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It’s running out of gasoline.

Sushil Koirala, the Prime Minister of Nepal, on 2 October announced in Parliament that he will be submitting his resignation to President Ram Baran Yadav. In a cabinet meeting, Koirala informed his cabinet colleagues that he will meet the Head of the State and ask him to initiate...

He issued the call after Prime Minister Koirala met the Head of the State, requesting him to begin procedures to elect the new prime minister and form a new government as per the new Constitution of Nepal. But sources say Koirala is not keen to step down and wants to lead the new...

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...

With China on its other flank, Nepal has tended to cock a snook at India as if to say that if you turn cold and un-cooperative, we have the Chinese to bank upon. There are lessons to be learnt by India from the Constitution, which has recognised the rights of the LGBT community...

Nepal warns that shortages of gasoline and medicine will be severe soon as supplies from India are not arriving during protests at border crossings by hundreds of people angry about Nepal’s new constitution.

When Nepal was hit by a devastating natural disaster this year that left more than 9,000 dead, India pledged $1 billion in aid and its army assisted in relief efforts. “Nepal’s Constitution is written by a constituent assembly and endorsed by elected by members from...

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.

September 21, 2015- The global community has given a cautious welcome to Nepal’s new constitution that was promulgated on Sunday.

During his meeting with President Ram Baran Yadav at the Rastrapati Bhawan, Jaishankar, who is here as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s special envoy, underlined the need to address the concerns of all sides while promulgating the new statute, President’s press advisor...