Bomb against defused near vice-president’s residence

Kathmandu, 14 Sept: Army Monday bomb disposal unit again defused a socket bomb planted near the private residence of Vice-president Parmananda Jha in the capital.
Jha has not only refused government and supreme court requests to take an oath of office in Nepali but hasn’t stepped down.
The court said his oath in Hindi one year ago was unconstitutional.
The stance of the former supreme court justice who presided over apex court proceedings in Nepali has triggered a language crisis.
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Nepal no to Indian request to sign extradition treaty

By Bhola B Rana

Kathmandu, 14 Sept: Nepal Monday said it isn’t ready yet to sign a new extradition treaty with India that gives New Delhi.
Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao pressed for its approval an the first day of a two-day visit.
The treaty was negotiated by the government of Girija Prasad Koirala before 2006 but Maoists stopped its ratification after joining the political mainstream in 2006.
The treaty will give India sweeping rights to extradite even non-Nepalis to India for trail New Delhi considers India’s enemies.
Nepal recently handed over several Pakistanis to India which New Delhi falsely accused of anti-Indian activities form Nepal.
Nepal said there was no political consensus on the treaty between political parties.
Nepal also rejected immediate demand to sign strip border maps that India says will resolve 98 percent loft h border claims as New Delhi has encroached on Nepali territory against the spirit of the 1815 Saugali treaty.
Rao held discussions with her Nepali counterpart Gyan Chand Acharya after arrival.
Nepal and its politicians have been according going out of protocol to accord top courtesy and priority to Indian and western bureaucrats during their Nepal visits.
Nepali Congress President and President Dr Ram Baran Yadav accorded such treatment to Rao Monday by holding political discussions with her.
Her contacts should normally have been limited to her Nepali counterpart and the foreign minister.
It will take Nepal a long time to get out of the
net of foreign involvement and interference in internal Nepali affairs after foreign capitals were openly welcomed by leading parties, including Maoists who now complain of foreign interference.
A 12-point New Delhi accord was signed between Maoists and seven parliamentary parties not in Kathmamndu, Biratnagar, Rolpa or other Nepali centers but in the Indian capital with Indian government involvement with the agreement of present rulers.
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