At House Special Hour, lawmakers stress on local poll

Published On: March 20, 2017 04:54 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 20: Lawmakers, speaking in the special session of today's Parliament meeting, stressed the need of holding local level election in the stipulated time.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Singer and Rastriya Prajatantra Party central committee member Komal Oli sustained injuries as RPP cadres clashed with police in front of the Election Commission.

Parliament endorses constituency delineation bill

Published On: March 20, 2017 04:08 PM NPT By: Ashok Dahal

KATHMANDU, March 20: The Legislature-Parliament has endorsed the Constituency Delineation Bill on Monday.

SC to give verdict on IGP case on Tuesday

Published On: March 20, 2017 04:08 PM NPT By: Bhasha Sharma

KATHMANDU, March 19: Supreme Court (SC) is set to give its verdict on the writ petitions related to Nepal Police IGP appointment row on Tuesday.

DPM Thapa submits memorandum to EC after clash

Published On: March 20, 2017 03:21 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 20: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs, and Local Development and party chairman Kamal Thapa, along with other party leaders, submitted the memorandum to the EC.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Ratriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) cadres on Monday clashed with police as the former moved toward the Office of the Election Commission, Jamal to stage a sit-in against the removal of the terms “Hindu State” and “ constitutional monarchy” from its statute by the Election Commission (EC).

Madhesi leaders smear DCC signboard with black liquid

Published On: March 20, 2017 12:26 PM NPT By: Ritesh Tripathi

BIRGUNJ, March 20: Madhesh-based parties have put black ink-like liquid substance over the façade of the signboard of District Coordination Committee(formerly District Development Committee) to cover the words signifying the recent restructuring of local administrative bodies on Sunday morning.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Although the government started distributing the second tranche of the reconstruction grant some four months ago, less than one percent of the earthquake victims have taken the amount so far.

Temporary police recruitment to start soon

Published On: March 20, 2017 12:10 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 20: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has prepared a proposal seeking permission from the cabinet to recruit 75,000 temporary police for the upcoming local polls. MoHA officials said that the hiring process of temporary police would start once the proposal gets approved by the cabinet.

Gachchhadar's party 'might' join NC

Published On: March 20, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Republica

BIRATNAGAR, March 20: The chairman of Madhesi People's Right's Forum-Democratic, Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar, has expressed his delight regarding the rumors about him joining the Nepali Congress (NC).