ANNISU-R cadres thrash UML Dhankuta, March 21:Five persons — including former accountant in the central office of the CPN-UML Gopal Guragain — were injured when Maoist-affiliated ANNISU-R students thrashed them over a row over FSU election today. The five were attacked while... Travel 21 Mar, 2009
The front issue The letter or spirit of the various agreements and understandings reached between the political forces, starting with the 12-point agreement, has been a consensual approach to resolving the major problems of the transition period. This boils down to... 01 Feb, 2009
Constituent Assembly members press Maoists on media freedom Kathmandu, December 29:Representatives of the major parties in the Constituent Assembly today demanded the CPN-Maoist to implement their repeated commitments towards press and media freedom.Addressing an interaction with journalists organised by the... Travel 30 Dec, 2008
Non-cooperation fuelled Prachanda’s quit threat Yami says NC’s ‘mischief’ triggered thoughtKathmandu, December 8: Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Hisila Yami today said Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal threatened to quit the government in mid-January “out of frustration” after... Travel 08 Dec, 2008
Whiff of contest for CA vice-chairperson’s chair Kathmandu, November 26:Five women and a man from the Constituent Assembly members today filed their nomination for the post of Vice-chairperson of the CA. Of them one represents ruling party, CPN-Maoist, and rest the fringe parties.The election for the... Travel 27 Nov, 2008
ONCE-OVER 10 families displacedCHANDRANIGAHPUR: Ten families of Maryadapur VDC-1 in Rautahat district have been displaced due to flooding in the Lal Bakaiya River. The flood caused the houses of Bhuwan Mukhiya, Nesar Mukhiya, Kachahari Mukhiya, Ram Sawat... Travel 02 Aug, 2008
UML student leaders join ANNISU-R Kathmandu, May 18:Surendra Basnet and Gopal Singh Dhami, two pro-UML student leaders, yesterday announced that they quit ANNFSU to join the pro-Maoist student body ANNISU-R Basnet is the vice-president of the Free Students’ Union at Ratna Rajya... Horoscopes 19 May, 2008
The only option Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has urged all the 25 political parties elected to the Constituent Assembly to forget past bitterness and misunderstanding to draft a democratic constitution in line with the aspirations of the martyrs and the... 11 May, 2008
Yechuri sees no role for UNMIN post-July 23 Kathmandu, May 2:Visiting politburo member of the CPI (M) Sitaram Yechuri said today that it was up to the Nepali people and political parties to decide on who should lead the post-election government. Yechuri, who was one of the members of the... Travel 03 May, 2008
News analysis : NC, UML apprehensive about a ‘militant’ govt Kathmandu, April 26:The April 10 vote has produced a hung Constituent Assembly-cum-parliament, establishing Maoists as the single largest party. Working backstage, the parliament secretariat is preparing for the first meeting of the Assembly at the... Travel 27 Apr, 2008
ONCE-OVER FNJ member missingDAMAK: Jhapa district committee member of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists Dhananjaya Baskota, 40, has gone missing since Monday. Baskota, a resident of Damak-14, had left his home at 11 am on Monday for Damak’s Model Campus.... Travel 03 Apr, 2008
Poll fever grips bardiya : NC, UML, Maoists working hard to ensure win Gulariya, March 13:With Constituent Assembly elections barely a month away, three major parties — the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and the CPN-Maoist — are campaigning hard in four constituencies of Bardiya district. Leaders and cadres of the NC, UML... Travel 14 Mar, 2008