DANG, April 18: The chief minister (CM) of Lumbini Province, Jokh Bahadur Mahara, has announced the expansion of his Cabinet.

KATHMANDU, April 17: Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader Surendra Raj Pandey lodged a supplementary writ petition at the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday accusing Gandaki Province chief minister (CM) Khagaraj Adhikari of contempt of court.

KATHMANDU, April 15: A meeting of the Nepali Congress Sudurpaschim Province Parliamentary Party has formally decided to support Laxman Kishore Chaudhary of Nagarik Unmukti Party as the chief minister (CM). Laxman Chaudhary is backed by NUP patron Resham Chaudhary.

KATHMANDU, April 12: Chief minister (CM) of Lumbini Province, Jokh Bahadur Mahara, has officially requested the provincial assembly members to give him their votes of confidence.

BUTWAL, April 12: Newly-appointed chief minister (CM) of Lumbini Province, Jokh Bahadur Mahara, is scheduled to seek a vote of confidence on Friday. The Secretary of the Provincial Assembly, Durlabh Kumar Pun, confirmed that a session of the Lumbini Provincial Assembly has been called for 1 PM today for the CM to seek a vote of confidence.

POKHARA, April 11: The Gandaki Province Chief Minister (CM) Khagaraj Adhikari has split two provincial ministries to accommodate all coalition parties in the Cabinet. With this, the number of ministries in the province has increased from seven to nine.

POKHARA, April 7: The Nepali Congress (NC) is preparing to challenge the appointment of Khagraj Adhikari as the chief minister (CM) of Gandaki Province at the Supreme Court (SC).

KATHMANDU, April 5: The CPN (Maoist Center) has formally staked its claim to the post of chief minister (CM) of Lumbini Province.

KATHMANDU, April 4: Lumbini Chief Minister (CM) Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary has resigned from his post.

DANG, April 4; Jokh Bahadur Mahara, the leader of the CPN (Maoist Center) Parliamentary Party in Lumbini Province Assembly, is set to be appointed as the Chief Minister (CM) of the province.

KATHMANDU, April 3: Ranjita Shrestha, the chairperson of the Nagarik Unmukti Party (NUP), has instructed the provincial assembly members elected from the party not to give a vote of confidence to Chief Minister (CM) Kamal Bahadur Shah of Sudurpaschim Province.

DHANKUTA, March 26: The chief minister (CM) of Koshi Province, Kedar Karki, has asserted that the Koshi government is committed to the development of the hilly areas in the province.

DHANUSHA, Jan 4: Chief minister (CM) of Madhesh Province, Saroj Kumar Yadav, has pledged to prevent corruption in the province.

KATHMANDU, Dec 28: In a concerted effort to advocate their rights, the chief ministers (CMs) from all seven provinces are gathering in Hetauda on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, October 15: Newly-appointed chief minister (CM) of Koshi Province, Kedar Karki visited Balkot to have a meeting with CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

MYAGDI, Oct 5: The chief minister (CM) of Gandaki Province, Surendra Raj Pandey, has said preparations have been made for the operation of the Korala cross-border checkpoint in Mustang.

BIRATNAGAR, Oct 4: The fourth session of the Koshi Provincial Assembly is starting today. On the recommendation of the provincial government, the Province chief Parshuram Khapung called the session from 1PM today.

KATHMANDU, Sept 1: The hearing on the writ petition against the Koshi government will be held on the 3rd of September.

MORANG, Aug 16: On Wednesday, the Chief Minister (CM) of Koshi Province, Uddhav Thapa, expanded the cabinet and appointed a member of the Nepali Congress as a Minister of State. Gayanand Mandal, the newly appointed Minister of State for Industries, Agriculture and Cooperatives of Koshi Province, has taken the oath of office and secrecy.

KATHMANDU, August 1: In Koshi Province, the ruling coalition has planned to secure a majority in the provincial assembly and is preparing to stake claim to the position of Chief Minister today. Himal Karki, Deputy leader of Nepali Congress, said that they are preparing to stake claim to the position of Chief Minister by gathering 47 votes in favor of Uddhav Thapa, the leader of the Nepali Congress parliamentary party in the provincial assembly. The deadline given by the Province Chief Parshuram Khapung to stake claim to the position of Chief Minister is ending at 5PM today.

BIRATNAGAR, July 7: Chief Minister of Koshi Province, Uddhab Thapa, who was appointed to the post on Thursday, has taken the oath of office and secrecy.

KATHMANDU, July 7: The newly-appointed Chief Minister (CM) of Koshi Province Uddhav Thapa will take oath of office and secrecy today.

BIRATNAGAR, July 6: Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party (PP) leader Uddhav Thapa has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Koshi Province.

KATHMANDU, June 26: Hikmat Kumar Karki, the chief minister (CM) of Koshi Province, has recommended to the province chief to convene a special session of the provincial assembly for the purpose of taking a vote of confidence at 1 PM on June 29.

JANAKPURDHAM, June 14: Saroj Kumar Yadav, the chief minister (CM) of Madhesh Province, has received the vote of confidence for a second time. On Tuesday, all 103 provincial assembly members present in the provincial assembly gave their vote of confidence to CM Yadav.

DAMAULI, May 22: Chief Minister (CM) of Gandaki Province, Surendra Raj Pandey today said the role of the Nepal Army in controlling incidents of natural disasters and in search and rescue efforts has been highly commendable.

LEKHNATH, May 21: Gandaki Province Chief Minister (CM) Surendra Raj Pandey has said the provincial government will come up with the Communications Bill soon.

DANG, April 28: Chief Minister (CM) of Lumbini Province, Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary has formed a four-member Council of Ministers.

LUMBINI , April 27: Parliamentary party leader of the Nepali Congress (NC) in Lumbini Province, Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary, staked his claim to the post of chief minister of Lumbini Province today.

DANG, April 24: Chief Minister (CM) of  Lumbini Province, Leela Giri did not get a vote of confidence. CM Giri, who asked for a vote of confidence in today's meeting of the provincial assembly, got only 33 votes in his favor.

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Sudurpaschim Province Chief Minister (CM) Kamal Bahadur Shah is scheduled to take the oath of office and secrecy at 3:30 PM today. He is to be sworn in by Province Chief Dev Raj Joshi.

JANAKPUR, Jan 13: The newly-appointed chief minister (CM) of Madhesh Province, Saroj Kumar Yadav, along with three ministers, took the oath of office and secrecy amidst a special function today. Province Chief Harishankar Mishra administered the oath to Chief Minister Yadav and three ministers on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The newly-appointed Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Shalikram Jammkattel, has met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

DHANGADHI, Jan 11: Rajendra Singh Rawal, a politburo member of CPN-UML and co-in-charge of the province, has staked his claim to the post of provincial chief while Debraj Joshi is seeking the post of chief minister of Sudurpaschim Province.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: CPN (Maoist Centre) leader Rajkumar Sharma has been appointed as the chief minister of Karnali Province.

MAKWANPUR, Jan 10: The newly appointed chief minister (CM) of Bagmati Province Salikram Jamkattel has taken the oath of office and secrecy. Maoist Central Parliamentary Party leader Jamkattel was administered the oath by Province Chief Yadav Chandra Sharma on Tuesday morning. He was appointed as the chief minister on Monday according to Sub-article 2 of Article 168 of the Constitution of Nepal.

POKHARA, Jan 9: Khagaraj Adhikari of the CPN-UML has staked his claim to the post of chief minister (CM) of Gandaki Province. Adhikari will be submitting his claim to the Province Chief today. Adhikari, who is also the leader of the CPN-UML Gandaki Province Parliamentary Party, is going to present the claim to the Province Chief Prithvi Man Gurung with the signatures of the majority of members of the provincial assembly.

MORANG, Feb 17: Chief Minister at Province-1 Rajendra Kumar Rai has said the Cabinet was expanded to lessen the burden and address political needs. CM Rai argued that the previous government had not done any good work.

KATHMANDU, Oct 27: Yadav Chandra Sharma, chief of Bagmati Province, has called on the provincial assembly members to stake claim to the post of chief minister (CM) of Bagmati Province which remains vacant following the resignation of CM Asta Laxmi Shakya earlier on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, June 8: The Madhav Kumar Nepal led-faction of CPN UML has decided to support the Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province, Trilochan Bhatta, who is seeking a vote of confidence in the provincial assembly today. However, the KP Sharma Oli led-faction of the party has decided not to give a vote to CM Bhatta.

BUTWAL, May 3: Four opposition parties in Lumbini Province have announced to initiate legal and political battle against the Chief Minister(CM) Shankar Pokharel.

BUTWAL, May 2: The resignation of the chief minister of Lumbini Province, Shankar Pokharel has been approved.

SURKET, Dec 25: Chief Minister of Karnali State Government, Mahendra Bahadur Shahi has urged one and all in his province to work for the overall development and prosperity of Karnali State and country as a whole.

DHANUSHA, August 7: State 2 Chief Minister Lal Babu Raut has accused the federal government of creating barriers for building an industrial atmosphere in the state.

RUPANDEHI, May 16: Chief Minister (CM) of Province 5, Shankar Pokharel, and Governor of Gansu Province of the People's Republic of China, Tang Renjian, held an official meeting on at the chief minister's office on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: While complaining that the failure on the part of the federal government to introduce necessary federal legislations on time had greatly hampered their day to day work, chief ministers (CM) of various provincial governments have asked Prime Minister KP Oli to introduce the legislations including those related to federal civil servants and the federal police at the earliest.

RUPANDEHI, Nov 11: Province 5's chief minister, Shankar Pokhrel met China's ambassador to Nepal, Yu Hong and dwelt into possibilities of Chinese investment in the province.

BIRATNAGAR, Sept 30: Province 1 Chief Minister (CM) Sherdhan Rai has initiated discussions to seek support for his proposal to decentralize the provincial capital by scattering ministries in various districts of the province.

BIRATNAGAR, July 30 : Chief Minister of Province 1 Sherdhan Rai today said the provincial government was all prepared for disaster management during the monsoon.

PARSA, June 22: Province 2 Chief Minister Lalbabu Raut has urged media to play a positive role for the causes of social transformation and positive changes in the society.