UML takes lead with 9,000 votes in KMC mayoral poll

Published On: May 22, 2017 02:46 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22:  CPN-UML mayoral candidate of Kathmandu Metropolitan Bidya Sundar Shakya is taking lead with 9,000 votes.

UML wins Kageshwari-Manohara mayoral race

Published On: May 22, 2017 02:21 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: UML candidate Krishna Hari Thapa has won the mayoral race of Kageshwari Manohara Municipality.

EC rejects PM's request to increase local units

Published On: May 22, 2017 05:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: The Election Commission (EC) has turned down Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's request to increase the number of local units in tarai districts before second round of local elections.

Madhesi parties in bid for poll alliance

Published On: May 22, 2017 03:54 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 21: Three Madhes-based parties have inched closer to forging an electoral alliance in a bid to compete with the national parties in the second-phase  local elections slated for June 14.

DANG/RUKUM, May 22: While the government was preparing to conduct local elections back in 1992, Jhakku Prasad Gharti of Triveni, Rukum, was instructed by his Communist party to protest against the election.  The local administration arrested him and put him behind the bars for two months on charge of obstructing the polls.

Petition against govt plan to withdraw Tikapur cases

Published On: May 22, 2017 01:20 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court on Sunday against the government's decision to withdraw the cases against those accused in the 2015 Tikapur killings.

Prez to unveil govt policies, program Thursday

Published On: May 22, 2017 12:40 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: President Bidya Bhandari is set to unveil the policies and programs of the government for the upcoming fiscal year, in parliament Thursday.

Hearings panel endorses Basnyat for CIAA chief

Published On: May 22, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 22: The Parliamentary Hearings Special Committee (PHSC) on Sunday endorsed a government decision to appoint Deep Basnyat as chief commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA).

CoAS Chhetri holds meetings with senior US Army officials

Published On: May 21, 2017 10:30 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 21: Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Rajendra Chhetri has paid courtesy call on US Army Pacific Commanding General Robert B Brown in Honolulu, Hawaii.

KATHMANDU, May 21: A writ petition has been filed at Supreme Court against government's decision to withdraw the cases of those accused of involving in the notorious Tikapur incident.