The rise of a veteran Maoist leader to become Nepal’s new prime minister is likely to inject “more momentum” into the country’s China ties while also checking American influence in the region, analysts said, after communist parties came together on Sunday to oust the previous US-aligned government. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, more popularly known as Prachanda – […]
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Nepal’s new govt seeks to balance ties with India & China
KATHMANDU- Nepal’s new government, led by the former Maoist rebel chief, will try to balance ties with its immediate neighbours China and India as it seeks economic growth in one of the world’s poorest countries, officials of the ruling coalition told Reuters. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who still goes by his […]
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China Wins Nepal Again
The Nepali Congress emerged as the single largest party winning 89 seats in the recent General Elections in Nepal to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives; 165 members from single-member constituencies plus 110 members from a single nation-wide constituency. The five-party alliance led by the Nepali Congress […]
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Pro-China Prachanda returns as Nepal PM for 3rd time
Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre (CPN-MC) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ was on Sunday appointed Nepal’s new Prime Minister, after the former guerrilla leader dramatically broke away from the five-party ruling alliance led by the Nepali Congress, ending the political uncertainty after last month’s general elections failed to produce a […]
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Nepal Supreme Court stays highway project awarded to Chinese
The Nepal Supreme Court has issued an order against the Nepal Army’s invitation to award the contract for a major road project to a Chinese company where an Indian company was one of the bidders. The Nepal Army had awarded the contract for the sixth package of the Kathmandu-Terai-Madhesh Expressway […]
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Chinese contractors holds up expansion of Nepal-India power trade for the region
India-Nepal hydro-power trade is set to become a regional game-changer say officials in Delhi and Kathmandu, pointing to the possibilities of buying power from Nepal and making it available over an electric grid system to consumers in India, Bangladesh and even Sri Lanka. However, India’s opposition to the use of Chinese […]
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New turn of events in Nepal
In diplomacy, it is always heartening if immediate neighbour has got friendly relations and does not play in the hands of bigger power; this is true to Nepal after the defeat of Pro China communists lead by EX prime minister, K.P.S Oli who brought Indo-Nepal ties to the lowest ebb. […]
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Window to Nepal
The incoming Nepali government is a serendipitous opportunity that must be handled with care and even distance; no talks of interference (as often murmured) must be allowed. There will be occasional speed-breakers that must be spared condescending and coercive innuendoes, as the immediate past of the last seven years must […]
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Chinese contractors holds up expansion of Nepal-India power trade for the region
India-Nepal hydro-power trade is set to become a regional game-changer say officials in Delhi and Kathmandu, pointing to the possibilities of buying power from Nepal and making it available over an electric grid system to consumers in India, Bangladesh and even Sri Lanka. However, India’s opposition to the use of Chinese […]
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Nepal’s change of guard a major diplomatic setback for China
Kathmandu [Nepal]: The unexpected defeat in Nepal of several advisors of KP Oli, former PM and president of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda’s weakened legislative presence has reduced the chance of Communists having influence in the parliament, according to pardafas.com. Nepal’s […]