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Nepal’s political shift opens a strategic window for India

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Nepal’s political shift opens a strategic window for India

Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and the prime ministerial candidate for Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), greets his supporters as he celebrates after winning the election, in Damak, Jhapa district, Nepal, March 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The election results in Nepal have been described as a political earthquake. This is not an exaggeration. There has…

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Path ahead for Nepal’s new leadership

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Path ahead for Nepal’s new leadership

In the noisy, crowded landscape of Nepali politics, the meteoric rise of Prime Minister-designate Balendra Shah and his party, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), represents a rare political anomaly. While veterans of the 2008 republic traded barbs, the rapper-engineer-turned-mayor bypassed traditional campaigning for a “monastic” silence. His victory in Nepal’s post-Gen Z parliamentary election on…

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Nepal’s RSP gets highest number of votes under proportional representation category

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Nepal’s RSP gets highest number of votes under proportional representation category

Supporters of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) gather outside the Election Commission ahead of the announcement of results in the Nepal general elections, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI The counting of votes under the proportional representation category in Nepal concluded on Wednesday (March 11, 2026), with the Rastriya Swatantra…

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Gen-Z probe commission submits its report to Nepal Government

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Gen-Z probe commission submits its report to Nepal Government

The probe report was submitted to the interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki at the PM Office at Singhdurbar. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A high-level commission to probe the killings, arson and damages during the Gen-Z protests in September last year submitted its report to Nepal’s interim government on Sunday (March 8, 2026), blaming lack…

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Nepal goes to polls amid domestic upheaval and regional power plays

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Nepal goes to polls amid domestic upheaval and regional power plays

Nepal is voting on Thursday (March 5, 2026) in its first election since last September’s Gen Z protests that toppled the K.P. Sharma Oli government and led to the dissolution of the House of Representatives. The sudden eruption of the movement — marked by the unprecedented participation of thousands of young people — and the…

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Curfew imposed in southern Nepal district after clash between two groups

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Curfew imposed in southern Nepal district after clash between two groups

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Curfew was imposed in parts of Rautahat district of Madhesh province in southern Nepal following clashes between two groups heightened tensions on Saturday (February 21, 2026). The clashes between the two communities were triggered by a dispute on Thursday (February 19, 2026) evening, followed by…

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Nepal launches campaigns for first post-uprising polls

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Nepal launches campaigns for first post-uprising polls

Nepali candidates launched campaigning on Monday (February 16, 2026) for next month’s parliamentary elections, the first since deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the previous government in 2025. In the key battleground of Jhapa-5 — a Constituency in Nepal’s eastern plains with the world’s highest peaks on the horizon — a head-to-head political fight dominating the campaign…

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Curfew imposed in southern Nepal border city after mosque vandalism sparks protests

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Curfew imposed in southern Nepal border city after mosque vandalism sparks protests

Protesters shout slogans and burn tires as they block main Street in Birgunj, 130 kilometers (81miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, on January 4, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP A curfew was imposed on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each other following the vandalism of a…

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Nepal Gen-Z protests: FIR registered against deposed PM Oli, his Home Minister

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Nepal Gen-Z protests: FIR registered against deposed PM Oli, his Home Minister

A demonstrator holding a placard that reads “This is not your father’s country – Incompetent, corrupted Oli’s government” sits in front of a burned vehicle during the protest against anti-corruption triggered by a social media ban, in Kathmandu, Nepal. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal’s youth-led Gen-Z group, which organised anti-government protests last month, on…

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