प्रमुख चारदलबीच गत जेठ २५ गते भएको सोह्रबुँदे सहमति कार्यान्वयन नगर्न सर्वोच्चले दिएको आदेशविरुद्ध अभिव्यक्ति दिएको भन्दै शीर्ष चार दलका नेतालाई एकवर्ष कैद र रु १० हजार जरिबानाको मागसहित आज सर्वोच्च अदालतमा अपहेलनाको मुद्दा दर्ता भएको छ । ..... अधिवक्ता लक्ष्मीप्रसाद पोखरेलद्वारा दर्ता गरिएको मुद्दामा ..... अन्तरिम आदेशमा नेपालको अन्तरिम संविधान, २०६३ को धारा १३८ बमोजिम राज्यको अग्रगामी पुनःसंरचना हुनुभन्दा अगाडि संविधानसभाको विघटन हुनु विद्यमान संविधानको विपरीत काम भएको उल्लेख छ ।आज न्यायालय ही कटघरे में खड़ा है क्योंकि न्यायाधीश मधेशी मूल के हैं : श्वेता दीप्ति
जाहिर सी बात है कि इस फैसले ने सत्ता की गलियारों में हलचल पैदा कर दी । यह स्वाभाविक था । ऐसा होना ही था । किसी भी फैसले पर असहमत होना एक बात है पर सर्वोच्च के द्वारा दिए गए फैसले को न मानना एक गम्भीर बात है । ..... फैसले में संविधान प्रक्रिया को नहीं रोका गया है बल्कि धारा १, ८२ और १३८ के विपरीत कार्य न करने की बात की गई है ।यसरी पक्राउ परेका थिए सिके राउत ? (भिडियोसहित)
प्रहरीले काठमाडौंमा मधेशीहरुमाथि धरपकड गरेको छ । बुधबार रातिदेखि नै प्रहरीले काठमाडौंका विभिन्न स्थानमा रहेका मधेशीहरुमाथि धरपकड सुरु गरेको हो । बिहिबार विहान ५ बजेसम्ममा काठमाडौंका विभिन्न स्थानबाट ७४ जना गिरफ्तार भइसकेको सुरक्षा संयन्त्रले जनाएको छ । यस विषयको आधिकारिक पुष्टि भने भएको छैन ।........ काठमाडौंमा भइरहेको दाता सम्मेलनको सुरक्षाका लागि मधेशीहरुलाई पक्राउ गरिएको सुरक्षा संयन्त्र स्रोतबाट बुझिएको छ । दाता सम्मेलनको मौका छोपी स्वतन्त्र मधेश गठबन्धनले काठमाडौंमा विरोध कार्यक्रम गर्न लागेको आशंका र जानकारीका आधारमा मधेशीहरुलाई गिरफ्तार गरिएको स्रोतबाट बुझिएको छ । ..... सम्भावित विरोध कार्यक्रमलाई ध्यानमा राख्दै काठमाडौं आउने थानकोटलगायतका नाका, कलंकी, कालिमाटी र सोल्टीमोडबाट ८० भन्दा बढी मधेशीहरुलाई गिरफ्तार गरिएको हुलाकीको विशेष स्रोतले जनाएको छ । ...... यता गिरफ्तार गरिएकामध्ये अधिकांश सर्वसाधारण मधेशी रहेको जानकारी प्राप्त भएको छ । कलंकी, कालिमाटीलगायतका ठाउँमा फलफूल र तरकारी बेच्ने मधेशीहरु प्रहरीको गिरफ्तमा आएको बुझिएको छ । सोल्टीमोडबाट अधिकांश मधेशीलाई गिरफ्तार गरिएको छ ।..... सोल्टीमोडस्थित श्रम कार्यालयमा श्रम स्विकृति लिन गएकाहरुलाई पनि प्रहरीले गिरफ्तार गरेको विशेष स्रोतले जनाएको छ । स्वतन्त्र मधेश गठबन्धनका केही मात्र कार्यकर्ता गिरफ्तार भएका र बाँकी सबै आम मधेशी रहेको जानकारी हुलाकीलाई प्राप्त भएको छ ।....... यसभन्दा पहिले सार्क सम्मेलनको समयमा पनि काठमाडौंमा मधेशीमाथि धरपकड भएको थियो । त्यति बेला ६ सयभन्दा बढी मधेशीलाई प्रहरीले गिरफ्तार गरेको थियो ।हामी अझै पनि “धोती” भइरहनु, “मर्स्या” भइरहनु ?
झण्डै ३ करोड जनसंख्या भएको देशमा लगभग ४० प्रतिशत जनता भारतीय मूलका छन् जसलाई सामान्यतया मधेशी भनिन्छ । उनीहरु तराईको समथर भूभागमा बस्छन् । (म मधेशी हुनमा गर्व गर्छु ।) मधेशी एउटा सिङ्गो जाति होइन बरु मैथिली, भोजपुरी, अवधी जस्ता सयौं फरकफरक भाषाहरु बोल्ने सयौं जातिहरु हुन् । मधेशीहरु नेपाली हुन् । ...... मधेशीहरु कालो छालाका हुन्छन् । उनीहरु छिमेकी भारतीय राज्यहरु बिहार, उत्तर प्रदेशका मानिसहरुसँग मिल्दोजुल्दो देखिन्छन् । मेरो बुबा सधैं मलाई सम्झाउनुहुन्थ्यो– मेरा हजुरबुबाका पुर्खाहरु पुस्तौंदेखि नेपालमा बस्दै आएका थिए । उनीहरु नेपाली हुन् । राजधानी काठमाडौं प्रवेश गर्नका लागि १५० किमी जति यात्रा गरेर नेपाली भिसा प्राप्त गर्नुपर्दथ्यो । यस्तो भिसा प्राप्त गर्नका लागि महिनौं लाग्न सक्थ्यो र प्राप्त नहुने सम्भावना पनि प्रशस्त हुन्थ्यो । ...... मेरा हजुरबुबा थोरै भाग्यमानी मधेशीहरुमध्येको एक हुनुहुन्थ्यो जोसँग नेपाली नागरिकता थियो । नत्र धेरै मधेशीहरुलाई उनीहरुको भारतसँग पारिवारिक सम्बन्ध भएका कारण नागरिकता दिन अस्वीकार गरिएको थियो । ....... मेरा बुबा मलाई सधैं भन्ने गर्नुहुन्थ्यो– महेन्द्रको पालामा मुलुकी ऐन जसलाई भूमिसुधार ऐन पनि भनिन्थ्यो, त्यो ऐनले सामान्य नागरिकहरुको भूमिअधिकारमाथि सीमा लगाइदियो । यो मूलतः मधेशमा गरिएको थियो ।........ मधेशीका जमिनहरु मूलतः पहाडेहरुलाई बाँडियो । निःशुल्क जमिन वितरण र आर्थिक लाभका कारण सन् १९५४–१९८१ सम्म तराईमा व्यापक बसाइँसराइ भयो । २.५ पटक जतिले जनसंख्या बढ्यो । यसैकारण, नेपालको जनसंख्याको ३५–४९ प्रतिशत तराईले ओगट्यो । यसले मधेशको जनसांख्यिक संरचनामा ठूलो परिवर्तन ल्यायो ।.......... पहाडबाट झरेका शासक वर्गका मानिसहरुका कारण मधेशीहरु आफ्नै थातथलोमा दमित हुन पुगे । नेपालको आर्थिक स्रोतको केन्द्र मधेशमा भएको शोषणको इतिहास भारतमा ब्रिटिस शासन भएको बखतदेखि शाहहरुले मकवानपुरमा सेन राज्यलाई कूटनीतिक रुपबाट अन्त्य गरेसम्म पुग्न सकिन्छ । त्यस समयदेखि नै मधेशीहरुलाई दासको रुपमा व्यवहार गरियो । तराई/मधेश मात्र अन्नभण्डारको रुपमा चिनियो । मधेशीहरुलाई भारतीयहरुलाई प्रयोग गरिने तल्लो दर्जाको तुच्छ शब्द “धोती”को रुपमा व्यवहार गरियो । ..... हामी मधेशीहरु मधेशमा अति गर्मी हुने भएकाले धोती र लुङ्गी लगाउँछौं । राजा महेन्द्रले गरेको नेपालीकरणअन्तरगत खस भाषाभन्दा अरु नेपालमा बोल्ने भाषा/भाषिका, साहित्यहरुलाई सरकारी कामकाज र विद्यालय शिक्षाको पाठ्यक्रमबाट खारेज गरियो । खस भाषा एक मात्र नेपाली राष्ट्रभाषाको रुपमा स्थापित गरियो । दौरा–सुरुवाल, ढाका–टोपीलाई राष्ट्रिय पोशाकको रुपमा स्थापित गरियो । ..... १० वर्षको हुँदा जब म काठमाडौं आएँ, त्यस बेला आफैले विभेदको पाठ सिकें । काठमाडौं र पहाडका गल्लीहरु मर्स्या, धोती, भैया आदि जस्ता तल्लो स्तरको कोलाहलले भरिएका हुन्थे । मधेशीहरु साँच्चिकै हेपिएका थिए । सामान्य व्यक्तिले उनीहरुलाई यसरी मजाकको पात्र बनाउँदा पनि कहिल्यै प्रतिरोध गर्दैनथे र सरकार चुपचाप थियो । ...... नेपालका शासक जातिहरुका लागि यो खुसीको खबर हुने छैन, किनकि उनीहरु सधैं यहाँका मधेशी र आदिवासी जनजातिहरुलाई मर्स्या, धोती, ज्यापू, भोटेको रुपमा हेप्न र शोषण गर्न चाहन्छन् ।
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| English: Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, India, speaks during the welcome lunch at the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2008 in New Delhi (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
highlighted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi ensured a prompt rescue and relief operation within six hours of the 7.9-magnitude April 25 quake. .... "We reacted as if a disaster had struck India," Swaraj said. ...... a powerful earthquake that struck exactly two months back on April 25, killing about 9,000 people and injuring around 23,000 others besides flattening over five lakh houses. ..... Government of India's pledge for Nepal's post-earthquake reconstruction of Nepali Rupees 10,000 crore, equivalent to $1 billion, one fourth of it as Grant ..... The conference was attended by several countries, including China, Britain, Norway, Japan, Sri Lanka, the European Union besides the UN, World Bank and Asian Development Bank. ...... "Ours is a 'Roti-Beti ka Sambandh' (a bond of family and kinship)." ...... India's response was "swift, spontaneous and substantive" ..... "Operation Maitri was our largest ever disaster assistance effort abroad, valued at nearly four billion Indian Rupees. But what is important is not that this support was larger than other foreign countries; what matters is the strong feeling of empathy and the instantaneous, instinctive and heart-felt response from Indians for their Nepali brothers and sisters," Swaraj said. ...... Nepal's challenge would be to ensure efficient and transparent utilisation of the funds ........ huge reconstruction needs of $6.7 billion. ..... Nepal, our oldest and closest friend and neighbour ...... "Hydropower projects now need to be speedily implemented and work on construction of the Kathmandu-Nijgadh fast track road and the Nijgadh airport with India's participation should be expedited."Nepal earthquake: India and China pledge millions in aid
Pledges include $1bn (£640m) from India, $500m from China, and $600m from the Asian Development Bank. ..... Nepal says it needs $7bn after April and May's devastating quakes, in which nearly 9,000 people were killed....... Opening the conference, Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala promised that the relief funds would be used wisely. ....... Donor countries and international agencies have voiced concerns that red tape and poor planning could result in the donations being squandered. ...... Additional pledges of $260m from Japan, $130m from the US, and $100m from the European Union - as well as an earlier announcement of up to $500m from the World Bank - take the total assistance offered to around $3bn.Foreign Donors Pledge $3 Billion to Help Rebuild Quake-Ravaged Nepal
“We will share periodically the use of the funds to maintain transparency because you are accountable to your own citizens,” Prime Minister Sushil Koirala told an international donors’ conference in Kathmandu ..... Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China promised $483 million, while the Japanese government pledged $260 million. ...... Chandan Sapkota, an economist at the Asian Development Bank who is based in Nepal, said concerns remained over the capacity of the Nepalese government, mired in bureaucratic delays, to use the aid effectively. ...... “We need a plan from the government that we can spend the money within four to five years,” Mr. Sapkota said. “And that’s a very tall order.” ...... Even as the central government made assurances that the funds would be implemented efficiently, officials in earthquake-affected districts have said that the government’s plan to immediately provide $2,000 to families for home rebuilding is mired in red tape. ....... the Asian Development Bank’s commitment of up to $600 million would largely go to reconstructing government schools.After Nepal Quake, Nepalis In The US Now Eligible For Temporary Protection
some Nepalis in the United States can now apply to stay in the country for at least another year, with work permits and temporary protection from deportation. U.S. immigration authorities opened applications Wednesday for Nepalis to get “temporary protected status,” which could affect up to 25,000 people currently in the United States without long-term legal status........ may now qualify for TPS and receive authorization to stay in the country until December 2016. They have to show they have been in the country at least since Wednesday, and have until the end of 2015 to send in their applications. Nepalis who arrive in the U.S. after Wednesday aren’t eligible. ..... Lawmakers in New York also vocally supported the legislation: Around 40,000 Nepalis live in the city, mostly in Queens. .... The new measure could affect 10,000 to 25,000 Nepalis ..... The TPS program isn’t new. The U.S. previously granted TPS protection to Haitians after Haiti’s devastating earthquake in 2010. Since then U.S. officials have continuously extended TPS for Haitians given the slow pace of recovery after the quake, and about 58,000 people have been granted protection. Given the scale of the destruction caused by Nepal’s disaster, the U.S. could likewise easily extend protections for Nepalis past the December 2016 expiration date, potentially for several more years. ....... Immigrants from El Salvador and Honduras have received such long-term protection. The U.S. first granted TPS to Salvadorans in 2001 following a large-scale earthquake there, and to Nicaragua and Honduras in 1999 after Hurricane Mitch ravaged both countries. Anyone from those countries who was in the U.S. at the beginning of those programs is still eligible for TPS protection more than 15 years later. ..... TPS doesn’t provide for a path to legal status, however, and those who receive protection must reapply and pay new fees every time the program is extended. The comprehensive immigration bill that was passed in the Senate in 2013 would have provided a path to citizenship for TPS-eligible immigrants, but that bill has since languished amid congressional deadlock.Go Inside the Effort to Rebuild Nepal
“In Burma, just being Muslim is like a crime” ..... “This is the situation of the Rohingya,” says Hassan. “The person who is not a citizen anywhere has no limit to the punishment he can suffer.”
Maharashtra has highest GDP about $233 billion while Lakshadweep has the smallest GDP of $60 million.Indian states by GDP
Maharashtra has highest GSDP among 33 Indian States and Union Territories. Maharashtra contributes 14.10% of total India's GDP with gross state domestic product around of 1,476,233 crore INR at current prices. India's most populated state Uttar Pradesh is at second position with share of 8.24%. Tamil Nadu (7.93%) is at 3rd, India's most economically free state Gujarat (7.31) is at 4th and West Bengal (6.75%) is at 5th position in year 2013-14...... In US Dollor, 7 states has economy of greater than $100 billion. Economy of Maharashtra is approx. $287 billion.Comparing Indian states and territories with countries: An Indian summary
