KREMLIN, July 31: Thousands in Russia protested pending pension reforms over the weekend that would raise the retirement age to 63 for women, 65 for men. Tens of thousands of Russian protested across the country on Saturday to demonstrate against a controversial pension-eligible age hike in parliamentary debate.

KATHMANDU, July 27: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has demanded the post of either speaker or deputy speaker in parliament.

KATHMANDU, June 14: The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) has demanded the resignation of either speaker or deputy speaker of the parliament in line with the constitutional provision of electing the two from different political parties.

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The meeting of the joint task force of CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) has discussed the potential status of both parties in the National Assembly.

CHITWAN, Dec 7: Post election, either of the alliances is likely to secure a majority, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of CPN-Maoist (center) said.

BHIMDUTTANAGAR, Dec2: Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that only his party could lead the nation on the way to prosperity and development.

DANG, Nov 28: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the upcoming election is going to be a decisive event for the people to choose either communist rule or democratic one.

KATHMANDU, Dec 30: Both the ruling and the opposition parties have been unable to make any headway toward ending the month-long deadlock in parliament over the constitution amendment bill.

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — France coach Didier Deschamps has a dilemma in defense for the European Championship quarterfinal against Iceland on Sunday.