Nepal Constitution Crisis

Amid the ongoing political crisis in Nepal, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli called a meeting of the Constitutional Council on Wednesday at 11 am.

Nepal's embattled Prime Minister KP Oli today rejected calls by Madhesis to re-write the new Constitution, hours after surviving a threat to his government following a U-turn by Prachanda-led Maoists who decided not to withdraw support to him.

Nepal risks more turmoil if it fails to address the demands for greater representation of minority ethnic Madhesis in the new constitution, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said on Tuesday.More than 50 people have died in protests in the Tarai, or Madhes, a region in Nepal's southern plains bordering India, since September, overshadowing the fi...

Nepal's parliament on Saturday voted to amend the country's Constitution with a two-thirds majority four months after its promulgation, in a bid to resolve the political crisis involving the minority Madhesi community.

Madhesi leaders on Tuesday rejected Nepal government's "abstract" proposal to accommodate some of their demands by amending the new Constitution.

Senior leaders from the Indian-origin Madhesi community protesting against Nepal's new Constitution today left for New Delhi to meet top Indian leadership including Prime Minister Narendra Modi for political consultations to resolve the ongoing crisis.

Invoking the Panchsheel principles, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today called on India to "immediately lift the undeclared blockade" imposed on Nepal that would help boost bilateral ties amid the recent political crisis over the country's new Constitution.

Nepali officials left for China today to negotiate a fuel deal and ease crippling shortages after protests over a new constitution blocked imports from its sole supplier India, a minister said.

For over 50 days now, 44-year-old Ayub Miyan has not managed to open his petrol pump in Nepal's Birgunj town, about 5 kilometres from the Indian border.

Over 4,000 trucks from India are stranded at the border with Nepal which is grappling with a deepening fuel crisis as protests over the country's new Constitution have strangled essential supplies. India has rejected as "totally false" allegations that it has imposed a blockade, saying it is the responsibility of the Nepal government to facilitate ...

Nepal's prime minister called for new elections in November after the term of the Constituent Assembly expired at midnight on Sunday without political leaders completing the task of writing a new constitution. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai said the Constituent Assembly had failed to achieve its goal.

Nepal's leaders held urgent talks on Sunday to avoid a political crisis, with just hours remaining before a midnight deadline to agree a new post-war constitution or face the dissolution of parliament.

The move is last ditch attempt to pave way for the formation of a national consensus government to resolve the current political crisis in the country ahead of the May 27 deadline to draft the new Constitution.

Amid the ongoing political crisis in Nepal, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli called a meeting of the Constitutional Council on Wednesday at 11 am.

Nepal's embattled Prime Minister KP Oli today rejected calls by Madhesis to re-write the new Constitution, hours after surviving a threat to his government following a U-turn by Prachanda-led Maoists who decided not to withdraw support to him.

Nepal risks more turmoil if it fails to address the demands for greater representation of minority ethnic Madhesis in the new constitution, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said on Tuesday.More than 50 people have died in protests in the Tarai, or Madhes, a region in Nepal's southern plains bordering India, since September, overshadowing the fi...

Nepal's parliament on Saturday voted to amend the country's Constitution with a two-thirds majority four months after its promulgation, in a bid to resolve the political crisis involving the minority Madhesi community.

Madhesi leaders on Tuesday rejected Nepal government's "abstract" proposal to accommodate some of their demands by amending the new Constitution.

Senior leaders from the Indian-origin Madhesi community protesting against Nepal's new Constitution today left for New Delhi to meet top Indian leadership including Prime Minister Narendra Modi for political consultations to resolve the ongoing crisis.

Invoking the Panchsheel principles, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today called on India to "immediately lift the undeclared blockade" imposed on Nepal that would help boost bilateral ties amid the recent political crisis over the country's new Constitution.

Nepali officials left for China today to negotiate a fuel deal and ease crippling shortages after protests over a new constitution blocked imports from its sole supplier India, a minister said.

For over 50 days now, 44-year-old Ayub Miyan has not managed to open his petrol pump in Nepal's Birgunj town, about 5 kilometres from the Indian border.

Over 4,000 trucks from India are stranded at the border with Nepal which is grappling with a deepening fuel crisis as protests over the country's new Constitution have strangled essential supplies. India has rejected as "totally false" allegations that it has imposed a blockade, saying it is the responsibility of the Nepal government to facilitate ...

Nepal's prime minister called for new elections in November after the term of the Constituent Assembly expired at midnight on Sunday without political leaders completing the task of writing a new constitution. Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai said the Constituent Assembly had failed to achieve its goal.

Nepal's leaders held urgent talks on Sunday to avoid a political crisis, with just hours remaining before a midnight deadline to agree a new post-war constitution or face the dissolution of parliament.

The move is last ditch attempt to pave way for the formation of a national consensus government to resolve the current political crisis in the country ahead of the May 27 deadline to draft the new Constitution.