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Election fervor grips parties, voters
Published On: April 3, 2017 09:58 AM NPT By: Mahesh Kumar Das
MAHOTTARI, April 3: People are taking about local elections only at teashops, colleges and other public places these days. Though Madhes was not very happy about the new constitution and so was its reaction to the announcement of local polls, the scenario has now changed.
Former PM Bhattarai detained with scores of protesters
Published On: April 3, 2017 09:24 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, April 3: Police detained scores of protesters at Kantipath on Sunday, including Naya Shakti Nepal (NSN) Coordinator Baburam Bhattarai and Hisila Yami, after hundreds of people took to the streets to demonstrate against the Election Commission’s decision not to give election symbol to party having no representation in the legislature parliament.
Democracy becomes much dearer
Published On: April 3, 2017 06:00 AM NPT By: Rudra Pangeni
KATHMANDU, April 2: The upcoming election is going to be about twice as costly as that of 17 years ago, even after adjusting for inflation. Government data shows that spending for the parliamentary election in 1999 was Rs 2.75 billion while the estimated spending for the upcoming local election is projected at Rs 20 billion. Adjusting Rs 2.75 billion for an average annual inflation rate of 8 percent over 17 years would result in a figure of around Rs 10 billion.
Over 14 million eligible to vote in local polls
Published On: April 3, 2017 05:00 AM NPT By: Bhadra Sharma
KATHMANDU, April 2: As part of final preparations for the May 14 local elections, the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday finalized the list of eligible voters.
Aspiring candidates eyeing only higher positions
Published On: April 3, 2017 04:47 AM NPT By: Maheshwor Chamling Rai
UDAYAPUR, April 2: As the local level election draws nearer, political parties' have started forming strategies to grab all the higher level positions in the local units due to which smaller positions have been undermined.
Govt fails to respond to UNHRC queries
Published On: April 3, 2017 03:04 AM NPT By: Deepak Kharel
KATHMANDU, April 2: Though a signatory to the UN Convention against Torture (CaT), Nepal has long ignored the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)'s repeated calls to brief the UN body on hundreds of conflict-era cases where the state and the Maoist rebels allegedly resorted to extreme torture tactics.
PM Dahal assures local level elections in normal environment
Published On: April 2, 2017 07:47 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, April 2: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has urged all not to harbor doubts on free and fair local level elections.
Committee to government: Send workers in Gulf countries only after labour pact
Published On: April 2, 2017 07:36 PM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, April 2: The International Relations and Labor Committee under the Legislature-Parliament which had declared a role of immigration employees in illegally sending Nepali women to the Gulf countries a week back, has directed the Council of Ministers to completely ban the sending of Nepali workers to such countries until they came with a substantive law relating to domestic help and made a bilateral labour agreement with Nepal.
14,054,482 to vote in local elections
Published On: April 2, 2017 07:03 PM NPT By: Bhadra Sharma
KATHMANDU, April 2: The Election Commission has finalized the number of voters for the upcoming local level elections.
Contempt of court case against NC chief Deuba
Published On: April 2, 2017 06:34 PM NPT By: Bhadra Sharma
KATHMANDU, April 2: A contempt of court case has been filed against the Nepali Congress and its President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday.
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