Nepal’s Madheshi parties help Oli stay in powerWith the Mahantha Thakur-Rajendra Mahato-led Madheshi faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party refusing to support them, the two opposition pa...
15 May, 2021, 07.17 AM IST
Congress announces 1st list of 13 candidates for West Bengal Assembly pollsThe Congress is contesting the West Bengal polls in coalition with the Left parties and the Indian Secular Front (ISF), and is set to conte...
06 Mar, 2021, 10.29 PM IST
Congress forms panel to hold seat-sharing talks with Left parties for Bengal pollsThe committee has Congress state president Chowdhury, Congress Legislature Party leader Abdul Mannan, former state chief Pradeep Bhattachar...
04 Jan, 2021, 11.31 PM IST
A prestige battle for Trinamool Congress' heir apparentModi and Banerjee are scheduled to address rallies today & expected to escalate war of words
09 May, 2019, 07.10 AM IST
Somendra Nath Mitra appointed Congress's West Bengal unit presidentCongress chief Rahul Gandhi Friday appointed Somendra Nath Mitra as the president of the party's West Bengal unit.
21 Sep, 2018, 03.05 PM IST
Hamlet in Bengal's Purulia looks up to Trinamool for a flicker of hopePurulia, a part of Jangalmahal, which was once a Maoist hideout, has witnessed some development in the past five year tenure of Mamata's go...
04 Apr, 2016, 11.39 AM IST
Meet Madhesi demands for successful India visit: Nepal PM KP OliThe Nepal government should show positive gestures before Oli's visit to India begins so that he could get a positive response there, Mahat...
13 Feb, 2016, 05.00 PM IST
Madhesis call off protest; end India-Nepal border blockadeNepal's agitating Madhesis today called off their nearly five-month long blockade at the Indo- Nepal border, bringing relief to the country.
08 Feb, 2016, 07.11 PM IST
- Injured Madhesi leader Rajendra Mahato airlifted to Delhi for better treatment
Rajendra Mahato, who had suffered injuries in a clash with police, was airlifted to Delhi for further treatment as his condition did not im...
01 Jan, 2016, 08.09 PM IST
Nepal's Madhesis seek India's supportThe Madhesi community, which has been agitating against the newly-adopted Constitution of Nepal, has sought "moral" support from India.
11 Oct, 2015, 09.19 AM IST
Nepal keen on reopening Chinese trade routes as blockade continuesNepal seems keen on reopening its trade routes to China across the Himalayas shut after the devastating earthquake of April last.
06 Oct, 2015, 10.30 AM IST
Baburam Bhattarai’s U-turn opens window for India in NepalExperts said that Bhattarai may also influence Madhesi leaders of Nepali Congress as well as United Communist Party, opening a window of op...
29 Sep, 2015, 09.22 AM IST
Nepal government must talk to Madhesi people to end the violence: Rameshwar Raya YadavRameshwar Raya Yadav, senior vice president of MPRF-D, blamed the three main political parties for the crisis that has ensnared Nepal.
24 Sep, 2015, 07.36 PM IST
India-origin billionaires to build 1,200 houses in NepalTwo Indian-origin billionaires in the UK have offered to build 1,200 quake-resistant houses in the affected villages of the country.
03 May, 2015, 07.45 PM IST
Shutdown in Nepal town after Narendra Modi's trip reportedly cancelledEducational institutions and markets were partially closed and transport services also came to a halt. There were also anti-government rall...
21 Nov, 2014, 09.56 PM IST
Nepalese leaders favour more cooperation with IndiaNepalese politicians said PM Modi's visit should be used for collaborating with India in a number of areas, including power sector.
29 Jul, 2014, 08.49 PM IST
- Indian envoy visits Nepal's Madhesi leader in hospital
Jayanta Prasad today visited the senior Madhesi leader who was admitted to a hospital after being on a fast-unto-death.
25 May, 2013, 03.16 PM IST