KATHMANDU, Jan 6: The police have apprehended nine individuals, including senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govind KC, for staging a protest in the prohibited area of Maitighar Mandala.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Nepali orthopedic surgeon and philanthropic activist Prof Dr Govinda KC is going to start Satyagraha (fast-unto-death) from today.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: Renowned Nepali orthopedic surgeon and philanthropic activist, Prof Dr Gobinda KC, has demanded the immediate removal of Mohan Bahadur Basnet from the post of Minister for Health and Population.

KATHMANDU, Sept 15: Dr Govinda KC, who has been demanding medical education reforms, has postponed his hunger strike for three months.

KATHMANDU, Sept 1: Dr Govinda KC has announced that he will start a Satyagraha (fast-unto-death) from September 15 if his demands are not met.

KATHMANDU, July 31: Nepali orthopedic surgeon and philanthropic activist Dr Govind KC has announced Satyagraha (fast-unto-death) from August 14.

KATHMANDU, Oct 28: Dr Govinda KC, who several years ago launched a campaign to improve medical education, has warned to disobey the instructions issued by the Election Commission (EC) against the 'No Not Again' campaign.

KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Dr Govinda KC has given a seven-day ultimatum to the government to resolve the issue of the Medical Education Commission.

KATHMANDU, Oct 14: The government has decided to approve and implement the agreement reached between the government and Dr Govinda KC.

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: The government and Prof Dr Govinda KC, who was on a hunger strike for 13 days demanding reforms in the health sector, forged a 10-point deal on Saturday evening.

SUDURPASCHIM, Sept 21: Agitating Dr Govinda KC, who has been staging hunger strike in Dhangadhi for nine days, denied the request to be airlifted for treatment despite his deteriorating health condition.

KATHMANDU, September 14: It has been three days since Dr Govinda KC started his 20th fast-unto-death in Dhangadhi. He has made a seven-point demand including improvement of medical education and the health sector. On the third day, Dr. Kc's health has been deteriorating.

KATHMANDU, September 12:Dr Govinda KC is going to start his 20th Satyagraha (fast-unto-death) from Dhangadhi today. He is going to start satyagraha saying that the six-point demand put forward by him has not been addressed.

KATHMANDU, August 18: Prof Dr Govinda KC, who has been running campaigns to bring about reforms in the medical sector in Nepal for years, has postponed his scheduled protest programs after holding talks with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday.

Dr KC’s 20th round of hunger strike was to begin on Wednesday

​As COVID-19 cases are making new records every day, the government on Sunday “hinted” at imposing lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.

KATHMANDU, Oct 11: The government and Dr Govinda KC reached an eight-point agreement on Saturday midnight.

Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Bhattarai was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: The Nepal Medical Association has decided to shut down all services except those to emergency and COVID-19 cases from Sunday in a bid to pressurize the government to fulfill the demands of Dr Govinda KC.

NEPALGUNJ, Oct 10: Civil society activists in Nepalgunj have started a relay hunger strike to express their solidarity with senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC and exert pressure on the government to address his demands.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: The talks between the government and the agitating Dr Govinda KC have failed yet again after Minister for Education Giriraj Mani Pokharel allegedly turned down some of the key agreements reached at the level of talks team of both the sides. At the heart of the dispute between the two sides lies on an arrangement to appoint office bearers at the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Tribhuvan University

eSewa has suffered a massive data breach, exposing email addresses, phone numbers and passwords and other details of an undetermined number of its users.

KATHMANDU, Oct 9: The demands presented by senior orthopedic surgoen Dr Govinda KC are politically driven, and are not only related to bringing reforms in the medical education sector of the country, a Cabinet minister has claimed.

The government is looking to impose quota restriction on the import of betel nuts, peas, dates and peppercorns that are largely imported from third countries to smuggle them to India.

BIRGUNJ, Oct 8: Different groups have staged demonstrations in Birgunj to express their solidarity with the ongoing hunger strike of senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC.

KATHMANDU, Oct 8: Demanding the government save the life of Dr Govinda KC, Nepal Medical Association (NMA) has unveiled a series of protest programs starting Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Expressing serious concerns over the ongoing fast-unto-death by Dr Govinda KC, four former Prime Ministers have urged the government to take immediate initiatives to save the life of Dr KC.

The Tatopani border point has again shut down in less than a day after it became operational.

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: Expressing serious concern over the ongoing fast-unto-death by Dr Govinda KC, a group of 16 civil society members on Tuesday urged the government to immediately address the demands raised by Dr KC.

KATHMANDU, Oct 6: A government team on Tuesday visited Dr Govinda KC who is on the 23rd day of his 19th fast-unto-death seeking reforms in Nepal’s medical education sector.

POKHARA, Oct 5: Youths in Pokhara staged a demonstration on Monday to express their solidarity with Dr Govinda KC.

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: Resident doctors of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Maharajgunj on Monday held a protest rally in the capital city expressing solidarity with senior orthopaedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC.

KATHMANDU, Oct 5: The health of senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC, who is on a fast-unto-death, has become critical as his hunger strike has already crossed 21 days.

KATHMANDU, Oct 2: While stating that the majority of the demands put forth by senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda KC have already been fulfilled and a few others are in the process of implementation, the government has urged the agitating Dr KC to withdraw his hunger strikes.

The government has appointed Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi as the chief secretary.

The Constitutional Bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra SJB Rana has begun testing the constitutional ground of the appointment ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Vice Chairman Bamdev Gautam as a member of National Assembly (NA) and his possible appointment as a minister.

Those arrested have been kept at Nepal Police Health Club

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Yogesh Bhattarai has said that there is no alternative to the Nijgadh International Airport in Bara as the capacity of the only international airport in the country – the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) – is sure to get saturated in the near future.

Pillar number 11 erected in the Lalung area in Namkha Rural Municipality-6 of Humla along the Nepal-China border which was said to have been missing for several years was recovered on Thursday.

Dr Govinda KC was brought to Kathmandu on Tuesday, and he was forcibly taken to the National Turma Center. Dr KC, a senior orthopedic surgeon, who has been staging a hunger strike for the 19th time demanding reforms in the medical sector, was brought to Kathmandu through a flight at 11:45 AM. Although he wanted to go to TU Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, the police had forcibly taken him to the National Trauma Center as soon as he landed in Kathmandu. He managed to leave the Trauma Center with the help of his aides later in the evening and was admitted to TU Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj.

KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Dr Govinda KC who was brought to Kathmandu earlier Tuesday has been forcibly taken to the National Turma Center. Dr KC, a senior orthopedic surgeon, who has been staging a hunger strike for the 19th time demanding reforms in the medical sector, was brought to Kathmandu through a flight at 11:45 AM.

KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Dr Govinda KC is being brought to Kathmandu from Nepalgunj on Tuesday.

“The government has always agreed to fulfill my demands, but the promises have never been implemented. This fast-unto-death is my decisive battle for reforms in the medical sector."

The senior orthopedic surgeon has put forward a five-point demand  to the government

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: The Supreme Court on Thursday annulled the contempt of court cases filed against Dr Govinda KC and  Kantipur Publications, acquitting them of contempt.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda Kc who was on his 17th hunger strike for reforms in medical education suspended his strike on Tuesday.

Senior orthopedic surgeon and the crusader of medical education reforms in Nepal, Dr Govinda KC, has won millions of admirers since he first started hunger strike to get the government address his demands in 2012.

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Medical reform crusader Dr Govinda KC refused to fly to Kathmandu when police officials reached Dadeldhura District Hospital on Monday to bring him to the capital. Police officials flew in a helicopter to Dadeldhura on the 8th day of Dr KC's hunger strike to bring the agitating doctor to Kathmandu but returned back empty-handed.

DADELDHURA, Nov 11: Senior orthopedic surgeon Dr Govinda Kc has said that every citizen should get access to health and education, but this is still a pie in the sky for many in the country because of the government's apathy.

DADELDHURA, Nov 8: A rally was organized in Dadeldhura on Thursday in support of Dr Govinda KC, who has been on a hunger strike there since Monday.