KATHMANDU: The raging row in Nepal sparked by the vice-president taking his oath of office in Hindi last week turned into war on Tuesday with the rift between the hill people and Indian-origin plains community widening and protesters from both sides going on the rampage. Nearly three dozen vehicles ...
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Nepal's Maoist chief Prachanda does not want Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala as the first president of a republican Nepal. Prachanda said they did not favour the Nepali Congress's proposal for the post of president because of Koirala's advancing years and deteriorating health.In an ...
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Kathmandu : Stripped of his crown and asked to move out of the Narayanhity palace here by next week, Nepal's former king Gyanendra and his family will now have their retinue of palace guards slashed as well. Nepal's Central Security Council on Thursday decided that once the deposed king move...
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Kathmandu : Though a historic assembly will officially proclaim Nepal, once the world's only Hindu kingdom, a republic next week and strip cornered King Gyanendra of his crown, the monarch will still have his empire - of business enterprises. When his elder brother Birendra was king, Gyanendra, ...
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KATHMANDU : CPN-UML has scheduled to hold its National Convention from 16 to 20 November in Kathmandu.ACentral Committee (CC) meeting of the party on Sunday took thedecision. The party's first meeting, held under newly elected GeneralSecretary Jhalanath Khanal, has also reshuffled the party'...
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said he is confident that Nepalese political parties would make a success of the "democratic experiment" they are involved in through electoral process.Talking with reporters in Bagdogra airport after concluding the "most ...
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Chairman of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) Upendra Yadav has termed asbaseless claims that his party is joining a Maoist-led government,saying that the party does not have the "people's mandate" for it.This remark by the MJF strongman comes a day after senior Maoistleader Dr. Baburam Bhattarai a...
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The Nepal Indigenous Nationalities Federation (NFIN) has demanded 16seats for Janajati candidates when the government nominates 26Constituent Assembly (CA) members. The demands were made at a meeting between NFIN representatives and Ministers and leaders of political parties. ...
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KATHMANDU : Against the official position taken by NepaliCongress and CPN-UML leaders not to participate in a Maoist-ledgovernment, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Saturday stressedthe need for developing a coalition of coalition governments."Theelection also has given an inclusive verdict,"...
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A senior leader of the Maoists Dr Baburam Bhattarai has asked thetraders and entrepreneurs to join hands with his party for economicprogress of the country. Speakingat the 32th Annual General Meeting of the Birgunj Chambers of Commerceand Industries (BCCI) in Birgunj, Friday, Dr Bhattarai...
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The authorities have appealed to the general public to apply maximum caution to prevent the entry of 'bird flu,' which has been detected in bordering Indian region. Issuing a notice, Saturday, the Department for Livestock Service has said ...
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Former royalist minister and chairman of pro-monarchist RastriyaPrajatantra Party Nepal, Kamal Thapa, has said he met Maoist chairmanPrachanda recently to communicate his party's position regarding thecurrent political situation, but not to convey the King's message tothe Maoist leadership.T...
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Seven people have been injured in separate attacks by Maoist-affiliatedYoung Communist League (YCL) cadres in Kaski and Chitwan districts onWednesday. Five persons belonging to Nepali Congress (NC) and Unified MarxistLeninist (UML) parties were beaten black and blue with bamboo sticks...
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Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has urged all to exerciserestraint and extend mutual cooperation to sail through what he calledas sensitive transitional phase.     In what appearsto be a response towards politically opposite remarks coming fromMaoist and non-Maoist c...
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The meeting of the central committee of the Unified Marxist Leninist(UML), Wednesday, is expected to pick a coordinator for organising thegeneral convention of the party. The meeting,which will begin from 2 pm at party headquarter in Balkhu, willdissolve the central and standing committ...
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A senior Maoist leader has urged the private sector to come out and invest openly assuring that their enterprises would not be privatized.Addressing the 56th annual general meeting of Morang Trade Association in Biratnagar, Tuesday, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai s...
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KATHMANDU : In a bid to enhance state management and controlill practices rampant in various sectors of the country, the CPN-Maoistyouth front Young Communists League (YCL) is launching a month-longnationwide campaign including people's liberation programme startingWednesday.The YCL informed tha...
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Kathmandu : Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas, who fought a10-year war to overthrow the country's centuries-old monarchy, have nowstarted a war of nerves against embattled King Gyanendra.        With less than a fortnight left for the apparent end of thelong dyna...
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KATHMANDU : Nepal Police on Tuesdayarrested at least 250 Tibetan exiles including a woman while they wereprotesting in front of the Chinese Embassy here. The arrest comes aday after Chinese Ambassador Jheng Xialing has asked the Nepal government totake severe action against Tibetan demonstrators....
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