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Nepal MP Sarita Giri Sacked For Defying Party Decision To Endorse New Map: Reports
A Nepalese lawmaker was sacked by her party on Tuesday for defying its decision to unanimously endorse the constitutional amendment to revise the country's map to include three strategically key Indian territories, local media reports said.
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Nepal Presses On With New Map Including Indian Areas, Bill Passed
Nepal's National Assembly today unanimously passed the Constitution Amendment Bill to update the country's political and administrative map incorporating three Indian territories.
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Nepal Parliament Set To Clear New Map Which Includes Indian Territory
The move to update Nepal's new map -- which includes a stretch of land high in the mountains that India claims as its own -- has gathered momentum, with the ruling Left alliance moving a constitution amendment bill today. The opposition Nepali Congress has said it would vote in favour of the amendment, amid friction with India over the issue. The o...
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Nepalese Prime Minister Reaches Out To Ethnic Parties After Support Withdrawal
Nepal's ruling Maoists on Thursday offered to hold talks with minority ethnic parties that withdrew support for the coalition because of long-standing differences over a new constitution.
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Cannot Amend Constitution To Please 'Others': Former Nepal PM
Nepal's new Constitution cannot be amended on the wishes of any other country, former prime minister KP Sharma Oli, said on Monday.
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No Constitution Amendment Under External Pressure, Says KP Oli
CPN-UML would not agree to amend Nepal's new constitution under pressure from any "external force," former prime minister and party chairman KP Sharma Oli said today.
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Nepal Keen To Host President Pranab Mukherjee Next Month: Report
Nepal is keen to host President Pranab Mukherjee in September and efforts are on to arrange for his visit here as the chief guest of a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the promulgation of the country's new Constitution, a media report said today.
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Madhesis Snub Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli, Boycott All Party Meeting
An alliance of agitating Madhesi and other minority groups seeking more rights and representation in Nepal's new Constitution today snubbed Prime Minister KP Oli by boycotting an all-party meeting called by him to resolve the current political crisis.
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Nepal Unveils $9 Billion Budget Focused On Earthquake Reconstruction
Nepal's government Saturday unveiled the first budget drawn up since the country introduced a new constitution last September, with a focus on funding reconstruction and reviving the battered economy.
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Madhesis Clash With Police In Nepal;PM Oli Warns Against Violence
About 1,000 Madhesis and demonstrators from other minority groups seeking more rights and representation in Nepal's new Constitution scuffled with police today, even as Prime Minister K P Oli warned that the government will not keep quiet if the protests become violent.
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Madhesis, Ethnic Groups Protest Against New Constitution In Nepal
Hundreds of members of Nepal's ethnic minorities blocked roads in the capital on Sunday in renewed protests calling for changes to the Himalayan nation's controversial new constitution.
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Nepalese PM's Government Survives, Rejects Demand For Re-Writing Constitution
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.
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Nepal Risks Fresh Turmoil Over Flawed Constitution: International Crisis Group
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...
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Nepal Lifts Months-Long Fuel Rationing As Border Blockade Ends
Nepal has lifted its months-long rationing of fuel following the end this month of a border blockade by people protesting against a new constitution, officials said Tuesday.
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Nepal's New Constitution Not Discriminatory, Says Prime Minister KP Oli
Nepal's new constitution, that had flared a divide in the country last year, is not discriminatory, the country's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said today, adding that he was open to amending it if it was proven to be.
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Nepal MP Sarita Giri Sacked For Defying Party Decision To Endorse New Map: Reports
A Nepalese lawmaker was sacked by her party on Tuesday for defying its decision to unanimously endorse the constitutional amendment to revise the country's map to include three strategically key Indian territories, local media reports said.
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Nepal Presses On With New Map Including Indian Areas, Bill Passed
Nepal's National Assembly today unanimously passed the Constitution Amendment Bill to update the country's political and administrative map incorporating three Indian territories.
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Nepal Parliament Set To Clear New Map Which Includes Indian Territory
The move to update Nepal's new map -- which includes a stretch of land high in the mountains that India claims as its own -- has gathered momentum, with the ruling Left alliance moving a constitution amendment bill today. The opposition Nepali Congress has said it would vote in favour of the amendment, amid friction with India over the issue. The o...
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Nepalese Prime Minister Reaches Out To Ethnic Parties After Support Withdrawal
Nepal's ruling Maoists on Thursday offered to hold talks with minority ethnic parties that withdrew support for the coalition because of long-standing differences over a new constitution.
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Cannot Amend Constitution To Please 'Others': Former Nepal PM
Nepal's new Constitution cannot be amended on the wishes of any other country, former prime minister KP Sharma Oli, said on Monday.
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No Constitution Amendment Under External Pressure, Says KP Oli
CPN-UML would not agree to amend Nepal's new constitution under pressure from any "external force," former prime minister and party chairman KP Sharma Oli said today.
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Nepal Keen To Host President Pranab Mukherjee Next Month: Report
Nepal is keen to host President Pranab Mukherjee in September and efforts are on to arrange for his visit here as the chief guest of a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the promulgation of the country's new Constitution, a media report said today.
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Madhesis Snub Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli, Boycott All Party Meeting
An alliance of agitating Madhesi and other minority groups seeking more rights and representation in Nepal's new Constitution today snubbed Prime Minister KP Oli by boycotting an all-party meeting called by him to resolve the current political crisis.
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Nepal Unveils $9 Billion Budget Focused On Earthquake Reconstruction
Nepal's government Saturday unveiled the first budget drawn up since the country introduced a new constitution last September, with a focus on funding reconstruction and reviving the battered economy.
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Madhesis Clash With Police In Nepal;PM Oli Warns Against Violence
About 1,000 Madhesis and demonstrators from other minority groups seeking more rights and representation in Nepal's new Constitution scuffled with police today, even as Prime Minister K P Oli warned that the government will not keep quiet if the protests become violent.
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Madhesis, Ethnic Groups Protest Against New Constitution In Nepal
Hundreds of members of Nepal's ethnic minorities blocked roads in the capital on Sunday in renewed protests calling for changes to the Himalayan nation's controversial new constitution.
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Nepalese PM's Government Survives, Rejects Demand For Re-Writing Constitution
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.
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Nepal Risks Fresh Turmoil Over Flawed Constitution: International Crisis Group
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...
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Nepal Lifts Months-Long Fuel Rationing As Border Blockade Ends
Nepal has lifted its months-long rationing of fuel following the end this month of a border blockade by people protesting against a new constitution, officials said Tuesday.
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Nepal's New Constitution Not Discriminatory, Says Prime Minister KP Oli
Nepal's new constitution, that had flared a divide in the country last year, is not discriminatory, the country's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said today, adding that he was open to amending it if it was proven to be.
