CPN-UML, NC in neck-and-neck fight in Nepal polls

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 13:48

The CPN-UML and Nepali Congress were locked in a dead heat on Friday while the Maoists faced a rout in the election to choose an assembly that will draft Nepal`s new Constitution and end the political turmoil in the country.

Nepali Congress, CPN-UML claim will emerge victorious in polls

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 16:55

As campaigning intensifies in poll-bound Nepal, major political parties Nepali Congress and CPN-UML have made claims and counter-claims about who will emerge as the victor in November 19 Constituent Assembly elections.

Nepal poll candidate dies of bullet wounds

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 20:01

Mohammad Alam, a CPN-UML candidate for the Constituent Assembly polls, died on Thursday of bullet wounds sustained in an attack last week.

CPN-UML candidate shot at during election campaign

Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 21:17

Unidentified bike-borne gunmen on Friday shot and seriously injured a CPN-UML candidate in southern Nepal, ahead of the November 19 Constituent Assembly polls in the country.

Parties make last effort to rescue Nepal

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 21:55

Nepal`s 3 major political parties - UCPN-Maoist, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML -launched a "last ditch" effort to rescue Nepal from the political crisis.

Transport strike disrupts normal life in Kathmandu

Last Updated: Friday, August 10, 2012, 20:11

Normal life was disrupted in the Nepalese capital on Friday as transport associations enforced a public transport strike.

Nepal finalises national unity govt

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 23:43

Nepal`s second largest communist party CPN-UML on Tuesday agreed to join the Maoist-led national unity government.

Bhattarai must resign if peace talks fail: CPN-UML

Last Updated: Friday, January 6, 2012, 22:07

A senior opposition leader Friday said the Prime Minister should step down if the upcoming "decisive talks" to discuss major irritants lead nowhere.

Maoists, NC trying to form majority govt

Last Updated: Sunday, August 21, 2011, 21:03

Gokarna Bista said only a national consensus government is a way out of the political uncertainty gripping the country.

Key panel to finalise power sharing deal in Nepal

Last Updated: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 21:53

A key panel was set up by the Maoists and CPN-UML to finalise a power sharing deal.

CPN-UML asks Poudyal to withdraw from PM`s race

Last Updated: Monday, October 11, 2010, 23:30

As Nepalese lawmakers failed to elect Nepali Congress leader Ramchandra Poudyal as PM for 12th time, CPN-UML asked him to withdraw his candidacy to facilitate consensus among parties to end the political stalemate.

No secret deal with Maoists: Madhav Kumar

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 22:32

Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Tuesday rubbished reports that his party CPN-UML had reached a secret deal with the Maoists before Prachanda stepped aside from the prime ministerial race.