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Kathmandu Tribune
January 30, 2018
... life's journey of Dilmaya Rokka, a former Maoist rebel, was not obviously easier. Chitra Bahadur was killed in a battle with then Royal Nepal Army in Khara of Rukum on April 7, 2005. Now her tireless struggle to find a better place for herself and children, and contribution to her party, now the CPN (MaoistÃÂ ...
Nepali times
January 4, 2018
But it is a diseased lung, and time we gave it back to the ex-Royal Nepal Army which used it as a parade ground for the cavalry. HQ should be allowed to use the field's entire length from the Stadium to Ratna Park during the Phulpati and Shivaratri parades to showcase the military's top secret ballisticÃÂ ...
Jacobin magazine
November 26, 2017
The escalating conflict between the Maoists' People's Liberation Army (PLA) and government forces, including the Armed Police and the Royal Nepalese Army, made elections a dangerous prospect, and neither side thought a vote would serve their interests. In October 2002, King Gyanendra dissolved theÃÂ ...
Nepali times
October 16, 2017
The battle for Dunai was a turning point in the war. The main fallout was criticism of the Royal Nepal Army for not helping the government which exposed confusion about the chain of command in the Army. Who was giving orders: the supreme commander of the Army despite being a constitutional monarch,ÃÂ ...
Nepali times
October 12, 2017
Two years ago, he cut short his visit to meet his sister in England because he became so impatient at not doing anything with his hands. “I missed my work here in the shop, so I changed my flight and came home early,” remembers Kul, who joined the Royal Nepal Army in 1974, when he was just 14, to be aÃÂ ...
The Kathmandu Post
September 11, 2017
I still vividly remember then late King Birendra quashing an attempt by the Royal Nepal Army to open a company with the aim of investing in hydropower projects. Despite attempts made by many to drag the Nepal Army into business during the royal regimes, none of them were successful. Post 2006, theÃÂ ...
Nepali times
May 25, 2017
The royal massacre contributed to the Maoists deciding to accelerate their goal to abolish the monarchy, and within five months took the war directly to the Royal Nepal Army. However, the factor that was almost as important in leading to the abolition of the monarchy was King Gyanendra's attempt to turn theÃÂ ...
Republica
April 17, 2017
KATHMANDU, April 17: Kavrepalanchok District Court has slapped life imprisonment on three officers of the then Royal Nepal Army for the murder of Maina Sunar, a teenage girl, at the time of the Maoist insurgency. According to District Court Registrar Krishna Adhikari, the bench of Judge Medini PrasadÃÂ ...
Himalayan Times
May 27, 2016
DHADING: Family members of 17 labourers who were killed in a military action around 15 years ago filed a complaint at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) against the then Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the then senior Royal Nepal Army official Rookmangud Katawal. The currentÃÂ ...
Himalayan Times
April 6, 2016
He put in papers after a massive corruption scandal surfaced in the Royal Nepal Army's ordnance procurement. Several army officials, including Major General Yogendra Pratap Rana who was the Master General of Ordnance and three other senior officials, were court-martialled in the scandal.
United We Blog! (blog)
April 14, 2013
We haven't verified the identity of Nepali Chhoro as a Royal Nepal Army captain. (We request him to do so by phone so that we can remove (or replace this notice). We will respect his right to privacy. We are publishing this article here because we liked it.) I am an army officer and have been a regular visitorÃÂ ...
Jacobin magazine
November 26, 2017
The escalating conflict between the Maoists' People's Liberation Army (PLA) and government forces, including the Armed Police and the Royal Nepalese Army, made elections a dangerous prospect, and neither side thought a vote would serve their interests. In October 2002, King Gyanendra dissolved the ...
Times of India
November 26, 2017
Decades later, in 2004, General Pyar Jung Thapa, the Chief of Army Staff Royal Nepal Army, was the RO. More recently, in 2011, General Md Abdul Mubeen, the Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh Army, reviewed the parade. There are two reasons why foreign dignitaries are invited as reviewing officers.
Nepali times
October 16, 2017
The battle for Dunai was a turning point in the war. The main fallout was criticism of the Royal Nepal Army for not helping the government which exposed confusion about the chain of command in the Army. Who was giving orders: the supreme commander of the Army despite being a constitutional monarch, ...
Nepali times
October 12, 2017
Two years ago, he cut short his visit to meet his sister in England because he became so impatient at not doing anything with his hands. “I missed my work here in the shop, so I changed my flight and came home early,” remembers Kul, who joined the Royal Nepal Army in 1974, when he was just 14, to be a ...
Noisey
July 26, 2017
The country was in the height of civil war, and the Royal Nepalese Army had begun stalking the streets, clashing with the Maoist insurgants and protestors who aimed to topple the kingdom. Nepal's bloody revolution lasted for a decade until 2006, during which time 17,000 Nepali citizens were killed on both ...
Nepali times
May 25, 2017
The royal massacre contributed to the Maoists deciding to accelerate their goal to abolish the monarchy, and within five months took the war directly to the Royal Nepal Army. However, the factor that was almost as important in leading to the abolition of the monarchy was King Gyanendra's attempt to turn the ...
Republica
April 17, 2017
KATHMANDU, April 17: Kavrepalanchok District Court has slapped life imprisonment on three officers of the then Royal Nepal Army for the murder of Maina Sunar, a teenage girl, at the time of the Maoist insurgency. According to District Court Registrar Krishna Adhikari, the bench of Judge Medini Prasad ...
Himalayan Times
April 6, 2016
He put in papers after a massive corruption scandal surfaced in the Royal Nepal Army's ordnance procurement. Several army officials, including Major General Yogendra Pratap Rana who was the Master General of Ordnance and three other senior officials, were court-martialled in the scandal.
United We Blog! (blog)
April 14, 2013
We haven't verified the identity of Nepali Chhoro as a Royal Nepal Army captain. (We request him to do so by phone so that we can remove (or replace this notice). We will respect his right to privacy. We are publishing this article here because we liked it.) I am an army officer and have been a regular visitor ...
Himalayan Times
October 4, 2017
Then Royal Nepal Army had arrested Acharya couple's son Lilaraj On December 15, 2003 from Kathmandu. Lilaraj was 25 years old then andÃÂ ...
The Kathmandu Post
September 11, 2017
I still vividly remember then late King Birendra quashing an attempt by the Royal Nepal Army to open a company with the aim of investing inÃÂ ...
Himalayan Times
September 9, 2017
Similarly, Saroj's elder brother Binod Kumar was arrested by then Royal Nepal Army and shot dead. Saroj's family has not yet received Binod'sÃÂ ...
NW Evening Mail
September 5, 2017
In 1985, he was invited to accompany and record a three-month joint British services and Royal Nepalese Army expedition to climb Mount KiratÃÂ ...
Nepali times
August 31, 2017
So, I am not losing sleep, like some pundits are, that the Erstwhile-Royal Nepal Army Pvt Ltd has grabbed Tundikhel, is setting up its own radioÃÂ ...
Noisey
July 26, 2017
The country was in the height of civil war, and the Royal Nepalese Army had begun stalking the streets, clashing with the Maoist insurgants andÃÂ ...
The Kathmandu Post
June 19, 2017
... Mandira Sharma, an award-winning human rights lawyer; Rajani, a Royal Nepal Army officer; and Ram Kumari Jhankri, a student politician.
Nepali times
May 25, 2017
... to the Maoists deciding to accelerate their goal to abolish the monarchy, and within five months took the war directly to the Royal Nepal Army.
Republica
April 18, 2017
On Monday, Kavrepalanchowk District Court slapped life imprisonment on three officers of the then Royal Nepal Army for the murder of Sunar,ÃÂ ...
Republica
April 17, 2017
KATHMANDU, April 17: Kavrepalanchok District Court has slapped life imprisonment on three officers of the then Royal Nepal Army for theÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
August 31, 2016
... caste Brahmin family in Kaski district, Prachanda had once toyed with the idea of joining the Royal Nepalese Army after completing his secondary education.
BBC News
August 25, 2016
Royal Nepal Army soldiers in civilian uniforms were also on the bus. ... by the Royal Nepal Army while there was a ceasefire in August 2003.
Kathmandu Post
August 12, 2016
In February 2002, the then Royal Nepal Army (RNA) had killed 36 construction workers in an indiscriminate shooting in Kotwada airport ofÃÂ ...
Himalayan Times
April 6, 2016
He put in papers after a massive corruption scandal surfaced in the Royal Nepal Army's ordnance procurement. Several army officialsÃÂ ...
United We Blog! (blog)
April 14, 2013
We haven't verified the identity of Nepali Chhoro as a Royal Nepal Army captain. (We request him to do so by phone so that we can remove (orÃÂ ...
Nepali times (blog)
February 21, 2017
Although cases of enforced disappearances were reported as early as in 1997, the problem had worsened after the government declared a state of emergency in 2002 and the Royal Nepal Army entered the war. After the end of the conflict in 2006, theÃÂ ...
The Kathmandu Post
January 20, 2017
However, with the escalation of the insurgency after direct confrontation with the then Royal Nepal Army, the Maoists had to look for bigger suppliers and willing markets were accessible in the North-East Indian states like Assam, Manipur and Nagaland ...
The Kathmandu Post
December 4, 2016
In February 2002, the then Royal Nepal Army had killed 36 construction workers in an indiscriminate shooting in Kotwada airport of Kalikot district.
The Kathmandu Post
November 22, 2016
If the existing administration including the then Royal Nepal Army under an absolute monarchy had chosen not to step aside and compromise the political status quo, violence could have escalated dramatically.
Republica
November 20, 2016
KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Ten years after signing the signing the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) since the decade-long civil war came to an end, the former Maoist guerrillas now feel that the agreement was 'a tool for party segregation and compromise onÃÂ ...
Republica
October 11, 2016
Also present on the occasion were politicians of the Panchayat era, former administrators and the retired high ranking officials of the then Royal Nepalese Army. First to receive tika from the former royal couple was former Deputy Prime Minister and ...
Kathmandu Post
October 12, 2016
Also present on the occasion were politicians of the Panchayat era, former administrators and the retired high ranking officials of the then Royal Nepalese Army. First to receive tika from the former royal couple was former Deputy Prime Minister and ...
Republica
October 11, 2016
Also present on the occasion were politicians of the Panchayat era, former administrators and the retired high ranking officials of the then Royal Nepalese Army. First to receive tika from the former royal couple was former Deputy Prime Minister and ...
Himalayan Times
September 21, 2016
The Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force and the Royal Nepalese Army, as it was then known, were responsible for deaths and serious injury of demonstrators and other civilians through the excessive use of force, he said.
Aljazeera.com
August 31, 2016
Born into a lower middle class, upper caste Brahmin family in Kaski district, Prachanda had once toyed with the idea of joining the Royal Nepalese Army after completing his secondary education. But, instead, he attended an agriculture college in Chitwan.
BBC News
August 25, 2016
Sangita Yonjan lost her father during a controversial military raid by the Royal Nepal Army while there was a ceasefire in August 2003.
The Kathmandu Post
August 16, 2016
Aug 17, 2016- A writ petition has been filed against the government doling Rs 200,000 out to each disqualified discharged soldier of the People Liberation Army, an arm wing of the former rebel party,demanding annulment of the decision.
Kathmandu Post
August 12, 2016
In February 2002, the then Royal Nepal Army (RNA) had killed 36 construction workers in an indiscriminate shooting in Kotwada airport of Kalikot district.
The Wire
July 29, 2016
On the frontline, Asmita said the growing strength of the then Royal Nepal Army, especially its helicopter gunships, was instrumental to the Maoist defeat in several battles.
Foreign Policy (blog)
July 5, 2016
A 2006 report by the U.N. special rapporteur on torture stated that "[t]orture is systematically practiced by the police, armed police, and Royal Nepalese Army." More recently, according to Amnesty International's 2015-2016 annual report on Nepal ...
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