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Despite rain, people vote in Nepal's second phase of local polls
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 28 (ANI): Voters in restive southern Nepal queued up at polling stations to exercise their voting rights in the second phase of local elections in three provinces of the country on Wednesday despite heavy rains.
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Nepal EC rules out third phase for local polls
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 13 (ANI): Nepal Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has ruled out the possibility of holding local elections in the plains in a third phase.
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Nepal's Phase II local elections rescheduled for June 23
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May30 (ANI): The Nepal government has postponed the second phase of local level election to June 23 , in a bid to ensure agitating parties' participation in the polls.
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Agitating parties demand postponement of second phase election, NC rejects
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 18 (ANI): With no progress in sight for addressing the demands of agitating parties to ensure commencement of the second phase of local elections in Nepal, the Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) has proposed to postpone it.
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Nepal Elections: Counting begins after first phase polling
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu (Nepal) [India], May 15 (ANI): Officials have begun counting the votes after the first phase of local elections in Nepal, which was conducted after a gap of 20 years on Sunday.
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Nepal EC ready for commencing local polls
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Apr.5 (ANI): The Election Commission of Nepal has said that it has almost completed its preparations for commencement of local elections slated for May 14 and will even run a voter education program to ensure its success.
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Is Modi's notebandi 'sufficient enough' to seal the deal in
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 26 (ANI): After emerging victorious in Maharashtra and Odisha local elections, it is time for the Bharatiya Janata Party to test waters in Uttar Pradesh.
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Nepal PM urges Oli not to doubt govt's plan on holding elections
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb. 10 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is also the Chairman of CPN (Maoist Centre), has urged Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Chairman KP Sharma Oli not to express doubts over the holding of local elections on time.
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Nepal PM likely to table Constitution Amendment Bill today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan.2 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is likely to present the Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament today after the Madhes-based parties renewed their pledge to support the holding of local elections.
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Nepal PM likely to table Constitution Amendment Bill 'tomorrow'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan. 1 (ANI): After the Madhes-based parties renewed their pledge to support the holding of local elections, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has agreed to table the Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament, possibly on Monday.
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Respect democratic rights of people, hold local elections: Election monito
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec. 29 (ANI): An election monitoring body in Sri Lanka has urged the government to conduct the Local Government (LG) elections promptly.
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Nepali Congress calls for interim local polls
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu, Aug.24 (ANI): The parliamentary party of the opposition Nepali Congress has urged the Pushpa Kumar Dahal-led government to hold interim local elections under the existing structure to sort out the confusion over the number of local units in the federal set-up.
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