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Nepal paralysed on 6th anniversary of Maoist uprising
People in the Nepalese capital and other urban centres on Friday remained indoors and normal life was severely disrupted in response to the two-day strike call by Maoists to mark the sixth anniversary of their uprising.
People in the Nepalese capital and other urban centres on Friday remained indoors and normal life was severely disrupted in response to the two-day strike call by Maoists to mark the sixth anniversary of their uprising.
Five people, including a child, were killed and several others injured when rebels attacked a lorry, defying their 'bandh' diktat in Khairani, south Nepal.
The lorry was stopped and the petrol bomb thrown in it destroying it completely.
One person was injured when a crude bomb planted by suspected insurgents went off in an apartment in Kathmandu in the capital early on Friday. Educational institutions, business houses and shops in capital Kathmandu remained closed and private and public transport was off the road.
Heavy police bandobust guarding important buildings and patrol vans maintaining a strict vigil could be seen all around even as the fear of Thursday night's violence loomed large.
Despite three months having passed of the emergency being imposed in the country, Maoists still rule the roost with their lawlessness and anti-government tirades and killing people and security forces at will and with impunity.
Just on Thursday the Lower House of the Parliament had extended the state of emergency for another three months - until may 25 - by an absolute majority of 197 votes in the 205-member Lower House of the Parliament giving security forces sweeping powers to fight the rebels seeking to oust the constitutional monarchy and set up a communist republic.
Without the Parliament's endorsement the emergency would have expired next week, terminating the extra powers given to security forces to quell the revolt.
More than 2,700 people have died since insurgency began six years ago, 200 of which was in the past week itself.
King Gyanendra, on the recommendation of the cabinet ordered imposition of emergency after the rebels broke a truce and launched a string of bloody attacks on security posts in November.
Bureau Report
Heavy police bandobust guarding important buildings and patrol vans maintaining a strict vigil could be seen all around even as the fear of Thursday night's violence loomed large.
Despite three months having passed of the emergency being imposed in the country, Maoists still rule the roost with their lawlessness and anti-government tirades and killing people and security forces at will and with impunity.
Just on Thursday the Lower House of the Parliament had extended the state of emergency for another three months - until may 25 - by an absolute majority of 197 votes in the 205-member Lower House of the Parliament giving security forces sweeping powers to fight the rebels seeking to oust the constitutional monarchy and set up a communist republic.
Without the Parliament's endorsement the emergency would have expired next week, terminating the extra powers given to security forces to quell the revolt.
More than 2,700 people have died since insurgency began six years ago, 200 of which was in the past week itself.
King Gyanendra, on the recommendation of the cabinet ordered imposition of emergency after the rebels broke a truce and launched a string of bloody attacks on security posts in November.
Bureau Report