Kathmandu, March 29 (IANS) Police on Sunday arrested Nepali Congress leader and former Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Deepak Khadka, in a money laundering case, a senior police officer said.A day after former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested in homicide-related cases linked to the suppression of the Gen Z movement in September last year, Khadka is the third person from the Oli-led government’s cabinet to be arrested.Senior …
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Kathmandu, March 13 (IANS) The door has opened for Nepal to import up to 350 MW of electricity from neighbouring Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, after a new deal was reached between officials of the two countries during a two-day meeting of a bilateral mechanism which concluded in the western Pokhara city of Nepal on Friday. Although Nepal exports electricity to India during the wet season, the Himalayan country needs to buy power from its southern neighbour in win…
Kathmandu, Jan 7 (IANS) Nepali Cabinet Minister Kul Man Ghising on Wednesday resigned from his post amid pressure from Prime Minister Sushila Karki on ministers aligned with political parties to quit their ministerial positions. Ghising, who served as Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Physical Infrastructure and Transport, and Urban Development, submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Karki after serving 115 days in office. He was appointed minister on September 15 last ye…