Shambhu Shrestha or Balkrishna Chapagain?

Press Chautari Election
Shambhu Shreshta may be unanimously elected President

B G Corner

June 11, Kathmandu

Former president of the Press Chautari Shambhu Shrestha is said to be running the election of the organistaion of scribes close to the CPN UML tomorrow for the presidency. According to a source close to Shrestha who doesn't want to be named, Shrestha's candidacy will be against the outgoing president Bal Krishna Chapagain. "If Chapagain doesn't show interest for the post, Shrestha may not stand," he claimed.

Lately it has been learnt that Kishor Shrestha also has shown interests for the presidency. But he is said to be reluctant to compete with 'Shambu Dai'.

Till yesterday Chapagain panel was heard to be bragging that some influential leaders and ministers of the mother party support Chapagain. "Comrade Pradip has already congratulated him," the source said with sips of local liquor in a seedy bar in Baghbazar. "But Shambhu has been backforced by the UML central leader Raghuji Pant," added he.

Another source claimed that the party won't interfere in the elections. "Senior scribes including Gopal Thapaliya and Bijaya Chalise want to see Shambhu elected unanimously. So he has more chances," he said.

B G Corner wishes best of luck to Shambhu Shrestha!

"Nalini Singh may sue Kantipur Publication"

Dishing the Dirt Exclusive

Nepal 1 TV vs Kantipur Publication
"Kishore Nepal still the Editor of the Nepal Magazine"
Nalini Singh my sue the Kantipurians

B G Corner
June 08, Kathmandu

The Kathmandu media circle has been hardly hit by a new gossip today that Nalini Singh may sue the Kantipur Publications. The new row between the Nepal 1 TV and the Kantipur Publications is said to be centred on Kishore Nepal who left the Kantipur's Nepal Magazine last month to join the Nalini's notorious Nepal 1 TV.

According to the Blog Gossip Corner source, though the new issues of the Nepal magazine have come to the print with Sudhir Sharma's name as the editor the Kantipur Publications still claim Kishore Nepal to be with them. "You can see the Ekantipur, the official website of the publications, which claims Mr. Kishore Nepal as the Editor of Nepal" the source said.

Meanwhile, lately it has been learned that Mr. Sharma may be dissatisfied with the Kantipur management for not recognizing him as the editor of Nepal.

The Dishing the Dirt tried to contact the Publications Director to know about the matter but the Ext. 1606 was very busy this evening.

Hello cheerfully irresponsible Kantipurians!
Will you change yourselves first before teaching
lessons to others?
Down with your breaking news
that always flays the government and its agencies only for not updating their
sites.

HMG or Nepal government? Sudhir Sharma or Kishore Nepal?
Or, is it the same thing?

Shame, shame!

Lethal weapons with Nepali mediamen

Guns with Nepali Journalists

According to a scoop published in a recently published tabloid, some mediamen in
Kathmandu own lethal weapons.

In the scoop titled "Sabdhan! Yi neta sanga banduk chhan" (Beware! These leaders have gun" in Nayapatrika, Parshuram Kafle writes that Yugnath Sharma Poudel, the publisher and editor of Ason Bazar Sapthahik, owns a gun of 11 bore. Likewise, Mahendra Sherchan, the president of Utsarga Prakashan and publisher of the Rajdhani Dainik, has two licensed guns. Further, Kafle writes that Bidur KC, a royalist scribe, also has a registered airgun.

Source: Naypatrika
Editor: Krishna Jwala Devkota
सावधान, यी नेतासँग हतियार छन्
पर्शुराम काफ्ले/नयाँ पत्रिका

Media Gossips

Gossip no. 1
Kishore Nepal in Nepal 1

Earlier there was a gossip that Kishore Nepal left the Nepal Magazine because he is being nominated ambassador to a European country. But Mr. Nepal joined Nalini Singh's notorious Nepal 1.

Gossip no. 2
Kishore Nepal's salary

Kishore Nepal, the newly appointed editor in chief of the Nepal 1, will get Rs. 2,00,000 plus perks per month.

The next day Kishore joined Nepal 1, he was seen to be drinking in a bar of five star hotel in Kathmandu.

Gossip no. 3
Dhamala kicked out

Rishi Dhamala has been kicked out from the Nepal 1. It is not clear yet whether Kishore Kancha has any role in Dhamala's dismissal. But it has been said that Nalini took revenge with her lackey for double crossing her during the last month's agitation.

Gossip no. 4
Dhamala's SOS

Rishi Dhamala wants his job in Nepal 1 back. So he resorted to the Indian Embassy.

To make his masters happy, recently he invited Shivshanker Mukerjee as the chief guest in a program at his Reporters' Club. In the different media people were felicilated.

Gossip no. 5
Checks bounced

Photojournalists Rajesh Gurung of The Himalayan Times and Ramesh Chettri of the Gorkhapatra Daily were awarded.

Gurung and Chhetri were happy to receive a check worth Rs 25,ooo and Rs 15,000 respectively. But when they went to the bank after the program, the checks bounced.

Gossip no. 6
"Is Bhusan Dahal journalist?"

Binod Bhattarai is said to be laughing at the Reporters' club for felicilating Bhusan Dahal.
What can be the reason?

World Press Freedom Day Gossips

Press Freedom is the lip service only.

How free we are? We work under our editor, the editor is under the management, the management runs after profit and other interests. We are only puppets.

So let's exploit blogging as freedom for expression.

How did you do mark the big day in Nepal? Did you participate in the rally in Kathmandu? Did you listen the speeches?

I am marking this day by posting these gossips. I don't know how much true they are. Why don't you write your view?

Gossip no.1

NTV did not get new name

On the auspicious occassion of the World Freedom Day, Minister Mahara wanted to change the name of the Nepal Television which for him and his party appears to be feudal; but his party headquarters could not decide whether to rename it as the Maoist Televison (MTV) or Prachanda Vajan Mandal (PVM) on time.

MTV would sound ultramodern and capitalistic with American imperialist discernment. The words Vajan in the fullform of PVM TV would give an impression that the Maoists are theist. So none of the names could be unanimous.

Gossip no.2
Maoists to nominate their people on top posts
Dr. Rishiraj Baral will head the Nepal Television. Rajendra Maharjan has chances to be nominated as a member of the NTV Board.

Gossip no. 3

Bahun in Gorkhapatra

Om Sharma will lead the Gorkhapatra Sansthan. Maoists are not above brahiministic attitude? Why was Shyam Shrestha rejected at last moment Prachanda has to answer.

Gossip no. 4

Another bahun in the RSS

Komal Baral, The Janadesh chief will head the Rashtriya Samachar Samiti (RSS). Taranath Dahal will not get chance to complete the honeymoon period.

Gossip no. 5

Scoop dumbed in Kantipur

A scoop was dumped in the Kantipur recently. People say there was an immense pressure from the management to not publish the piece.

Who is the reporter? What was his story about? Hello Kantipurians, is anything cooking in your team?

Gossip no.6

Bloggers banned in APCA house

The THT editor Ram N Pradhan has ordered his people either to stop blogging or be ready for some action. Pradhan believes that bloggers are whistle blowers. He doesn't want to let others know that he has now been forced to work under his Indian deputy.

Gossip no. 7

APCA Nepal management fears of strike. Major Joe discussed about the firing of some staffers last month with Shree Acharya and Pradhan duo of THT and Annapurna.

Gossip no. 8

Nepal1 strikers had locked up Sushant Jha some days ago to create pressure to the management. But the Indian Embassy requested the Nepali authorities to rescue him. Police intervened and Jha was freed.

Gossip no. 9

Clean chit to Dhamala?
The Nepal1 TV strikers declared Rishi Dhamala traitor last week. But still he pretends to be for the agitation. On May 2, he was seen speaking in favor of the strikers.

Though declared traitor, Dhamala could not be outcasted. Has he got clean chit or the strikers too are double-crossing?

It has been said that the strikers do not want to give up the option of reconciliation with Nalini despite their big talks.

Who wants to lose the means to earn the bread and butter?

Gossip no. 10

Minister Mahara has been ordered by Chairman Prachanda to fall silent in the Nepal1 uproar. It is believed that Prachanda talked to Nalini Singh and promised not to launch any campaign against her.

Prachanda wants to see the Nepal1 TV in the Maoists favor. Maheshwor Dahal, who has been recently nominated the advisor of the Ministry of Information and Communication is said to have advised Minister Mahara that Nepal1 TV if could be brought in the Maoists favor it will be of great help for propaganda dissipation.

Gossip no. 11

Nalini Singh has talked to Sujata Koirala again. Sujata has promised that she will try her best to protect the former's
interests. Sujata in return wants to see the Nepal1 TV as the mouthpiece of the Sujata lobby in the Nepali Congress.

Rishi Dhamala is Nalini's lackey

Nepal 1 TV scandal
"He sells footage to the Nepal 1"
Dhamala no more Advisor of the strikers

Among 85 strikers in the Nepal 1 Television, Rishi Dhamala is the number two signatory. But this sycophant has been found to be working to attenaute the movement. So he has been kicked out from the post of advisor of the agitation commitee.

Blog Gossip Corner had written about activities of Dhamala on April 22 also. Here is the link:YCL wants to stir up the FDI issue, Prachanda says no//Dhamala exercising to attenuate the strike
.

Dhamala bullies junior journalists to get news and he has deputed some freelances to collect footage for Nepal 1. The Blog Gossip Corner provided proofs of Dhamala's activities to one of the agitatitors three days ago. Now, the strikers have appealed other journalists to boycott Dhamala's Reporter's Club.

Two days ago when the agitators decided to submit a memorandum to the Indian Embassy, Bagale of the press secretariat of the Indian Embassy was the first person to get the information. Dhamala was found to be informing him.

Accorging to the Blog Gossip Corner sources, Dhamala is involved in espionage also. "He provides the Indian Embassy with secrets of Nepal government and the Maoists" he said. It has been said that he collects money (amount not clear yet) every month from a bank in Lazimpat area.

According to another source, among the agitators Rewati Sapkota, Badri Sigdel, Shiva Lamsal, Matrika Poudel and some others have been blacklisted by Nalini Singh for beefing up the agitation. "They are doing politics," Nalini blames.

Lately, it has been learnt that the staff in New Delhi may join the agitation very soon. But they fear of assault from goons of Nalini. According to the sources Nalini threatened the New Delhi staff of 'severe' and 'unprecedented' action if they go on strike.

Meanwhile, the agitation committe has urged the cable operators to black out the channel. When Nalini got this news, she called up the distibutor Mr. Giri and asked for cooperation. A source close to Giri said,"He is in very difficult situation. He is facing immense pressure from three sides. Jouranlists, Nalini Singh and cable operators."

In Kathmandu valley alone, 15 cable operators carry the channel.

A lady reporter insulted infront of Prachanda

"Rishi Dhamala is sexist"

In the Prachanda's "Meet the Press" in the Radisson Hotel, Lazimpat, a lady reporter was mad at the self-declared "Number One Reporter of Nepal" who was mediating the program today.

When interrupted by Mr. Dhamala, while asking questions to Prachanda, she yelled amid the program: How can you dictate others?

After the program, in the lobby and outside the premises, these comments where heard:

1. "This flatterer Rishi is anathema in the name of reporters."

2. "Rishi is a broker. But why does Prachanda obey him?"

3. "Nalini Singh has bought him. He is in the mission to influence government officers and leaders such that the broadcasting license would be granted to Mrs Singh's new TV channel. Mr. Dhamala has carried 'reward' to officers and influential ministers."

4. "He arranged the meeting between Nalini Singh and Prachanda some months ago."

5. "He always misbehaves with lady reporters. He is sexist."

6. "He works as a manpower agent. He has swindled some people who want to go the Golf for foreign job. He gets commission from the Agencies."

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