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Kathmandu, April 9 Prime Minister Balendra Shah sacked a minister on Thursday for misusing his position to benefit his wife, 15 days after he took office.Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Dip Kumar Sah, has been relieved of his post on Thursday at the recommendation of the...

April 03, New Delhi: Myanmar's junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, has been elected as the country's president in a parliamentary vote held on Friday in the capital, Naypyidaw. In the election across both the upper and lower houses, Min Aung Hlaing secured a resounding victory, receiving 429 out of...

Kathmandu, March 27 Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah 'Balen' took the oath as Nepal's democratically elected prime minister on Friday, about six months after the K P Sharma Oli-led government was ousted in a Gen-Z protest that shook the nation.The 35-year-old leader of the Rastriya...

The Election Commission has deployed 1,100 Central Observers for the assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal, as well as the by-elections in six states. The Commission stated that among these observers, 557 are General Observers, 188 are Police Observers, and...

Kathmandu, March 15 The Supreme Court on Sunday rejected an interim order against the Election Commission's decision to disqualify RSP leader Kishori Sah from contesting the recently concluded general elections in Nepal.The court's refusal to issue the interim order also means that Nepali...

March 15, New Delhi: The Election Commission of India will hold a press conference to announce the schedule for the general elections to the legislative assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.The press conference will be held on March 15, 2026, at 4 PM at Vigyan...

March 15, New Delhi: The Election Commission of India will hold a press conference to announce the schedule for the general elections to the legislative assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.The press conference will be held on March 15, 2026, at 4 PM at Vigyan...

Kathmandu, March 7 – Balendra Shah, the rapper-turned-politician, and his Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are poised to form the next government in Nepal after securing a decisive victory in the recent general elections, effectively ending the political dominance of established parties in the...

Kathmandu, March 7 RSP leader and rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah 'Balen' defeated four-time prime minister K P Sharma Oli by a significant margin of about 50,000 votes in Nepal's Jhapa-5 constituency, the Election Commission said here.The leader of the Rashtriya Swatantrata Party (RSP)...

New Delhi, March 7 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the people and government of Nepal for the successful conduct of elections in the Himalayan nation, and said the historic milestone is a proud moment in Nepal's democratic journey.Modi also said that as a close friend...

Balendra Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party is on track to achieve a landslide victory in Nepal's first general elections since the Gen Z protests. According to the Nepal Election Commission, the RSP has won 34 seats, securing a clean sweep in all 10 constituencies of the Kathmandu district, and is...

Balendra Shah's Rastriya Swatantra Party is on track to achieve a resounding victory in Nepal's first general elections since the Gen Z protests.According to the Election Commission of Nepal, data from 161 of the total 165 constituencies shows that the RSP has won 28 seats, securing a clean...

Kathmandu, March 6 Balendra Shah, a rapper turned politician, and his newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are poised for a major victory in Nepal's first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests, significantly altering the political landscape of the nation.According to data...

Kathmandu, March 6 Balendra Shah, a rapper turned politician, and his newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are on track to win a landslide victory in Nepal's first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests, shattering the dominance of established political parties in the...

Kathmandu, March 6 Balendra Shah, a rapper turned politician, and his newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are on track to win a landslide victory in Nepal's first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests ousted the K P Sharma Oli-led government in September.According to data...

Kathmandu, March 6 Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician, and his newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) are on track for a landslide victory in Nepal's first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests ousted the K P Sharma Oli-led government in September.According to the...

March 06, New Delhi: The newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party, led by former rapper Balendra Shah, is leading in the early vote counting in Nepal's first general elections since the violent mass protests.The RSP is ahead in 40 of the 57 constituencies. Former Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli's...

Kathmandu, March 6 The newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by former rapper Balendra Shah, was leading in the early vote counting on Friday in Nepal's first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests led to the downfall of the K P Sharma Oli-led coalition government.The...

Kathmandu, March 6 Nepal's newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was leading in the early counting of votes on Friday in the country's first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests led to the downfall of the K P Sharma Oli-led coalition government.The RSP, led by former rapper...

Kathmandu, March 4 Hundreds of thousands of Nepalese voters will cast their ballots on Thursday in the crucial general elections, the first since a violent protest led by young people ousted the K.P. Sharma Oli-led government last year.More than 18.9 million eligible Nepalese voters will...