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Nepal's PM to visit Mahakaleshwar Temple, Indore IT SEZ during India tour

Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpakamal Dahal Prachand will visit the renowned Mahakaleshwar Temple in Ujjain and also an IT Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Indore in Madhya Pradesh during his India trip beginning on Wednesday, official sources said on Tuesday. Prachanda, along with a high-level delegation, will travel to India on Wednesday on a four-day official visit for talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and other leaders to further strengthen the age-old, multifaceted and cordial bilateral ties. After official engagements in New Delhi, he will arrive in Indore on June 2 and travel to neighbouring Ujjain district where he will offer prayers at the famous Mahakaleshwar Temple, one of the 12 jyotirlings (major places of worship of Lord Shiva) in the country, the sources said. He will also visit a solid waste management plant in Indore the same day, they said. On June 3, the Nepalese PM will visit TCS and Infosys campuses in an IT SEZ in Indore and leave for New Delhi ...

Nepal PM Prachanda to embark on 4-day official visit to India on May 31

Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda' will travel to India on Wednesday on a four-day official visit during which he will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and other leaders to further strengthen the age-old, multifaceted bilateral ties, the foreign ministry here said Saturday. This will be the first bilateral visit abroad by the Prime Minister of Nepal after assuming office in December 2022. Prachanda, 68, will be accompanied by his daughter Ganga Dahal. He is visiting India at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Modi. He will lead a delegation comprising ministers, secretaries and senior government officials. During the visit, the prime minister is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, the ministry said in a statement. Prachanda will hold delegation-level talks with Modi on June 1. The talks will be followed by a joint press meet by the two prime ministers, it said,

Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda to visit India from May 31 to June 3

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" will embark on a four-day official visit to India from May 31 at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, Foreign Ministry sources said here on Friday. This will be Prachanda's first foreign visit after assuming the high office for the third time in December last year. Foreign Ministry sources here said the visit will take place from May 31 to June 3 and the Ministry will make a formal announcement on Saturday. The foreign ministry will make a formal announcement of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda's official visit to India on Saturday. The visit will take place from May 31 to June 3 and he will hold high-profile meetings, including with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on bilateral ties," the official, who is an aide to Foreign Minister N P Saud, said. "The preparations for the visit have reached its final stage. Foreign Minister Saud last week held consultations with former foreign ministers and foreign ..

Nepal's PM visit to India delayed till June due to internal reasons

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda's proposed visit to India has been delayed further due to internal reasons, including the jolt in the recent by-polls, and it is unlikely that his first foreign visit will take place before June, according to his top aide. This is the second time that Prachanda's visit to India has been postponed due to internal reasons. The visit to India would have been his first foreign trip after he assumed charge as Prime Minister for the third time in December last year. Nepal government is preparing to present its annual budget for the coming fiscal year towards May-end and the Prime Minister's visit to India will take place only after that, the top aide close to Prime Minister Prachanda told PTI on Saturday. The proposed visit by the Prime Minister has been further delayed due to internal reasons and it is unlikely that the first foreign visit will take place before June, the aide, who did not want to be quoted, said. Earlier, the government

Need to do home work before visiting India, says Nepal PM Prachanda

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda' is making elaborate preparations ahead of his much-publicised trip to India next month, saying he needs to do home-work before embarking on the visit. The official date of his visit to India is yet to be announced. Prachanda could be travelling to New Delhi during the first or the second week of May, a Prime Minister's aide said. This will be his first foreign trip since he became Nepal's Prime Minister in December last year. Boosting bilateral ties and talks on trade, energy, agriculture, culture, and air service will prominently feature in his talks with Indian leaders. I am preparing for my upcoming visit to India, which is taking place soon Prachanda said at an event here. We need to do proper home-work before the visit, the 68-year-old Maoist leader said. Foreign ministry officials have begun the groundwork for his visit. Earlier this year, Prachanda announced that he would visit India on his first foreign trip after assum

Nepal PM requests SC to scrap petition on 5,000 Maoist insurgency killings

Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" has requested the Supreme Court to scrap the writ petition filed against him for allegedly taking moral responsibility for the killing of about 5,000 persons during the decade-long Maoist insurgency. On March 10 the Supreme Court, responding to writ petitions seeking the court's order for an investigation against "Prachanda" for his controversial statement, asked the prime minister to furnish a written clarification explaining why an order should not be issued against him as demanded by the petitioners. Prachanda on Thursday in his 13-point written response sent to the apex court stated that the petition should be scrapped since it has no constitutional ground and reason, The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported. The PM said his statement was an exercise of fundamental rights of freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by Article 17 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal and that all citizens could exercise the right in an equal ...

Nepal's population reaches 29.1 mn, PM Prachanda hails census data

Nepal's total population has reached more than 29.1 million, according to the latest census published on Friday, registering a growth of 0.92 per cent in a decade. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', launching the National Report of the National Census 2022 here, said that the census data have emerged as tools for promoting good governance and measuring the nation's progress towards the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). According to the data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, out of the 29,164,578 people in Nepal, 14,911,027 are females, while the number of males 14,253,551. At the time of the previous census, the country's total population stood at 26,494,504. According to the report, the population has increased at the rate of 0.92 percent in the last 10 years. The Census would provide a guideline to monitor and evaluate Nepal's commitments on the international forum about demography and its development, and the goals of national developm

Nepalese lawmakers vote to elect new President; results by 7 pm

Nepalese lawmakers on Thursday voted to elect a new President, the outcome of which could impact the stability of the government headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda"

Nepal PM Prachanda meets families of those killed in Yeti plane crash

Prachanda reached the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital to meet the families

Nepal newly elected PM Prachanda to expand cabinet after one month

The RSP will lead the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, and will also get one state minister

Nepal PM to visit India soon; Prachanda's first foreign trip after polls

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that he will visit India soon on his first foreign trip after assuming the top executive post of the country for the third time. The 68-year-old CPN-Maoist Centre leader was sworn in as the Prime Minister for the third time on December 26 last year after he dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with opposition leader K P Sharma Oli. I will be visiting India soon, Prachanda told senior editors on Saturday during his first interaction with select journalists after winning the vote of confidence on Tuesday. He said that preparations are going on at the diplomatic level for the same. The concerned embassies are making preparations for my visit, he told the journalists at Baluwatar, the official residence of the Prime Minister. However, the Nepal government is yet to officially announce the Prime Minister's visit to India. The date and itinerary of the visit are yet to be

Nepal's PM 'Prachanda' to take vote of confidence in parliament today

Nepal's newly-appointed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' would seek a vote of confidence in the parliament on Tuesday, amid uncertainty over the support from his allies. The 68-year-old CPN-Maoist Centre leader was sworn in as the Prime Minister for the third time on December 26 after he dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with opposition leader K P Sharma Oli. Nepal's first Parliament session after the appointment of Prime Minister Prachanda began here on Monday. The Nepali Congress - the largest political party in parliament - is likely to vote in support of Prime Minister Prachanda while staying on the opposition bench, My Republica newspaper reported. Prime Minister Prachanda on Monday met Nepali Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba and sought his support in parliament, the paper said. "Deuba has said that our party will take a decision whether to support the new government after the parliamentary party meeting

Nepal's first Parliament session after PM Prachanda's win begins today

Nepal's first Parliament session after the appointment of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' will begin here on Monday, with the focus on elections of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. The session will also focus on Prime Minister Prachanda's vote of confidence. The first meeting will be chaired by the senior-most member of the House, Pashupati Shamsher JB Rana, according to The Rising Nepal newspaper. As per the call of President Bidya Devi Bhandari, the meeting of both the Houses will began at 1 pm on Monday, the report said. Top leaders of the major political parties will address the first meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR), which is scheduled to take place at the Parliament Building here. Last month, Nepal President Bhandari called the first session of the new Parliament on January 9 after the country went to polls on November 20. Prachanda, the 68-year-old CPN-Maoist Centre leader was sworn in as the Prime Minister for

India, China congratulate Nepal PM Prachanda, seek better bilateral ties

India on Friday congratulated Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" on being appointed as the new Prime Minister of Nepal and sought further strengthening of bilateral ties. In a meeting with Prime Minister Prachanda on Friday, Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava handed over a congratulatory letter to the Premier at the PM's Office at Singhdurbar, according to sources at the PM's Office. During the meeting they discussed ways to strengthen Nepal-India ties, sources said. On December 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Prachanda soon after he was elected as the new leader of Nepal and said he looks forward to working with him to further strengthen the friendship between the two countries. "Warmest congratulations @cmprachanda on being elected as the Prime Minister of Nepal. The unique relationship between India and Nepal is based on deep cultural connect and warm people-to-people ties. I look forward to working together with you to further strengthen this friendship," M

Third force: The tightrope walk that awaits Prachanda, Nepal's new PM

On Christmas day, Dahal became prime minister of Nepal for the third time - with Oli's assistance. The story of how he achieved this is a riveting one

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda set to take oath as Nepal's new PM today

Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" will be sworn in for the third time as the Prime Minister of Nepal on Monday, a day after President Bidya Devi Bhandari appointed him as the new premier and ended the protracted political uncertainty in the Himalayan nation. President Bhandari on Sunday appointed 68-year-old Prachanda as the country's new prime minister as per Article 76 (2) of the Constitution after receiving the CPN-Maoist Centre chairman's claim to the seat, backed by as many as 169 Members of the House of Representatives. The former guerrilla leader will take charge as the prime minister after taking the oath of office and secrecy from President Bhandari at an official ceremony at Shital Niwas on Monday afternoon. Despite getting appointed prime minister with an overwhelming majority, Prachanda will now have to win a vote of trust from the lower house within 30 days as per Article 76 (4) of the Constitution. "The prime minister of a coalition government must prove that he has the

PM Modi congratulates Nepal's new Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on being elected as Nepal's PM. Taking to his official Twitter handle, PM Modi stated that he looks forward to working with 'Prachanda' to further strengthen the "friendship" between India and Nepal.PM Narendra Modi noted that the "unique relationship" between the two nations is based on "deep cultural connect" and ties between people. He tweeted, "Warmest congratulations @cmprachanda on being elected as the Prime Minister of Nepal. The unique relationship between India & Nepal is based on deep cultural connect & warm people-to-people ties. I look forward to working together with you to further strengthen this friendship."On Sunday, Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari appointed Maoist Center leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' as the country's Prime Minister, the Nepal President's Office said. "Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) will take oath as the new ..

Former Nepal PM Prachanda to meet Nadda at BJP headquarters on Sunday

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) chairman is on a visit to India on Nadda's invitation, the BJP said on Saturday.

Nepal SC to form Bench on judges' seniority for dissolution hearing

The Supreme Court of Nepal agreed to form a Constitutional Bench on the basis of seniority of the judges to hear a bunch of petitions challenging the dissolution of the House of Representatives

Explained: How politics, Covid-19 pandemic are taking a toll on Nepal

A survey showed 65.5% Nepalese people don't trust political leaders: Of whom 44.9% didn't trust Oli