KATHMANDU, May 20: Dr Khim Lal Devkota of the opposition alliance has secured victory in the National Assembly be-election held for a vacant post in Bagmati Province. Dr Devkota secured a total of 5,088 weightage of votes, defeating his nearest rival Ram Bahadur Thapa "Badal", who served as the home minister in the KP Oli-led cabinet.

KATHMANDU, May 19: The intraparty difference that seemingly came to an end through talks between Chairman KP Oli and the rival faction-led by Madhav Kumar Nepal in the ruling CPM-UML a few weeks ago has surfaced once again in the by-election being held for a vacant seat in the National Assembly on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, May 7: The ruling CPN-UML has decided to field Home Minister and party leader Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Badal' as its candidate for upcoming by-polls for a vacant seat in the National Assembly (NA).

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KATHMANDU, April 18: Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa, who lost his ministerial post after the CPN (Maoist Center) relieved him from the post of party’s lawmaker, is taking the oath of office and secrecy again as the home minister later today.

KATHMANDU, April 9: The CPN (Maoist Center) has taken disciplinary action against Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, who is also a member of the National Assembly, as he decided to stay in the CPN–UML following the Supreme Court’s March 7 order to revive the Maoist Center and the UML.

KALIKOT, Jan 25: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa today said that upcoming mid-term elections may postpone when the court delays its verdict on the dissolution of the House of Representatives that is sub-judice in the court.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: A Secretariat member of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Ram Bahadur Thapa has said that the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) will steer the country toward stability and revolutionary transformation.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: A secretariat member of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Ram Bahadur Thapa has reached Baluwatar in the capital to attend the ongoing central working committee meeting of a faction close to the party Chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

KATHMANDU, Dec 21:  After Minister for Home Affairs (MoHA), Ram Bahadur Thapa silently supported Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on the latter’s move to dissolve the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday, the leaders of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) close to Home Minister Thapa have expressed discontentment arguing that he [Thapa] should not have been an ally to the PM’s dramatic move.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: In a series of meetings on Saturday, the Chairman of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and  Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reached Pulchowk to meet the Minister for Home Affairs (MoHA) and party’s Secretariat member Ram Bahadur Thapa at the latter’s official residence.

KATHMANDU, Nov 1: A member of the secretariat of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Ram Bahadur Thapa, has been making efforts to settle the disputes floated recently within the party.

KATHMANDU, Oct 16: Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa has hinted at acting tough on the underground Netra Bikram Chand-led Nepal Communist Party (NCP).

BAGLUNG, Sept 4: Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa, distributed relief materials to the flood victims in Dhorpatan today. He also visited the flood-hit area of Dhorpatan Municipality-9.

KATHMANDU, Aug 8: The coronavirus test report of Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has come negative.

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KATHMANDU, Oct 14: Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa has thanked the security personnel for their efforts to make two-day state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping a grand success.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa, has directed the concerned authorities to clear the traffic jam and make vehicular movement smooth along Naubise-Kalanki road section.

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JANAKPURDHAM, April 27: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has said he has no idea that how State 2 government gave its view about hiring own Chief District Officer.

BIRATNAGAR, April 25: The government has claimed that it has been able to improve safety and security than the incumbent government. According to the Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa, the country was “safer” than the past after the Nepal Communist Party led the government.

POKHARA, April 7: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’ has said the provision on the citizenship by descent came as per the court verdict and the constitution.

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KATHMANDU, Oct 27: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has instructed the National Information Department (NID) to intensify surveillance on forces trying to incite instability in the country.

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CHITWAN, Oct 3: The government plans to start a new campaign to end domestic violence,  Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa said. This will succeed previous campaigns the KP Sharma Oli government has initiated over the past couple of months.

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KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa has disclosed that Nirmala Panta’s father was made to put his thumbprint on a backdated First Information Report on the rape and murder of his daughter.

KATHMANDU, Sept 14: Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Badal' said, the Kanchanpur investigation has reached its final phase. Thapa stressed that government is seriously taking the case of Nirmala Panta while addressing the National Assembly parliament.

KATHMANDU, Sept 2:  Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Badal' has said that bringing all agitating sides into the mainstream of the politics was the need of the hour.

KATHMANDU, Aug 31: Lenin Bista has filed a case against Ministry of Home Affairs and Tribhuwan International Airport's immigration department at the Supreme Court .