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Kathmandu, Aug 23: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said the Gaura Parva is a festival bearing unique identity of Nepal. The festival celebrated especially in the Far West and Karnali States helps foster harmony among Nepalis, he believed while giving a message of best wishes on this occasion. Arguing that the Gaura festival has […]

Kathmandu, Aug 23 : President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said the historic and cultural festival as Shri Krishna Janmastami has united the people and created religious harmony. Giving a message of best wishes on the occasion of the Shree Krishna Janmastami today, President Bhandari wished harmony, love, good deed to all Nepalis. Similarly, President Bhandari […]

New Delhi : A special CBI court on Thursday sent former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram to CBI custody till August 26 in the INX Media corruption case. The former union minister was arrested by the CBI from his residence in New Delhi late on Wednesday. The court said family members and lawyers are permitted […]

Kathmandu, Aug 23 : Shri Krishna Janmastami, the birthday of Lord Krishna, is being celebrated by the Hindus throughout the country today with devotion and veneration amidst a variety of programmes. According to scriptures, Lord Shri Krishna was born on the midnight of Bhadrakrishna Astami day as per the lunar calendar during the Dwapar era. […]

Kathmandu, Aug 22 : Spokesperson of the government and Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Gokul Banskota, has said the meeting of the Council of Ministers could be held even during the foreign visit of the Prime Minister with the utmost use of modern technology. When the PM is physically absent, video conference would be […]

Janakpurdham, Aug 22 : Political parties here have registered various names, and cities as capital city for the State at State Assembly secretariat on Thursday. The State Assembly members from different parties differing on the proposed names of the State as Madhes State, Janaki State, Mithila-Bhojpura State and Madhya State also registered the names, and […]

Bardiya, Aug 22 : Chief Minister of State 5 Shankar Pokharel has said the State government was forwarding the plans to promote green revolution and tourism promotion. In a press meet organized by the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), CM Pokharel, who is also the party chief in the State, shared that the irrigation facility […]

Kathmandu, Aug 22 : The Department of Commerce, Supply and Consumer Protection has been stepping up the market monitoring to protect the consumers’ rights and ensure smooth supply of the daily consumable goods. The Department, organizing a press conference here Thursday, informed that it had taken action against a total of 161 erring firms and […]

Kathmandu, Aug 22 : Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has briefed the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting on the issues discussed during the fifth meeting of Nepal-India Joint Commission. Minister Gyawali shared that the issues of energy, water resources, trans-border crime control, connectivity and border security, among others were discussed. The inundation caused […]

Kathmandu, Aug 22 : The House of Representatives (HoR) meeting on Thursday unanimously approved the proposal seeking deliberation on the Madan Bhandari Science and Technology University Bill-2076. Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Girirajmani Pokharel, presented the proposal on the same. Responding to the queries raised by the parliamentarians on the Bill, Minister Pokharel assured […]