Kathmandu, April 10 (IANS) Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Friday inducted two new ministers into his Cabinet, filling previously vacant ministerial positions. According to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, lawmaker Ramji Yadav has been assigned the portfolio of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, which had remained vacant following the dismissal of former minister Dipak Kumar Sah, who was embroiled in controversy over the appointment of his wife as a board member o…
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Kathmandu, March 26 (IANS) The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Nepal on Thursday elected senior leader Balendra Shah as its parliamentary party leader, paving the way for him to be the country’s new Prime Minister. The party, which contested the elections with Shah as its Prime Ministerial candidate, secured a thumping victory in the March 5 parliamentary elections, winning 182 out of 275 seats in the House of Representatives.Shah is all set to take the oath of office as Prime Minister of Ne…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Central Committee of Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which swept the March 5 general election, is scheduled to meet on Thursday afternoon to elect its Parliamentary Party leader, according to reports from Kathmandu. In all probability, the party will name the engineer-rapper and social media sensation, Balendra Shah, who it had earlier projected as the Prime Ministerial face.The 35-year-old leader, popularly known as ‘Balen’, emerged as a prominent politica…
Tripoli, March 23 (IANS) Armed clashes broke out in Zawiya, a city about 60 km west of Tripoli, leaving one person dead, a local daily has reported. Al-Bashti Al-Zahouf, a member of the city’s Council of Elders and Notables, told Al-Mashhad newspaper that fighting erupted in the Dila-Qamouda area between two armed factions on Sunday (Local time). And both groups are affiliated with the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU).The fighting underscores persistent tensions in Zawiya, where …
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Anutin Charnvirakul on his election as Thailand’s Prime Minister and expressed readiness to work closely with him. PM Modi stated that he and Charnvirakul will further deepen the strategic partnership between India and Thailand.In his congratulatory message on X, PM Modi stated, “Heartiest congratulations to Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul on his election as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand. I look forward to workin…
Kathmandu, March 19 (IANS) Gagan Thapa, who was elected president of the Nepali Congress through a controversially-held special general convention in January, has resigned from his post following the party’s electoral setback in the recently held parliamentary elections. Thapa himself suffered a humiliating loss at the hands of Amaresh Kumar Singh of the all-conquering Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in the Sarlahi-4 constituency in Madhesh Province, as his party came a distant second, with a lar…
Tokyo, March 18 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will depart for Washington on Wednesday night on a three-day visit during which she is set to hold talks with US President Donald Trump with a goal to cement her standing as US’ indispensable partner in Asia, local media reported. It will be Takaichi’s first visit to the US since she took office in October and her first overseas trip since her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured win in the House of Representatives election held on …
New York, March 18 (IANS) Raja Krishnamoorthi, a moderate Democrat member of the House of Representatives but a strong critic of President Donald Trump, narrowly lost the Illinois primaries for the party’s Senate nomination.He conceded in a statement Tuesday night that Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton had won.At 10 pm local time in Illinois three hours after the polls closed, when Stratton was ahead of him by about 6 per cent with about 85 per cent of the votes counted, Krishnamoo…
New York, March 18 (IANS) Raja Krishnamoorthi, a moderate Democrat member of the House of Representatives but a strong critic of President Donald Trump, narrowly lost the Illinois primaries for the party’s Senate nomination.While counting was continuing, the media projected his main rival, Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, as the winner Tuesday night.At 10 p.m. local time in Illinois, three hours after the polls closed, Stratton was ahead of him by about 6 per cent with about 85 p…
Kathmandu, March 11 (IANS) A clear majority secured by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Nepal’s recent parliamentary elections is likely to reduce near-term political uncertainty and improve policy predictability in the Himalayan nation, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday. “This provides an opportunity for enhanced policy predictability and the implementation of governance and economic reforms,” the international rating agency added. The three-and-a-half-year-old party won 125 out of 165…