Published on: Feb 20, 2016
The pre-blockade Narendra Modi was seen as having radically reoriented India’s neighbourhood policy from that of security paranoia to that of development with India as the engine of growth. With the blockade, however, Modi has revealed himself to be
By Dipak Gyawali | Feb 18, 2016
As Nepal is passing through a major crisis following the earthquake, IM Swedish Development Partner, a Swedish INGO, has come to Nepal to provide essential support. BIRTHE MULLER, chairperson of the organization, spoke to NEW SPOTLIGHT during her vis
By A Correspondent | Feb 18, 2016
Having worked for over two decades in the civil society sector, ANN SVENSEN, Secretary General of IM Swedish Development Partner, was very much impressed while meeting with various stakeholders in the rural communities of Nepal. Secretary General An
By A Correspondent | Feb 18, 2016
The saddest part is that why this blockade was imposed by our Madheshi community, I could not figure out ‘why’? Why concerned authorities failed to meet the logical demands of these communities and why they were left to be addressed by our constituti
By Chanda Rana | Feb 19, 2016
If the current intraparty elections of the Nepali Congress is anything to go by, here too the candidates backed by the veterans Koiralas, Prakash Man Singh, Gagan Thapa at Morang, Kathmandu 1 and Kathmandu 4 respectively seem to have fallen by the wa
By Hemang Dixit | Feb 19, 2016
The biggest achievement for AAP has been the high moral ground in which it has conducted its business. According to an India Today – GFK Mode Survey, a majority 51 per cent felt that corruption had reduced in the capitalin the last one year.
By Abijit Sharma | Feb 19, 2016
Nepal ended their 23-year wait for football gold as they rallied from a goal down to beat arch rivals India 2-1 in the final of the 12th South Asian Games at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in Guwahati, India. Nepal last won the title in the Sout
By Dr. Prabin Manandhar | Feb 19, 2016