Bijukchhe says UML stance spoiled talks Kathmandu, October 17:The Nepali Congress (NC) and the Nepal Workers’ and Peasants’ Party (NWPP) leaders have accused the CPN-UML leadership of disrupting the talks between the top leaders of the eight parties by placing partisan interests before... Travel 18 Oct, 2006
Bamdev against space for king Janakpurdham, Sept 21: CPN-UML senior leader Bam Dev Gautam today said the king should not be accorded any place as the people want a republic. Speaking during a programme at Ramananda Chowk here, Gautam said the Jana Andolan-II itself signified the... Travel 22 Sep, 2006
UML CC meet starts today Kathmandu, August 4:A standing committee meeting of the CPN-UML, chaired by party general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, today set the agenda of discussions for the party’s 12th central committee meeting scheduled to begin tomorrow. The meeting is... Horoscopes 05 Aug, 2006
SPA constituents irked with top leaders Kathmandu, June 19 :The sudden signing of the eight-point deal with the CPN-Maoist on Friday has not gone down well with the constituents of the seven-party alliance who are demanding transparency in the peace process.The main grievance is that neither... Travel 19 Jun, 2006
Pokhrel warns King against rejecting assembly poll result Kathmandu, May 8 :Warning that regressive forces were gaining strength, political leaders today said the parliament should declare itself supreme and expedite the process of formation of a Constituent Assembly.Lawmaker and leader of the Janamorcha... Travel 09 May, 2006
Leaders defend 12-point pact Kathmandu, March 12:Leaders of the seven-party alliance today stressed that the 12-point understanding reached between the parties and the Maoists on November 22 was intended to bring the Maoists to the political mainstream.Ruling out that the... Travel 12 Mar, 2006
IN BRIEF Detainees releasedKathmandu: Professor Bhupati Dhakal, CPN-UML youth leader Yogesh Bhattarai, Manju Bhattarai and Rameshwor Upadhayay were released on Tuesday following the order of the apex court. A division bench of judges of the Supreme Court... Horoscopes 21 Feb, 2006
More party activists released Pokhara, February 16:Forty-two detainees, who were held on different dates for demanding total democracy and protesting against the February 1 royal takeover, were set free today, reports from Kaski, Baglung and Tanahu said.Twenty-eight activists of... Travel 17 Feb, 2006
All the pretty horses Following the recent Supreme Court judgement, new voices have joined in, or old voices have lent a fresh intensity to, the calls for the dissolution of the present government headed by the King and for an alternative arrangement aimed at the resolution... 16 Feb, 2006
Dozens arrested, 5 hurt in nationwide protests Pokhara, January 28:Five students were injured in a clash between the police and the students affiliated to the seven agitating political parties in Pokhara this afternoon. Police had intervened in a torch rally being organised by the student bodies... Travel 29 Jan, 2006
Once over Nepal meets leadersKATHMANDU: General secretary of CPN-UML, Madhav Kumar Nepal, who is on a political tour to India, held discussions with Indian intellectuals and Left leaders in New Delhi on Sunday. UML youth leader Rajan Bhattarai told this daily... Travel 06 Nov, 2005
Parties to launch anti-poll drive Pokhara, October 28: CPN-UML central member Bharat Mohan Adhikari said that anti-election campaign will be launched from November 25 onwards. Inaugurating a two-day workshop entitled Role of Intellectuals in solution of present crisis, organised by... Travel 28 Oct, 2005