Forced religious conversion to be banned: Thapa KANCHANPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa has expressed his concern over the ongoing act of forcefully converting religion in the country of late. Addressing the Mahakali zonal level election assembly organized at Bhimduttanagar in Kanchanpur on... Travel 17 Apr, 2017
EC receives support from China KATHMANDU: The Election Commission on Wednesday received various election-related materials as support from China for the upcoming May 14 elections. Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Yu Hong handed over the goods worth Rs 144 million to the EC Secretary... Travel 12 Apr, 2017
EC for observing maximum austerity in elections KATHMANDU: Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has urged the officials would be mobilized for management of the upcoming local elections to exercise austerity in expenditure management of the same. Addressing the chief returning... Travel 11 Apr, 2017
PM stresses on significance of local elections KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said the local level elections are very significant as local levels will get to exercise executive, legislative and judicial rights. He said development will expedite in villages after the May 14... Horoscopes 11 Apr, 2017
Bijukchhe against enlisting new voters before polls BHAKTAPUR: Nepal Workers and Peasants Party Chairman Narayan Man Bijukchhe has said that enlisting new voters before local level elections were not practical and unacceptable. Speaking at a function organised by the Thimi Art Council, in... Travel 09 Apr, 2017
Elections won't stop, decision on threshold soon: Nayak KATHMANDU: Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ajaya Shankar Nayak said discussions are being held to address the concerns of fringe parties though the three major parties have already made an agreement on the provision of threshold in... Travel 21 Mar, 2017
Don't foster doubt about May 14 elections: PM to Maoist PP KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal told the lawmakers of his party, CPN Maoist Centre, not to foster any doubt about the local level elections, scheduled for May 14. In a meeting of the Maoist Parliamentary Party, the Maoist chairman... Travel 21 Mar, 2017
Election Commission warns against poll code violation KATHMANDU: The Election Commission on Thursday urged all stakeholders to comply with the election codes issued in the run-up to the local level elections scheduled for May 14. Issuing a press statement today, the Commission drew the attention of... Travel 16 Mar, 2017
Election Code of Conduct within a week: Chief Commissioner KATHMANDU: A day after the government fixed the date for elections in local bodies, Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhi Prasad Yadav said that the Election Code of Conduct would come into effect within a week. The government would not be allowed... Travel 21 Feb, 2017
Witness says Philippine president ordered killings MANILA: A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country's Senate on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members of a liquidation squad to kill criminals and opponents in... Women 15 Sep, 2016
Philippines� Duterte vows hangings in war on crime After you are hanged first, there will be another ceremony for the second time until the head is completely severed from the body. I like that because I am mad Davao, May 16 Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte vowed today to introduce... Women 17 May, 2016
Legal woes threaten Philippine presidential front runners MANILA: It's not just difficult to predict who will win Philippine presidential elections this year — thanks to some of the candidates' legal woes, it's difficult to predict who will be allowed to run. Four are within striking distance. Sen.... Women 23 Feb, 2016
