RUPANDEHI, April 5: Jokh Bahadur Mahara, the leader of the CPN (Maoist Center) parliamentary party in Lumbini Province, has been appointed as the chief minister (CM) of the province.

KATHMANDU, March 6: Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary has dismissed two provincial ministers affiliated with CPN (Maoist Center) from their positions.

KATHMANDU, April 28:  The newly appointed Chief Minister (CM) of Lumbini Province, Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary, has taken the oath of office and secrecy.

BUTWAL, April 19: A no-confidence motion has been registered against Shankar Pokharel, Chief Minister of Lumbini Province.

BUTWAL, Jan 12: Defending the dissolution of the 275-member House of Representatives (HoR) by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, one of his close aids Shankar Pokharel has said that the dark clouds in the Nepali political sky would clear after the elections announced for April and May this year.