Kathmandu, May 10 (IANS) Nepal’s government and judiciary have come into open conflict following the Constitutional Council’s recommendation of a Supreme Court judge, who ranks fourth in seniority, for the post of Chief Justice.On May 7, the council, headed by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, recommended Justice Manoj Sharma to President Ram Chandra Poudel for appointment to the post of Chief Justice, despite Sharma being fourth in seniority among Supreme Court justices, thereby breaking the de…
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Kathmandu, April 5 (IANS) Dol Prasad Aryal, vice-president of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), was declared elected Speaker of Nepal’s House of Representatives after emerging as the sole nominee for the post.At a meeting of the lower house on Sunday, senior-most lawmaker Arjun Narsingh KC formally announced Aryal’s unopposed election. He becomes the 10th Speaker of the lower house and the first non-communist to hold the post in nearly two decades.Given that the RSP holds a near two-thirds maj…
Tehran, Jan 11 (IANS) The Iranian military pledged to defend national interests, protect strategic infrastructure and public property amid ongoing protests, and urged Iranians to unite to “thwart the enemy’s plots,” according to state broadcaster IRIB.In a statement, the military accused Israel and “hostile terrorist organizations” of “attempting to undermine order and peace in cities and disrupt public security through another conspiracy,” and of “trying to incite another rebellion in the name …