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Nepal To Hold First Local Elections In 20 Years
Nepal will hold its first local elections in two decades in May, the government has announced, a key moment in the country's fraught transition to democracy.
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Madhesis, Ethnic Groups Protest Against New Constitution In Nepal
Hundreds of members of Nepal's ethnic minorities blocked roads in the capital on Sunday in renewed protests calling for changes to the Himalayan nation's controversial new constitution.
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Sushma Swaraj Meets Nepal Prime Minister Ahead Of SAARC Summit
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj last night held an over hour-long meeting with the Nepalese Prime Minister KP Oli, during which key bilateral issues are understood to have been discussed.
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China To Give Rs 1,400 Crore Soft Loan To Nepal To Construct Airport
China will provide over Rs 1,400 crore (USD 210 million) as soft loan to Nepal to construct a regional airport in Pokhara as part of the country's efforts to develop its aviation sector and avoid a situation similar to one faced during the ongoing blockade of border with India by Madhesis.
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100 Injured As Madhesis Clash With Security Forces In Nepal
Around 100 people were today injured in Nepal's historical Janakpur town as agitating Madhesis clashed with security personnel, less than two weeks after the country's first woman President escaped unhurt in a similar showdown over the controversial new Constitution.
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Ready To Mediate Between Nepal Government And Madhesis: Maoists Leader
Nepal's Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal today offered his party's mediation to "act as a bridge" between the government and the agitating Madhesis to end the months-long political impasse in the country.
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Nepal Unrest Leaves Millions of Children Facing Food Shortage: UN
Unrest over Nepal's new constitution has led to severe shortages of fuel, food, medicines and vaccines, putting more than three million children at risk of disease during the harsh winter months, the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Monday.
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Nepal PM Wants India to Lift Undeclared Blockade
Invoking the Panchsheel principles, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today called on India to "immediately lift the undeclared blockade" imposed on Nepal that would help boost bilateral ties amid the recent political crisis over the country's new Constitution.
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No Compromise on Sovereignty For Fuel: Nepal Deputy Prime Minister
Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister today said the government would maintain national "dignity and sovereignty" even as the country faces an acute fuel shortage amid the continuing political crisis following the promulgation of the new Constitution.
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Fuel Shortages May Ground Nepal's Airlines: Official
Fuel shortages may force Nepal's private airlines to stop operating domestic flights from next week onwards, an official said Friday, as protesters block a key checkpoint bordering India.
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India Rejects Nepalese Minister's Allegations as 'Provocative'
India today strongly condemned as "provocative" and "ill-intentioned" allegations that it is sending soldiers in plain clothes to Nepal amid the ongoing agitation against the new Constitution by Indian-origin Madhesis.
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Uneasy Calm at Violence-Hit Indo-Nepal Border, Indefinite Curfew in Birgunj
At India's bustling border with Nepal in Bihar's Raxaul, there is an uneasy calm. Since Tuesday morning, an otherwise open border with free access from both sides to pedestrians, horse-carts and motorcyclists, is totally shut.
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Human Rights Group Asks Nepal to Probe Killings During Anti-Charter Protests
Nepal's new government should immediately investigate alleged use of arbitrary force by police and extrajudicial killings during ongoing protests over the country's new Constitution by ethnic groups which were led by Indian-origin Madhesis, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Nepal To Hold First Local Elections In 20 Years
Nepal will hold its first local elections in two decades in May, the government has announced, a key moment in the country's fraught transition to democracy.
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Madhesis, Ethnic Groups Protest Against New Constitution In Nepal
Hundreds of members of Nepal's ethnic minorities blocked roads in the capital on Sunday in renewed protests calling for changes to the Himalayan nation's controversial new constitution.
-
Sushma Swaraj Meets Nepal Prime Minister Ahead Of SAARC Summit
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj last night held an over hour-long meeting with the Nepalese Prime Minister KP Oli, during which key bilateral issues are understood to have been discussed.
-
China To Give Rs 1,400 Crore Soft Loan To Nepal To Construct Airport
China will provide over Rs 1,400 crore (USD 210 million) as soft loan to Nepal to construct a regional airport in Pokhara as part of the country's efforts to develop its aviation sector and avoid a situation similar to one faced during the ongoing blockade of border with India by Madhesis.
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100 Injured As Madhesis Clash With Security Forces In Nepal
Around 100 people were today injured in Nepal's historical Janakpur town as agitating Madhesis clashed with security personnel, less than two weeks after the country's first woman President escaped unhurt in a similar showdown over the controversial new Constitution.
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Ready To Mediate Between Nepal Government And Madhesis: Maoists Leader
Nepal's Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal today offered his party's mediation to "act as a bridge" between the government and the agitating Madhesis to end the months-long political impasse in the country.
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Nepal Unrest Leaves Millions of Children Facing Food Shortage: UN
Unrest over Nepal's new constitution has led to severe shortages of fuel, food, medicines and vaccines, putting more than three million children at risk of disease during the harsh winter months, the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Monday.
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Nepal PM Wants India to Lift Undeclared Blockade
Invoking the Panchsheel principles, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today called on India to "immediately lift the undeclared blockade" imposed on Nepal that would help boost bilateral ties amid the recent political crisis over the country's new Constitution.
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No Compromise on Sovereignty For Fuel: Nepal Deputy Prime Minister
Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister today said the government would maintain national "dignity and sovereignty" even as the country faces an acute fuel shortage amid the continuing political crisis following the promulgation of the new Constitution.
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Fuel Shortages May Ground Nepal's Airlines: Official
Fuel shortages may force Nepal's private airlines to stop operating domestic flights from next week onwards, an official said Friday, as protesters block a key checkpoint bordering India.
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India Rejects Nepalese Minister's Allegations as 'Provocative'
India today strongly condemned as "provocative" and "ill-intentioned" allegations that it is sending soldiers in plain clothes to Nepal amid the ongoing agitation against the new Constitution by Indian-origin Madhesis.
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Uneasy Calm at Violence-Hit Indo-Nepal Border, Indefinite Curfew in Birgunj
At India's bustling border with Nepal in Bihar's Raxaul, there is an uneasy calm. Since Tuesday morning, an otherwise open border with free access from both sides to pedestrians, horse-carts and motorcyclists, is totally shut.
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Human Rights Group Asks Nepal to Probe Killings During Anti-Charter Protests
Nepal's new government should immediately investigate alleged use of arbitrary force by police and extrajudicial killings during ongoing protests over the country's new Constitution by ethnic groups which were led by Indian-origin Madhesis, Human Rights Watch said today.
