Kathmandu, March 8 (IANS) Nepal election results may offer a chance to reset Kathmandu’s relations with India — which have been less than warm of late — with a strong government now expected in the Himalayan nation that can provide the impetus needed to break the ice. The India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 forms the basis of bilateral relations, emphasising open borders and cultural kinship. India has been a key development partner for Nepal, contributing to trade and investm…
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Kathmandu, March 6 (IANS) Prime Ministerial candidate from the Rastriya Swatantra Party, Balendra Shah, is leading against former PM K.P. Sharma Oli in Jhapa-5 in eastern Nepal, as the RSP takes a sweeping early lead in the country’s parliamentary elections.Shah, the former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, is locked in a contest with Oli in the latter’s traditional political stronghold in a battle between two prime ministerial aspirants.According to the early vote count on the online po…