Deuba meets Indian PM Modi in New Delhi

Published On: November 8, 2016 12:08 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: Former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, India on Tuesday morning.

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: Expressing concern over the commitment of the new government to Nepal’s long-held one-China policy, China has registered  strong objections with the government over ‘anti-China’ activities in Nepal in recent days.

DHANGADHI, Nov 8: Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Shashank Koirala has said that the reported participation of the party president Sher Bahadur Deuba as speaker in a conference in India along with the leader of Tibetan government in exile, to China’s irritation, was ‘inappropriate’.

Security tightened for PM's visit

Published On: November 8, 2016 10:59 AM NPT By: Republica

KHOTANG, Nov 8: The local authorities have upped the security alert level in the district for the visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

KATHMANDU, Nov 7: Education Minister Dhani Ram Paudel has failed to translate his pledges including formation of Education Council within a month.

Americans to vote for 45th president today

Published On: November 8, 2016 01:30 AM NPT By: Nabin Khatiwada

NEW YORK, Nov 8: Media in the United States have termed the 2016 presidential election  'a race like no other' race. Americans are found using terms like 'unprecedented', 'unique', 'crazy' and 'really the low one' to define the election race of 2016.

Twitter, Facebook push up complaints at Hello Sarkar

Published On: November 8, 2016 01:20 AM NPT By: Gyan P Neupane

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: Social media has reversed the trend of public complaints registered at Hello Sarkar, a popular government desk that receives grievances from the general public both within and outside the country.

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: The National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) is flooded with over 173,000 complaints relating to the grant amounts from earthquake victims in the 14 most-affected earthquake hit districts and the number of complaints is only increasing with each passing day. However, the authority has been too slow to sort out the complaints, preventing many eligible victims from receiving the housing grant amount.

Hearings on petition against Karki's perks Thursday

Published On: November 8, 2016 12:00 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: The Supreme Court (SC) has scheduled for Tuesday the hearings on a petition demanding halt to the salary, perks and other government incentives being provided to the suspended CIAA Chief Lokman Singh Karki.

Discharged Maoist combatants stage protest at Maoist party office

Published On: November 7, 2016 10:00 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, Nov 7: Former Maoist combatants discharged by United Nations mission have picketed Parisdanda, the headquarters of ruling CPN (Maoist Center) on Monday evening.