TIMELINE 2007

Jan 1:

• Freed Kamaiyas from Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Dang and Kanchanpur districts pitch tents on government land at Teenkune, Kathmandu, demanding compensation the government had promised six years ago while declaring their emancipation.
• The government releases Rs 1.03m for rhino protection.
• Visit Pokhara Year-2007 begins.

Jan 4:
• Dabur Greenhouse project shuts down citing threats, unreasonable demands and disruptive activities of the Maoists in Banepa.

Jan 5:
• 73 police posts (57 in Lumbini zone and 15 in Dhankuta district) reinstated as the peace process gets underway.

Jan 8:
The top leaders of the ruling seven-party alliance and the CPN-Maoist agrees to promulgate the interim statute and form the interim legislature on January 15, formally opening doors for the Maoists to join the political mainstream.

Jan 10:
• The eight parties reach agreement over the sharing of the remaining 48 seats of the 330-member Interim Legislature to be formed on January 15. The NC, UML and Maoists gets 10 seats each for the 48 seats allocated for the civil society, different professional organisations, Dalits, nationalities and ethnic groups. Similarly, the NC-D gets six seats while the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi), Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party, United Left Front, and People's Front Nepal gets three seats each.
• Five Yemenese UN military experts arrive in the capital as a part of the UN assistance in Nepal's arms monitoring process bringing the total number of UN military experts officials dispatched here to 20.
• Nepal Telecom commercially launches PCMCIA cards in the local market making wireless net access via laptops possible.
• UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon presents report on Nepal’s peace process at the Security Council. Report is based on suggestions made by the UN technical assessment mission, which arrived in Nepal in mid-December.

Jan 11:
• Nepal Telecom reduces the tariff rates of Internet service, for business purposes, by as much as 83 percent.

Jan 12:
• A cabinet meeting appoints Dolakh Prasad Gurung and Ayodhi Prasad Yadav as the election commissioners.
• A 14-member Ex-Gurkha team appointed by the government to assist monitoring of arms management sets up their office at the Maoist first division camp in Chulachuli of Ilam district.

Jan 13:
• Eight Nepali laborers who were languishing in a Malaysian prison for a year rescued on the government’s first such attempt to rescue Nepali laborers abroad.

Jan 14:
• The government reinstates 904 of the total 1271 police posts which were displaced during the decade-long insurgency, was able to put in place only 904 such posts as the self-set deadline ended on this particular day.

Jan 15:
• Interim Constitution issued; House of Representatives, the National Assembly—the lower and the upper houses of parliament, dissolved.
• Maoists enter parliament after a decade long armed conflict; first sitting of interim parliament begins; all MPs sworn in.
• India welcomes the promulgation of the interim constitution and the formation of the interim parliament.

Jan 17:
• Subash Chandra Nemwang sworn in as the Speaker of the newly formed Interim Legislature-Parliament.
• Senior Advocate Bishwo Kant Mainali elected President of the Nepal Bar Association.

Jan 18:
• In a path-breaking move, PM Koirala administers the oath of office and secrecy to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Dilip Kumar Paudel at Shingha Durbar. The King used sworn-in the chief justice before that.
• A parliamentary party meeting of the CPN-Maoist elects party spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara as the leader of the party in the interim legislature-parliament, Dev Gurung as the deputy leader of the party and Dinan Nath Sharma and Janadardan Sharma 'Prabhakar' are chosen the party's chief whip and whip, respectively.
• MPRF under the leadership of Upendra Yadav call chakka jam in Janakpur.

Jan 19:
• Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Poudel administers fresh oath of office and secrecy to all other 18 justices of the Supreme Court and the chief judges of the Appellate Courts at the Supreme Court as per the recently promulgated Interim Constitution.
• MPRF-Maoists clash in which a sixteen year-old Ramesh Kumar Mahato is shot dead by a Maoist cadre at Lahan Chowk.

Jan 20:
• An all-party meet organise in Lahan in a bid to restore normalcy in the wake of MPRF-Maoists scuffle in which a sixteen year-old Ramesh Kumar Mahato was shot dead by Maoist cadres at Lahan Chowk.

Jan 21:
• MPRF continues protest
• Pm Koirala calls for an eight-party meeting on Jan 22 to discuss the worsening situation in Lahan, where violence flared up following killing of a teenager on Jan 20.

Jan 22:
• The government decides to set up a Commission to probe unrest, compensation to family of slain teenager.

Jan 23:
• Government officially invites the MPRF for table talks to diffuse the growing tension at Lahan.
• 2 more Lahan clash victims die, death toll reaches 4, Siraha District Administration Office extends curfew in Lahan from 7 am to 7 pm in addition to clamping curfew in Siraha bazaar, the district headquarters of Siraha district, from 8 am to 6 pm.
• Around 400 children of Makure Primary School at Risku VDC-3 fall unconscious after eating prasad during Sarawshwoti Puja at the school

Jan 24:
• 8 hour curfew imposed in Lahan, tensions down a notch
• Major political parties represented in the Interim Legislature fails to reach common understanding over the issues of electoral system and use of ballot paper in the CA polls.
• At an all-party meeting organized by the Election Commission to decide on various issues, political parties could not reach unanimity on which electoral system to follow -- Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMPR) or Parallel System (PS) -- to elect 204 representatives in the constituent assembly, says an EC official.
• Nepal Telecom plans to distribute an additional 3.5 million mobile phone lines in the country within the next three years, thereby tripling the total teledensity to 16 lines per 100 people.

Jan 25:
• Situation across various parts of the Terai region worsen, local administrations in Siraha, Janakpur, Birgunj and Biratnagar clamp curfews to prevent any untoward incidents in the wake of increasing unrest across the region.
• MPRF welcomes the Prime Minister’s appeal for talks.

Jan 26:
• The district administration offices in eastern Terai districts issued fresh curfew orders in Janakpur, Lahan, Birgunj, Biratnagar and Rautahat
• Chitra Lekha elected deputy speaker
• PM Koirala, Prachanda discuss ways to control Terai unrest; Seven party leaders urge for talks to resolve Terai problems
• Situation in Rautahat out of control, an agitated mob defying the local district administration's curfew order sets ablaze the Chief District Officer's office, CPN-UML General Secretary's residence, the District Development Committee office and the District Office of the Election Commissioner.

Jan 27:
• Violent protests continue across the eastern Terai with another protester killed in police firing in Bara district.

Jan 28:
• Curfews clamped in three towns, another protester killed in police firing in Kalaiya, Bara, the unrest in the terai region enters 11th day. Journalists and media houses attacked in MPRF protests. Seeking out at every nook and cranny in the town, protesters singled out and beat up several local journalists throughout the day and vandalized local media houses later in the afternoon.
• Nepali Congress working committee member and PM Koirala’s sister-in-law, Nona Koirala, 79, dies of liver failure.

Jan 29:
• State-run Indian Oil Corp threatens to cut fuel supplies to landlocked Nepal by 30 per cent if its national oil company fails to pay overdue bills as promised.
• Terai unrest continues, citing government reluctance to resolve the Madhesi issues, Minister for Commerce, Industry and Supplies Hridayesh Tripathi resigns.

Jan 30:
• Police arrests two former royal regime ministers Kamal Thapa and Badri Prasad Mandal on charges of inciting anarchy in the terai. Thapa was arrested from his residence at Bishal Nagar in Kathmandu and Mandal was arrested from Biratnagar at night. Thapa was Home Minister and Mandal was Agriculture Minister in the king’s cabinet.
• Biratnagar protest turns violent, one killed; indefinite curfew clamped

Jan 31:
• PM Koirala addresses the nation and appeals the agitating Madhesi people to come for talks. Hours after the prime minister appealed to the Madhesi people to shun the violent protests in the Terai region, activists from the MPRF kills a policeman in Biratnagar.
• Various ethnical organizations announce a three-day strike in eastern Nepal demanding that the interim constitution clearly mention the terms including federal set-up, right to self-govern, racial autonomy and republic.

February 1:
• Terai agitation continues unabated; curfew in Biratnagar, Chanranigahpur, at least three activists from the agitating MPRF killed and 31 others injured in clashes with police in Inaruwa.
• MPRF welcomes proposal for talks, however, says PM's address not satisfactory.
• NSP-A says PM's statement hasn't addressed Madhesi people's demands, including resignation of Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula for excessive use of force to quell the agitation. PM's address was not as per eight parties' agreement, says Prachanda.
• Amnesty International urges enquiry into Terai killings
• Limbuwaan strike on second day in Eastern hilly region

Feb 2:
• Govt sets up 3-member talks team under Agriculture Minister Mahanta Thakur to address the Terai unrest.
• The Home Ministry distributes citizenship certificates to a total of 3,00,828 people in 69 districts through 520 mobile teams set up to distribute citizenship certificates in various districts across the country since January 15.
• Fuel shortage worsens in Valley; NOC says that its failure to replenish stocks due to the ongoing Terai unrest has compelled NOC to sharply cut down supply.
• OHCHR calls for urgent dialogue between the government and agitating parties to prevent further violence and loss of life in the eastern and central terai.
• Local authority in Bihar issues prohibitory orders, travel advisory at Nepal border area.
• Terai sees no respite, district administration offices in Biratnagar, Inaruwa, Birgunj and Janakpur issue fresh curfew orders.
• Third day of Limbuwaan strike cripples life in north-eastern districts

Feb 3:

• PM Koirala directs talks team headed by Minister Thakur, to begin dialogue at the earliest possible time to resolve the ongoing Terai unrest, now in its 19th day; MPRF sticks to its demand of Home Minister Sitaula’s resignation.
• Nepal dubs PM's address insensitive, says it was inadequate.
• 1 killed, 20 protesters injured in Birgunj; leaders flay Prachanda's comment on military solution to Terai unrest.
• JTMM cadres storm police post in Saptari

Feb 4:
• Police firing leaves 3 dead in Malangawa, 21 injured in Birgunj. The police opened fire at the protesters as they tried to take to the streets defying the curfew order.
• Cadres of the agitating MPRF brutally beat up five journalists who had gone to cover a goodwill rally organized in Biratnagar.
• Indian Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee says India hopes peaceful dialogues would resolve Terai crisis.
• JTMM – Jwala Singh faction kidnaps a woman and 10 others from Rajbiraj.
• Curfew clamped in Sunsari, Biratnagar. Inadequate police personnel forces Birgunj DAO to call off curfew.
• JTMM cadres attack Lagdigariyani police post in Siraha and take away 6 firearms and ammunitions.

Feb 5:
• Vandalism, protests continue across Terai; curfew continued in Biratnagar, Inaruwa, Sarlahi.
• Top leaders of the five political parties - NC, UML, CPN (Maoist), NC (D) and NSP (Anandidevi) agree on a political package to resolve the terai unrest. They agree to ensure representation for the terai region in proportion to its population and decides to ask the government to start working for providing equal opportunities to Madhesi people in all organs of the state.
• 3 killed in clashes between Jwala Singh, Goit led JTMM factions at Arjinahar of Madhuwapur-6 of Saptari.
• MPRF cadres brutally thrash five journalists who went to cover news about a goodwill rally in the Terai.
• A cabinet meeting approves 4,150 vacancies for the Nepal Police and 3,850 vacancies for the APF.

Feb 6:
• UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon picks Ian Martin to head the recently set up UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN).
• Govt talks panel headed by Minister Thakur formally invites the MPRF for talks.
• CPN-UML and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) conclude that a proportional election system and a federal structure of the state would address the demands of Madhesi groups.
• Maoists seize documents related to the electoral rolls from different places of the Kathmandu Valley protesting against the Election Commission for not incorporating, laborers, students and people living in rented houses.

Feb 7:
• The eight political parties finally signs an agreement guaranteeing the terai region representation in the constituent assembly in proportion to its population.
• PM Koirala addresses the nation following the eight-party meeting in line with the previous day’s agreement.
• At least two protesters are killed while 54 persons, including nine policemen, injured when the two sides clashed near the Singhiya stream bridge in Biratnagar. The clash takes place after MPRF cadres advanced towards Morang prison, defying a curfew.
• The Election Commission completes updating electoral rolls across the country, excluding 58 mountainous VDCs and the troubled areas in the Terai.
• The government initiates the process of recruiting an additional 8,000 personnel into the Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force (APF) to strengthen law and order and to bolster security during the CA polls.

Feb 8:
• Various Madheshi groups welcome PM’s dialogues, MPRF suspends agitation for 10 days.
• 50 families of the Shiva Mandir area of Katahari village of Morang displaced within the last two days following loot and arson of their houses during protests by various Madheshi organizations.
• The government endorses Nepal Rastra Bank's proposal to use Mt Everest in Rs 10 notes in place of the King's image.

Feb 9:
• Ian Martin officially appointed Special Representative of the Secretary General in Nepal and head of the UNMIN.
• The government sends official invitation for dialogue to two splinter Maoist factions active in the terai region -- Jwala Singh and Jaya Krishna Goit led JTMM-- and the National Federation of Indigenous Nationalities.

Feb 10:
• Home Ministry says altogether 24 people including an Indian national died while 67 sustained critical injuries in the recent demonstrations called by the MPRF across eastern and central terai. MPRF vice-president Kishor Kumar Bishwas puts the death toll over 38.

Feb 12:
• PM Koirala issues directives to Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Narendra Bikram Nembang to amend the Interim Constitution and present it before the Council of Ministers by Feb 16.

Feb 13:
• Maoists Supremo Prachanda addresses a mass meeting at Tundikhel, Kathmandu for the first time in 25 years, Says “if conspiracies to disrupt CA polls scheduled for mid-June continue, the parties should declare Nepal a republic in April itself”.
• Jwala Singh agrees to talks, suspends violence, shutdowns

Feb 14:
• RARE SNOWFALL: Kathmandu valley floor sees its first snowfall in 62 years. The last snowfall, of about 5 inches, in Kathmandu Valley occurred in 2000 Bikram Era (Circa 1945 AD).
• The International Committee of Red Cross says over 812 persons still missing due to armed conflict in Nepal.
• Indian army finds a "nexus" between Nepal's Maoists and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the group operating from Kashmir and declared a terrorist outfit by India, Maoists later dismisses the claim.
• The government release former royal cabinet minister Kamal Thapa following a Supreme Court order. The court said Thapa has been held illegally since his arrest on January 30.

Feb 15:
• Police personnel posted at Singha Durbar gate seize weapons from two security guards of Maoist lawmakers Dev Gurung and Lokendra Bista just a month after they joined the Interim Legislature.
• Jwala Singh, chairman of one of the factions of the JTMM says it would make public its talks team once the government declares ceasefire.
• MPRF Chairman Upendra Yadav accuses government of not being serious in creating conducive environment for talks.

Feb 16:
• A small group of people pelts stones at King Gyanendra's convoy when he was returning after paying homage at Pahupatinath temple in the evening.
• A group of never heard 'Nepal Defense Army' (NDA) owns up responsibility for the explosions in Birgunj.

Feb 17:
• Top leaders of three major ruling parties and the Maoists agree to table a bill immediately to amend the Interim Constitution as per the PM’s Feb 9 commitment.
• Chure Bhawar Pradesh Ekta Samaj, a group of hilly-origin people also demands local autonomy.

Feb 19:
• MPRF announces fresh protests after the 10-day deadline set by the Forum for creating an environment for talks ends.
• Ministers and leaders of various political parties strongly criticise King Gyanendra's Democracy Day statement saying it was against the spirit of the people's movement and the Interim Constitution.

Feb 20:
• The eight-party task force formed to settle differences over electoral system, ballot papers and temporary electoral rolls can not make any breakthrough after the parties stuck to their stances.

Feb 21:
• The Interim Parliament unanimously passed a resolution asking the government to take action against King Gyanendra for the latter's controversial statement on Democracy Day.
• Criticizing the government for not providing enough fund for their food, shelter and other essential expenses, about 2,100 Maoist combatants of the Chitwan-based Third Division of the Maoist combatants leave the Shaktikhor camp; UNMIN says it's a breach of the arms agreement reached between the government, the Maoists and the UN.

Feb 22:
• Altogether 6,400 Maoist combatants - 3,400 in Chitwan and 3,000 in Kailali -- deserted their respective cantonment sites. The government, Prachanda appeal to Maoist combatants not to desert the camps
• Life in various terai districts was partially affected on the second day of the three-day general strike called by JTMM-Goit

Feb 23:
• US Ambassador to Nepal James F Moriarty praises Maoist leader Prachanda for his attempt to come into the political mainstream and expresses his eagerness to shake hands with him before leaving Nepal.
• At least nine people injured when activists of the MPRF and Maoists clashed at Bhairahawa Bazaar. The clash occurred after the Maoist cadres intervened in an MPRF mass meeting at the old sugar mills premises at Gallamandi.
• A Bhutanese youth killed in a scuffle between refugees and local forestry officials at Sanischare, local administration clamps curfew in the scuffle-prone area

Feb 24:
• The MPRF snubs the government talk team's offer for talks slated for Feb 25, sticking to its demand for the home minister's resignation as a precondition. Another agitating group, National Federation of Indigenous Nationalities, however, start preparations for holding talks with the government scheduled for Feb 26.
• Clashes between cadres of the MPRF and the CPN-Maoist erupt at Majhgawa area of Marchwar in Rupandehi district, leaving over a dozen persons, including four policemen injured.

Feb 25:
• Maoist Chairman Prachanda says that the weapons registered with the UN were indeed less than the actual numbers as "many of our weapons that we had earlier seized from government security forces were burnt to ashes when Nepali Army soldiers set fire to houses in villages. Many other weapons were swept away while crossing rivers, and others were made dysfunctional due to various reasons."
• The government decides to provide Rs 50 million a month to the Maoists. Similarly the Maoist Cantonment Management Committee decides to set Rs 60 as daily allowance to each Maoist combatant.
• FNJ and MPRF in Morang district sign a five-point-understanding with a view to stop mistreatment of journalists.

Feb 27:
• UNMIN Chief Ian Martin warns that CA elections slated for mid-June will have to be postponed unless some form of consensus is reached "very soon".
• A night coach accident at Dahaki stream in Darechowk VDC-3 in Chitwan leaves 15 persons dead and 31 others injured. Seven of the deceased are Indian nationals.
• The government decides to replace the king's image with that of Mt Everest in Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes.
• In yet another clash between Maoists and MPRF activists at Puraini VDC in Banke district, seventh grader Khohade Kori, 14, is killed in the attack by Maoists.

Feb 28:
• Tuesday's clash between Madhesi People's Rights Forum activists and Maoist cadres claimed yet another life in Nepalgunj, Wednesday. Koili Kori, who was injured during Tuesday's scuffle, died while receiving treatment at Bheri Zonal Hospital. Earlier, seventh grader Khohade Kori had also succumbed to injuries sustained in a Maoist assault. Both the deceased hailed from Puraini VDC of Banke.
March 1:
• ‘Madhesi Tigers’ abducts 11 hilly-origin people from Koshi Tappu area in Bhardaha of Saptari district. The armed group numbering around 100 abducted the 11 after taking the entire settlement in Koshi Tappu area under control.

March 2:
• The second round of talks between the government and the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) ends inclusively.
• Kathmandu Metropolitan Police achieves legal status with the Police (Eleventh Amendment) Regulations 2063 appearing in the Nepal Gazette.
• PM Koirala declines Maoist Chairman Prachanda's proposal to immediately proclaim the country a republic.

March 3:
• Continuous bandas and strikes cause some 90,000 tons of sugarcane to dry up in the fields in eastern Terai.

March 5:
• The government directs authorities to take action against those responsible for the Janaandolan-II crackdown in April last year, as recommended by the High-Level Probe Commission.
• Nepal-India trade treaty renewed automatically for the next five years on March 5 - the last day of the trade treaty signed in 2002.

March 6:
• Dr Sunduk Ruit, known for his pioneering work regarding the cataract surgery, named ‘Asian of the year-2007’ in a programme in New Delhi.
• US indicts that Maoists are involved in smuggling of narcotic drugs.

March 7:
• The US begins the formal process of resettling over 60,000 Bhutanese refugees in the US over the next five years with a proposal to set up an overseas processing entity (OPE).
• Denmark approves a grant of Rs 600 million to support to the ongoing peace process in Nepal.

March 9
• Tensions soar in Nepalgunj following police-MPRF clash, 13-hour curfew clamped
• The Carter Centre deploys a 13-member international election observation mission to observe the CA elections.

March 10
• Donors decide to scale down the project from US $ 464 million to US $ 350 million.
• US Under Secretary of State for Management Henrietta H. Fore says if the Maoists fail to act like a mainstream political party "by renouncing violence," then the US believes they (Maoists) do not deserve membership in a coalition government.
• Following March 9’s clash between locals and the MPRF cadres in Nepalgunj, the Banke District Administration Office extends its curfew orders from 7 am to 7 pm. The local administration had imposed a 13-hour curfew following the killing of Tula Ram Tripathi, a local from Khajura in the district. At least a dozen people were seriously injured in the clash.
• Maoist Chairman Prachanda makes another controversial claim that evidence about the "plot to kill US officials by the royal palace" was being collected and that it would be revealed soon.

Mar 12:
• The Supreme Court postpones hearing on a writ petition relating to the report of the Rayamajhi Commission, date for next hearing could not be finalized.
• District Administration Office in Nepalgunj issues curfew orders for the fourth consecutive day.
• District Administration Office Sunsari issues an indefinite curfew in the aftermath of a clash between students and MPRF cadres.
• The agitating MPRF withdraws its indefinite strike.
March 13:
• Members of the JTMM-Jwala Singh faction abduct three government staffers deployed for the distribution of citizenship certificates, from Chhitaha VDC of Sunsari.

March 14:
• The royal palace press secretariat refutes as totally fabricated, baseless and unfounded the malicious allegations made by the Maoists against the Crown Prince and the Royal Palace. The Maoist had presented a Compact Disc (CD) a day before in the Legislature-Parliament, which it said included evidence that showed the Palace was conspiring against the party, including murdering Maoist leaders.
• Government announces new arrangement of public holidays as well as holidays for festivals in its new Nepalis calendar starting from the year 2061, Baisakha (March 14).
• Former airline pilot Ramesh Chandra Pokharel confesses that he shot dead nine rhinos in Chitwan National Park (CNP) and surrounding forests.

March 15:
• The government decides to promote over four dozen senior security officials of Nepali Army (NA) and Armed Police Force (APF).
• A cabinet meeting decides to cut the number of employees at the Royal Palace by 75 percent. The remaining 25 percent staff would be posted to the palace through the Public Service Commission's recruitment process.
• Denmark and Norway extends a grant of over Rs 3 billion to support a renewable energy program in Nepal for a five-year period beginning 2007.

March 16:
• Accusing the government of not heeding its demands, Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) announces its third round of protest programmess.
• Local consumers of community forest set ablaze 74 houses belonging to free Kamaiyas (free bonded-labors) in the Kamaiya camp at Urma VDC-7, Dharjuna of Kailali.

March 17:
• Representative of the OHCHR-Nepal Lena Sundh says that the UN is ready to mediate, if necessary, to end the ongoing terai violence, through dialogue.

March 19:
• Major business associations including Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) and Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) announce an indefinite nationwide strike in protest against continued Maoist extortions and the severe beating up of an hotelier.
• YCL cadres capture 25 ropanis of land and four houses of former Army Chief Sachchit Shumsher Rana at Laxmibazaar in the municipality.

March 20:
• Prachanda alleges protests and banda by the business community were part of a "conspiracy of palace elements" for preventing his party from joining the government and eventually foiling the CA elections.

March 21:
• At least 27 Maoists cadres killed as the MPRF and Maoist-aligned Madhesi Mukti Morcha (MRMM) cadres clashed in Gaur, the district headquarters of Rautahat
• Terming the killing of 26 people in Gaur as a criminal and violent incident, Home Ministry asks the local administration to probe the incident and take strong action against persons involved.
• Business bodies call off their protests after getting commitment from the eight political parties that problems facing the business community would be sorted out.
• Maoists mercilessly beat up Lekhnath Bhattarai, president of the Free Students Union at Bhairahawa Multiple Campus.
• Maoists and MPRF leaders blame each other for the Gaur carnage.
• Expressing concerns over the ongoing peace process in Nepal, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Maoists should be completely disarmed.

March 22:
• Maoist Chairman Prachanda urge the government to immediately outlaw the MPRF and arrest its leaders alleging that its activities were intended to sabotage the whole peace process.
• A high profile team comprising Home Minister Sitaula, UML's General Secretary Nepal, Maoist spokesperson Mahara and a United Nations team, visits the site of Gaur carnage.
• UNMIN chief, Ian Martin, accuses the CPN (Maoist) of producing "substantial" numbers of the underaged for registration at the UN-monitored cantonments.

March 23:
• Maoist lawmakers disrupt a regular meeting of the Interim Legislature and put forward 5-point demand for the government to fulfill immediately.
• The MPRF says the Gaur carnage was a "sad and serious accident".
• Indian security officials promises support to Nepali policemen in capturing the culprits Gaur carnage who reportedly fled to India.
• The government sets up a high-level judicial commission headed by a sitting judge, to probe the Gaur carnage. Maoists strongly object the probe commission saying it was formed without consulting the Maoists
• US, UNMIN urge punishment for Gaur guilty.

March 24:
• Police arrest six persons from district headquarters Gaur on suspicion of their being involved in the Gaur killings.
• The local administrations in Siraha and Biratnagar clamp curfew and prohibitory orders ahead of the scheduled mass meeting of the MPRF.

March 25:
• India's Ministry of External Affairs requests Petroleum Ministry not to exert pressure on Nepal for paying off dues the latter owes to India.

March 26:
• The interim parliament passes two bills related to the CA elections.
• The ADB proposes government for the latter's 15 percent equity participation in the 750-megawatt West Seti project. For this, the bank is ready to loan up to US $ 45 million to the government.
• An unknown group calling itself the eastern command of Nepal Defense Army (NDA) hurls a bomb at the regional office of Kantipur Publications in Biratnagar.
• At least 12 members of the MPRF sustained injuries after they clashed with police in Rajbiraj.

March 27:
• MPRF activists provoke the fateful incident in which at least 29 people were killed in Gaur of Rautahat district, says a report prepared by Nepal Bar Association.

March 28:
• Nepal Education Republican Forum (NERF) padlocks the District Education Offices nationwide indefinitely to put pressure on the government to fulfill its demands.
• CPN-Maoist lawmakers disrupt a regular sitting of the Interim Legislature-Parliament demanding that an interim government be formed and the date for the CA polls announced at the earliest.
• An unknown group of some 20 masked men shoot dead Mata Prasad Barma, former chairman of Betahani VDC in Banke district.

March 29:
• The Supreme Court seeks written reply from Publisher and Editor of Himal Khabarpatrika, Kanak Mani Dixit, and Executive Editor, Shiva Gaunle, over publication of a news report about alleged corruption in the apex court.

• Police release six persons, arrested on suspicion of being involved in the Gaur carnage.

• Maoists and MPRF activists clash at Barewa of Rupendehi district.

March 30:
• Election Commission issues a notice to political parties to get registered with it within April 27 starting March 31.

• At least 45 houses belonging to 26 families of Bodhebasain VDC in Saptari district gutted by fire.

March 31:
• On the eve of the 14th summit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to be held here in New Delhi, some half dozen Indian political parties including the ruling Congress, and other social organizations on urge the External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to take initiatives to help repatriate Bhutanese refugees languishing in eastern Nepal.

April 1:
• CPN-UML agrees to accept Nepali Congress General Secretary Ram Chandra Paudel as the second most senior minister finally ending the disagreements for the formation of the interim government

• The Interim Legislature-Parliament elects Nepali Congress President and Prime Minister of the outgoing SPA government Girija Prasad Koirala as the Prime Minister of the interim government. 21-member interim cabinet was also formed

• PM Girija Prasad Koirala leaves for New Delhi leading the Nepalese delegation to the 14th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit

• Eight parties decide on June 20 as the date for the much awaited elections to the Constituent Assembly.

• Some half dozen Indian political parties including the ruling Congress, and other social organizations urge the External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to take initiatives to help repatriate Bhutanese refugees languishing in eastern Nepal in New Delhi

April 2:
• Urging all concerned parties to submit illegal weapons to the administration, the newly formed interim government decides to heighten security to ensure free and fair Constituent Assembly elections.
• British Minister Gareth Thomas arrives in Kathmandu, announces ???36.5 million boost for peace in Nepal (atten: Rajendra)
• On the eve of the 14th SAARC summit, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala meets Indian PM Man Mohan Singh in New Delhi
• The meeting of the SAARC foreign ministers agrees to provide free visas to fifty journalists in the region each year
• The third regional meeting of the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) forms a South Asia-level regional commission to monitor media, ensure freedom of expression, and media independence in the region.

April 3
• Nepal and India for the first time agree to move beyond product exchange regime on petroleum trade allowing Nepal to import processed petroleum products from a third country
• Within 48 hours of joining the interim government, Maoist affiliated Young Communist League stages a protest rally demanding the government declare a republic
• CIAA interrogates former Chief of Army Staff Pyar Jung Thapa on charges of misappropriation of funds to quell people’s movement during royal regime.

April 4
• Prime Minister Koirala and his Bhutanese counterpart Khandu Wangchuk discuss ways to find solutions to the Bhutanese Refugee problems in New Delhi.
• Iron Gate dubbed School Leaving Certificate (SLC) exams begin. 178,952 girls and 189,726 boys appear for the exam throughout the country
• Government completes citizenship distribution work through its mobile teams in 56 of the 75 districts
• The 14th SAARC Summit concludes in New Delhi adopting a 30-point declaration, which includes formation of a modality to fight against terrorism in the South Asian region
• Denmark pledges Rs 600 million to assist Nepal in its peace process, 120 million of which would go directly for the CA elections
• Indian paramilitary Shashastra Seema Bal (SSB) enters Nepal during night and misbehaves with the locals of the Bardanga VDC, border area for Eastern Morang

April 5
• Melamchi project staffs suspend all work at the project site in Sindhupalchowk district protesting the brutal manhandling of three project officials by locals.
• MPRF lifts month-long ban on two national daily newspapers Kantipur and Gorakhapatra in Rautahat district

April 6
• Maoist Chairman Prachanda holds discussions with UNMIN chief Ian Martin regarding the second phase of arms registration.
• USAID pledges additional $2 million to support Nepal’s peace process
• Two people injured when a stray bomb explodes in Siraha district
• Nepal Medical Association (NMA)-Sagarmatha chapter stages a rally in Rajbiraj demanding the safe return of Dr Murali Prasad Singh abducted from Rajbiraj
• Cadres of Maoist-affiliated All Nepal Communication and Press Employees Association (ANCEA) padlock the Asia Pacific Communication Associates (APCA) House for dismissing four of their colleagues; police unlocks the offices later night

April 7
• Maoist offshoot Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM)-Goit faction owns up abduction of Saptari District Education Officer (DEO) Neemraj Joshi
• Sitashma Chand crowns the tiara of the Dabur Vatika Miss Nepal 2007 while Bandana Sharma and Shweta Shah stand first and second runner up respectively at BICC in Kathmandu
• Surya Bahadur Thapa-led Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) decides to drop constitutional monarchy from the party statute

April 8
• Minister for Information and Communication Krishna Bahadur Mahara appointed as the government spokesperson by a meeting of the council of ministers
• Over three dozen homes and cowsheds burn to the ground in a fire at Matehiya village across the Rapti River in Banke district

April 9
• The Maoist ministers in the interim government unveil their code of conduct expressing their commitments not to collect private property
• The government forms a three-member team headed by Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandra Poudel to begin fresh talks with agitating Madhesi, janjatis, dalits and other marginalized groups

April 10
• CPN-Maoist registers itself at the Election Commission for the CA elections
• The cabinet meeting approves the Second Amendment Bill to the Interim Constitution, registered by the government at the Parliament Secretariat with a new provision for abolition of the monarchy through the House.

Arpil 11
• The agitating Madhesi People’s Rights Forum (MPRF) forms its own investigation committee headed by former Supreme Court Justice Balram Singh Kunwar to probe into the Gaur incident

April 12
• The government launches special economic package 'One Family, One Employment' in Karnali zone, under which unemployed persons of the most remote part of the country are provided a job yielding between Rs 180 to Rs 350 per day

April 13
• Election Commission says it is not possible to hold the elections by the stipulated time of June 20 citing some ‘technical problems’
• At least a dozen people are injured in a scuffle between the locals and Maoist cadres at Betale in Ramechhap district
April 14
• Maoist combatants walk out of their Shaktikhor camp in Chitwan in protest of the delay in CA polls alleging a conspiracy brewing to derail the CA polls

April 15
• The Kathmandu Metropolitan Police (KMP) raids the offices of Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) in all three districts in the Valley on the suspicion of possession of illegal arms. However no arms are found. YCL expresses concern over government sanctioned raid-sans-warrant
• Maoist Victims National Struggle Committee (MVNSC) announces a series of protest programs in the capital beginning April 16
• The Nepal Army and the United Nations seek the Maoist's attention towards the repeated instances of Maoist combatants leaving their cantonments in the name of protests stating that such acts were a violation of the tripartite agreement reached between the three sides
April 16
• Government invites MPRF for talks, the agitating side urges the government to create a conducive environment for the talks at the earliest

Arpil 17
• CIAA issues summons to around a dozen ministers of the erstwhile royal government, including the vice chairman of the royal cabinet, Dr Tulsi Giri
• CPN-Maoist proposes a joint Nepal Army (NA)-People's Liberation Army (PLA) security outfit be setup for the protection of Maoist top brass
• Four Nepalis are killed in Afghanistan when a roadside bomb hits a United Nations vehicle in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon condemns the killing.
• Police seize the Nissan SUV, the illegally used car by Maoist Chairman, Prachanda
• Government says mobile distribution teams across the country issue over 2.2 million citizenship cards since the teams were mobilized on January 15

April 18
• The government and the CPN-Maoist reach an accord to bring down the number of cantoned Maoist fighters as well as the cantonments that house some 30,000 PLA combatants
• The proceedings of the interim legislature parliament disrupt after Maoist parliamentarians begin chanting slogans demanding a public apology from the Home Minister over the raids on offices of the Young Communist League (YCL) in valley. The cabinet meeting cannot take place after the Maoist ministers in the government leave the meeting hall
• The CPN-Maoist demands Rs 500 million for its People's Liberation Army (PLA) combatants
• Maoist victims organise a sit-in in front of Prime Minister’s residence at Baluwatar, demanding that rehabilitation for those displaced by the Maoist insurgency
• The U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons pledges a total of $672,610 assistance to three organizations in Nepal working to combat human trafficking

Arpil 19
• The long tradition of foreign diplomats presenting their credentials to the king is broken as the newly appointed Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Zen Xian Ling presents his credentials to Prime Minister Koirala
• The government agrees to approve poet Byakul Maila's song as the new National Anthem of Nepal, six months after the song was recommended by the National Anthem Selection Task Team
• The Madhesi lawmakers chant slogans and disrupt the proceeding of the Interim Legislature-Parliament demanding their 26-point demands to be met

April 20
• UN OHCHR-Nepal holds the government, Maoists and MPRF responsible for the Gaur killings, which left 29 dead
• Maoists threaten the police team that had gone to Dhampus in Kaski to reconstruct the police station which was destroyed during the "People's War" and order to immediately leave the village
• The United States Embassy in Kathmandu holds up a visa for a top Maoist Central Committee member Suresh Ale Magar preparing to go to New York to participate in a United Nations program on transitional justice, among other activities
• The bodies of three brothers Anil Bajracharya, Sunil Bajracharya and Sujan Bajracharya are discovered from a house situated in Khusibu town-planning area at Sorhkhutte in Kathmandu
• The police arrest seven YCL cadres on charges of illegally searching a local's house in the Kapan area
• The government declares Jordan a suitable destination for foreign employment

April 21
• Five villagers including two women are injured in a scuffle with armed robbers in Laxmaniya Bairagiya-1 of Mahottari district

April 22
• The CPN United-- an amalgamation of the three left parties CPN Unity Centre, CPN-Marxist Leninist and CPN-Marxist Leninist Maoist applies to register itself as a political party at the Election Commission
• The police arrest over 48 Maoist victims protesting in front of the ministers' quarters in Pulchowk
• Two officials from the US State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Lawrence Bartle