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Unhappy with the new constitution in Nepal, veteran Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai quit his party today.

India should have been the first to welcome the adoption of the Constitution. Hundreds of trucks loaded with essential goods, cooking gas cylinders and petroleum products were stalled at the Nepal-India border at Birgunj due to the agitation. He added: “On a day when Nepal...

It is important to note that the envisaged federalisation process – dividing the country into seven provinces – has sparked much anger, especially in the southern plains (Madhesh-Terai) and the Midwest, the epicentres of bloody protests.