Utpal is a Senior Assistant Editor based in Guwahati. He covers seven states of North-East India and heads the editorial team for the region. He was previously based in Kathmandu, Dehradun and Delhi with Hindustan Times.
Articles by Utpal Parashar
Maoists to shut down Nepal
Nepal is bracing itself for a difficult week ahead as Maoists plan to clamp a shutdown across the Himalayan nation for three days beginning December 20.
Updated on Dec 18, 2009 11:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Maoists get ready to shutdown Nepal for three days
Nepal is bracing itself for a difficult week ahead as Maoists plan to clamp a shutdown across the Himalayan nation for three days beginning December 20.
Updated on Dec 18, 2009 05:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal to free minor soldiers
Three years after the end of the civil war in Nepal, an United Nations monitored action plan was signed in Kathmandu on Wednesday to release nearly 3,000 minor Maoist soldiers who have been languishing in barracks, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Dec 16, 2009 11:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
UN monitored plan to release 3000 minor soldiers in Nepal
Three years after the end of the civil war in Nepal, a UN monitored action plan was signed in Kathmandu on Wednesday evening to release nearly 3000 minor Maoist soldiers who have been languishing in barracks, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Dec 16, 2009 09:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Now, demand for new states in Nepal
It’s a season of new states in South Asia. Well, at least in India and Nepal where announcement and declaration of new geographical divisions are leading to a rise in political temperatures this winter, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Dec 15, 2009 12:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal too faces problem of states
It’s a season of new states in South Asia. Well, at least in India and Nepal where announcement and declaration of new geographical divisions are leading to a rise in political temperatures this winter, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Dec 14, 2009 05:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Army Major taken into custody on arrival
Moments after he landed at the Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu today, Military Police arrested Major Niranjan Basnet, a Nepal Army officer accused of torturing a 15-year-old girl to death in 2004, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Dec 12, 2009 08:19 PM IST
None | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal under pressure to arrest army man
International pressure is mounting on Nepal to take action against an army Major allegedly involved in the disappearance, torture and death of a 15-year-old girl nearly six years ago, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Dec 12, 2009 01:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal Army Major under international scanner
International pressure is mounting on Nepal to take action against an army Major allegedly involved in the disappearance, torture and death of a 15-year-old girl nearly six years ago.
Updated on Dec 11, 2009 01:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Woman journalist attacked in Nepal
Attacks on a woman journalist and a TV news crew in two separate incidents within five days have again brought into focus the threat posed to journalists in Nepal, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Dec 10, 2009 01:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Maoist strike cripples Nepal
A nationwide strike on Sunday called by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in protest against police action on squatters on government land disrupted life across the country, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Dec 07, 2009 01:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal cabinet meet at Everest base
With icy winds blowing on a sunny morning, 24 of Nepal’s 27 ministers, in layers of protective clothing, and armed with oxygen tanks, held a historic meeting at Kala Patthar, 17,192 ft above sea level. Utpal Parashar reports.
Updated on Dec 05, 2009 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepali cabinet meets at Everest base camp
As the snow-capped peak of Mt Everest looked down, the Nepal cabinet held a historic meeting at Kalapatthar, located 17,192 feet above sea level, on Friday to highlight impact of climate change on Himalayas, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Dec 04, 2009 01:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal eyes Bollywood for tourism
The love-hate relationship between Nepal and the Bollywood film industry is likely to turn a new leaf with the launch of a direct flight connecting Mumbai to Kathmandu from Wednesday.
Updated on Dec 04, 2009 12:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal parties come together
In a move that could end the present political impasse, all three major political parties in Nepal on Thursday reiterated their commitment to the peace process and formulation of the new constitution on time, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Dec 04, 2009 12:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal's political parties agree to end deadlock
In a move that could end the present political impasse, all three major political parties in Nepal on Thursday reiterated their commitment to the peace process and formulation of the new constitution on time.
Updated on Dec 03, 2009 03:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal cabinet to meet at Mt. Everest base camp on Friday
In order to highlight the impact of climate change on Himalayas ahead of the Copenhagen meet, the Nepal cabinet will hold a meeting at a Mount Everest base camp on December 4.
Updated on Nov 29, 2009 05:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal, Maoists to form ‘states’
Stepping up their confrontation against the government, Maoists in Nepal have decided to declare 13 autonomous states as part of their agitation to restore ‘civilian supremacy’, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Nov 28, 2009 12:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
The 'killing fields' of Gadhimai
Do buffaloes jump like headless chickens once their heads are severed? Well, they don’t. They just fall on the ground as jets of blood rush out with their last remaining breaths. But the scene is as gory if not gorier, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Nov 26, 2009 01:01 AM IST
None | Utpal Parashar, Bariyarpur
First person: Sacrifices of another kind at Gadhimai 'killing field'
Nearly 300 authorised slaughterers-some in high 'sprits'-swinging 'khukhris', machetes and scimitars sacrificing nearly 25000 buffaloes right in front of my eyes in less than two hours on a foggy Tuesday morning, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Nov 25, 2009 04:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Bariyarpur
25,000 buffaloes sacrificed in Nepal
One..five…20…100…500…1000. One lost count as nearly 25,000 buffaloes were sacrificed at Gadhimai Mela in Bara district of southern Nepal bordering India on Tuesday, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Nov 25, 2009 12:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Bariyarpur
25,000 buffaloes sacrificed at Gadhimai Mela in Nepal
Held every five years, the Gadhimai Mela is called by some as the world's biggest animal sacrifice fair, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Nov 24, 2009 06:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Bariyarpur (nepal)
On top of the world at 77
A 77-year-old retired Nepali soldier has entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest man to have climbed Mount Everest, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Nov 24, 2009 02:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
77 year-old Nepali conquers Mt. Everest, enters Guinness
A 77-year-old retired Nepali soldier has entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest man to have climbed Mount Everest, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Nov 23, 2009 07:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Stability still eludes Nepal
The historic peace pact that ended 10 years of Maoist-led civil war in Nepal turned three on Saturday. But the changes it promised are yet to be witnessed, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Nov 23, 2009 01:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Three years on, Nepal peace pact fails to achieve goals
The historic peace pact that ended 10 years of Maoist-led civil war in Nepal turned three on Saturday. But the changes it promised to usher are yet to be witnessed in the Himalayan nation, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Nov 22, 2009 03:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Flood control and power sharing will also be discussed
Pending issues regarding the 6000 MW Pancheshwar project will figure high in the fifth joint committee meeting on water resource between India and Nepal to be held at the lakeside resort town of Pokhara from Friday.
Updated on Nov 19, 2009 04:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Nepal parties meet to end deadlock
Leaders of the three major political parties in Nepal met on Wednesday to find a way out of the ongoing political deadlock in the Himalayan nation.
Updated on Nov 19, 2009 02:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Efforts on to end Nepal impasse
With less than four days remaining for the deadline given by Maoists to the Nepal government to end, political parties in the Himalayan nation have stepped up efforts to end the ongoing political impasse, reports Utpal Parashar.
Updated on Nov 17, 2009 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
Maoists give ultimatum to Nepal government to fulfill demands
The agitating Maoists in Nepal on Friday gave a week's ultimatum to the government to address their demands or else face a more aggressive (read violent) agitation.
Updated on Nov 13, 2009 08:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Utpal Parashar, Kathmandu
