Nepal poll panel prepares final election results

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 14:15

After one-and-a-half-months, Nepal`s Election Commission has prepared the final results of the November 19 Constituent Assembly Election, officials said.

China asks Nepal`s Maoists to accept poll outcome

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 19:21

A top Chinese leader has asked the Maoists in Nepal to accept the election results and join the constitution-writing process to ensure progress and peace in the country.

Nepal poll panel extends deadline for candidates

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 19:05

Nepal`s Election Commission today extended till December 18 the deadline for political parties to submit their list of proportional representation candidates chosen on the basis of results of the recent Constituent Assembly polls.

Maoists unlikely to boycott Nepal`s Constituent Assembly

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 22:08

Senior UCPN-Maoist leaders today differed with their chief Prachanda on boycotting the assembly that will draft Nepal`s new Constitution following the party`s humiliating defeat in polls.

CPN-UML, NC in neck-and-neck fight in Nepal polls

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 13:48

The CPN-UML and Nepali Congress were locked in a dead heat on Friday while the Maoists faced a rout in the election to choose an assembly that will draft Nepal`s new Constitution and end the political turmoil in the country.

Nepali Congress takes early lead in vote count

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 12:55

The Nepali Congress led by Sushil Koirala on Wednesday established an early lead in initial trends in counting of votes to choose a 601-member assembly that will draft a new constitution to end years of political uncertainty in Nepal.

Nepal Constituent Assembly voting ends, 70 percent turnout recorded

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 19:27

Constituent Assembly polls here on Tuesday register turnout of nearly 7o per cent, officials informed.

Successful polls would help cement peace process in Nepal: US

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 12:13

Holding successful elections would help cement the peace process that started in 2006, the US said on Monday as people in Nepal prepared to vote in the second Constituent Assembly polls.

Bomb blast in Nepal even as millions head to poll booths to vote

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 09:00

Nepal went to polls on Tuesday to elect its second Constituent Assembly which will be entrusted with the crucial task of drafting a Constitution aiming to end a political stalemate.

Bus attack injures 7 in Nepal as first fatality recorded

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 09:46

At least seven persons, including two women and a child, were on Sunday injured when suspected Maoists attacked a bus in central Nepal as ongoing anti-poll violence claimed its first fatality.