Nepal`s CPN-Maoist party demands roundtable conference

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 11:56

The Communist Party of Nepal, Maoist (CPN-Maoist), which boycotted the Nov 19 national elections, has reiterated its demand for holding a roundtable conference to end the political deadlock in the country, the party said Monday.

Nepali Congress takes early lead in vote count

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 12:55

The Nepali Congress led by Sushil Koirala on Wednesday established an early lead in initial trends in counting of votes to choose a 601-member assembly that will draft a new constitution to end years of political uncertainty in Nepal.

Nepal Constituent Assembly voting ends, 70 percent turnout recorded

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 19:27

Constituent Assembly polls here on Tuesday register turnout of nearly 7o per cent, officials informed.

Successful polls would help cement peace process in Nepal: US

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 12:13

Holding successful elections would help cement the peace process that started in 2006, the US said on Monday as people in Nepal prepared to vote in the second Constituent Assembly polls.

Bus attack injures 7 in Nepal as first fatality recorded

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 09:46

At least seven persons, including two women and a child, were on Sunday injured when suspected Maoists attacked a bus in central Nepal as ongoing anti-poll violence claimed its first fatality.

7 injured as bus attacked in Nepal

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 20:40

At least seven people, including two women and a child, were injured on Sunday when suspected cadres of CPN-Maoist hurled two petrol bombs on a moving bus in central Nepal.

7 injured as bus attacked in Nepal

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 20:56

At least seven persons, including a child, were injured on Saturday when suspected cadres of CPN-Maoist, opposing the upcoming Constituent Assembly polls, hurled a petrol bomb on a moving bus in central Nepal.

Nepal announces four-day holiday during elections

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 17:16

Nepal government has declared a four-day holiday to ensure smooth polling in November 19 Constituent Assembly elections.

26 people arrested for anti-poll campaign in Nepal

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 21:13

Twenty-six activists from the breakaway faction of Unified CPN-Maoist were detained in Nepal on Wednesday for allegedly distributing pamphlets asking the public to boycott the November 19 Constituent Assembly polls.

Efforts on to bring breakaway faction to Nov election process

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 21:22

Nepal`s main political parties have launched efforts to bring the breakaway faction of the Unified CPN-Maoist to November 19 Constituent Assembly polls.

Maoists forced to withdraw bandh in Nepal

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 15:41

The Unified CPN-Maoist on Saturday imposed a shutdown in Kathmandu and other major cities of Nepal to protest the arrest of a party cadre accused of murdering a teenage schoolboy.

Nepal: CPN-Maoist may join ex-king to protect ‘nationalism’

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 19:39

CPN-Maoist, the breakaway faction of Nepal`s Unified CPN-Maoist, on Tuesday said that it could join hands with former monarch King Gyanendra for the sake of protecting "nationalism".