against culprits of forced disappearances (nn 29/08/2009), Into thin air (kp 31/08/2009)

Kirat outfit planning suicide attacks (ht 29/08/2009)

YCL cadres go berserk, 6 teachers injured (ht 29/08/2009)

‘YCL assault’ displaces Gorkha teachers (kp 28/08/2009), YCL cadres run amok at school, by Shiva Apriya (ht 28/08/2009)

A Grim Reality: Violence against Women in Nepal, by Mohan Das Manandhar and Rojan Bajracharya (sp 28/08/2009), Contemporary Facts of Domestic Violence against Women in Nepal, by Jyotsna Tamang (sp 28/08/2009)

‘Madheshi dalits are more exploited’, by Sambhu Hajara Dusadh (sp 28/08/2009)

Special security plan to check valley crime, by Trishna RL Rana Thapa (ht 28/08/2009)

Minor found dead (kp 26/08/2009)

Experiencing Lawlessness, Daily, by Prem Khatry (rn 25/08/2009)

Shooting in Kupandole (kp 25/08/2009)

Police rain batons to control mob, 37 hurt, by Tekendra Deuba (ht 25/08/2009)

15,000 copies of Kantipur, TKP burnt (kp 24/08/2009), FNJ flays Kantipur, Post torching (kp 29/08/2009)

APF personnel thrash locals (ht 24/08/2009)

22 bikes recovered, 5 suspects arrested (ht 24/08/2009)

Inter-caste marriage leads to ostracism, by Gopal Chhantyal (ht 23/08/2009)

Bomb hoax alerts security in church (ht 23/08/2009)

Rhino horn smugglers in police net (ht 23/08/2009)

Vigilante groups to ward off robbers, by Manoj Basnet (kp 21/08/2009)

Stabbed girl dies in hospital (nn 21/08/2009), Friend kills girl, attempts suicide (kp 22/08/2009)

Sudan embezzlement case under scanner (kp 20/08/2009)

Chhaupadi, the menstrual isolation continues in Surkhet (rn 20/08/2009)

Chairman dupes factory workers (kp 19/08/2009)

Siren to prevent telephone wire theft, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 18/08/2009)

200 PLA combatants thrash villagers, by Shivraj Bhatt (ht 17/08/2009), PLA's reign of terror draws six parties' flak, by Shivraj Bhatta (ht 18/08/2009)

APF men thrash mourners in Sunsari, by Somnath Bastola (ht 16/08/2009), Rights team to probe police brutality (ht 17/08/2009), Police confess to thrashing mourners, by Somnath Bastola (ht 19/08/2009), Rights body for action against errant cops (ht 21/08/2009)

Kin of Nar victims on warpath, by Bharat Koirala (ht 16/08/2009)

Maoist students seize TU vice-chancellor's passport at 'gunpoint' (nn 14/08/2009)

God forbid (kp 13/08/2009)

ANNISU-R activists vandalise school buses (ht 13/08/2009), ANNISU-R torches govt vehicles (ht 13/08/2009)

Defaulters think govt banks sitting ducks: FM (ht 13/08/2009)

Demonstration against college girl's murder; murder-accused held (nn 12/08/2009)

Maoists destroy paddy crop (ht 12/08/2009)

One killed in bomb explosion, three others wounded (nn 12/08/2009)

Rs. 341,000 robbed (kp 12/08/2009)

Most women victims of domestic violence: study (kp 11/08/2009), Dangerous intentions: Domestic violence occurs when a family member attempts to dominate another, Rajendra Kumar Acharya (kp 12/08/2009)

Forensic lab to conduct DNA test on body remains from Sept (ht 11/08/2009), Holes in forensic test hit tracking criminals (ht 12/08/2009)

Rs. 1.6 m robbed (kp 11/08/2009)

Bomb explosion at NC headquarters, NDA pamphlets found (nn 11/08/2009), Explosion rocks NC central office (ht 12/08/2009)

TMLP lawmakers, cadres attack minister (nn 11/08/2009)

Adulterated liquor sellers freed on bail (nn 10/08/2009) [????]

Drink-driving: Impunity on the rise, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 09/08/2009)

JTMM-R cadre arrested with bombs (kp 07/08/2009), Kathmandu averts another tragedy as police arrest bombers (nn 07/08/2009)

MJF-D students smear soot on campus chiefs (ht 07/08/2009), Act of smearing soot on principals politically motivated?, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (kp 08/08/2009) [It was a crime irrespective of its motivation!!]

Crime rising in valley (kp 07/08/2009)

Fake journo vanishes after swindling spree (kp 07/08/2009)

Vehicular homicide can lead to 20-year term (ht 06/08/2009)

Car runs over pedestrians; six killed on the spot (nn 05/08/2009), Six pedestrians mowed down in capital: Five Indian nationals among those killed; Driver still at large; Killings spark massive protest, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 06/08/2009), Ratnapark Accident: Hit-and-run driver still at large, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 06/08/2009), Driver of Bhotahiti car accident surrenders (nn 06/08/2009), Absconding driver surrenders (kp 07/08/2009), 20-yr-old reckless driver surrenders, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 07/08/2009), Spare a thought for victims' kin, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 07/08/2009), Seven-day remand for `reckless driver' Biplab (ht 08/08/2009), Singh no stranger to crime (kp 09/08/2009), Dongols to pay Rs 35 lakhs (ht 12/08/2009) [??]

A lonely crusade to reclaim land, by Baburam Kharel and Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 05/08/2009)

Itahari resident missing for three months months (ht 05/08/2009)

Bungamati police launch new campaign: Curbing crime through posters, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 05/08/2009)

Rampant lawlessness: The long-reigning state of impunity has sowed much mistrust in people’s minds (kp 04/08/2009)

Man robbed of Rs. 500,000 (kp 04/08/2009)

Maoists thrash IEML GM, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 03/08/2009), Maoists beat up outgoing corporation heads (ht 03/08/2009)

ANNFSU mob assaults Tri-Chandra chief (kp 03/08/2009), Tri-Chandra College head assaulted (ht 03/08/2009)

Two lakhs bounty for finding abducted kid (ht 03/08/2009)

Two ANNFSU members in dock (kp 02/08/2009), Two held for Tri-Chandra shootout (ht 02/08/2009)

36 Nar locals jailed for murder (nn 02/08/2009)

A regional disgrace, by Nirmita Acharya (kp 02/08/2009)

Dalit tenants, landlords face rental woes (ht 02/08/2009)

Ineffective legal aid a threat to welfare state, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 02/08/2009)

PM: Political cover promoting impunity (kp 01/08/2009)

Biggest FERA defaulter sent to Dillibazar (ht 01/08/2009)

Rawal: Govt keeping tab on 109 armed outfits (kp 01/08/2009)

13 injured as YCL cadres go on rampage (kp 31/07/2009)

School turns away HIV-positive siblings, by Manoj Shrestha (ht 30/07/2009)

Banda keeps 6.5m students off school, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 30/07/2009)

Modern madness, by Binaya Ghimire (kp 29/07/2009)

Father Gafne's killer still at large (ht 29/07/2009)

Gem racketeering is not forever (kp 27/07/2009)

Chameliya driver found dead (ht 27/07/2009)

Lax screening invites criminals (ht 27/07/2009)

YCL central member shot dead (kp 26/07/2009), YCL central member shot dead in Rautahat (ht 26/07/2009), Tarai shutdown to protest killing (kp 27/07/2009

Government girds up to curb price hike, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 25/07/2009), Curtailing Price Hikes: Govt raids, seals 11 grain godowns: Tells traders to submit papers (kp 26/07/2009),Godowns hoarding food sealed: Action taken against 13 warehouses; 11 belong to Kumud Dugar, Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 26/07/2009), Govt raids, seals dozen godowns (nn 26/07/2009)

Traders go berserk (kp 23/07/2009)

Biggest fine defaulter in KDC net (ht 23/07/2009)

Zero tolerance, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 23/07/2009)

DoFE burns midnight oil to curb sector fraud (ht 23/07/2009)

Tarun Dal district committee member shot dead (nn 23/07/2009)

INTERPOL calls go unheard (kp 22/07/2009)

Naar massacre: No action against herb pluckers' killers, by Shiv Apriya (ht 22/07/2009)

Agitating NSU activists torch microbus (ht 22/07/2009), Public transport strike in the capital (nn 24/07/2009), Transport strike in Valley (kp 25/07/2009), Transport strike hits Bagmati zone (ht 25/07/2009, Public transportation strike continues (kp 26/07/2009), Public transporters agree to end strike (nn 26/07/2009), Public vehicles ply roads again after agreement (kp 27/07/2009)

Maoists thrash four (ht 22/07/2009)

Kantipur vehicle vandalised (kp 22/07/2009), Another Kantipur van vandalized (kp 23/07/2009)

Chapacho victims' families to stage fresh protests (ht 22/07/2009)

Seven houses looted (ht 22/07/2009)

Six Al-Qaeda suspects held, by Shivaraj Bhatta (ht 22/07/2009)

Criminal incidents up in Sindhuli (rn 22/07/2009)

Another fish in KDC net, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 21/07/2009)

Weekend break-ins see Rs. 2.33 million robbed (kp 20/07/2009)

Mob Mentality, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 19/07/2009)

Curfew in Rajbiraj after youth killed (kp 18/07/2009), Student falls prey to police firing, by Byas Shankar Upadhyay (ht 18/07/2009), Locals defy curfew order in Rajbiraj (ht 19/07/2009)

Khyati's murder accused sent to jail (kp 18/07/2009), Kathmandu court denies bail to Khyati's `killers': Accused go defenceless as no lawyer is willing to plead (ht 18/07/2009)

Bhaktapur mob fury case: Accused trio plays truant (ht 18/07/2009)

Tharuhat district honcho caught (kp 17/07/2009)

Protests force police to release suspects (kp 17/07/2009)

Breaking Open: Even as abduction and extortion hit the headlines, burglary remains a big concern for the Kathmanduites, by Bhagirath Yogi and Saraoj Dahal (sp 16/07/2009)

Apex court clean chit for NRB ex-honchos, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 16/07/2009), SC clean chit to Bhattarai (kp 16/07/2009)

Call to ban corporal punishment, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 16/07/2009)

CA poll deaths remain mystery (kp 15/07/2009)

No respite from donation drive for eastern districts, by Ratna Prasad Acharya (ht 15/07/2009)

Ranibari case awaits closure, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 15/07/2009)

Crime Grows Amid Political Instability, by Mallika Aryal (Inter Press Service 15/07/2009)

Motorcycle theft on the rise, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 14/07/2009)

Ethnic groups milking traders, by Lila Baral (kp 13/07/2009)

Media portrayal of violence irks kids, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 13/07/2009) [???]

Integrated security plan to curb crime, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ht 13/07/2009)

Crime crackdown continues (kp 13/07/2009), Chakre Milan arrested in Bhairahawa (kp 13/07/2009)

Criminal outfits bleed Morang folks dry (kp 12/07/2009)

Locals thrash man accused of rape: Public fury strikes Valley (kp 12/07/2009), Indian national thrashed on charge of rape attempt (rn 12/07/2009)

Man hacked over parking lot dispute (kp 12/07/2009)p;nid=203759">Rising impunity ticking off citizens, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp 12/07/2009)

107 criminal groups active: Rawal (kp 11/07/2009)

Let's fail the state: “New” Nepal is fully living up to its name, by Binod Bhattarai (kp 11/07/2009)

Panic over donation drive (ht 11/07/2009)

Teenager escapes abductors’clutches, by Diwakar Bhandari (ht 11/07/2009)

Vanguards of vigilantism: Mob psychosis is taking over the country, by Mallika Aryak (nt 10/07/2009)

When Will This Anarchy End? (rn 10/07/2009)

Kirat activists behind blasts (ht 10/07/2009)

Importers short-change govt, by Madhav Dhungana (kp 09/07/2009)

Crime gang leader arrested (rn 09/07/2009)

Kidnap cases on the rise, police claim upper hand, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 09/07/2009)

Tainted Gen’s promotion talk worries OHCHR (kp 07/07/2009), Past rights violations: come to haunt Maj Gen Toran Jung Bahadur Singh (ht 09/07/2009)

Fear, Anger, Anxiety, by L.B. Thapa (rn 07/07/2009)

Two accused of kidnapping attempt beaten to death (nn 07/07/2009), Thimi locals lynch two ‘kidnapping suspects’ (ht 08/07/2009), Koteshwor, Thimi tense over Tuesday's mob killings; traffic on Arniko highway blocked (nn 08/07/2009), Bhaktapur killings: Two suspects arrested (kp 09/07/2009), Simmering fear (kp 09/07/2009), Mob Fury Or Mob Insanity?, by Shyam K.C. (rn 09/07/2009), Twin murder: Bhaktapur on boil (ht 09/07/2009), ‘Innocent’ teenagers’ kin mourn loss, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 09/07/2009), Murder victims’kin halt traffic on Araniko Highway (ht 10/07/2009), Cops face a rather knotty problem, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 10/07/2009), Lynching toll reaches 3 (kp 11/07/2009), Thimi murder report to be submitted in 10 days (kp 13/07/2009)

Dalits evicted from village (kp 06/07/2009)

Woman trafficking still rampant, by Sanju Balal (rn 06/07/2009), Checking Trafficking (rn 07/07/2009)

Sexual abuse high among restaurant girls (kp 06/07/2009)

CWIN tells woes of tortured children (rn 05/07/2009)

Sale of adulterated food articles rampant: Absence of law enforcement mechanism helping unscrupulous traders (ht 05/07/2009)

Nine feared killed in Manang, by Ishwori Neupane (kp 03/07/2009), Yarchagumba pickers killed in Manang (rn 03/07/2009), Manang villagers kill seven Yarcha-pickers from Gorkha (nn 03/07/2009), Lure of Yarsha ends in tragedy, seven butchered, by Shiva Apriya (ht 04/07/2009), 13 more held for Manang killing (kp 06/07/2009), Two bodies found, 65 detained so far (kp 07/07/2009), Naar massacre: 67 detained for probe, by Naveen Raj Kuikel/Pradeep Pokhrel (rn 07/07/2009), Manang village wears deserted look after arrests (rn 09/07/2009)

Farmers demand action on encroachment (kp 02/07/2009)

Farmers demand action on encroachment (kp 02/07/2009)

Abductions, Kidnappings Galore, by Shyam K.C. (rn 02/07/2009)

PM urged to end impunity (rn 02/07/2009)

Rs. 600,000 robbed from two offices (kp 02/07/2009)

Witchcraft cause of violence against women, by Rita Limbu (rn 02/07/2009)

Nepalgunj closed over abduction (kp 01/07/2009)

Smugglers have field day with no check posts, by Mohan Budayear (kp 01/07/2009)

Ransom paid, victim still in custody, by Damodar Bhandari (ht 30/06/2009)

Manages to con Rs. 2.5M out of nurses: Quack arrested in capital (kp 29/06/2009)

Victim falls prey to dowry greed (ht 29/06/2009), In-laws set woman on fire for failing to bring dowry (nn 29/06/2009)

Gyanendra Shah transferred murdered king's millions in UK bank in 2003, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 29/06/2009)

Law & Order (rep 29/06/2009)

Curfew in Chapagaun (kp 27/06/2009), Panicky locals thrash ‘kidnappers’, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 27/06/2009), Locals, police clash at Chapagaun: Stand-off continues (kp 28/06/2009)

Drug abuse, trafficking on the rise (kp 27/06/2009), Govt mulls over crackdown on drug abuse (ht 27/06/2009)

Crack Down On Criminal Activities (rn 27/06/2009)

Effete legal system chief reason for fraud by outsourcers (ht 27/06/2009)

A cold-blooded murderer’s psyche (kp 26/06/2009), Post-mortem inconclusive: Thousands on streets protest Khyati’s murder (kp 26/06/2009), Nation outraged: Kyati - a promising life cut short (ht 26/06/2009), Cry for justice: Students remember one of their own, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 26/06/2009), Severe punishment sought for Khyati’s killer (ht 26/06/2009), Home minister meets Khyati's aggrieved family (nn 27/06/2009), ‘Khyati’s murderer inspires dread’, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 28/06/2009), Khyati Shrestha murder probe: Post-mortem report out (kp 04/07/2009), Police reveal more details on Khyati murder (nn 04/07/2009)

Though police claim kidnapping cases are on wane, figures tell a different tale (ht 26/06/2009)

Lawlessness and disorder: Killers swagger around as political activists, shouting slogans for civilian supremacy, by CK Lal (nt 26/06/2009)

SC scraps rigid trafficking clause (ht 26/06/2009)

Witchcraft accused recounts her woes, by Jabarun Khatun (ht 26/06/2009)

Crime escalates in Bara, police say public support on the wane, by Laxmi Sah (kp 26/06/2009)

Entrepreneurs, professionals slam govt over growing insecurity (nn 26/06/2009)

Principal thrashes students (kp 25/06/2009)

Abducted school boy rescued (nn 25/06/2009)

Police arrest leaders of two armed outfits in Terai (nn 25/06/2009)

It is a very alarming situation for which the Home Ministry has to think seriously on the strategies (ht 25/06/2009)

Two-wheeler theft on the rise in Valley (ht 25/06/2009)

Student unions for tougher law to check crime (ht 25/06/2009)

Abduction cases on the rise, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 24/06/2009)

DIG: Legal tooth lacking to fight organized crime (kp 24/06/2009)

Death threat for scribe (ht 24/06/2009)

Culture of violence (ht 23/06/2009)

Vandals target THT printing press (ht 23/06/2009)

UML cadre shot dead in Dhanusha (nn 23/06/2009)

Pocket-less uniform to curb theft in TIA (ht 23/06/2009)

Abducted kid returns home after 6 yrs, by Surendra Kafle (ht 23/06/2009)

Businessman kidnapped (ht 23/06/2009)

7 kidnappers nabbed, driver among them: Sarada abduction plot hatched behind bars, by Baburam Kharel (kp 22/06/2009), Gang behind trader's kidnapping busted (rep 22/06/2009)

Villagers beat two persons to death in accusation of murder attempt (nn 22/06/2009)

Girl's body found 17 days after her kidnapping (rep 22/06/2009), Students close down Kalimati area demanding action against colleague's murderer (nn 22/06/2009), Police unveil key suspect (kp 23/06/2009), Khyati’s murderer arrested, made public (nn 23/06/2009), When teacher kidnaps, kills his own pupil!, by Purushottam Khatri (rn 23/06/2009), A life snatched away (kp 23/06/2009), School protests media misinformation (ht 23/06/2009), Higher-secondary schools close in protest of student’s murder (nn 23/06/2009), Schools protest student’s murder (ht 24/06/2009), Schools shut down across nation: Students continue to protest Khyati’s murder (kp 24/06/2009), Plus Two schools closed over Khyati’s murder (rn 24/06/2009), Police find college students' severed head in Raniban (nn 24/06/2009), Khyati murder: Cops find head, ransom money (kp 25/06/2009), Khyati’s mutilated remains found on Capital’s outskirts (ht 25/06/2009), Police make other gory disclosures on abducted college girl's murder (nn 25/06/2009), Students rally for severe punishment to Khyati's murderer, police suspect main accused could be a serial killer (nn 25/06/2009)

Dacoits bring terror to quiet Sunsari VDC (kp 21/06/2009)

106 cases of attack on journos last year: Report (rn 21/06/2009)

Woman beaten for ‘witchcraft’ (kp 21/06/2009)

Take action against guilty (rep 21/06/2009)

Church bombing & secularity, by Ramesh Khatry (rep 21/06/2009)

YCL attack school teacher in Syangja (rep 21/06/2009)

Victims' families move Appellate Court (kp 19/06/2009)

More girls forced to sex trade in India (rn 19/06/2009/jun/jun18/news08.php">'Violence against women in politics exists in many forms' (nn 18/06/2009), Activists vow to end violence against women (kp 19/06/2009)

Hooch scare comes again (nn 18/06/2009)

Labourer shot dead in Nawalparasi (nn 18/06/2009)

Rs. 1.7 mn robbed (kp 18/06/2009)

Abduction scare haunts Marwaris, by Baburam Kharel (kp 17/06/2009)

Violence against women up by 25 pc last month, by Yogesh Pokharel (rn 17/06/2009)

Superstitious locals beat ‘witch’to a pulp (ht 17/06/2009)

Nepal needs to do a lot to prevent human trafficking: Report (nn 17/06/2009), US: Nepal should do more to eliminate human trafficking (kp 18/06/2009)

Living people enlisted as dead to claim cash benefits (rn 16/06/2009)

Maoist unionists assault Gemini departmental store owner, relatives (rep 16/06/2009)

YCL cadre found dead (ht 15/06/2009), NHRC initiates investigation on Phuyal’s death; death due to poison (nn 16/06/2009)

YCL attack vehicles of doctor, journo (rep 15/06/2009), Maoists vandalise Kantipur vehicle, rough up journos (kp 16/06/2009)

Maoist arrested for businessman’s murder (ht 15/06/2009)

Students thrashed for flunking test, by Somnath Bastola (ht 15/06/2009)

Dowry main reason for anti-woman violence (rn 14/06/2009)

Kidnap bid on schoolgirl foiled (kp 12/06/2009), Others behind foiled bid (kp 13/06/2009)

SC order to bring criminals to justice (ht 13/06/2009)

Two missing girls found dead (nn 12/06/2009)

Law and disorder: A generation for which impunity is the norm, by Mallika Aryal (nt 12/06/2009)

Govt staff properties under wraps (kp 11/06/2009)

Drunk cops beat journalist, by Somnath Bastola (ht 11/06/2009)

Police seize guns, bombs in Banke (nn 11/06/2009)

Insurance company’s defiance comes to light, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 11/06/2009)

Main accused in Dalit torture case arrested (kp 11/06/2009), Kalli Kumari’s tormentor held, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 11/06/2009)

Police raid casinos (nn 11/06/2009)

Expedite execution: Education alone has not been able to curb violence against women, the Act must be implemented urgently (ht 10/06/2009)

Sunsari woman meted out inhumane treatment (kp 09/06/2009)

Police shoot dead motorcyclist; locals protest (kp 08/06/2009)

Kantipur vehicle torched (kp 07/06/2009)

Cannabis farming goes unchecked, by Sanjeev Satgainya (kp 07/06/2009)

Beef spurs fighting, curfew (kp 07/06/2009)

NHRC chief: Parties shielding criminals (kp 07/06/2009)

Encroachment on rise in Nagarkot (kp 07/06/2009)

Maoist cadre assaulted by UML cadres succumbs to injuries (nn 06/06/2009)

Thieves rob 3 offices of Rs. 450,000 (kp 06/06/2009)

Threat to life forces teachers to flee homes (ht 05/06/2009)

Kirant party’s donation drive troubles eastern districts, by Dilip Khatri (ht 04/06/2009)

Dispute turns violent,nine houses pulled down, by Krishna Prasad Dhakal (ht 04/06/2009)

Gang decamps with Rs 6 lakh looted from bank (ht 03/06/2009)

Looting incidents worry Nepalgunj (rn 02/06/2009)

Banda Blues, by Sunny Mahat (kp 02/06/2009), Public at large face bandh fury, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (ht 02/06/2009)

NA accused of violating SC order on welfare fund (ht 02/06/2009)

Outnumbered police face smugglers’heat, by Yubaraj Puri (ht 01/06/2009)

OHCHR demands probe panel on forced disappearances (rn 01/06/2009)

NC district prez attacked by Maoists (nn 01/06/2009)

Mystery behind death on the street, by Kamal Raj Sigdel and Baburam Kharel (kp 01/06/2009)

Action now (nt 29/05/2009), Church blast: Toll rises to 3 (ht 01/06/2009), Church blast toll reaches three (nn 01/06/2009), Police nab the prime accused (kp 03/06/2009), Woman arrested for blast in church (ht 03/06/2009), Police nab woman accused in church blast (rn 03/06/2009), Goodwill hunting: The sophistication of the church blast hints there is more to it than meets the eye (kp 05/06/2009), Crimes against religion are inexcusable, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 07/06/2009), In this together, by Santosh Yonjan (kp 11/06/2009)

Clash over party venue (ht 16/05/2009)

Committee push to implement the Domestic Violence Act (ht 16/05/2009)

Three cops accused of taking bribe, by Ratna Prasad Acharya (ht 16/05/2009)

Protesters hurt in police action (ht 15/05/2009)

Rumour mill agog over abduction of schoolchildren (ht 15/05/2009)

Kidnapping accused burnt alive (ht 15/05/2009)

Robberies, rape rock capital (kp 15/05/2009)

Two shot at in Lahan (nn 15/05/2009)

Kidnapping slur on police personnel, by Rabi Dahal (ht 14/05/2009)

In two yrs, 16 missing children found dead (kp 13/05/2009)

Jute Mill staff indulge in smuggling, by Bedraj Poudel (kp 13/05/2009)

APF staffers turn rogues, by Shivaraj Bhatta (ht 12/05/2009)

DDC official shot at (nn 12/05/2009), Two govt staff, civilian shot at (kp 13/05/2009)

Five doctors thrashed, by Shekhar Regmi (ht 11/05/2009)

Three killed as cop opens fire (kp 10/05/2009)

Maoists carry out thrash threat, by Surendra Kafle (ht 10/05/2009)

Maoists seize 25 bighas in Bara: Turn a blind eye to the CPA (ht 09/05/2009), Maoist union grabs land (kp 10/05/2009)

Three killed, five injured in Saptari firing (nn 09/05/2009)

Businessman hacked to death (kp 09/05/2009)

Rape slur on fruit vendor (ht 09/05/2009)

Spread awareness about bill against domestic violence, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 08/05/2009)

Petroleum dealer gives abductors the slip, by Mahendra Thapa (ht 08/05/2009)

2 killed in cold blood (kp 08/05/2009)

Close shave for teachers’ leader (ht 08/05/2009)

Post-graduate student accused of torturing wife for dowry (ht 07/05/2009)

Maoists vandalise UML office: Ramechhap Rampage, by Tika Bhatta (kp 07/05/2009)

Major crimes down in Valley, by Baburam Kharel (kp 02/05/2009), Criminal gangs thriving in capital, by Rabi Dhami (ht 03/05/2009)

Despite triple tragedy Situ on compensation quest, by Ghanashyam Ojha (rep 03/05/2009), Amnesty launches a year-long campaign for justice for conflict victims in Nepal, by Kosh Raj Koirala (Asian Tribune 03/05/2009)

Matrika slaps cop (kp 02/05/2009)

NHRC takes govt to task over case withdrawals, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 01/05/2009)

Three years on, Belbari victims seek compensation, by Manoj Shrestha (ht 01/05/2009) [This is only one of the numerous unsolved crimes of the 'honest' army that should be explained by Katawal before he is dismissed!!]

SC directive on discrimination in Nepali Army (ht 01/05/2009)

Child kidnapping news terrorises Sindhuli dist (rn 01/05/2009), Abduction Rumours (rn 02/05/2009), Believe It Or Not (rn 02/05/2009)

Businessmen accuse CDO of extortion, by Rabi Dahal (ht 01/05/2009)

Tharus torch eight VDC offices in Dang (ht 30/04/2009)

Armed gangs kill 15 citizens in six months (rn 30/04/2009)

Indian criminals unleash terror (kp 29/04/2009)

Hobbesian anarchy: The lawlessness in the Tarai seems to have led to societal breakdown (kp 29/04/2009)

Beware!, by LB Thapa (rn 29/04/2009)

Abductors demand crores as ransom, by Mahendra Thapa (ht 28/04/2009), Abductors ask 32 million in ransom to release businessman (nn 28/04/2009)

Inspector held on rape charge (ht 28/04/2009)

Tharus set fire to bus (rn 26/04/2009)

Maoists shut down radio station (ht 26/04/2009), Nepal Maoists threaten to bomb radio station, enforce shutdown (Hindustan Times, 26/04/2009)

‘Traitor killed Thaiba’ (kp 25/04/2009)

Cheating Spree (rn 25/04/2009)

Cases of child abduction increasing in the Terai districts (nn 24/04/2009)

Illegal parking operators short-charging motorists, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 23/04/2009)

ANNISU-R slight for TU officials (ht 23/04/2009), Academicians criticise ANNISU-R's unruly act (ht 24/04/2009), INSEC comes down heavily on ANNISU-R (ht 24/04/2009), ANNISU-R activists justify crime, gherao DAO (ht 24/904/2009), Demoralising university authorities unethical: Politics in higher education, by Mana Prasad Wagley (ht 24/04/2009), Lawmakers want guilty in dock (kp 24/04/2009), Bad fellas: Yet another indication that the Maoists have no intention to follow the rule of law (kp 24/04/2009), Manhandling of TU VC serious crime: DPM (rn 24/04/2009), ANNISU-Revolutionary’s action draws flak; police initiates action against the arrested (nn 24/04/2009), ANNISU-R:TU incident a minorgainst the arrested (nn 24/04/2009), ANNISU-R:TU incident a minor one (kp 25/04/2009) [???], Stern action for students involved in tar campaign: Sah (ht 25/04/2009), Teachers’ Plight, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 26/04/2009), PM told to book guilty (kp 27/04/2009), ANNISU-R apologises, but protests on (ht 27/04/2009))

FSU president beaten black & blue (ht 22/04/2009)

A refugee shot dead (nn 22/04/2009), Bhutanese refugee leader gunned down in Nepal camp (Irish Sun 22/04/2009)

Feminist Dalit body bays for culprits' blood (ht 21/04/2009), Dalit's tormentors in dock (ht 26/04/2009), Two perpetrators behind bars (kp 27/04/2009), Kalli’s date with hollow promises, by Renu Kshetry (kp 29/04/2009), Kalli Kumari to return home today (ht 11/05/2009)

Two killed in Bara (ht 21/04/2009)

Angry students vandalise campus, by Somnath Bastola (ht 21/04/2009)

Lumbini Zonal Police lash out at parties (ht 21/04/2009)

Armed Tarai outfit detonates bomb (ht 21/04/2009)

Public-police curb criminal acts in Imadol, by Kokila KC (ht 20/04/2009)

NGO rescues 10 girls from Muglin: Victims being taken to Kuwait for menial work (ht 20/04/2009), Waiting for justice: Tough measures need to be taken against human traffickers (kp 21/04/2009)

A heroic tale of courage under fire: Teenager saves elder sister,campaigns against flesh trade (ht 20/04/2009)

Pastor evicts granddaughter from home (kp 19/04/2009)

Two priests hacked to death in Pokhara (nn 19/04/2009), Sadhu, priest meet gory end in Kaski (ht 20/04/2009)

Two children killed by stray bomb (nn 19/04/2009)

Nine out of 10 divorce cases in capital fake!, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 17/04/2009)

Kin thrash 75-year-old for witchcraft, by Himal Dhungel (ht 17/04/2009), 75-yr-old moves DAO for justice (kp 18/04/2009)

Action initiated to 19 police personnel in Rupandehi (rn 17/04/2009)

Three killed by unidentified gang in Ilam (nn 17/04/2009)

One shot dead in Janakpur, two other died in separate accidents (nn 17/04/2009)

Rs 1.2 million robbed from bank in Morang (nn 16/04/2009), Daylight heist in Morang (ht 17/04/2009)

Parties sheltering criminals: Home Minster Gautam (ht 16/04/2009)

Youth killed in Syangja clash (kp 16/04/2009)

CDO gives word to investigate, by Abadesh Kumar Jha (kp 15/04/2009)

Nepalgunj hospital vandalised after patient's death (nn 14/04/2009)

Casteist Brahmin gets 3-black;">Man nabbed with nine sets of detonators (rn 14/04/2009)

Seven-yr battle for justice: Woman’s struggle to find missing hubby (kp 13/04/2009)

Women activists march for rights (kp 13/04/2009), Law to curb domestic violence soon (ht 13/04/2009), Drive against domestic violence (ht 14/04/2009), Call to implement domestic violence Act (ht)

Perpetrator of caste-based discrimination convicted (nn 13/04/2009)

Woman burnt alive for alleged kidnap attempt (nn 13/04/2009), Alleged kidnapper burnt to death (kp 14/04/2009), Woman set on fire in Nepal (Gulf Times 14/04/2009)

Dom community deprived of using water of public wall (rn 12/04/2009)

NSU leaders held in Siraha (kp 11/04/2009)

Candidate abducted on poll-eve (kp 10/04/2009), CPN (ML) candidatekidnapped in Dhanusha (rn 10/04/2009)

Furore over Dalit torture: PM urged to crack whip on errant headmistress  (ht 10/04/2009), BK's torturers still at large (ht 12/04/2009)

Parties slam necessary evil - donation drive (ht 10/04/2009)

Unsuccessful candidates torch school (ht 10/04/2009)

Abducted 7-year-old boy rescued (rn 10/04/2009)

Reporters’ Club Chairman Rishi Dhamala freed by Appellate Court (nn 10/04/2009), Dhamala set free after languishing for 66 days in jail (ht 11/04/2009), Order to free Dhamala on normal date (kp 11/04/2009), Dhamala formally released (ht 13/04/2009)

NC activist meets a gory end in Nuwakot (kp 09/04/2009), NC cadre brutally murdered in Nuwakot (nn 09/04/2009)

Tardy compensation process irks consumers, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 09/04/2009)

Discrimination over caste, by Tika R Pradhan (ht 08/04/2009)

Maoist cadres assault govt lawyer for defending murder case in Surkhet (nn 08/04/2009)

Teenager’s kidnappers in police net (ht 07/04/2009)

Driver shot for defying ‘bandh’ in Gorkha; public vehicles off the road in protest (nn 07/04/2009)

Unidentified armed group storms police post in W Nepal (Xinhua 07/04/2009), Police post vandalised (kp 08/04/2009)

Morang by-election candidate assaulted; Biratnagar remains shut in protest (nn 07/04/2009), Chure Bhawar candidate thrashed (rn 08/04/2009)

Police thrash civilian (kp 06/04/2009)

Brutal husband snuffs out wife's life (ht 06/04/2009)

Kidnappers of former Singapore cop nabbed (ht 06/04/2009)

Vehicle operators call ID card bluff, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (kp 04/04/2009)

Three youths found slain in Dhanusha (nn 04/04/2009), Brutal murder triggers outrage, by Monika Jha (kp 05/04/2009), Unidentified gang kills three Maoist cadres (Gulf Times 05/04/2009), School principal among three hacked to death (ht 05/04/2009)

New plan in offing to curb crime in Valley, by Ravi Dhami (ht 03/04/2009)

Maoist nod to present Sujit before the court (ht 02/04/2009) [It does not need the nod of any political party to present alleged offenders before the court!!]

Biratnagar tense after student's killing (nn 02/04/2009), Youth Force cadre killed: Finger of suspicion points to YCL (ht 03/04/2009)

Eight held for gang rape, by Durgalal KC (kp 02/04/2009)

US embassy official's vehicle hits youth, victim left lying on road (ht 01/04/2009)

My perspective: Violence against Woman in Nepal, by Rukmanee Maharjan (tg 01/04/2009)

Maoist hurt in clash dies (ht 01/04/2009)

Cops accused of taking bribe (ht 01/04/2009)

Murder incorporated: That political murder continues three years after the conflict is troublesome (kp 30/03/2009)

Dalits to intensify stir (ht 30/03/2009), Three commissions to work together in witchcraft case (nn 30/03/2009), Pact to nab BK torture suspect (ht 31/03/2009), Lawmakers to grill Gautam (kp 03/04/2009)

Vehicles torched, ANNFSU candidates nabbed (ht 30/03/2009)

Disappearance ordinance flawed, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 29/03/2009)

Ex-minister stages vehicle stunt (kp 29/03/2009)

Law to curb domestic violence (kp 28/03/2009)

Student gunned down, by Rabi Dahal (ht 27/03/2009)

Rupandehi tense after YF cadre's death; indefinite curfew imposed (nn 27/03/2009), Outrage against murder (kp 29/03/2009), Dahal clean chit to party (kp 29/03/2009)

Open border major challenge for controlling money laundering: NRB (nn 27/03/2009)

Unidentified gunmen shoot one, police kill two in Birgunj (nn 26/03/2009)

Nepalgunj grapples with worsening law and order, by Surendra Kafle (ht 26/03/2009)

Valley taxis thrive on tampered meter, by Yadav Raj Joshi (ht 26/03/2009)

Biratnagar sees surge in crime (kp 25/03/2009)

'Witch' gets a raw deal, by Tika R Pradha (ht 25/03/2009), Woman charged with practicing witchcraft rescued (nn 27/03/2009), 24-hour ultimatum to arrest culprits (ht 28/03/2009)

Journos beware! Nepal more dangerous than Pak, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 24/03/2009), Journos beware! Nepal more dangerous than Pak, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 24/03/2009), Nepal 8th unsafe place for journos (kp 24/03/2009), FNJ flays attacks on journalists (ht 24/03/2009)

One dies as bomb explodes in Nepalgunj (rn 24/03/2009)

Man’s cheating saga lands him in prison (kp 23/03/2009)

Radio station vandalised in Butwal (ht 22/03/2009)

THT scribe issued death threat (ht 22/03/2009), THT journalist seeks security (ht 25/03/2009), Displaced THT journalist returns home: Maoist leader apologises for threatening him (ht 29/03/2009)

Hundreds of families displaced in Bara due to threats of attack (nn 22/03/2009)

Maoists seize 15 persons’ land: Defy district leaders’direction to return the property, by Shekhar Regmi (ht 22/03/2009)

Call to save NSU activist’s life (ht 21/03/2009)

One killed, scores hurt in FSU polls (kp 20/03/2009)

Woman killed for failing to bring dowry (nn 20/03/2009)

Press post mortem: Uma Singh was killed for her investigative reporting: IFJ (nt 20/03/2009) [see IFJ report]

Telecom plagued by cable theft (kp 20/03/2009), Cable theft hits phone services in Bhaktapur (ht 20/03/2009)

Police seize modern weapons in capital: Nabbed persons 'linked' to gangster Chhote Rajan (ht 19/03/2009), Cops say arm clues available (kp 20/03/2009)

SC order to free minor (ht 19/03/2009)

VAT theft accused detain revenue intelligence men: RB Complex raid sparks 5-hour altercation (ht 17/03/2009), Capital’s main commercial hub closed in protest of RID’s action against traders (nn 17/03/2009), Arrest warrant against eight businessmen (kp 18/03/2009), RID to haul traders to court (ht 18/03/2009)

Sorry saga of a conflict-hit woman: Family members expel her,claim relief provided by govt, by Ratna Prasad Acharya (ht 17/03/2009)

Pyuthan attack: SC calls govt's bluff, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 16/03/2009), Court order for release of falsely-accused: Home secy, IGP in soup for lying to SC (kp 17/03/2009), Contempt slur on Home Secy, IGP, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 17/03/2009), SC initiates action against home secy and IGP for contempt of court (nn 17/03/2009), Supreme Court frees duo detained in Pyuthan (ht 19/03/2009), Home Secretary, IGP appear before SC (ht 23/03/2009)

Manpower agents face minister’s ire, by Shyamsundar Shashi (kp 16/03/2009)

Workplace Romeos beware, by Baburam Kharel (kp 15/03/2009)

Police nab French 'paedophile', by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 15/03/2009), ‘Paedophile’ under immigration probe (kp 16/03/2009), Interpol blamed for delayed arrest of French paedophile, by Tika R Pradhan (ht 22/03/2009)

Bomb explodes in NC Nepalgunj office (nn 14/03/2009), Bomb blast at Banke district office (rn 15/03/2009), Bomb blast at Maoist office (nn 15/03/2009)

Nepal's 'confined women' want freedom, by Charles Haviland (One World South Asia 13/03/2009)

Manange sent to jail (kp 13/03/2009)

All For Money, by Shyam K.C. (rn 12/03/2009)

Court continues hearing on Dhamala case (kp 12/03/2009), Dhamala verdict today (kp 13/03/2009), Rishi Dhamala's bail fate to be decided today (ht) 13/03/2009), FNJ forms probe panel (kp 13/03/2009), Court respite for Dhamala (kp 14/03/2009), Dhamala gets bail, but still in jail (ht 14/03/2009)

Public vehicles spawn sexual harassment, by Sabin Chandra Acharya (ht 12/03/2009)

Extortion threat compels family to mull relocation (ht 12/03/2009)

88 huts torched (kp 11/03/2009)

Victims Await Justice From New Government: Lack of Action on Accountability Could Fuel More Rights Abuses (Human Rights Watch 10/03/2009), Rights groups ask Nepal to prosecute Maoists, security forces (Hindustan Times 10/03/2009), Plea to book law violators (kp 11/03/2009), Rokaya slams govt over impunity, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 11/03/2009)

Intoxicated soldiers beat up locals (nn 10/03/2009), Inebriated army men go berserk, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 11/03/2009),  Erring soldiers to face Nepal Army music (kp 12/03/2009)

Civil servant deployed for opinion collection found dead (nn 09/03/2009)

Clamour to shield rights defenders (kp 09/03/2009)

Journalists 'tortured' to reveal Dhamala's role (ht 09/03/2009)

Unholy culture affects girls (rn 09/03/2009)

Pending robbery case against PM (kp 08/03/2009)

Disappearances in Nepal: Addressing the past, securing the future, briefing paper (International Commission of Jurists 07/03/2009)

Two killed in Mahottari blast (nn 07/03/2009), Two killed in blast (ht 08/03/2009)

Nepalese Women Free From War but Not Violence, by Rosalie Hughes (Alert Net 06/03/2009)

Warning to book banda imposers (kp 06/03/2009) [This has been overdue for long!!!], Dr. Bhattarai warns strikers of sending jail (rn 06/03/2009), Ban bandas: Anyone, anywhere can shut down Nepal for any reason, by Mallika Aryal (nt 06/03/2009)

Prosecuting for rampaging of public properties, by Trilochan Upreti (sp 06/03/2009)

Five ‘smugglers’ in net (kp 06/03/2009)

Fake brand tags, by Sumati Maharjan (kp 05/02/2009)

Four YCL cadres arrested for Rukum attack (ht 04/03/2009)

Editor of weekly attacked (ht 04/03/2009)

Selling innocence, by Colin Todhunter (kp 04/03/2009)

24 injured in YCL attack, by Krishna Gautam (kp 02/03/2009), YCL cadres take on political opponents (ht 02/03/2009), Life affected in Maoist heartland due to bandh (ht 03/03/2009), Nembang trains gun on govt (ht 03/03/2009)

Khayar logs released on Bam Dev Gautam's order, by Damodar Bhandary (ht 02/03/2009)

NC CA member held for sex trade (ht 01/03/2009), Police to file case of Public Offense against CA member for illegal sex trade (nn 01/03/2009)

Nepal Army guilty of Maoists' seizure sin, by Rajesh Prasad Barma (ht 28/02/2009)

Three die after consuming tainted liquor in Illam (nn 28/02/2009), Hooch kills three, turns four blind (kp 01/03/2009)

Officer assaulted, by Janak Nepal (kp 27/02/2009)

Dalits compelled to drink polluted water (rn 27/02/2009)

Banke women bearing threats of violence, by Sirajuddin Khan (rn 27/02/2009)

Violence against women, girl trafficking continues (rn 27/02/2009)

Bandh generation (ht 27/02/2009),  Barricades to growth: The highway to Nepal's progress is blocked, by Artha Beed (nt 27/02/2009), TMLP strike affects life adversely in Terai districts (nn 27/02/2009), TMDP flexes bandh muscle in Tarai, normal life paralysed (ht 28/02/2009)

Opium farmers 'detain' policemen, journos (nn 27/02/2009), Opium farmers clash with cops; 15 hurt (ht 01/03/2009)

Growing impunity tramples upon rule of law, by Prakash Acharya (ht 26/02/2009), Ending impunity (kp 26/02/2009), Prez told about rising impunity (ht 27/02/2009)

YCL to punish ‘criminals’ (kp 26/02/2009) [This is criminal by itself and means nothing but anarchy!!]

Dalits denied access to drinking water, by Byas Shankar Upadhyay (ht 26/02/2009)

Women mostly ‘raped in daytime’ (kp 26/02/2009)

Woman expelled on marriage dowry (rn 26/02/2009)

Two held with fake citizenship (rn 26/02/2009)

IGP: Political will key to curb crime (kp 25/02/2009), IGP Thakuri calls for anti-terrorism law (ht 25/02/2009)

Crime on rise in border areas: Govt (ht 25/02/2009)

Contradictions galore in ordinance on missing, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 24/02/2009)

Thousands take to streets against child’s abduction (ht 23/02/2009)

Police destroy opium farms (nn 23/02/2009), Marijuana cultivation on rise (kp 24/02/2009)

Police wake up to rising crime (kp 22/02/2009)

Courage saves girl from losing both her kidneys (rn 22/02/2009)

Nepal narco trade hub: UN report (kp 21/02/2009)

Getting away with murder, by Sushma Joshi (kp 21/02/2009)

Ex-VDC chief abducted (kp 21/02/2009)

Fake cosmetic products hitting market, police nab distributors in capital (Urn 21/02/2009)

Maoist union shuts Salyan school, 1,700 students hit (kp 20/02/2009) [Prohibiting children from learning is always a crime!!]

Radio journalist shot at, injured (kp 20/02/2009), Another journalist gunned down in Nepal’s Terai plains (Gulf Times 20/02/2009)

Red activists killed 21, abducted 326 (kp 19/02/2009)

Villagers stay ‘landless’ due to govt apathy, by DR Pant (kp 19/02/2009)

Large amount of Indian fertilizers being smuggled to Nepal (nn 19/02/2009)

Does your cooking gas cylinder weigh less?, by Eliza Tuladhar (ht 18/02/2009)

Human rights organisations appeal for early end of impunity (nn 18/02/2009), Impunity goes on: OHCHR-N (kp 19/02/2009)

Man held with leopard hides (ht 18/02/2009)

Aggrieved locals halt traffic, vandalise four vehicles in Ilam (ht 18/02/2009)

Dacoits gun down 60-yr-old (ht 18/02/2009)

Govt: 339 willful defaulters, by Prithviman Shrestha (kp 17/02/2009)

Illegal cloth entering Tarai (kp 17/02/2009)

Factory staff shot dead in Janakpur (nn 17/02/2009)

Four yrs on, Bandarmude awaits justice, by Renu Kshetry (kp 16/02/2009)

'Lack of progress in Maina Sunuwar case an example of culture of impunity' (nn 16/02/2009)

Matrika: Maoists killed journo Sah (kp 16/02/2009)

Fake documents for damages, by Arjun Shah (kp 16/02/2009)

SC upholds detention of ‘killer’ Jivit (ht 16/02/2009), SC upholds Appellate Court decision to keep Maoist Commander 'Jivit' in custody until final verdict (nn 16/02/2009)

Two poachers arrested for killing deer (ht 16/02/2009)

'Single women likely to be victimised' (ht 15/02/2009), More women under threat of violence (rn 15/02/2009)

Over 200,000 Nepali girls being trafficked to Indian red light areas (Xinhua 15/02/2009), ‘Monthly over 7000 girls being trafficked to India’ (rn 15/02/2009) 518 trafficked girls from Nepal in New Delhi jail (Gulf Times 15/02/2009), Thousands of girls ‘being trafficked’ to India (Gulf Times 16/02/2009)

Squatters' settlement set ablaze (ht 15/02/2009)

Sharma: Commission on disappeared on horizon (kp 15/02/2009)

Property worth four million looted (nn 15/02/2009)

Blast at OHCHR Nepalgunj office (kp 14/02/2009), NHRC condemns bomb attack at OHCHR office; asks govt to beef up security (nn 14/02/2009), Attack on OHCHR office condemned (ht 15/02/2009), Bomb attack on UN office flayed: Govt urged to book the attackers (kp 15/02/2009)

Fake abductions to extort parents, by Baburam Kharel (kp 13/02/2009)

Anarchy in the east: All the disparate groups of young men share is making threats of violence, by Deepak Rauniyar (nt 13/02/2009)

Gautam: Security better (kp 12/02/2009)

Aid meant for refugees misused, by Binod Bhandari (kp 12/02/2009)

Humlis: NFC officials corrupt, by Jai Bahadur Rokaya (kp 12/02/2009)

Govt initiates action against wilful defaulters (kp 12/02/2009)

Six robbers in police net (ht 12/02/2009)

Kapilvastu victims’ shelters sold illegally (rn 11/02/2009)

PM's PA survives assassination bid (ht 10/02/2009), Attack cowardice: PM, 15 suspected of assault nabbed (rn 11/02/2009)

VDC offices torched (ht 10/02/2009)

Maoists are laying disappearance blame on state's door, interview with Prakash Sharan Mahat, Nepali Congress (ht 10/02/2009)

NA-displaced await damages (kp 09/02/2009) [One of the numerous crimes of the army!!]

SC reopens dacoity case against APF men (ht 09/02/2009)

Pyuthan police post attacked; cop killed (ht 08/02/2009) [Obviously, radical Janajati organizations also seem to become more militant!], Cop killed as armed men storm police post in Pyuthan (kp 08/02/2009), Pyuthan attack: Cops on hunt for attackers, by Numaraj Khanal and Kashiram Dangi (kp 09/02/2009), Post-police post attack combing op on, by Devendra Barma (ht 09/02/2009), Top security officials in Pyuthan to assess situation (nn 09/02/2009), Pyuthan assault: Outlawed outfit owns up attack, by Devendra Barma (ht 10/02/2009), Mongolian Army owns up responsibility for Pyuthan attacks (nn 10/02/2009), Two held for Pyuthan police post attack (ht 11/02/2009), Syaulibang folks reminded of insurgency days, by Numaraj Khanal and Kashiram Dangi (kp 12/02/2009), Mongol behind Pyuthan attack (kp 12/02/2009), Security forces hit by food shortage in Pyuthan (rn 12/02/2009), Rebel rebellion: Danger not just to the peace process, but of a brewing ethnic conflict, by J B Pun (nt 13/02/2009), Syaulibang attack: Suspects spill beans (kp 14/02/2009)

Ministry's call against chakkajams (ht 08/02/2009) [Strikes and chakkajams are a crime against the freedom rights of the Nepali people!]

The last one, by Sworup Nhasiju (kp 08/02/2009)

Domestic violence, by Suvechchha Poudel (kp 08/02/2009)

Police seizes one tonne marijuana from Nepal-India border (nn 08/02/2009)

UN hails SC order on disappearances (kp 06/02/2009)

Stop torture now, by Raj Kumar Siwakoti (kp 06/02/2009) [... and punish all those who have ever tortured, ordered torture and allowed torture!!]

Getting away with murder: Reporters are not supposed become news themselves, by Dirgharaj Upadhyay (nt 06/02/2009)

Freed Kamlaris denied wages, by Durgalal KC (kp 05/02/2009)

Govt withdraws journo Thakuri’s murder case, by Chitranga Thapa (kp 04/02/2009), FNJ ruffles govt feathers (kp 05/02/2009), Case withdrawal a ploy: Khanal (kp 08/02/2009)

Dhamala remanded to 14-day police custody; faces charges of extortion, bomb attacks (nn 04/02/2009), Journalist Dhamala detained (kp 04/02/2009), Dhamala remanded to 14-day custody (kp 05/02/2009), From news facilitator to newsmaker (ht 05/02/2009), SC asks police to produce Dhamala in court within three days (nn 05/02/2009), Dhamala's apartment raided (ht 06/02/2009), Cops raid Reporters’ Club (kp 07/02/2009), Dhamala's arrest a ploy to defame journalists: FNJ (ht 09/02/2009), Arrest in accordance with law: Police reply to apex court (kp 11/02/2009), Police defend Dhamala's arrest (ht 11/02/2009), Hearing begins in Dhamala case (ht 12/02/2009), Special bench to decide on journo’s habeas corpus (rn 13/02/2009), Detained Dhamala pleads innocence (ht 17/02/2009), Dhamala to face three charges (kp 18/02/2009), Concern over journo’s fate (ht 19/02/2009), Apex court upholds Dhamala detention (kp 20/02/2009), SC refuses to free detained journalists (ht 20/02/2009), Dhamala remanded to police custody for three more days (nn 22/02/2009), Dhamala remanded (kp 23/02/2009), Dhamala deposition postponed (kp 25/02/2009), Seven-year jail sought for Dhamala, two others (ht 25/02/2009), Another case against Dhamala (ht 27/02/2009), Rishi Dhamala, three others sent to jail (ht 28/02/2009)

Robberies in two districts (kp 03/02/2009)

FNJ: Women journalists face psychological terror (kp 03/02/2009)

FNJ blmes politicians for Singh's murder (ht 03/02/2009)

Dubai cops nab 12 Nepalis for human trafficking (kp 03/02/2009)

Teenager held with arms (ht 03/02/2009)

Foresters demand action against SP (ht 03/02/20.thehimalayantimes.com/HT/HT/2009/02/03/ArticleHtmls/03_02_2009_005_013.shtml?Mode=1">Foresters demand action against SP (ht 03/02/2009)

Threatened traders seek safe haven (ht 03/02/2009)

Protest over custody death, by Rajendra Bhatta (ht 02/02/2009)

After 3 yrs, NA returns seized land in Kaski, by Bibhu Bhushal (ht 02/02/2009)

Man stabbed in Bara (ht 02/02/2009)

Ram Hari murder case forwarded to SC (ht 02/02/2009)

Dowry greed: Principal expels wife from home (kp 02/02/2009)

Dalit parents denied right to prayer (kp 02/02/2009)

Dalit girl raped (kp 01/02/2009)

Locals detain 22 robbers (nn 01/02/2009)

Parliamentary sub-committee formed to probe Mid-Marshyangdi scam (nn 01/02/2009), Panel to probe project delay: Mid-Marsyangdi under scanner (ht 02/02/2009), PAC to probe Marshyangdi delay (kp 02/02/2009), Spurious booze kills 4 persons, 16 critical, by Shiva Puri (kp 04/02/2009), Three more die, toll hits seven, by Shiva Puri (kp 06/02/2009)

Journalist threatened with death (kp 31/01/2009)

Dispensable victims, by Retika Rajbhandari (kp 01/02/2009)

No involvement in Joshi’s murder, says Labour Minister Bhatta (kp 31/01/2009)

IP strategy sought to counter piracy (kp 31/01/2009), Experts call for saving IPR (ht 31/01/2009)

Smuggling of chicken on rise (kp 31/01/2009), Foul play in fowl sale (ht 01/02/2009)

Civil servants misusing govt vehicles in Kapilvastu (rn 31/01/2009)

Jana Andolan-injured still in coma: Family seeks 'living martyr'status for him, by Kedar Timalsina (ht 30/01/2009)

4 held for spurious liquor sale (ht 29/01/2009), Police starts investigation on adulterated alcohol (nn 31/01/2009), Capital's market flush with hooch (ht 01/02/2009), Fake liquor racket busted (kp 01/02/2009), Market flooded with adulterated alcohol, by Purushottam Khatri (rn 01/02/2009), Three die after consuming tainted liquor in Rautahat (nn 03/02/2009), Tainted liquor kills one more each in Rautahat and Kathmandu (nn 05/02/2009)

Smugglers, APF clash in Biratnagar (ht 29/01/2009)

Gang-rape accused granted amnesty, by Shiva Puri (kp 28/02/2009) [Raping is a crime and has to be punished severely! Stop these politics of impunity immediately!!], NHRC: Govt promoting impunity (ht 28/01/2009)

Youths extorting drivers (ht 28/01/2009)

Lakhs, laptop stolen from TIA parking lot (ht 27/01/2009)

Girl hurt in explosion (ht 27/01/2009)

UML cadre found murdered in Banke (ht 27/01/2009)

Kin accuse Maoist leadership of hand in Ramhari killing (ht 27/01/2009)

Blast kills grocer (kp 26/01/2009)

Poachers handed over to police (nn 26/01/2009)

Prachanda vows to ban dowry, end untouchability (Gulf Times 26/01/2009), Nepal bans dowry, caste-based discrimination (One World South Asia 27/01/2009)

Balance custom, practices by guaranteeing child rights: SC; Says kumaris' should not be deprived of right to education, freedom of movement, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 25/01/2009)

Four more arrested in connection with Uma Singh murder (nn 25/01/2009), Sister-in-law, nephew among four arrested, by Dev Narayan Sah (kp 26/01/2009), Cops grilling Uma Singh’s sister-in-law (ht 27/01/2009), Five suspects made public, by Manika Jha (kp 30/01/2009), 'Masterminds' behind Uma Singh's killing made public, by Brij Kumar Yadav (ht 30/01/2009)

One killed, three injured in Rautahat blast (nn 25/01/2009), Another Rautahat blast victim dies (ht 27/01/2009)

Army, police & civil servants encroach govt land (rn 25/01/2009)

Civic body feasted on millions last year, by Rabi Dahal (ht 25/01/2009)

Secretary accused of misusing VDC funds (ht 25/01/2009)

Divorce a curse to Muslim women (rn 25/01/2009)

Youth hacked to death, body found (rn 25/01/2009)

edical feat saves battered woman's life, by Shivraj Bhatt (ht 24/01/2009)

2 capital-based journos threatened (kp 24/01/2009)

Gang stabs man to death (ht 24/01/2009)

DFO detained for nabbing 'smugglers', by Rajendra Bhatta (ht 24/01/2009), 19 criminals nabbed (kp 24/01/2009)

Petty crimes on the rise in Doti and Kailali districts (ht 24/01/2009)

Govt urged to make public condition of Dinesh Urab (rn 23/01/2009)

OHCHR concerned over risks to victims (nn 22/01/2009)

Special police units in East (kp 22/01/2009)

Maoists face land-grab charge (kp 22/01/2009)

Maoist pressure to free cadre (kp 22/01/2009)

Maoists to ‘legally’ keep seized mobikes (kp 22/01/2009)

Man gets jail for murder attempt on wife (rn 22/01/2009), Tortured homemaker pleads for justice: Fears her dowry-hungry in-laws may target again, by Surendra Kafle (ht 22/01/2009)

Kumal girls falling prey to ‘snatch marriage’, by Sanubaba Timalsina (kp 21/01/2009)

Cops seize bombs in Bardiya (kp 21/01/2009)

Ordinance for the disappeared, truth panels in offing, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 20/01/2009)

Armed gang attack on police post (ht 20/01/2009)

Breakthrough in Uma Singh's murder case (ht 19/01/2009), Clamour to book scribe’s killers (kp 19/01/2009), Protests to continue (kp 19/01/2009), Mediapersons protest Uma Singh's murder (ht 19/01/2009), House resolution seeks stern action against journo killers: Two held for Singh’s murder (kp 19/01/2009), Journo’s murder: FNJ unveils fresh protest (kp 20/01/2009), FNJ's protest enters second phase today (ht 20/01/2009), Another murder ‘suspect’ held (kp 20/01/2009), Babban says Maoist lawmaker behind journo murder (nn 20/01/2009), Another journo threatened (ht 20/01/2009), Maoist MP murdered Uma, Baban claims (kp 21/01/2009), Murder most foul, by Abhi Subedi (kp 20/01/2009), Property whiff behind Uma Singh's murder: TEP chairman owns up to crime, passes buck as mistaken identity, by Rajesh Prasad Barma (ht 20/01/2009), Protests against impunity continue (kp 20/01/2009), Maoist CA member rejects murder slur (nn 24/01/2009)

Pros call for fight against impunity (ht 19/01/2009)

No headway to end impunity: Martin; Parties doing little to implement past pacts, UN told (ht 18/01/2009), Govt flayed for rise in impunity (ht 18/01/2009)

Woman runs from pillar to post to find husband's whereabouts (ht 18/01/2009), No end to ordeal of conflict-hit (ht 18/01/2009), Report on missing (kp 18/01/2009)

CA member Babban Singh nabbed (ht 18/01/2009), Baban Singh in police net (kp 18/01/2009), CA member Babban Singh detained (nn 18/01/2009), Nepalese lawmaker arrested on murder charges (iht 18/01/2009), It’s a Maoists’ witch-hunt: Baban; Lawmaker Singh remanded, by Sujit Mahat (kp 19/01/2009), Three-day police remand for Babban Singh, by Rabi Dahal (ht 19/01/2009), Babban Singh hospitalised (nn 19/01/2009), Murder accused CA member hospitalised (kp 20/01/2009), 'Pain' lands Baban Singh in hospital (ht 20/01/2009), Babban Singh to be discharged today (nn 20/01/2009), Demos continue in southern districts as police produce murder-accused Babban Singh in court (nn 21/01/2009), Baban freed on general date (kp 22/01/2009), Baban Singh released on bail (rn 22/01/2009)

No ad collection in THT, AP for third day (ht 18/01/2009)

Underworld abduction ring busted (kp 17/01/2009), Kidnapping racket busted, five arrested (ht 17/01/2009)

APCA staff ‘threatened’ (kp 16/01/2009), Maoists threaten APCA-Nepal staff (ht 16/01/2009)

Offering boy to god still in practice, by Nabin Rijal (rn 16/01/2009)

Juvenile thieves a headache for cops, by Surya Mani Gautam (ht 15/01/2009)

Maoists honour murder-accused with CC membership (nn 15/01/2009)

The insecurity scourge, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 14/01/2009)

Crime slumps in Valley (kp 13/01/2009)

YCL, YF clashes terrorise locals (kp 13/01/2009)

Gang of motorbike thieves arrested (ht 13/01/2009)

Abducted kids give their tormentors the slip (ht 13/01/2009)

Lady journalist fighting against dowry system killed (nn 12/01/2009), Female journalist killed in southern Nepal (Monster and Critics, 12/01/2009), Female journalist murdered by mob (Daily Telegraph 12/01/2009), Janakpur erupts in protest, home minister under fire: Journo killed in cold blood, by Rabindra Upreti (kp 13/01/2009), Woman scribe done to death (ht 13/01/2009), Journalists protest killing of Uma Singh (rn 13/01/2009), Condemnations pour in against journo's killing (ht 13/01/2009), Nationwide protests held (ht 13/01/2009),  (nn 13/01/2009), Slain lady journalist's last rites performed; Janakpur shut in protest against murder (nn 13/01/2009), Journo's murder: Killing incites furore, Singh cremated (kp 14/01/2009), FNJ to continue stir (kp 14/01/2009), Protests held nationwide (ht 14/01/2009), MPs demand probe (kp 14/01/2009), Out of control (kp 14/01/2009), Govt to declare slain Uma Singh a martyr: Gautam (ht 14/01/2009), Govt asked to book Uma's murderers (ht 14/01/2009), FNJ: Journo’s killing politically motivated (kp 15/01/2009), Uma Singh killed to exact revenge: FNJ (ht 15/01/2009), Journos up in arms (ht 15/01/2009), Uma’s murder fuels protests (kp 15/01/2009), FNJ intensifies stir (kp 15/01/2009), FNJ submits memo to President, PM (nn 15/01/2009 15/01/2009), US, EU ask govt to probe, prosecute (kp 15/01/2009), Fight communal elements, says PM, by Kamal Panthi (kp 15/01/2009), PM Dahal objects to attempts linking Maoists in journalist murder; cancels visit to Scandinavian countries (nn 15/01/2009), Govt declares slain journalist martyr (kp 16/01/2009), Uma was epitome of courage, by Manika Jha (kp 16/01/2009), Denies Maoist involvement: Murderers will be booked: PM (kp 16/01/2009), A minister out of control, by Uma Singh [Uma Singh strongly took on Maoist minister Matrika Yadav in this column written before she was murdered this week] (nt 16/01/2009), "Why?", Uma Singh's last word, by Prashant Jha (nt 16/01/2009), Slain journalist’s mission remains unfulfilled: Uma Singh’s mother plans to shift to ‘safe place’to escape Maoists’wrath, by Rajesh Prasad Barma (ht 16/01/2009), Govt to nab killers: Mahara (ht 16/01/2009), EU condemns Uma Singh’s murder (ht 16/01/2009 16/01/2009), Barbarous Act (rn 16/01/2009)

41 sniffer dogs on round the clock duty for people’s security: Unsung heroes who stamp out crime (kp 12/01/2009)

Over 5,000 girls working as kamlaris in mid, far-west, by Damodar Bhandary (ht 12/01/2009)

Miscalculation lands robbers behind bars, by Numaraj Khanal (kp 12/01/2009)

Vehicles with CDOs shot at (ht 12/01/2009)

Carte blanche to Home Minister to bring UML cadre Devkota’s attackers to book (ht 09/01/2009)

Violence against women, men on rise in Makwanpur (rn 09/01/2009)

Midwives paid half at daughters’ birth, by Bechu Gaud (kp 08/01/2009)

Govt told to end Kamlari practice (kp 08/01/2009), Rights body urges govt to abolish kamlari custom (ht 08/01/2009), Former Kamlaris call on prez, PM (kp 09/01/2009), Cry to declare 5 districts free of Kamalari (ht 09/01/2009), UN urges end to Nepal's Kamalari practice (One World South Asia 09/01/2009), Kathmandu urged to search for missing girls (Gulf Times 09/01/2009)

Tarai armed outfit's cadres in police net (ht 08/01/2009)

Blast suspects in police net (kp 08/01/2009)

Govt defends decision to withdraw criminal cases (ht 07/01/2009)

Child marriage match-makers held (ht 07/01/2009)

‘Money transfer’ via cookers, rice sacks, by Surendra Subedi (kp 06/01/2009)

Journalist's 'assassin' held (ht 06/01/2009)

Rs 4 m looted from RBB Sinduli branch, security guard slain (nn 05/01/2009), Gory end to heist (kp), Rs 3.8 milion looted from RBB's Sindhuli branch (ht 06/01/2009), Looters kill bank guard, loot Rs 3.8 M in Sindhuli (rn 06/01/2009)

Maoist leader shot at (ht 04/01/2009)

Nepali girls sold in Mumbai brothels rescued (rn 04/01/2009)

Woes of rape victims, by Sarita Nepal (kp 03/01/2009)

Interim order against case withdrawal, by Post B Basnet (kp 02/01/2009)

8-year-old’s murder suspect arraigned (kp 01/01/2009), Man held for murder (ht 01/01/2009), Police makes Tamang public (rn 01/01/2009)

Two JTMM J cadres arrested (rn 01/01/2009)

Anti-extortion drive (kp 01/01/2009)

Blast at Sundhara, one hurt (nn 0101/2009), Another blast in capital, one hurt (kp 02/01/2009)

5-star food for detained union bosses (kp 31/12/2008), 5-star food for detained union bosses (kp 31/12/2008), Himalmedia attack- accused released on bail (nn 01/01/2009), Himalmedia attackers freed on bail (kp 02/01/2009), Himalmedia attack accused released on bail, to pay damages (ht 02/01/2009)

Young activists fight child marriage (kp 31/12/2008)

Newspaper office vandalised (rn 31/12/2008)

FNJ flays threat to Kantipur scribe, by Jitendra Khadga (kp 31/12/2008)

Criminal guilt, by Aditya Adhikari (kp 30/12/2008), Legal immunity objected (kp 31/12/2008)

Newspapers offices vandalized (kp 30/12/2008)

'Detainees buried in Shivapuri' (ht 30/12/2008), Strengthen commission on disappearances: NHRC (ht 30/12/2008)

‘Kidnapping for ransom, on charge of spying rampant in Terai’ (rn 30/12/2008)

Bennett condemns inaction on Ram Hari murder (ht 30/12/2008)

Five hurt in Sarlahi blast (ht 30/12/2008)

Himalmedia attack-accused remanded to 10-day police custody (nn 28/12/2008), Remand for Himal attackers (kp 29/12/2008)

Firearm smuggling rife in Rautahat (kp 28/12/2008)

Stolen vehicles hot in Dang, by Durgalal KC (kp 27/12/2008)

Customs evaders on police radar, by Prtihvi Man Shrestha (kp 28/12/2008)

Valley jewellry shop ‘robbed’ (kp 28/12/2008)

Missing girl’s remains found (rn 27/12/2008)

Ex-armymen want their money refunded (kp 27/12/2008)

Two arrested in connection with blast near TIA gate (nn 27/12/2008), 2 suspects detained, freed
Explosion near TIA hurts one (kp 28/12/2008), Security beefed in capital (rn 28/12/2008)

NHRC poser to govt on withdrawal of cases (ht 26/12/2008)

Woman tortured for less dowry in Baglung (rn 26/12/2008)

Armed outfits at forefront of human rights violation (rn 26/12/2008)

Land buyers hide income source (kp 25/12/2008)

Need to protect rights of women, child victims, witnesses of crime, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 25/12/2008)

Hotline boon for women victims, by Namoti Nembang (kp 23/12/2008), Women and violence, by Neelam Sharma (kp 24/12/2008)

Journalist Joshi’s murder probe begins (kp 23/12/2008), Joshi’s murder case in court sans proof (kp 24/12/2008)

Special police squad to combat Tarai crime, by Aman Koirala (kp 22/12/2008)

MMT commander Toophan Singh arrested (ht 22/12/2008)

‘Make status of disappeared people public’ (rn 22/12/2008), ICRC proposes changes in draft law on missing persons (nn 24/12/2008)

Poison victims' families halt traffic in Ilam district (ht 22/12/2008)

Explosion in Bara (ht 22/12/2008)

Blasts in offices of NSP and TMDP (nn 22/12/2008)

Fake currency kingpins in police net (ht 21/12/2008)

Himalmedia attacked again, dozen injured (ht 21/12/2008), Condemnations flow from political parties, NHRC: Maoist unionists attack Himal Media (kp 22/12/2008), Himalmedia staff, editors beaten up: Presidents of Maoist-affiliated trade unions led the attack; Martial arts experts involved: Dixit (ht 22/12/2008), PM blames 'party infiltrators' behind Himalmedia assault, assures probe into the incident (nn 22/12/2008) [??], Blank editorials in protest (kp 23/12/2008), Publishers, editors up in arms (ht 23/12/2008), Diplomatic missions flay attack (kp 23/12/2008), Attack on Himalmedia condemned (ht 23/12/2008), Six journos hurt in police action (htp://epaper.thehimalayantimes.com/HT/HT/2008/12/23/ArticleHtmls/23_12_2008_002_007.shtml?Mode=1">Six journos hurt in police action (ht 23/12/2008), Cops rain batons, 12 journos hurt (kp 23/12/2008), Maoist union warns APCA employees (kp 23/12/2008), Threat to Kantipur regional office (kp 23/12/2008), Himalmedia attack act of anarchy: PM, Rajendra Manandhar and Balkrishna Basnet (kp 23/12/2008) [Dissolve all your anarchy spreading organizations and bring the culprits behind bars, Mr Dahal! This is your only chance to preserve your national and international credibility as PM!!]

Cops kill one, injure 25, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 21/12/2008), Siraha tense over worker's killing in police firing (ht 21/12/2008)

ANNISU-R activists vandalise Kantipur City College (ht 21/12/2008)

Vehicles torched for defying bandh (ht 21/12/2008)

Give them back! The global effort against corruption focuses on the return of stolen assets, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 20/12/2008)

Army disappeared 156 in Bardiya: UN (kp 20/12/2008), UN hot on Bardiya case rights' violation heels (ht 20/12/2008), Former Government Responsible For Disappearances (Scoop 22/12/2008)

18 hurt as students, cops clash: Pulchowk Campus shut (kp 20/12/2008), NSU activists hurt in clashes with the police (ht 20/12/2008), NSU protest continuing (rn 21/12/2008), 12 protesting students injured in police action (rn 22/12/2008)

Workers’ savings at risk, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 20/12/2008)

Industrialists get abduction threat (kp 20/12/2008)

Cry against legal stamp on flesh trade (ht 20/12/2008)

APF man shot dead (kp 19/12/2008), APF head constable shot dead (ht 19/12/2008)

NSU demonstrations disrupt valley traffic (nn 19/12/2008), Khanal spits venom at NC, NSU (nn 19/12/2008)

Capital Of Crimes, byNarayan Upadhyay (rn 19/12/2008)

Students injured in police action (ht 19/12/2008)<="color: black;">Three robbery accused nabbed (ht 18/12/2008)

Teen slays woman (ht 18/12/2008)

Price par blow to adulteraters (ht 18/12/2008)

Cop allegedly kills lover (kp 17/12/2008)

Human remains found in Shivapuri: Report (nn 17/12/2008), No mass grave at Shivpuri: Probe, by Renu Kshetry (kp 18/12/2008), Shivapuri vase: NHRC rules out mass grave angle (ht 18/12/2008), Unearthing the truth: Forensic investigation into the 43 disappeared on Shivapuri finally begins to address impunity, by Mallika Aryal (nt 19/12/2008)

JTMM-J cadres gun down UML activist in Dhanusha (nn 17/12/2008)

Gangs involved in crimes in capital made public (rn 17/12/2008)

Smugglers using fake number plates, by Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht 17/12/2008)

Into thin air: The Disappearances Bill seeks cosmetic changes that’ll allow those guilty of crimes to to live in peace, by Sam Howard (kp 17/12/2008)

Kidnapping rackets busted (kp 16/12/2008)

Drink-driving, a licence to kill?, by Tika R Pradhan (ht 16/12/2008)

Law and disorder: The Maoists are creating a climate of near-total immunity for their cadres (kp 16/12/2008), Law and disorder (Asia News Network 16/12/2008)

UN calls to end discrimination (kp 16/12/2008)

Unruly acts condemned (kp 16/12/2008)

Officers, agents on tax evading spree (kp 16/12/2008)

Donation heat in Khotang (kp 15/12/2008)

Govt official gunned down in Janakpur (nn 15/12/2008), Tarai group kills govt staffer (kp 16/12/2008), Janakpur killing: Kin of accused held (ht 18/12/2008)

‘‘Witches’’ in Janakpur, by Suvechchha Poudel (kp 15/12/2008)

Maoists detain UML cadre for four hours (ht 13/12/2008)

Culprit Dipak arrested (rn 13/12/2008)

Sensitivity urged for VAW news (kp 12/12/2008)

93 killed in four months (rn 12/12/2008)

Highway bandits have a free run in Palpa, by Jagadish Bhattarai (ht 12/12/2008)

Police arrest gang leader Mukhiya (rn 11/12/2008)

Police laxity behind sharp rise in Kathmandu crime (nn 11/12/2008)

Star address falls prey to 'political' vandals (ht 10/12/2008)

Five in police net for carrying weapons (ht 10/12/2008)

Hire help at own peril: Extortionists take advantage of benefactors, by Tika R Pradhan (ht 10/12/2008)

'Most wanted' Shukre in police net (ht 09/12/2008)

Shivapuri case: Rights body to invite Finnish experts to facilitate probe (ht 08/12/2008)

Fake Rs 500 note rings alarm bell, by Santosh Chhetri (kp 07/12/2008), Man held with fake currency (ht 07/12/2008)

Curb gender violence with pro-women laws: CJ (kp 06/12/2008), Taming the beast (ht 08/12/2008), Violence against women increasing: CJ (rn 08/12/2008)

Headmaster accused of corporal punishment (ht 06/12/2008)

17 cops, farmers hurt in clashes (kp 05/12/2008), 18 cops hurt in clash with farmers (ht 05/12/2008)

Power theft rife along border, by Binod Bhandari (kp 05/12/2008)

Attack on scribes flayed (kp 05/12/2008)

10 robbers arrested in capital: Were eyeing jewellery shop (ht 05/12/2008)

Acting Mahottari LDO shot at, by Brij Kumar Yadav (ht 04/12/2008), LDO shot at,condition critical (kp 05/12/2008)

Inter-caste marriage leads to groom’s ‘abduction’ (ht 04/12/2008)

One burnt to death as MRJP sets bus ablaze (kp 03/12/2008), Bus torched in Tarai; one burnt alive (ht 03/12/2008), Passenger bus set ablaze, one killed, Rs. 300 thousand looted (rn 03/12/2008)

Fake currency racket unearthed in Birgunj, by Sujit Mahat (kp 02/12/2008)

Armed men shoot one in Banke (kp 02/12/2008)

Local boost to global campaign against gender violence: The annual international exercise to safeguard women against all forms of atrocities has been a non-starter at home, by Kokila KC (ht 01/12/2008)

Cops bust smuggling racket (kp 01/12/2008)

Booming flesh trade goes unchecked (kp 30/11/2008), Sex and the city (kp 01/12/2008)

SC mulls penalty for marital rape, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 30/11/2008)

Report: cases of school torture on rise in Nepal (Xinhua 30/11/2008)

Armed groups kidnap two in Saptari (rn 30/11/2008)

‘Remains’ of missing journo found (kp 29/11/2008), Search for missing journo ends in skeletal remains (ht 29/11/2008), Human skull, skeletons found in Kailali’s forest (rn 30/11/2008), 2 held for journo’s ‘murder’, by Mohan Budhaair (kp 30/11/2008), Brothers booked for Joshi's murder, by Shivaraj Bhatta (ht 30/11/2008), End impunity, FNJ tells govt (ht 30/11/2008), Trader in net for journo’s ‘murder’ (kp 01/12/2008), FNJ wants guilty in the dock (kp 02/12/2008), Task force to probe Joshi’s murder (ht 04/12/2008), Maoists suspected for Joshi’s ‘murder’, by Mohan Budayear (kp 04/12/2008), Joshi murder may cost Maoists dear, by Mohan Budayear (kp 05/12/2008), Clear hand of Maoists in scribe's killing: FNJ report (nn 10/12/2008)

Trafficking tactics: Gulf job carrot to entice teens to India, by Surendra Kafle (ht 29/11/2008)

Girl child still a taboo as mom kills self (ht 29/11/2008)

Crime and punishment (kp 29/11/2008)

Fuel adulteration report yet to see light of the day (ht 29/11/2008)

Lovebirds pay price for affairs, by Shankar Acharya (kp 28/11/2008)

Paddy traders threatened in Kailali (rn 28/11/2008)

Teens found dead in Thankot (kp 27/11/2008), Youths’ killing sparks protest (kp 28/11/2008), Valley braces for another bandh (ht 28/11/2008), Locals protest killing of teenagers (rn 28/11/2008), Protests called off, agreement signed (rn 29/11/2008), Panel to probe youths’ murders (kp 29/11/2008), Police still foxed about hows and whys of two youths' murder (ht 29/11/2008), Teens’ killers identified: Police (kp 02/12/2008), One arrested, two still at large; Teens killed for pittance: Police (kp 05/12/2008), Teen held for Thankot twin murders (ht 05/12/2008), Murder suspect gives cops the slip, by Binod Bhandari (kp 06/12/2008)

Shivapuri case: A growing pointer to human remains (ht 27/11/2008)

Headmaster abducted in Mahottari (ht 27/11/2008)

Fake cops maligning real ones (kp 26/11/2008)

Youth Force activists padlock forest office (ht 26/11/2008), DFO assault triggers strike in far-west, by Shiva Raj Bhatta (ht 27/11/2008)

ICJ urges effective Disappearance Bill (kp 25/11/2008)

Piracy hits authors, artists hard, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 25/11/2008)

One injured in shootout (kp 25/11/2008)

UN official urges women to take on violence (kp 25/11/2008), Domestic violence still common in Nepal, say activists (Peninsula 26/11/2008)

Kidnappers arrested (ht 25/11/2008)

Two more in police net (kp 25/11/2008), MPCD completes ‘Operation Free Life’, by Purushottam Khatri (rn 25/11/2008)

16-day drive to end gender violence (kp 24/11/2008)

Kathmandu Valley fast emerging nation's crime capital?, by Tika R Pradhan (ht 24/11/2008)

Vehicles vandalised for defying bandh (ht 24/11/2008)

Police in Dhanusha protest against CA member (nn 24/11/2008), Police in Dhanusha protest against CA member (nn 24/11/2008), CA member's arrest angers coalition partner MJF (ht 27/11/2008)

One hurt in Birgunj blast (nn 23/11/2008)

Nepal violated int’l law: UN: Wants a 2002 disappearance probed, by Manesh Shrestha (kp 22/11/2008)

Nine-year-old killed in blast, by Shiva Puri (kp 22/11/2008)

Vehicle thieves arrested in Pokhara (rn 22/11/2008)

Himalmedia staff get death threats (nn 22/11/2008)

261 killed last year: State, non-state actors blamed (kp 21/11/2008), Ignored Madhesh: A hundred people have been killed in the Tarai in the past six months (kp 21/11/2008)

Maina's story: A powerful new feature film relates the true story of Maina Sunar, by Dewan Rai (nt 21/11/2008), Still yearning for justice: The war hasn't ended for Maina's mother, by Debi Sunar (nt 21/11/2008)

Teacher beats up students; one critical (ht 21/11/2008)

Finnish report may open Shivpuri can of worms, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 20/11/2008

Policeman killed (kp 20/11/2008)

Extortion continues unabated (kp 20/11/2008)

Putting victims on the agenda: Govt’s attempts are not enough to establish a credible Disappearance Commission, by Jyotsna Poudyal (kp 20/11/2008)

Abducted youths found dead, by Keshav Adhikari (ht 19/11/2008), Two youths abducted by YCL found killed; protests in Kathmandu (nn 19/11/2008), Probe commission will be formed on murder of two Kathmandu youths: Home Minister (nn 20/11/2008), Dhading murders: Grieving mother seeks justice; YCL handiwork, allege family members, by Post B. Basnet (kp 20/11/2008), Murder heat on 'tainted'YCL; bandh today (ht 20/11/2008), Demo continues protesting killing of two youths; YCL denies its hand (nn 20/11/2008), NHRC, CA members condemn murder (rn 20/11/2008), Banda affects life (kp 21/11/2008), PM, HM's resignations sought (ht 21/11/2008), Gautam pledges to book killers (kp 21/11/2008), Rebuff to Home Minister's largesse:Gautam snubbed for refusing to blame YCL for UML activists'murder (ht 21/11/2008), Impunity par excellence: The state and criminals, by Ram S Mahat (ht 21/11/2008), Protest perusal (ht 21/11/2008), Govt, protestors fail to strike deal (rn 21/11/2008), Protests continue over killing of two youths (nn 21/11/2008), Agitating kin of two slain youths reach agreement with govt; protests called off (nn 21/11/2008), Protests called off after deal with govt (kp 22/11/2008)

End Torture of Children in Police Custody: Nepali Children’s Day Marred by Ongoing Reports of Abuse (Human Rights Watch 18/11/2008), Police in Nepal torture children in custody: HRW (nn 19/11/2008), Rights group: Nepal police beat kids in custody (iht 19/11/2008), Stop child abuse in police custody: HRW (kp 20/11/2008)

Masked men burn copies of Himal (kp 18/11/2008)

Armed gang robs passengers (tn 18/11/2008)

Valley country’s crime capital: Report, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 17/11/2008), Half of crimes occur in Kathmandu valley (rn 17/11/2008)

Disappearance bill to be retroactive (kp 16/11/2008), Loopholes in bill on disappearances (ht 16/11/2008), Exemplary proposal, by Shyam KC (kp 17/11/2008), Onus of compensation on Maoists: Koirala, by Shankar Acharya (kp 17/11/2008) [This sounds too easy. Crimes were committed by both, Maoists and security forces! The latter did so as ordered by their leadership and politicians like Deuba, Koirala, Thapa, Gyanendra, etc.!!], Blind eye (kp 17/11/2008), Families of disappeared warn of stired;"> 17/11/2008)

Capital’s gangsters align and realign (kp 16/11/2008)

Women as prey, by Sarita Nepal (kp 14/11/2008)

Daylight robbery (nt 14/11/2008)

Police seize 70-kg hashish in capital (rn 13/11/2008)

Condition of 14-yr-old gang raped girl serious (nn 12/11/2008)

Cops bust kidnap ring (kp 12/11/2008), Police arrest two kidnappers (rn 12/11/2008)

Fake driving licence racket active in east (rn 12/11/2008)

Status of abducted youths still unknown (kp 11/11/2008)

'Adulterated' petrol tests panel's mettle, by Mohan Guragain (ht 11/11/2008)

Minister says he didn’t meet Kham (kp 10/11/2008), Ramhari’s kin threaten stir (kp 10/11/2008), Home Minister after Bibidh's life (ht 11/11/2008)

Man stabbed inside Banke Appellate Court (kp 10/11/2008)

Rush-hour shooting disquiets Durbar Marg, by Tika R Pradhan (ht 10/11/2008)

CA endorsement remains: CA regulation draft finalized (kp 10/11/2008)

YCL attacks police post, injure 2 cops (kp 09/11/2008)

Nine girls en route to Indian brothels rescued (nn 09/11/2008)

A daughter's kidnapping in Nepal, by Kamala Sarup (Scoop 09/11/2008)

Where’ve all the missing Kamlari gone?, by Durgalal KC (kp 09/11/2008), Increasing number of young girls sold as Kamlaris go missing in Dang (nn 12/11/2008)

Govt protecting Bibidh: Dr Mahat (kp 08/11/2008)

Booze kills one, blinds another (kp 08/11/2008)

Black Spider extortion racket busted (kp 06/11/2008), Seven of dreaded Spider Gang in police net (ht 06/11/2008), Hooray for police (kp 08/11/2208)

10 women rescued (kp 06/11/2008)

Govt annuls 7 citizenships, 40 more pending (kp 06/11/2008)

Tainted petrol blamed for rash of damaged engines (kp 06/11/2008), Adulteration mafia (kp 07/11/2008)

Woman strangled to death for witchcraft (kp 05/11/2008)

Disappeared girls forced into sex trade in Itahari (rn 05/11/2008)

Cases of theft, hooliganism on rise in Dhangadhi (rn 05/11/2008)

Report condition of 33 missing: Supreme Court (kp 04/11/2008)

Unwanted Goddesses: In India and parts of Nepal there are parents willingly aborting female fetuses, by Bhumika Ghimire (Ohmy News 04/11/2008)

Duhabi tense after APF excesses (rn 03/11/2008)

YCL men vandalize police post in Palpa (kp 02/11/2008)

Party activists loot relief materials (kp 29/10/2008)

A true story of a disappearance in Nepal, by Kamala Sarup (OpEdNews 28/10/2008)

Fugitive PLA man in camp, by Binod Tripathi (kp 27/10/2008)

Thieves disconnect three VDCs (rn 25/10/2008)

VDC secretary gunned down in Kapilvastu (nn 25/10/2008), VDC secy shot dead (kp 26/10/2008)

Minister meets fugitive, by Binod Tripathi (kp 24/10/2008)

More foreigners getting into illegal activities, by Baburam Kharel (kp 24/10/2008)

Teacher gunned down (ht 24/10/2008)

Smuggled goods seized (rn 24/10/2008)

Blast rocks Dhanusha ahead of the Tarai talks (ht 23/10/2008)

Reds clash leave Maoist dead (ht 23/10/2008)

Defaulting royals will get no electricity: NEA, by Bikas Thapa (kp 23/10/2008), Nepal's ex-king to be forced to pay electric bills, by Binaj Gurubacharya (Washington Times 23/10/2008)

Innovative looters’ gang in police net (ht 23/10/2008)

Robbers strike in broad daylight in suburban Lalitpur, by Kokila KC (ht 23/10/2008)

Over 50 hurt in APF action (kp 22/10/2008), Spinning mill clash spins out of control, by Somnath Bastola (ht 22/10/2008)

JTMM-J seizes property (kp 21/10/2008)

JTMM-J terrorises VDC secys (kp 21/10/2008)

Child abducted in Jhapa (rn 21/10/2008)

YCL cadre killed in clash with YF men (kp 20/10/2008), YCL protestors vandalize vehicles, by Rajendra Pratap Shah (kp 21/10/2008), YCL torches UML cadre owned petrol pump (rn 21/10/2008)

Caste row separates newly-wed (ht 20/10/2008)

Murder sparks protest (ht 20/10/2008)

Cops collude with family to torture woman (ht 17/10/2008)

Large quantity of aromatic herb seized (rn 17/10/2008), Rupandehi DFO seizes huge herb cache (ht 18/2008)

Looter kills 2 in Jogbani firing (kp 16/10/2008)

Two shot dead in Kapilbastu (nn 16/10/2008)

Corruption slur on Armed Police Force (ht 16/10/2008)

YCL ‘extort’ goat traders, by Makar Shrestha (kp 16/10/2008)

Terai armed group murders civilian (nn 15/10/2008)

Siraha locals stage protest against 'custodial death' (nn 15/10/2008), ‘Death in custody’ leaves Siraha tense (kp 16/10/2008), MJF threatens stir over custodial death (kp 17/10/2008), Siraha protest called off (kp 18/10/2008)

Report: Help curb domestic violence (kp 14/10/2008)