Ash-Abhishek to marry on Feb 19?

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are set to tie knot on February 19. Thats's the big news doing round in Bollywood these days.

According to sources, Bachchans' family astrologer has given the nod for ceremony soon after the release of their new film Guru. According to him Feb 19 is the ideal time for the couple to wed, as Rai's celestial planetary position will become compatible.

The wedding reception will be held in Mumbai at the Santacruz Hyatt and the who’s who of bollywood will attend the event. Neeta Lulla and Anna Singh will design the wedding dress for Ash and Abhishek respectively.

Sources claim that Ash and Abhi recently made an announcement at a friend’s party that they would be tying the knot, however the media will not be allowed to get an inside peak at one of the most happening events of bollywood.

In the meanwhile Ash will accompany Abhishek Bachchan and family for Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Nepathya Tour

Nepal's leading folk rock band 'Nepathya' is all set to make their traditional tour of the Nation again. This time they will be touring to 15 places during a span of 40 straight days. "It feels great to be reaching to our fans and well wishers around the country again. Nepal beyond Kathmandu has always been dear to me," says Amrit Gurung, front man / lead vocalist of the Band.

As in the past, this time too 'Nepathya' is associating themselves with a social cause. "Giving continuity to Nepathya's past association, this time too, 'Nepathya' will be speaking for the children of the Nation." adds Kiran Krishna Shrestha, team leader of nepa~laya, the organisers of the tour and managers of 'Nepathya'. As in the past years, 2002 and 2004, the tour will be called – Nepathya "Education for Peace" Tour 2063 as well.

"As peace has prevailed, we thought of advocating another theme – but having recently travelled to places in the nation and visited many community schools all over, I felt - children in schools and the education sector still need an encouraging voice. Children are still vulnerable to political and other exploitations. Thus, we decided to continue with our slogan – Education for Peace." justifies Amrit. "Children in schools should not be used for any objectives by any groups. They are like tender buds – let them blossom freely and they shall be creating a better and peaceful New Nepal." he adds.

The entourage is set to leave Kathmandu on December 21and will be back for the final show in Kathmandu scheduled for January 31.

The tour will take them through Narayanghat, Damak, Dhankuta, Lahan, Hetauda, Butwal, Dhangadi, Surkhet, Sandhikharka, Tamghas, Pokhara, Besi Sahar, Trisuli Bazaar, Jiri, and then finally wind up in the Capital.

"In addition to regular ticket bearing audience, we have also made arrangements to reach audiences who have been deprived of such access to entertainment due to social, physical or financial reasons." explains Kiran Shrestha.

"Our shows which include Shantiko lagi Sikchya Tour in 2002 and 2004 and Sundar Shanta Nepal during 2003 and 2005, have always been well appreciated by people all over. We expect similar cooperation and support from all to make this National event a success." requests Kiran.

After two rounds of visit to all these places, nepa~laya had decided on the local organisers, which mainly include community educational institutes, and local social organisations. This time too, major proceedings from the ticket sales will be contributed to local welfare purposes through local organisers.

'Nepathya' has been working strongly with various social sectors during the past. It is also known as the most earthy and social Nepali band of recent times.

"During the past year, we have performed in many events both here and abroad, but reaching out to our own people is always a moment I crave for. I really look forward to the tour." says the humble front man of the band, Amrit.

Sugam To Perform With Abhijeet Sawant

Over the past couple of years Sugam Pokhrel has been able to establish himself as one of the most popular singers in the Music industry of Nepal. When he joined the industry, he introduced himself as 1MB.i,e. One Man Band. Now, whether you call him Sugam Pokhrel or prefer to refer him as 1MB, one thing, which is pretty sure is that he has never disappointed his listeners with his music.

Come December 21, and he shall be sharing the limelight with none other than the first Indian Idol -- Abhijeet Sawant -- in Biratnagar. Information has it that this is going to be a charity show. Sugam states, "I am looking forward to the event. I am sure that we are going to have a good time there!"

Besides this, his fourth album 'Sugam Yatra' was released a week back under the label of SAV. However, this time, there was no ho halla as such concerning this venture. About this Sugam relates that since he had to go to Dhangadi for an event, they took the opportunity to release 'Sugam Yatra' at Dakchinkali.

Shedding more light on this album, he informs that there are only three new songs on it and the rest are his old songs that were previously on collection albums and some of them were the ones, which didn't do well earlier. However, those old songs that he has picked and included in 'Sugam Yatra' have been re-arranged along with additional touch ups. Pretty interesting! Nevertheless, Sugam is confident that the songs will do well. "I went ahead and did this because I want to safeguard my songs. I am not taking any risk commercially wise too!" Nowadays, the music video from this album, "Manki Rani" is doing quite a few rounds at the various TV channels. Sugam states that there are other music videos in the pipeline and he is currently busy in the promotion of 'Sugam Yatra'.

EXCLUSIVE …New Beginning For Aastha Thapa (Oli)

Popular TV personality Aastha Thapa (Oli) who captured the small screen by storm by hosting successful shows like 'Ghum Gham' and 'Win Kantipur' has been in the news in recent times. According to one of her family members who wishes to remain anonymous, she married Rajendra Bista secretly. (‘He recently came back from the United States’). Now, if you are wondering why make a big deal out of it, read further…..

According to a family member of Aastha…who wishes to be remain anonymous, Aastha is still the legal wife of Narendra Oli (brother of singer and media personality Komal Oli). Few weeks back, she had gone to her maiti and when her father-in-law Lalit Bikram tried to contact her…she could not be traced. Later, when Lalit Birkarm had a conversation with Aastha's maiti ghar he was informed that Aastha had not visited them in the first place. After this, Lalit Bikram filed a report at Lalitpur Jilla Prahari Karyalaya asking them to look for his daughter-in-law. On the other hand, since Komal Oli has not been living with them for the past five years, she was unaware of the happenings.

According to information provided by the family, Narendra is currently in Japan. He went there for a period of six months and is scheduled to come back sometime during February. The same family member who we spoke to states, "Narendra has not even been to Japan for four months and Aastha is doing all this! Narendra is going to be devastated now!" As stated by this family member, Rajendra Bista has not been in Nepal for long. He is also a married man and is a father of two children. "However, this person has been living in Jhamsikhel and he is a divorcee," mentions the source.

It was only after knowing about the divorce papers that Aastha had filed at a court in Dang that the family of Aastha became aware of her marriage to another man. This source informs, "Narendra has confirmed that once he is back, he intends to go to the court and claim his property that he had transferred to her."

Narendra Oli who is also a media person got married to Aastha Thapa on Kartik 6, 2056 BS. Theirs was a love marriage. According to Narendra's family, since Aastha had coerced him to settle down, they decided to tie the knot on the day of Bijaya Dashami. "We had told her that one should not marry during Kartik and to wait until Mangsir but she was the one who was adamant on her decision. She had told us that she has some family problems and had warned us that if they don't get married then, she would commit suicide. Well…we had no other option but to agree to her demands!" shares the member further adding, "During that time, she was pregnant but she had an abortion and got married. Aastha does not like babies…she has in fact aborted many times!" This source also mentions that so far Narendra and Aastha were not having any problems regarding their married life. Lastly this person confirms, "Aastha is an opportunist and too ambitious. Maybe it’s because of this nature of hers that she decided to take this step!" Pretty strong words there. We, here at fursad.com shall keep you posted on further developments on this story.

Avinash Ghising Doing It His Style

Avinash Ghising has been pretty busy lately traveling around various villages and compiling folk songs. He intends to incorporate them in his upcoming album 'Hill Area' after reworking on them. On December 15, he came back from his trip to Solukhumbhu and seems to be happy with his efforts so far.

He had made a similar trip to Solukhumbhu with the same objective sometime back as well and since those numbers have already been recorded, he decided to go there again to get some more tunes. "I want to give something new to my listeners and wish to do something different. Not only that, I want to give continuity to the trend of traveling around and getting different tunes and that is why I went to Solukhumbhu," informs Avinash.

These days, we have been hearing many rap songs from him and he cares to mention that this time round he will be singing melody songs as well. "I have always liked singing rap songs and besides that I have also preferred going for melody numbers. So better late than never… I have decided to go for it too!" states Avinash further adding, "I was in Solukhumbhu for a week and the melodies that I have collected shall be incorporated in an R & B flavor."

'Hill Area' will hit the market under the label of Music.Com. Giving us more details on the project he says, "We do want the best to happen to 'Hill Area' and we have invested quite a lot on this venture. For a song, I have worked with three different arrangers and the one that satisfies me the most shall be the final on to hit the stands." Great Going Avinash!

Eight parties express commitment towards refugee repatriation

At a time when the offer of third country resettlement has sparked controversy among the refugee population, senior leaders of eight major political parties have signed a commitment towards their honorable repatriation.

In their signed commitment, political leaders have urged Bhutan government to help in the repatriation of refugees languishing in Nepal. They have also asked international community to support this initiative.

The commitment has been signed by Nepali Congress (NC) leader Chakra Prasad Bastola, NC-Democratic leader Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) leader Jhal Nath Khanal, Maoist leader Suresh Ale Magar, People's Front (PF) leader Lila Mani Pokharel, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP) leader Prem Suwal, Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) leader Narsingh Chaudhary and United Leftist Front (ULF) leader CP Mainali.

The latest commitment by the political leaders has come when western countries like the United States have expressed their willingness to resettle the refugees in their countries. Most refugee leaders including Tek Nath Rijal, however, have been saying that first priority must be repatriation to Bhutan.

Prachanda's praise for India creates illusion among masses: Indian Maoists

Indian Maoists have criticized recent praises heaped on India by Maoist chairman Prachanda.

"Prachanda's repeated praise for India's role in bringing about the agreement creates illusions among the masses about India rather than preparing them for fighting the Indian expansionists who are keen on skirmishing Nepal in future," said Azad, spokesperson of Communist Party of India (Maoists) in a statement.

He was probably referring to Prachanda's remarks made a month ago when he praised India for facilitating the 12-point agreement between the political parties and Maoists signed a year ago in New Delhi. This agreement had set the stage for the coming together of the parties and the Maoists to launch people's movement, which forced King Gyanendra to give up powers.

Azad was also skeptical of India's role in helping Prachanda arriving at an agreement. India was aiming to disarm and isolate the Maoists as it was aiming to grab the natural wealth of Nepal particularly its huge hydel potential and to make it a safe haven for the imperialists and Indian comprador capitalists, the statement posted online a few days ago states.

In its public reaction to their Nepali comrades' decision to join the peaceful mainstream of politics, the Indian Naxalites have criticized the decision of Nepali Maoists to join mainstream and deposit their weapons in cantonments.

"Even more surprising is the assertion by the CPN(Maoist) that their current "tactics" in Nepal would be an example to other Maoist parties in South Asia. Comrade Prachanda had also given a call to other Maoist parties to reconsider their revolutionary strategies and to practice multiparty democracy in the name of 21st century democracy. Our CC makes it crystal-clear to CPN(M) and the people at large that there can be no genuine democracy in any country without the capture of state power by the proletariat and that the so-called multiparty democracy cannot bring any basic change in the lives of the people," the statement adds.

The Indian Maoists have said that such move by Nepali Maoists was detrimental to the interests of the revolutionary movements not only in Nepal but also in South Asia. "There can be no genuine democracy in any country without the capture of state power by the proletariat,'' the Communist Party of India (Maoists) said in a statement.

Urging the Maoists for withdrawal from the agreement with the Seven Party Alliance (SPA), party spokesman Azad said there should be "rethink about their current tactics which are actually changing the very strategic direction of the revolution in Nepal." The surrender of arms of PGA would only make people defenseless, he stated.

The Indian Maoists have further said that depositing arms could lead to reversal of gains made by people of Nepal. They have also said that the clause in the agreement to deposit equal number of arms by both sides "will obviously work in favour of Koirala-led Government' as it would have the option to use the huge stock of arms still at the disposal of the army." They have also questioned the decision to allow the United Nations to monitor the depositing of arms saying that the UN itself was "an instrument in the hands of imperialists."

UN monitors arriving within 10 days; assessment report is ready

A 35-member expert team of the United Nations is arriving in Nepal within ten days to monitor the management of arms and armies.

UN Secretary-General's personal representative to Nepal, Ian Martin, told a news conference at the UN office in Kathmandu that UN monitors would start their works as soon as they land here.

A group out of 35 monitors is set to arrive within 10 days while another team of 25 election experts will be here in the coming weeks, according to him.

The electoral advisors, who are yet to be recruited, will be working with the Election Commission for constituent assembly elections due mid-June 2007.

He said discussions were underway with the government and the Maoists on whether to involve former British and Indian Gurkha army personnel, as an interim taskforce, in the arms management work.

The UN envoy also informed that the UN Technical Assessment Mission (TAM), which started its works in Nepal one week earlier, has completed its assessment on logistical needs in the cantonments of the Maoist army, arrangement of resources and monitoring personnel.

"The assessment mission today completed its work, and I will be sending its report to the UN Headquarters for the decision of the secretary general," he said.

Based on the TAM report, the UN Headquarters will determine the budget and logistical support necessary for monitoring of arms and armies in Nepal.

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NC protecting monarchy: Bohara

Standing committee member of CPN-UML Amrit Kumar Bohara has alleged that monarchy is existing in the country due to the Nepali Congress.

Speaking at a press meet organised by the Lamjung chapter of Press Chautari Nepal in Lamjung on Saturday, Bohara, who termed Nepali Congress as a “status quo” party said, “The monarchy is existing due to the elements of status quo and those elements that have a dominant role in the government.”

He also claimed that restructuring of the nation is impossible as long the monarchy continues and stressed the need for unity among supporters of democracy in order to abolish monarchy from the country.

Bohara however revealed that though there is disagreement among the eight political parties on minor issues, there is no disagreement on major issues, adding, "The minor disagreements do not affect the election of constituent assembly.”

Bohara demanded to publicize the report of the Rayamajhi Commission and take action against the guilty persons as pointed by the report.

"We should put pressure on the government for the implementation of the report,” Bohara added.

Nation moving towards republic set up: Aryal

Coordinator of the Interim Constitution Drafting Committee and former Supreme Court Justice Laxman Prasad Aryal has said that the nation was indeed heading towards a republican set-up and that only issue was whether it will end up to be the “people’s republic” or stop at “democratic republic.”

Talking to journalists on the future course of the nation following finalisation of the interim constitution, Aryal said, “Of course the nation is now hurtling towards a republican set-up. But we have yet to see whether it will be “people’s republic” or “democratic republic”.

He also appreciated the way the seven-party alliance and the CPN-Maoist leadership finalised the draft of the interim constitution.

Aryal said that the parties have indeed retained the spirit of the draft he had presented to the government and Maoist talk teams. “The spirit has been retained. It is now a consensus document too,” Aryal said.

The committee headed by Aryal submitted the draft to the government and the Maoist by leaving space in the issues in which the ruling seven party alliance and the Maoists did not find consensus.

The interim constitution finalized by the ruling seven party alliance and Maoists deprived King from any rights related to state affairs and the Prime Minister will execute all jobs related to the country's state affairs and administration.