KATHMANDU, March 17: Indian Embassy in Nepal has issued a travel advisory to Indians visiting Nepal and suggested not to carry gold ornaments above 50 grams and silver ornaments above 100 grams.

DPM Nidhi discusses Kanchanpur incident with Indian PM Modi

Published On: March 17, 2017 07:16 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 17: Deputy Prime Minister Bimalendra Nidhi on Friday called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at latter's official residence at Lok Kalyan Marga in New Delhi.

EC removes 'Hindu state', 'monarchy' from RPP's statute

Published On: March 17, 2017 06:57 PM NPT By: Bhadra Sharma

KATHMANDU, March 17: The Election Commission has removed 'Hindu state' and 'monarchy' from the party statute of the ruling Rastriya Prajatantra Party. The election body, however, has endorsed 'cow' as the election symbol for the party.

Court sends five into judicial custody for NEA meter tempering

Published On: March 17, 2017 05:15 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 17: Kathmandu District Court ordered to take four Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) staffers and a businessman into judicial custody on the charge of power thefts.

CEC Yadav apprises PM Dahal of poll preparations

Published On: March 17, 2017 01:13 PM NPT By: Bhadra Sharma

KATHMANDU, 17: Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav on Friday urged Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to create conducive environment for the upcoming local polls.

‘Govt committed to fight flow of dirty money’

Published On: March 17, 2017 07:42 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Mar 17: The government is fully committed to combating the flow of dirty money that propagates financial crime, a central bank official said on Thursday.

Four more UDMF parties withdraw support for govt

Published On: March 17, 2017 12:30 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 17: Four more parties in the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) have officially notified Speaker Onsari Gharti about their decision to withdraw support for the government.

Respect election code of conduct: EC

Published On: March 17, 2017 12:10 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 17: The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday urged all the stakeholders to abide by the election code of conduct sincerely for conducting the election in a free, fair and credible manner.

Home ministry seeks security threat reports from districts

Published On: March 17, 2017 12:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 17: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) has issued a circular to district administrations across the country to submit a comprehensive report outlining potential security challenges to the local polls scheduled for May 14 and the measures they would take to meet those challenges.

DHANGADI, March 16: CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli has claimed that the issue of endorsement of the constitution amendment bill being raised by the Madhesh-centric political parties was a pretext to create division between Hill and Tarai.