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Nepal poll body urges govt. to strengthen security
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], December 1 (ANI): The Election Commission of Nepal has urged the government to enhance the security in the country after rise in attacks on candidates prior to second and final phase of parliament and provincial elections.
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Nepal votes to embrace federal structure
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Baglung [Nepal], Nov 26 (ANI): Voters swarmed the polling stations across Nepal on Sunday for a historic election to national and provincial parliaments after promulgation of the constitution.
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Nepal: Parliamentary and Provincial polls begin today
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Baglung [Nepal], November 26 (ANI): Nepal is today holding the first phase of Parliamentary and Provincial election under new federal structure, which it adopted in 2015 with the promulgation of the new constitution.
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Nepal polls: 'Identity' becomes main agenda for agitating parties
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], November 24 (ANI): In Nepal, the Rastriya Janata Party- Nepal (RJP-N) has made the issues of identity, rights and respect its main agenda in the upcoming Provincial and Parliamentary elections.
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Poll-bound Nepal to close borders with India for 72 hours
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Nov.21 (ANI):Nepal will be closing its borders with India for about 72 hours as it holds parliamentary and provincial council polls on November 26.
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NAB strict on freezing Pak Finance Minister Dar's assets
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov. 11 (ANI): Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has asked several provincial and federal government departments to freeze Finance Minister Ishaq Dar's assets.
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Zeljana Zovko hails Nepal's effort to hold back-to-back elections
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], November 9 (ANI): The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission, Zeljana Zovko, has hailed Nepal's effort to hold back to back elections in the country.
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Madheshi parties unite to demand Constitutional amendments before polls
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal] Nov 8 (ANI): The Rashtriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N), which is an amalgamation of six Madhesh based parties, has decided to make the issue of constitutional amendment the main agenda in the upcoming elections.
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Less women candidates in Nepal's upcoming polls
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], November 6 (ANI): A total of 11,242 candidates are contesting for the 825 seats in the Nepal Parliament and the Provincial Council. The number of women candidates, however, is quite low.
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Nepali politicos file nominations for second phase election
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu[Nepal], November 2 (ANI): The political parties in Nepal on Thursday filed nomination for the second phase of provincial and parliamentary election under the First-past-the-post (FPTP) election.
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Sikhs want marriage bill for community members in Khyber-Pakhtunkwa
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Oct 28 (ANI): The Sikh community in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkwa (K-P) has demanded the provincial government to introduce a Sikh marriage bill in order to solve various legal problems faced by the community.
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Nepal SC directs EC to make separate ballot papers for upcoming polls
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 26 (ANI): With one month remaining for Nepal to go for provincial and parliamentary polls, the Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to make two separate ballot papers for the concerned elections.
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