| March212005 | »Success: Royal Nepal Army (RNA) claims success in operation againstMaoist rebels. According to RNA sources, the Army has successfully flushedMaoist rebels from hideouts in the remote mountains of western Nepal.
»Verbal salvos: Government sources reiterated the claim saying BaburamBhattarai, politburo member of CPN (M), and his wife were expelled fromthe party due to differences of opinion in the leadership. A Maoist statementwas refuting the rumours about the expulsion of Bhattarai from the partylast week.
»Maoist heartland: Fear rules in the Maoist rural stronghold of Rolpadistrict, a report said. "Maybe only 30 or 40 percent of people supportthe Maoists," an observer said. | March22
2005 | »Murder: Maoists killed Radio Nepal journalist Dhan Bahadur Roka Magaafter six months in captivity. The journalist was abducted by the Maoistrebels in July 2004 from Pyuthan district.
»Interactions: The Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) organisedinteraction programs to pressure government to allow greater press freedomsacross the country. | March25
2005 | »Rolpa road: Maoist workers have built a 90 km long dirt road , a socalled "Martyrs' road" winding through the Maoist heartland of Rolpa. TheMaoist authorities in Rolpa district have asked every family to contributeone person's labour for 10 days. It is the first time that the Maoistshave finished such a infrastructure project in one of the Maoistcontrolled areas.
»Human rights: Army sources confirmed that the Royal Nepales Army hastook action against human rights violaters in their own ranks. The RNAhas investigated into 40 cases of human rights abuse.
»Secret meeting: According to the RNA spokesman Brig. Gen. Dipak Gurung,Maoist cadres have met in Delhi (India) to discuss a circular who confirmedthe demotion of the deputy leader of CPN (M), Baburam Bhattarai.Baburam Bhattarai was in charge of the central division, ranking next tothe CPN (Maoist) supreme commander Prachanda. The Maoist spokesman deniedrecently reports saying Bhattarai and his wife were expelled from the party.
»Military aid: The RNA is not worried by the blockade of military aidas we have sufficient weapons in stock and the infrastructure to producesmall arms and bullets by ourselves, an Army statement said.
»Facts & figures: 886 Maoists had been killed and 168 injured inthe past six months. Another 244 had surrendered while 501 were nabbedduring the period. Similarly, the security forces defused 190 improvisedexplosive devices and seized a large number of arms and ammunition fromthe terrorists, the Army spokesman said.
»Clashes: Clashes between Maoist rebels and security forces were reportedfrom Gulmi, Kaski and Kapilbastu districts.
»Campaign?: Maoist cadres favoring Baburam Bhattarai have begun wallpaintings with slogans like 'down with Prachanda Path', 'declare cease-fire'and 'hold peace talks', among others, in various places of Dolakha andBaglung districts, the RNA informed. |
|  | | March272005 | »Reality: "The picture we get in Kathmandu is a rosy one that does notcorrespond with the reality of escalating conflict and increased insecurity.The situation here is very difficult to analyse as we lack proper information",a Swiss development expert said.
»Opinion: "Maoists are stronger than before", a leader of Nepal's government-appointedhuman rights commission said in New York. | March29
2005 | »Attack: >Maoistrebels killed three army personnel, who were not carrying any weapons,after kidnapping them while they were on their way home on leave in Ramchhapdistrict.
»Crisis: >Expertschose Nepal as the world's ninth-worst neglected crisis.
»Press freedom: >Hundredsof journalists in Nepal have held demonstrations across the country demandingthe restoration of press freedom.
»Indian border: >Indiais to almost double the number of troops guarding its border with Nepaland Bhutan.
»Maoist arrested: >IndianPolice arrested three suspected Maoists in the Indian state of West Bengal.
»Maoist arrested: >TheArmy has launched security operations in Achham , Bara, Morang districts. |
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