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Kathmandu, May 29 (ANI): Nepal's first Republic Day is being celebrated on Friday throughout the nation with various programmes, exactly one year after the Constituent Assembly declared Nepal a republic on May 29, 2008 ending the 240-year old monarchy....

New Delhi, Feb 20 (ANI): Union Defence Minister A. K. Antony on Friday distributed the Republic Day 2009 awards and said that the country is proud of the Republic Day parade and the performance is always a moment of pride for the country....

Kathmandu, Nov 23: Demanding a new ''unchangeable'' date for the Constituent assembly elections at the earliest, representatives of the civil society and various other organisations in Nepal took out a massive rally here. The procession that started yesterday from the ...

Kathmandu, Oct 15: Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today reiterated that the elections for the Constituent Assembly, which had been postponed twice, will be held soon. ''A fresh date for holding the Constituent Assembly elections will be announced soon,'' ...

Kathmandu, Oct 8: Maoist leaders have suggested a referendum to decide the fate of the monarchy if Nepal is not declared a republic through parliament. Maoist Chairman Prachanda and his deputy Dr Babu Ram Bhattarai, recommended a referendum to Prime ...

Kathmandu, Sep 22: The proposal of the Maoists of declaring Nepal a republic through parliament should not be supported, a majority of the Nepali Congress (NC) central committee leaders today urged party president and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala. During ...

Washington, July 16: The White House rejected today a proposal by two influential Republican senators that would require US President George W. Bush to plan for a possible troop withdrawal from Iraq by the end of the year....

Beijing, Mar 13:  The head of the UN nuclear watchdog headed to North Korea today on his first trip since the North kicked out inspectors four years ago and said he was hopeful of making progress on closing its atomic facilities. ...

Moscow, Feb 27:  Russia's Organised Crime Bureau said they foiled a terrorist attack here when they arrested Farid Magomedov with an explosive device at a bus stop in the north-west of the city on last Thursday.Investigators told Russian news ...