Fear grips families of poll candidates Bardiya, January 27: Though security arrangements have been made for the contestants of the municipal polls, their family members are having a difficult time coming to terms with the possible danger of being the relatives of poll candidates. Family... Travel 27 Jan, 2006
Cops resort to blank firing in Lahan; 51 party activists arrested Siraha, January 24:Police today arrested 51 activists of the seven agitating political parties from two separate anti-poll demonstrations in Siraha district.Security personnel fired several rounds of blank shots to foil the demonstration in Lahan while... Travel 25 Jan, 2006
Holding the baby The Election Commission’s decision on Tuesday to freeze the election symbol of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), and thus treat both the parent party led by Pashupati Shumsher Rana and its splinter group led by home minister Kamal Thapa on the... 25 Jan, 2006
Poll dilemma Tomorrow is the day for filing nomination papers for the February 8 municipal elections. No national party, let alone the Maoists, is taking part as they have announced an ‘active boycott’ to foil the government’s efforts to hold the polls. The... 24 Jan, 2006
NSP warns King to stay within statutory limits Kathmandu, January 19: A day after home minister Kamal Thapa asked the seven-party alliance to sit for dialogue, an influential leader of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi), a partner in the seven-party alliance, today ruled out dialogue with the... Travel 19 Jan, 2006
Lawyers accuse Home Minister of abusing power Kathmandu, January 19:Pleading at the Patan Appellate Court in connection to a writ petition filed by Rastriya Prajatantra Party led by Pashupati SJB Rana, legal experts today claimed that Home Minister Kamal Thapa had violated election code of... Travel 19 Jan, 2006
Turning point The already alarming political situation in the country is taking a turn for the worse. Any hope of reconciliation between the palace and the political parties is fading fast, with the new curbs on civil liberties and arrest of dozens of political... 19 Jan, 2006
Civic elections doomed, say alliance leaders Kirtipur, January 18: Leaders of the seven-party alliance said today that the municipal election announced by the government were doomed with the government imposing prohibitory orders and curfew in the capital and other urban centres. The leaders... Travel 18 Jan, 2006
Appellate court begins hearing on RPP rift Kathmandu, January 18: The Patan Appellate Court today began hearing on a case filed by RPP chairman Pashupati SJB Rana seeking the court’s stay order to the Election Commission not to recognise the breakaway RPP led by Kamal Thapa as the legitimate... Horoscopes 18 Jan, 2006
EC to settle RPP case by Jan 25 Kathmandu, January 16:With barely 10 days left for filing nominations for the upcoming municipal elections, the Election Commission (EC) is to decide the “legitimacy” of the two factions of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) before January... Travel 17 Jan, 2006
TOPICS: Time to change and listen to reason Despite the prevalence of uncongenial atmosphere for holding municipal elections, the government is determined to hold them. While, on the one hand, many of the country’s 75 districts are under the spell of the Maoists’ ‘people’s war’, the... 16 Jan, 2006
National Earthquake Safety Day observed Bhaktapur, January 15:Various programmes were organised here today to mark the National Earthquake Safety Day-2006.The Earthquake Safety Day National Committee has been organising various events for a week with the theme “Earthquake cannot be... Horoscopes 16 Jan, 2006
