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Kathmandu — A letter has been formally registered with the Election Commission informing it of disciplinary action taken by the Sher Bahadur Deuba–led faction of the Nepali Congress against three senior party leaders. According to Commission sources, leaders from the Deuba faction reached the Election Commission on Wednesday afternoon and…

Kathmandu — Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa has asserted that the party’s special general convention currently underway at Bhrikutimandap is legitimate and constitutionally valid, stating that the election process will not be halted despite disciplinary action taken against him and other leaders by the Sher Bahadur Deuba faction.…

Kathmandu — The establishment faction of the Nepali Congress, led by Party President Sher Bahadur Deuba, has taken disciplinary action against General Secretaries Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwaprakash Sharma, expelling them from the party for five years. The decision was made during a meeting of the party’s Central Working Committee…

December — The Election Committee of the Nepali Congress’s Special Central General Convention has made public a revised election schedule, setting voting hours from 8:00 PM to 1:00 AM. According to the updated timetable released by the committee, the list of candidates will be published at 4:00 PM. Following this,…

Kathmandu — The Rastriya Swotantra Party (RSP) has removed Gen-Z activist and scholar Tashi Lhazom from its closed list under the proportional representation (PR) system, citing what it described as geopolitical concerns. The Election Commission has confirmed that Lhazom’s name was officially removed from the PR list submitted by the…

Kathmandu — Police have arrested a man for illegally sending around five million SMS messages in a single day, allegedly to create panic and mobilize people for a pro-royalist demonstration. The Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office arrested 34-year-old Nirdesh Sedhai from Hattisar, Kathmandu, at around 8:00 pm on Tuesday. According…

Kathmandu— Senior Nepali Congress leaders Gururaj Ghimire and Pradeep Poudel have formally filed their candidacies for the post of General Secretary at the party’s second Special General Convention, currently underway at Bhrikutimandap. According to sources from the Election Committee, both leaders submitted their nominations as the convention moved into a…

Kathmandu — Police have recovered approximately Rs 18 million and taken into custody a Sumo vehicle along with its driver in connection with the robbery at the SBI Bank branch in Hayutar, Bastipur, Ghyanglekh Rural Municipality–2, Sindhuli. According to the District Police Office, Sindhuli, a group of five to six…

Kathmandu — Police have arrested one individual along with a vehicle in connection with the robbery at SBI Bank in Ghyanglekh Rural Municipality–2, Sindhuli. According to the District Police Office, Sindhuli, the robbery occurred at around 7:00 pm. Following the incident, police launched an immediate operation and have intensified investigations,…

Kathmandu — The Nepali Congress has entered a decisive and volatile phase as its Special General Convention advances amid deep internal divisions, pushing the country’s oldest democratic party to the brink of a formal split. The Special Convention was convened by a majority of general convention delegates after the party…