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Deuba refuses to budge despite calls to resign
Published On: December 13, 2017 09:00 AM NPT By: Roshan Sedhai
KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Pressure is mounting on Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba to hand over the helm of the party to a new leader in the wake of the grand old party’s stinging defeat in parliamentary and provincial elections.
Tikapur massacre main accused is now a lawmaker
Published On: December 13, 2017 07:52 AM NPT By: DIL BAHADUR CHHATYAL
DHANGADHI, Dec 13: Resham Chaudhari, the main accused in the infamous Tikapur massacre which took place in August 2015, has registered a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections from Constituency 1 of Kailali district. Chaudhari who contested the polls from the Rastriya Janata Parry Nepal (RJPN) won with 34,341 votes.
Three women leaders to join provincial assembly in Mahottari
Published On: December 13, 2017 07:15 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das
MAHOTTARI, Dec 13: Even in this 21st century, not many Madhesi women dare to join politics. By breaking the traditional gender stereotypes, few women have stepped into politics but they are often criticized by the society.
Cost of running legislatures to jump threefold
Published On: December 13, 2017 07:10 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni
KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Expenditures for the two houses of parliament and the provincial assemblies will be at least three times that of the previous constituent assembly-turned parliament. The annual expenditure of the 601-member parliament was around Rs 1.40 billion, and this expenditure will now soar to Rs 4.25 billion, according to a study of all legislatures and their secretariats prepared in July by the parliament secretariat.
Voters hopeful of change after elections
Published On: December 13, 2017 06:41 AM NPT By: Sarita Shrestha
DHADING, Dec 13: “We gave you what you asked for and now it’s your turn to address our demands,” said Laxmi Gurung of Nilkantha Municipality ward-4 while congratulating a leader after his victory in the recent parliamentary elections.
42 pc new faces in parliament under FPTP
Published On: December 13, 2017 06:22 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal
KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Of the total 165 lawmakers in parliament to be elected under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category, at least 40 percent are going to be new faces. In the 275-member lower house, 110 members are to be nominated under the proportional representation (PR) category after the allocation of PR seats to political parties on the basis of the PR votes they secured across the country.
DPM Shrestha defeated in Syangja-2
Published On: December 12, 2017 09:53 PM NPT By: Republica
SYANGJA, Dec 12: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education Gopal Man Shrestha has faced defeat in Syangja-2 for House of Representatives. CPN-UML candidate Padma Kumari Aryal has secured the victory by 3706 votes.
Votes counting resumes in Sunsari-3
Published On: December 12, 2017 01:48 PM NPT By: Republica
ITHARI, Dec 12: The votes counting has rsumed n Sunsari-3, Where Nepali congress candidate Bijaya Kumar Gachhedhar and his nearest rival from CPN-UML Bhagawati Chaudhary are vying for the House of Representatives.
UML takes lead in Palpa-1 under PR category
Published On: December 12, 2017 10:18 AM NPT By: Republica
PALPA, Dec 12: CPN-UML has secured 30, 114 votes in Palpa-1 in the parliamentary elections under the proportional representation (PR) category. Similarly, Nepali Congress has obtained 22, 945 votes while CPN (Maoist Center) has got 1,949 votes. Mangol National Organization has secured 922, Bibeksheel Sajha got 495 while Rastriya Janamorcha secured 217 while Rastriya Janamukti Party got 123 votes.
Maoist Center wins provincial polls in Syangja
Published On: December 12, 2017 08:59 AM NPT By: Mohan Gurung
SYANGJA, Dec 12: CPN (Maoist Center) candidate for Syangja-1 (A) Dipak Thapa has been elected to the Provincial Assembly. Thapa defeated his closest rival of Nepali Congress Kamal Prasad Pangeni with a margin of 2726 votes.
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