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Electing local bodies
The government is reluctant to endorse the report on local bodies, fearing that Madhesi parties will harden their stand on amending the Constitution
“That was then”
“If that idea works now, why was it not accepted when we were in power?”
Strike cripples life in eastern Nepal
Kathmandu – Normal life came to a standstill in eastern Nepal due to a strike called by the CPN-Maoist, a breakaway faction of the UCPN (Maoist) on Friday. The CPN-Maoist cadres halted public transport service, closed shops, factories, educational institutes in all major cities and towns of eastern Nepal early morning. The Mohan Baidya-led Maoist […]
Not after the post: Baburam Bhattarai
Posting a press statement on his Facebook account, UCPN (Maoist) leader Baburam Bhattarai has refuted news reports that his role in the current conflict within the party stems from his greed for the leadership position in the party. “Whatever my influences, reports that I am demanding a post is untrue, deceptive and with wrong intentions. […]
Vote counting, day II
00.40 am Dang-4: Buddhiram Bhandari of Nepali Congress claims victory with 14496 votes. Dhankuta-1: Tikaram Chemjong of UML wins with 10953 votes. #NepalVotes Anurag Acharya reports from Morang-6 that vote counting has been obstructed after MJF-L candidate Bhakti Majhi led his cadres into protests. Until then, Majhi had accumulated 5,881 votes whereas the NC’s Mahesh […]
Half-hearted closure
The UCPN Maoist had called a day-long general strike it had ordered on Kathmandu, Chitwan and Gorkha districts to protest the arrest of a party cadre arrested for the conflict-era murder of a civilian in Chitwan in 2004. But the party, which won the last election in 2008, seems to have badly miscalculated the public […]
Govt seeks to extend CA term
The coalition government has registered a bill seeking extension of the Constituent Assembly’s deadline in the parliament on Monday, 11 days before the country is supposed to adopt a new constitution. The Maoist Party has said it will oppose the bill saying there is “no meaning in giving our approval for the CA extension deadline […]
