Jhalanath Khanal

• Indian diplomat pens SAARC anthem

  Kathmandu-based Indian diplomat Abhay Kumar has penned an anthem for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in a bid to foster regional consciousness and bring member states closer.

• Nepal PM resigns over blocked peace process

  Nepal was plunged into a crisis on Sunday with embattled Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal tendering his resignation late night after days of vacillating.The communist leader, who had pledged in parliament that he would quit on Saturday if he failed to take the stalled peace process forward, but then tried to stay on in power saying his exit would l...

• Nepal's Constituent Assembly gets 3-month extension

  Nepal's Constituent Assembly on Sunday got three-month extension after a last-minute deal between key political parties under which Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal will step down.The development came after overnight consultations between main political parties to forge an agreement on the peace process and extending the term of Constituent Assembly...

• Singh congratulates new Nepal PM Khanal

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has congratulated Jhalanath Khanal, his newly-electedcounterpart in Nepal, for being chosen as the next head of the government of the neighbouring country.The Prime Minister called Khanal last evening, soon after he was elected by Nepal's Constituent Assembly as the next prime minister, ending a seven-month deadlock ov...

• US congratulates Nepal on election of new Prime Minister

  US has congratulated people of Nepal on the election of its new Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal and said it looks forward to working with him in the coming days. "We congratulate the people of Nepal on the election of a new Prime Minister. We look forward to working with incoming Prime Minister Khanal and continuing the warm and constructive relat...