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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 6 The newly-formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won one seat and is leading in another 36, while the Nepali Congress is ahead on five, the CPN (UML) on three, and the Nepali Communist Party on one, according to preliminary results in 46 constituencies where counting is in...

Kathmandu, March 6 – Balendra Shah, a candidate for the Prime Minister's office from the Rastriya Swatantra Party, is leading against former Prime Minister K.P. Oli in Jhapa-5 in eastern Nepal, as the RSP takes a significant lead in the country's parliamentary elections.Shah, the former mayor...

Kathmandu, March 6 The Rastriya Swatantra Party is leading in 23 constituencies, while the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML are leading in three each, according to preliminary election results.Vote counting began late on Thursday night, according to the Election Commission.Counting is expected to...

Kathmandu, March 5 Millions of Nepalese voted on Thursday in the country's first general elections since violent protests by Gen Z ousted the K P Sharma Oli-led coalition government. Corruption and generational change in leadership were the main issues in the politically fragile nation.The...

Kathmandu, March 5 Tens of thousands of people voted on Thursday in Nepal's first general elections since violent protests by Gen Z toppled the K P Sharma Oli-led coalition government, with corruption and generational change in leadership as the main issues in the politically fragile country...

Kathmandu, March 5 Tens of thousands of Nepalese voters cast their ballots on Thursday in the crucial parliamentary elections to elect a new prime minister, six months after a violent protest by Gen Z led to the ouster of the K P Sharma Oli-led coalition government.The elections are being...

Kathmandu, March 5 Nepal, which held elections on Thursday, the first since a violent protest by Gen Z last year that toppled the K P Sharma Oli-led government, recorded a turnout of about 18 per cent by noon, according to the Election Commission.The Election Commission said that around 3.16...

Kathmandu, March 5 Nepal, which held elections on Thursday, the first since a violent protest by Gen Z last year that ousted the K P Sharma Oli-led government, recorded a turnout of about 10.18 per cent by 11 am, according to the Election Commission.The Election Commission said that around...

Kathmandu, March 5 Nepal, which held elections on Thursday morning, the first since a violent protest by Gen Z that ousted the K P Sharma Oli-led government last year, recorded a turnout of about six per cent by 9:30 am, according to the Election Commission.Nepalese citizens began reaching...

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...

Kathmandu, March 4 Voting will take place on Thursday for the general elections, the first to be held after a Gen Z youth-led protest ousted the K P Sharma Oli-led government in Nepal last year.More than 18.9 million eligible Nepalese voters will exercise their franchise to elect 275 members...

Kathmandu, March 2 – With just three days remaining before the scheduled parliamentary elections on March 5, Nepal's interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Monday urged citizens to actively participate in the polls, describing the vote as an opportunity to shape their own future and that of...

Kathmandu, February 26 Nepali Congress President Gagan Kumar Thapa said on Thursday that the next five years would be a “golden period of change” for the country, which goes to the polls on March 5.Addressing an election rally in Surkhet, the candidate for Prime Minister of the Nepali Congress...

New Delhi, February 24 – A multi-billion rupee project in Nepal, part of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has been dropped from the election pledges of former Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah, who is contesting against former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in the latter's stronghold...

New Delhi, February 21. Nepal, where parliamentary elections are scheduled for March 5, witnessed the beginning of formal campaign activities on February 16, which included public meetings, rallies, the use of loudspeakers, and other related activities, all of which will end three days before...

Kathmandu, February 19 – As Nepal prepares for the March 5 general elections, the country's three major political forces – the Nepali Congress (NC), the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), and the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) – unveiled distinct yet overlapping foreign...

Kathmandu, February 18 Nepal's oldest and newest political parties intensified their election campaigns on Wednesday, with just 15 days left for the March 5 general elections.While the oldest party, the Nepali Congress (NC), released its election manifesto on Wednesday, the newest, the...