Terai leaders warn of further unrest Kathmandu, January 23:Leaders representing the Madhesi community today warned that the Terai outburst would continue if the government kept ignoring people’s sentiment and suppressing the Terai movement.They said that the Lahan incident was... Travel 24 Jan, 2007
Make Rayamajhi report public, demand MPs Kathmandu, December 15:Members of Parliament (MP) today demanded to make public the report prepared by the High-Level Investigation Commission headed by former Supreme Court Justice Krishna Jung Rayamajhi and immediately implement it.UML MP Ishwor... Travel 16 Dec, 2006
Govt, alliance mull over modalities of talks with Maoists Kathmandu, May 12: Home Minister Krishna Sitaula today called a meeting of the seven-party alliance at the Peace Secretariat to discuss the formation of a peace committee and process of the government-Maoist peace talks. The alliance has agreed to... Travel 05 Dec, 2006
Citizenship Bill to be ready today Kathmandu, November 13:The Parliamentary State Affairs Committee (SAC) is finalising the Citizenship Laws Integration and Amendment Bill, 2006, tomorrow. The committee, which held an informal clause-wise discussion on the Bill today, could not reach a... Travel 14 Nov, 2006
MPs call on govt to hold next round of talks soon Kathmandu, November 2:Members of Parliament today demanded the government hold the next round of peace talks with the Maoists as soon as possible. An MP also demanded the government promulgate an interim constitution at the earliest so that elections... Travel 03 Nov, 2006
House nod to Nepal, Uprety as ECs Kathmandu, November 1:The parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (HSC) today approved Usha Nepal and Dr Nilkantha Uprety as new election commissioners, even as some MPs said Janajatis and Dalits had not been considered for the post. They termed the... Horoscopes 02 Nov, 2006
Once-over Books’ amendmentKathmandu: The Curriculum Development Centre (CDC), Sanothimi, is planning to provide the new edition of text books with necessary amendments to all the schools from the next academic year as per the decision made by the government.... Travel 18 Oct, 2006
Talks closer to consensus, may carry on for a week: KC Kathmandu, October 9:Though the seven-party alliance (SPA) and the CPN-Maoist could not make much headway in yesterday’s talks, they came closer to building a consensus on major political issues, according to Nepali Congress leader Arjun Narsingh... Travel 10 Oct, 2006
Uproar in HoR over govt atrocities Kathmandu, September 12 :Two members of the Parliament (MPs) today walked out of the meeting of the House of Representatives while another demanded the resignation of Minister for Home Affairs Krishna Prasad Sitaula, coming down heavily on the... Travel 13 Sep, 2006
April 2006 sought as cut-off time for citizenship Kathmandu, September 10 :General secretary of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandi) Rajendra Mahato said today that the problem of citizenship certificates would never be resolved unless Articles 7, 8 and 9 of the 1990 Constitution were scrapped.He also... Travel 10 Sep, 2006
Talks with rebels likely next week: Khanal Kathmandu, August 22 :The seven-party alliance (SPA) and the Maoists are expected to sit for summit talks next week, CPN-UML leader Jhal Nath Khanal said at a programme organised at the Reporters’ Club today. The two sides are expected to iron out... Travel 23 Aug, 2006
Leaders hail missives to UN Kathmandu, August 10:Political parties’ leaders are going ga-ga over the govt, Maoists missives to the United Nations. Addressing a talk programme in the capital today, political party leaders hailed yesterday’s five-point agreement between the... Travel 11 Aug, 2006
