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DDC office robbed of property (ht 20/07/2008)
3 of family shot at (kp 19/07/2008)
Shootout in Rautahat (ht 18/07/2008)
Pardoning the perpetrators, by Mallika Aryal (nt 18/07/2008), The long, long wait: Families of the disappeared want truth and justice, by Ramkumar Bhandari (nt 18/07/2008)
Govt probe wants Shrestha killers punished, by Baburam Kharel (kp 17/07/2008)
SC directs Kavre DPO to probe Lama’s murder (kp 17/07/2008)
2 injured in bomb blast (kp 16/07/2008)
Kamal Thapa owes 10 million: Recover Rs 14m from king’s ministers: CIAA tells Govt, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 16/07/2008), CIAA indicts three former ministers, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 16/07/2008)
CA members: Punish caste discriminators (kp 16/07/2008)
10 including two ‘most wanted criminals’ held (kp 16/07/2008)
AWC questions US firm's report (kp 15/07/2008), Don’t pardon criminals, says rights activist (ht 15/07/2008)
Ranibari murder haunts police (kp 15/07/2008)
Cops confirm YCL involvement in robbery (kp 14/07/2008)
Maoist beats up forest official (kp 14/07/2008)
Women stage hunger strike (kp 14/07/2008)
Transport workers, students clash, dozens injured (kp 14/07/2008), Banda paralyzes Palpa Dozens injured in clash, by Madhav Aryal (kp 15/07/2008), Students, transporters clash; Tansen tense (ht 15/07/2008)
DEO dies after YCL manhandling, by Jitendra Khadga (kp 13/07/2008), DEO dies after YCL action (ht 13/07/2008)
Trucks vandalised owners thrashed (ht 13/07/2008)
Budhanilkantha School sex scandal: Board members, scout teacher face interrogation (ht 13/07/2008)
CBI accuses Nepali workers, by Gopal Khanal (kp 12/07/2008), CBI claims Krishna murdered Aarushi, names two others as killers (nn 12/07/2008)
Dhulabari tense after cop's murder (kp 12/07/2008)
4 armed Indians held (kp 12/07/2008)
Saudi abuse of Nepali maids on rise, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 11/07/2008)
Parties seize recently sold NFC land, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 11/07/2008)
Bill on domestic violence against women in offing (kp 10/07/2008), SC: Review marital rape punishment provisions (kp 11/07/2008)
Inter-caste marriage leads to eviction, by Suryamani Gautam (ht 10/07/2008)
VDCs’ documents, furniture torched (ht 09/07/2008)
Kin refuse body, ask Maoists to own up murder, by Rajendra Nath (kp 09/07/2008)
11 vehicles vandalised in row over discount (ht 09/07/2008)
Cop charged with abduction (kp 08/07/2008)
Child abuse, by Sarita Nepal (kp 08/07/2008)
Summons from Kangaroo court, by Prakash A Raj (kp 08/07/2008)
‘Extortionists’ held (ht 08/07/2008)
6 of family in custody for torture, by Shahiman Rai (kp 07/07/2008)
Rupandehi villagers take on dacoits; five injured (ht 06/07/2008)
Streets to drugs, robbery and sex-work (kp 05/07/2008)
Witchcraft accused (ht 05/07/2008)
JTMM shoot businessman dead (nn 04/07/2008)
Dowry death: Action sought against spouse (ht 03/07/2008)
Obscure group says responsible for priest’s murder (Gulf Times 03/07/2008)
School principal shot dead (kp 02/07/2008), Morang school principal shot (ht 02/07/2008)
Man tracks friend’s eloped wife, killed (ht 02/07/2008)
Man accused of plotting wife’s abduction (ht 02/08/2008)
NA court expels 'lesbian' from service (nn 01/07/2008), Sacked from army, woman to move SC (ht 02/07/2008), Third gender protests army court verdict (kp 03/07/2008)
Maoist-threatened journo missing, by Birendra KC (kp 01/07/2008)
Daughter-in-law tortured over dowry (kp 01/07/2008), Woman thrashed, expelled from home over dowry, by Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht 01/07/2008), Beleaguered bride (ht 02/08/2008)
3 highwaymen nabbed (kp 01/07/2008)
Indian national arrested in fake currency racket (nn 01/07/2008), Fake currency racketeers in police net (kp 01/07/2008)
1 beaten to death for ‘kidnapping’ (lp 30/06/2008)
Former mayor shot dead in Bardiya (nn 30/06/2008), Civil society chair in Bardiya shot dead, by Kamal Panthi (kp 01/07/2008), Former mayor shot dead in Bardiya (ht 01/07/2008)
Cabbie robs elderly (kp 30/06/2008)
Fake US visa racket busted (kp 29/06/2008), Closer watch needed (kp 30/06/2008)
Politician’s kin caught with fake currency (Gulf Times, 29/06/2008)
Village robbed under police noses, by Shiva Puri (kp 29/06/2008)
CDO's call puts customs in quandary, by Chitrang Thapa (kp 29/06/2008)
Herbs worth Rs 10m seized in Birgunj, three arrested (ht 28/06/2008)
Dacoits strike Rautahat village, one killed (ht 28/06/2008)
Municipality overseer shot dead (27/06/2008)
Dug up body of Dekendra, say kin, Maoists, by Puskar Thapa (ht 27/06/2008)
NBA memo to PM (kp 25/06/2008)
2 tourists injured, 6 tourist buses vandalized, by Prem Nepali (kp 25/06/2008)
Woman killed by landmine near NA premises, by Kashiram Dangi (kp 25/06/2008)
Check violence against women: NHRC (nn 24/06/2008)
DSP thrashed, forced to cough up lakhs, by Hem Dulal (ht 23/06/2008)
Father, son killed (ht 23/06/2008)
Holy man’s unholy deeds (kp 22/06/2008)
Musahars, Jhangads fear for life (ht 22/06/2008)
School principal shot dead (nn 22/06/2008)
2 cops held for suspected murder, by Rajendra Nath (kp 22/06/2008)
‘Most wanted’ Babban gives ‘anti-corruption’ speech, by Shiva Puri (kp 22/06/2008), Moral bankruptcy (kp 23/06/2008)
Gurung girl’s death sparks protest; 3 hurt, by Bhawani Adhikari (ht 22/06/2008)
Cops bust ‘criminal gang’ in Butwal (kp 21/06/2008)
Begin at the beginning: The disappearances, impunity and terror started 23 years ago, by CK Lal (nt 20/06/2008)
Rs 500,000 looted (kp 20/06/2008)
JTMM-J cadres kill Surya Nepal worker (ht 20/06/2008), Factory worker shot dead (nn 20/06/2008)
Cops accused of robbing displaced person of relief (ht 20/06/2008)
Girl accused of witchcraft paraded naked in village (nn 19/06/2008)
Nepal fuel price protesters stone cars (Reuters 19/06/2008), Nepal students block traffic, attack chief justice's car to protest fuel price rise (iht 19/06/2008), Students vandalize CJ’s vehicle (kp 20/06/2008), Mob targets CJ’s car, Giri safe (ht 20/06/2008)
Dekendra’s grave found, exhumation soon (kp 19/06/2008), Suspected burial site of Maoist slain journalist found (nn 19/06/2008)
College dropout shoots, injures 2 cops (kp 18/06/2008), Daring cops arrest man who shot at them (ht 18/06/2008)
Notorious Indian criminal held (kp 18/06/2008)
NHRC expects Shivapuri report soon (ht 16/06/2008)
Police to protect industrial corridor (kp 16/06/2008)
2 killed, several injured in blast (kp 15/06/2008)
Man stabs cop dead (kp 15/06/2008), Slain cop was acquainted with killer: Police (kp 16/06/2008)
Smuggling goes unchecked in Bardiya (kp 15/06/2008)
Fake citizenships probe begins, by Kamal Panthi (kp 15/06/2008)
Tiger, leopard skin trader nabbed (kp 14/06/2008)
Cops foil ransom bid, nab kidnapper (kp 13/06/2008)
Cabby stabbed to death (ht 13/06/2008), Transporters warn of protests if guilty not booked (kp 14/06/2008)
Sexual violence within marriage common: Report (kp 12/06/2008)
Robbery, shooting in valley (ht 11/06/2008)
Capital’s ‘robbers’ in police net (kp 10/06/2008)
Men behind Bouddha blast in police (kp 10/06/2008)
Telephone extortion plagues Parsa (kp 10/06/2008)
Graft accused official beaten up, by Kishor Budathoki (ht 09/06/2008)
Cop beats up journo (kp 09/06/2008)
Kailali killings: FNJ mission holds CDO, cops guilty (ht 09/06/2008)
Say no to trafficking (kp 07/06/2008)
Robbery on rise (kp 07/06/2008)
Birgunj businessman shot at (kp 06/06/2008)
Panel starts probe into Sharma murder, by Motilal Poudel (kp 06/06/2008)
Ram Hari killing: HR activists concerned over Maoists (kp 05/06/2008)
Police bust kidney, women trafficking ring (ht 05/06/2008)
One held for Itahari trader couple’s murder (ht 03/06/2008)
Four held for murder (ht 03/06/2008)
Babban Singh submits himself to court, by Shiva Puri (kp 02/06/2008)
Probe commission on disappearances urged (kp 02/06/2008), ‘Maoists, govt reluctant to nab culprits’ (kp 02/06/2008)
Wife set alight breathes her last (kp 31/05/2008), How Ambika succumbed to domestic violence (ht 02/06/2008)
PLRG man shot dead (kp 31/05/2008)
Business-man shot at (kp 31/05/2008)
Contractor killed (kp 31/05/2008)
‘Cops, medicos, judiciary insensitive to GBV’ (kp 28/05/2008), Punish the culprits (kp 28/05/2008)
Maoists attack journo, HR activist, by Mohan Budaair (kp 28/05/2008), Maoists threaten to kill civilian (kp 28/05/2008)
NHRC questions AIGs’ reinstatement (kp 27/05/2008)
Hubby, in-laws beat woman to near death, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 26/05/2008), Sushila’s tormentors may face attempted murder charge (kp 27/05/2008)
Students vandalize DEO, 56 vehicles (kp 26/05/2008), Irate students vandalise five dozen vehicles, transporters impose strike (kp 26/05/2008)
NBA condemns killing of lawyer (kp 26/05/2008)
PLA man held for ‘smuggling’ timber, by Shiva Puri (kp 26/05/2008)
Illegal items hoarded by American seized (kp 24/05/2008), Tip of the iceberg (ht 26/05/2008)
2 held for guest house murder (kp 23/05/2008)
Twin murder accused threaten to bomb district police office (ht 23/05/2008)
Duhabi tense after child’s murder: Indefinite curfew on, by Shankar Kharel (kp 22/05/2008), 12-year-old killed in cold blood (ht 22/05/2008)
Nepali Cong activist hacked to death, by Rabindra Shahi (ht 22/05/2008)
Ex-APF men get lifer for arms misuse (ht 22/05/2008)
Businessman shot at, robbed (ht 20/05/2008)
Check criminal activities of YCL: NHRC (kp 19/05/2008), YCL violating fundamental rights: NHRC (nn 19/05/2008), YCL cadre threatens businessman’s life (kp 19/05/2008), Forest users ‘tortured’ (kp 19/05/2008)
Major jewelry heist in Birgunj (kp 18/05/2008)
PLA men abduct, torture, kill landlord, by Baburam Kharel (kp 17/05/2008), NC blasts Maoists over headmasters’ resignation (kp 17/05/2008), Killing fuels anti-Maoist protest (ht 17/05/2008), Kin demand Prachanda’s apology, murder probe, by Baburam Kharel (kp 18/05/2008), Shrestha kin urge PM to take action, by Baburam Kharel (kp 19/05/2008), Maoists, PLA not involved: Prachanda (kp 19/05/2008), ‘Serious breach of commitment’: UNMIN condemns killing inside cantonment (kp 20/05/2008), ‘It was like escaping the devil’s own maw’, by Lila Bahadur Shrestha (kp 20/05/2008), Doctors in Chitwan hospital reveal Shrestha had died during treatment (nn 20/05/2008), Shrestha died in Chitwan hospital, by Narayan Sharma & Dipendra Baduwal (kp 21/05/2008), Maoist claim on Ramhari killing a lie, by Surya Prakash Kandel (ht 21/05/2008), Maoists threatening us: Shrestha family (kp 21/05/2008), Killers’ pix made public (ht 22/05/2008), Govt commission to probe Shrestha killing (kp 23/05/2008), Police search for Shrestha's body in Trisuli (kp 23/05/2008), Parallel panels to probe murder (ht 23/05/2008), Shrestha murder case still looms in mystery (nn 23/05/2008), Police recover Shrestha's body (nn 25/05/2008), Body suspected to be Shrestha’s found (kp 26/05/2008), Ramhari’s mom, wife slap Maoist CA member, by Binod Tripathi (kp 26/05/2008), Shrestha's suspected body brought to Kathmandu for DNA testing (nn 26/05/2008), ‘Hand over prime accused to cops’ (kp 27/05/2008), Ramhari’s kin, Maoists fail to agree (ht 27/05/2008) [Crimes must be punished by law courts!], Family calls off protest: Shrestha’s body cremated (kp 28/05/2008), 11 days on, panel yet to start probe (kp 03/06/2008)
Cops torture teens caught stealing, by Himal Dhungel (ht 17/05/2008)
CRV for curbing crime in Birgunj, by Shankar Acharya (kp 16/05/2008)
6 hurt in bomb blast at pharmacy (kp 15/05/2008)
YCL cadres thrash 2 teachers, by Dipendra Baduwal (kp 15/05/2008), 5 brothers assaulted over land dispute (kp 15/05/2008), YCL forces 4 headmasters to resign, by Damodar Neupane (kp 16/05/2008), Family displaced after YCL threat on life (kp 16/05/2008), Community forest officials abducted, by Devendra Barma (ht 16/05/2008) [Such crimes must be punished severely!]
Maoists raid UML cadres’ houses (ht 14/05/2008)
Torture slur on dowry-demanding in-laws, by Kishor Budhathoki (ht 14/05/2008)
Cops make a kill through ‘Dhakediya’ system, by Sujit Mahat (kp 12/05/2008)
Nine with firearms arrested in capital (kp 11/05/2008)
Two youths found murdered in capital (kp 11/05/2008), Two Gulf job aspirants murdered in capital (ht 11/05/2008)
Traders to protest tardy twin murder probe (ht 11/05/2008)
Sharma’s widow laments delay in probe into killing (ht 10/05/2008)
Villagers chase Maoist lawmaker (kp 08/05/2008)
JTMM men kill Maoist cadre (kp 05/05/2008)
Criminal activities up in Siraha, by Devnarayan Sah (kp 05/05/2008)
Rs 7.5m looted from Laxmi Bank (kp 05/05/2008), Damak heist: Robbers decamp with millions (ht 05/05/2008)
Kavre a ‘hub’ for stolen bikes (kp 04/05/2008)
Maoist lawmaker’s house bombed, kin killed (kp 01/05/2008), Senior communist leader Burma shot by MMT gunmen (nn 01/05/2008)
Violence against women on rise, by Bechu Gaud (kp 30/04/2008), Combating Violence against Dalit Women of the Terai, by Hari Bansh Jha (tg 30/04/2008)
Protect torture victim Lama: AI (kp 30/04/2008)
UML demands action against Sharma’s murderers (kp 27/04/2008), Former minister Khadka charged with murder, by Surya Mani Gautam (ht 27/04/2008), Sharma’s killing was accidental: Bodyguard, by Motilal Poudel (kp 29/04/2008), Cops probe motive behind Sharma’s murder (kp 30/04/2008)
Maoist-held NC men freed (kp 27/04/2008)
Illegal tolls make vegetables pricey (kp 27/04/2008)
Valuables looted (kp 27/04/2008)
Encroachers continue grabbing public land in Jajarkot HQ (ht 27/04/2008)
Bank defaulters won’t be pardoned (ht 26/04/2008)
Smuggling on rise in Biratnagar, by Shekhar Regmi (ht 25/04/2008)
Murder accused army man nabbed (ht 22/04/2008)
Four of family found murdered (kp 20/04/2008), Gang kills four of a family in Kapilvastu (ht 20/04/2008)
Armed men rob bank (nn 20/04/2008), Rs 800,000 looted in Valley heist (kp 21/04/2008), Bank guard robbed of Rs 8.55 lakh (ht 21/04/2008)
2.2-tonne red sandalwood seized, by Sita Niraula (ht 18/04/2008) [This
smuggling seems to be in the interest of the Chinese government!
Chinese authorities leave no stone unturned in their suppression of Tibetan rights activists!!]
RPP-Nepal leader shot dead in Nawalparasi (nn 18/04/2008), RPP-N candidate shot dead (kp)
Gang of five behind heists nabbed (kp 06/04/2008)
Candidate’s killer caught (Gulf Times 06/04/2008)
Farmer shot dead, locals blame cops (kp 04/04/2008)
UML voter accidentally attacked by UML cadre! (kp 03/04/2008) [This
is not a political incidence as the police claims but a crime. The
offender should stop to call himself 'human rights activist'!!], Violence against women in politics alarming (kp 03/04/2008)
Police keep eye on gangsters as poll nears, by Baburam Kharel (kp 01/04/2008)
1 killed, 6 hurt in City hotel (ht 31/03/2008)
‘Wanted criminal’ in police net, finally (ht 30/02/2008)
Mother, daughter still missing after 5 years (nn 30/03/2008)
NTNC money spent lavishly by royals: Report (kp 26/03/2008), Nepal royals 'stole charity cash', by Charles Haviland (BBC News 27/03/2008), All the King’s Men (ht 28/03/2008)
Victim of Circumstances, by Sorrel Retchford (kp 23/03/2008)
Six gangsters in police dragnet (ht 23/03/2008)
Couple found dead inside shop (kp 22/03/2008)
Rs 7 lakh looted (ht 20/03/2008)
NPFN candidate killed in Banke, Maoists suspend their poll programme in the district (nn 19/03/2008), Maoist cadre shot dead in Rolpa (nn 19/03/2008), Maoist cadres, notorious criminal murdered Adhikari: Report (kp 21/03/2008), Adhikari murder case: Involvement of Maoist cadres suspected (ht 21/03/2008)
Three Rautahat youths murdered (ht 18/03/2008)
Fire destroys RPP office (ht 15/03/2008)
File murder case against Agni Sapkota: SC (kp 11/03/2008)
Theft at Norway envoy's residence (kp 09/03/2008), Norway envoy residence robbers in police net (kp 15/03/2008), Five held for heist in envoy’s house (ht 15/03/2008)
‘35 days too short for filing rape cases’ (kp 08/03/2008)
Dalit boy badly beaten, by Arjun Shah (kp 07/03/2008)
Agrawal attack suspects nabbed (kp 06/03/2008)
Goons mobilized for contract bid, by Aman Koirala and Shiva Puri (kp 04/03/2008)
Extortion racket in police net (kp 02/03/2008)
Businesswoman stabbed to death, husband injured in capital (kp 02/03/2008)
Violence against women on rise, by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 01/03/2008)
Shivapuri suspect items to be tested in Finland (kp 29/02/2008)
Girl killed in JTMM-G attack on bus (kp 28/02/2008)
Nepal king has huge unpaid power bills (Khaleej Times 28/02/2008)
Major kidnap ring in Valley busted, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 28/02/2008), Gang involved in Murarka abduction busted (ht 28/02/2008)
‘Abduction’ attempt foiled (kp 27/02/2008)
Former FNCCI office-bearer shot at (ht 27/02/2008)
'No criminal liability found against him': Police free Dr Amit's Nepali aide (kp 25/02/2008)
DSP accused of kidnapping (kp 24/02/2008)
Abducted girl escapes JTMM-J captivity (kp 22/02/2008)
Disappearances Commission and TRC should meet int'l human rights standards: ICJ tells govt (nn 21/02/2008)
8,000 Post, Kantipur copies burnt: FLSC cadres torch Kantipur vehicle (kp 21/02/2008)
Maoist district leader killed (kp 20/02/2008)
NA’s cooperation in Maina case sought (kp 18/02/2008),
