Main News, November 2010

07/11/2010: Failed Leaders And Corrupt Nation, by Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km)
06/11/2010: Top leaders begin ‘decisive talks’: Meeting to continue today (kp), Two-day ‘secret talks’ of big three parties conclude without concrete agreement (nn)
05/11/2010: Taskforce finds consensus on citizenship issue (ht) MKN proclamation fallacious: Leaders (kp), Wyss urges for consensus: Calls on leaders to prioritise peace, statute (kp), Build trust for peace, statute: Wyss (ht), Discharged fighters warn govt, by Mohan Budhair (kp), The missing factors: The Big Three are overlooking key points necessary to form a solid government, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp), SC upholds CA term extension (ht)
04/11/2010: Big Three fail to bridge rift: ‘Package deal’ still elusive, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), 'PM Nepal didn't propose to make Poudel PM for one month' (nn), Impasse end by Chhath: Big III (ht), Govt rubs salt into war victims’ wound, by Ishwar Rauniyar (kp), ‘Maoist control of cantonments cause of trust deficit’, interview with Krishna Prasad Sitaula (kp), Beating around the bush: The Maoists should do their fair share, but it doesn’t help the image of Nepali Congress to adopt a ‘take it or leave it’ approach, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp), Taskforce resolves citizenship row; NRN's to get citizenship (nn), Statute drafting: Seal on single citizenship (kp), Taskforce one on single citizenship (ht), Taskforce tenure extended till Dec 11 (nn), PM Nepal 'threatens' to submit reign to President (nn) [?? The president does not have any executive powers!!], Congress minister slams PM Nepal's remarks (nn), 16th round of PM election today (nn), PM elections: Poudel gets rejected for the 16th time; next round on Nov 15 (nn)
03/11/2010: Panel picks Nepali as central govt official language (ht), States can choose official language (kp), NC aye to Maoist govt if it creates ‘solid ground’ (kp), Paudel’s riders for backing Dahal as PM (ht), Prime Ministerial race in apex court: What lends gravity to the case, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht), Penance and introspection: A Gandhian march from Jhapa to Kanchanpur for national reconciliation would be good for our politicians’ souls, by Pramod Mishra (kp), Political calculus in Madhes: Extremist forces are trying to gain a foothold; But mainstream parties can still make a comeback, by Chandrakishore (kp), National interests yet to be defined, interview with Bala Nanda Sharma (kp), Isn’t UNMIN Packing?, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn)
02/11/2010: Political instability frustrates donors, by John Narayan Parajuli (kp), Bhattarai for package solution: A day is enough if parties have will power (ht), BRB for package scenario, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp), Statutory bodies stay headless, by Bhadra Sharma (kp), Most of disputed issues settled (ht), Swiss Speaker for Nepali model of federalism (kp), Poudel scores 15th defeat goal (kp), PM race gets nasty, leaders exchange barbs (ht), SC verdict on PM poll on Nov 10 (ht), NEFIN plans stir to ensure indigenous people’s rights (ht), Parties preparing to cancel out Poudel's candidacy by amending parliamentary regulation: Gautam (nn), NC 'ready' to accept Dahal as PM provided UCPN (M) commits to peace, constitution (nn)
01/11/2010: Executive head to lead new mechanism (kp), Executive head to
chair CC-like body (ht), We want to turn over a new leaf in our relationship with India, interview with Pushpa Kamal Dahal (kp), Dahal offers a way out (kp), Bhattarai ready to be Prime Minister, by Rajan Bhattarai (ht), Lobbying brings to fore rift in party (ht), Fifteenth round of PM election today (nn), Poudel makes a habit of being rejected as he fails for 15th time; next election on Nov 4 (nn), Congress should quit PM race, says Sujata Koirala; Sees plot to finish democracy (ht), Nepal talks about foreign assistance suspension threat (ht), Facilitating integration of Maoist combatants, by Pranav Bhattarai (rep)