The prime reason for the break-up of the alliance between Prachanda and former prime minister Oli was because the Maoist leader decided to support senior Nepali Congress (NC) candidate Ram Chandra Paudel for the President's post.
The major revelation came nearly three weeks after a flight, ATR-72, crashed in Nepal's resort city of Pokhara, resulting in the killing of all 72 people, including crew members on board.
The protests are taking place after the Supreme Court reportedly mentioned the Sikkimese Nepali community as immigrants in an observation on January 13 while extending income tax exemption to all old settlers of the state.
Nepal: All flights have been halted at the Tribhuvan International Airport after some technical glitch in the systems.
Delhi-NCR earthquake: According to initial reports, the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.8 on the Richter scale while the epicenter was in Nepal.
It is worth noting that the ill-fated aircraft that took off from Kathmandu at 10:30 am crashed into the Seti river gorge, killing all four crew members and 68 passengers. One person on board the aircraft is still missing.
Nepalese authorities on Tuesday started handing over to family members the bodies of those killed, two days after Yeti Airlines' aircraft with 72 people, including five Indians, crashed in the resort city of Pokhara, as the death toll rose to 71.
At least 70 of the 72 people aboard were killed, and officials believe the two missings are also dead. Rescuers combed through the debris, scattered down a 300-meter-deep gorge, for them.
Nepal Plane Crash: Air hostess Osin Ale on the ill-fated Yeti Airlines plane made a Tik Tok video from inside the plane and had shared it on social media. Who knew that it would be her last video? Check out.
There were 72 passengers and crew aboard the Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu to the tourist town of Pokhara which crashed on Sunday. No one is believed to have survived.
Nepal plane crash: The plane had crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in the resort city of Pokhara, killing at least 68 people onboard.
Nepal Plane Crash: In the 1.3 minute live video on Facebook, one of them can be seen excitedly shouting "Mauj Kar Di" (it's been fun) as the camera focuses on Pokhara town below.
Nepal plane crash: Of the five Indians who were feared dead in the plane crash in Nepal, four were planning to participate in paragliding in the popular tourist hub of Pokhara, a local resident said.
Nepal plane crash: A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the Yeti airlines aircraft that crashed between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport, reports said.
Nepal Plane Crash: The Yeti Airlines aircraft crashed on the bank of the Seti River between the old airport and the new Pokhara airport.
Nepal plane crash: The Nepal Airport Authority said t there were 53 Nepali, 5 Indians, 4 Russians, 2 Koreans, 1 Irish, 1 Argentinian, 1 Australian, and a French national on board the ill-fated flight.
Nepal plane crashes: Despite the recent growth of Nepal's air industry, which transports foreign trekkers and climbers as well as products and people to remote locations, it has a dismal safety record.
Nepal plane crash: A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the aircraft that crashed between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport, Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesperson of Yeti Airlines, said.
At least 68 people were killed when a Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in central Nepal's resort city of Pokhara on Sunday, a rescue official said.
Nepal plane crash: A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the Yeti airlines aircraft that crashed between the old airport and the Pokhara International Airport, reports said.
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