Ruling Nepali Congress-led alliance maintains lead in general electionsIn the 275-member House of Representatives, 165 seats will be elected through direct voting, while the remaining 110 will be elected throug...
26 Nov, 2022, 04.13 PM IST
Nepal polls: PM Deuba wins from Dadeldhura; Nepali Congress ahead in election tallyNepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was elected on Wednesday with a huge margin of votes for the House of Representatives for the seven...
23 Nov, 2022, 02.47 PM IST
Nepal withstands Chinese pressure to ratify US Millennium Challenge Corporation packageMCC is a grant in aid wherein Nepal gets $ 500 million for infrastructural projects. Infrastructural projects envisaged under MCC are India...
27 Feb, 2022, 11.18 PM IST
Nepali Congress decides to form govt under its leadershipThe Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress (NC) on Saturday decided to take initiative to form a new government under its leaders...
04 Apr, 2021, 04.57 PM IST
Prachanda, Chief of Nepal's CPN-MC, proposes to drop 'Maoist Centre' from party nameThis has created a situation where Prime Minister Oli suddenly sees his position strengthened in the party, as he has a clear majority in t...
15 Mar, 2021, 02.24 PM IST
China on backfoot as Nepal Communist Party derecognised by SCBrokered by China, the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) had merged in May 2018 to form a unified Nepal Communist Party (NCP) following the a...
09 Mar, 2021, 08.35 AM IST
Nepal's SC quashes unification of Oli-led CPN (UML) and Prachanda-led CPN (Maoist Center)The court said then CPN-UML and then CPN (Maoist Centre) would return to the pre-merger stage and if they were to merge, they should apply ...
07 Mar, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
Prachanda-led Maoist party in Nepal facing another splitPrachanda-led Unified CPN-Maoist, a major partner in Nepal's ruling coalition, is on the verge of a split again after 45 central members to...
03 Nov, 2015, 10.45 PM IST
80 held in Nepal as general strike against draft Constitution affects normal lifeAt least 80 people were detained here when they were trying to enforce a general strike to protest plans to restructure Nepal as a federal ...
17 Aug, 2015, 03.05 PM IST
104 arrested in Nepal as general strike affects normal lifePolice arrested 97 people including vice-president of Federal Socialist Party Rajendra Shrestha from Kathmandu and 7 others.
16 Aug, 2015, 02.28 PM IST
K P Sharma Oli elected chairman of Nepal's CPN-UML partyIshwor Pokharel has been elected general secretary of the party. He defeated former finance minister and senior leader Surendra Pandey.
16 Jul, 2014, 08.22 PM IST
Sushil Koirala elected PP leader of NC, set to become PMKoirala, who is also the party head, defeated three time former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in a vote by party legislators.
26 Jan, 2014, 04.52 PM IST
CPN-UML, NC in close fight in Nepal electionsThe CPN-UML has so far bagged 42 seats in the elections. Nepali Congress has won 38 seats while the UCPN (Maoist) was trailing behind with ...
22 Nov, 2013, 12.52 PM IST
Maoists for halting vote count; CPN-UML, Nepali Congress say honour verdictNepal's Unified CPN-Maoist, trailing in the initial results of the polls, today demanded a suspension of the vote count alleging a "conspir...
21 Nov, 2013, 04.00 PM IST
Over 50 per cent turnout in Nepal polls, bomb injures 3According to the EC more than 50 per cent polling was reported on an average across Nepal till 1 pm despite Maoist threats and the blast ne...
19 Nov, 2013, 04.44 PM IST
India behind collapse of poll talks in Nepal: Maoist leaderNepal's hardline Maoist leader C P Gajurel today blamed India for the failure of talks on reaching a consensus to defer the Constituent Ass...
17 Sep, 2013, 10.22 PM IST
- Nepal PM wants national census govt
Nepal PM will not resign unless there is a "guarantee" for the formation of a national govt.
10 Jun, 2010, 10.53 AM IST