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CIAA charges 9 in illicit tree felling (Space Time Today, 31/12/2002)

Extension of Gupta, Sirohiya custody sought (Himalayan Times, 31/12/2002)

Favouritism key in Kantipur TV license award: Experts (Space Time Today, 30/12/2002)

CIAA files cases for illicit tree felling in Sarlahi (Space Time Today, 28/12/2002)

Din of protests rises against CIAA (Kathmandu Post, 27/12/2002)
See also CIAA comes under fire; fumbles in court (Kathmandu Post, 28/12/2002), CIAA to change tack (Himnalayan Times, 28/12/2002)

The Wagles did it, anyway, by K Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 26/12/2002)

Charge-sheets filed against Khadka, Gupta (Kathmandu Post, 25/12/2002)
See also Gupta, Wagle hearings continue Khadka charged with corruption (Space Time Today, 25/12/2002) Wagle released on bail: Gupta, Sirohiya hearing continues, Khadka appears in court, by Mohan Babu Khadka (Space Time Today, 26/12/2002), Wagle released on bail (Kathmandu Post, 26/12/2002), CIAA lambasted for Sirohiya’s arbitrary arrest (Kathmandu Post, 26/12/2002), Court releases Wagle on bail (Himalayan Times, 26/12/2002)

CIAA detains Kantipur MD: CIAA hand in glove: Sirohiya (Kathmandu Post, 24/12/2002), Kantipur MD Sirohiya detained (Himalayan Times, 24/12/2002), CIAA demands 5 years jail for Gupta in Kantipur TV scam, by Puskar Thapa (Space Time Today, 24/12/2002), CIAA detains Sirohiya on charge of illegal benefits (Rising Nepal, 24/12/2002), Sirohiya’s arrest vindictive: Business community (Kathmandu Post, 25/12/2002)

Detained ex-ministers vent spleen on CIAA (Kathmandu Post, 20/12/2002)

Tarnished image (Kathmandu Post, 19/12/2002)
See also TI’s report demands serious inquiry and retrospection (Space Time Today, 19/12/2002)

Gupta’s three more buildings exposed (Space Time Today, 18/12/2002)

Junior Wagle fails to appear before CIAA (Himalayan Times, 18/12/2002)

CIAA fails to register charge-sheet against Wagle (Himalayan Times, 18/12/2002)
See also CIAA, Maoists two sides of same coin: Wagle (Kathmandu Post, 18/12/2002), Charge-sheet against Wagle filed (Kathmandu Post, 19/12/2002)

Moves against graft require impetus (Space Time Today, 17/12/2002)

Case against Wagle to be filed at special court today, by Manoj Rijal (Space Time Today, 16/12/2002)
See also Charge-sheet against Wagle to be filed today (Kathmandu Post, 17/12/2002)

CIAA to file cases against three former ministers next week (Space Time Today, 13/12/2002)

CIAA mulls nation-wide network, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 12/12/2002)

Corruption suspected in DDC building constructions, by Rishi Ram Poudel (Kathmandu Post, 12/12/2002)

CIAA files cases over alleged fake certificates (Kathmandu Post, 11/12/2002)

CIAA to file charge-sheet against Gupta, Khadka soon; seeks custody extended by 2 weeks (Kathmandu Post, 10/12/2002)
See also Khadka, Gupta remanded in custody for 10 more days (Kathmandu Post, 11/12/2002)

CIAA files case against joint secretary Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 07/12/2002)

Noose around Koirala's neck, when? (People's Review, 05/12/2002)

Lauda Air case postponed (Space Time Today, 03/12/2002)

Anatomy of corruption in Nepal, by Madhukar SJB Rana (Himalayan Times, 03/12/2002)

CIAA files cases against employees accused of corruption (Rising Nepal, 29/11/2002)

Casting aspersion on CIAA: What is implied? (Space Time Today, 29/11/2002)

Political corruption in Nepal, by Niranjan Prasad Upadhyay (Space Time Today, 29/11/2002)

Graft charge filed against two officials (Kathmandu Post, 29/11/2002)

Corruption must be ended, by Kamala Sarup (People's Review,28/11/2002)

Surveillance centre formed to curb corruption (Kathmandu Post, 27/11/2002)

30 days more custody for Khadka, Gupta sought (Himalayan Times, 26/11/2002)
See also Khadka, Gupta custody ruling today (Space Time Today, 26/11/2002), Special Court raps CIAA on knuckles (Kathmandu Post, 27/11/2002), Judicial remand for Gupta, Khadka extended for 15 days (Kathmandu Post, 28/11/2002), No bail for Gupta and Khadka, by Manoj Rijal (Space Time Today, 28/11/2002)

CIAA hurls new charges against Khadka (Kathmandu Post, 26/11/2002)

Corruption and capitalism, by Shreedhar Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 21/11/2002)

Ex-minister Wagle arrested (Kathmandu Post, 21/11/2002)
See also CIAA tightens screw on Wagle; asks for 30-day remand: Bank accounts of Wagle relatives frozen (Kathmandu Post, 22/11/2002), Wagle refused bail, sent to 25 days' custody (Himalayan Times, 23/11/2002)

CIAA questions Wagle on his son’s income (Himalayan Times, 19/11/2002)

JIPC grills Khadka (Himalayan Times, 16/11/2002)

CIAA to grill Gachhedar (Himalayan Times, 15/11/2002)

JIPC interrogates former state health minister (Himalayan Times, 15/11/2002)

Where corruption is culture, by Surendra Phuyal (Kathmandu Post, 14/11/2002)

Gupta appears before CIAA for interrogation (Kathmandu Post, 14/11/2002)
See also Gupta, Adhikari grilled: An irate Gupta challenges CIAA (Space Time Today, 14/11/2002)

Debate over speaker’s term (Himalayan Times, 13/11/2002)

Questionable intention (Kathmandu Post, 13/11/2002)

Anti-corruption drive, by Vijaya Chalise (Himalayan Times, 11/11/2002)

CIAA raids Wagle junior’s office in Thamel, seizes documents (Himalayan Times, 08/11/2002)
See also JICP questions CIAA-indicted Gupta, Wagle junior’s office inspected again (Space Time Today, 09/11/2002), Summons and no queries by CIAA rile Wagle (Himalayan Times, 13/11/2002)

Judicial remand of ‘corrupt’ officials extended (Kathmandu Post, 08/11/2002)

Corruption never pays, by Akhileshwar M. Tripathi (Kathmandu Post, 03/11/2002)

CIAA grills junior Wagle (Kathmandu Post, 01/11/2002)
See also Wagle quits party post (Kathmandu Post, 04/11/20029

We Should reject corrupt leaders, by Kamala Sarup (People's Review, 31/10/2002)

Khadka, Gupta in police custody, by Yuvraj Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 31/10/2002)
See also Gupta, Khadka behind bars, by Manoj Rijal (Space Time Today, 31/10/2002), Special Court hears charges against Khadka, Gupta: Decision on bail plea today, by Ghanashyam Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 01/11/2002), Deuba defends his colleagues (Kathmandu Post, 01/11/2002), Probity in public life (Kathmandu Post, 01/11/2002), Laudable action (Space Time Today, 01/11/2002), 25 days judicial remand for Khadka, Gupta, by Ghanashyam Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 02/11/2002), Court denies bail, slaps 25 days jail for Khadka, Gupta, by Manoj Rijal (Space Times Today, 02/11/2002)

Khadka summoned again, Wagle interrogation over (Kathmandu Post, 30/10/2002)

Courting corruption Who is the loser?, by Udaya Wagle (Kathmandu Post, 30/10/2002)

Custodial term extended (Kathmandu Post, 30/10/2002)

CIAA interrogates former minister Khadka: Special Court to hear case against Chaturbedi, Khanal today (Kathmandu Post, 29/10/2002)

CIAA raids on more high-ranking officials, by Satyendra Timilsina (Kathmandu Post, 26/10/2002)
See also editorial 22+2 (Rising Nepal, 29/10/2002)

Ex-ministers, secys yet to pay phone bills, by Tika R Pradhan (Himalayan Times, 25/10/2002)

CIAA files case on fake certificates (Kathmandu Post, 25/10/2002)

Property Commission questions ex-ministers (Kathmandu Post, 23/10/2002)
See also JICP grills ex-minister, high officials (Kathmandu Post, 24/10/2002), JIPC grills ex-finance minister, 3 bureaucrats (Himalayan Times, 24/10/2002)

Corruption Control: Perpetuation Needed, by Hum Lal Bhattarai (Rising Nepal, 22/10/2002)

CIAA requests detention extension (Kathmandu Post, 22/10/2002)

No Glitter For The Corrupt, by PNK (Rising Nepal, 20/10/2002)

Khadka’s alleged corruption investigated (Kathmandu Post, 11/10/2002)
See also CIAA questions Khadka (Kathmandu Post, 12/10/2002)

Can we have mob mentality ? by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 07/10/2002)

CIAA calls minister Gupta (Space Time Today, 04/10/2002)
See also Ex-minister Gupta under house arrest (Kathmandu Post, 06/10/2002), Gupta found guilty for 30m graft (Space Time Today, 06/10/2002), Gupta, Wagle still under house arrest (Kathmandu Post, 07/10/2002), Now, ex-ministers under surveillance (Himalayan Times, 07/10/2002), CIAA interrogates ex-ministers (Kathmandu Post, 09/10/2002), Wagle and Gupta interrogated (Kathmandu Post, 10/10/2002), Wagle, Gupta under house arrest; Khadga ties to flee country (People's Review, 10/10/2002)

CIAA seals off bank accounts of Junior Wagle (Kathmandu Post, 03/10/2002)

CIAA must repeat its 'mid-night' bangs! (Telegraph, 02/10/2002)

Downing Corruption: Fiscal Tools Needed, by Pralhad Karki (Rsing Nepal, 01/10/2002)

Alleged involvement in corruption (Kathmandu Post,01/10/2002)

Corruption, coercion, or both? by Puskar Bhusal (Nepali Times, 20/09/2002)

Arrest corrupt persons and confiscate their wealth (People's Review, 19/09/2002)

Combating Corruption, by Ganesh Shakya (Rising Nepal, 09/09/2002)

JICP sets sight on Ghimire and Karki (Kathmandu Post, 07/09/2002)

Unearth the network (Kathmandu Post, 06/09/2002)

GP, Sujata bank statement under scrutiny (Kathmandu Post, 06/09/2002)
See also CIAA property probe prejudiced: Koirala, by Madhav Dhungana (Kathmandu Post, 09/09/2002), Anti-corruption drive, a conspiracy against democracy: Koirala (Kathmandu Post, 10/09/2002), You are what you admire, by Arjun Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 13/09/2002)

Special Court orders detention (Kathmandu Post, 05/09/2002)

Special Court extends detention of six ‘corrupt’ officials, by Ghanashyam Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 05/09/2002)

CIAA raid breeds mistrust among revenue officials, by Satyendra Timilsina (Kathmandu Post, 04/09/2002)

JICP publicizes names of ‘untraceable individuals’ (Kathmandu Post, 04/09/2002)

More CIAA shots needed, by Arjun Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 02/09/2002)

Most and least corrupt (Kathmandu Post, 31/08/2002)

Focus on corruption-free society (Kathmandu Post, 30/08/2002)

Abuse of authority in Nepal: Then and now, by Kumar B. Bhatta (People's Review, 29/08/2002)

Irregularities in construction of Rupandehi school buildings alleged, by Madhav Dhungana (Kathmandu Post, 28/08/2002)

Lamsal commission seeks details of Wagle’s accounts (Kathmandu Post, 24/08/2002)
See also After Wagle, it’s Joshi’s turn (Kathmandu Post, 27/08/2002), Acting PM lies to JICP: Over Rs 10m in junior Wagle’s accounts, by Gunaraj Luitel (Kathmandu Post, 30/08/2002), CIAA likely to probe junior Wagle’s accounts (Kathmandu Post, 31/08/2002), Wagle family 10 years wealthier, by Guna Raj Luitel & Prabhakar Ghimire (Kathmandu Post, 04/09/2002), Why only Wagle?, letter by Srijana Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 04/09/2002), Wagle is lying through his teeth, by Prakash Dahal (Himalayan Times, 04/09/2002)

Give and take, by Rajendra Khetan (Nepali Times, 23/08/2002)

CIAA raids homes of govt officers: 17 officials detained on charge of corruption, by Prem Khanal & Satyendra Timilsina (Kathmandu Post, 18/08/2002)
See also List of those accused of corruption (Kathmandu Post, 18/08/2002), CIAA gather evidence to file cases (Kathmandu Post, 19/08/2002), NRB freezes bank accounts of ‘corrupt’ officials: District court extends custodial term for 20 days, by Satyendra Timilsina & Ghanashyam Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 20/08/2002), Reemergence of a silver lining, by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 20/08/2002), Chargesheeted officials presented to court, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 20/08/2002), CIAA must speed up anti-corruption drive, say commoners, by Satyendra Timilsina (Kathmandu Post, 21/08/2002), More people withdrawing their deposits from banks (Rising Nepal, 21/08/2002), CIAA's Latest Action: A Good Beginning To Control Corruption, by Niranjan Prasad Upadhyay (Rising Nepal, 21/08/2002), Will the CIAA dare to nab corrupt politicians? (Telegraph, 21/08/2002), Attack on the defaulters: Tip of the Iceberg only! (Telegraph, 21/08/2002), CIAA's first step against corruption: Big fishes should not escape (People's Review, 22/08/2002), Tackling the corrupt (People's Review, 22/08/2002), CIAA should be backed either by palace or military, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 22/08/2002), Special Court formed to try corruption cases, by Ghanashyam Ojha (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2002), War on corruption (Kathmandu Post, 23/08/2002), CIAA Has Teeth That Can Also Bite, by Narayan Upadhyay (Rising Nepal, 23/08/2002), CIAA Raids: Cautious Optimism, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 23/08/2002), Rampant Corruption: CIAA's Bold Steps, by Shirish B. Pradhan (Rising Nepal, 28/08/2002), Is the CIAA in deep slumber? (Telegraph, 28/08/2002), CIAA books yet another group of officials involved in corruption (Kathmandu Post, 29/08/2002), Let's start from scratch, by Naresh Sampati Shakya (People's Review, 29/08/2002), War against corruption, by Pradeep Silwal (Midweek Post, 29/08/2002), Between the lines of CIAA raid, by Shreedhar Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 30/08/2002), CIAA to target big fish, by Binod Bhattarai (Nepali Times, 30/08/2002), Vice precedents: Does the anti-graft watchdog really have more bark than bite? by Puskar Bhusal (Nepali Times, 30/08/2002)

Property Probe ommission: A Political Gimmick, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 16/08/2002)

Criminal non-cooperation (Kathmandu Post, 13/07/2002)

Kalam's prescription for empowered people, by Namrata Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 29/06/2002)

51 persons charged on Nepal Bank irregularity (Rising Nepal, 22/06/2002)

CIAA lodges corruption charges against 51 (Kathmandu Post, 22/06/2002)

CIAA to investigate red passports misuse, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 11/06/2002)

Are these anti-corruption bills or what? by Roop Jyoti (People's Review, 23/05/2002)
See also Are these anti-corruption bills or what?, by Roop Jyoti (Kathmandu Post, 30/05/2002), Guilty until proven innocent, by Roop Jyoti (Nepali Times, 31/05/2002)

Corruption Control: Strong Measures Essential, by Laxmi Bahadur Vaidya (Rising Nepal, 16/05/2002)

Mea Culpa: Is Hari Prasad Pandey just too honest for Nepal? by Kedar Sharma (Nepali Times, 03/05/2002)
See also Pandey’s Confession: A Blow To Corrupt Politicians, by Ram Kumar Kamat (Rising Nepal, 04/05/2002)

Give and take, by Puskar Bhusal (Nepali Times, 26/04/2002)

Anti-Corruption Campaign: Uphill Battle, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 26/04/2002)

SP gets transferred instead of commended! (Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2002)

Large scale bungling in disbursement of medical allowance, by Yuvraj Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2002)

Registration of ex-minister’s complaint denied (Kathmandu Post, 24/04/2002)

CIAA files cases against 55 in NBL scam (Rising Nepal, 20/04/2002)

Anti-Corruption Legislation: Checks Without Balances, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 19/04/2002)

CIAA: Justice In Peril, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 29/03/2002)

Millions embezzled in consultant hiring for BPEP II, by Yuvraj Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 29/03/2002)
See also editorial Embezzlement at BPEP (Kathmandu Post, 30/03/2002)

Corruption: Supply And Demand Side, by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 19/03/2002)

High Level Probe Commission: All Together Now, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 15/03/2002)

Govt to introduce bills on corruption control (Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2002)

Nepalese leaders following Mugabe's footsteps, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 14/03/2002)

Empowerment of CIAA sought (Kathmandu Post, 14/03/2002)

Minister Hamal goes to court against CIAA (Kathmandu Post, 09/03/2002)
See also Hamal accuses Forest Minister of bribe-taking (Kathmandu Post, 09/03/2002), Ministers resign over alleged role in bribery (Kathmandu Post, 12/03/2002)

Probe Into Assets: Must To Curb Corruption, by Prem N. Kakkar (Rising Nepal, 08/03/2002)

Health Minister involved in commission deal (People's Review, 07/03/2002)

CIAA seeks action against State Minister Hamal (Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2002)

Commission to probe graft announced: Oppn leaders say it could go the Mallik way, by Surendra Phuyal & Yuvraj Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 05/03/2002)
See also editorial Not mere eyewash (Kathmandu Post, 06/03/2002), Justice Rayamajhi to head probe commission, by Balkrishna Basnet (Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2002), Yet another commission (Kathmandu Post, 09/03/2002)

Corruption and good governance, by Sanjay Prakash (Kathmandu Post, 25/02/2002)

CAAN trip to Montreal not justified : PAC (Kathmandu Post, 16/02/2002)

CIAA files case against fake certificate holders (Kathmandu Post, 14/02/2002)

Coping with corruption, by Raman Raj Mishra (Kathmandu Post, 12/02/2002)

CIAA probe on NBL credit advances to final stage (Rising Nepal, 05/02/2002)

Fighting corruption, by Rajendra K. Khetan (Kathmandu Post, 02/02/2002)

Fake Certificates: Trial By Media, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 25/01/2002)

Measures to cleanse corrupt politics, by Shreedhar Gautam (Kathmandu Post, 25/01/2002)

High time for Deuba (People's Review, 10/01/2002)

Guilty will lose their jobs for life, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 09/01/2002)

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Petition against fake certificate holders (Kathmandu Post, 01/01/2001)
See also Hunt on for fake certificates (Kathmandu Post, 02/01/2002)