KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Acting Prime Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka held discussions on Thursday with key officials regarding the overall situation in the country.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: President Ramchandra Paudel has assigned Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka to work as Acting Prime Minister during the absence of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in office.

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka has said Nepal is committed to manage as many as 10,000 army personnel for the UN peacekeeping operations around the world.

KATHMANDU, Dec 4: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs left for Ghana last night to attend the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial.

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka has instructed the concerned agencies to immediately start construction of temporary housing for the earthquake survivors.

KATHMANDU, Nov 9: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Purna Bahadur Khadka has canceled his official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Purna Bahadur Khadka has said that saving the lives of the people injured in the earthquake is the first priority for the government at present.

KATHMANDU, Oct 29: A meeting between the visiting United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense, Purna Bahadur Khadka, is underway at Singha Durbar.

KATHMANDU, Sept 22: Acting Prime Minister and Defence Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka has directed the government talks team to conclude the dialogue with the agitating teachers today itself.

KATHMANDU, Sept 2: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba reached the Chhauni-based Birendra Sainik Hospital today and took stock of the health of party Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: A delegation from the Thai Nepal Association on Monday paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Purna Bahadur Khadka.

KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka has said that the new Civil Service Act would be in the welfare of all service seekers and employees.

KATHMANDU, Aug 16: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense, Purna Bahadur Khadka, has said the Federal Civil Service Bill will be presented in the House within a week.

KATHMANDU, Aug 10: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense, Purna Bahadur Khadka, has spoken of the need of support and cooperation from all quarters to complete the Kathmandu-Terai/Madhesh Fast Track Project within the stipulated timeline.

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka has directed the Nepali Army (NA) to make its aviation service further credible and service-orientated.

KATHMANDU, July 21: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Purna Bahadur Khadka has said that Nepal and Republic of Korea should work to further deepen the bilateral relations and ensure cooperation.

KATHMANDU, July 17: The Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Nepal, Abdulla Al Shamsi, paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka at his office in Singha Durbar on Monday.

KATHMANDU, June 26: Deputy Prime Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka, who also serves as the Defense Minister, has said that it is inappropriate to reduce the number of personnel in the Nepali Army.

KATHMANDU, June 14: Nepali Congress (NC) has designated its Vice-President Purna Bahadur Khadka as the Acting President. Khadka is also the Chief of Central Policy, Research and Training Academy of the party.

KATHMANDU, April 19:  Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Purna Bahadur Khadka has taken charge as the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.

SURKHET, April 8: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Purna Bahadur Khadka has said that his party, Nepali Congress (NC), will join Karnali Province government soon.

KATHMANDU, March 27: Purna Bahadur Khadka, vice president of Nepali Congress, admitted that he had violated the rules of the House of Representatives and apologized.

KATHMANDU, March 26: Nepali Congress (NC) Vice President Purna Bahadur Khadka has apologized after CPN-UML Whip Mahesh Bartaula raised objections in parliament.

KATHMANDU, Jan 29: Purna Bahadur Khadka, vice-president  of Nepali Congress (NC), has said that the date of the presidential election should be fixed.

SURKHET, Jan 15: Nepali Congress (NC) Vice President and former Home Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka has monitored the development plans implemented in his constituency, Surkhet-1. Khadka, a member of the House of Representatives, monitored the Road Bridge and Mehalkuna Hospital.

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: A meeting was held between Nepali Congress (NC) Vice-President Purna Bahadur Khadka and Janamat Party's Chairperson Dr Chandrakant Raut on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Purna Bahadur Khadka, Vice President of Nepali Congress, has said that there is no alternative to NC parliamentary party leader other than party president Sher Bahadur Deuba.

KATHMANDU, June 25: Nepali Congress (NC) Vice-President Purna Bahadur Khadka has been appointed as the chief of the party's Central Policy, Research and Training Academy.

KATHMANDU, April 1: Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has appointed the party’s Vice-president Purna Bahadur Khadka as the acting president of NC.

KATHMANDU, March 9: The ruling Nepali Congress(NC) has said that it will make a decision whether to forge electoral alliance with coalition partners in the upcoming local level election only after completing the party's first phase of election campaign.

KATHMANDU, Dec 16: Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhan Raj Gurung have been elected as Vice Presidents of Nepali Congress (NC).

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Purna Bahadur Khadka has contracted COVID-19.