KATHMANDU, March 27: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is in the final preparations to give full shape to the cabinet, has held consultation with the top leadership of Nepali Congress and CPN (United Socialists) on Monday.

KATHMANDU, March 27: The Nepali Congress (NC) has called a meeting of the Central Working Committee (CWC) on Tuesday to decide on the ministers who will join the government led by CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

KATHMANDU, March 26:  Nepali Congress (NC) is going to nominate its Central Member Govinda Bhattarai as a candidate for the by-election in Tanahun-1, which is vacant after Ramchandra Paudel was elected to the post of President.

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

KATHMANDU, March 26: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Dr Shekhar Koirala has said that the country is in a serious condition.

KATHMANDU, March 26: The Nepali Congress (NC) is going to support the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP)  in the by-election in Bara-2 on April 23.

DANG, March 26:  Lumbini provincial government will be led by the Nepali Congress (NC).

KATHMANDU, March 26: Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to join the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government under the leadership of the party’s Vice President Purna Bahadur Khadka.

KATHMANDU, March 22: The Nepali Congress (NC)  has decided to give a vote of confidence to Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Shalikram Jamarkattel.

KATHMANDU, March 22: The government has been criticized even by the ruling party leaders after bringing in a law that allows any person's phone to be tapped.

KATHMANDU, March 20: President of the Nepali Congress (NC),  Sher Bahadur Deuba has emphasized the need for moving ahead with consensus on common issues of national concern.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Names of 11 aspiring candidates from the Nepali Congress (NC) have been recommended to the party center for the by-elections to be held on April 25 in Chitwan-2.

KATHMANDU, March 19: The Nepali Congress (NC) is going to participate in the government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

KATHMANDU, March 19: The parliamentary party (PP) meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) is taking place at 12:00 noon today. The meeting is summoned at the Lhotse Hall of the Federal Parliament Building in Naya Baneshwor.

KATHMANDU, March 18: Nepali Congress (NC) has called a meeting of its Central Work Performance Committee.

KATHMANDU, March 15: Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to vote for Ramsahay Prasad Yadav of the Janata Samajbadi Party for vice presidential post, said NC Spokesperson Dr Prakasharan Mahat.

KATHMANDU, March 15: The Nepali Congress (NC) is holding a meeting of the party's Central Work Performance Committee today.

KATHMANDU, March 14: “I will show the difference between the head of state in a monarchy and that in a republic. I will not do anything so as to make the common people suffer.” This is what the then leader of the Nepali Congress, Ram Chandra Paudel, said while asking for votes to be elected as the third president of the country on March 9.

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KATHMANDU, March 10: Ram Chandra Paudel, a senior leader of the Nepali Congress (NC), has been elected as the third president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

KATHMANDU, March 8: A meeting of the eight-party alliance held discussions on the upcoming Presidential election. The meeting was held at the Nepali Congress (NC) Parliamentary Party (PP) office in Singha Durbar.

KATHMANDU, March 6: Senior leader of the Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Poudel has said that he considers the matter of protecting and upholding the constitution and democracy, which he fought for his whole life, to be the most important responsibility as the Head of the State.

KATHMANDU, March 1: A Nepali Congress (NC) meeting organized under the leadership of the party’s president Sher Bahadur Deuba has decided that the party’s office-bearers will lead the province-level meetings of the ruling coalition to be held on March 3.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula has said that the victory of the party's senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel in the presidency is assured.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to make the party’s senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel as the presidential candidate.

KATHMANDU, Feb 25: The ruling party, CPN (Maoist Center), along with seven other political parties in parliament, have decided to endorse the Nepali Congress (NC) candidate for the presidential election scheduled for March 9.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: Major political parties have intensified political meetings to decide on a candidate for the country’s new president.

KATHMANDU, Feb 20: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has promised to the leaders of the Nepali Congress (NC) to support an NC candidate in the presidential election.

SURKHET, Feb 19: Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma has claimed that NC's candidate would be the next president.

KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Prakashman Singh has claimed that the new president of the country will be a candidate proposed by the NC.

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: In a sudden twist in the provincial assembly politics, the Parliamentary Party (PP) leader of the Nepali Congress (NC), Kamal Bahadur Shah, was appointed the Chief Minister of Sudurpashchim Province on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: The Supreme Court has denied issuing an interim order in a writ petition filed against Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba in the status of main opposition leader.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: A writ petition is being heard today demanding that Nepali Congress (NC), the opposition party and the leader of the NC Parliamentary Party (PP), Sher Bahadur Deuba, should not be given the privilege of being the leader of the main opposition party.

There should be a provision for organizing programs to train the party activists and make them efficient regarding the party's principle, ideology, philosophy, policy, and program.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Nepali Congress (NC) rival faction leader Dr. Shekhar Koirala has said that the NC will not join the government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Dr Koirala made it clear that the NC will not participate in the government even though there will be a NC candidate for the new president.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The Nepali Congress (NC) has decided not to run against the CPN (Maoist Centre) candidate for the Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Nepali Congress leader Umesh Shrestha is going to go to the Election Commission (EC) with the demand that he be declared as winner from Chitwan Constituency-2.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma has said that the person proposed by the NC must be made the new President of the country. During a conversation with journalists in Ilam today, he said that the person proposed by the Congress will be the new President.

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: A Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) scheduled to be held on Sunday has been postponed until further notice.

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Nepali Congress (NC) Spokesperson Dr. Prakasharan Mahat has said that the NC decided to support the government for national consensus.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: The Federal Parliament Secretariat has recognized the Nepali Congress (NC) as the main opposition party.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Chief whip of the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party, Ramesh Lekhak has said that the government cannot be apathetic toward the House of Representatives, absolute toward the victims' families and deviate from its duty toward the people.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma has said that the person proposed by the Nepali Congress (NC) will become the President.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: The Nepali Congress (NC) has started discussing the election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives with the parties that have not participated in the government.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: The Nepali Congress (NC) will nominate its candidate for the post of Speaker of the House of Representatives after discussing with the allied parties.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: Nepali Congress (NC) has failed to make any decision on the candidature of the Speaker of House of Representatives (HoR).

KATHMANDU, Jan 15: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that his responsibility has increased after all political parties in parliament including the largest party, Nepali Congress, gave him the vote of confidence.

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Senior leader of Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Paudel held a meeting with Chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 8: Alleging that the Nepali Congress (NC) with a tacit support from some ‘foreign powers’ was trying to topple the government led by the Chairman of CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal even before it could secure vote of confidence, former prime minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli has said that they cannot accept foreign interference in the formation of a new government in Nepal.

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa has made it clear that the NC will not give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.