SOCIETY
19 detained for power hooking in Lahan
19 detained for power hooking in Lahan
LAHAN, May 10: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Distribution Center at Lahan on Tuesday detained 19 individuals on charges of power hooking.
May 10, 2017
SPECIAL, ELECTION
Polls expenditure ceiling criticized as impractical
Polls expenditure ceiling criticized as impractical
POKHARA, May 9: The Election Commission (EC) has set ceilings on expenditures that candidates competing in local elections at various levels can make. According the directive, mayoral and deputy mayoral candidates of a metropolitan city have been given the maximum budget ceiling of Rs 750,000.
May 10, 2017
SOCIETY
Gangster Chakre Milan arrested
Gangster Chakre Milan arrested
KATHMANDU, May 9: Two days after the arrest of gangster Deepak Manange, the Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD) arrested another notorious gangster Chakre Milan from Kathmandu on Tuesday.
May 10, 2017
WORLD
Trump fires FBI Director Comey, setting off U.S. political storm
Trump fires FBI Director Comey, setting off U.S. political s...
WASHINGTON, May 10: U.S. President Donald Trump ignited a political firestorm on Tuesday by firing FBI Director James Comey, who had been leading an investigation into the Trump 2016 presidential campaign's possible collusion with Russia to influence the election outcome.
May 10, 2017
WORLD
South Korea’s newly elected liberal president starts duties
South Korea’s newly elected liberal president starts duties
SEOUL, May 10: Hours after celebrating his election win with thousands of supporters in wet Seoul streets, new South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday was quickly thrown into the job of leading a nation deeply split over its future and faced with growing threats from North Korea and an unea...
May 10, 2017
POLITICS
PM, speaker, attorney general skip Law Day function
PM, speaker, attorney general skip Law Day function
KATHMANDU, May 9 : In what could be seen as a growing rift between the executive and legislative branches on one hand and the judiciary on the other, following the impeachment motion brought against the chief justice, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar skipped the Law...
May 10, 2017
POLITICS
PM in last ditch efforts for amendment
PM in last ditch efforts for amendment
KATHMANDU, May 10: In an effort to get the constitution amendment bill passed before stepping down, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has started negotiations with the main opposition CPN-UML and the agitating Madhes-based political parties.
May 10, 2017
ECONOMY
NEA chief says LED lamps instrumental for demand-side management
NEA chief says LED lamps instrumental for demand-side manage...
KATHMANDU, May 10: Kulman Ghising, the managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), on Tuesday said that the power utility was buying energy-efficient LED lamps from India to enhance its demand-side management.
May 10, 2017
ELECTION
Parties holding felicitation programs to woo elderly voters
Parties holding felicitation programs to woo elderly voters
JHAPA, May 10: As part of their poll campaigns, political parties in Jhapa are trying to woo the senior citizens by conducting various programs in their honor.
May 10, 2017
ELECTION
Poll candidates snub displaced flood victims
Poll candidates snub displaced flood victims
SURKHET, May 10: Ramkumari Khatri's house got washed away by landslides in the monsoon three years ago. Since then, the displaced family of Birendranagr-11 has been living in a camp in the same locality. Many leaders visited the camp and assured dozens of victims like her of better days ahead. They...
May 10, 2017