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Nepali Congress Party Office Padlocked in Sarlahi

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Rajbiraj, Oct. 3: The local cadres of the Nepali Congress Sarlahi, constituency no. 1 have padlocked the party’s regional office, Kanchanpur dissatisfied over alteration of the party’s candidate from their constituency. The name of Hem Narayn Chaudhary who was recommended by the party’s Sarlahi...

Shut down in nine eastern districts

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Bhadrapur (Jhapa):  The banda (general strike) called by the CPN-Maoist-led 33 party alliance, the Federal Limbuwan State Council has hit hard the normal life in the various nine districts of the eastern region since early this morning. The alliance and the Council organized the...

Cooking gas shortage hits Surkhet

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Surkhet, Oct. 3: An acute shortage of cooking gas has occurred here just ahead of the Dasain and Tihar festivals. The LPG shortage has existed since two months causing inconvenience to consumers. It is said there is demand for 12 thousand LPG cylinders in...

US girds for another day of government shutdown

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 02 :(AFP) – The US government shutdown had its first major overseas fallout, with President Barack Obama shortening a long-planned Asia trip, as federal workers on Wednesday were idled for a second day. Obama cancelled the Malaysia and Philippine legs of travel...

Maldives reject foreign pressure over vote hold-up

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COLOMBO, Oct. 02 :(AFP) – Outgoing Maldivian president Mohamed Waheed vowed on Wednesday to resist international pressure to hold swift elections after the Supreme Court suspended a presidential run-off due last weekend. Waheed, in an address to the nation of 350,000 Sunni Muslims, said...

Cyclists’ fury as Indian city bans biking on key roads

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KOLKATA, Oct. 02 :(AFP) – Thousands of angry cyclists held noisy protests in the centre of the Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday over a move by the local government to ban them from major roads in the congested metropolis. Under beaming sunshine, they...

17 countries to offer Syria refugee quotas: UNHCR

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BEIRUT, Oct. 02 :(AFP) – Seventeen countries including the United States, France and Australia have agreed to receive quotas of refugees fleeing the bloody conflict in Syria, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday. “So far, UNHCR has 17 countries participating in the Syria...

Film Star Bhuwan KC withdraws candidacy

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Kathmandu, Oct. 2: Popular film star Bhuwan KC has withdrawn his candidacy from Kathmandu constituency-1 after local cadres of the CPN-UML staged sit-in at party office Balkhu. Another candidate Bidhya Neuapne has been fielded in the constituency in place of Bhuwan KC after the...

Congress Leader Suprabha Quits party

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Kathmandu, Oct. 2: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Suprabha Ghimire has announced to quit the party for belittling her contribution, self-esteem and existence. ‘I did not see the situation to remain in the party when its genuine objective of building just, dynamic, independent and equitable...

Conspiracy to sideline 33-party front: Chairman Baidya

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Kathmandu, Oct. 2: Chairman of the CPN-Maoist, Mohan Baidya, has said a conspiracy was hatched under the influence of national and international powers to sideline the 33 party’s front from the election. Addressing a cultural programme in the capital city on Wednesday, Chairman Baidya...

CPN-Maoist to mobilize cadres for CA boycott

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Kathmandu, Oct. 2: The dissenting political party, CPN-Maoist, has decided to mobilize cadres to actively boycott the November 19 Constituent Assembly elections. The politburo meeting of the party continued for three days at party headquarters Buddhanagar took this decision, said Chairman Mohan Baidya by...

CA election indispensible for an outlet to transitional period: minister Ghimire

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Kathmandu, Oct. 2: Minister for Home and Foreign Affairs, Madhav Prasad Ghimire, has said that election to the Constituent Assembly (CA) was indispensible for institutionalizing peace process for giving an outlet to the transitional period of the country. At a programme organised by the...

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