Kathmandu, March 8 (IANS) Nepali Congress President Gagan Thapa suffered a bitter defeat at the hands of Amaresh Kumar Singh of the all-conquering Rastriya Swatantra Party in this year’s parliamentary elections.The party’s prime ministerial candidate, Thapa, secured 22,831 votes in the polls held in Sarlahi-4 in Madhesh Province, against 35,688 votes polled by Singh, adding to the long list of heavyweight leaders to suffer a similar fate.Elected as president of the party just in January this yea…
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Kathmandu, Feb 23 (IANS) The local administration in Nepal’s Parsa district on Monday imposed a curfew in parts of the border town of Birgunj, citing security concerns following tensions between Hindu and Muslim groups in the Shripur area of the city.Tensions between the two communities in Birgunj surfaced a few days after similar clashes erupted in Gaur, the district headquarters of another southern border district, Rautahat.These incidents have occurred just days ahead of the scheduled elect…
Kathmandu, Jan 20 (IANS) Former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and former Mayor of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Balen Shah are going head-to-head in an electoral contest from the Jhapa–5 constituency in eastern Nepal, as both registered their candidacies for the upcoming parliamentary polls scheduled for March 5. The two leaders had developed deep animosity while they were heading the respective national and local government responsibilities which has been reflected in their actions and pub…