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A high-level Nepalese commission probing the crackdown on the pro-democracy uprising in April of this year that eventually led to the restoration of parliamentary government summoned three former royal ministers Sunday, including a top...

A Nepal committee has started to consult rebels and civil society leaders in preparation for drafting a temporary constitution after the new Nepal government and Maoist rebels reached a landmark deal Friday. The two parties agreed...

Authorities in Nepal Sunday released two powerful former ministers in the royal direct rule cabinet led by King Gyanendra following an order from the Nepalese Supreme Court . The released former ministers were Kamal Thapa and...

Nepal's government and the Maoist rebels on Friday agreed to draft an interim constitution within 15 days and dissolve the parliament reinstated by the popular people's uprising in April this year. Surprisingly, the Maoists ,...

As expected , the new government of Nepal dropped terrorism charges against 190 Maoist rebels on Tuesday and freed them from jails in nine cities, a Home Ministry spokesman said. About 160 rebels...

The new government of Nepal has ordered the release of anyone arrested or detained under an anti-terrorism law implemented by King Gyanendra , according to Nepal's Information Minister Dilendra Badu on...

Parliament members in Nepal voted late Saturday to strip King Gyanendra of his power to veto laws passed by the legislature. The new law is the latest in a series of moves...

Nepal officials on Sunday released three former ministers in the cabinet of the recently-dissolved royal government after the country's Supreme Court ruled that it could find no evidence for their continued detention. Former home minister Ramesh Nath...

Nearly 200,000 people rallied in Kathmandu outside the palace of King Gyanendra Friday in a protest organized by Nepal's Maoist rebel insurgency to pressure the new government into speeding up plans to elect a special...

Proclamation, Nepal House of Representatives, May 18, 2006 .In respect of the sacrifices and participation made by the Nepalese people in the peaceful joint people's movement, In...