At least 19 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday as violent protests by youths rocked the Nepalese capital and certain other areas over the government's decision to ban social media sites, prompting authorities to deploy the army in Kathmandu to control the situation.
The protesters shouted slogans such as KP Chor, Desh Chhod (K P Sharma Oli is a thief, quit the country), "Take action against corrupt leaders".
The Nepal government signed a $215.96 million soft loan agreement with China in March 2016 for the construction of the airport in this tourist hub.
In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts.
Nepali prime ministers traditionally choose New Delhi for their first foreign visit after being sworn-in.
"India that exists now wasn't there in the past. India at that time was divided into different factions," caretaker PM Oli said.
Prime Minister Oli did not attend the meeting of the 45-member Standing Committee, he said, adding that the next meeting of the top body of the NCP will be held a week later. The meeting took place after it was postponed seven times to allow Oli and Prachanda more time to sort out their differences.
His visit comes ahead of the upcoming official trip of Indian Army chief Gen M M Naravane to Nepal in the first week of November. Goel called on Prime Minister Oli at his official residence at Baluwatar on Wednesday evening, the premier's press advisor Surya Thapa told PTI.
The Nepal police have arrested a man suspected of having links with the Mumbai triple bomb blasts that killed 24 people on July 13. State-run Gorkhapatra daily reported on Tuesday that a 40-year-old man, Mohamad Zahid, was arrested on Monday from Baluwatar on the outskirts of Kathmandu. He was being questioned by the anti-terrorist police unit, the daily said. Zahid, a resident of Sarlahi district of southern Nepal bordering India, was allegedly involved in the blasts.
Newly elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Saturday said the industries and business enterprises in Nepal which were closed due to the Maoist threats in the past will be reopened.
The meeting also covered bilateral relations, ongoing peace process in Nepal and the agitation in the Terai region bordering India, they said.
According to the Constitution, which has 167 articles, all executive powers as well as those enjoyed by the King in the previous Constitution, now vest upon the prime minister.
The occasion passed unnoticed by many as there were no grand celebrations, with the prime minister receiving gifts from party workers and well-wishers at his Baluwatar home and not venturing out, sources close to his family said.
However, the exact date for the polls will be fixed by the cabinet
PM Oli said that "there has been good friendship between Nepal and India".
Did Oli turn to India when he realised that China was backing unity of the Nepal Communist Party rather than the government led by his faction?
Both India and Nepal claim Kalapani as an integral part of their territory -- India as part of Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district and Nepal as part of Dharchula district.
'The Prime Minister's remarks that India was conspiring to remove him was neither politically correct, nor diplomatically appropriate,'
Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on Thursday met leaders of all 31 political parties to discuss key issues, including a key power trading pact, to be taken up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his maiden official visit to Nepal.
As India makes efforts to deepen its diplomatic and economic engagement with its neighbours, Nepal on Saturday said there is a "historic opportunity" in taking bilateral ties with India to the "next level" and that it must be seized by both the countries.
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