Russia drops move to ban sacred Hindu text

MOSCOW: A Russian court has upheld a decision to permit the publication of a sacred Hindu text whose initial ban sparked protests in India and threatened to strain Moscow's close ties with New Delhi.

A district court in the Siberian city of Tomsk said in a statement it had decided "to leave unchanged" a December lower court ruling stating that the "Bhagavad Gita" did not contain extremist material. Read more.....
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Obama implores North Korea to 'pursue peace,' urges against nuclear weapons for Iran

President Barack Obama is warning North Korea and Iran that their options are few and their friends fewer as those nations refuse to back down from actions the world sees as menacing. Read more.....
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Tibetan in Delhi Sets Self Alight to Protest Chinese Leader’s Visit

A protest march in the capital took a fiery turn when a Tibetan exile self-immolated Monday afternoon.
“From head to toe, he was full of fire,” said Dorjee Tseten, the national director of Students for a Free Tibet, who  witnessed the act. Read more....
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Woman jailed for shouting and screaming during sex

A WOMAN has been jailed for breaching court orders that she stop shouting and screaming during sex with her husband. 
Caroline Cartwright, 48, was remanded in custody until May 5 charged with three breaches of an Anti Social Behaviour Order which banned her from "making excessive noise" during sex anywhere in Britain.  Read more .....
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North Korea: Ready to go to war with U.S., South Korea

This undated photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left,
with a senior military officer at an undisclosed location 
Seoul:  North Korea said it's ready to fight a war with the United States and South Korea, as the two allies kicked off their annual joint military drills Monday, according to state-run media. 
"Hundreds of thousands of troops are poised for a war carrying nuclear war equipment," North Korea's KCNA news agency reported, saying Pyongyang considers the drills to be practice for a preemptive strike on the North. Read more ......
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Facebook flooded with fury

KATHMANDU, MAR 18 -
As the outrage against the government’s decision to provide Rs 20 million to an Everest expedition to be led by Prakash Dahal intensified from all quarters, social networking sites Facebook and Twitter became the most vibrant spaces for popular frustration at the move.
Apart from annoyance over the stalled peace process and news of corruption, many observed the decision as yet another case signifying the “gradual decline in the so-called socialist principles” of the Maoist party. Read more ..............
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India Budget 2012 : Delhi pledges IRs 2.7b in grants to Nepal


KATHMANDU/NEW DELHI, MAR 18 -
India will give IRs 2.7 billion in grants to Nepal in 2012-13. This is what Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced on Friday while unveiling the budget for 2012-13.  Read more......
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‘Slim chances of peace process conclusion’


KATHMANDU:
UCPN(Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Saturday that chances of concluding peace process and promulgation of a new constitution appears slim.
Addressing a gathering of the families of disappeared people at party headquarters Parisdanda, Dahal opined that opposition parties Nepali Congress and CPN-UML are not serious about completing the twin tasks. Read more....
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Teachers strikes shuts schools, students hit

KATHMANDU:
All the educational institutions across the country were shut down on Sunday due to the indefinite educational strike called by the Nepal Teachers Union and Nepal Educational Republic Forum.  Read more....
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No role in Free Tibet Movement: Kirati


KATHMANDU: Culture Minister Gopal Kirati has denied involvement in the Free Tibet Movement and reiterated his support for one-China policy.
Organising a press conference at the Ministry of Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture, Minister Kirati trashed media reports, which claim that National Investigation Department (NID) has prepared a report accusing him of involvement in anti-China activities. 

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Tibetan activist


Riot police detaining a Tibetan activist in front of the consular section of the Chinese Embassy during a demonstration staged to mark the 53rd anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in Kathmandu on Saturday‚ March 10‚ 2012. 



BILD SAYS AUF WIEDERSEHEN TO PAGE ONE GIRLS

German tabloid Bild has said auf wiedersehen to a 28-year-long series of page one girls.
The newspaper, which has featured around 5000 semi-naked to completely naked women on its inside cover, said ending its policy was "a small step for women ... a big step for all German men," the Daily Mail reported. Read more...
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