Key Madhesi party to join Nepal govt if Constitution amended
World | January 28, 2018 18:42 ISTThe new government is to be formed under the leadership of CPN-UML chairman K P Oli.
The new government is to be formed under the leadership of CPN-UML chairman K P Oli.
Nepal today saw a turnout of nearly 73 per cent in the final phase of local-level elections in a Madhesi-dominated province.
The Nepal government today tabled a new Constitution amendment bill in Parliament with a view to addressing the concerns of the agitating Madhes-based parties.
Kathmandu: Nepal's agitating Madhesis today rejected a constitutional amendment passed by the Parliament to resolve the ongoing political crisis and blockade of key trade border points with India, calling it "incomplete" as it did not
Kathmandu: Nepal's Parliament on Saturday voted to amend the country's Constitution with a two-thirds majority four months after its promulgation, in a bid to resolve the political crisis involving the minority Madhesi community.The amendment aims
Kathmandu: Four months after angry Madhesi protestors blocked Nepal's border trade points with India, hitting the supply of essenital goods into the land-locked country, the Nepal government has decided to amend the new Constitution and address
New Delhi: The Nepal-India co-operation forum has issued an appeal to resolve the ongoing dispute between the two neighbouring counties over the newly promulgated constitution of Nepal.The forum said that India, being a neighbouring country,
New York: India has rejected as “totally false” allegations that it blockaded a key trade checkpoint on the border with Nepal amid protests over that country's new Constitution even as it emphasised that it is
Kathmandu: Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister Bamdev Gautam has accused India of supporting the “blockade” by Madhesi parties protesting against the country's new constitution and said his government can make alternative arrangements for supplies via land
Kathmandu: Nepal Government today asked the cable operators to continue the broadcast of Indian TV channels and sought explanation from them for blacking out the channels in the wake of blockade of trade checkpoints with
New Delhi: On September 20, Nepal formally adopted its first democratic constitution. President Ram Baran Yadav signed the constitution and announced its promulgation.The new constitution took more than seven years to complete following a decade
Kathmandu: Nepal today lifted curfew from parts of violence-hit southern districts bordering India with situation improving in some areas after weeks of violent protest over the new Constitution that left more than 40 dead.Curfew was
Kathmandu: Implementing Nepal's new constitution will be a challenging task, Finance Minister and Nepali Congress leader Ram Sharan Mahat has said.Addressing an event in Pokhara on Monday, Mahat said the newly-promulgated constitution was the "most
PM Narendra Modi to address 12th 'Mann Ki Baat' todayNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts with the nation during the 12th edition of his 'Mann Ki Baat' program, which will be
Kathmandu: Nepal's government today made fresh call for talks with the agitating Madhesi and other groups over the new Constitution assuring that their grievances could be addressed through amendment, a day before promulgation of the
Kathmandu: In a major change, Nepal's political parties have agreed to remove the word "secularism" from the new constitution.Nepal was declared a secular country in 2007 after Nepal's hardcore Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist joined
Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has said the deadlock in the constitution drafting process will be resolved within a few days as all political parties are ready to take initiatives in this regard."I am
Kathmandu: Child rights activist and Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi today appealed to Nepal's political parties to draft a constitution that would ensure the welfare of children.Satyarthi who met Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime
Kathmandu: The constitution drafting process in Nepal has been stalled for an indefinite period due to dispute among parties, political leaders said on Tuesday."There is a greater possibility of confront among the parties, the constitution
Kathmandu: In a major political setback, Nepal's political parties have missed the mid-October deadline to prepare the first draft of the country's constitution and publish it in the government gazette for public deliberations, cross-party leaders
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