Any update from Nepal?

How soon?

According to my source, thats what Kantipur TV says. I am also waiting for the updates.

Raja bhagyo?

airport छेक्न पर्छ है साथी हो, भाग्न दिन हुन्न। रगतको मुल्य चुकाउनु पर्छ, आज ऐतिहासिक दिन हो , सारा पुर्खाहरुले पाएको दु:खको बदला लिनु पर्छ।

आज क्रान्ति छ, साथी हो। आज क्रान्ति छ।

This is not related to the topic of this thread, but hey guys did u watch CNN just now? They had a good coverage of the ongoing protests in Nepal. The CNN reporter expresed that these could be the last few days of Monarch in Nepal. What do u think?

Updates from Reuters

Nepal capital's streets empty, troops patrol
Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:23 AM BST

By Gopal Sharma

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali police and troops patrolled deserted streets of the capital Kathmandu on Thursday as a curfew imposed to block a massive anti-monarchy protest went into effect.

All roads of the city of 1.5 million were empty of traffic, residents said. Police pickets had been set up at every major intersection and troops were on patrol, they said.

"I can't even see a dog on the street," said Manohar Acharya, a resident of the New Road business district.

Despite warnings that violators will be shot, activists have vowed to defy the curfew and bring hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets. But there were no signs of any protests early in the day.

"To protest peacefully is the fundamental and natural right of the people," said Krishna Prasad Sitaula, a senior leader of the Nepali Congress, the country's biggest political party.

"The ban and curfew orders are undemocratic and unconstitutional. We will disobey and will hold our peaceful protest programme."

Unlike previous times when curfews were imposed, journalists too have been told to stay indoors. It came into effect at 2 a.m. (2015 GMT Wednesday) and will last until 8 p.m. (1415 GMT).

"Residents are urged not to come out of their premises and security forces could shoot curfew violators," a government statement issued on Wednesday evening said.

At least eight people have been killed and hundreds wounded in police action against demonstrators since a seven-party alliance launched crippling protests against King Gyanendra 15 days ago to demand the restoration of multi-party democracy.

Tens of thousands have attended protests every day in Kathmandu, but many more have demonstrated in district towns. A general strike, part of the campaign, has prevented the movement of goods and people across the impoverished landlocked nation.

The parties have called for mass rallies on Thursday and have predicted hundreds of thousands will attend.

The latest deaths came in the town of Chandragadi, 600 km (375 miles) east of Kathmandu, where security forces opened fire on protesters on Wednesday, killing two people. Witnesses said dozens of others were wounded and more might have died.

काठमाडौं, -नेस)

बंगलादेशको राजधानी ढाकामा आयोजना हुने सा फ्टाको बैठकमा भाग लिन जान लाग्नुभएका उद्योग वाणिज्य तथा आपर्ूर्तिमन्त्री बुद्धिमान तामाङलाई बुधबार सुरक्षाकर्मीले त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राषिट्य विमानस्थल कार्यालयबाट फर्काइदिएको छ।

विमानस्थलबाट सामान जांच गराएर विमानमा जाने तयारीमा रहनुभएका मन्त्री तामाङलाई सुरक्षाकर्मीले माथिको आदेश छ’ भन्दै फर्काइदिएको बताइएको छ।

सैनिक शासन सुरु भको हो?

There are JULUSH in Kirtipur, Kalanki and Chabahil. This is according to my family.

Some updates are in mero sansar.

People start to defy curfew orders in Capital

Pro-democracy activists have started to defy curfew orders on Thursday in the capital and started organizing demonstrations from early morning.

According to FM reports, pro-democracy activists carried out demonstrations in Bhaktapur and some inner parts of Kathmandu and Lalitpur districts.

The political parties vowed to defy the curfew order and expressed commitment to take out to the streets demanding restoration of democracy.

However, there was no report of violence till the time of preparing this news.

Issuing separate notices, local administrations of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktpur imposed 18-hour long curfew from 2.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. on Thursday to thwart the demonstration of seven political parties as they were planning to organize major demonstration in Ring Road.

"Security forces could shoot violators or police could arrest them and jail them up to one month," the notices said.

Pro-democracy activists defied similar curfew orders in the capital from April 8 to 11, during the general strike called by the seven political parties. nepalnews.com pb Apr 20 06
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Updates from Nepalkhabar.com

KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- Indian diplomats prepared to meet with Nepal's King Gyanendra Thursday to ease civil unrest in the Himalayan kingdom as pro-democracy activists prepared for a major rally.

The meeting was to take place at the Royal Palace when Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and India's special envoy, Karan Singh, will deliver a letter and personal message to the king from the Indian prime minister. Singh has marital ties to the Nepalese royal family.

The diplomatic effort comes in the midst of a government-imposed curfew, which was imposed Thursday from 2 a.m. until 8 p.m. (2015 Wednesday-01415 Thursday GMT). In a rare occurrence, the government refused to issue curfew passes for the media.

Hours before the curfew was set to begin, police said they acted on a tip and arrested a Maoist rebel with about 40 kilograms of gelatin explosives in Kathmandu.

Organizers of the pro-democracy rally say they expect tens of thousands of demonstrators to take part, despite a crackdown by Nepal's security forces, who have been ordered to shoot curfew violators.

CNN's Satinder Bindra said the streets of Kathmandu were largely empty except for military vehicles.

Nepal has been gridlocked by two weeks of protests against the rule of King Gyanendra, who took full control of the government last year.

On Wednesday, four protesters were killed and 500 were injured -- including the police chief -- in the eastern Nepalese district of Jhapa, police sources said. With the deaths, 10 protesters have been killed in the ongoing demonstrations.

India, the world's largest democracy, has close diplomatic and economic ties to neighboring Nepal, and despatched Saran and Singh to Kathmandu on Wednesday in an effort to resolve the Himalayan kingdom's leadership crisis.

Saran met Wednesday with Nepal's army chief, Gen. Pyar Jung Thapa, who is considered the real power behind the throne.

Many countries, including the United States, have urged the king to loosen his grip on power, blaming the monarch for failing to restore democracy after he dismissed the previous government, censored the media and seized total rule in February 2005.

Other nations have urged him to step down.

Gyanendra insists his steps were justified, arguing that the government had failed to protect Nepal from Maoist rebels who wanted to install a communist government.

In a conciliatory gesture, the king Wednesday ordered the release of Nepal's former deputy prime minister and senior communist leader, Madhav Kumar Nepal, who has been under house arrest for three months.

Nepal imposed a curfew on the popular tourist town of Pokhara on Wednesday, after the previous day's clashes between police and protesters.

State-run Radio Nepal warned that anyone violating the curfew would be shot. Police arrested 250 college and university professors who defied it.

With shops closed and vehicles off the streets, food and fuel are running short. Armored military vehicles brought supplies to Kathmandu for the first time since the general strikes began.

Seven major political parties -- supported by Maoists -- called for the protests, and vowed to keep defying curfews and shoot-on-sight orders until the king leaves.

The Maoist rebel insurgency that began in 1996 has killed at least 13,000 people.

Kathmandu ma 12 bajyo. K chha update?

I have been talking to my family back there, according to them there are JULUSh at Kalanki, Kiritipur, Naikap. There are also julus at Maitidevi, Baneshwor. People already started to defy the corfew. There is a rumor that there will be something by the evening. One of the cabinet ministers cancelled his visit to Dhaka, that may be one of the reasons behind this rumor.
Please share your updates. I am assuming every one is eager to hear more about situation in Ktm and other parts of country too.

Thanks in Advance!!!

30 miinutes ago...

A reporter who has been driving around Ring Road (for the media is also barred from entering the curfew zones) reported over the phone that huge masses have gathered at Kirtipur and Gongabu areas.

Nothing major yet.

Check http://www.blog.com.np/ for recent updates.

www.mysansar.com says TODAY IS THE DAY

THERE WILL BE NO BARTAA.

TONIGHT EITHER GYANENDRA IS DEAD
OR WILL BE IN SHIKAR, RAJASTHAN WHERE HIS SON'S FATHER IN LAW LIVES

Man Nepal finally belongs to Nepali people.

Bhattarai rejects premiership offer
20 April | 1.07 PM NST
From Issue #295 (21 April 06 - 27 April 06) | TABLE OF CONTENTS

Senior Nepali Congress leader and former prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was reportedly offered the post of prime minister but the ageing leader refused saying this was not the right time, according to sources. Meanwhile the Indian prime minister's special envoy, Dr Karan Singh was scheduled to meet King Gyanendra at 11 AM today.

अपडेट (दिउँसो 205) कलंकीमा सुरक्षाकर्मीले गोली चलाएको छ। अन्धाधुन्ध गोली। अहिलेसम्म गोली चलिरहेको छ। कर्फ्यु क्षेत्रभन्दा बाहिर पनि गोली हानिएको छ। गोली पनि सिसाको हैन। एम्बुलेन्स पनि चल्न दिइएको छैन। घाइतेहरु अलपत्र छन् रे। ५० भन्दा बढी घाइते छन् रे। स्थानीय मेडिकलमा घाइतेहरु अलपत्र छन्। घटनास्थलमा रहनुभएका स्नेह सायमिका अनुसार कलंकी पूरै युध्दग्रस्त क्षेत्र जस्तो बनेको छ। अहिले पनि प्रहरी अलि अगाडि बढ्यो भने लखेट्ने काम भइरहेको छ। लाखौंको संख्यामा मानिसहरु आएका छन्। चापागाउँबाट आएको जुलुसमा पनि गोली हानिएको छ। ग्वार्कोमा पनि गोली चलेको छ। प्रहरीले घाइतेलाई अस्पताल लान पनि दिएको छैन।

source: http://www.mysansar.com/?cat=17

http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Nepalturmoil&slug=Thousands+rally+for+democracy+in+Nepal&id=19217&callid=0&category=International

Thursday, April 20, 2006 (Kathmandu):


Nearly one lakh people have defied the 18-hour curfew in Kathmandu and have come out on the streets to join an opposition sponsored pro-democracy rally.

The government had issued shoot-at-sight orders in the capital.

The curfew came into effect at 2:00 am (local tinme) and will be in place till 8:00 pm.

The government has already banned all public meetings and has doubled the detention period for human rights campaigners and opposition politicians who are in jail.

Two protestors were killed in the southeast Jhapa district in police firing on Wednesday. At least eight people have died in the violent pro-democracy protests in the country.

Softening of stand

In indications of a softening of stand, King Gyanendra has reportedly renewed his offer of the prime minister's post to Krishna Prasad Bhattarai.

The King is believed to have sent a palace emissary to meet Bhattarai, who has turned down the offer.

There are also reports that the King may address the nation tonight and renew his offer of talks with political parties.

But the parties are unlikely to accept such an offer. They want the monarch to set a date and name a venue for the talks.