Nepalese
Army does not need to procure arms: CoAS Sharma (rep
26/05/2023), Nepal
Army plans to buy APCs. Chinese supplier is on
US blacklist : It wants to procure 26 armoured
personnel carriers from Chinese firm Norinco for
use in UN peacekeeping missions, by Anil
Giri (kp 27/05/2023)
Govt
strengthens border security (ae 25/05/2023)
Nepalese
Army to buy military equipment from China at high cost,
by Tapendra Kharki (rep 25/05/2023), NA
hell-bent on procuring weapons from China; CoAS Sharma
still goes falsehoods (kh 26/05/2023)
NA
allegedly procuring weapons worth Rs 6 billion from
China without competitive bidding process, by Ishwar
Dev Khanal (kh 26/04/2023), NA
makes significant strides to procure arms from China;
approaches Army Welfare Fund (kh 01/05/2023), NA
set to open LC to procure weapons worth Rs 6 billion
from China (kh 07/05/2023)
Terrorism
resurgence in South Asia: How Nepal can enhance its
security, by Ravindra Bhatt (ht 19/04/2023)
In
defense of Nepal Army: Let’s debate, let’s not disparage
: We will be making a big mistake if we lose sight of
what Nepal Army did for Nepal in the past and the
potential role it can play to safeguard the country’s
sovereignty and territorial integrity in the days to
come, by Mahabir Paudyal (nlt 06/04/2023)
NA:
Keep Professional Integrity Intact, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 02/04/2023)
For
the first time, three female AIGs to work together
in Nepal Police (rep 27/03/2023)
Nepal’s
Army Chief’s reaction to the size of the national
defense force generates controversies : ‘Army's size is
not to be dictated by self-proclaimed academics, experts
and security experts associated with INGO and NGO but by
the government’ (nlt 24/03/2023)
Basanta
Kunwar appointed new Inspector General of Nepal Police
(nlt 24/03/2023), Concerns
after tainted cop’s promotion : Basanta Bahadur Kunwar,
who has been promoted to AIG, is reportedly a
front-runner for Nepal Police chief, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 24/03/2023), Basanta
Kunwar is the new Nepal Police chief : Other AIGs Tek
Prasad Rai, Deepak Thapa, Shyam Lal Gyawali and Kiran
Bajracharya were also in the race for the top post
(kp 24/03/2023)
National
security doctrine must address threats due to porous
border, by Kanchan Dahal (ae 20/03/2023)
Nepal
Army’s questionable commitment to rule of law (rep
05/03/2023)
National
security: A notion of geopolitical reality, by GP
Acharya (rep 05/03/2023)
US
State Department’s report on terrorism paints bleak
picture of Nepal’s security system : The report
says an open border with India and insufficient security
protocols at Kathmandu airport could make Nepal a
transit for international terrorists. How should Nepal
respond to it? (nlt 03/03/2023) [see report
on Nepal]
Nepal
Police's Slide toward Autocracy : Assessing the conduct,
investigations, technology, and human rights defense of
Nepal Police, by Kanchan Jha (rep 02/03/2023)
Military
Court dismisses NA Major General Shahi (kh
02/03/2023)
NC
leader Arzu Rana Deuba raises question about Nepal
Army’s digital security, claims she was shown emails of
Army generals in Turkey : In a public forum, the NC
leader made a serious claim about information leak of
the Nepal Army. Will the government investigate the
case? (nlt 28/02/2023)
COAS
Sharma urges NA to remain alert of unwarranted criticism
(kh 27/02/2023)
DIG
Ashok Singh resigns after citizenship controversy
(rep 22/02/2023)
NA
demands registration of vehicles returned after
peacekeeping mission (kh 06/02/2023)
Armed
Police Force transfers 97 SPs in midnight (rep
21/01/2023)
Nepal
In Cauldron Of Security Initiatives, by Dev Raj
Dahal (rn 14/01/2023)
17
DIGs of Nepal Police transferred (rep
13/01/2023)
Home
ministry instructs subordinate offices to
withdraw unauthorized security within 48 hours
(rep 27/12/2022)
Nepali
Army and Indian Army holding joint exercises
from Friday (kh 15/12/2022)
Amid
political transition, Nepali Army trying to purchase 27
APCs from China opaquely (kh 12/12/2022)
Nepal
Army to buy weapons worth two billion rupees (rep
06/11/2022) [Part of US global
strategy?]
Lumbini
Province to constitute its own police force soon
(rep 18/10/2022)
Police
in political quagmire: Pandering to tastes of parties
while in service, becoming politician after retirement,
by Arun Bam (rep 23/09/2022)
Nepali
Army and US Army to conduct joint training from today
(kh 16/08/2022) [This would be
comparable to the joint training of the Chinese and
Mexican armies close to the US border! The USA should
refrain from unnecessary Chinese provocations on
Nepalese territory as soon as possible!]
Head
constable jailed to cover up SP’s misdeeds, by
Tapendra Karki (rep 16/08/2022)
Provincial
ministers pile pressure for police adjustment : They
have met with leaders of the ruling coalition as well as
prime minister after issuing a seven-point declaration
in Janakpur earlier this month, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 20/07/2022)
Nepal
Police AIG Bishwo Raj Pokharel resigns : Pokharel
stepped down after the apex court upheld the decision of
the government to appoint Dhiraj Pratap Singh as the IGP
of Nepal Police, quashing a writ filed against the
appointment (nlt 18/07/2022)
Torture
at the hands of authorities continues with little action
: The Criminal Code that came into force in 2018 has
criminalised torture but the cases are seldom
investigated and no perpetrators have been brought to
book so far., by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/06/2022), Power
sans responsibility : Rather than a sense of security,
the presence of the police strikes fear in people’s
hearts (kp 30/06/2022)
Nepali
Army’s ‘misdemeanor’ could affect military diplomacy
with the US : Experts argue CoAS Sharma aggravated the
issue, by Ishwar Dev Khanal (kh 20/06/2022), Over
1,385 Nepali security personnel receive training with US
support in last five years : "Nepal and US security
diplomacy is in the interest of Nepal", by Ishwar
Khanal (kh 21/06/02022)
SPP
debacle: Nepal Army’s request letter to the US becomes
public : The letter shows that the Nepal Army, in 2015,
had written to the United States Embassy in Kathmandu
proposing the SPP with the American government (nlt
16/06/2022),
Int’l
Relations Committee summons CoAS Sharma on SPP issue
(kh 17/06/2022), Nepal
will not participate in any military alliance; 10-point
agreement on SPP is fake: CoAS Sharma (kh
17/06/2022), Nepal
Army has not received any money, weapons or bombs
through SPP: CoAS Sharma (rep 17/06/2022)
Singh
becomes first non-technical female officer in Nepal
Police to become AIG (rep 07/06/2022)
Nepal
Army chief to visit Pentagon ahead of Deuba’s Washington
trip : General Prabhu Ram Sharma’s proposed travel date
is late June, which comes amid increased US political
engagements in Nepal, by Anil Giri (kp 27/05/2022) [??]
NHRC
calls for further investigation into newly-appointed IGP
Singh for human rights violation (rep 04/05/2022)
Cabinet
decides to appoint AIG Dhiraj Pratap Singh as new IGP
(kh 01/05/2022), AIGs
Pokhrel, Thapa prepare to move court against Singh’s
promotion to IGP (kh 01/05/2022), NC
leader Koirala denounces govt decision over IGP
appointment (kh 01/05/2022) [Once
again, decadent shadows of nepotism and extreme party
politicisation of all sectors of the Nepali state?],
A
troubled agency called Nepal Police, thanks to Nepali
politicians : Country’s key law enforcement agency faces
controversies because of political parties’ vested
interests, by Anil Giri (kp 03/05/2022)
Process
for AIG promotion in Armed Police Force begins (kh
30/04/2022)
Poll
security likely to hamper regular crime investigations
(rn 30/04/2022)
Home
ministry proposes lowering service period to 16 years
for security personnel (rep 29/04/2022)
Pushpa
Ram KC appointed IGP of APF (kh 13/04/2022)
Nepal
Army announces 4,000 vacancies (kh 31/03/2022)
Nepali
Army and U.S. Army hold Nepal-U.S. Land Forces
Talks in Hawaii (kh 31/03/2022) [Against
the background of the global competition between
the USA and China, this proves anything but
Nepal's neutrality!]
293,216
Apply For 100,000 Temporary Police (rn 28/03/2022)
Businessmen
call for increased security in industrial areas : During
the first Covid wave, government had removed Armed
Police Force from industrial areas and sent them to
borders, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 26/03/2022)
Nepal
Army and US Army launch joint medevac training exercise
in Kathmandu (kh 22/03/2022) [??]
Senior
DIGs lodge complaint against AIG promotion : Reach PSC
with complaint and plan to take it to court as well
(kh 20/03/2022)
There
is a need to revise national security policy: PM Deuba
(rep 16/03/2022)
Vacancy
For Temporary Police To Be Announced In A Week (rn
14/03/2022)
Finance
Ministry nods to hiring 100,000 temporary police
personnel for local election (kh 11/03/2022), Govt
invites applications for 100,000 temporary police
recruits for upcoming local level election (rep
16/03/2022)
Report
On Cyber Security Challenges Submitted To Home Minister
(rn 26/02/2022)
Minor
changes in international, regional security environment
likely to affect Nepal: PM Deuba (rep 24/02/2022)
‘Nepal
Army lost 114 first responders so far’ (kh
23/02/2022)
Nepal
Army briefs team of senior govt officers about ‘Bunker
to Barracks’ drive, Vision 2030 (kh 29/01/2022)
Home
ministry transfers 26 SSPs of Nepal Police (rep
07/01/2022)
Central
Security Committee hold discussions on security
challenges (kh 06/01/2022)
National
Security And Software Vulnerability, by Ravi Dhungel
(rn 31/12/2021)
Ensuring
Effective Border Management, by Shyam Prasad Mainali
(rn 29/12/2021)
Rural
Police outposts in Dolpa, Humla and Mugu shifted to the
district headquarters due to heavy snowfall, by
Govinda KC (rep 27/12/2021)
Capacity
Enhancement Of Security Agencies, Government's Priority:
PM Deuba (rn 25/11/2021)
Restructuring
Nepali Army : We must make security forces more
inclusive and effective to make them more attractive for
peacekeeping, by Kul Chandra Gautam (kp 22/11/2021),
Riposte
to Army’s restructuring, right-sizing and reform
rationalization, by Babu Krishna Karki (rep
23/12/2021) [This
fiery comment by a retired brigadier general could be
applied to the socially also non-inclusive
administration and political parties as follows: All
these areas are based on voluntary participation and
there is no policy or culture in them to proscribe
anyone based on caste, ethnicity, creed, or gender. In
other words: Non-inclusion does not exist. It is a
fiction of women, Dalits, Madheshis, Muslims, Janajatis,
human rights organisations and of course foreign
countries!]
Police
Headquarters transfers Kathmandu, Lalitpur police chiefs
(kh 21/11/2021)
Nepal
Army concludes Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare
Training (rep 19/11/2021)
Enacting
Effective Cybersecurity Policy, by Namrata Sharma
(rn 17/11/2021)
2
brigadier generals and 7 colonels recommended to major
generals and brigadier generals (kh 11/11/2021) [Thank God, seven male Tagadharis.
The ruling elite continues to understand inclusion as
the recruitment and allocation of posts exclusively from
this small circle of 15 per cent of the total
population!]
CoAS
Sharma embarking on four-day India visit (kh
08/11/2021), In
defence of military diplomacy : It is a crucial
instrument complementary to official diplomacy, by
Shantosh Bhallave Pouyal (kp 09/11/2021) [In
many respects a doubtful statement : dipölomacy is not
the task of the army!]
Minister
Dr Rijal inspects NA’s under-construction defense
university (kh 26/10/2021)
SPs
of Dhanusha and Sarlahi transferred (rep
24/10/2021), Security
officials feast, gamble as regulatory body keeps mum in
Sarlahi (ht 24/10/2021)
Joint
security patrol in Rasuwa (kh 10/10/2021)
Festival
security plan enforced in Karnali (kh 09/10/2021)
Regional
security after Taliban takeover : Nepal needs to be
concerned about its preparedness for preventing
and countering violent extremism, by Surendra
Shah and Bam bahadur Bhandari (kp 03/10/2021)
Indo-Nepal
Joint Exercise Surya Kiran XV concludes (kh
03/10/2021)
Lt
General Hamal goes on leave; Saroj Pratap Rana becoming
NA Chief of Staff (kh 27/09/2021)
PM
Deuba directs NA to identify challenges of national
security (kh 23/09/2021)
NA
announces vacancies for 464 technical posts (kh
16/09/2021)
BOP
construction nears completion at Mauwatar in Taplejung
(kh 13/09/2021)
Experts
call security agencies to be highly alert in view of
regional atmosphere (kh 11/09/2021)
PM
calls National Security Council meeting amid sporadic
protests against MCC (rep 10/09/2021)
Govt
transfers AIGs : Pal to look after Metro, Thapa
Operation Department (kh 03/09/2021)
Young
menace : Revival of militant youth groups is bad news
for upcoming elections (ae 02/09/2021))
Prabhu
Ram Sharma is new Army Chief (rep 27/08/2021)
“Australia
is seeing a re-emergence of Nepal’s significance to its
engagement with the Indo-Pacific”, interview with
John Blaxland (kh 27/08/2021)
Cyber
Intelligence for National Security, by GP Acharya
(rep 13/08/2021)
NA
CoAS Thapa goes on leave starting today : Lt General
Sharma picked as acting CoAS (kh 09/08/2021)
Rise
of the Taliban: Security risks for Nepal, by Narayan
Adhikari (ht 23/07/2021)
NA’s
eight divisions scrapped from today : Restructured into
Eastern, Central, Western and Valley Command (kh
16/07/2021)
Monsoon
also means police have to cope with the rains and this
affects their work, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
29/06/2021)
Does
structural change in Nepal Army lead to its professional
transformation?, by Pramd Raj Sedhain (kh
22/06/2021)
CoAS
Thapa transfers key army officials (kh 20/06/2021)
Army’s
foray into agriculture sector sparks debate : There
should be a clear distinction between what a national
defence force should and should not do, observers say,
by Anil Giri (kp 12/06/2021)
Police
recover large cache of ammunition in Rolpa (kh
23/05/2021)
Army
ignores House panel’s directive, forges deal for
expressway : Bypassing the directives of the House
committees is an act of defying the sovereign entity,
experts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/05/2021)
Military
and the State: Domesticating the Geopolitics, by
Rajendra Sharma (kh 15/05/2021)
Low
pay, excessive work, poor morale leave Nepal Police with
staff shortage : Police are called on to do jobs which
government agencies shun—from dousing fires to clearing
roads during the monsoon, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
27/04/2021)
Armed
and unrestrained : Wrangling concessions from a pliant
leadership, the army’s professionalism is compromised,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 15/04/2021)
Nepali
state, organizations remain highly vulnerable to cyber
attacks, by Nishan Khariwada (ae 08/04/2021)
Addressing
HR violations : Nepal Police needs to reform, by
Mohna Ansari (ht 23/02/2021)
Private
security companies take a hit as pandemic impacts their
clients’ businesses : Hotels, banks and other financial
institutions have cut down outsourced security service,
according to industry insiders, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 15/02/2021)
Nepal’s
constitutional crisis and mounting security challenges,
by Abhaya Raj Joshi (kh 13/02/2021)
Significance
Of Defence University, by Uttam Maharjan (kp
09/02/2021), Why
Nepal needs a defense university : Formulating a vibrant
defense policy to counter the security threats can be
possible when we have qualified human resources in the
country. The Defense University will do just that,
by Hritik Yadav (rep 16/02/2021) [???]
Campaigners
decry use of force by police on peaceful civic protest
against the House dissolution move : Unwarned,
protesters were hit by water cannons and beaten up
as they marched towards Baluwatar. Earlier in the day,
rights activists were rounded up from same area, by
Anup Ojha (kp 26/01/2021), [The
police action as now ordered by the Oli government is
criminal and a serious violation of basic human rights.
The behaviour of the police has not changed since the
end of the authoritarian royal Panchayat system!]
Army
chief inaugurates Prithvi Narayan Shah Study Center at
army HQ (rep 11/01/2021) [Is
the army still royal or is it now loyal to the sovereign
people?]
Ill-equipped
Armed Police Force personnel patrolling Hilsa border
area in extreme temperatures, by Chhapal Lama (kp
12/12/2020)
15,748
Women In Security Bodies Rise To Ranks For Leadership,
by Purushottam P Khatri (rn 06/12/2020)
'Vested
interests of politicians demoralizing honest officers in
police organization', by Shivahari Ghimire (rep
26/11/2020)
Assessing
military diplomacy : Naravane’s visit has been seen as a
significant event as it comes at a time when relations
between India and Nepal are at low ends especially after
Nepal issued a new map, by Suresh Sharma (rep
01/11/2020)
4,500
Nepal Police personnel diagnosed COVID-19 positive so
far (kh 06/10/2020)
8,260
security personnel test COVID-19 positive so far
(rep 04/10/2020), Over
8,000 Security Personnel Infected With COVID-19 (rn
05/10/2020)
Gandaki
assembly endorses bill on provincial police force :
Deputy inspector general of Nepal Police to lead the
provincial police, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
02/10/2020)
2,197
NA personnel diagnosed COVID-19 positive so far (kh
26/09/2020)
Why
Nepal should take its security seriously, by Narayan
Adhikari (rep 07/09/2020)
Profit-making
army and Nepal’s democracy, by Bishal Thapa (ae
21/08/2020)
Amid
criticism for its commercial ventures, the Nepal Army
now seeks to invest in projects of high returns: The
national defence force’s insatiable appetite for
business will weaken it professionally and result in
loss of its identity as a trustworthy institution,
security analysts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
01/08/2020
Developing
Next Generation Border Security System, by Durga
Kunwar and Ravi Dhungel (rn 18/07/2020), Use Of Technology
For Bolstering Border Security, by Kumar Abhinav (rn
18/07/2020)
Host
of challenges await new police chief Kshetri: Resolving
long-pending hi-profile cases and mending ties with the
public should be high on his agenda, experts say, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 09/07/2020)
Shared
responsibility: Community Police Partnership can help
the country deal with the coronavirus crisis, by
Sarbendra Khanal (kp 22/06/23020)
Cross-border
small arms trade posing security threat in Tarai (ht
14/06/2020)
Army
for Covid response raises questions if government is
getting over-reliant on the defence force: Government’s
failure to make it clear why and on what grounds it is
mobilising the Army may mean civilian authorities are
ineffective and incompetent, analysts say, b y Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 07/06/2020)
Nepal
Army patrolling the streets raises alarm, leading many
to question why the defence force was mobilised: The
army says that military police were mobilised to ensure
that its uniform is not misused to breach the lockdown,
but analysts say it could have sought the help of the
Nepal Police, by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/05/2020)
Nepal
Army writes to China to expedite delivery of medical
equipment: It will take at least one more week for the
cargo to arrive if the process is not sped up, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 08/05/2020) [The
Nepal Army should be abolished! In case of a defence
against one of the two big neighbouring countries it
would be completely useless. It is hardly ever up to
other important missions!]
Govt’s
decision to procure weapons draws flak (kh
02/05/2020)
Nepal
Police in federalism: Political interference,
bureaucratic meddling, and favoritism inside the police
organization have perverted leadership succession and
affected organizational integrity, by Shreya Paudel
and Samar SB Rana (rep 19/04/2020)
The
police and federal restructuring: There is a need to use
federalism as an opportunity to address longstanding
security sector reform issues, by Samar SJB Rana (kp
15/04/2020)
Involving
the army: It is a great idea to call in the Nepal Army,
but only complementary to civilian efforts, by
Bishal Dhakal (kp 12/04/2020)
More
than 11,000 jobs in Nepal Police are vacant: To fill the
vacancies, Nepal Police on January 19 announced a
vacancy notice for 149 inspector and 584 assistant
sub-inspector jobs, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
26/02/2020)
Nepal
Army fails to spend budget for the expressway again:
Calling bids for complex bridges and tunnels before the
new fiscal year was not possible, Brig-Gen Pandey says,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/02/2020)
After
attempts to set up an all-powerful intelligence
department, the government mulls a similar structure
under Army: The Army’s intelligence service will
overshadow the one under the prime minister, security
experts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 12/02/2020)
Thakur
Gyawali appointed Nepal Police's new chief: He will
remain in office until July 8, 2020, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 12/02/2020) [Wow,
he will be in office for almost five months! Very
effective!]
Police
launch new service to win hearts of general public
(ht 24/01/2020)
Year
dotted with plenty of disrepute and few redeeming
moments for Nepal Police: The police-public relations,
which have always been a rocky one, saw no improvement
this past year, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 31/12/2019)
Nepal
Police making strides in community partnership, by
Anjali Subedi (rep 28/12/2019)
Police
personnel are resigning in the thousands every year and
it’s becoming a problem: The primary factor for
resignations is that many are dissatisfied when they are
passed over for promotions due to corruption, nepotism
or politicisation, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
26/12/2019)
Ruling
party members ask leadership to seek clarity on MCC
compact from the US: Opposition to the programme could
not only delay its ratification but also give rise to
diplomatic friction between Nepal and the US, observers
say, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 22/12/2019) [Good
relations with the immediate neighboring countries are
much more important than being part of US security
interests!], Nepal
to first study strings attached to MCC before joining
it: ‘The country won’t be part of any militarypact in
the guise of any programme’ (ht 22/12/2019)
US
hands over two Skytrucks to Nepal Army (rep
19/12/2019)
Nepal
Police’s lapses were exposed in the Nirmala Pant case:
The Inspector General of Nepal Police on the
department’s public image and what reforms he has
introduced to improve them, by Shuvam Dhungana and
Anil Giri [interview with
Inspector General Sarbendra Khanal] (kp 17/12/2019)
Unsettling
times: The global stability can be secured only by
maximizing US-China-India trilateral cooperation, by
Suresh Sharma (rep 15/12/2019)
Police
want to be friends with the community but they act more
like foes: Time and again, police quickly resort to
baton charges and physical violence to deal with
protests, even when unnecessary, by Anup Ojha (kp
11/12/2019), Nagarik
reporter injured in police assault, by Rajan Shah
(rep 11/12/2019)
Security
Provisions In Constitution, by Bigyan Sharma (rn
06/12/2019)
Smile!
You’re on camera: Nepal Police currently operates 1,200
CCTV cameras inside Kathmandu. They want to raise the
number to 21,000, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 21/11/2019)
The
fight for fighting crime: Inside the Nepal Police’s
investigation unit: The country’s crime investigation
body has come a long way, but challenges persist, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 23/11/2019)
Government
to develop NID as professional intelligence body (ht
14/11/2019), Intelligence
department to get sweeping powers to carry out domestic
and foreign counterintelligence: Under a draft amendment
currently at the National Assembly, the department will
be able to spy on all foreign countries, institutions or
groups that are deemed detrimental to national security,
by Anil Giri (kp 15/11/209)
Predicament
of police: One harsh reality about the police is that
they are probably never going to achieve a hundred
percent success when dealing with all the different type
of transgressions in the society, by Sarans Pandey
(rep 13/11/2019)
Security
at TIA foolproof, claims govt, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 07/11/2019), Matter
of concern: When the customs at the TIA and along the
borders are considered to be lucrative postings, you
know something is amiss (ht 07/11/2019), US
State Department report pokes holes in security at
country’s only international airport: The report could
be a catalyst for the Nepali security apparatus to dig
deeper and deal with any potential threats, analysts say,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/11/2019)
New
bill clearly lays out functions, duties of NSC (ht
03/11/2019)
Nepal
Army is investigating alleged corruption in
Kathmandu-Tarai expressway: Former Major General
Yogendra Khand and his team are under probe, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 26/10/2019)
China
to provide Rs 2.5 billion in military aid to Nepal: It
appears that that defence cooperation will be
prioritised in this ‘strategic cooperative partnership’
between the two nations, security analysts say, by
Anil Giri (kp 18/10/2019), China
to provide Rs 2.4 billion in military assistance to
Nepal (rep 21/10/2019) [Why??]
Police
unveil Dashain security plan for Valley: People are
requested to inform police before leaving home for their
ancestral places, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 25/09/2019)
Ruling
party holds hours-long discussion to build a concrete
position on Indo-Pacific Strategy, by Anil Giri (kp
23/09/2019)
Action
taken against over 2,000 erring cops (ht 19/09/2019)
Govt
set to withdraw Security Council Bill, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 08/09/2019)
Overweight
army officers lose benefits, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht
29/08/2019)
‘Dissolve
Ranger Battalion’ (ht 27/08/2019)
Army
crackdown on forged credentials: Dozens including army
brigadier general may face dismissal, by Kosh Raj
Koirala (rep 12/08/2019)
Nepal
Army is amending laws so it can get into commercial
activities: Eyeing projects with high returns, the Army
wants to invest the billions it has in its welfare fund
in hydropower projects, by Binod Ghimire (kp
10/08/2019)
Army
expedites action against soldiers who had defected to
the Maoists: According to the national defence force,
over 450 can face court martial, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 04/08/2019)
MPs
for taxing industries, foreign missions for using state
security (rep 29/07/2019)
More
locals submit illegal weapons in Rukum: 158 weapons
submitted in six months, by Lokendra Khanal (rep
15/07/2019)
Deputy
inspector general likely to lead provincial police:
55,000 police personnel to be adjusted in seven
provinces, while federal police to have 20,000 (ht
11/07/2019)
Nepal
government clears legal hurdles to buying lethal arms
from the US: The procurement process will expedite now,
Nepal Army says, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/06/2019)
Indo-Pacific
Strategy And Nepal, by Gopal Khanal (rn 08/06/2019)
Lawmakers
condemn govt for security lapses, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 28/05/2019)
Government
amends defence material supply procedure (ht
22/05/2019)
English
classes to overcome language barrier at TIA (ht
05/05/2019)
Sensitivity
for
security: Nepal needs to understand the gravity of
security threat emanating from its inability to control
cyber crime, by Thaneshwor Chalise (rep 04/05/2019)
429
firearms surrendered (ht 22/04/2019), People
of conflict-affected Rukum villages submit illegal arms
to govt, by Lokendra Khanal (ht 22/04/2019)
Nepali
Army issues gag order to its employees, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 20/04/2019) [A
generalisation could also prevent the detection of
crimes by the security forces and that in turn would be
a crime by itself!]
46
illegal weapons handed over to police in Dhading
district, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 18/04/2019)
People
showing reluctance to submit weapons to DAOs (ht
16/04/2019)
Nepal
Police
says special bureaus in provinces can make investigation
effectiveOfficials attribute low rate of case settlement
to overload of work and staff shortage faced by bureaus
at the centre, by Nayak Paudel (kp 15/04/2019)
Police
units in dilapidated condition in Achham (kp
06/04/2019)
Government’s
intent
to keep security policy secret raises concerns: The
document has given too much emphasis on army, ignoring
other security agencies, officials who have seen the
document claim, by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/03/2019)
Power
to PM to deploy Army causes unease in defence force:
Experts say government should abide by constitutional
provisions, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 24/03/2019), Reversal
of
democratic thrust: The government is de-democratising
the security sector and weakening democratic oversight
of the security forces, by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal (kp
25/03/2019)
Bill
to
enable PM alone to recommend army mobilization: Security
Council may recommend security at sensitive projects,
heritage sites (rep 16/03/2019) [??],
Government’s
bid
to vest power to deploy Army in prime minister draws
flak: The main opposition Nepali Congress calls a
special meeting to discuss the provision in the
Bill on Work, Responsibility and Rights of National
Security Council, by Tilak R Pradhan (kp
17/03/2019), Congress
lashes out at proposed law to further empower PM, by
Sanjeeb Phuyal (kp 18/03/2019)
Concerns
grow
over weapons—in good numbers—in possession of Chand
outfit: Two guns seized from a Communist Party of
Nepal leader in Sunsari last week belonged to former
Maoist army, sources say, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
05/03/2019)
Boost
security: The coordinated bomb attacks and vandalism of
Ncell towers point to the weak security situation in the
country (ht 25/02/2019)
Govt
to tighten security: Home minister (ht 04/02/2019) [??]
Life
in the fast lane: The Nepal Army is overstepping its
mandate, and the fast track has dissatisfied locals,
by Ayushma Basnyat (kp 21/01/2019)
LMC
get proper barracks for first time in 20 years, by
Anup Ojha (kp 10/01/2019)
Proliferation,
misuse of small firearms posing grave threat to
security: Police (ht 10/01/2019)
Army
to
buy 4 choppers worth Rs 6b for VVIPs: Currently, Nepal
Army has two fixed-wing planes and 12 helicopters. The
army plans the number of aircraft to 31 by 2082 (rep
05/01/2019)
Major
Gen Giri up for promotion to lieutenant general, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 26/12/2018)
Government
to clear legal hurdle to US arms deal, by Binod
Ghimire and Anil Giri (kp 24/12/2018) [Nepal's
governments and politicians have always believed that
they are above the law!]
Nepal
Police gets high-tech mobile forensic van (ht
21/12/2018)
US
says Nepal is part of its Indo-Pacific strategy: Experts
say the move could invite friction between Beijing and
Kathmandu, by Anil Giri (kp 20/12/2018), US
seeks key role for Nepal in Indo-Pacific as China ups
forays, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep 20/12/2018), Nepal
won’t join US-led Indo-Pacific alliance: Gyawali
(rep 23/12/2018), Gyawali
refutes reports about Nepal joining US Indo-Pacific
strategy, by Anil Giri (kp 24/12/2018),
Nepal
doesn’t have global or regional strategic ambitions:
Foreign minister (rep 24/12/2018)
Govt
mulling over federal police ordinance, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 14/12/2018) [Why
another ordinance? There is an elected parliament that
is responsible for legislation!!]
Police
ramp up CCTV monitoring, by Nayak Paudel (kp
01/12/2018)
Lalitpur
City Police working conditions deplorable, by Anup
Ojha (kp 30/11/2018)
Oli
adds
teeth to intelligence body: Draft law proposes that the
intelligence chief report directly to the prime minister
and the chief secretary on a regular basis, by Anil
Giri (kp 28/11/2018)
Army’s
indecision leaves key position vacant for months, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 27/11/2018)
Yearly
campaigns not helping police improve image: 1,044
complaints filed against police in three years, by
Shuvam Dhungana (rep 25/11/2018)
Ministry
bars Army from Thai junket, by Binod Ghimire (kp
23/11/2018)
Nepal
Police forms 360 committees: Community Police
Partnership Programme records early success (kp
14/11/2018)
Rural
Kalikot residents complain of weak security situation,
by Pabitra Kumar Shahi (kp 07/11/2018)
Differences
over pay modality delay Army’s bid to buy US rifles,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/11/2018)
‘Special
78’
sniff out murderers for Nepal PoliceSecurity force’s
Canine Operations Division honours its best ‘sleuth’
Kushal on Kukur Tihar, by Nayak Paudel (kp
07/11/2018)
Army
to hang fewer portraits at barracks, by Diya Dhakal
(rep 06/11/2018) [Still a bit
royal?]
Understanding
Kautilya
to design Nepal’s security: Political change of 2006
followed by the protracted transition created a great
deal of confusion in redefining national security
policies, by Surya Prasad Khanal (rep 03/11/2018)
Internal
clean-up top priority, says Nepal Police (rep
01/11/2018)
Community-police
partnership can control crimes: IG Khanal, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 29/10/2018)
CoAS
seeks support to end graft in Army: Says micromanaging
affairs of national defence force is unacceptable
(kp 12/10/2018)
Policing
in Nepal: Paradigm shift needed, by Govind Prasad
Thapa (ht 29/09/2018)
Nepal
Police took action against 2,265 errant personnel last
fiscal (ht 20/09/2018)
5,916
personnel quit Nepal Police in four years (ht
10/09/2018)
Gen
Thapa to assume charge as CoAS today, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 09/09/2018), Thapa
sworn in as new Army chief (kp 10/09/2018)
No
deal
for BIMSTEC military drill: Gyawali; Indian proposal was
‘rejected by other members’; The House committee had
summoned Minister Gyawali to inquire about the
controversial exercise (kp 08/09/2018) [???],
Nepal
withdraws from BIMSTEC military drill, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 09/09/2018) [Why withdrawal if theres has been no deal before?],
Nepal
Army to participate in BIMSTE C drill as observer,
by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 10/09/2018) [??]
Locals
demand their land back from army: Land used by locals
since 1938 was encroached by the army in 1972, by
Puskar Bhandari (rep 08/09/2018)
City
Police gets shelter after 25 years, by Anup Ojha (kp
07/09/2018)
Political
meddling rampant in police: IGP (ht 04/09/2018)
Joint
military exercise: Officials, Army defend BIMSTEC drill
plans (kp 03/09/2018), Oli
defends BIMSTEC joint military exercise (kp
05/09/2018), BIMSTEC
war games: Nepal should dispel any unease the exercise
may have aroused among neighbours, by Narendra B.
Rawal (kp 05/09/2018), BIMSTEC
has not agreed to any military pact: Oli (rep
05/09/2018), Joint
army drill plan causes uproar: Two ministries say Army
didn’t consult on BIMSTEC drill, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 06/09/2018), Nepal’s
proposed participation divides the ruling party, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 06/09/2018), War
games: In a democracy, the army cannot take decision
solely at its own discretion (kp 07/09/2018)
Rite
of reform: Federalisation means devolving power from the
Nepal Police’s central command structure to local state
units, by Govind Prasad Thapa (kp 03/09/2018)
Nepal
Police expands units to all 753 local levels (rep
02/09/2018)
Army
seeks law revision: Welfare forum says tweaking Army Act
2006 would fetch higher return on investment, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 23/08/2018)
Government
to recommend Thapa as CoAS (ht 20/08/2018), Changing
of the guard: The army’s main role is defending
territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence,
by Binoj Basnyat (kp 22/08/2018)
Army
to receive four US-granted aircraft by 2020: Nepal Army
personnel are already being trained to operate Sky
Trucks (kp 18/08/2018)
New
chief faces daunting task rebuilding Nepal Army’s image,
by Binod Ghimire (rep 10/08/2018), Nepal
Army, Inc, by Rameshwar Bohara (nt 10/08/2018)
Number
of APF personnel quitting job on the rise (ht
02/08/2018)
APF
to establish units in all districts (ht 01/08/2018)
Purna
Thapa is acting chief of Nepal Army (kp 27/07/2018)
The
general’s
seduction: The generals who believe that the army should
be building national infrastructure should also know
that honey-trap seduction is the most basic strategy in
any military playbook, by Bishal Thapa (rep
24/07/2018)
Private
security firms employ 100k guards, by Krishna
Prasain (kp 03/07/2018)
Govt
to draft laws for fed, provincial police (kp
30/06/2018), Laws
to revamp Nepal Police, APF on the cards (ht
30/06/2018)
Police
start community security drive (kp 17/06/2018), ‘Police
in Every Neighbourhood’ campaign launched (ht
17/06/2018)
AIG
posts cut in police forces (kp 11/06/2018)
Govt
decides to shut UN-DPA office (ht 11/06/2018)
‘KMC
City Police strength inadequate’ (ht 08/06/2018)
MoD
rejects army proposal to extend terms of generals
(rep 05/06/2018)
Nepal
Police to have two more bureaus (ht 31/05/2018)
CIB
plans to set up offices in all seven provinces (ht
24/05/2018)
Fiat
on security coordination among three tiers of govt
(ht 01/05/2018), Ambiguous
directive:
Government directive on Internal Security Management
lacks clarity about the role of provincial internal
affairs ministry in maintaining peace and security
(ht 02/05/2018)
Delibrations
on provincial security strategy start (rep
27/04/2018)
Unity
for
defense: All security forces and organs should function
in unified command control system in case of crisis or
emergency, by Prem Singh Basnyat (rep 19/04/2018)
Questions
hover over Nepal Army’s helicopter purchase: Decisions
made out of compulsion and necessity, NA defends (kp
16/04/2018)
Govt
calls back all police from VIP house duties: 315 members
guarding retired police officers recalled (kp
14/04/2018)
Terrorist
activities biggest security challenge, says PM (ht
13/04/2018)
DIG
Kharel quits via Facebook (kp 12/04/2018), DIG
Kharel quits police after Khanal appointed as chief
(rep 12/04/2018), The
new chief in town!, by Guffadi (kp 14/04/2018)
Khanal
duo appointed police chiefs (kp 11/04/2017), Govt
appoints Sarbendra Khanal and Shailendra Khanal as IGPs
of NP and APF (ht 11/04/2018)
Police
HQ retracts 57 abused officers, by Manish Gautam (kp
08/04/2018)
A
Dozen fake examinees held from Army test (kp
25/03/2018)
MoHA
seeks details of police personnel (rep 25/03/2018)
Security
concern: PM should appoint an independent National
Security Advisor capable of supporting security elements,
by Umesh K. Bhattarai (rep 25/03/2018)
Surkhet
district in need of 200 additional cops (ht
23/03/2018)
Enhancing
national
security: In Nepal whose politics and national security
is weakened more by internal factors, the country must
frame security policy by involving experts, by Prem
Singh Basnyat (rep 21/03/2018)
Govt
mulling post of national security adviser (ht
04/03/2018), Govt
mulls
appointing national security advisor: Govt working to
handle sensitive foreign policy and security
matters by one office in liaison with prime
minister (kp 09/03/2018)
DAO
declares six areas in KMC prohibited zones (ht
21/02/2018)
Pokhrel
is city police chief as head office transfers Dhanuk,
by Manish Gautam (kp 13/02/2018)
Govt
devising laws to revamp security agencies, by Rupesh
Acharya (ht 02/01/2018)
Additional
postings needed in Nepal Police (ht 28/12/2017)
Thapa
likely to be appointed Nepali Army chief, by Rewati
Sapkota (ht 04/11/2017)
Chitwan
police understaffed (ht 16/10/2017)
Interpol
to
install biometric security devices in 4 locations: The
devices will verify the travel documents against the
Interpol database to keep track of movements of persons
listed on the red corner notice, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 14/10/2017)
KMC
bolsters city police force (kp 13/10/2017)
APF
to remain under central govt (kp 09/10/2017)
Nepal
Police plans to set up cyber bureau (ht 06/10/2017)
Setup
under
federalism still unclear, but police seek 22,000 more
personnel: Move will inflate police body and benefit
officers with early promotion, by Kosh Raj Koirala
(rep 21/09/2017)
Special
security arrangement for KTM Valley (kp 19/09/2017)
Overkill:
Excessive security personnel in Tarai during Province 2
polls could do more harm than good (kp 14/09/2017)
Temporary
cops threaten protest (ht 29/08/2017)
25
SSPs reshuffled, Dhanuk MPR chief (ht 22/08/2017)
Army
to get 12 more aircraft, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/08/2017)
Rights
defenders object to Lama’s promotion (kp 18/08/2017)
Army
investment: The national army should remain thoroughly
professional, apolitical and stay away from any business
interests (ht 08/08/2017)
Govt
promotes 11 DIGs to the post of AI (kp 04/08/2017) [Wow, even one of them is a Janajati!
Very inclusive!]
Federating
Nepal
Police structure discussed (ht 25/07/2017)
3
senior officials file plaints at PSC (kp 24/07/2017)
DSP
Sharma
suspended (kp 20/07/2017)
11
DIGs
recommended for promotion as AIGs: The promotion
committee has also recommended 15 senior superintendents
of police for promotion to the post of DIG (kp
16/07/2017), Nepal
Police
completes promotion process (ht 19/07/2017), MoHA
moots
adding two more AIG posts (kp 21/07/2017)
Three
VVIPS
have 675 security personnel, spend 18.7 million per
month: 285 security personnel for president alone cost
Rs 8.2 million a month, 305 personnel for prime minister
cost 7.8 million, by KP Dhungana (rep 14/07/2017)
Home
Ministry
to enact reform plan: Roadmap outlines plan to create
new positions in Nepal Police while senior officials
need to do courses to win promotions (kp 12/07/2017)
Minister
all
praise for brave head constable (ht 12/07/2017)
11
AIG
positions approved (kp 11/07/2017), Approving
11
AIG posts a move made in haste? Officials say decision
taken without waiting for the Federal Police Bill,
by Manish Gautam (kp 13/07/2017)
Nepal
Army’s
plan to run FM radio triggers debate, by Anil Giri
(kp 10/07/2017)
Govt
at
a loss over Myadi deployment (kp 02/07/2017)
Armed
Police
Force gets training academy building (ht 01/07/2017)
Cops
to
be promoted upon retirement (ht 30/06/2017)
Home
minister
unveils reform scheme: The 84-point document says state
will use force if highways are blocked in any form of
protest (kp 28/06/2017)
It’s
not right: Historically the security forces in Nepal
have used force, threats and torture to control the
population, by Praveen Kumar Yadav (rep 26/06/2017)
Army
selling
its grounded helicopters: Nepal Army opens bidding
setting the minimum price, including spare parts, at Rs
1.55 billion, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/06/2017)
Protecting
unity
NA’s key responsibility: CoAS (ht 24/06/2017) [What about unity in diversity as
well as inclusion? Nepal is not a unitarian state!]
MoHA
begins
process to promote police personnel (ht 23/06/2017),
Govt to
streamline police promotions: Sharma (rep
28/0672017)
Security
situation worsening in Mahottari, by Mahesh Kumar
Das (rep 20/06/2017)
Digital
signature
introduced in Nepal Police (ht 16/06/2017)
Police
in
a federal model: Politicians have spent much time
discussing the federal system; now they must focus on
the structure of a federalised police force, by
Subindra Bogati and Julia Strasheim (kp 13/06/2017)
Traditional
roles:
The public feels that the Army was not involved when
strategic decisions were made, by Suresh Sharma (kp
13/06/2017)
National
security:
Nepal needs to identify ways to counter domestic and
regional challenges and threats, by Binoj Basnyat
(kp 09/06/2017)
NA
mobilised
to ensure security ahead of polls (ht 03/06/2017)
Myadi
recruits
in Surkhet protest pay cut (kp 02/06/2017)
Myadi
recruits
up in arms against police (kp 29/05/2017)
IGP
Aryal
directs cops to adapt to change (ht 25/05/2017)
CoAS
Chhetri holds meetings with senior US Army officials
(rep 22/05/2017)
Moving
with
the times: Nepal’s security forces should be expanded
and diversified to meet new challenges, by Binoj
Basnyat (kp 19/05/2017)
Govt
decides
to restructure Army: Forms team led by Gachhadar to
increase number of local federal units; Tharu people
whose properties were torched following the Tikapur
incident in Kailali in 2015 to get compensation, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 13/05/2017)
Nerve
centre:
With over 100,000 security personnel being deployed for
the local level elections, the election security cell
will serve as the hub, by Manish Gautam (kp
13/05/2017)
Security
beefed
up for local level elections (ht 04/05/2017)
NA
divisional
HQs in all 7 provinces: Khand (kp 27/04/2017)
IG
appointment
row: DIG Silwal detained at police HQ, freed (kp
25/04/2017), Supreme
Court
orders Nepal Police not to probe DIG Silwal (kp
26/04/2017), Silwal
forged
performance report, forensic report says (kp
29/04/2017), DIG
Silwal submitted doctored document to SC: Forensic
report, by Roshan Sedhai (rep 29/04/2017)
Security
chiefs
say measures in place for local elections (kp
19/04/2017)
NP
fails
to arrange dress for temporary police (kp
18/04/2017)
NA
command,
staff course begins (kp 18/04/2017)
IG
Prakash
Aryal instructs officials to work diligently (kp
12/04/2017)
Prakash
Aryal
picked as new Nepal Police chief (kp 11/04/2017)
Modernise
the
military: The country has undergone fundamental changes,
and the Army should keep in step, by Binod Basnyat
(kp 11/04/2017)
Army
ready
to fight any crisis the country faces: Gen Chhetri
(kp 09/04/2017)
Security
in
mess as some in police turn criminals, by Manish
Gautam (kp 04/04/2017)
NSCS
told
to monitor implementation of national security policy
(ht 03/04/2017)
Female
turnout
disappoints EC: Women job aspirants account for only
14pc of total 179,486 applicants, by Manish Gautam
(kp 02/04/2017)
Over
45k
sign up for temp cops in 4 days (kp 29/03/2017)
Officials
discuss
security issues on Monday in view of Morcha protests:
Point to challenges in holding elections in eastern
Tarai districts (kp 28/03/2017), Security
Council
recommends Army deployment for May polls: The decision
should be endorsed by Parliament within a month of the
deployment (kp 28/03/2017)
Finance
Ministry
releases Rs3.4b for election security (kp
27/03/2017)
Additional
security sought in tarai districts for upcoming polls,
by Roshan Sedhai (rep 27/03/2017)
Over
34,000 licensed firearms possessed by public (rep
25/03/2017)
Govt
urged
to appoint IG without any delay: Former IGs of Nepal
Police and security experts warn the leadership void
could affect the chain of command of the law enforcement
agency (kp 23/03/2017)
Poll
security in 8 tarai districts a big challenge (rep
23/03/2017)
NSC
nod
to deploy army for elections (ht 23/03/2017)
SC
quashes
govt decision to promote Chand as IG: Raps it on the
knuckles for failing to pay heed to merit, seniority
during appointment; Paves way for DIG Nawaraj Silwal,
the top contender, to become the Nepal Police chief,
by Manish Gautam (kp 22/03/2017)
Human
versus
national security: National security marginalises the
rationale for all other critical, human-centric
securities; this needs to change, by Mahendra P.
Lama (kp 22/03/2017)
Two-week
long multi-national military exercise begins from today,
by Deepak Kharel (rep 20/03/2017)
No
temp
cops in sensitive districts: Govt (kp 18/03/2017)
Home
ministry seeks security threat reports from districts
(rep 17/03/2017)
Nat’l
security
training for officials, soldiers: 10-day session held at
Army’s Command and Staff College in Shivapuri (kp
11/03/2017)
1,000
cops
to be deployed in Kathmandu Valley on Holi (ht
10/03/2017)
Withdraw
guns
from public: Home Ministry: Process begins to hold
licensed weapons until local elections are over, by
Manish Gautam (kp 07/03/2017), EC
seeks
operational plan from security agencies (kp
07/03/2017), DAO
asks
licence holders to submit arms until polls (ht
17/03/2017)
Nepal
Police
hands promotion to 282 personnel, transfers 749 (ht
02/03/2017)
To
confront
‘cessionist’ moves: COAS (kp 24/02/2017) [The
army chief should not give political statements!
Besides, RPP policy is the most cesessionist danger as
it divides society by returning to the non-inclusive
royal system!]
Soldier
to
shoulder: The Nepal Army is a close partner in the
development efforts of the Nepali people, by Suresh
Sharma (kp 24/02/2017)
Govt
transfers top cops ahead of polls (rep 23/02/2017)
Rebuilding
police posts starts in Gorkha (rep 21/02/2017)
Road
projects:
Govt told to allot budget for army (kp 20/02/2017)
Nidhi
instructs
security chiefs not to make compromises (kp
15/02/2017)
SSP
Khanal
new police spokesman (kp 15/02/2017)
IG
appointment
gets bogged down in dispute (kp 13/02/2017), Govt
to
furnish clarification in 15 days: Petitioner argues that
Chand ranked third in seniority among the
candidates for the top Nepal Police job (kp
13/02/2017), Supreme
Court stays IGP pick, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep
13/02/2017), SC
issues
second interim order (kp), AIG
Pokhrel
is head of Nepal Police pro tem (kp 14/02/2017), Hearing
on
IGP appointment postponed (kp 20/02/2017)
The
new
chiefs: Nepal Police is not going to change overnight:
Yes, they have changed the colour of their dress from
khaki to blue but the attitude, policing and
brutality continue to remain the same, by
Guffadi (kp 11/02/2017)
NA
building
at Tundikhel attracts public criticism, by Anupm
Ojha (kp 10/02/2017)
Who’ll
be
next police chief ? Cong President Deuba wants Chand,
Home Minister Nidhi pushes for Silwal (kp
09/02/2017), Cabinet
fails
to pick police chief, by Anil Giri and Manish Gautam
(kp 10/02/2017)
Mitigating
risks
of a military approach: The Nepal-China joint military
exercise probably serves Chinese interests, but
does it do the same for Nepal?, by Bhoj Raj Poudel
and Rupak Sapkota (kp 31/01/2017)
Land
hurdle
cleared for setting up Army barracks in Korala: Nepal
Aarmy Spokesperson Tara Bahadur Karki says construction
works will begin shortly, by Binod Tripathi (kp
28/01/2017)
39
SSPs
reshuffled (kp 27/01/2017)
Interpol
Asia
Conference kicks off in Kathmandu (kp 19/01/2017), INTERPOL
meet
stresses regional cooperation to combat crime (ht
19/01/2017), Interpol
meet
concludes with a vow to unite against terrorism (kp
21/01/2017)
Minister
Nidhi
applauds APF role in border security (kp 03/01/2017)
First
Nepal-China Joint Military Drill, by Nandalal Tiwari
(rn 02/01/2017), Just
another
drill: The non- threatening joint exercise with China
will send a message that Nepal Army knows what is best
for it and that no single power can easily influence it,
by Trailokya Raj Aryal (rep 09/01/2017)
Army
plan to buy medium size twin-engine chopper put off,
by Kamal Pariyar (rep 22/12/2016)
Nepal
Army:
All eyes on profits: The security body entrusted with
protecting the nation is overstepping its constitutional
mandate, increasingly turning into a profit-making
enterprise, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 19/12/2016)
3
SSPs, 14 DSPs to be promoted (kp 18/12/2016)
Many
Police
units still operating from tents (ht 05/12/2016)
"Complaints
against police helping in effective policing", by
Kamal Pariyar (rep 29/11/2016)
Busting
police
myths: Around 67 percent people do not trust the police
and 78 percent believe the police do not understand
their issues, by Ayush Joshi (rep 23/11/2016)
Govt
to
deploy police as per federal setup (ht 19/11/2016)
Four
AIGs
assigned roles 7 months after their promotion: Home
Ministery on Tuesday instructed the Nepal Police
headquarters to assign roles to the officials (kp
18/11/2016)
Aryal
dismisses
reports of his possible removal: Reports earlier
suggested possible removal of Aryal before his
retirement date by introducing a new regulation
(kp 17/11/2016)
Metro
Police ‘toothless’ since over a decade (rep
17/11/2016)
Ministry’s
laxity
delays NA barracks construction in Korala, by Binod
Tripathi (kp 13/11/2016)
Security
forces
okayed to operate tank trucks, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
11/11/2016)
Police,
APF
chiefs in USA for IACP meet: The conference will discuss
challenges faced by police organisations world over and
ways to tackle them (kp 15/10/2016)
Police
story: Initially used to serve the rulers, our policing
systems are still militaristic in their approach, by
Devendra Jung Subedi (rep 06/10/2016)
Army’s
missing
weapons found (kp 24/09/2016) [??]
NHRC
looking
at Nepali Army abuse allegations (ht 09/09/2016)
Strong
army, strong Nepal, by Madan Shahi (rep 06/09/2016)
NA
plans
to invest in hydel sector (kp 17/08/2016)
DAO
declares
prohibited zones (ht 13/08/2016)
Over
1,400
cops face action in 2015/16 (ht 31/07/2016)
Security
forces
on high alert after IS threat, by Lekhanath Pandey
(ht 26/07/2016), Nepal
alerted
against ‘threat’ to Koshi Barrage: Officials in
Kathmandu and Sunsari have confirmed that they had
received intelligence sharing from the Indian side
(kp 27/07/2016)
No
compromise
on national security: PM Oli (kp 15/07/2016)
A
Wake Up Call For Nepal?, by Narayan Upadhaya (rn
06/07/2016)
The
new
face of terror: Risks to Nepal, by Chiran Jung Thapa
(ht 27/06/2016), Threat
of
terrorism: A report says Nepal lacks sophisticated
measures to prevent possible terrorist activit, by
Surya Nath Upadhyay (kp 03/07/2016)
Police
restructuring
proposal could create conflict: Experts, by Manish
Gautam (kp 14/06/2016), Officials
express
strong concerns over provisions (kp 16/06/2016)
Namche
police
post in sorry state, by Kumbharaj Rai (kp
25/05/2016)
Thoughts
on
security: Nepal needs a strategy to ensure the survival
of the state as an independent physical entity, by
Binoj Basnyat (kp 20/05/2016)
Army
faces
questions over actors’ reception (kp 16/05/2016), NA
told
to explain officers’ presence in TIA to ‘welcome stars’,
by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 17/05/2016), Army
defends
security for Bollywood celebrities (kp 17/05/2016)
Country
gets
new National Security Policy, by Kamal Pariyar (rep
13/05/2016), Filling
a
vacuum: After 26 years of democracy, Nepal looks set to
have a comprehensive national security strategy, by
Narendra Rawal (kp 15/05/2016)
Armed
Police
Force releases its progress report (ht 11/05/2016)
Subtle
art:
Our security agencies continue to carry out their duties
under the organizational structures and mandates they
had during the conflict, by Shobhakar Budhathoki
(rep 11/05/2016)
Small
arms
posing threat to security (ht 01/05/2016)
Rai
promoted
to APF chief (kp 27/04/2016)
Rethinking
security:
Our security policy should be redefined in line with the
concept of human security and federal democratic system,
by Geja Sharma Wagle (rep 25/04/2016)
Moving
into
residential quarter nearly a year after, by Dhruba
Dangal (rep 21/04/2016)
Four
DIGs
promoted (kp 09/04/2016), Rank
insignia
conferred on four AIGPs: Move follows April 8 Cabinet
decision (kp 20/04/2016)
35,264
apply
for 5,444 posts of constable (ht 25/03/2016)
10-day
advanced
national security training concludes (ht 22/03/2016)
Security
concerns
should be addressed politically: Army chief (kp
07/03/2016)
Force
for
good: Does Nepal need an army of 97,000 when economic
development is the state priority?, by Shrijan
Bahadur Malla (rep 07/03/2016)
Policing
the
police: The police must obey the law while enforcing the
law, by Dipendra Adhikari (kp 28/02/2016)
Police
hard
put running mess, thanks to fund crunch (ht
24/02/2016)
NA
seeks
new options as UN scales down peacekeeping missions,
by Kamal Pariyar (rep 17/02/2016)
17
SPs
transferred (kp 15/02/2016)
Copping
on:
A blanket ban cannot be the answer to isolated incidents
that call for a very different approach, by Deepak
Thapa (kp 11/02/2016)
Home
ministry
reshuffles 22 DIGPs (ht 06/02/2016)
Cops
in
Kabadi Bazaar complain of pay discrimination (ht
31/01/2016)
Metro
police
starts maintaining biometric ADR (ht 24/01/2016)
Dilapidated
office
buildings pose threat to police personnel’s lives
(ht 24/01/2016)
Prank
calls
keep control room busy (ht 24/01/2016)
New
prohibited
areas declared in capital (ht 20/01/2016)
Policing
the
police: A better-educated police force does not
necessarily translate into a more community-friendly one,
by Deepak Thapa (kp 14/01/2016)
Federalising
the
Nepal Police: A way out, by Madhukar SJB Rana (ht
11/01/2016)
Female
officers
man police station in Makwanpur: The station with nine
officers is headed by ASI Dil Kumari Kafle, by
Pratap Bista (kp 09/01/2016)
House
committee
raises security issue with bidder selection:
Parliamentary Accounts Committee forms panel to see if
there are irregularities in holding only one firm
eligible (kp 05/01/2016)
Testing
times
for security forces: The natural disaster provided an
opportunity for the security forces to prove themselves
during the time of need, by Kamal Pariyar (rep
31/12/2015)
Nepali
Army
gets bomb disposal robot (ht 23/12/2015)
New
APF
chief takes charge (kp 21/12/2015) [Not
to forget, he supported the roal putch a decade ago!!]
APF
chief
Onta faces suspension (kp 18/12/2015), Govt
suspends
APF chief, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 19/12/2015)
PM
Oli
all praise for APF (ht 11/11/2015)
Police’s
new
theory to curb crime; special security plan for
festivals: Kathmandu police chief SSP Bikram Singh says
Broken Window Theory Policing will be implemented along
with the Police Service with Smile campaign (kp
19/10/2015)
Home
Ministry
unsure of riot control gears procurement: Govt plans to
provide materials worth Rs650 million to the Nepal
Police and the rest for the Armed Police Force' (kp
06/10/2015)
Smuggling
of
small arms continues unabated in Valley (ht
03/10/2015)
Armed
Police
Force sets up staff college (ht 03/10/2015)
Army
to
guard vital installations (kp 15/09/2015)
Tough
challenges
ahead for new NA chief Chhetri, by Lekhanath Pandey
(ht 10/09/2015), Prez
appoints
Gen Rajendra Chhetri as new army chief (ht
11/09/2015)
Govt
to
procure anti-riot equipment worth billion rupees for
police, APF, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht 09/09/2015)
KMC
to
step up police force, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
20/08/2015)
NP
proposes
rechristening of APF (ht 10/08/2015)
Chhetri
is
acting chief of Army (kp 08/08/2015), CoAS
Rana
leaves 3-year career to mixed response, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 12/08/2015), Cabinet
recommends
Lt Gen Chhetri as new CoAS (ht 14/08/2015)
APF
urges
leaders to upgrade its status, by Manish Gautam (kp
03/08/2015)
432
police
booked for dereliction of duty (kp 03/08/2015)
Police
mobilised
for 1,177 circumstantial incidents of last fiscal in the
Capital (ht 02/08/2015)
112
cops
to face departmental action (ht 01/08/2015)
Nepal
Police
hotline requests free SMS service for public (kp
29/07/2015)
Nepal
Police
calls for clear authority of security agencies, by
Manish Gautam (kp 28/07/2015)
MoFALD:
Submit
details on disaster mgmt (kp 29/07/2015)
IGP:
Police
promotions based on performance (kp 27/07/2015)
Police
oppose
provision of separate force, by Manish Gautam (kp
23/07/2015)
NP
starts
Automated Fingerprint Identification System (ht
11/07/2015)
‘Hamro
Police’
mobile application launched (kp 06/07/2015)
Police-APF
jurisdiction
row escalates (kp 06/07/2015)
HM
Gautam
lashes out at NP for ‘not-up-to-the-mark performance’
(ht 04/07/2015)
Don’t
grant
APF power to arrest, House panel tells Home Minister
(kp 27/06/2015), SAC
tells
authorities not to let APF exercise power that’s solely
with NP (ht 27/06/2015)
Nepali
Army
launches new helicopters (ht 23/06/2015), Despite
two
new choppers, NA air service still short of aircraft
(rep 23/06/2015)
AHRC
objects
to plan to grant policing duty to APF (ht
18/06/2015)
Nepal
Army
says it can purchase arms through embassy, by Kamal
Pariyar (rep 18/06/2015)
After
conflict,
quake leaves many police buildings destroyed (kp
03/06/2015)
Govt
proposal
to amend APF rules opposed (ht 31/05/2015)
Counterterrorism
meet
kicks off in capital (ht 16/04/2015)
APF
gets
govt approval to start Staff College (ht 13/04/2015)
NP
struggling
to relocate Metropolitan Police Range (ht
27/03/2015)
Small
arms
still big threat to security (ht 25/03/2015)
10
NP,
APF officials complete 400-hr basic polygraph training
(ht 21/03/2015)
Reforming
Security Sector: An Antidote To Corruption, by
Pranav Bhattarai (rn 14/03/2015)
National
security
dynamics: Core questions should be settled, by Umesh
K. Bhattarai (ht 13/03/2015)
Maj
Gen
Rajendra Chhetri promoted: To replace CoAS Gen Rana once
he retires in September, by Lekhanath Pandey (ht
25/02/2015), Chhetri
to
be next CoAS: Cabinet promotes him to lieutenant general
on Tuesday, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/02/2015), CoAS
Rana
confers insignia on Chhetri (kp 01/03/2015)
Minister
quizzes
UN rep over ‘security alarm’ (kp 25/02/2015)
Responsibility
of
14 DIGs reshuffled (ht 31/01/2015)
38
truant
copsset to face Nepal Police music (ht 25/01/2015)
Newly
promoted
DIGs, SSPs conferred insignia (kp 19/01/2015)
Coming
of
age: Narendra Modi suddenly got off his bullet-proof
vehicle, causing a panic at police command center; Lack
of real time visuals was a problem, by Rajib Subba
(rep 17/01/2015)
SSPs
recommended
for promotion (ht 08/01/2015)
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