Tapendra Karki

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Rs 60 million embezzled while purchasing boots for Nepal Police

Published On: August 3, 2022 12:36 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, August 3: It has been found that Nepal Police paid twice the market price while purchasing DSM boots for police personnel. The price of ``Fighter Shoes'' produced by Modern Shoes Limited in the name of Cornwall Business Traders has doubled.

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National Investigation Department starts phone tapping amid concerns of increased activities of foreigners

Published On: July 23, 2022 11:20 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, July 23: Nepal's only intelligence agency, the National Investigation Department (NID) has started phone tapping amid concerns that the activities of foreigners were on the rise in Nepal.

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Indian security team in Nepal to search 27kg uranium said to be possessed by a ‘criminal gang’

Published On: July 20, 2022 09:45 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, July 20: A team of Indian security personnel has arrived in Nepal to search for uranium. A six-member team of Indian Police's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Indian intelligence agency- Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)-- has been in Nepal for a week.

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Proposal to unify communist parties just a year after split

Published On: July 17, 2022 02:44 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, JULY 17: Only a year after splitting, communist leaders have proposed unity. On May 17, 2018, the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Center) merged to form the CPN. Three years after that, on 7 March 2021, after the Supreme Court ordered both the parties to stay separate, the leaders of UML and Maoist, which are separate parties, used the same platform on Saturday to propose party unity or a left alliance in the upcoming elections.

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Weapons Purchase Case: House committee gives three days to home ministry to furnish details

Published On: July 12, 2022 01:15 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, July 12: The Finance Committee of parliament has demanded detailed information from the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding the government's decision to purchase weapons for Nepal Police.

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Massive corruption at play as govt expedites arms procurement worth millions of rupees for Nepal Police

Published On: July 11, 2022 08:27 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, July 11: The government has expedited the process to procure small arms for Nepal Police from an Italian company, Beretta, at a price four times more than the actual unit price.

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Govt buying weapons worth Rs 840 million in times of economic crisis

Published On: July 10, 2022 12:55 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, July 10: The government is preparing to purchase crowd-control weapons and equipment for Nepal Police at the end of the fiscal year. At a time when the country's economy is weak, the police are preparing to buy deadly weapons that are not needed immediately.

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72 districts at risk of floods and landslides

Published On: June 30, 2022 01:35 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, JUNE 30: The government has deployed Nepal Army helicopters in three provinces for relief and rescue, saying that 72 districts are at the risk of floods and landslides. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, 72 districts are at the risk of floods and landslides for which army helicopters are on standby to mobilize security forces and other stakeholders concerned and assist in relief and rescue operations.

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Terrorists are hiding in Madrasas in Nepal: India

Published On: June 20, 2022 04:20 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, June 20: The Indian government has made an accusation that the Madrasas (Islamic schools) in Nepal are carrying out anti-India terrorist activities. The allegation was made by the Indian side at a meeting of the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Nepal-India Joint Secretary level border management

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MCC creates ripples in ruling coalition: Leaders rush to save alliance

Published On: February 3, 2022 11:06 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Leaders of the ruling parties have been convincing each other to save the alliance after a dispute arose over whether to table the US-aid project Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) Agreement at parliament.

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Coalition government failed in all fronts: UML Chairman Oli

Published On: January 24, 2022 09:45 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The main opposition CPN-UML has concluded that the five-party coalition government led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has failed in six months.

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UML to hold district convention on Jan 6 and province convention on Jan 22

Published On: December 12, 2021 09:42 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Dec 12: The CPN-UML has decided to hold district conventions on January 6 and provincial conventions on January 22 under the organization building and leadership transfer campaign. The decision was taken at the Central Committee Meeting held at the German Party Palace at Gattaghar in Bhaktapur on Saturday afternoon. The meeting fixed the date of the convention after party Chairperson KP Sharma Oli directed to transfer leadership to new leaders after conducting a conference of people's organizations, district and province committees.

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Most likely, UML general convention will reelect Oli and other old faces

Published On: November 10, 2021 12:43 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Nov 10: The repetition of old faces is likely in the race for the leadership of the CPN-UML after the 10th general convention of the party. It is almost certain that the party Chairman KP Sharma Oli will be re-elected while other office-bearers are likely to have the same old majority.

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Two big communist parties gear up preparations for general convention

Published On: November 8, 2021 11:22 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: The country's two largest communist parties, the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Center), are busy preparing for the general convention and national conference, respectively.

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Government prepares to endorse MCC agreement through parliament, security vigilance upped across the country

Published On: September 6, 2021 01:45 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, September 6: The Home Ministry has instructed all three security agencies under it to stay on "high alert" as the government prepares for the US aid project, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), to be endorsed through the parliament.

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Oli ready to give the position of second chairman to senior leader Nepal

Published On: July 22, 2021 10:00 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, July 22: Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli has said that he is ready to make senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal the second chairman as he faces mounting pressure to maintain unity within the party. Addressing the party's central committee meeting, he said that he was ready to give the position of second chairman to Nepal.

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Three held with red panda hide in Solukhumbu

Published On: March 24, 2021 05:36 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, March 24: Police have arrested three persons on the charge of smuggling hide of red panda from Makalu Barun National Park in Solukhumbu district.

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Dahal-Nepal faction cadres vandalize vehicle in which DPM Ishwar Pokharel was traveling to Nuwakot

Published On: February 1, 2021 11:59 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: A group of cadres of the Dahal-Nepal faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) vandalized a vehicle in which Deputy Prime Minister Ishwar Pokharel was journeying toward Nuwakot district to attend a function organization by the NCP's Oli-led faction.

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NCP’s Oli-led faction to organize counter rallies

Published On: January 24, 2021 11:26 AM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: Rival factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party led by KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal have been holding counter rallies against one another.

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All except Oli faction against dissolution of parliament

Published On: January 11, 2021 12:28 PM NPT By: Tapendra Karki

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: After Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli abruptly dissolved parliament on December 20, the entire country, except Oli and his faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), stood against the move. Major political parties of the country, civil society, former chief justices, civic leaders, legal practitioners, indegenous groups and all professionals of the country stand against the dissolution of parliament.

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