general strike – Reporters Nepal https://nepalireporter.com Impart Educate Propel Sun, 12 May 2013 06:44:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 https://nepalireporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-RN_Logo-32x32.png general strike – Reporters Nepal https://nepalireporter.com 32 32 No Nepal bandh on Monday https://nepalireporter.com/2013/05/11924 https://nepalireporter.com/2013/05/11924#respond Sun, 12 May 2013 06:29:01 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=11924 KATHMANDU: Despite their announcements earlier, the 33 political parties including the CPN-Maoist have withdrawn the program of general shutdown called for Monday, confirmed CPN-Maoist leader Amrita Thapa Magar.

The strike was called off by keeping the celebration of Rato Machhiendranath Festival of the Newari Community in mind, she said.

The fringe political had announced the program of general shutdown to protest the appointment of Lokman Singh Karki as the chief of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and ‘monopoly’ of four major political parties.

The fringe parties have also protested the current government stating this was unconstitutional.

]]> https://nepalireporter.com/2013/05/11924/feed 0 Tharu girl dies in Lalitpur; strike in Tharuhat region https://nepalireporter.com/2013/04/10969 https://nepalireporter.com/2013/04/10969#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:17:08 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=10969 DANG: Normal life in the districts of Tharuhat region has been paralysed due to a general shut down called by different Tharu organizations demanding a fair probe into a mysterious death of Kamlari girl, a housemaid, in Lalitpur district.

Srijana Chaudhri Tharu, 12, of Dang district who was working as a Kamlari in the house of Yubraj Poudel at Chakupat in Lalitpur had committed suicide inside the room on 27 March.

However, the leaders of Tharu communities have claimed that Srijana was murdered. They have enforced the shut down seeking action against the guilty and fair investigation of the incident.

Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Dang fall in the Tharuhat region.

]]> https://nepalireporter.com/2013/04/10969/feed 0 Strike cripples life in Gulmi https://nepalireporter.com/2013/02/7558 https://nepalireporter.com/2013/02/7558#respond Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:03:27 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=7558 GULMI: Normal life in Gulmi district has been crippled today due to a strike called by the locals against the police highhandedness in a demonstrations staged on Wednesday. The locals also staged protests against excessive power cuts.

Transportation to and from the district and markets have closed.  Major markets in the district including Tamgash, Ruru, Dhurkot and others have closed and the strike has affected the life totally.

Nearly two dozens police and demonstrators were injured in a clash ensued between police and demonstrations on Wednesday.

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