CIAA summons whistle-blower in Baskota audiotape scandal KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 2 Nine months after Bijay Prakash Mishra, a Swiss company agent, leaked an audiotape in which the then Minister of Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota was heard demanding bribe from a Swiss company for... Travel 03 Sep, 2020
NCP second-rung leaders intensify talks Kathmandu, March 10 There’s more to the calm in the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) than meets the eye, as second-rung leaders intensify talks to bridge the latest intra-party rift that followed the secretariat’s decision to recommend NCP Deputy... Horoscopes 11 Mar, 2020
�There�s no coherence between ideology and conduct of leadership� The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has been embroiled in a most bitter factional feud over the party’s decision to recommend Bamdev Gautam to the National Assembly. The dispute ensued after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli rejected the party’s... Travel 02 Mar, 2020
Baskota sues Mishra for defamation Kathmandu, February 28 Former minister of communications and information technology Gokul Prasad Baskota, who has been accused of negotiating kickback from Bijay Prakash Mishra, a Swiss company agent in the security press procurement deal, today... Horoscopes 29 Feb, 2020
Voice in kickback tape not Baskota�s, claims PM Kathmandu, February 27 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today defended Gokul Prasad Baskota, who has been accused of negotiating kickback with Bijay Prakash Mishra, a Swiss company agent, in the security press procurement deal. Addressing a... Travel 28 Feb, 2020
Opposition parties not to stall House Kathmandu, February 24 Three opposition parties — Nepali Congress, Samajwadi Party-Nepal and Rastriya Janata Party- Nepal — today decided not to obstruct proceedings at the House of Representatives over an audiotape scandal involving Gokul... Horoscopes 25 Feb, 2020
Shadow govt to intensify graft monitoring Kathmandu, February 23 Nepali Congress President and Parliamentary Party Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba today directed shadow ministers to intensify monitoring of corruption in various ministries. In the first meeting of the shadow Cabinet nine months... Travel 24 Feb, 2020
Baskota will be probed, says home minister Hetauda, February 23 Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa today said the government would investigate former minister of information and communications Gokul Prasad Baskota’s audiotape scandal which incriminated him in the procurement process of a... Travel 24 Feb, 2020
SC�s five-year strategic plan must be scrapped Former justice of Supreme Court Bala Ram KC wants the five-year strategic plan of the Supreme Court scrapped so that judges can focus on delivering qualitative judgment rather than the number of cases. Ram Kumar Kamat of The Himalayan Times spoke to... Travel 24 Feb, 2020
CIAA to probe security press kickback case Kathmandu, February 23 The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority today launched investigation into the audiotape scandal involving former minister of communications and information technology Gokul Prasad Baskota after the... Travel 24 Feb, 2020
Oli should resign: Koirala Nepalgunj, February 22 Nepali Congress central member Dr Shekhar Koirala today said Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli should put in his papers on moral ground after former minister of information and communications Gokul Baskota resigned over his... Travel 23 Feb, 2020
Oli urged to make public his views on tape scandal Kathmandu, February 21 With the audiotape scandal forcing resignation of Minister of Communications and Information Technology Gokul Baskota, a close aide of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, legal eagles have said the PM needs to tell the nation his... Travel 22 Feb, 2020
