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Ex-King’s dinner diplomacy, President Yadav invited TGW Nepal’s last monarch Gyanendra Shah has sent a congratulatory message to the First President of the Republic of Nepal, His Excellency Dr. Ram Baran Yadav. As per the reports, Gyanendra Shah’s message to the President was delivered by Pashupati Bhakta Maharjan-ex-King’s Chief Secretary. Upon meeting President Yadav, Maharjan extended ex-King Gyanendra’s invitation for an exclusive dinner with Dr. Yadav. To add, latest reports have it that Gyanendra Shah has begun holding Business Consultations with some Indian businessmen. “Ex-King Gyanendra mainly discussed how to smoothly run his business ventures in Nepal”, writes the Samacharpatra Daily today, July 28, 2008. Excerpts of Ex-King’s message to the President follows: “I would like to congratulate you for being elected as the first president of Nepal by the Constituent Assembly...” “I hope that during your tenure as the president of Nepal, you will work towards strengthening Nepali ...

Are Christian evangelists worst that all the terror outfits? A beautiful review by Allen Carr on the controversial book "Peoples of the Buddhist World" by Paul Hattaway et. al. The following is taken from LankaWeb.com .. But this interesting reading is also available at Wisdon Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal Planning the Demise of Buddhism Peoples of the Buddhist World by Paul Hattaway, Piquant Editions, Carlisle, 2004. Reviewed by Allen Carr Some Western drug companies spend millions of dollars developing and marketing a new drug only to have the health authorities later discover that it has dangerous side-effects and then ban it. Needing to recover their investment and unable to sell their drug in the West some of these companies try to market their dangerous products in the Third World where public awareness of health issues is low and indifferent governments can be brought off. Some might say that Christianity is a bit like this. Having lost much of their following i...

There is a new interesting story that surfaced in Kathmandu recently. Charles Shobhraj, the convicted one, serving the 20 years jail term is 'seriously' in love with a 20 years St. Mary's student Nihita Thapa, daughter of a well connected, senior Nepali Lawyer Shakultala Thapa. The following text is copied from the www.newendpress.com . It is interesting why a lawyer's daughter should find love in Charles Shobhraj, known for his notority. Luck, perhaps! You can also see the young spirited lady's pictures at link called Email Bookmarking Blog Here is also another link at cbsnews.com . Mother of Sobhraj's fiancée defending him against bigamy charges Monday July 7 2008 11:02 IST Sudeshna Sarkar KATHMANDU, NEPAL: In the latest twist to the drama that started in Nepal and abroad after it became public that criminal mastermind Charles Sobhraj had become engaged to a Nepali woman 44 years his junior, the mother of his fiancée Nihita Biswas entered the fray in a bid to ...