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Govt should hold elections at any cost: Acharya

DANG Feb 10: Constitution expert Nilambar Acharya has opined for completing three-tier of elections within 11 months.
Feb 10, 2017
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Elections within Jestha: State Minister Jwarachan

KAWASOTI, Feb 10: State Minister for Commerce Subarna Jwarachan has claimed that the local body elections will take place before the Nepali month of Jestha.
Feb 10, 2017
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Bhutanese refugee resettlement yet to resume

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: The third-country resettlement program for the Bhutanese refugees in the US that came to an abrupt halt after the executive order of President Donald Trump has yet to resume even after the federal court stayed the order that temporarily banned admission of refugees.
Feb 10, 2017
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Govt mulls sending LLRC report back to commission

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: In a move that the opposition party describes as the government's ploy to delay the local polls, the ruling parties have planned to send the report of the local level restructuring commission (LLRC) back to the same body for revision.
Feb 10, 2017
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Agitating lawyers agree for talks

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Agitating lawyers from various Madhes districts have agreed to sit for a dialogue with the Nepal Bar Association (NBA).
Feb 10, 2017
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Transitional justice mechanisms get one year term extension

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: The government has decided to extend the terms of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappearance (CIEDP) by a year, effective from Thursday.
Feb 09, 2017
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It’s up to govt to purchase voting machine: EC Yadav

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Chief Commissioner of the Election Commission (EC) has said that it is up to the government to buy an electronic voting machine.
Feb 09, 2017
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Country will fall into quagmire without elections: Leader Kh...

ILAM, Feb 9: CPN-UML senior leader and former Prime Minister Jhalnath Khanal, has said that the government was not willing to hold elections by plotting different pretext.
Feb 09, 2017
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Magar elected FONIJ Kaski chair

POKHARA (Kaski), Feb 9: The fifth district convention of the Federation of Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities Journalists (FONIJ) has unanimously elected a new working committee under the chairmanship of M B Astha Magar on Wednesday.
Feb 09, 2017
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Ruling parties do not want elections, says Bamdev

BARDIYA, Feb 9: Senior Vice Chairman of the CPN-UML has said that the ruling parties do not want the elections.
Feb 09, 2017