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Won’t quit, would rather face confidence vote: Nepal PM Prachanda

July 2, 2024 admin

Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Embattled Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has decided not to resign from the post despite an agreement reached between the country’s largest parties – Nepali Congress and CPN-UML – to form a new coalition government. In a meeting…

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Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Upendra Yadav quits in a setback for Prachanda-led government

May 13, 2024 admin

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and senior Madhesi leader Upendra Yadav on Monday tendered his resignation and his party pulled out of the government, a setback to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda-led coalition government. Mr. Yadav, also the Minister for Health and Population,…

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Nepal PM ‘Prachanda’ to seek third vote of confidence by March 13: Report

March 10, 2024 admin

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is seeking to hold his third vote of confidence in Parliament by March 13, days after he forged a new alliance with the CPN-UML, a media report said on Saturday. The third round of vote of confidence…

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‘Mt. Everest dirty, crowded now,’ says last-surviving Sherpa from Edmund Hillary’s team

March 2, 2024 admin

Kanchha Sherpa in Kathmandu, Nepal. He was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop Mount Everest | Photo Credit: AP The only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first conquered Mount Everest said Saturday that the world’s highest peak is too…

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