Nepal Constituent Assembly

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  New Nepal Prime Minister to Be Elected on Sunday

  Nepal today announced plans to elect a new prime minister this weekend, three weeks after the country adopted a new constitution that triggered deadly protests and a border blockade.

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  Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar Arrives in Kathmandu

  Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar arrived in Kathmandu as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's special envoy to hold talks with Nepalese leaders across the political spectrum amid protests by Madhesi groups over the country's new Constitution which will be unveiled on Sunday.

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  Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar to Visit Nepal Tomorrow

  Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will leave for Nepal tomorrow as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's special envoy to hold talks with leaders across political spectrum on issues relating to that country's new constitution which is being unveiled on Sunday.

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  Protests After Nepal Rejects Proposal to Declare Itself a Hindu Nation

  Nepal's Constituent Assembly today rejected calls to remove the key term 'secularism' from the new Constitution and officially make it a Hindu state, triggering protests by Hindu activists.

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  Nepal to Get New Constitution on September 20

  Nepal was on today all set to bring out a new Constitution on September 20 with the Constituent Assembly (CA) having begun clause-by-clause voting on the much-awaited document.

• Nepal Opposition Turns Violent in Parliament

  Opposition parties staged general strike to shut down Nepal today as opposition politicians threw chairs and attacked the parliamentary speaker in a bid to block the government from pushing through a draft of a new constitution.

• Narendra Modi to be First Indian Prime Minister to Visit Nepal in 17 Years

  As part of his policy to engage with India's neighbourhood, Narendra Modi travels to Nepal on Sunday on a two-day visit - the first bilateral trip by an Indian prime minister to the Himalayan nation in 17 years.

• Nepal extends date to submit proportionate candidates' names

  Nepal's election commission today extended the deadline for submission of a list of candidates to be elected to the Constituent Assembly under the proportionate voting system.

• Nepali Congress emerges largest party in polls, stakes claim to form government

  The Nepali Congress, which emerged as the largest party in Constituent Assembly polls, today staked claim to form Nepal's new government.

• Nepal's oldest party leads 1st election results

  Nepal's oldest political party is leading a first set of election results ahead of two prominent communist parties.

• Communists lead in partial vote results in Nepal

  Partial results in Nepal's constituent assembly election show two traditional rival parties vying for the lead.

• Nepal elections: Maoist supremo Prachanda, daughter suffer defeat

  Nepal's Maoist supremo Prachanda today suffered a double blow as he and his daughter were handed down humiliating defeats in the Constituent Assembly elections.

• Election officials begin counting votes in Nepal

  Officials began counting votes on Wednesday that were cast during election for a special assembly to draw up a long-delayed constitution and pick a new Nepal government.

• Nepal elections: 50 per cent voting recorded till 1 pm

  Fifty per cent of the electorate had cast their votes till 1 pm today in the Constituent Assembly polls, the Election Commission was quoted as saying.

• Election day bomb in Nepal capital injures three: police

  A crude bomb exploded Tuesday in Nepal's capital hours after polls opened for national elections, injuring three people and raising fears that left-wing extremists will disrupt the vote, police said.