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Nepal: Former PM KP Sharma Oli extends greetings to Balen Shah on electora
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Former Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oli, on Saturday extended his wishes to Balen Shah on securing victory in the latest parliamentary elections.
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Nepal's shifting political landscape: Balen Shah's meteoric rise from rap
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Balen Shah is poised to become one of Nepal's youngest Prime Ministers as the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leads an electoral landslide. Following the March 5 general election, the 35-year-old engineer is significantly outstripping veteran KP Sharma Oli in Jhapa-05. Backed by Gen-Z, Sha
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Candidates in Nepal prepare to launch campaigns for March polls as nominat
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Balendra Shah, the former Kathmandu mayor and rapper, has also filed his candidacy from Jhapa-5, standing against KP Sharma Oli, the prime minister deposed by the Gen-Z movement.
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Nepal's rapper-turned-mayor Balen Shah begins PM campaign from Janakpur ah
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Nepal's rapper-turned-mayor Balen Shah began his election campaign from Janakpur ahead of March polls. The RSP leader promised stronger federalism and urged voters to support competence over identity. He is set to file nomination from Jhapa and challenge former PM KP Sharma Oli.
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Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah resigns to contest March 5 polls; RSP projects
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah resigned on Sunday to contest Nepal's March 5 election. He joined the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) as a senior leader and is being projected as its prime ministerial candidate. Shah is preparing to contest from Jhapa-5 against KP Sharma Oli.
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Buddha Air flight skids off runway during landing at Nepal's Bhadrapur air
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
A Buddha Air flight number 901 from Kathmandu to Bhadrapur skidded off the runway while landing at Bhadrapur Airport in Nepal's Jhapa district late Friday night.
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Two 'Gen Z' protesters killed as police stop demonstrators from breaking i
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Kathmandu district administration office (DAO) declared the curfew from 12:30 PM to 10 PM on Monday. The Kathmandu Post reported that later restrictions were extended to cover the residences of the president, prime minister, and vice-president and Singha Durbar.
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Nepal: One killed, dozens injured in 'Gen Z' protest as police use teargas
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A Gen Z protester has reportedly died and several others have been injured as nationwide demonstrations against government corruption and the recent social media ban intensified, particularly in Kathmandu's New Baneshwor and Damak in Jhapa district on Monday, as reported by The Himalayan
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Protesters pelt stones on convoy of former Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Protestors in Nepal on Wednesday waved black flags and pelted stones on the convoy of former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition party KP Sharma Oli.
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Nepal's Damak Industrial Park under China's BRI now centre for local agita
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Damak Industrial Park's construction in Jhapa, Nepal has been stalled for more than 10 years since its approval in 2012. The locals have been showing dissent and have filed a case in the supreme court which is still to be heard.
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Closure of Tiptala pass along Nepal-China border causing inconvenience to
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
People of Olangchung Gola, Yanga and Ghunsa have been impacted the most by the closure of transit points as they majorly depend on the imports of food stuff, garments and daily consumables from the Tibetan Riu market.
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Nepal: Protests against Chinese infrastructure project over displacement w
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], March 18 (ANI): Amidst the growing disenchantment in Nepal against Chinese investments, locals in the Eastern district of Jhapa held large protests against the Damak Clean Industrial Park (DCIP) over displacement of people from their lands without proper compensation, loca
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